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Af ori t y

A motion was then put in favour of Mr. John
l,atouche, the other City MemSet, en constitutional
principles, and for his oppositioa to the Union.
Mr. Giffard opi;osed this motion at a very great
length.
Mr. Stepbens, in reply to Mr. Giffard, who had
pronounced an eulogium on Mr. Shaw's loyalty,
and found fault with Mr. Latoache, for sot sup-
porting the Petition against Catholic Enancipation,
Said, he would not dispute the loyalty of Mr. Shaw ;
and, as to !VIT. Latouche's retusal to present the Pe-
tition of his Curistieu.mts to Parliament, on the
measure of emancipation, which seemed so moth
to alarM Mr. Gitfard, he (Mr. S.) would commt
himself to assert, that the petition was not one iron-,
the Hon. Member's constituents in general, but a
remonstrance from a driegited number of them,
who eshihitod 46-tr Quo, principles and opinions
hir. Stephens concluded by pronouncing an opinion
decidedly tavoutalole to Mr. Latquebtes ennuitu-
tional for th y.
" resointion was carried by a majority of tiro.
Mr. Shaw returne4 think; tp the assembly. lie
wry of courses 10441/ aivre1444414 sad then the
astenlb!T. koketi t: their arrears, which ate
very hear if 4,040., yeas tbtlawaL hoc* ;cat*
hlA-
aesss and brute .up.

M'ESTM VSTER SESSICOS.
•
SZCOP4I2 DAP.
Yesterday T. B.r.Piday, a sedan chairman. was
tried for a violent assault a id outrage upon his
wife, at Park-street, Grosteaor-square, on the lath'
of last January.
la appeared, from the eaaidenee of his wife, a wo-
man of very modest and decent appearance, that
the traverser, at various times previous to the date
of this assault, treated her with the mast barbarous
violence; that, urged by such repeated inju-
ries, and unable to protect herself front his out-
rage, she was obliged to complain of bins to the Ma-
gistrates at Marlboreugh-street ; in consvqaunce of
which, he WAS sent to prison, 2:1(1 held to trial; that
so 'far was she from any deiire to iajare him, that
she furnished hires with the means of sustenance i
prison,, and did noc appeal to prosecute at his trial.
That
a freshatth i n
the immediate
(pore cruel
of hi; la-eration
wasf
ore cruel and outrageous than
before, and a threat against her life ; she, taere-
fme, again kedged eamiinatiens against, him.
The Traverses WAS fottod Carey, and ordered to
be imprisoned fourteen days, and to find bail of the
peace for one year, hiniaolf. its 201. and two sureties
in fol. each.
J. Coortsc4. a low tradesman, arebo lives in Vine-
street, Piccadilly, was indicted for a most cruel and
unmanly assault upon a pony little Boy, ender nine
years old, by knocking him down in therstreet. with
a blow of his fist, and kickaK hint whihi dawn, for
no other apparent cause, than because true child
played upon a reed, while one of his little compa-
nions danced to him.
The child said, that be we still afiliaest with a
pain in his side.
Mr. Grindle, a Surgeon. proved, that he WAX
called is by the parent of the child, the following
day, and found the child with a severe contusion
os his side, sad under the influenstevf a fever. He
fauod it necessary to bleed him. and to order warm.
fomentations.
The Jury found the Traverser pia 'ay, and the
Court fined him Forty Shilhnkr. 1
TJYIRTEEN
On Tuesday last, a man, having the appearance
of a country farmer, went to the Bank of England
with a draft upon it for 1301. The Clerk to whom
he gave it, asked in what manner he wished to re-
ceive payment ? to which he answered. in ten pound
notes. The Clerk immediately called out alcud to
another in the office. to pay the get Hemet thirteen
tens (1301.) whist the other mistook for thirty
tans making 3001.
The Countryman received the notes, put them in
his pocket, and walked away.
in a short tithe after this transaaion, he repaired
to Smithfield Mallet, and there boasted. its the
hearing of several petaons, that he had "shone the
Bank."
One of the potions who heard this boast, imme-
diately gave inhumation at the Banta, and, upon in-
quiry, the mistake was discovered. An Officer
having been called in, the Cles k who paid the money
went with him to. Smithfield Market ; and, after a
lang and careful inquiry, discovered, that the
stranger to whom the 3001. hzd been paid, had left
town at three o'clock, is the mid-day coach, for Bir-
mingham.
The Click and Officer then took their places in the
mail coach, which set can in the aliening for Bir-
mingham. in pursuit of him. They repeated to
overtake him about 20 miles on this side of that
town ; and will probably return tq town this d..y.
No dispatches were received on Wednesday night
at the Admiralty, 4: stated in a Morning Paper.'
The Candidate; for Windsor are, Colonel Das-
imitation, and Messrs. Va awl-rasa and gaits.
BOTTOM.
The Candidate; who intend to start for Chippent I
ham arc, Mr. Bauoice, who arrived on Saturday
last; and Messrs. DAWKINS and MAITLAND. who
came on Monday: each party immediately began
o canvas the borough,
General G eacts Waver, the late praise-wottby
Q ivernor of Jamaica, starts fair fur Aylesbury.
We understand, that Mr. Lamm, of Rased-
Ashton, is to be the new ttember for Wilts, in the
room of Mr. Go Unit RD, who resigns.
Ott Tuesday last, the Magistrates aid Chuncil of
Dumferraiine, without one disienting voice, declar-
ed it to be their unaninsaus resolution to support
Sir Jona liserpee,orr, of Fordel. Bart. and to
ele.t a delegate in his interest accordingly.—
This motion was made by Prciyost MOODIt, and
seconded by Bailie. Jolla Witsom An elegant en-
ertainment was given en this occasion in the town-
hall. at which Sir dome fiewoaaiort presided.
The Herculean, Steasoris ; and the Sella, Wit.-
LI A Mi. from Jamaica for Linden, were seen in
great distress, en the 22d of Aug. and, it is feared,
have foundered.
The fain, for Dublin ; Ann, STIMBA IT t and the
Coverdak.--., for London. foundeetd in the gale
on the 2.id of August.
The Favourite. SI NICKL ASP. from Lisbon for
Liverpool, was burnt at its on the this inst. after
taking great part of the earao out.
The B.iti,4 er. of Bristol, is captured and car-
ried into Guadaloupe.
An American vessel, which touched at St. He-
lenZ, reports. that A stout French privateer. having
mistaken one of Sir EDWA !'snow's Irirates for
an lndiaman in the flay,itad been sunk by a broad-
sideain cansemtense of which the greater part of
the crew perished.
His Excellency Count Woitorizaw, the Russian
Ambassador, passed through Shrewsbury, on dues-
day last, on his way to Colebrook-dale.
On the ad instaat, Lord CATNC•IIT, commander
in Chief &the forces in North Britain, inspetted the
Royal Westmoreland Militia. at Port-Seaton Bar-
racks, near Wh!tehaven, and• expressed himself
much pirated with the soldier-like appearance of
the regiment, and their steady condu,!t under arms.
A Gentleman in town, received, on Wednesday
last, a letter from Lord MBET: L r, dated the 17th.
His Lordship bad been ill, bat was quite recovered ;
and, after the letter 1:22,3 written, was to have left
atela'lle Castle La taiinburgh, which proves there-
port Of his LaticAhip's having a yaralatic attack,
•-.l:ich we copied frat. anotliat rapt', :a be witaoat
foendrion.

.131111.,1C 1 FLEET.
- yereh of die Jamaica first pan

The fol)syding _ _
is the'iale, and tareffiaccounteid !or, viz.--
The eohnbelrland, SHis,,litit, for Lefth; Aurora M•Kinl
for Revery:, Jane., White; Concord, demi ; Aelhtim. a
don ; and the Pursuit Kontemery, (or London.
.The /Owing ;reseals of the Jamaica fleet In
off Cfflphcokear,no. the 19th init. under convoy
His Majesty:as/drips Franchise anl Prffg(4lll
The Cow, Fowler; Ann, Atkomt; Pr;ncesa
Sim ns ; Marine—, Curtis; Orlando. Jacksest; LStnet Youi
Venus, Toter; Biesing, M .ckie; ty rditek, —; I
aJla, Wimtritt ; Ann, Irtadir ; Sheldon." li•Oessald ; I
Suit, Mun.g invite ; St. George, Palmer; ILest, Pinny, L
don, Agnew ; W 116011; Willis Net,
Sion, Thompson; Larkin., Forster; hunter, Gardner ; D
of Turk, Now; Mary and Susannah, Clark ; mnet. •S
Gmeiou. Planter' ; V 16.6411.14, 1.111t:CM
free, It•oson ; Naiad, Ottle; Centurion, Craddal ;
Grove, We:ls ; Plopewell. Wl:human ; Tulloah Castle,
clay t John and Thomas. Clark; and Fetterprite, Lathed.
for Landon; King;toit, Browse for NewcasLc ; Riaanl.
vin; htintosh., Bolt.iek, Dawson; Chesterfi
&Naar Margaiet and Ann, Wells; Charles, Camay ;Ja
Woodhouse ; Garvt hhast, H.4a.ois ; Janata. Bradt!.
Illotiniaa L.ty St. J.iitn, Wlintite ; Posthorn.
Tea, , Some, hall ; Asigo.ta, ; and' the Carithri-
CuttsrelL fur Listrinrel ; 1r0,t,.0 a, Feeey, for C.ur ;
Liasrm ; Maria, SUMMON; fia,tha Brae, Ti ~,, oat ;
Caninhell ; and Frond.hop, 1 hnes.,s, I e 51,0.01 ; Lord G
ner, I.:Mock; Jane, Wylie; Marian, Ewing i Alfraal.C4
Mar., Fish; Pomona, filliatatkt Diana Iteatirii• ;
Margan.t, Weir, for the Ci.de ,•
I.r tit ; Favourite lti.harrl,on; Neptune, ISaush and
Atlas, Slockda:e;for
The second battalion of the Tbird, Guards
under mirching Orders. It is supposed they an
go out in the expeJitiotl to the Continent.
On Wonder, the 29th ult. the Right liononn
the Earl of Tatas as was chided an Alderinan of
b.:rough of Appleby, Westmoreirtiol. and t re p
day his Ltrdship took the usual oaths.
The Bachelors of Windsor baited their BLII
Mouday. The 801 l proved so very game, that
dog could pin him.
At Lancaster cheese fair, on Saturday
in the morning, prime dairies fetched iron 41s.
655. per cwt. but, owing to the great quantit:
markets s-vtral dairies were aftervisuds sold at IS
53 . tq 551.
The curious carriage, on one wheel. may be s
in New Bond-street, this day and to-morrow; :.s
the Drogenex Tandem.
There it a man now :ivies at Situdehill,
cisester, who, for the last forty yeas of his life•
regularly drank two quarts of English to
day ! severs hundred and thirty quarts in the year
The Isle of Mann packet, with the mail, arri
at Wbitebaven. at Monday, akin' having bens
tamed at Douglas, wiad-bcantd, silica the Wh
It has been erroneously stated in several nil
that Peers, as well, as Members of the litoto
Commons, are deprived of the privilege of fiaal
or receiving bow; free doting the assolutto
Parliament. The fa 4 is, that Peers' Inters are
charged with postage from the day of she D,in
trots onykifigites days rsisoiaw to the assemblinj
New PoZiiegirmt. when tlieir franking recover,"
and suchilWrobers as are returned to the New
liament theft begin to sand and receive Letters
of Pottage.
A mare has been laid in Dublin, by Mr.l
gasify with Mr. Gone, for the stun of ISO
neas' that Cots; sit, i".se peslestriaus who de
plished,‘Semc thnesinca. a remarkable liorzety
Ashlunotso Dublin, shall run on the Caragh,
April, fQO English ender, ih Matto* and
hours.
Yesterday, as Mr. Cali pots. a Gontlenta
sislkig in KingsLuut-road, Shoreditch. Was do
in a
.siogle /gorse chaise, accompanied by a y
Lasly,„,Oppg,Bishopsgate-street, on thrning
lot
Nlinortcs, the off-wheal came in came& an
hackne, Ebhth, and, by the shock, the Lady
thrown out with great violence]. Pet cralulim
to the house of a surgeon contignour, sho
was found to be didocated, and her right aids d
fully bruised; in which' situation she *u rue
home. Mr. Ct.% ODOCK was unhurt, bslt dai
tree of the chaise was briskets, anti one of the a
It did not appear that * hackney esseigps
driving negligorey.
Mr. Born resumed the investigation of Mrs,
pi mama s's robbery, on blonday Uteri:sou.
Prince of Wal s's Tavern, Latta-street,
bridge. Friar, the footman, was brought fin
How of Corratioa. The investigation coo
near three hours; but nothing transfered kg 1
a discovery.
Grain of every kind is very abundant in I:
and so low in price, that the American brig Ci
Capt. Baena, of Boston. with wheat, %getable i
a market at St. MAIOOI, has arrived at Cowe
her cargo. Captsin Basel: says, the halls
s2lOfflandre and Canaanite are mill lying c
shore, stranded and unserviceable, and that It
tempt to fire the former was not so effectual
believed. The affon too& place about twee
miles from St. Maloes ; the inhabitants of
distinilly heard the engasemeot ; every. 01
sidered the attack by the F.nglish, as evtoci
most determined courage, the Oafamandre hers
teetA by the batteries. °
On Saturday se'pnight, a cottage, in the
of Llanarthaey, Carmatthenshire, inhaleite
labourer and his iamily, was totally destro
firs, while the poor man was at work, and I
at market. On their return, they *ol'oo
that their hale property had been wholry con
but, shocking to relate, that two of their c!
who had been left at Lome, had perished
flames !
On Tra;day last, the body of a Mon 1
covered hanging, in a clump of trees, a
house of WM. Wtcurtt.N, Esq. Barrack--
at Bexhill, Sussex, by some persons; who,
midity, or want of presence of min), did aq
diately cut him down, the i,ody therefore re
suspended till a young blackuriith arrived.
mediately divided the cord, when it dram
great force, and caused so considerable se
on the head, that our Correspondent thinks
be doubtful, on a bare view, w4ether ho d'lc!
or from suspension by the neck. A piece O
hair-work, and several cic,:unterfts, were
his pockets. His name, we oolerstand, was
1r.A14. We hair... Mentioned the manner of
down the bo3y of the above unfortunate um
dace 'swarm, on future sierilar occasions,
dims down with gre:.•er titre, at a hew psis
Sly be saved hr seal !tunnels.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.
Wednesday, a very numomus and respeaable
Meeting of the Friends of Mt. Sheridan' dined to-
gether at the Shakespeare Tavern.
Mr. P. Moose in the Choir.
After the King and Royal Family had been
drank, with poeroriate nooks of esteem and re-
'pea, Ow health of the Prince of Wales was toast-
ed with enthusiastic applante.
the Memory of Mr. Fox was drank with the
most impressive solemnity
Te CHAIR NI• , alter some very pertinent obser-
vations upon the duty which bel••nged to a lieme•
sentative of the People, upon the extraordinary me-
rits Of Mr. Fox, and the eminent qualifications of
Mr. Sheridan to succeed- him it. tt.e representation
of Westminster, ohoorved, that thronzhout the
country, there was not a man to be found, in every
1..21,4'410 worthy of the sele4lion and support of the
ill•aors, as the illustrious persrin whose eledtion the
!Ott: deg was assembled to promote Between Mr.
Fox mad Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Moore remarked, that
tile warmest friendship had ever siihsisted—a friend-
ship indeed so warm, that no difference of opinion
_ conic inteivart it ; but, Is. added, that in Sta. no
• eitference of (minion had ever occurred between
them. other than such as might have arisen between
two brothers anxious for the good of their country.
The lion. Gentleman concluded with stating the
disadvantages he felt when speaking in such a pre-
Mace. before a man so distinguished for the splen-
dour of his talent, and observing, that the star shone
heightest when the sun was not seen, proposed the
beilth of ther-Right Hen. R. B. Sheridan, and sum
cest to his Eletion for Westminster.
When the rapture of applause which this t
alley forth had terminated,
Mr. 6il altl DAY rose and observed, that having
very recently occupied the attention of the Eiellb•pb
at some length, and having within the last few dips
published an Address to them, he did not nbW
id towessaty long to trespass upon their time.
-11116 amble 1? need, the Chairman, who had, he
obit, been qu' a ton complimentary to him, had
ailleed, that the lustre of the star was only visible
whet the son had set. it Apply," said Mr. Sheridan,
"this nbrerveion to me, for ,A hatetrer rays I may be
• capable of shedding forth to illuminate your horizon,
you must tether attribute to the gloom sleeted by
the setting of that great sun whose loss p.m all de-
plate, thae to any peculiar merit of mine (lead ap-
e...rat.). Fee twenty-four years have I stood by that
rilastriese tan. Throughout my political lite has
he been the otjea of my adherence and admiration.
Before I entered Parliament I sought him out, and
that friendship I have the pride and the pleasure to
think was never for a moment interrupted to the
hated henrof his life. It is upon the same ground
which urged me to look after, end enabled me to
enjoy that friendship, that I am now induced to
solic•t your suomert. An attio-lneut likndtettels
aid a determination to persevere thi4pg
the principles of Mr. Fox, are the °Olt gitiOnds
Mom which I caw rest a pretension to your con.
haence.. My Honourable Friend in the Chair,
has talked of supplying the loss of thettr man
toe deplote ; but this is quite im For
evert in the scale ref gradation, all men with regard
to him are on a level, and thus I must proseuisMesay
total dismsalificatioo. But yet, 1 will yield tone Mia
ins zealous regard far that sacred liberty. which,
however its cause may have been betrayed by
neachety, bedewed with blood, or prophened by
sacrilege in other nations, *hell ever Eased in my
estimation, es the highest gift which the great
Creator ever conferred upon mac /bad owl reikested
plarditi . In devotion to this prie:ipbr 1191, do I
presume to think myself in any ctegive eqtfaffitt year
late illustrious Representative —to that man. who,
in powers of mind, stood completely anstaallei.-
who, in my judgment, was, its a StateithOut,
nor in iotelleet, not only to Ray this eountryall=
ever produced, but to any the world has ever wit-
nessed 1. apparel() The Right Hon. Gentleman
concluded with repeating the words of his late Ad-
dicts, " What 1 have beep I shall continue to be—
the maintenance of the principles of Mr. hex, is
now tnore than ever a meted ditty."
Tkis scotch was freqtcently interrupted by sale-
Maims of applause. •
Upon the health of Mr. T. Sheridan, and success
to his eletion for Stafford, being drank,
Mr. Sesames rose, and in a sheet and caw-
retie speech expressed his gratitude to the Meeting
for this honourable mark of their attention—adding,
that he had no doubt the Eaglets of Stafford would
imittimre to trove their adherence to the sacred
trnociples which originally induced them to support
• • the man whom that Meeting had honoured with
such flatterirg testimonies of*their attachment, and
that they would feel proud of the high distinaion
to which the Ileftori of Westminster were about to
raise hint—(Applause:./
The Canoe of Liberty throughea the Wrinirkas amok
with entloss
The Indopeorrent Dolton of Westminster ;
Sir Fran:is llordett and Mr. By ni, ant secrets to their Stew
44 for Mtddle.iex ;
' Alderman Coonibe,and the Independent Livery of London ;
Lod wet. loam), and the Independent Elefrors of Surrey ;
Mr Mater. and the Deane' of Hertford.hire ;
The Dolma a lloiforel—Detnnihne—and Norfolk—end the
.Hone .ot Ituoiet—Cewitei.h—smol I lowest! ;
Laadellotriork, Grooville, Heoilatill, ad 6,AL:rd
U. packs, and suroess to hir flextion in Yorkshire ;
Lord Barryntore, snd the Itilepeodent klectort of Tewket-
Ithey;
16, !Netted,. Ind 'he F1.4-t,r. of Fresham ;
. .kleolov a.of the Independent Electors, the bleach of
Wreetioas. lie Coventry ;
were among the marked toasts of the evening.
Several souks were sung by Kelly, Gibbon, and
I)iguum, which were peculiarly well received. Mr.
T. Sheridao and Mr. Graham also favoured the
company vith songs, as did Lard Barrimore and
his luotber ith Ores.
Aremig the enriqsany we noticed Lords Barry-
mote and Petersham ; the Hon. Berkeley Craven ;
Sir filbert Barclay M . Wilson, Howarth,
• Graham. Brand, Mellizh, Scott, R. Heathcote,
Notion. Att. &c.•
Tice company broke up about ten o'clock.
Thursday sehmight. as Mr. fir noose's phaeton
wes standorg near the Castle Ditches, Norwich, wo•
• _au Ithecare.rif a servant, the horses rota fright, boa
ran away with the carriage. which was oveitioned
ani broken to pieces. Unfortunately, a child was
eonaideratil), hurt by the accident.

111.1174 L. IYTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2e.
Arrived the Mrreurn frigate, from Newfoundland ;
.and the Litely frigate, from Gibraltar ; both last
from with a convoy. two of which are
arrived, viz. the Union transport, Capt. Rennison,
and the Ambrosia transport, Goodwin.
Put back the 'Saracen sloop •of war, which
sailed on the inst. with a convoy for Cork.--
Wind N.W.
PLYMOUTH, OCT. '2l.
This morning Earl St. Vincent arrived in the
Hibernia, of Ito inns, from Lisbon. His Lordship
war saluted by the Port Admiral, before he came to
anchor, with fifteen guns. Arrived also His Ma-
jesty's ship Formilable, of 98 guns, Capt. Fairman ;
Viper cutter, Lieut. Carpenter ; and L'Aigle frigate,
Capt. Wolfe.
Sailed. His Majesty's ship Mahe, Capt. Buller,
for the Channel Fleet. Various *moors were afhat
yesterday. reapetling a Spanish squadron that had
sailed first from Cadiz, and afterwards from Cartha-
gena. This account is said to be brought by a
neutral vessel. but do not believe the report gains
least "- of credit.

the 1.-.. degree ... _
Sailed the Jobs dui/cutter, with a convoy, to the

_
Westward.
Arrived the Do Dry Broilers, from Bout,
deans for Lubec, detained by the Lisa privateer.
The Witte, Capt. Voss, of lied for Hambro', from
Montevideo, with hides, is on shore on St. Nicholas
isle d, and must aaload.—Wied W.
T•LICOUTN, OCT. 20.
The nuke e Marlins' Packet, Capt. Bull, which
sailed last evening fee the Leeward Islands, has
since Olt book by contrary winds.—Wind S. W.
TORPAT, OCT, 22.
This meriting General %newt went from the
Ii-
Isseirioss, on beard a enure belonging to this port, to
be landed at 'Topsham. The General still remains
very ill; his complaint is the dropsy.
This afternoon sailed for Plymouth the Illsetriort,
74 pas; also sailed the Peggy, of this port, fur
Portsmouth, wlth•the baggage and a detachment of
the Berkshire Militia.
1114•1., OCT. 22.
•
Sailed the Odense dorm ofayar, from Yarmouth ;
and the Crilistr sloop of ware from a cruise off
Ostend. ''
Arrived 'the Lareffer bon* frnin Portsmouth ;
Trompesue sloop of wet, and several gun brigs. from
off the French Coast. and remain in the Downs,
with the rest of threhipa as per last.—Wind S.S.W.
•
FROM LLOYD'S LIST. •
At Cowes—the Breeze, Wright, from Pittorshurgh.
' At it/mot—the Vltali!,•-•...; and the
Prow Htlitoa.
At Guernsea—The Reward, frets Virginia.
At Carlo—the Martha, Fawn, Irom Virgines end the Is•
peransa, from Li-bon
Ghttmlburgh—tha Adonis, itiusea, boat Malaga; and
'to Constiunnin,.---, from London.
Virginla—the Father and Sons, klopkies, from London.
• the Bahantas--the John from Liverpool.

SCHOOL&

It has long been my intention, which I at pre-
sent fulfil, to send you seine remarks, in your office
of •Inspetor-General, •spots the state of our public
schools at present. Many are the evils, which,
through length of time, or, perhaps, I may say
carelessness, have crept into our most celebrated se-
minaries of learning and isience, some of which are
indeed of the first magnitude, as they influence not
only the present, but the future coodua of a boy's
life. Or these, the principal ones that I shall men-
tion are Coe system offiging and that of selkeg. The
fat of these is cut:salty rather calculated to form
I tyntosi and slaves, than gentlemen and scholars ; but
the foment boys reap an small advantage from being
defilided by their masters, who, like the Roman
Porimi. take their part upon all occasions, whether
ries or wrongs This evil may proceed from the
eseilessaes of the master ; but there is another of far
greaser magnitude, which can only proceed from
their escintragement ; I mean, informing secretly of
what passes among their schod-fellows. This may
appear at first a slight and trivial error; but its of-
feas are by no means trivial. It is the duty of the
master to mculcate a noble and manly spirit into his
beys, but this is encouraging a cowardly, and,
may add, a villainous, disposition. I remember,
when I was at school, the master has often told me
to give him just an intimation of what was going
forward ; bat the detestation I felt for each conduct
has always deterred me. If any thing is told, let it
be done in an open and manly way, not as if you
were afraid the walls might hear you, and report
your secret information to the person you are
accusing.
lf, Mr. Editor, you thi, k these observations are
entitled to any regard, or likely to e any bene-
ficial putpose, the insertion, or acknowledgment of
them will particularly oblige
Your constant Reader.
Scsiot AST ICUS.

The Earl of LAO CILIIO• Li., during his late resi-
dence in France, was extremely desirous of procur-
ing permissinn from the French Ruler for the return
of the English, who, contrary to every usage among
civilised Stales, were so unjustly and cruelly de-
tained at Verdun. 'the Noble Lord intimated his
wishes to one of B 's Ministers; but, ap-
preheaswe. that if he applied at first for the en-
largement of the whole of his criuntrymen, he
might be expose,' to a &acetifying refusal. he only
solicited the freedom of three or lour iudifiduals,
for whom he declared Ire was particularly interested,
at the same tine endeavouring te discover from the
Minister whether Items likely that the same indul-
gence might be exceeded to the rest. The Minister,
whose name it would be imprudeut Jnd ungenerous
to mentioe, candidly assured the N.,ble Lord, that
lie stand sot communicate his Lordship's request,
even I fir a single individual, to the Emperor, lest he
should draw urn himself the influence of a temper
susceptible of the most violent irritations, and ;cheeks*
immediately gives way tosibe most outrageous ex-
cesses. Such is til.! man who rules over the ustfer-
moate people of nAnc e, pith a much more dread-
ful tcverity than ever they experienced frnm the
worst of their lawful Mnnarehs, or, indeed, than
the Tyrant of any barbarous State ye' known to the
world.

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ACCOUNT OF LONDON.
-tosnos.sitinOe.
Peter de Colechurch,. chaplain of St. Mary Cole-
church, began London-bridge in 1176, the 22d year
of Henry II.: Isembert, master of the schools of
Xante, who had lately built a bridge there, and at
Rochelle, was appointed by King John to finish it,
which he did in 1209. In the ninth pier was a cha-
pel dated to St Thomas. The lovers of anti-
quity must regret the demolition of this singular,
perhaps unparalleled, monument, in some altera-
tions of the Bridge, which took place about twenty
years ago. Its length was sixty-five by twenty feet,
and its height fourteen, divided into two stories :
the upper, in modern times, served for a dwelling.
house, the lower for a warehouse.
William of Worcester, who travelled in 1478,
gives the following account of the dimensions as he
saw them :
Loogitudo Capella SanEti Thomz Martyris su-
per Pontens Londoniarum circa 20 virgas cum can-
cella inferius in volta quam superius cum choro,
sed longitudo uavis diElz Capella continet 14 vir-
gas.
" Latitude de medieta gryses est una virga.
" Lengitudo pontis ex parte meridionali de le
postis ad portam primate: noviter fpndatam per
Henricum Cardinalem usque ad duas posits ereOas
prope ecclesiam santli Magni continet 500 gressus
moos.
" Item suet 5 magez fenestrz in uno latere, quit-
libet fenestra continet 3 panos.
This passage will be toned at page 301 of Wil-
liams's Itinerary, Mr. Nasmith's edition, though it
is referred to neither from the Table of Contents,
nor the Index.
A view both of the Bridge and Chapel, as they
stood a few years after, in the time of Henry VII.
may be seen in Tie History of Pleshts, copied from
the Illumination of an old manuscript in the Royal
Library.
stuterriseatre.
" In this •v
-second yore of the kyng (1241 I)

thirty- iris
the warfe of London callyd Quene Hythe, taken.
to ferme by the comynaltye of the cytye, to pay
yerely therefore L pounde. The whyche was then
eommyteed to the shryve's charge, and so bath con-
tynuyd ever sen that ty me to thys daye.
" Whereof the profytys and tollys are so sore
mynyshed, that at thys days ( I 515,) yt is lytle worth
ouer xz narks or xv pounds one pre with another."
( Fektee's chronicle )
GISSIS•11-COLLEGE.
Anson the prints which adorn Ward's Lines of the
Gresham trtlisaorr, is a view of Gresham College,
with a gateway, entering from Broad-street, mark •
ed 25. Within are the figures of two persons,' the
one standing, the other kneeling ; these represent Dr.
Mead and Dr. Woo.tward, the professor of physic
there, and allude to a transaction, of which the fol-
lowing is the history. In the exercise of his pro-
fession, Dr. Woodward had said or done something
that had given offence to Dr. Mead. Mead, resent-
ing it, was determined to have satisfaction, and
meeting Woodward in th:s place. *then he was re-
turning to his lodgings in the College, drew, as did
his adversary ; but Mead having obtained the ad-
vantage of him, commanded him to beg his life ;
Woodward answered, with some wit, " No I Doc-
tor, that I will not, till I ant your patient." How-
ever, be f vlded, and his submission is marke I by a
situation that represents him tendering his sword.
Dr. Mead was the friend and patron of Ward,which
may possibly account for the above fad being io sin-
gularly recorded.
tOOR-JIWIT-L ANC.
The chief places in which the Jews originally
dwelt, before they were expelled the kingdom, by
Edward I. have been already mentioned. On the:r
re-admission, they fixed upon a new quarter of the
town, which occasioned the name of Old Jewry to
be given to the principal street of their former red.
deuce. In Cromwell s time, they settled first in
Poor Jewry-lane, nigh Aldgate, and still, for the
most part, remain confined to its vicinity.
ST. CLICKINT.S.
Among the church-processions revived by Queen
Mary. that of St. Clement's, in honour .A its pa-
tron-saint, was by far the most splendid of any in
London. The procession to St. Paul's, in 15:4,
" was made very pompous with fourscore banners
and streamers, and the waits of the city playin4,
and threescore priests and clarkes in copes ; and di-
vers of the Inns of Court were there, who went next
the priests. &c "—(See Stripe's Lectesiastisal Mo.
sweats, vol. 3, p. 377.)
asasioneseir.
Although Leland, Stow, and ethers, place the
foundation of the priory here at an earlier time, it
appears. from the best accounts, that it was founded
in the year 10532, by Alwin Child, a citiccn of Lon.
don. Some, indeed, have ascribed it to the Conquer-
or himself, who probably countenanced and pro-
moted it; others to William Rufus, whose benefac-
tions, it must be owned, were considerable : but the
first steps seem to have been taken by Child, how.
ever inconsiderable thv advances he was able to
make in it.
In the Domesday Sw-vey, the church is called
" poise et potehro rc, lerie.'
Child's first work was the foundation of a church,
dedicated to our Saviour. on the swab of, and conti-
guous to, the spot on which the present parochial
church of St. Mary Magdalen is satiated. To this
he annexed a convent of Cluniac monks, sent hither
in the year 1019. at the instance of Lanfranc, Arch-
bishop of Canterbory, from the priory of La CAertte
slr Is Loire, to which ft accordingly became sabor-

dinate as a cell,
In the 45th of Edward 111. it was sequestered,
among other alien priories, to the use of the Ctowa:
but re-established by Richard in the second year of
his reign I wlso also, two years afterwards, in consi-
deration of a fine of two hundred marks, entran-
cbised it, thereby enabling the members of it to pur-
chase and possess land in their own right, and to
their own proper use and benefit : and Amu eigh-
teen years after, in 1399, he converted it into an ab-
`t*y.
The-estates belonging to this priory were by no
means inconsiderable, being of the extended value
of at least them thousand pounds a•year ot oar pie-
Sent currency.
Their smaller parcels of land, and rent-charges,
we r.nit Amorg the most mrerial of their ma-
nors. ate those ot Proton, war Yeovil, and Kyn-

mardeston, in Somersetshire ; Charlton, in Kent.
Quickhury, in the parish of Sheriog, Ess-r ; and
Bermondsey. In the neighbourhood of London,
the manor of Brocksbourn ; first a moiety, and
afterwards the whole, of Rotherhitile ; the manor
of Dulwich, in Camberwell; and the manor of
West-Greenwich, or Deptford.
Among their spiritualities was the advowson of
St. Saviour's, Bermondsey; given them by King
William 11. in 1091 ; that of St. George, in South-
wark, by Thomas Ardern, 1122 ; the reftnry of
Rotherhithe, in the same year; that of Camber-
well, in Surrey. by William Earl of Gloucester, in
1154; and Bedington, 1159. From 1321, till.the
dissolution of the convent; the Monks presented to
the Reftory of St. George, in Botolph-lane. In
1322 they,became possessed of the advowson of St.
Andrew's, Holborn ; from the same period till the
dissolution they bad the alternate presentation to St.
Magnus, London-brides ; and in 1390, they ob-
tained a grant of the re&nry of Croydon.
The list of Priors is a long one: it may he enough
to say, that the forty-seven first were foreigners, and
.that Richard Denton, or Thurston, was the first E,«lg-
lishman who filled the office, in 1372. Under Ili,
administration, 1330, the Monks were released from
their subjeftion to the alien priory in Normandy :
he rebuilt the cloister and refeftory ; and was a great
benefator to the priory. On his resignation, in
1390, John Attelburgh was elefted ; who, having
procured the priory to be tweeted into an abbacy.
and himself created the first Abbot, by Pope Boni-
face IX. in 1399, resigned his charge.
The subsequent Abbots were,
1:;39, Henry Tomtit% ; 1419, Thomas ThetfirrA; 1459.
Jolt's Rioonleigh ; 1476, John Do Marlow Rater.
Wharton, alias Tadao,.
The last of whom, having been consecrated
Bishop of St. Asaph, in 1556,-surrendered his al,;1-it
to the King tbe.year following, a/4.in 1554, was
translated to the see of Hanford.
Its revenue, at the surreoder, according to what
appears the best estimate, was 5481. 2s. 504-
About three years and a half afterwards the Bth
of July, 1541,) the site was granted to Sir Robert
Southwell: coos after which the chords was taken
down by Sir Thomas Pope, by whom it had been
purchased.
'lle few relies which are now seen of Betraand-
sey Abbey, eabibit little more than some seaweed
portions of its outer walls. At the nortb-wen
corner, however, of what is now known by the
name of Xing John's Court, stands one of the abbey
gates.
Of the internal stare and history of the foandatios.
we know little or nothing ; the annals of the house
having perished in the general wreck of its fortunes.
The Court, however, appears occasionally to have
made rise of it for their meetings on affairs of state.
At Christmas, 1154, Henry U. immediately after
his first coronation, treated here with his nobles oe
the state of the kingdom. In the reign of Henty IIL
many of the nobility baying taken the cross open
them, met at this house to deliberate on the (rider
of their journey. Catherine, the Queen of Heory V.
either for devotion or safety, retired here. where she
died January 5, 1437. Elizabeth, also, the Queen
of Edward IV. was confined to this house by lice
son-in-law, King Henry VU. in 1486, where shs
died soon after.--(See Mowonor's History of Surrey.)
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MEKTINGs Or CREDITORS AT GefILDHALI.,
TO MUM ROM. 114.
James Mien, late 44 Great Newport-ofeet. West-
inin,t2r, linen-draper . 3 *1
Ted,.).' Ranch, Quem street, London, sugar-reflner t It
T.wmpson, Hand-court. Upper Thamea-street.
, Lehrtan, whotesakt ..tatierar 2 se
DIVIDENDS.
John Lamson, /Copland-rout, Middleme„ Rya-
dresser . . 10
James Brewer, Richnson4•liil, Surrey, rietualler . 111
John Rowlett, hits of the junction Wharf.
Whltthiars, I,n,lori, amber. merchant . 111
Robert Guy, Sean-yard, ShorrJach, Middlesex, via
tualler . 10
CERTIFICATES
Worral Palmer' of 110:beach, is the &mote of Liege's, draper.
grocer, dealer and rhapinan.
Edward Crosby, of Liverpool, its the euunty of LancaMsr,
merchant.

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IN ARKIAGES.
On Monday, at Teddlngten, Williams Dale Fan, Cat
lain in the South i tants Regiment of Militia, to Has Luke,
only daugluer of JUIN* Lubin, EMI of Torldington
Monday niorrung, by the RAN. Philip Godfrey, Rector of
Aran St Laurence, Herd, Archibald Glute., Ej. M.
jetty's Attorney General for the Island of T rin id, as 5414
Th•lorens of Lower Tooting, Storey.
raged 70, rd who
Tuesday last, at'Streud, flernuell Holster,
ha. lest both his legs many year., to the widow of lease Wildlr„
who was drowned in the Stroud Canal a short dans &w t. 71,.
novelty of the match brought tigether a large amscuarso et
spectators, at the heart of whoa anIS more the old ireseraMi.
daughters, whim intirrassed her deapprobeheo of the allisor•
by staging • sharp bell, beating a cannisser, and other non
implements, whitdi were suspended to diffenrin p.n. or her
body. The old gentleman was conysied to rod finis chard*
on the elsooidery of a friend, who way oceateenstry inhered, •
this artheous task, be the willing ettlets Si the ores bowel'
Saturday. at anilingtan, by the R Orkneys', .k•
Chichester, fig. to vine M. C. Hill, only daughter of Chimer
Hill, F. q. at Wiek-house.
DEATH.
On Monday morning, at Min Hothani's honey, in SCA4.
buroorh-buildings, Bath, aged 76, Mr.. 3. A M ..keorrh
Pried, JaAr to the late H Freed, Lut• of 'l' ,o.th. i•,
the county of Cornwall, and aunt to William prod, 1...0. of
the snag place.
Un
il.e 19th inunnt, at her house in Conn s..orst,
Beliord rye,- IN a Riebneli, 67, the widow 'at!
Roben niccoals, ono of the Mastics ,if the High Gain ee
Chll,ltery.
Os We'd"e"l•7. Fincoley. !hymn, aka
denim!, of the as. J..n-s si, Esy (

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