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London, England, 1821-04-25 00:00:00

SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.

of Louts XVIII. are slow exiiit.
They are valued at 1150,000/. sterlitut.
DuEL.—A duel was fought
Monday, brtereen two Officer,
.z. Captain S. anti Captain A. in
u:ot wounded in the rout. The
I'•re nor jeolouee, the two fruitfol
iii this kind. It originated in udi
t:cal sentiments between the partly

An Address buying been sent from Manchester
to Sir Francis Burotett, the worthy Ilwonet has re-
turned the tollowing most excellent answer :

" King's Bench Prison, April 8, 1941.
" GIINTLISKEN-1 feel highly gratified by rbe mark of
your regard which you have berm pleased to present to me.
Your testimony, and that of other of my disinterested fellose.!
countrymen, win, I am sure, speak more fur me than the ea-1
officio insinuations of an Attorney General can met. speak
against me. I bare always been willing to be tried by my
frile..-rodstrymea; to them, through a long public life, I
hare uniformly appealed; if they approve, the bras of libirrty,
dear as liberty is to me, is not unaccompanied with COIIPU•
Istioe•' without their approval, and without the C 011.1.1111111.
arms of rectitude, ueither liberty our life has any charms
fur me.

" Gentlemen—The first efforts whirl§ I sLall make after
leaving there walls, will be for an inquiry into that outrage
which filled your town with mourning and .11 England with
indignation. To flatter yon with a prospect that that effort
will be successful, would become neither my sincerity nor
your no& Wending. You know the place where, and the
persons to whom that appeal is to be made. Hut the speak-
ing of truths is never altogether unproductive of eff,ct.
Corrnption may defer, but cannot entirely ward of that blow,
which one day or the other will *movie lA. %tromps, the ma-
nifold, the multiplied wrong. of an Minted nation.
" In the mean lime, Gentlemen, let us do our duty—let us
conciliate all the friends of virtue and lib►rty, and let us
take care that the enemies of virtue and liberty rein no ad-
vantage orer us, either by our untimely enthusiasm, or by
what is much worse, our indifference or despair.
" I am, Gentlemen,
" Your obedient humble Servant,
(Signed) " FRANCIS BURDEII'."

THE NEW MONTHLY NIAGAztWIE.--.To pre-
vent disappointment, those who drsire to continence
with the New Seri. a of this Journal are requested to send.
their orders without (Hey to their respective Booksellers or
Newsman. The Fifth Number, to be published Nl•y I, will
eunt•in besides the usual Varieties in Art. Science, Literary.
and Dramatic Criticism, Polities, Commerce, &e. conti-
nuation of Mr. Campbell'. Lectures : on the Poetry of the
Ilible.—May Morning —Oa Epicurism, by an Ainatrur.
IV. Walks ski Gsrtlen, No. 11.-0 o the (+starter of 541..
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Oita. Clllllll,lOl, iv. avatar in Inc .ssrueo, iso. 3.1,111 tne cusiacter tit No. "^^. .. "---•— the nit. 1 and she claimed a parcel which the euacbma,i had in hiil
crates—Memoirs Rir...Hoo. Henry Grstian,—Griarsou's dont of motion. He was honoured with that ap- The fight continued a slashing one, to the advautage of I band, mid which Ratheem obs,rerd was directed to Mr...
The Canines, of HARRINGTON! has issued cards
Ghost, N.:. 2.—Visit to 1 t Mane, eoncholed.—Jonsthan planse which his extraordinary performance err- Brow., until the 12th round, when Jones was him duwit,and be I Prince,. the coachman refused to let her have tin parer'L
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Si.. invitation for a splendid rout 00 the Bth May,
Kentucky , Jouroal.—A call tu the Bar.—Lettera from tainly merited. I i bad no chance atter, and Isis seconds kept him up to the until he had taken it into the coach office, which I, Vrie entertainments cum:111(1rd with
at her house in the Stable-yard, St. James's. titian', be Don Leucadiu Dohlado, No.2.—Scientific Amuse.
the new romance, entitled (iodine or the Spirit scratch" I"( as he could stand. In the 15tb round Drown d.d directly ; she followed him in, and tin her me -
Mrs.
men's, No. 2, the Automaton Chess Player.—Memoirs by , , ,__ •, , '
of was declared the victor.
Mrs. Wm. GusLiNG has issued cards of invita-
r 'of iValdegrare —Stanzas on thepresent State of if flit graters. the uraninite aceliemy wine,' ex- turn with the parcel the direction had beta turn Ofr.
James —at.
Death . . .
walkiug about, and slain
tom fur a grand ball and supper ml time 15th May' Greece.—Verses THIRD RATTLE. She iminediatelp went up to the. male Prisoner, who ws•
—Verses on the of • Ckilmi.—The River Lira, cited universal atiantrution.
atiThohii.safihemhinti waiams
gcfionntrastrtehdethmecopardioociirea.l one of tbeisetwda.eyn, ! seaudiog on the opposite side of the nay, and they kept
td her *legion residence, Portland-place. gton Castle, Sonnets, ike.—On the Origin of the He. •Irlieir Itoyal highnesses the Drake and Duchess line in the street at inteevalr f r
lichom., in Oxford•stri et, and Rutbsseis fol
Tice KING has been pleased to constitute and basement of Naiwtiorneale.boliriltsia Italy.--I I;he New Mon, ally of (11.oucesTett were secoguiard in their private Young Rromea, of a choice murk, sod isankaak .1,0 was : esumsubrattle lime; *telt at last west into the Feiiihell. poat,A.
a beck room, and then tout them who he was, sod th it hr •proint the Right Flom the Earl of MoaTots, K.T.
MagazGine'ro:7l:l Post ifilliCr, orr to any 'I
o'caal 'lr'eussii nnyotaireP Pug
box, and warmly greeted by the ituiltesitit., which
lemu"ni,i fimiorl.2ll/igliitsheinitia. viJeo"sh:ulat illigkilspoiLitc7iisoilnlSilairtreyi"l7ukComai: I.lowed them i ito
to be' his Majesty's flight Commissioner to the , "the ' they rural etiiiile•ertiiliiigly itekiimoi,dged„
il
Geneval Assembly of the Chum ch of Scotland.— The aircuii Court was °pewit nt l'orth on Salm- - - rooted Knoell, and Eab.fi and 11. Balky picked nit Horsham, 1 lllssimlseabiehathisik, Ikon, Which they, alter some Imaitatnia, lree.l
farm•r act a ronai- 5 tT015411.1118...-rasnl,cil 35 minutes, but BrOW• never gall! his ' Iter 111 the meek, was found to contain Moen small pair. palely
(Gazette.) . day last, when -- Murray, indicted for on asmmault Mr. DAVID l'Ottur, It . is; l rite an whoa the female Prisoner had brossalu i
adversary a ckaace after the third mussel, The Mot ratabal The crown and sword intended for the coronation upon the Duke of ATHOL, for the purpose of ob- deralde tract of lottil in the pariah ol Es•tlisso, 'war ore
tea, mune !table intro, amid other articles of wearing ip •
of Louts XVIII. are smow exhibitiog at Paris, tattling snooty by intimidation, pleaded guilty, anti eir i
• enottry, Worm:eat:Al:lore, lost in time course of last Was a busy one, with. goal sdvaltagre, sod both went down ki- pirel mint math up.
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t'C' 4'
They are rallied at 850,000/. sterling. was sentenced In reran years tiausportation•
week seven line yeas hop, in con•cquenee of their after exchanging hits, and the next Iwo were comeatrel is. "•'.. The l'ituutir Clark admitted that the feinnie Prisoner
DUEL—A duel was fought at Woolwich on Yesterday morning ma fine smile child was found eating the Lents of a plant callril tar Meadow ! t
it,bad all . wife, he same manner. In Me fourth round Mown tiu, "bad her., li•isig wittriiiin int Ma aid shy. wee With
after. There was not a fictorer mu the fight, which took
best of and drew first blood, sad H0r0h.,,,, ~e,... led Iltisthren and poiated out the Lowe where they kulgrii so-
rthmtlays het*t'eo two (Met'', of the Artillery, in time Surrey Canal, near the Lord I‘'ellingtmott Manion. 'flog imostoits plant Is by no mean* un-
m.z. Captain S. flint Captain A. m which the former Tavern, in the Greenwieh-road, which. from Its c;oannoti; it blossoins iii lite out tttttt 1, told es now place in a twenty-tour ft' I ring. (ether, 'in the iii.ightwoo hood of PlllllllCOj sod in the (rest
loom mecum] flour, which was occupied by the Prisoners,
is supposed to have been murdered.— 'putting forth ire leaves in full luxuriance:nit' vigour. itettoon found, tucked behind Ilse paper of the rumen, which I
":ie wounded in the foot. Toe cease yea Neither :Tye:nonce, had beast polled down near the ceiling, aI& awes which .•; . r
I,•ve nor jealous*, the two fruitful alfsikeeesicif emirs It was conveyed to a neighbouring I:worn, ati4 an It would appear that older cattle arc omit "I."'" 11 The Norwich Hall was next sty-teed for combs!. and spew. . ed to be fused.
hloest has been summoned to inquire, into the it or they abstain from eating it, as there were sr- eelsome scene play ammo the &Iselin! there were rune i ••Fne Prismors were committed for re-examination •u .: i
iir this kind. It originated in a difference of pub.
txtml sentiments between the parties. causes of its death. vend iu the saute held who did not at all sillier. left to face him. • Monday mot, ohms it is expected hit a number of prism's
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"hill appear Against Gab to whom they have altered forged
ates.
Vitioa-state..
SINGULAR A FPAtit.
Yesterday. just se the Magistrate wee about Mona the
Ware, sa elderly Chtstleestus. named Oeititable, who resides
at Magee ?tam. ease Is sale hie viawle.lo4l bduhtlilirs so-
der the Iblloatag eireometanews. Me stated that his ea, a
101111 g MIN, 2 yeses siege, had takes • shop Id Illigh-errest,
Borough, tea weeks ago, *bid he eased to he Sited up,
and welt to the repers'af advertisieg, Re. Some lime
lifter these prelintioory armagensests be absented himself
fioin the place, and the neighbours latterly begun to feel
astounded at his amesppearsore, aad that the shop was at
.osieued, agreeably to the notice which bad beer gives.
Fight weeks elapsed, sod yet the shop cootimsed chard op;
at length the father dams (yesterday), sad hacked at the
Jour, sad mash %solaria is every dieeetioo, bet could obisis
no tidiegs of the paw ma, sod he as therefore spore-
heusive that *saw various Resident hail befalko him--that
he was either murdered or had destroyed himself, which
latter au pposithe was Amaded on his nnifin role gloomy tem-
veronical. The Magistrate dispatched an officer, with or-
ders to break hike the house. sad felons and Whew' bins of
the result. The Aker SOWS retorarit, sari stated that he
hound every thin is proper °Mersin the premises, bail there
was no appearance of the young man. The constable them
meted gist be bad Received isformatioe of a yoweg sae,
Hearty umweritig the description the applicaat gave of his
son, wins bed he.. homed hanging is Copenhagen-folds a few
it eye ago. The std Gentleman, noder the east agonised
fe. lunge, MR the octet foe the purpose of Otis to aftertaste .
If fie genes them laud wee his son.
STEPNEY FAIR.
A gad May iiblkormathes have heft received al this
*Bice sf labberies enonwitted spa 11'001100B who hid Ike
imprudence to en to this fair whet' rommedseed ow lifsionlay
last. It appeared that at • late boor a mob Of set Its. thins
'fifty west throwgh the fair, hackie,/ down ivory perms,
'male and Mask, iodiseriminately, taking irstelWs, skawis,
&c. *Mout tie Inset dread or latinsidashris. The police
werea the alert, sad got ill treated also.
Thie &Hog gag perambulated White Horse-lase,
'chapel, sod all the principal thoroughfares. la White
Hose-few • grotheies• named Barnet, his wife, sad two
deseisters, Were maltreated ad robbed; • rag mats
mowed Finchet, was knocked down, nit cost, watch, sad his
hat caste tikes frost him. In Flare.street-fields a gentle-
.lll mimed Lee, walking with his wife sod children, was
assailed and robbed of his money, and some persons who
.sank their pert were wry muds bistro. The Pssliee sail a
41,116 nit holy of epeeist constables were ordered intl. Slimy
of the nations are well koala to the officer*, they me
meted to be principally fross the Borough, and no doubt
bait in a ire days they will he taken. The Pulite of ibis
district were eztrumely active, and apprebesided several
suesiriaos Miran,

comervirset INQUSSr.
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Yridertisy ea lagged was ballot OM, Waterloo Tavern,
al the gamey side of Walsolomheldge. before T. JrlN-
m.it, Esq. Commer, So the body of William bliodill,
aced 31. who precipilasedbieroolfdroas the above bridge auto
the Thames en Soratzmeraiemileal.
11 appeared rem erideope-e( James Wakes, a la-
bourer, that oa ILI amok. be was maisiliog is the
Bridle-yard sear .1114 'Plearaey whet be beard a splash is
the wateri awl Ilmidigamed the deceased serambliag tbereto.
the .Lem beige ee., .sore w 'tenant cot hies oat with
a botti-book, sad emmered the body te the shove borer.
ntieese was merely informed that the deceased had jumped
'off the bridge ; be did out see him jump off. The deceased

was fissile hieing when taken up.
lit. uncle proved that the deceased bail been despooding
fur intim time past, sad he bad not seen his at home for a
'seek together. lie was a how-dealer, and resided on
Bank-side. lie left • wife and three children.
The Coroner said, that as there was no evidence before
the Jar! to prove whether the deceased had actually ammo
w it
himself from the bridge, they would not be in
rr I sursiag • verdict that the deceased bad commitla ttil
est
in a state of derangenseot, as he might Imre fat mei.
dent, uc have bete thiown over by some peruse.
The Jury 'named a verdict of " Pound Drowsed."

wive+. NEL ANCUOLY ACCIDENT.
e•
100 Wrianesday last, a groom, is the service of M►. Thos.
lilawkins, Stanton Court, ‘Tererstershire, beiug sent by bi.
mastet to the flaw.for WNW live testa► to mock a pond, us his
arrival proceeded in a boat fur the purpose of getting the fish
out of a trank. which was moored us the middle of the river,
and whilst thus occupied, by omme menus or other he over-
'lmlsated himself, nod falliug backwards into the water, sank
to rise no more! It is a singular circumstance, sod illoslra-
live of the attschment and ssg-scity of the canine "twin, that
a pointer dog (w►ich bad accompsuied the man. and had been
It ft in charge of a seek-bag on the bank while the poor fel-
low proceeded to the trent), ow perceiving the man fall in
the river, immediately took the bag in his mouth, and jump-
ing into the water. swam about for a considerable time is
search of his companion. When nearly exhausted, the mai-
ms, was taken into a boat by some persons who were elides.
vowing to render assistance ; but immediately on being re-
lieved from she bag, the faithfal animal again jumped over-
• and continued his search furneavly s onarter oleo hoer.
In shout au hour the body was got up by means of eels, but
life of course was totally extinct. When the corpse was
hintight out, the attactounst of his dumb associate again ma-
infested itself, as the pour creature stretched himself open ►is
breast and licked his face; and it was not without considerable
difficulty that he could be separated from it. An isquest has
pine. beets held wpm the body, when a verdict of Accidental
Death was returned. The poor fellow bore a■ excellent
character, as a careful and steady servant.

Swish. who was capitally convicted hist kings-
'too Mews, died yesterday in Horsemonger-laue
gaol : grief and disease put ■ period to an evustence
which it was expected would have terminated dif-
ferently.

Ott Wednesday evening, as some children were
Flaying with a cart on the Quay, opposite the end
of Stephen-street, Briatol, an accident occurred
which had neatly proved fatal in its consequences.
Two boys, aged t arrive and nine years, 'tamed PAGE
and Nowt's, were in the cart, while a third, lilting
the shafts, inadvertently put it in motion.• Finding
himself unable to control its course, he dropt the
shafts ; the car:, thus left to itself, rolled into the
0111 an alarm being given, u rope was thrown
in, which PAGE caught, and thereby kept himself
above water. NORMS rose once, but sinking again,
remained under water, which being observed by
Hussite Deets (who was advancing in the Stroud-
water galley-host, with two other meo, to render
ovsistoitce), be very intrepidly threw himself into
the water, within. clothes on, and ',Manning to the
spot where the boy had thavpircareil, felt about with
his feet until he found then diving, lie suc-
ceeded in bringing him 1:1 safety to the boat, whence
he was COliveyrd to the Star public 'souse opposite
"(where he resides), and with proper attention was
soon brought to life, and is likely to du well. It is
remarkable that, out more tlimi three months since,
the above-named ROIER r Davis saved the life of
on elderly man, who fell into Cumberland Basin.
Although thus successfnl with strangers, he had a
vtliild drowned about four years ago, whom he saw
tall iuto the water, hut ineffectually endeavoured
to save, owing to a froth in the river; and his own
mother was found drowned in the Sersodwater
Canal, near Whitsninater-mill, about a fortinght ago.

PRO reds'
.
Abarist NO* lintetloit Tile siodird ittaoisb ob tale
laosioir CATIMOLICIASSitiI sets.—APRIL 17.
bissasetst4--1. Seem* Use capacities and privileges,
which it was proposed by this Bill to grant to the Roman
Catholics, especially ioatisdeog the privilege of .ittidg in
Parliantent, are already mejoyed, set *sly by the Members of
the Established Church, bait also by all descriptions of Pro-
testant Diesesten who testify by oath their sllegiance to his
Majesty, as the Rastas Catholics are willies lo do.
9. Because a disability to sit in Parlianseat, or to hold say
office of trust or profit nailer the Crown, being sometimes is-
Bitted as a punisbrarat spots persoss convicted of heiress
males mid offences, the RIMS disability, when applied to the
Roman Catholics solely era acroust of their religions belief,
operates practically against them, however unjustly, as a
Iliad of degrsdaboa, and appears iu some measure to !nig-
utilise them as criminals.
3. Because it is usdeui.bly true, that the Roman Catholic
religion, he its errors or defects what they may, is the reli-
gioa which was universally professed in &glued sad Ireland
prior to the reign of King Henry the Eighth, and in Scotland
prior to the reign of King James the Fifth; and therefore
the only emend charge which can be brought against the
Rumen Catholics, as sloth is, that they have adhered stedfsst ly
to the faith of their ancestors.
4. Became capes lessee has proved, that however desirable
the coarersion of the Romeo Catholics to the Established
Church way be, yet this object has not been prom.ded by the
evatiaimaire of the disabilities to which the Homes Catho-
lic* are by law subjected.
5. Becesso the happiest elects have resulted from the ad-
mission of the Romas Catholics to those privileges which
theyeil prirsest enjoy, by virtue of different statutes, passed
dartag the prigs of hie late Majesty.
8. Because the disability to sit in Parliamest was applied
to the Roman Catholics at the time when the !Relishes' .(
both Mooses of Pailiameut were eternal nuiveriatly deceived
by the impostures and filie evidence of Titus Oates, who
was a few years afterward. judicially convicted of perjury.
(Sitwell) ASH BURTON,
IVENTWORTII FITZWILLIAM.
GREY, for the 4th. 511 i, suit 81 h resume.
VASSAL HOLLAND, fur all the rem.
sous but the Rest.

The Err,* of Lauderdale cud fiesborough diftented gece
ftlly, eitheisi assigning auy rea.our.
CURIOUS PRTREFACTION,