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Anacreon bring asked, why be addressed all his
hymns to women, and none to the gods? answered,
" Because women are my deities;' and the ladies
were, no doubt, mightily indebted to him sod
similar voluptuaries, who set them up in their
homer, as certain barbarous nations did their Lyres
and Leinuree„ for playthings and ornaments, to be
deified when their owners were in good luck and
geed humour, and vilipended and trodden under
foot in every access of pension or reverse of fortune.
Little flattering se is such praise, it is still observ-
able that the ancient writers seldom abused the sex
" in good set term.," or carried their vituperation
beyond the excusable limits of raillery mood • juke.
Socrates vented only witticisms against Xantippe :
Xenerchur, the comic poet, in noticing that none
but the male grasshoppers sing. exclaims, " Row
happy are they in having dumb wives !" and Eu.
bales. another old Greens, jester, after mentioning
the atrocities of Medea. Clytraioestra, and Phaedra,
says kis but fair that he should proceed to enume.
rate the virtuous heroines. when he suddenly stops
short, wickedly pretending that he cannot recollect
a single one. Among the Romans we know that
Juveyal dedicated his sixth Satire to the abuse of
the fair sex, hut his worst charge only accuses them
of beiug as bad is the nava; and if we sae to infer
thane ,the tiesoaimisemos of his ,own life was at all
equal to the grossness of his language, we may
sorely presume that his female acquaintance were
not among the most favourable specimens of the
race. The unnatural state of monschi.m has been
the bitter fountain whence has flowed most of the '
still more unnatural abuse of women ; the dark
sees have supplied all the great lorninarie" of
Misogyny, who have ransacked their imaginations
to supply reasons for perverted religion, and excuses
for violated humanity. Valerian% Letters to Ru-
finial, the Golden Book of Theophrataus, and Saint
Jerome's Exhortation' to Celibacy, have furnished
all authors, from the Romance of the Rose down-
wards. with materials for this unmanly welfare—so
Barrow is the basis ou which are grounded all the
sorry jests. shallow arguments, and pitiful scandals
of ribolils and lumpooners ; and so easy is it to
obtain a reputation for that species of wit, which,
as Johnson says of scriptural parody, " a good nom
detests fur its immorality, and a clever one despises
I fur its facility."
Chaucer's Wife of Bath, Merchant's Tale, &c.
all borrowed front the shove-mentioned source',
were little more than good-humoured, though gross
caricatures; Boileau, whose tenth satire is a more
bitter denunciation, should have recollected, that
he was naturally as well as 'professionally compelled
to celibacy, and might have consulted hi. friend
Fontenelle upon she Fable of the Fox and the
Grapes: it was perhaps to be expected that the
melancholy Dr. Young. who undervalued human
nature and happiness. should have levelled his
shafts against the masterpiece of one soil the dia.
pettier of the other—Woman ! But what shall we
say to the contemporary satiriete, Pope and Swift.
each of whom, after trifling with and inveigling the
affections of two accomplished ladies, who sacri-
ficed every thing to the promotion of their happi-
ness. slunk hack from marriage, or. if married,
were not only mean and cowardly enough to con-
ceal it. but ungrateful enough to publish heartless
libela against the whole sex ? Let this be always
recollected when any one ventures the hacknied
quotstioas from Pope : " Every woman is at heart
a rake ;" "Most women have no characters at all:"
" The love of pleasure and the love of sway ;" with
other citations equally just and novel. As to Swift,
he can luckily be seldom quoted in decent corn-
pony ; yet even he could confess that the gross.
oess and degeneracy of conversation obaerveable in
his time were mainly 'attributable to the exclusion
of womeu front society. Conscious that this 'elf.
spotting calumny is somewhat like spitting against
the wind, later writers have generally had the good
sense to avoid putting themselves in the way of its
recoil ; sod. if • living author delight to vent his
spleen against the sex in general, and his wife in
particular, he may plead in his defence that which
I believe might be adduced by all similar libellers :
" Forgives's. to the jointed doth belong,
They never redo& who cosonsit ibo wrong."
Nor be it forgotten that each men may be only ex.
amplifying the. fable of the Painter and the Lion.
Ifor it is easier to traduce fifty women than practise
one virtue.

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" MOM west the war
To praise their deals, bet rats west deeds me praise."
I do not merely admire women Si the most bettor
tiful objects of creation, or love them is alto*,
sources of hoppinem but I reverence them me thit
redeeming glories oftumsairy, the seeetuaries of

A man's love generally diminishes after marriage,
while a women's increases; both of which results I
might have been anticipated. for that appetite,
either of person or purse, which the bridegroom
too often dignifies with the name of love. disappears
with enjoyment ; while the bride, whose affections
wire :perhaps little interested at first, finds them
imperceptibly kindled by a sense of duty, by the
consciousness of her dependence, and the gratifies.
tams and novelty which ber total change of life in-
variably presents et the outset. Awakening from
this trance, she has leisure to •discover that she has
made over to her lord and master, strictly and truly
an designated. not only all her present possessions,
hut all her future expectations, all that she may
even earn by her talents :—she has not become his
servant, for servants. if may depart, and
' try to better themselves eleevrhere, but his serf, Fos
slave, his white negro, whom, according to Judge
Buller (himself a married marl), he may correct
with a slick of the same thickness as his thumb,
whatever may he its dimensions. We hear of rose
fetters, the silken chains of love, the soft yoke of
Hymen, but who is to bear the soul-grinding bond.
age of dislike, contempt, hatred ? How Is a woman
to avoid these feelings if die he maltreated and in.
salted ; and how is she to redress her wrongs ? The
laws, made by the men, and therefore flagrantly in
'their own favour, provide no remedy; if thecae her
vale weapon, the tongue, she is proclaimed scseold.
'-is shrew. and remindkd of the duckint-mooltif she
make his own hoot* uncomfortable to kV llisallm4itt,
every body's else is open to bite; he iweiNelete
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The Duke of Hanivrou said, they were met
upon a subject of great importance, a subject on
which he would be happy to herr the opinions of
the freeholders. The situation of the landholders
was critical in the extreme, and if some relief were
not soon obtained. their condition would be distress-
ing indeed. He would not at present repeat his
own opinions; they were well known to the meet-
ing. He long held that extravagance in the public
expenditure was sure in the end to produce urea
distress. The interest of the landlord and tenant
were obviously inseparably connected; and any
landlord, who would not unite end sympathise with
his suffering tenants, was unworthy of the situation
in which Providence had placed him. He was WI.
aware of any other plan that could be adopted at
present, but that every possible means of retrench-
ment and economy should be practised by the Go-
vernment for the relief of the landlord. Having
made these few observations he would sit down, and
thee would commence the business of the day. •
Dr. CLARK. of Esater Moffat, then addres-ed the
meeting in a long speech. He began by consider-
ing the causes of the agricultural distress. The ,
first cause was toxstion; the next, a change from
war to peace; the third, was over-production. Since
the year 1763. or thereby, this country has been
uniformly an importing country. till of late years.
The experience of half a century induced most
persons to form an opinion that this country was not
able to supply itself with bread corn; this opinion.
together with the great consumption dunng the
war, which has now failed—the protection supposed
to be given by the late Corn Acts—the opening the
ports without restraint betwixt Britain and Ireland
—all these causes together have occasioned an in-
creased cultivation. and a glut in all the markets
of the kingdom. flow far these causes rue lasting,
or only temporary, perhaps we have not had suffici-
ent experience to determine. The cure, however,
mast probably consist. like that of the former, in
the erreets of an increasing population and trade.
causing en increased consumption and extended
circulation of money. The fourth and lest cause
was the derangement of the currency. • cause, pro-
bably, productive of more evil then all the other
causes before mentioned. The Honourable Gen-
tlenian, et great length, pointed out the evils which
had arisen from the depreciation of the currency,
and contended. that Government. by keeping the
letter of the law with the monied interest, broke it
in truth with every other class of the community.
He concluded by saying, that he should not make
any motion upon the subject at present, but as a
Committee would probably he appointed, t• co-
operate with other counties, he should leave the
matter to their ettosisteestam, •
• Sir EOM ' 144; pita slut had
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Arrived the French brig L 'Ammo. Lsulhe, from
Vera Croix, nut 38 days, bound to Bourdeoux ; pot
in here in distress, with part of her cargo, consisting
of tobacco and sarasparilla. Sailed from the port.
of Vera Crux, on the Ilth of Atigost, with a valu-
able cargo on bawd. Experieuced light and vari-
able winds, until we arrived off Bay floods. in
the blood of Cubs, on the 3d September. At seven
o'clock iu the morning of that day. saw • sail di-
recting her course towards us; at eight, made her
out to be • schooner, which, by her superior sail*,
was nearly up with us at half-past Moe, ',thwart
the wind was very light ; at half-past ten she Bred
a gun. and hoisted the American flag.—Pereeiviag
that we had no chance of escaping her, we hove to,
and hoisted our flog. At eleven o'clock, she gran
a second gun. which compelled us to stand to,me&
her, although we considered her a suspicious'
vessel, particularly as we perceived she had
two carriage guns, and • platform for one
in the muddle of the deck. She had appa-
rently about fifty men on board. Ranging to
windward of us, she ordered us to hoist out our
bort, arid come on board her with our papers,
which was complied with; at the same time de-
manding where we were from, what was our cargo.
and if we had any pasretigtrs. As our mate velt‘
approaching her, she dispatched u host to stet
(its, manned with ten men, mostly appearing to be
officers, and all Spaniards, armed with sabres and
daggers, who soon boarded us, cod &mouthd this
surrender of all the gold and silver we had en board
me which condition alone they would allow us to
proceed; and at the acme time observinw, if we at-
tempted to conceal a single dollar. the Captain of
the privateer would come en board, and kill every
one of us. At the same moment the Captain hailed
his officer, and emitted him to stand in for the
land ; and prepare to come to anch.,r at the first
cntivenieut place. where they would burn us, if we
did tint surrender all the gold and silver we hod on
hoard. Under these alarming cncumstanceo, most
in order to save our vessel and cargo, we gave op
all the specie we had, besides' a trunk and botAlle
of old plate, amount to ahnnt 155 Ihs. in weight ;
besides two-ivy-five watches, 14 of which were
gold, and 11 of silver, being a purl of her cis*.
Not satisfied with this they made a very rigorous
search. during which they f I a few dollars. which
exasperated them very much, and induced them
to continue their search, although without um-
tees. The stnotero of specie thus given up, •was
2,621 dollars, besides 1,700 belonging to a pa-
isetiger. Captain Laulhe now hailed the
of the privateer, requesting him to allow the brig
to proceed on her voyage according to hie prosoile,
with the rest of his carer). The smolt was, dist
he was himself et Vera Crux at the time we mess
loading, and that he knew very well that we And
gold and silver ou board. and that teem view* he
was determined to make further search; nail
he make the smallest discovery of emery. Ite rts-
&red his officers to cut off our heed. oilfield Ifie