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THE VISAILES.
FROM THE GREEK OF ANTMIANES IN ATHENEOSit

01.414,2 ca Kzar,yopss.
&WHY L. AS A M.

Two things my Fanny cannot hide,
(Spite 4.. t the cunning Gipsy ')
She can't c ,n•:ell when she's in loves
Nor can she when she's tipsy'.

tremluu; lips, but more her eyes,
Betray that she's been bibbing,
Aml `g4inst her love the more she ,wren,
The more your :•ure'e she's fib:Aug t:
OLD NICK.

• Petr. Viztorius also tells us, Amore= nunsupe celdri
roma p..e.e.
t Cowley has availed hirnsslf of this thoneht of Antiphanes
in a copy of versa; c.eled s Love's Visibility," iti Thc Mistress,
, " The very eye Wtrays our inward smart ;
Love of hinis.:!f left th.ne a part,
When through it he pass'd into tit • heart.
" Or if by chance the Lee betray not it,

i

But kelp the s,Tret wiszly, yet,
Lke drunkettile.4. into cr2 zongtter 'tw ;:t t."

Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, attended by
General GWYNNE, soon after breakfast, rode in
Windsor Park till about one o'cl, k, when his MA-
JESTY set off in his travelling carriage for I.ondon,
with his usual escort, and arrived at the Qi:LEN's
House about half past three o clock.
Her MAJESTY and the Pa iNCESSES, attended by
Lady CHARLOTTE WYNN, arrived at the QULEN'S
House, from Willi o about twelve o'clock.
In the evening their MAJESTIES had a concert and
with party at the Qt. Ef !louse.
Lady L. MANNER.; has invited the fashionable
world to her assembly, announced for Monday the
16th of May.

The Duchess of St, ALBANS gives her next fa-
shionable party on Monday, in Bruton-street.
Captain MAeN.‘ MARA is brother to the gentle.
man who w.l. banding Miss RAE into her carriage
from Covent-garden, Theatre, at the time she was
shot by the Rev. Mr. HACKMAN.
Tile Earl of DA itT MOCT ft has appointed Mr. Jo -
Si:Pil AMUS Principal of his MAJESTy's Wine Cel-
lars, in the room of Mrs ISAAC CLARK, deceased.
The long pending action between the Honourable
THOMAS COVESTRV, and Sir ROBERT HARLAND,
is nor, as stated in a Morning Paper, to be settled: it
will afford some amusement and emolument to the
lawyers at the summer assizes of Suffolk.
T e Earl and Countess of Ux BRIDGE had a Con.
cert of Sacred Music, on Sunday evening Last, at
their house in Burlington-street ; Mr. CHARLES
WE;LEY performed on his Lordship's organ, which
is considered one of the finest instruments in the

kingdom.
Ma.Es PLTEM ANDREWS' Music, this evening, in
Cleveland-row, be attended by a most numer-
ous and fashionable party.
Lord BACOT and family, .returned to town last
night, for the season, to his house in Upper Brook-
street, from Blithfield, near Litchfield.

Mrs. ItonisgoN gives a grand Rout, this even-
ing, at her house in Albemarle-street.
On Monday night Lady MA 1, ESRURY gave a
grand Bail :tad ;supper at her house in Spring-
zariens. About 70 persons of distialion sat
down to a sumptuous slipper. The country dances
were kept up till a very late hour. The Gows, and
several other ceLbi-ated cianix players were engaged
on the occasion.
F. 11.sa +Nu has taken Lady Ci v roN's late
house inßerkeky-square fur the s::ason.

The Earl of KELLIE has nominated the Rev.
ll:JaLitl. ADAM, of the University of Oxford, to be
his Lordship's domestic chaplain.
Cavendish, that once celebrated racer, is sold to
Mr.' LLOYD, in the neighbourhood of Barton and
Grimsby, in Lincolmhire.
Lieutenant-Colonel CAMPoet L, who commands
the Royals at Gihralter, teas unable to embark for‘
England on the 3d inst, owing to his having been
most severely burnt, by his shirt-sleeve taking fire
when reading in bed.
The Marquis of TITCHTIELD is at Portsmouth
with his brother, Lord Wit.i.tAst CA veNnisit BLN-
TIMER, whose sailing is still delayed by the strong
adverse winds.
The Hon. T. W. COVENTRY has matched a sow,
his property, to run a certain distance against a Mr.
13--R—Y, a celebrated runner, for limo guineas.
The knowing ones bet high odds against the gentle-
?man, the pig being daily trained to run the given
distance for his food.
. The Dean Hunt ended on Saturday se'nnight.—
The depth of the country, and the fatigue and heat
of the day, were such, that Jack Rodincon, a famous
'hunter, the property of Sir J. L. Routs', the pre-
sident of the hunt, died the same evening in conse-
qunce of the severity of the chase.

rowitcz DuTr.

SNIP o‘N NI.OS.

A General Meeting of the Ship-Owners was yes-
terday held at the Londnn Tavern. pur etart to ad-
vertisement, for the purpose of taking into considera-
tion the present very critical state of the Shipping
Interest of this kingdom, and the funlier measures
necessary to be adopted to obtain a repeal of the
Tonnage I)uty.
Mr. Hit, t. was first proposed to fill the Chair,
but ha trusted he might be permitted to decline the
honour in favour of a gentleman better qualitiad than
himself.
Mr. KINNION was then unanimously cailed to
the Chair. He professed how inndeqaate he was to
till the situation lie had been called to so well as his
preelecessor ; he felt how unequal he was to the
t isk imposed upon him, and he hoped every in-
dalgence would be shewn towards him.
The LC iT ARV then said,—.. Gentlemen, agree.
able to your hestruaiens I hove endetvoured to pm-
cure a copy of the Consolidation Schedule, which
have not been able to do : I have seen it ; it is in
the possession of the Lord Mayor ; I have compared
it with the. table of the Tonnage Ditty under the
It!t of Parliament, and find it precisely the same.
understand. from the most creditable authority, it
is the intention of Mr. Addington to persist in the
Touna4e' Duty, and not to admit of any modifica-
tion with respea to it. It is not clear whether he
will not separate the Tonnage Duty from the Con-
solidation Schedule with respea to exports and im-
ports; that, however, I understand it will be set-
tled this afternoon between the Lord Mayor and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer."
The See s LT A a y then In idly stated the minutes of
the last General Meeting, and read a letter from the
Lord Mayor to the Committee respeaing the fre-
quent adjournments of this question, which had
taken place in consequence of the disagreements be-
tween the British and French Governments.-
Mr. Teom As Litton Sr then moved the first Reso-
lutioa, for which see the front of our paper.
It was seconded by Mr. Cvatise.
Mr. Hi t t,—.‘ It stems to be the wish of many
persons to be informed, why the question of Ton-
nage Duty has not been Lolught forward in Par-
liament ? The Committee were entrusted by you
with full powers to make use of their best exertions
in order to obtain a repeal of the tax. They accord-
ingly attended the Lord Mayor, and gave him every
necessary instruction. In the niean time the busi-
ness between France and this country broke out;
there was a great alteration in the political affairs of
the country, and it was thought advicable to sus-
pend any thing that might possibly tend to embarrass
Administration, or throw difficulties in their way.
The Lord Mayor thought he might, with an assur-
ance of the approbation of the Committee, suspend
pressing the question : when 1w had done so, he
wrote to the Committee, and they parlealy approved
of his condo n. The matter has gone on in this
way ; the Coalmine,: still continuing unwilling to
press the subjaa until a few nights since ; when,
from something that passed in the House of Com-
mons, it appeared the Minister meant to bring this
measure forward in rather an indirect way; and that,
instead of bringing it forward in a fair and open
manner, he meant to introduce it by ceepling it
with the Consolidation Ad). Under this impression
the Committee have drought it right to call a Ge-
neral Meeting, in order to ask whether, as such cir-
cumstances had taken place, it was not proper to
give fresh instruaions to the Lord Mayor to apply
to Parliament on the subjeact. The motion just
submitted seems to have that tendency, and will
therefore no doubt be approved of. 1 have so often
delivered my sentiments upon the general question
tespeaing the interests of the Ship-Owners, that I
-shall not trespass further on your attention, in order
to give some other Gentleman an opportunity of
stating what may occur to him."
The first Resolution was put from the Chair and
carried unanimously.
Mr. ATCHMN—" It may be necessary for me to
say a few words, with reference to some observations
which have been made out of doors, respeaing the
opposition to this duty. It has been said that the
opposition to Itoninated with a particular ineivi-
dual. lam to state that it did not originate
with him ; I have been privy to the whole cline
proceedings, and whh a view to do away any effect
which might be produced by the ohservation.s I have
alluded to, it is my duty to state that the first meet-
leg was called without his knowledge or privity ;
I am sensible that those who made the observations,
have paid the individual to whom I am referring the
highest compliment, is attributing to him a pro-
ceeding which has received the aeration of several
hundred of the Ship-Owners of this country It
had been stated that it originated in a junto near
the Royal Exchange. Now we all know, on, the
contrary, that it wAs a spontaneous ..neasure onnhe
part of the Ship-Owners in peeled throughout the
kingdom; the public ought to know flax there has
been no exertion made on the part of the Gentle.
man who is the immediate ohjed of these observa-
tions, to bias the minds of the Shif-0W111.1.5 in gene-
ral. It ought to he known that it is a measure ori •
ginating with the Ship. Owners in general; in conse-
quence cf their feeling that the tax bears peculiarly
I aril upon them. I have thought it he:mai:lit on
t le to make these ohsarvations, because your pro-
t online' have been attributed to a Gentleman who
rbr 2!iiially had nothing to do with them."

Mr. ILL -44 What our respe,clable Secretary al-
;Ades to, are two km:: which have been addressed
n:e k the public paters; they were signed IstLas-
.:sts.—tionse Gentleman has answered them in a
Inter under the sigratare of Avaroa PATRIA.--1
have been considered as the author of that letter,
bnt I declare I am not, and that 1 have
r.:Aj it."

Cit amArt---04 Sir, your condua has been so
peefealy correa in every rvspeet, t!i.it I aM sure
every person present is full persuaded you would
never have answered any letter upon this subjea ad-
dressed to you through such a medium."
Mr. 111 tt.--0. Cert.sinly, Sir, I should think it nn-
worthy of me to answer .tny anonymous le:ter com-
ing horn any quarter. Our Se...ret.sry, who has deer
himself so much honour by the whole of his con-
dud. did Kriel* right in mentioning the circam-
t.taoce to the meeting. The writer of the letter he
has referred to, has said, I opposed the tax only to
snake a display of oratory. I appeal to you whether
that is true; I merely stated plain Etas in a plain
*Ay. Ia declining the honour of the Chair, I was
wetly desirous seem Gentleman would come forwar.l
lend tulieve me front a sitasatiaa whilgt has ai.suitsisl

mien: of my time. I'am Fiad to see a (--"ntlernaf
take up the business who is so viAl qualhied to do
justice to it. With regard to the letters, they are
not worth any further notice."
Mr. Cu al itea As—h The letters, lam sure, have
made no impression on any one in this society."
Mr. it it 0C A a lot only this meeting, and
every class of Ship-Owners in Great Britain, but
every i.nbjea in the kingdom, are obliged to the
Gentlemen who stood forward to obtain the repeal
of this most obnoxious tax ; and whether any mea-
sures are taken for our relief or not, the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, as he has called this a tax of
experiatest, stands pledged to the House of Ccra-
nions and to the country, to slew and prove the
result of it. He has now had the experience of a
year. We are here assemble' to consider of the
further means necessary to ofpose it, and we have
a body of evidence to bring fcrward in support of
our objeftions, and to prove that we are navigating
our slops to no profit; the Minister stands pledged to
the public and us to prove what has been the state
of me Shipping-Interest b.: the last twelve months."
Mr. Cho moved the second Resolution.
Mr. I am sure the condo& of the
Lord Mayor merits the highest approbation ; he has
;lard the part of a patriot, a loyal man, and a mer-
chant. lie has, during a time of
,political didiculty,
kept back the question, that it might not embiurass
his Majesty's Minister, and if it is now brought for-
ward, the Lord Mayor will have the satislathon to
relied, that he has lot provoked the discussion.—
The conduit of the Mi:hster himself has been such
that it cannot remain ionger open, it must be im-
mcd:ately discussed or dropped •aito
Mr. 41-reiissoN—,. in the course of the numer-
ous meetings 1 have LI with the Lord Mayor, he
has uniformly paid me every respett as the repre-
sentative of the Ship-Owners. In whatever situa-
tion his Lordship has been placed, he has ever been
ready to ray attention to your wishes. I think it
probable there may be some arrangement made ou
the subject this after-nowt ; but whether any ar-
rangement takes place or not, 1 trust I have a right,
as an individual in sonic degree interested in the
question, to deliver my opinion. It appears to me
we have not been so candidly treated as we ought
to have been ; that the tax is net warranted either
by the situation of the country or by any principle
%%Melt has been recognized by any writer on poli-
ticat economy. I have ransacked the works of eves y
author I could rind who has written in our own or
any other language upiin the suOjea of taxation;
and I cannot discover any principle which justifies
such a measure. The oniy tax mat bears the least
similarity to it :s the shop-tax„whieh you know was
abandoned shortly after its adoption. Tlfs is a tax
infinite) worse in its planation; it is 'tax on capi-
tal, and on industry. I defy any man to show aie
least analogy between this or any other tax that ever
was proposed •a- attempted to be carried into
cite& The ho.ise.tax bears no resemblance to it.
The French Government, immediately upon this tax
being- adopted in this c•aincry, caught use idea for
the purpose of avoiding the error into which our
Government had fallen, and reeolletting that Judi.
cious fill la et 44 dweri, they considered it an
act of prudence to avail themselves of the opportu-
nity to impose on foreign ships a duty of four livrcs
per ton."
Mr. HILL observed, that if it should be found
his Majesty's Minister meant to separate this duty
from the Consolidation Ati, it might probably be
desirous to defer the consideration of the question
to a more convenient season.

Many exclaimed, that it ought to be brought to
an imii.,:diate discussion, and this seemed to be the
prevailing s..ntiiiient of the meeting.
Mr. 1-111.1.--" You arc rciieved from the imputa-
tion of pressing it, for the Minister has, by bringing
forward the Consolidation Mt, forced you to do it."
Mr. CHAILNIAN—" The Ship-Owners have aaed
as became them ; but, in my opinion, 'there is a
great deal of odaira attaches to the Minister
Mr. H:Lt. Inanlea the Minis cr for his precipita-
tion, and apyhLuded the Ship-Ow ners for their fur-
beam:oz.

•
It uas that resolved, that the Resolutions should
be tratismitttal to thi: Lord Mayor by the becre-
tary.
The thanks of the Meeting were moved to Mr.
Hill for his able and inipai LIZ coadua of the tor-
n.cr Ctneral Meetings.
Mr. HILL—" I am infiaitely obliged to you fcr
this fresh mark of your approbation and esteem ,
and assure yt.o my ze.:l is by ,no means diminished.
I wished to see a Gea:leman in the Caair of mare
ability Clan myself, and I am glad your nomination
has fallen on one so well calculated to ren.ter you
service. lie shall have all the assistance which is in
my i-vwer to give him."
The thanks of the Met ting were then moved to
the Chairman, Is ho r emitted his acknowledgments
in a suitable - :h.

. speech.
It was then resolvel, that the condua of Mr.
Acheson, the Secretary,. merited the approbation of
the Ship-Owners at Liri.e.
A Resolution having passed for the publication
of the pruceetlit%i iit tne Newspapers, Meeting
dissolved.

A work of great diclietilq, " The Poll fair
the late Middlesex Elation arranged in Parishes,"
l'as recently made its appearance. It piust be a
work of great utility to Commissioners of Taxes,
Collectors, Scc.
Wi.srstisisrre Li 'MARY.—Monday was held
at the ThatcheJ-hottse tavern, the Anniversary Meet-
ing of the Westminster Library. The Earl of Mut RA
in the chair. Near two hundred gentlemen sat down
to an elegant dinner about six o'clock, and the usual
toasts being drank,
Mr. Ho 'mouse, after expressing his satisfaction
at the respectable appearance of the meeting, as
well as the growing prosperity of the Institution,
which he chiefly attributed to the etvrtions of the
Noble President, which were equally creditable to
himself and advantageous to the Society, proposed
resolutions towards opening a subscription for pur-
chasing, a more convenient centrical and public
dwelling for the library, which, after a slight oppo-
sition, was agreed to.
Mr. K sox, the Vice-President, then gave—the
Health of the President,— on whom he bestowed
some elegant and well merited compliments.—His
Lordship returned his thanks in an ele.g.uit speech,
n which he expatiated upon the importance of the
pursuits of the Society, in the acquisition and diffu-
sion of science and learning. His Lordship was
heard throughout with the warmest apphuse.
The evening was spout with great conviviality.

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I L.4W INTELLIGENCE.

SIIRRIrrs COURT, APRIL 26.
TWEDDELL V WA LTERC.
An enquiry was executed here, yesterday, to assets
damages m the above cause.
Mr. Gaaaow, for the Plaintiff stated, that the
Defendants were proprietors of the Times news-
paper, and that this was an anion to rrcm•er a
compenlation in damages for a libel upon the Plain-
tiff, Milli appeared in that paper on the 2bth of
July, 1110'2, in the following terms :
" Derrimth City Efectiim, July 24, tan.—This a•duons
rofitt-st at kiTth closgrl ye terday, at fivc o'clock. Disri%g
tho IA t limos of th.• pole a :.rt•:t deal of even butting a;
math. W 1114111.1 Mr. Taylor Or Mr.Wll :thin won!d be thrown nut
At the rone:iision of it it wa. t.murt t!!;it the latter had tri urn ph-
Alsbut an hour after the post haul left Our::ans, Mr.
Wharton and Mr. Taylor went oven numbers, Mr. Terlor
having At the• <am.• time tweed frienili left as a vore: (1, re—
s, IT. 1 und, (1.13:/1 all ea:ciliation that had heal made fr•.on the
b.ioks, it could ttit supyitsAlthat Mr Wharton had so 111 Ally
d d he seem fir votes that he left !tw-
ines to go in search of them, and a friend of his, of the
name of 'rwerhlell, came forward and endeavoured to iserwitiate
a deeeasni bristlier, and wag actualv sworiioti the huitiog4;
but 'Lai disigracefol Art.rnia was detected, and it i 3 in con-
W.11,4.06(41 to indict Nita for perjury."

On Plaintiff's return to tovrn he waited on De-
fendants, and demanded to have the name .1 the
author of this paragraph given up to him, or threat-
ened to sue Defendants themselves for redress.
After r••peated evasions, on the part of Defendants,
a paragraph to this effeß appeared in the Timer of
'the 7th August :

" are rquested to correct a statement that appeared in
the Times of the 27th ult. unit the hr nd of Durham F.Lction,
respeaiuts, a vote that had been teldsr.xl by a ventlk man of lb.
nano: of Tweddell, in frr.oor of Mr. Whattm. The fact is
a. follows : Mr. F. Twedd.ll, the gnitlemen in quenian, is
the second of three bratheri, John, Frantis, and Robert. sons
of Francis TwediA, in N-wthumborlsod, Fsquir:. The care
of pa-sing their goildi had !seen cotn.Yirtoct by their lather to
Mr. Benjamin Dunn, a merchant in Durham. free, as they
had a right by pat:into:ly. to be of the Mesear's Company. and
Mr. Dunn pasted three gages in the milt': of John, the son of
Francis, Juhn the .'n uf Francis, and Robert, the FO'l of
Francis. When II- Me.• F. 'wedded, jun. ttr'dered hi.
vote there was no t:r dcults in substituting him fraudulmtiy for
a deceased Mother, hut in rectifying the gross mistake of Mr.
Benjamin Donn, and proving the second John Tweddell on the
guild books to be Francis Tweddul:, then claiming his
franchise."
This last paragraph, it was insisted, was of still
more injurious tendency to the Plaintiff than the
former, as it still implied, even in the shape of an
apole7y, the fact of his having bee, fraudulently
substituted for his &ceased brother. The sole
foundation of this caleinny was an erPor in the guild
book of the city of Durham. Mr. Francis Tweadell,
the elder's three. sons hid all a right by patrimony
to the freedom of the Mercer's Company. in the
year 1790, the eldest son John being of age, had his
guild called in the usual manner, and was approved.
In 1793 the names of Francis, the Plaintiff, and
Robert, were given in by their father to a tradesman
of his, at that time the mayor, to have their guilds
also called, which was done, but by mistake the
former was entered in the books by the name of
John, instead of Francis. On Plaintiff's applying to
take up his freedom f.r the purpose of voting at the
last election, the mistake was obvious, as there were
two 'johns, the sons of Francis, entered in the guild
books,' when in fact, no such person as the second
named John had ever been in existence. The Town
Clerk, however, refused to rectify the mistake, and
Plaintiff therefore, after taking the best advice on the
subject, took a copy of the guilds in the name of
the latter John, intending to explain the misnomer
at the hustings. He signed the books in his usual
manner, " Tweddell," and gave in his name at
the hustings on a slip of paper, as " Francis Twed-
dell," but was never sworn there at all, as the vote,
on account of the irregularity, was, after much de-
bate, refused. The Plaintiff was of a very old and
respedable family in the county of Northumberland,
bore an unimpeachahle chara&er ; and on the pub-
lication of the said libel, was upon the point of en-
tering into business as one of the sixty sworn clerks
of the Court of Chancery. His deceased brother
was well known for his loam ning and talents ; every
gentleman in that and the adjoining county, as also
'Mr. Hoare and Mr. Losh, the Counsel for the op-
posing candidates, were personally acquainted with
him, ar...1 nothing therefore would have been more
preposterous than Plaintiff's attempting on such oc-
casion to personate him.
Several persons, among whom were the Hon.
Charles Grey, Sir Matthew White Ridley, Colonel
Beaumont, Member for Northumberland, Rowland
Burden, Esq. Member for the County of Durham,
and Richard Wharton, Esq. were called, and gave
evidence of the Plaintiff's charader, and of the very
high respedabdity of his family.
Mr. ERSKINE, for the Defendants, pleaded in mi-
tigation that the mistake of their correspondents had
arisen amid the heat and clamour of an elation ;
that no malignity could be proved against the De-
fendants, and that the second paragraph alluded to
by his Learned Friend was datted by Mr. Walter
hiniA.lf, and intended, us he hoped the:iv would be
no doubt on the minds of the Jury, to remove frost
the Plaintiff the aspersion which had been thus ac-
cidentally thrown upon him. And what in fa& had
the Plaint.if suffered ? The gentlemen who had come
forwaed that were best acquainted with him, stated
that they continued to hold the seine opinion which
they had ever done ; and if he meant to clear his
reputation, the proper place to do that, he con-
ceived, would have been the county w'rere it had
most suffered; and where, it appeared, his principal
culinedions
The Jury, after consaltinie about twenty minutes,
gave a ye:did—Damages, 5001.

At the general Quarter Sessions for the county of
Dorset, held last week at Sherborne, the American,
who called himself Captain Smith, and fraudulently
obtained money by producing fabricated certificates
to impose a belief that he had sustained a loss of
30001. by the destruction of his ship, was tried for
the fraud, when he urged in his defence that he had
been nearly 17 years in the service of England, first
in the navy, and then in the army, and had received
four wounds, in as many different actions ; tl.e last
of which, at Tou►n:ay, disabled him from further
service; but he aeknosdedged that he obtained his
pass from two men who were travelling, at Wilton.
He was sentenced to six months hard labour in the
Castle at Dorchester.—J. Coffin, E. Kerley, R.
Evans, and 1. Adams, for different thefts, were
sentenced to be imprisoned twelve months : And
three other prisoners were sentenced to *short im-
prisonments.