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114114.17 E BALL.

pindAv het, a moo' superb ball an 3 tunner
Oren as Ki .sgest's Assembly Rooms, at Mar-
• the afic,as of the i lerefords!,ire
. f r sms, appropriated for this elegant en.
1111114V.M. erre at with fev, ias of
• vers,interwivm with laurels, 41cc and lighted
-reed lamps, forming various devices,
[kW .• -a was pl iced a most beautiful
enemy, reptes.rnicg a Lion upon the watch
Ert.flish Claw, supposed the Cliffs near Dover,
view of the is td near Boulogne, with the
flnilla before the harbour, and the 1/erweh,
7Ll' I(.ITH'S flag-ship, reconnoitring the
coast. r,, .full band were stationed in
orchestra, and on the entrance of the corn-
played several martial airs. The orchestra
,a decorated with tie colours of the Regiment,
aerspersed with evergreens and variegated lamps,
-1 displayed uncommon tare in the arrangement,
we understand, was undertaken by threat of
gentlemen of the Regiment. At ten o'clock
Ball was opened by Major Btakimoros and
Hon. Miss ELPHI ssrot+ e, niece to Lord Kcirit.
Refreshments of every kind were served in pr
fn-
during the evening. At one the supper rivinis
opened, and the tables covered with every
acy of the season. Amongst the hot dishes
the most &lir:lona sours, game, and as-
in abundance; also the choicest wines.
thing bespoke the munificence of the
':u-s, and the taste and judgment of 41r.•
Os. At two, the company returned to
411 room, and kept up the festive scene until
airs ensuing morning, when they separated ;
Ai plasm pronouncing it the most elegant enter-
tainment ever given in the Isle of 'Mimi. The
were superbly dressed, and formed a most
. assemblage. Amongst the company, which
iced to 400 permits, were—
Ccith family ; Sir Samuel Achmetv ; Lally Co.
..ant ; Counter of Gietleaitn ; Lady Deering and her ac-
aephahed daughter; General Cacniihell ; Coker! and Me'
7,11411ank Garbutt ; Captain Hughes; 8141.4 and Ntrt.
and daughters; Lord Viscount Ntaysharn ,•
Colonel Dalton; and W,t a the ()IBar. of the West
..seditia; with a great ou:nber of Naval (Mere, and ail
re,hionablet thirty mile. round the country.
elegant entertainment was given by sulascrip,
-and the Earl of Essex, Lieutenant-Colonel
~11%W A 1.1., and Major Fot cv, although absent,
contributed tno.it liberally towar.'s it.
...ire-inee-anwerer
Saturday se'nnight died, at Stratford-on-Avon,
- way to London, Mrs. HA MILTON, Lady of
H 4141 LTOP, Ecq. M.P. for the county of
and only daughter of the late Alderman
banker of that city. She was a Lady of
most amiable and gentle manners.
'he Opera was uncommonly attraft;se on Sera-
night, and GIASSINI shone in &mai with ex-
traordioary splendour. The pit and gallery over•
and the boles never made a more brilliant

In the fashionable circle mere,

.---..mutstesse.,Fuonn,
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Jer....y, Cartsle, And r.l.,riktugeoss —V:votuitter.
-- —Cadr4, Welty, Cur,ar.m, C 0111,1 e,, M
‘S.III. Anu Wdritain, aitd
The prevailing bead-dresses ware turbans and
bandeaus.

,or•eleter, COW pet,

TIIRATRe,
COYCIST.GSIDEN.
A new Play, from the elegant pen of Mrs. INCH-
-141 n, wis performed at this Theatre on Saturday
night. It is entitled To Alai-mbar not to illarry, from
a strong aversion against matrimony, which con-
sthntes the leading trail in the hero of the piece,
and produces the whole interest of the plot.
The charaacre, which are few in number, but all
essential, were thus represented :
Danll •rry Mr. Muoden.
St, Owyn Mortland Mr. Kernble.
Mr Milo:wear Mr Farley.
Mr. Lareitsforth Mr. Owlte.
Amos Mr. Brunton.
Lady tioss.l Courtly Mrs. Glover.
• Mrs. Sarah Morthord Davenport.
Hester. Miss Shottleworth.
The opening scene presents Sir Osven Mordand in
his study, and his sister, Sarah Mortlassel, endeavour-
ing to reconcile him to a visit from Rester Arndal
a he:unit-ill young lady, whom she had invited to
his house. She has scarcely succeeded in this pur-
pose, when Mr. Willowear arrives, and claims Hurter
as his affianced wife. This produces an interview
between her and Sir Omen Mortkod, who learns
that she fled his house to avoid an union can-
trary to her inclination. A mutual passion is
the result of the interview, and Sir Ontyn is in
the a& of declaring his love, when she is summon-
ed suddenly away to the house of her guardian,
Mr. Ashgrove. Sir ()noun insists upon attending her
on the road, and in the coots. of the jiitirney, he is
assailed by an assassin and wounded. In this situa-
tion, he is met by Mr. Lavens forth, who binds up his
wounds, and leads him to his cottage. This alt
of humanity is scarcely performai, when Amos,
the black servant of Mr. LIVCIIV:Irih, arrives,
and avows himself the assassin, who wounded
the stranger, whom he declares to be Sir Oa
won Morli u,d, the deadly foe of his master, who
had returned to that neighbau:hood, after a long
banishment. for the solepurpose of taking away the
life of Sir Oiwyn. Lavenvorib it intoxicated with joy
at this opportunity of gratifying his revenge, and
is just going to et 'cute his guilty pit. p se, when his
a•ws is arrested by the reflection, that his enemy is
" wouaded and iindet h,, rceil." Heater now ap-
pears, and ;n h T person Mr. Looen!rrtk recngnises
his only daughter. She 'dates to her fatter the
kinds.' s and pr aeCtion which she had received item
Sir Orion, and a recenciliation ensues, w:,ich leads
to her union the Baronet. There iaanunder-plot,
in which Lisa.,, Su.,out Courtly, a modern belle, is intro-
duced to place Sir Quinn's rutin,'' foible in a striking
point of view, by the rains which she takes, aided by
the snl;citation of his uncle, !Aril Da Jerry, to
win his affeaions, and which ends in lie. marriage
with Mr. Wsiiowrar, the rejefted lover of Rester.
Thew are the principal materials of this piece, un-
aided by variety of incident, and that complexity
of plot, which give life and bustle to the scene,
and ale eur.siderei, by roost modern authors, ne-
cessary to staiking effe.t, and the prevailing taste
of the town. Irdoes not affeil to he a pilture of
modern life and manners, but bears more resem-
blance to a tale farm a romance or a novel. Thus
divested of adventitious ornament, the interest of the
piece exclitsively arises from the itnaffeard yet suffi-
ciently mysterious manner in viaiCii the story is tin-
folded, the natural flow of the dialogues and the
' truth and simplicity of the sentiment. More thin
once in the progress of the piece we are ready to con
deinn it for imnorality, as inculcating revenge, and
inveighing against a married life; but, the Jeaeaesiret
agreeably iindeceives us, and we find the objea ofi
the author was only to veil virtue under a mo-
mentary clam!, that she might et:induce them with
more strength and brillianey. however, it
-possesses 4 fair ci Tinto pit ri- y of sentiment, to chaste
and natural language, to soitml morality, to a plot
judiciously =waged, and situations naturally prn-
:laced, it cannot boast many passages of forceful
interest, few that are pathetic, and still fewer that
are either ludicrous or lively. The charaCter of
Healer is A manthit, in 1 i!te Child or Nittnre ; or, per-
haps, it reseirailes more nearly Amelia Wthlenixim,
in lever's VO divested of her spirit and vivacity;
and a i:oiernii gloom, appraaching to tragic horror,
is diffused over gip oAtive Vortland, and Mr. !arrow-
/od*, tile two princiaalchareaers in the piece. Mr.
Kiatat.e's personification of the farmer was ill cal-
culated to reduce this deficiency. He paused, and
palmed; to such excess, as to give to the piece more
the appearance of a pantomime than a play He
made an entire scene, and that not a short one, of a
change from one chair to another, with only the
aid of shrugs and frowns, and the menu it exercise
ietif his pocket-handkerchief. ' Vie are wrong,- how-
ever, in saying that tbis studild solemnity added
' to the natured gloominess of the chalaftcr, formany
Of most dismal 'evointions were executed in
stile that excited as much laughter as the most
sparkling wit. We are -sony. tei see !kir. Kit oat c
abandon the tragic field, on which he has acquired
isahrany laurels, to wan the comic muse, who nova.
deigned to smile aeon him, even in Isis youthfill
transports. Sa:ely. the Toone Rowse, caaier have
frightened him from his favourite IC fpontene? Some
time must elapse before that wondertul.boy can excel
hint in Rickard, lians?er, or Skylock. Mr. Cook's
chanaer is of small compass, but well adapted to
his manner. Amor, the black servant, although a
sketch, was made interesting and striking, by Mr.
RitIINTOPI ; and the • Lord Danorrry of Mr. Meta-
l:oßM was as efficient, as one of the old men, con-
sidered essential in all the modern comedies, could
possibly be. The only change in the cast of the
pl.ty,which might be an improvement, would be the
substitution of Mr. Lewis, for Mr. FABLIY. in
Frillowear; but, any extraordinary merit in. this
charadler would, no doubt, operate ;o the dis-
advantage set the hero of the Play. Next to
the piece, the novelty of the night was Miss
SIIUTTL awo ter If, in the charaaer of Hester.—
The flattering promise which this young lady
gave at the lirandenburgh Theatricals, last sea-
son, encouraged her, we understand, to ven-
ture upon the public stage. Her friends have no
reason to alter their opinion of her talents. She pos-
sesses an elegant person and pleasing countenance.
Mrs GLuvea played in the niece, and delivered the
Epilogue with spirit and effea, although destitute
of point and novelty.
The Piece was heard throughout with uniform
approbation, and announced for future repreeenta-
-603, amidst loud plaudits, by Mr. Kausaa.

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CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

Fort William, June 2t , 1804
On the retreat of Jeswunt Rao Holkar from
Ilindnstan, on the 23d of April, his Excellency the
Commander in Chief detached two parties cf irre
gular horse, under the command of Captain Gard:.
ner, an officer in tine service of die RAJA el „fey
porn,
pere, ant of Lieutenant Lucan, of Has Majesty's
74th regiment, to watch the motions of Holkar
Captain Gardiner reached a place called Balloo
Khery, at nine o'clock in the morning of the Mtth
of May, and had scarcely dismounted his party,
when he received intelligence, that a Native Chief-
tain, in the interest of Jeswunt Rao Holkar, named
Tantia, was encamped with three battalions of in-
fantry, eleven giiiis, two hundred istiwatteen and
3000 horse, at the distance of about tire mile. from
Captain Gardiner's position.
Captain G irdiner immediately addre.sed a letter
to Lieutenant Lucan, who occupied a position about
two miles iii his rear, apprising him of the citcum
stance, and requesting Lieutenant Lucan's assisrmce
in attacking Tantia's party. Li utenant Levan
soon joined Captain Gardiner, and the Geo divisions
lost no time in advancing towards the enemy.
It appeared, however, fro al intelligence commu-
nicated by the inhabitants, that Tantia's battalions
had been apprised of the near approach of Captain
Gardiner and Lieutenant Imam, and were retre it-
ing to occupy a position in a difficult pass, six miles
distant from Cnternh, which they reached about one
o'clock, p. 'a. on thennth of May ; Tantia's bana-
lities immediately took post with tits it rear to the
pass, having a rising ground on their right, and
their front and flanks completely encompassed by
deep ravines, only passable by a road sufficiently
broad to admit of the passage of a common cart,
and defended by three pies.
As soon as the divisions under Captain Gardiner
and Lieutenant Lucan came within reach of their ar-
tillery, ramie's battalion opened their guns. Capt.
.;ardiner and Lieutenant !mean formed th.iir divi-
sions into throe separate bodies. rie left was corn.
mended by Lieutenant Lucan; the centre was under
the orders of a Native Chief, named. Fyze ['anti!,
Khan, and the right consisted of the detachment
under Captain Gardiner's immediate command, and
was destined to approach Tantia's patty as near as
paisible, under cover of the ravines, as the nature
of the ground prevented the possibility of a charge
on the enemy ; a fourth party, under the command
of Bewary Choudey, was detached by a circuitous
Tome, to take possesSion of a hill in the rear of the
right flank of Tantian party, which entirely cut off
from Tantia's battalions the means of retreat. These
movements, from the nature of the ground (inter-
seCted in every dire Lion by deep ravines and nul-
labs), occupied a considerable time, dating which a
party of the cavalry of the right and left of Captain
Gardiner's and Lieutenant Ltema's divisions, was
dismounted, and, under coin: vat the ravines, ad-
vanced to within pistol shot of tier enemy's line ;
but, from the steepness of the banks, it was impas-
sible to derive any material advantage from this
movement, except that of intimidating the enemy.
A few of the cavalry belonging to Captain Gardiner
and Lieutenant Lucan att Ara two Companies of
the enemy's infantry, stationed ia a nullah, which
was abandoned without resi.tance. •
At five p. et. the guns attached to Lieut. Lu-
can's diyilinn arrived, after a march of 35 miles.
Pie Native Chieftain, commanding Tantla's bat-
talions, demanded a parley, and agreed to rotten-
der his party, on condition of being escorted in safe-
ty to the camp of Bappno Sandia, and of never
serving against the British Government. The terms
having been acceded to by Captain Gardiner, the
battalions (surrounded by Cept. Gainlinens, and
liitut. Lucas's cavalry) immediately commenced
their march to Balton Kherry.
'The force of the battalions, including 200 Me-
watties, amounted to Minn effenive men. One of
the guns carries a ball of about 15 you weight ;
two of the guns arc fi meanders, and the rest of the
ordnance are guns of a small calibre. Tantia him-
self retreated with his ravalre on the first appear-
mice of the division under Capt. Gardiner, and
Lieut. Lucan.
.
F.xtrall of a Letter from Bombay, dated 4th Aug.
1804 —" The intelligence received by the arrival
of the Antelepe, from the Red -ea, represents that
part of Arabia lying on its borders, to be still in a
state of the most unexampled confesian, and in a si.
edian much worse than ever rumour had before
„described it. It appears, that the Wahahees are
prosecutinn a very successful career; that Judda and
Mecca were completely blockaded by land, and all
' corhmutication with Medina effedualle cut off.
The latter city, it was expelled, would be under the
necessity of capitulating immediately on the surren-
der to the Winhabees of the sea port of Yumboo, to
the northward of Judda ; an event which was said
to have taken place before the accounts came away.
The Sheriffe of Mecca, and the Bacha of the
Git Ann S int:mown had purposely come from
Mecca to Juddah, and at considerable risk. the
objent of their journey was to solicit the aid of one
of His BILIT•SNIC MAJESTY'S ships, which they
heard was lying there, and generally to apply for
the fostering protection of the English, as friends
and allies to the Poet E."
The General Officers and others, who fought in
Flanders during last war, have established a club,
called " The Flanders Club ;" they meet monthly ;
and, on Saturday, they dined together at the Crown
and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand ; when His
Royal Highness the Duke of YORK did the club the
honour of presiding in the chair. Lords lit rent e-
SON and MELORAYIE, and Sir Baooa WATSON,
were of the party.
The story in the papers of yesterday, of a beau.
tiful young lady from Bristol having thrown herself
on Saturday morning into the Reservoir in Hyde-
Park, in consequence of the ill-treatment of her se-
ducer, a young gentleman in high life, is a fabri-
cation.
At a meeting of the Ship Owners, Merchants,
and others, at the New Hall, Yarnanuth, on Tues-
day last, convened by the Mayor (F. R. Review os,
Esq.). several rreidations were entered into respell-
ing the employment of neutral vessels, to ,e sub-
mitted to the consideration of the Right Hon. the
Board of Trade.

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SOCIETYFORTIIESUPPRESSIONOF

A Quarterly General Meeting of the Sneiety for
the Sup Merino of Vice, was held last week at the
Gray's Inn Coffce-house, Holborn, on gsiseral Susi.
nets, and also to consider or the following NV:non:
" That a passage le the fourth quarter'y statement
of the proceedii.gs of the S.Tiety, read the th of
July, 1804, 'oegioning s' ..h the words, The r-ccs-
,ity which the Committee have been under. in some .
cases, of res.ming to artifice, *Lc.' to the end of
Lord ELLEN common's chatge to the Jury, on Bet-
taazi's trial, For selling obscene prints."
Mr. Mscriutv opened the debate, sot which, as
it was very int..:rsting to the public in general, and
the Society in particular, we regret we can only give
a brief shetcl..
Mr. Msc A1:I. v rated his reasons for calling the .
attention of Le Society to the abrWe niuston. fife
meant no reflefl-,n nit cre Committee, for their cow*

duet in employing mei: eneahe as they neigh; have
th;:ughr necessary at the !hoe. Hr was roe eve: y
member would agree with him, that the public, e.s
well as the firc•ty, were gr.•atly indebted to Byers
for !heir exertions; but, as men, they must be con-
si•lered failible, winnow any impeachment of ths ir
jeugment, or their hearts. It stated, as the prin-
cipal :sojectioe to the part of :tie Repent alluded to.
that it appeared, that not only artifice, but a direct
lie had been used by the agent etrployed. He
would net allow, that you may do evil, that Rood
may come; but contended, tram Scriptinal autho-
rity, that you must not lie or deceive at all. H.
eorieltoled by moving, that the above passage be
taken into consideration.
Mr. Bow Les (one of the Committee) esislted to.
have the same question put, a. was suggested by-a
member of the last meeting, "That the agents of t'S
society should not use artifice, deceptiou, c,r srra a- '
gem;'' but this was consid,red as it a reileetion Were
meant to he thrown upon Ise I..:Amat.littee ; and a
motion for expunging the above paragraph was
then put, and seconded by.
Mr. Boon, who agreed in it upon the ground,
that many gentles n would vote for expunging
the obj.ctuxtab,e paragr Oh. who w old • it:s. n• , 11,
to Cat'. the slightest Appe o race 0; tr0nnt,e......-.1 • 1 ~,,.:,c•
the Committee; bi .44 he had. m ,n:: •.i , .i.
&Fed the subject, and was prep*: ; i oh .... - r
arguments, which, as Mr. Zinc. .., ': .l -.A. .. ,
cipated them, he should not 'now r. pC.. ,
jetted to the AI gionent of nece-sity or tl, .. , ,I"
as a justific.am of an untruth ;if alliwed, .•••• :' • '
sacre of St. Bartholomew, the ;trended iguisapsom
der plot, a:td many other eqnally hart" 1 eeer• i
must he considered as 1" 'n,• e , eirom *IA, as
they had expediency for their just/fit:mime. ...J
Mr. 13owtts, in a very neat a.td argumentative ' 1
speech, tont; a review of the argument% of both the
last speakers. He justiG:d the using of artifice is li
extreme cases, and considered those Outwits one
whom such artifice had been lb ercised, a: one f.
titled to the same truth and candour as niters, etas
vindicated r!..eCnrarn•ttee—" if," said "he, it be a-
cess2ry for the welfare of society to dote, t and psi-
niah such daring and perniciotrg offender s, and ordi-
nary means will not d.: owing to their craft and
subtlety, will you Lt the offender go r' We regret
our limits will net allow us to follow this geotkmas
through his arguments.
Mr. Seeettess, its ern awfmated and ilimprearira
speech, replied: lie coutended. tat if an untr ;:h was
allowed or justified, if might ;ead to pelj•ary ; the
man whb thought hiraself Allowed :,) use hi own dis-
co:nisi:l, whether truth or falsehood should govern
his conduit, might think himself scarrAtrt...l even to
commit perjury 4 he thought it •nece.sary, Ems
setting up the human doltr:a expediency in op-
p., ition :o the exotess es; of God, " chow
Is thenot lie at AV—A sken where might
this not end? at the gallows, rhaps, and the wretch,
instead of having the usual excuse of the gamuts
table, or tuel company, woulcisay. that he was led
into sin by the Society for the Suppre.sirat of' Vice.
He cenjured them to consider well t',e probal!fie
consequence of such condtie.--de was cheerad,iss
several parts of his speech. He was feilowed by
Mr. Viaasratt.u, who wished to make a dis-
tinetion beosoen ma untruth and a lie. .kie *mewl
into a very able argum:a! up•,n truth; where it was
invariably to be used, acid where it WAS justifiable to
evade it. ;Where no person has aright to learn the
thought, information, or meaning of en. ;net, he
said, it may be innoe-ntly and lawfelly coocealed.
and, to convey a different thought or vet -:sing to
another. is only an tuition'. fie content -I, ;hat
in some cases, suppose the old case ce a vial
following another with a view to corer it nor -
der. to give the wrong information 5•,0i1,.. to
not only justifiable, but our duty, tor on. ;•.O1
either tell an untruth to prevent a mu: a .;, —•
we must permit a mu: der in order to coat; ,sis • i
truth. He instanced several other in canes, and
contended, that in the sacred writings, mimeos ere,
in some instances, permitted, and in some, he con-
tended. they were enjoined. The lateness of the
hour prevented his finishing ; at len •th. as there
was a general cry for the question, t r ; .jouroment.
and after some discussion, as dote %sere several
gentlemen who wished to deliver their sentiments,
it was agreed to adjourn to this Jay at twelve, when,
it is expeded, the debate will be resumed with great
spirit.

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POLICE.
COW-srataT.
DUELLING.
Private information being sent curly on Saturday
mornit.g to the above office. that Captain L.. 4 the
army, and Mr. M. were about to tight'a like' on
Blackheath; Adkins, the Officer, was dir itched
,iith a warrant, to aprcly..•ni them, and 4,led
in securing them, and brought than to th'e Othce—
when tier underwent as ex anination, in the coarse
of which it appeared, that captain L. sent the chal-
lenge to Mr. M. calling him *coward, a scoundrel,
!cc. Ste.
The Sitting Magistrate, after taking all the cir-
cumstances into ecn,.;irration, ordered them tutu to
find surraes tor their good behavi-ur.
The caus! of dispute was Mr. M. bairMg been
supposed to have taken liberties with Captain L.'s
wife.

No trial of any interest pl ice on Saturday
in the Courts of King's Bauch or Common Pleas.

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stirt.upki.

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TO XIS lICCLLESCY D'ait•U3o biititiVlLDO, &C.
•• SIR, Lisbon, Jan 23, 1805.
Did I nu, entertain for the Portuguese nation the loghcst re-
spect, 1 shoed, perhaps, pass uv •r in silence the indeoetit pub.
.lieation which, has alyeareil in the Sup;ilement ri he Gazetteof' 1 osbon of Otis ilav, of as article under the title of Mani-
festo of tits Prince oi Peace," dated Madrid, the 20th of De-
cember, 1404 But anxious, sir, as I sin to vogues.; the g wet
opinion of a level °att.., which is esteemed by mine, it is
ju t that 1 shoal protest to an official and n;tematilc ;fomer
aeamst thc insertion of s, bI,P a 'Mel as that to which I allude,
more sk• the Gazette o Li.ban is the ante Ji•unial
Circulated in Portugal; as it is published under the sanction,
and to the controol of the Government ; and as it is, of
course, marked with an official character, which gives credit
slab the pii!dic to every thing that appears in it.
I repeat, Sir. that, anxious of the good opinion of this nation,
I caller be indifferent to the sentiments it entertains of mine ;
and what would be Its. sentiments, if a public Minister of His
Ilritaiinic MiUsty, witnessing, muter the eharaeler of aieheuti-
eirv, the pulthcstion of those foul calumnies with which that Ma-
..to tom., wereby his silence to admit, at least tacitly, the
ty of the aheiniitablet crimes with which his countrymen are
v• What woad be WI sentiments, if a Minister of His
is I .1 •.ty felt no oldie:tattoo at the horrible charge preferred against
true English, of auffertng their prisoners of wart° die of hunger,
set of compelling them to enter into their service against their
own country ; finally, if he felt no indignation to hear them
denounced to all Europe as objects of universal detestation;
With the most shameful and aggravating epithets, and at the
seine time degrading to the ancient soil brave Spanish flatten
(to excite whose artiour it was sufficient but to show an ene-
my); and injurious to the generous people against whom they
are directed ? No, i.r, we do nut starve our prisoners to death ;
...we do hot fume them to take up arms against their coun-
try. If Spain mourns the fate of the iinfortimate persons
who perished at a eminent when a measure of precaution dic-
tated the neecs.ity of detaiiii.,g census whips of war belonging
to that nation by the Braid.' cruisers, do us, Sit, the justice
Se believe, that that sorrow was general and sincere in Engls..d ;
and that the nystirning we wear is at the bottom of our hearts.
No, Sir, our hands are not stained with innocent Wood; and
we would ruoli'y •!led some of cur own to restore to life the
manes of a cruel chance, which we constantly deplore.
These, Sir, are the principal points on which I have to vin-
dicate the outraged honour of my nation, while I wait for the
sustructinns of-His Majesty with res:liiet to the exeiripl iry pii-
nishinent which he is Minded to demand of the Portuguese G0..-enment,ost
..-enment,ost the Editors or hinters who inserted in the said
Casette, no detente, without it, knowledge, a libel so prejudicial
to the honour of its august ally. I have the honour to be,
with the highma consideration, your Excelletics%, dec.
RORT S. FITZGERAI.D

NEW SETTLEMENT IN TILE ARCIII-

PEL4GO.

The IlyJriortes, and their Island, are thus de-
scribed by a traveller, now upon a tour through
the Alur•a:

ai The island of H:Ara e. nothing more than a
,arren rock, situated about three leagues west of
the Pelitoonnesus. Its iahalsitalts, abbe seamen,
do not endeavrur to obtain those things from their
own ungrateful soil, which they can purchase .tt as
easy rate ii. the nei;.-hbotshood Till the campaign
Wade by the *amain in the Mediterranean, under
Ca'herine, the Il9dejotti s, like the other Greeks,
never extended their navigation beyond Egypt or
the Black Sea. But when the Russians abandoned
their allies on the Greek coast, several of the richest
families leaving the'Morea to avoid the fury of the
Turks, the vessels of the flecitiottes were found ex-.
treruely useful, and even the Island of Hydra ap-
peared to mane as the nearest and most secure place
of refuge. The new colonies, however, were com-
. ladled to turn their thoughts to commerce, to pro-
• cure a subsistence, and were excellently seconded by
'the abilities of the natives, as seamen. What is tc-.
tared of the Hydriotte barks recalls to one's tecol-
'leetion the simplicity and good faith of ancient times.
'They knrw nothing of bills of lading ; but bags of
- ' i 'tactics, merely distinguished by the mark of the
. roprietors, ev thee are not accompanied with
tters of advice,
ire to experience a s.tfe and
.punctual delivery. ere have even been instances
of large sums remaining untouched in their Cap-
tain's cabin many months, for want of being claimed ;
and finally delivered without the least deficiency.—
These good qualities have necessarily extended the
Commerce of the Hydriottes ; and, therefore, instead
of being confined to the Archipelago, and the Black
pea, their vessels are now to be seen in the ports of
Fiance and Italy ; sometimes even further north-
sward, and in American harbours. Lately the
Hydriotte vessels, for the purpose of resisting
the Barbary corsairs, carry Irons eighteen to
20 guns ; their crew are from 35 to 60 or 90 men,
with a few boys ; hut the former are generally under
the age of 4n. 'rhe owners content themselves with
the interest of their capitals and some other Advan-
tages, while the rest of the profits are divided into
halves ; one of them is appropriated to the Captain,
t'-e other divided in equal portions among the sailors,
our excluding the cabin boys. This generally en-
:ones the latter to support a parent that may stand
io need. The young men also marry very early,
viz. at eighteen, and the females soon after twelve,
which in five years past has had a remarkable effed
upon the population of that island.
', The manner in which the young lads are in-
struned in naval affairs is ve-y remarkable :—From
the moment they are able to distinguish a cape, a
mole, or an island, they are tauht to remember
their apperances, bearings, Etc. the very next time
they come within sight of any of those °Neil, they
are examined with the utmost riper, and woe to
them whose memory is found deficient ; they are,
indeed, again reminded of the names of the objeats
forgotten, but every name then repeated is accom-
panied by a severe lash with a whip.
" In the sea voyages of the Hydriottes, they are
remarked for their observance of the most rigid fru-
gality ; it is wine only that they then wi.h to have
in abundance ; but having once arrived in port, they
take care to consume their reserved provisions in
very short time ; and, for their ability in support of
privations when they occur, these people resemble
the French.

it There is scarcely any scene of hilarity which
exceeds the joyful return of these vessels to their dear
island. It is, in fael, a general feast; and in this
there is always some imitation of the mune's of
the people they visited last. The sciences also are
regarded in their turn ; the llydriottes have lately
established schools for Latching the ancient Greek,
the I taliAn,and Geography. They have also erefl•
ed an FAchaile, whi:h is hlsewise the seat of justice ;
and if the rest of the modern 'Greeks were released
from the rcppression of the Turkish Government,
there is but litsle doubt.that their plogres in civi-
lisation would be equal to theie islanders."

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