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FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

Gaavaaelan Stmt. 14.--P.uoed by the Eineline, Selownna;
Young John, ; Wootatek, iluiru.an, and Anna Mane,
Hammond, front Embdzn.-.4lautorem, Ronny., from Saman•
th Two !Brothers, Wass; Young Vromm, Watts; and the
Film Good anohen, Bowman, from Lear,
• atottmr•
_ . _

le the Detentaltera,lalus. ent Archang,l.
At fatreuetli-.4ba Rona, from S:negal'.
At Liverbar,lthe Jana-% and John. front Georgia;
atal the /Imam Clark. lune Vurginta.
At Illelta4-•-the Lockrv.m. hem Tonee.fte.
At Aradueotun—the Los 7, Immell, fmm
At Ilestegem Jame:. lbiUiir, frout Vargonia.

►REL.IND.

lARL OF DELMORE AND LORD CATHCAAT.

vusuit. strr._lo.

The msunclerstanding between these two Noble.
men still continues to be a subjed of conversation.
The following, I undristand, is the most corral ac-
count of the circumstances : Upon the 9th last, the
63d and the Tyrone militia, had a field-day in the
Phanix Park—lor.l Cathcart commanded. The
Tyrone went wrong ir. some of the movements, and
Lord Cathcart called for the Commanding-Officer.
The Earl of Dehuore, vrho had come to the ground
in a curriele, but was now foot, marched for-

Matti, anJ saluted him. Lord C. in a :eery loud

voice, called out (when Lord B. attempted to speak),
•• Impossible, impossible, my Lord, that any person
can tlikethe command of a regiment in His Majesty's
service, without being on horseback." lie then called
out, in the same tone of voice, "Let the Lieut.-Colo-
nel (Lord Cakdon) take the command." Lord
B. retired, and that day sent in his resignation
to Lased Hardwicke, who, without accering .t,
wrote to Lord Cathcart, to know his reason for
doing as be did ; Lord Cathcart returned for
answer, that he did not intend any thing personal
t s Lord B bat that it was the esoress com-
mand of His Majesty, signaled to him through the
Commander in Chief of England, that every officer
commanding a regiment should appear on horse-
back ; Lord Hardwieke then wrote to Lord B—,
a id stated to him what Lord C. had said in his let-
t:r and, at the same time, intimated a wish that be
would hold the command. Lord B—, in his
answer, hoped his resignation would be accepted, as
he wasdetermineJ never more to serve.

AM Prole. the Lettet Carrier, who absronded on
Wednesday morning last, and tor whose apprehen-
sion a reward of 501 has been offered from the Ge-
neral Post-Office, he being charged with taking se-
veral bills. notes, &c. out claw Letters given to him
for delivery, was found drowned on Thursday even-
ing, in a pond near Deptford. By a Note found in
his pocket, direaing it to he brought t.• the house cf
Mr. Ball, in Clare-count, brury-lane, the body was
discovered to have hen that of the Letter Cattier.
.slk per, on from 1 ..r tforJ came to the house of N: r.
Ball early yesterday mot nine. with the intelligence
it each a person being found drowned.

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FR 3 li.l TI 11. MI )NITECTI.

ithen.y ,r :be Chola, from their Origin to th air mist;og
in., Franks, and thp Offivnevicarrimit of the trend Mo-
narchs. Hy Jean tricot; of Geneva, Protes..or of Howl
sod Statics, in the Academy of twit City.

The Gauls have played a very important part in
ancient history, and their warlike spirit and courage
sheaved itself in very catty ages. We find them
leaving their country tioo years before the Christian
zra, and under the etiolult of Segovia and B:11o.-
vese, conquering vast trAas of country, and form-
ing permanent esta'alishments in Paonix and the
north of Italy. A little later we we them tahirg
Home, which would not have escaped total ruia hat
for the valour of Camilla. In the year t.!;:?, befare
the Christian lira, they made an irruption into
Greece, where the King of Macedon, wh3 At
tempted to oppose them, was killed, and his armies
defeated. They marked their passage by fire and
sword, and besieged the Temple of Delphos, where
they were rt pulsed. At the same time twenty thou.
sand Cs tut, penetrated into Thrace, and there
founded the Lngdom of Thylc : from whence they
passed into Asia, where they established themselves,
and remained a long time ♦ terror to the neighbour-
ing nations.
The history of the Gauls is interesting as being an
important pall of ancient history ; but it is much
more so to the French, who there find with plea-
sure the exploits of their ancestors, and become snore
curious to acquire a knooledge of their manuers And
customs.

The ancient Gauls had no hi,torians amongst
them, consequently they are only known to us by
the relations handed down by the Gre:ks and Ro-
mans, and which leaves their •history very imper-
fee ; in fan, that historian who cannrt examine
the Greeks and the Romans themselves, ought to
collet and compare all the documents which the an-
cients have left of tam people, and to extra from
the histories of Rome and Greece, and the Asiatic
nations, where the Gaul, had penetrated, all that can
possibly throw lights on their excursions, their
power, and their manners, in those distant times.
Many writer, have spoken of the ancient Gaols,
but partially, and in an undecided manner. The
histories of Greece and Rome are compiled by a few
authors only, who have described the series of events
which concerned thos: people. Met tray has given
us an his:ory of France previous to Clovis, but it
is very errcileous. Littman also published a work
on the same subjl.6; but he has attended much more
to the flights of imagination than to the ancient au.
tbors. We might also mention many others who
have treated on the same ►ubje.'t, but all our en-
deavours would only serve to prove that Cher: is no
•stisfa !tory or complete history of our ancestors
extant.

The author of the work we are now speaking of,
endeavours to fill up the vacancy which we so much
regret, and has given to the public the fruits of
m :ny years researches into the history of the Gauls.
He has treated the subjea with the gre.ttest method
and precision, and has carefully avoided the com-
mon fault of conjeattre; he has not wilful4 attach-
ed himself to any particular opinion, or expatiated
too iarvly on the splendour of the origin, the ex-
p:bits, or the virtaes of the ancient Gan's, nor has he
on the other band depreciated them; lie has aimed
at nothing but the discovery of the truth, and a de.
sire to represent it fairly.

The author of the work we now advert to has
adopted the opposite plan, he his not even read the
modern authors, till he had finished his extra %s from
the old miters. This method of proceeltir is a
positive assurance of his precision, and proves his
authenticity as an historian : the first part of this
work contains the events which ocrurred amongst
the Gauls. from their first origin, to their inter-
mixture with the Franks, that is to say, from the
earliest period till the end of the reign of Clovis the
Great. In the time preceding that reign, the Gauls
signalised themselves by their valour and their con-
qiiests, and had, like other nations, their list, and
their decay. Their commerce between Mai
and Italy began to civilise them, but their divisions
ruined them. Separated into different clans, and
having but few ties in cnmmnn amongst them, they
could only oppose the Raman: by a partial an I in-
effeflual resistance. Cow acquired immortal glory
by his conquest of three-fourths of Gaul, which he
effated in nine years, daring which time the fate of
Gaul was direaed by the Roman empire ; number-
less Roman colonies were established throughout
the country t and the Gauls themselves, portico-
latly those who inhabited southern parts, adopted,
by degrees, the manners and habits of their con-
querors.
The two last chapters of this part of the history
are almost entirely taken up with incursions into
Gaul by the barbarous nations to the north of Europe,
and presents a pifture of the misthitimes of tais
beautiful country, during the decay and fall of the
Roman Empire. 'Me author describes with truth
and eloquence the frightful situation of our unhappy
countrymen; one of the passages an the subject of
'which is as follows :

The first years of the fifth century were replete
with disasters to Gaul. Hordes of liarlAirians till
then unknown, being driven toward, the West by
the formidable inciii ,ions of the Huns, came to
inundate this country, which had already been so
often devastated by the Franks and the Germans.
It amtared as if the North of Europe was a mine,
which fi.mished in inexhaustible source of desolation
to the S:iuth. The Vandals and Goths who came
originally from Scandinavia, the Swedes from the
North of Germany, and the Alain-. a people of flcy-
thia,all nt.ince penetrated into the Western provinces
of the Roman empire, and finally established them-
selves in the neighbourhood of the Pyrenees. What
a fearful sight was this to Gaul ! that flourishing
country was quickly abandoned to pillage; twenty
different hordes of barbarian:, one more ferocious
than anoiliiir, insinuated themselves into its bosom
by rapine and cruelty ; arts and sciences wean
friglitened•from a soil where they once snone in b:
!ogre, and ignorance drew her veil of obscenity
over Cie land, wher? men could expel nothilg hist
slav-ry "r murder, where women became the prey
of their t le;..its eon/incepts, and where all age and
ses w;r7 c.o.:•qi.ided in one general extermination;
wliere e al impo.sible, and the only tel.)g,: of
the wreLlied sud.r.n was in death."
(To be eeetieued )

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4th Regiment of Dragoon Goarde-r-I.ieuteuant James Si,:mr,
foam the frith Foot, to be Mt/tenant. vow lizrpt
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CoMstrersi Rernient of ,Pent James, fleet.
to bo Ensign, without pitreliasa rtee
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Yea:, to he Lieutenant Coronet. by purchase, ticettua,,,p,
nits. tLtiftl.
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4!41 D sto—.llres.m Lieutesiaist Colootl James t,
ijeutonaist Colonel, without porclia4e.
C 4ptAin .1e ,:e. G:Allt To be Maine, by
es purchase, rice Steaw,
ho retires.
Ditto, Nlajor Sir John Prinzle Dalrymple, H irt. froi,
F.ow, to be Major, tke .%)Imcr, pri.n,oted to the -Jet
Foot.
lo9thlbttn—iCaptain James Dzilvie, from the !inth Foy, sr,
ht.rilior, vice Chaplin, appointed to the 916 it-4.4,.:1

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89th l),ttii--Brevet Major Donald Witten, hem the 4lit
Foist, to be M.ijoe.
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to,eting Field Officers of Yeomanry ant ionteeicu,p,
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LIK •Il pl4Oll,
Li:l.:lona Colonel Sir WiViain Cockburnej lint on HQ-
pay of the 4.h Foot.
Fielder Knit, EN. late Lieutenant Colonel in the 7th F 01.

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Stapict, to surreuder Sept. 22, It 7. and Oct. 2", at clone, at
the I..ree 1.. Owl, Leeds. Athwntya, Mr. Juin' Ily;fo‘,
meet, Iluinorn, London; and Mr. Charks Coll2Llo,

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Anatol. A forstert, Mr. Jones, Gra)'s-Inn-s:inare, Lorain,
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