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QOI.OS,ION'S GUI DE to ti EA iffli : or, Ad-
-1/411/ to both &Melt, fn a variety sir Cumpinints. There
is scarcely adi individual who is nut interested iu some part
of this Bunk. In particular it is addressed to ruple of
Eishiou; to studious per,ins of a confined mid stileutary
Gfr : as shit to those *Witted with !nervous affettions in ge-
m rd ; with a serious Address to boys sail sunny men, who
injured, or Sr. in danger of ruiaint: their constitutions.
..d•1 bn Jlatltew■ and Leigh, No. Is, Strsnd, aced all otitis,
lt.Jukseltiss.

TO Mil. SWAIN/44)N, EH I'l H-STREET, Sono. •
Parsonage, Tottrialgr, mar irbitatutie,
Deaaata, • June 11, lens.
IT lons burn on my mind, for .roue time, as most
justly der to yea, rad for the piddle gaud, to lay Wove'
it the (3%1. of Mary Bilges, a laboarer'a wife, of this 'ravish,
and to rater you my grateful thenksetogether with the poor
11114111111.11, fur your %calcium supply of the truly eacelletit
vitfaA nBLE SIRUP of Itl; VELN(), to whirls, ander
l'ims Wetter, w r eatirely attribute her heitm restored to per-
fect health sud stivorth, fonts beta; all uhlert of the deepest
pity, said ant es.pectt II to live above a factinelat, or few weeks
as furthest, fruits a dr.mdful hutnutir to her throat, of what
riewriptimi I cutout C3Lacily determine. farther thaw, at one
tone, it put on a canc.-torts appeartire, nit altered for the
better immediately on taking. your Syrup; the neela wits
eaten away rustipletel!, and nhe bud sit rat _trot hdole i«
her tineet, so that sins WWI 110411 y st in ej, and t Shortly
have WWII 1111, at sib- could scarcely bear 10 Mgralltni. retie
'Mends. She had no slisp, no spirits, oust was a mere 'decla-
ims, and weak to a titane scarcely able to crawl. She wits
seta from It.irtholonow's Hospital as incurable, when I felt
the animist desire to reconnected her to your chanty, having
the bii;bis.i opinion of the Syrup, and thisiking myself, i
some degree, pain deged to take the lira sty ofticelime the ap-
pill LIAM, as being nearly related to yOlir 1411 friend, tile
8e.11..p 414. Peterbtirongh, mud having some quaintance
jib tom myself. 1 slain ever reliant a loth se tie of the
tabour you sins. ed to my applicattini, and should have
aim It ember made this rabbi as higoolvd.otont, hut waited
to ram it the pour wu,nau coutinacti ci hr.elilt, whirl, 1 am
happy to say, site has enjoyed for r rive tomtits* and
niore,a4 it is uow tau years store rite lag•aig y oar Syrup; she
impruted in health from the first bottle, owl tptickly regain-
ed spirits, sleep, appetite, strength, no good looks. The
huh, ci tic throat are tillvd mut ;LVOV it lip, slie lots adds'
vcn bur Ivy to the tau she lead bstort tier tilociat, nod it
ii;tl.ll 011 the u,c ease, in pi elect health and ispirnii. She is
a remarkably well behaved, quiet, and industrious pities
t0m..,,, and a valuable wife and toothier in her family.
I ow, 4. ar Sir,
Year very sioceptly ohligeil hundole Servant,
PENELOPE. JI• Wi II AlAlttillAl
Witnesses to the abnee rave:
Thom* Copt )I:althea', Nlisitater ut Tottrtglee, tier's.
Synod, is Pgitilie Vestry, Jape 7, with *thaaks, in the
'mines of all prevent.
It is at this sestina prepared is large amintities, and Gum
a Botanical Collection for the purpose, annittialled to l'irope,
at h.. tinier in Teen, No. Jt, Frith-street, Sohu, ting r
per :milk. The Medicine is also sold by Mr. Atklusow,
threuisi, No. 196, Hishoptigate.street 11'itbuatt and by Sir
Swaim...it's Avant is every considerable Tows m the I. trued
ingilvai.

THE BRITISH PRES

LON DON,
MONDAY, PEOREIIIf CO.

The Intrepid, Captaln lIEWETiON. arrived on
Friday at Standgate Crcel, froin Alicant. She has
br011;;Ilt aCCOll.lhi froni the eabtern part of Spain.
to the 30th lint.

The Valencia Gazette states, that the Marquis
LAZUN was, un the 31. d January, at Gerona, that a
division of his army, under General CLARO, had
driven the enemy from Impurias, had pushed its
patrolea as far as Rosas, and bud surprised, at
the viVs.:e of Padret, a body of Italian troops,
having under their escort a considerable quantity
of tnilitary stores for Rosso..
Tlie Duke of INFANTapo had established Ilia
head-quarters at Nloytt, on tile borders of Valencia,
communicating with the army of General RIDING,
in Catalonia, and being, at the same time, in a
condition to support the army iu La Mancha.
No mention is made of Saragossa, further than
that an army was forming at Barbastro, in Arragon,
for its relief.
The Italian, Swiu, and German troops, in the
French arasy io Spain, it is said, desert iu great
numbers to the patriots.

Some German papers, of a late date, soil also
some private letters to the 12th inst. from Ifeli-
;;olaud.,Lia►e,been Teemed. They are totally (teati-
me of interest. The Guillotine has been intro-
duced littd Usvaria.

The ei-dteent King of SPAIN. CHARLES IV. Was
:grey ill the tiiidelle of loot month, nu.l three phy-
sicians wars. ordered from 'Montpelier to attiesol

COunt Tii,TOT. late Russiar Ainb:issador at
Paris, havirg obtained pernii.,.sinis from his Court
to pass the winter at Vienna, has received Lett. r*
of Credence, as Ambassador to that CalMo.t ; hut
whear as locum mans to Count LIEVEN, Or in
place of him, is not mentioned.

The 10nf,,,-prevalling westerly wi.iis, whielt have
1,1,,wu with tittle interatiwoioti nearly two months,
prevent theo,itisard-bound eaavoys for the
East Indies. Caps of Cood i4ope, the llrazils,
West ladies, Mediterranean, and the coast of Por-
ttigal, from sailing from Portsmouth. The two
first fleets for the East Indies are both to sail under
convoy of the Sirens, Capt. Pvm. The are--
6, Warren I-Listings, True Briton, Ca•nberland,
Sea!eby Caste, Neptune. Perseverance. Nutiingketn.
Carnatie, Lord Duncan, Lard Meleille, Lady Cas-
tlereagh, and Baring.—Most of the ships for China
have taken troops on. booed for Madras. They are
all dispatched, end ready to sail.

The mission and arrival of Cevat.t.os in this
country, at the preselit moment, seems to onimunce.
in a assentor the most outgun-oes', the determine-
tiou of the Spaniards, tiotwithstandiug tell their
past defeats, and the recent expulsion of Ow Eng-
lish at Comma, to mailman the conflict against
BON APARTS ; never will that tymut pardon the se-
lection of CEYA LTA'S for such an etnlevoy. Nor is
this the only proof exhibited by the Government of
Spain, of their having, at length, shaken off
that jealousy and distrust of the English, which,
joined to perhaps too presumptuous an opinion of
their own national energies, or means, has conduceel
to the unfortunate results which we all deplore.—
Every thing seems to demoustrute that the Junta
is disposed to confide all the remaining hopes and
;posessions of the Spanish Monarchy, to the ho-
DOUG, good faith, and friendship of Great Britain.
' How much is it to be regretted that they did not
adopt, silt mouths ago, so wise and so necessary a
policy, and that Ministers did net originally press
it. This met the policy so ably utged by Mr.
Possomwr, on his late ruotioo, upouthe example of
ELIZMIIETH ; who, when she assisted the revolted
inhabitauts of the Netherlands against PHILIP the
Second. wisely demanded certain places, as cau-
tionary towns, before she sent her troops to 1101-
land. Hail Ministers pursued this policy—had
Ferrol and Comma been entrusted to us, and gar-
rimmed by our troops in the innoth of August hest,
we should not have been reduced to embark, with
such ruinous precipitation, after losing near 80110
of our brave soldiers on the way. The time seems,
however, to be at length arrived, when the British
and Spanish nations will act in real concert, and
obliterate, by mutual consent, those recolleetious
se, injurious to both countries. Ai the hest proof
of this auspicious change, we may cite the di mei-
Minn of the two fortresses, Fort Philip and Fort
Barbara, constructed to repress end to bridle
Gibraltar, together with the remove! of the can•
loon previously mounted on those works, into
(;ibraltar itself. It is not po‘sible to exhibit a
stronger insinfestatiou of that total change, whirls
the relations of England and Spain Ituee under-
gone, iw consequence of the invasion of a Cor-
sican, who, consulting only his own lawless am-
bition, and trampling on all emend or political ob-
ligations, has over-run, lied waste, and nearly sub-
jected. the Spanish Monarchy.
That the Spaniards, as late as the Ist of the
present gutonth, when the evacuation of tin Mesa by
the British WAS perfectly known at Seville., were,
nevertheless, determined to resist, to the last extre-
wily, is well ascertained. Every exertion was

making, by order of the Supreme Junta, to enable
Cadiz to hold out against the attacks of the
French, anti those exertions were making ender
the direction of English engineers. Col. FIALA
LOWELL was employed in fortifying• the narrow
isthmus which connects Cadiz with the Continent
of Andalusia. It is certainly matter of doubt,
whether that city can be supplied with fresh wa-
ter, in sufficient quantity for the wants of the in-
habitants dunug a siege. Opinions diametrically
opposite are maintained relative to this moat im-
portant point, respecting which we do not ven-
ture, at present, to hazard a decided enojectinei .
Every thing, must, however, depend upon it; if
Bansaraatit invest Cadiz, us he probably will do
shortly. IVhen we consider the position of that
city, its harbour, its vicinity to Gibraltar, and the
numerous facilities which these circumstances afiord
ie., who are masters of the sea, to to..ICCOUI' and throw
supplies into the place; we mac, witl t the IM•
putation of presninptuous ignorance or temerity,
vtniture to expect a long unit a successful resist-
ance from a garrison composed of Spaniards and
English. Carthagesia possesses likewise great
captivities of &levee. Nor must we forget he
Balearic Islands. Majorca is a fertile aril exten-
sive tract of country, tied of the value of Minorca
we arc able to form a just estimate. These pos.
settions, as well as Ceuta, nn the coast of Barbary,
will, in all cases, bid defiance to the Corsican's
arms ; and may, like Jersey and Guernsey, a hick
arc still livid by us, remain unconquered for :mgrs.
Such is the pri•svuit aspect of nfE,irs in 5p.,11), and
',twit this prospects a Itich they hold out of future
surcc.'s.

Saturday rotor ii iii iiis Excellency the 31.1rquis
l'Etrito CEVALLuS. Minister Hen;potentially
the Supreuie Junta, and suite, aim arrived at
Vorbinotith ou Tutilay in the Spanish slap Ake-

.:I).as, of 74 guns, in ten days from Cadi;, setoff
from the Crown Inn, in that town, for London.—

The private property of iii, Excellency was brought
oil shore, on Friday night, in 60,000 dollars, and
de .nsited in the bank of 'Messrs. GODWIN watt Co.
Os Excellency dined with General ‘VIIETJIAM ea
FrAty.—The Algeziras arrived, is not the English

ship Hanna/nil, which was so nobly and bravely de-
feuded by the late Captain SOLOMON FERAIs. and
taken in A les' ras Bay.--She left Cadiz so late as the
:id inst. but does not bring any news of interest.—
His Excellency reached London on Saturday night.
Having heard so much of the enthusiasm which
the Spanish cause had excited in this country, it
was natural for him to expect to be received with
acclamations, with the rin4iiig of bells, and other
demonstrations of joy. How much, then, must
leis Escellvocy hare liceit disappointed. to Sind the
Spanish cause, the Supreme Junta, as well as NA.•
POLLON 8114.1 JOSEPH' forgotten, and the town
ringing with nothing but Mrs. CLARKE. This)
boa ever. will cease to surprise us, when we reflect
that her accusations do not merely affect the alti-
meter of the Cominauder-iii-Chief, but are calcu-
lated to wound the Royal Family through the
sides of the Duke. It bring the general opinion
that Ministers have not displayed either pound
cretion or sagacity in the mode in which they I:aie
clitiducted the defence of his Royal Highness,
their partisans are contriving to shift the blame
from their shoulders. With this view dims been
couddently reported, that on the day preceding
;qr. iVARDIA's opening speech, a consultation sus
held in the presence of his Royal Highness, on the
subject of the supposed chur6es about to Lie by
bins brought forward. At this meeting the " legal
advisers" of the Duke besought him, if be were
' conscious of having said, written, or done, any
thing unguarded, which might be made subject of
declamation or crimination, while he lived with
Mrs. CLARKE, to avow it ; as they might either
take measures to stop or to meet it. But, whether
from conscious innoeence, from obstinacy, or from
resentment and contempt of the accuser, be perti-
aiuvioufily rejected and ilisdaioed all compromise
and accommodation, as equally unbecoming and
Uoitecest.4l).

Whether these facts are accurately represented
or uot, it is evident that the present iuvestigatiou
cannot now he quashed, but must proceed to some
coissumination. Legislature must adopt some
proceeding calculated to allay the ferment excitet.l
throughout the capital and the kingdom. Much as
we may, for a variety of reasons, regret the pre-
Rent discussion ; and meritorious as we may con-
sider his Royal Highness's conilliet in his military
capacity, under many points of . iew ; yet he now
starves accused. Ile most, thereGne, like every other
individual, he acquitted or condemned. There is
no alternative. There is, Mitred, one charge apon
which we think much more stress has bean laid
than it is probably entitled to. We mean the case
of SAIIIULI. CARTER, and we know that we are not
sititzular in this opinion. lle is reported to he an

aims!.ic young man, and a meritorious, well-con-
ducted officer. It to generally understood, that he
is the illegitimate son of Captain Sueens. the
friend of 3,115. C (AMU.. and that it will appear 1w
was more in the character of a dependant than a
servant in her house. Besides, when he received
his commission, lie was only 15 years old, an age at
which he could not have contracted much of low
:11111 servile habits. Admitting, however, tliat he
was ohjectionable, on the `round of his low con-

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rd
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.1;t1on in life, yet we maintain, that if, in the great
extetit of his pattomllKe, SAMUP.I. CARTEIt i/1 the.
°III% i,OO wet Wllll4l WARDLE ea❑ adduce•, of
au agaivroper In r, ,t prusgiutcd by the Ihike,
grcittcr ening,um cannot i.e pronounced upon It,.
conduct as Commander-in-Chief.

The politic mind cottilieues still to be agitated
and elgrosse4 almost exclusively with the Charge:
pre:erred agairst the Counnander-in-Chid; a busi-
ness which, though it wi!l necessarily be supersed-
ed in its torn, like all human concerns, by oilier
objectsot attention or curimity, must nevertheless be
infallibly productive:of very important consequences.
We have had an opportunity ()feat...cling and com-
paring the onitaimss of several persons, who are
vile, from their situations and imams of inforina-
ti.iii, to f an estimate of the probable results of
t! twist interesting inquiry. On certain points
;.:., ~,, to it, they are almost unanimonsly agreed.
tnat tia. two Notes, (and particularly that the
short Note, found its Captain Fluet.ev SARI:OED's
apartment, are the baud-writing of the Doke
of You, seems to he as distinctly, though re-
luctaittly admitted, as such a document can
extort assent. Neither Colonel Gonnon, General
Baoivnetun, nor Mr. ADAM, venture to declare a
disbelief of its being the Duke of None's writing.
Indeed no reasonable doubt remains on the subject.
thump) Ito certainty can be obtained. Why then.
dud Captain S. deny, conceal, and prevaricate
on the business of this Note ? It is rent easy to
account for his line of conduct ; hut his motive
are of little importance, unless we suppose that the
Note is a forgery, concerted a•rd executed will,
Mrs. CLARKE'A consent or participation. The evi-
dence of Town, the Jew, will not assuredly tend to
enforce a belief or a conviction that Mr*. CLARKE
has been guilty of such en set. Those who hrovir,fig
faraard this evidence, if they meant by his teeti-
molly .o impeach Mrs. Ci.xnes's veracity, have
miserably failed, and indetal have (holidayed more
zeal than judgment. A fellow aho is Sri ignorant
as not to Isaow whether the Duke usually signed
" York, Albany, or Fredetick ;" and who. though
on no footing of confidence or of familiarity with
Mrs. C. yet pretends that she made him com-
munications of the most tlangerotob, as well as un-
provoked maitre, cannot for no instant challenge

Meanwhile we hear that other discoveries, and
ether sets of colt-option, or gross Aube*, have
already been brought to light by the Committee
sitting above ►t::Ors on East India bushiest. It is
pest aded.,tied one E:tst India Director has per•
mired his Clerk to dispose of three riterships;
or, at least, that his Clerk did, in point of fact,
dispose of them. Another Director is charged
with allowing a Cadetship to be sold in a similar
manner, by a celebrated banker at the West-end of
the town.
It is vaM to justify, or to pallate, one set of cor-
ruption or of abuse, by t ding another. We know
that Kim' FISHER di:posed of military prefer-
ments, fifty years ago, when WiLiziast, Duke of
Cuasitatzesin, son of Cermet: it., was Cont-
msteler-itt-Chief of the British forces. That the
late Countess or YARMnlrrli, MNlrf!s; or Geoacr•
received pecuniary ni koorrieOgintlits for
Peerages bestowed under that reign, we likewise
bave heard and believe. The name of the persons
elevated to the peerage by her interest, lite titlue
conferred, and the sums given her on those occa-
sions, are all commonly reported. But those times
acid these arc widely dissimilar ; and ito inductions
drawn from the late reigu, will apply to the pre-
sent. The Duke of Yoes, accused of abuses,
lutist stand or kill, not by precedents of similar
practices. but by his own spemtic innocence or
culpability. Mr. PZIKIEVAL assuredly would not
have compelled the production of the note found
is Capt.SANDEN'S possession, if he had riot unfor-
tunately presumed that it was a forgery. If he
persist in the ussertion, the Duke must, sooner or
later, appear in the I louse of Commons, is person,
to Rekuowletige or deity it, upon inspection. 'f here
are no other means of extrication or of complete
justification left to him ; those who call theruselves
his friends having, in fact, tacitly admitted that the
kid-writing is his.
Oa Friday morints, tits SIAJUSTY, Princess

AUGUSTA and SoFxu, and th. E•trl of CRESTEIt•

NFLD. accompanied hy Generals t.' A RTWAIGHT and
VITZhOIf. took an airing on horseback, in Wind-
sor Great Park, and returned to the Palace at
halt past twelve o'clock.
Y,,,terday tuorumg, His MAJEsTY. Princesses
STA, Soptivt, Astta.t t, mid Maar, accoin-

t• by Ludy ELY, tielleiaiS Ft IZROY and CART,
• ZI . DT, went to St. GLoitor's Chapel, and heard
!.erenon preached by the ilmp. and Rev. Dr.
LEGGE, the Dem), front the !look or Joel, Chap.
'2, verse Itend your heart, awl not your
garments, amd turn unto the Lord your God." Af-
terwards, the Royal Pariy returned to the Palace.
The Duke of PORTI•AND continuiur, iudispo,ed,
a Cabinet Council was held at his Grace's !louse,
on Saturday, at twelve o'clock, and sat till past
three,

On Saturday mornincr the Duke .f YORK wait. fl
neon INMAJKSTY, at %Windsor, void remained witii
him for about two how s.
Mr. PONSIM BY, iia usual, entertained a party of
Lis political fliends at (limier on Saturday, at his
hon.i., in Arlington-street. There were prr4,tit
I.ord lICNIT PETTY; Lord A RUMBA CD if I/111.1 ori,
l.nril PORCIIESTER. Right Ilisti. antis Ittivi.is
OALY, Right limo UKNRY (iItATTAN. Sir ARTFIV It
Pir:GOTT, Hmm. Mr. PRITTIM, Mr. IN 1101.
'V. LAMM, m,.. iliworru. and Mt. WARR

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From the mildness of the weather, yesterday rosy be con-
sidered as the first day of Spring All the fa.hion of this
Ray and splendid city were :biscuit+ 1 in the Parks; every
arcane leading to them 11115 Ci.1116.14:tt to C%C.lla. One thost-
sand carriage*, at least, filled with beauty and fashion,
mt..rn•d the nits. The grimiest of the day allowed the
gl • 'OlOl in be down, and the pedestrians were gratified with
a hill view of till the splendour and beauty within.
It having been report,il that DLs .0 was to exhi-
bit herseif in the Park, every eye was on the stare for her,
and every pretty woman stied a chance oft/flag tnistalen fur
tbs; telthr dell fair one. We understand, however, that she
was not three, and at least ten thousand persona returned
home disappointed- Every fen, il, husked fashionable; it
was, of course, impose..., to (discriminate between the
11.1 k who wore ber warlet cloak through necessity.' and her
who was sinking tinder tl in rmuplianee with taste
The Mies in l arriagrs wore silk or velvet peT,sts veils
t►rown carelessly over their hair. In °pelican's-hies, purple
velvet pelisses pravaikd, with black Spanish bats and black
plumes. To iltscrihe the beauty and vai:ety of gnomes*
women be impossible: there were some few purple velvet
an miles. trimmed with `aid tare, and bonnets to match,
which were very elegant.

Her Royal highness the Princess of Wales was in an
open landau, nerosmilmoird by Lady Sheffield. The nimbuses
of Nortlimnb: shod, fyorcrt, Leeds, and Bolton; /tar-
animism( b of gt.to4ll, Lansilogra,ttailt,Wellesley,Dowinhiret,
Aberrant, and licaelf,irt; Countesses Barryianwe, Cairdi;an,
hi, Co‘ri.t r, C:trli.,r, Albemarle, Sefton, and
raindeb ; Vi:couitti sees Caaticreagb, and far-
peth; displayed their usual 'lnuit carriages. His Royal
. . . _ .

ilidbuess the Doke of Cambridge, the Ilarebieuese et Polio-
Margoisees erf Titeldield and Aberenru, Earl Barry.
more, Vierunot Pal•wrston,"and Sir Rit bard St. ,t were
on horseback. The Park was not cleared until near dark.
Earl Citotausunixy is much hotter. The
follusing is a copy of tile (bulletin of )•o•stertl:iy
" Sunday, February 19.
" Earl Chulossodeky is guns( os very sell.
(Signed) VAUGHAN ood
Viscount Mat.tts, ion of Earl (ant. N! 0)1 DELLY,
ice., on Thum's', night, taken very ill. liuetors
Valli:mot and liast.t.is were sent for. His Lord-
' shit was better, yesterday.
The Duke owl Ilhienessor nEAUFOItT intend to
remain at their seat at Badminton, (iioneesten.
sliire, until the middle of next month._

'The Earl Essex eater:ailefl H select party at
dinner, yesterday. at his litJuse iu Be!lsles-
square.
The Marchioness of LiiNsioowm had a select
pa-tc, last ni4lit, et Lai
The last ;trrivals at Bath are—
The Rida,p cf Kihnore, Lord and Lady Leslie, Latit
Denstatolle, Lady Smith, Hun. Robert Plunkett, HllO.
Mr. St. John Sir Charles Talbot, Sir William Calls Sir!.
Lethbridge, Sir J. Morris, Sir Million Aston, Su.liar;y V.
Daniell.

The Ars:lo44llov of TCAU. show letter to Dr.
o.Messt was se aukwurilly totrudiseett so the
House of CsessinonN with the love epiatles of Mrs.
CLARICE, hs nude to .'Jr. JOHN C1,11:011-fs BERES-
eIms. sad father to Mrs. Tstitstss He is
moot restreetalsle awl amiable Prelate.
Ilia Mossititta is gnus on a visit
to tae Duchess ANGOUI.EiIIv, at Gosfield.
Lord litstratto is nearly recovered from his
late indisposition:
Mr. ARNOLD'S Comedy of Man and Wife is per.
forming ,every night at the Edinburgh Theatre
wish the greatest success. Mrs. EDWIN plays the
part of Ellen Worru, and Mr. liwwEs that of
.r/rs Auslencourf.

'rise Mlureliiouesr of %wanner will give a van('
row, this evening, and anotovr next :irlo.iddly, at
hrr ,row in Airington-street.
V4.c are informed it uos not au Iris!' Meniher
that asked Mrs. CLAitt.k; %% lal sapted the antony-
mous note?

01! Thursday, Lady G. PRATT, the second
daughter of the Earl of CARDAN, will he presented
to Her MAJESTY ; upon which occasion, the
Countess will give a grand rout in the evening of
the same day, for the first time silica their house
has undergone a thorough repair.
The announced Concerts of Mrs. Baud %Grow,
and Mckuirs. NAAR!! and Datum*, will he the most
brilliant musical treat of this season. Thine. is hot
person of rank and fashion in town whose name
does not grace their subscription list.
Ilsaabson, GREATOREX. and BAR-
TI.E.MAN't Vocal Concerts, cominenced on Friday
List, fur the season, at the New Rooms, Hanover.
opiate. Mrs. Bir.t.tnetuti was iu admirable voice,
mid assisted in the beautiful quartetto Tort se dir
asi rani with Madaine BIANCHI, and Messrs. HAR-
.RISON and BARTI.EMAN, aith the finest effect.-ss
Thep. war a most beautiful glut to an Irish air
encored. There were about 700 persons
present, among whom were the Earl of UssaiDOE,
Cmintes4 iif DARN LET, BIT DRUIRMOND and Lady
Ssit'l9l, and Ladies B. PROCTOR, HUDSON, and
WSLLER.
Mr. D'Envittes new Ballet of Don Quixote,
was performed remind time on Saturday night at
the Opera-Howie, and W-1.4 received with the most
rapturous applause. The Spanish Fandango,
which afforded such a display of the taste, agility;
and execution of the several pirfortners. was °s-
cored with reiterated plaudits. To thisdance Mr.
"TAYLOR is indebted for the crowded audience his
theatre boasted ; for, with the exception of NALUI,
the Opera was floor indeed.
The Hon. M s. KNOX'S grand ball and supper,
on Thursday night last, at her house in Upper
C:rosirenorsistreet, was Atte-Med by upwards of our
hull !r.:11 Nobility +lnd Fasltionables. The prepa-
Ea.:ions for the evening were in the greatest style of
eleg.lllCP. The ball-coons was lighted by diamond
cut glass instres, the ti.tivr was tastefully chalked iii
devices. The lower apartinents were appropriated
for supper, which was • served up at two o clock,
aids onsisted of every delicacy of the Sea Ste.--.
Amongst the company were Royal Highs
aess the Duke of GLOUCESTER, the Marchionesses
of WA:SPORT, SALISBURY. and BATH ; COWS.
tenses of CA‘HAMPTOR, CARLISLE, Conetinsn,
and Banairisuau.

Lit W fiVTAILLit:I4,VCB.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,SreoRear, res. 19.
Sitting: before 1.91-t1 Chief Juitict NIANSFILI
awl • Special /atty.

LIBEL
VINOSITY V. TIPPILIL. • It •
This was an action for a I a4aiiist the
inserted i u a usanthly publication called TAeSt.
The libel was produced by a leper whieliwatigitatred
Cobbett's Regilter, written by #4l'. I: 311010[y,
and ia which be seemed to avow linieseif thirauthor
oldie pamphlet itntt:ig Nlajor llogia:icase to the
public. Toe in The Satirist commented oil
that letter, stud the author observed that,he had
before conceived Mr. Finnerty to be a poylidiel.,
but never before suspected hair of heiniew fuck
Mr:Serjeitiit Bert add' essed the Jury iu a-very
able speech. Ile- burin by adverting to the princi-
ple winch had lieenbrotelted in getiolit
• naively, that an individual must he .lttanieJT free
from main, or he was not entitled to Maintain au
action for an injury dime to his character. That
plrineiple, he snot, had been reeogni,ed in the ease
of William v. ladder, arid had at times been eon-
sideced as law. That was the care of a man who
called himself Anthem, Posria, aud he complain-
ed of a libel iu a publication called The Bailed;
lint on its being proved that he' himself had vettlitial
divers scurrilous libels against Warted 11estlegsi
agapitit whom he was irritated, Lord lite Ten held
that a Mall who was so crochets of *hindering others,
came with an ill grace to demand tlititinv,es for an
attaelekrpon his own reputation ; and was not en-
titled to maiwtaiii his action. The Plaintiff was
accordiugly nonsuit, d.
Now thoegh the case cited welsh) not apply ee
the one before the Court. yet us some imputation
I.oll6l'lN' Plaintiff be attempted'on the
othet aigke..he lament lxvueuy the principle. awl to
twist the individual so circumstanced vianideprived
of his right- ei•aadiaii. .
The libel was then put in, awl the public:Mow
proved. Siilwequitat . prldieationa •were oils() of-
, fernd.in evidence. Ilk which. the Plaisitirs Awned.
ter had been at.acktd, and were tendered by way
of st gravatnia.
Sit' Jsxß! Mitt ttkt o, heWever, would snot
ut-
low them to be (Dahl, and they were, of course,
witbdrawu. •

Mr. Serjeaut SIMI:Ur n then addressed the Jury
for the Defendant. He began •by drowtog the at-
tention of the Jury to the lihele which, be said. the
press daily teemed with—hinds, not uuly against
private individuuls, but against the highest per-
sonages in the kingdom ; libels, that clearly
evinecil a jacobinical conspiracy to alienate the af-
fectiotur of the people from the Illustrious House
of Brunswick. mid to introduce dislike and des.
esteem, ill place of respect and affection. He then
inferred, that the author of the supposed libel had
done no snore than his duty, seeing the *tildes that
certain individuals were taking, linl he was justi-
deil in placing them 111 their 'rimier light, 4,
acuuu-
drels. Mr. Finnerty lrul avowed himself die au-
thor of the prorripMet• refleefing on the conduct of
the fluke of York ; it was a scurrilous public 1-
Lion, and the writer iii the public-1.60n charged as
is libel, had exercised his just right as a public &e-
-litist. klut. iuthmendeist of that geiteral ideas he
should prove "that the Plaintiff' was not backward
in calumniating characters, and destroying reputa-
tions. Ila shatild prove that the Plaintiff was the
manager of the Voisin Ilobal Debating Society, mid
had propouurled questions for dismission, of the
most libellous sort, as against the Editor of The
Satirist. One. of them which placarded the walls,
was, o Which is the greater nuisance in society,
George Mueller', the Editor of The Satiria, or
Bill Salvoes, the Prince of Pickpockets ?" Aftew
so conducting himself, he would ask, with what
face could a man demand of a Jury damages for a
libel upon himself ? Or, if he did, where was the
Jury that would not consider the smallest piece of
coin as amply 'satisfying the justice of the'case
Evidence was then given to prove that Mr. Fin-
nerty gave orders of edmiesion to the Debuting
Society in queation, sod prollou tided questi for
discussion. A Witness, however. who was celled
to prove this, and who represented himself as door-
keeper to the Society, admitted that he had been in
Clerketovell prison under a charge of felony ; iu
the Savoy six desertion, and in Iliidcwell as a
vagrant. It was also proved that the Pluiutift;
speaking of his having formerly been Nees-,l in the
pillory, in Dublin, said it was a *. proud day."
Mr. Berjeaut Best made an animated awl elo-
quent reply, as .o the matter contained in The SA.
girlie* The language was gross and offensive. mid
he wished, elide the Editor deemed the writings of
others foolish, that lie would imitate their teuipes
lance. The Piaiutiff, he said, had published the
pamphlet in which the Duke of York's conduct
was implicated, innocently, and with thelapproba-
tiou of Major Hogan, as Officer who had *erica
His Majesty meritoriously, and who had been re-
commended for promotion by uo less than Hine
general officers. lie said Mr. Finnerty had called
the day he 'moil in the pillory a proud one, because
he felt that the offence was not au iidamous cue,
inasmuch as it was for asserting the liberty' °lithe
press; and that mae of the highest characters in
history had shared a similar fate. Lord Chief Ba.
role &Mutt hart said, that it was not the pillory
that made a man infamous, but the ermine that
brought him to it. Who was there, he would ask,
amongst the Jury, that would not have gladly in-
vited Dr. Sliehheare to dimly with him itnsnetitatitly
after he had conic out of the pillory ? He could
adduce instances, he said, if it were necessury,
where individuals in that situation had been sur-
rounded by men of the first respectability, and um-
bridles held over their heads during the period of
their exposure; and in short prove that men lied
been persecuted by one Goveninient for that which
by the nest was deemed meritorious.
lie had recently read the putuphlct about Major
Hugon. and though it did not attack the Sovereign,
yet it was certaiuly directed against the reputation
of his son. ibis far that was decent, the Jury
would consider ; end also whether the man who
bad avowed himself the author. was that hon"t
man of good fame which the declaration set forth?
The Jury retired for a short time, Rini found
for the Plaintiffs—damages one shilling, 1046
leaves the parties to pay their own costs.

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PRIVATE CORWIPONDENCE.
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In my last I mentioned the treatment which, the •
remains of the- late Murton,' of Sligo remistyo me
their passage throti4ll this city, for iutermeitt, et
Westport. Lt will probably latlClt. rove of the
Union Peers, uho have transferred their family
mausions to Englaitd, to built' also their family ,
vaults in that country. The room in which the it-
mains lay in state well his Lorahip's late doit.g-
room, he his' late house, now conceited into au ,
hotel. Tlie apartineut was hutig with Mat k cloth, - -
hired for the oecaaoti, at the price of r.ort.
TestgreMst,st distreesie likely to al lie it" the North
of Ireland, from the waist of the wand supply of COX
:114ed ; the extravagant price of spirits, ill eililil-
- of the late, prohibition of distilling from
grain. has operated it" the same (matter as a
preinipru upon illicit distillation, and private
stills bare multiplied four-fold. Nor is this extra-
' ordinary ; I have been informed by persons cou-
l' versaut with the 'ultimo, that, by the distillation of
toemy-six stone of barley, or oats, • clear profit
can (x:. made of 7 rumens. If the distiller succeed
lin running off three or fear such brewici4s, mono-
, ersteu, he can pay tile rent of ten or twelve uctes of
ground, and live at his ease during the reinaindr
[
of the year. }'ruin these two circumstances, we
must look to the decay of regular induso-y, and
the substitutioo of lawless habits, and a a iii spirit
of adventure, in its room.
The new measure proposed in the House of
Commons, upon tiff.; stoijoet, has, of ectiose, cre-
ated much puzzle, anxiety, and speculation, in
this country. If illicit still, motto le- put down,
the Revenue, in its nio.t pot. tit branch, a ill have a
fearful tailing off, for ti milhori %anoint last reir
paid duty. on the other hand, the footled interest.-may f:el alarm, if equal athmticiii is not paid to'.
the promotion of agriculture through bath Island's.
But a nicer question remains;—i. the union to he
changed, and, in a materiel brio.. Ir, most evidently
deftest the, interest of Ireland r Compare the
anecdote respectieg the funeral of the Marquis of
Biieo, whose only offence was his support of the
Union, and it will enable row to estimate the dells.
city and difficulty a the 'unrolled raeasure. •
We have receive • no estou apers to the Bth
last. Their coutents are sod of imiertanee. TI :e
annivet,ary of the ciultergo was observed at several
places, soh every mark of sorrow.
The galleut General Rostasa and his, troops
have taken possession of Layona, o ft-sport to the , •
sautl:-west of % iso, from winch our Jovial% may r:
carry them off in selety.
. .
uerty transports are under orders to sail frogs ,
Portsmouth to Cork, for the expedititia now htting •
out there for the South of Spain. • ,
The transports of General SIIIIIHNOOIteII saps. ~
Anion, lately dispersed, have all put iota ports is
the south of Ireland, with the exceptioa of only i
one vessel, viz. the ikujonie Share. • (
Early on Friday niortaug, the Lad ef CHItSTI:II. •
riEr,• had an alidietice of His MAJLITY, At Wind-
stir Castle, for upwards of au hour.
His Mareszt in Council has been pleased to
appoint 1111:N HT BROMLEY. of A bberley. Eat. to
be Sheriff of the county el Worcester : mid left.
HAS EDWARDS, of Trelinuit. Esq. to be Sheriff of
the county of Montgomery. in the mount of Rot.
HIST KNIGHT, of Gwertlygoe, Esq. i
he Kiss !ma been pleased to present the Rev,
COMMA Tassel., Bachelor in Diviiiity, to the
Deanry of Sarum, void by the death of Doctor
JOHN Estes, late Dean thereef.
The LOUD CHANCELLON hat appointed Crudites
RORESTS, of Barnstaple, in the county of Deimos
Gent. to be a Master Extraordinary in the High'
Court of Chancery. .
Mr. CHAPLIN, son of the Recorder of Stamford,
and Mr. °HUY, of St. Jameesotriare, London, are
Candidates for the Borough ut Stamford, W0411.,t
by the accession of General BLGTIE to the Peerage.
Mr. Onus' his met a flattering reception. There
has nit been a contest for Stamford slime 17:4.
Lord Chief Justice MANAFILLD adinAted that
the doctrine advanced in the case of W illiatiss v.
Faultier did not destroy the right of action. thongli ,
it certainly went materially to reduce the damages.
We are happy in being able to state, that the
affairs of Messrs. Watau and Nuiscvx are arranged ,
in a most satisfactory manner. It will be seen may
a reference to 77ut Gazette of Saturday night,
that the Commission is superseded ; and we wider.
stand, that, by the investigation of their stemmas.
it appears, that. instead of • deficiency, as was at.
first apprehended, there will probably he s largo
employ. and that there was no actual uecereity for
their stopping at all.
This day the marine half-pay. elle on the 314.
December lust, will counneace payin4, and the
pensions to officers' widows of the laud and iniftinc
forces, will tee paid on the 22d.
The French papers are evidently unwilling to
admit, that MLSTAPHA BAICACTAII has survived
the iusurrectioa at Constantinople. It is, how-
ever, 44) asserted by the latest accounts trausinitted
through % IeIMA. The present Sultan is Matto.
MET the Sixth, and not the Second, as our news-
papers erroneously designate him. MA HON AT the
111. overturned the Greek Empire iii 1453, and
, died thirty years later, in 14,4, as lie ens on the
point of invading Italy, where the Tullis had al-
ready made themselves masters of Otranto in the
kingdom of Naples. The present Grand Seizmior
is onquestionably the last male of the Impend
House of OTH/4 AN. Our Government has receiv-
ed lin advice o hates-. r r. 00000 , or of, Mr. ADAIR.
We arc much concerned to find that a cousidcr-
able sickness prevails amongst the troops which
has marched Hitt" the Sussex district, on their re-
turn front Spain. The Gist and 112 d Regiments,
stationed at Lewes barracks, are, to au alarming
degree, ufflieted with disease, which we are led
to suppose is occasioned by the long and fatiguing
me -clues which they experienced. ailed by the ye•
riable diet, and rapid change of climate. This
malady, which so unfortunately rages amoort the
Vont*, has called forth the incest active exertions
of inetheal skill to stop its progreoi. • ,
Several thousand tuilors in the metropolis have
keen dimwit out of -employment by the recent no-
velle, it" tog price of 'JAIL Many persons resist
the demand as an imeeeitioo, while others do so
from neceseity, added to which the trade is always
heavy it" Lent.

I. 14.