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London, England, 1819-07-24 00:00:00

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melon. Ruch a story is too widely at va:,tete
from the character of the human • Ito iwo.i.t
the possibility of its being lightly credited. Wild
sod indeEnite as the hopes msy be by which in,ti.
viduals of overheated intaiutstions serpetimes slims
tbetriselves to he influenced, yet even from the very
extravagance of their notions no two er thret each
persons could. be loom' who would concede any
portion of their respective sentiments, and camas
in the suggestions of either ; the collision 4,f
opinion would either prevent an union, of LT
the mutual display of gross, absurdities redoc.
them front that state of Memel excitement *hoot
had placed their projects severrily beyond
ordinary rules of human reasoning*is the,
moo who fancied hiosself the second person in .lhh
Trinity, was cured by meeting another who re.
quired front him the worship due to the Father.
The extravagance, therefore, of the present story

Wird), destroys its own credit, and we should hair
been induced to consider the person who gave such
information to the LORD M&TOR, as one win)
terlaitied no very flattering optmon of his Lord..
ship's understanding, and sought only to amuse
himself with hoaxing the Chief Magistrate of the
City, had not the intervention of an oath rescued
him from the imputation of such indecent
to stamp him with a character more dark and
dangerous.

Some difference of opinion, it will be seen, was
expressed in the Common Council on the subject
of Hattatsotes arrest, and the remonstrance
dressed on this point by Mr. Alderman WAITR.
MAN to the LORD MAYOR was not forgot's:l.
We entertain a very sincere respect fur the Right
Honourable Gentleman who now file the C►vic
Chair, and we readily give lion the full m.
of our praise for the precautions lie nr'll►teil her
enuring the safety of the City, and had he
slopped at this point, whatever we might hare
thought of the necessity of such extraordinary ex-
ertions, we should have commended even his excess
of caution. But there seemed in the conduct of the
LORD NIATOR an unhappy conflict between zeal
and prudence; and in the case of HARRIION, las
Lordship, in his anxiety to perform lilt offichil
ditty, seemed to 'tree forgotten the very cause of his
previous arrangements, and even the information lie
had received respecting the burning of the Cry
and the murder of the inhabitants. When his
Lordship spoke of his responsibility, he fur.
got that on that responsibility he might with es
much propriety have refu►ed to enforce the warrant
at so critical a moment against HARRISON, as to
have encountered for so trifling an object the Jaeger
of exasperating the people, and of thereby giving
greater force to the disaffected. We can hardly
imagine that his Lordship, who, no doubt, must be
well pleased with his military skill and the stature
of his arrangements, could entertain tl►e childish wish
of having an opportunity to prove their excelleure.
We perceive, by his own explanation, that he lied
procured three chargers from the Horse Guards for
his own use in case of emergency, and Isis bosons
I no doubt glowed with a noble ululation to share
the pietared• honours of Sir WILLIAM WAL-
WORTH. But the conspirators sheered neither sworl
nor fire-brand, and the chargers were sent back to
the Horse Guards unadorned by a single laurel.
Extensive as were the arrangements of the rivil
power within the City by the Loan MAYOR, they
yet bore no comparison with the military plans
adopted by the Master•Genersl of the Ordnance.
The arrangements of the gallant Duke were of
such a nature, that on a signal given the entire
capital would be environed with troops, all act-
ing in concert—all the 'moors from the City
would be instantly blocked up, and the in-
cendiaries, if they dared to present thrmselvis,
would have been erielosed as in a net. without
the possibility of escaping. Hail an opportunity
offered of putting the scheme into execution, it
would have been considered a masterpiece in the
military srt. Some people even go so far as to say.
that it would have relieved his Grace's oversight in
suffering his quarters to have been beaten up by
NAPOLEON, when the French cannon intermitted
the music of the Brussels ball-room. But eiroltiog
could disturb the peaceable demeanour of the
people, and consequently all these flue prepare•
tions were absolutely useless.
• A paintilig, Fermenting Sir %vita's', WAtworrtt
bmlimr down WILT TYLVIL in Smithfield, torinsteats the
Ceased Chamber is Guildhall.

Paris Papers of Tuesday last have arrived at our
Office. The Journal des Deba►s contains on ex-
tract of • private letter from Rome, which pays.,
that the Princess of WALES has left Pesaro, where
her Roy■l Highness hid for sonic time re.ided.
The writer of the letter adds, that " thin ,nude"
and romantic departure has given rise to a crowd .•f
conjectures. Her femme de cleambre had procure
passports for herself arid one of her femak friend,.
which the Prince's applied to her own use. Her
'Squire. FIANCISINI-PERGAMIL, has followed her.
She has taken the road to Bologna.'
On the eve of Saint Peter's-day the POPE, nc-,
cording to ancient custom, made a solemn prote•t
against the non-payment of tribute firms tl'•'
Duchy of Parma. as a fief held of the Chart+,
and also against the neglect of the King of N arLES.
to fulfil the formalities tine from tutu as a wo•al
the Holy See. The Ambassador cif Naples
oli-
vented himself Irons Rome, es meal, on that oc-
casion.
A Paris Paper says, thnt the Count DrcAzes

succeeds the Duke of Montagu in the dignity
of first gentlemap of the. bed.cliamber. Generals
Gunton', i'Livest, and LatrEnsitE Donny.
VW, have °hulloed permission to reside in Bel•
gium.
The Government of Spain has published the latest
official dispatches received from the Viceroy of
Mexico, by winch it would seem that the Insur-
gents are,' in that part of the Spanish dominions,
wholly unable to withstand the power of the Roy.
olists. A few scattered bands are occasionally seen,
t only to be destroyed. One Chief, named
MURIA, still baffles the utmost efforts of the
Government to arrest him, but he is said to be
closely pursued by the King's troops.
The similarity of the terms iu which the Madrid
Ga:crie speaks of the internal condition of the
Viceroyalty of Mexico, •nd of the kingdom of
Spain, is not a little singular. In Mexico, we are told, '
that " there still remain some bands of rebels," but
that the King's troops are daily diminishing their
numbers. We are in the next paragraph informed
that " several small columns of light troops are now
traversing Estramadura to purge it of the numerous
bonds of robbers who have for some time infested
it." The Chiefs of the Mexican rebels and of the
Spanish robbers seem to rank eqm,lly high in the
estimation of the Madrid writer, en" rquill anxiety
seems to be felt for the capture or fall of one as of
the other.
The plague still exists in the kingdom of Mo-
rocco, but its violence seems to have ,hated.
The French five per Cents. are 71f. 40 C. ; Bank
Stock, 1,440 1.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, from which we have
given a few extracts.

The Veagetsr. of 74 guns. Captain MAITLAND,
arrived on Tkursday from Leith at Spillman. It
is raid she is to form part of a strong squadron,
under the command of Sir THOMAS HANDY. who
succeeds Commodore Es on the Brazil