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FCREIGN II4TALLIGENCII4
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• •, PARIS, MARCH 21.,i
fthinihtitlinn;Nd the 11th )'arch,.
• st.scesi.-ahat:SlV=4s4ll lilies havoagain experienced
an uuriseded ebstaeli,* in the prescsvot• tke frttpe-
rial Minister; Ojelinst the diseresiticass made, relae
ti,:a to the Convents, Abhor, and tither li.cclesiasti-
•cal Establishments of tpper Austria. They also
objeft td the ereclien of certain Fortifications -in
the neighbourlefAl of Austria, as being incon.
sistent with ibe interests of Austria. They require
a %elevate deliberation tespeeing the organization of
OM Diet in general, and the College of Princes in
ptirticular. :They insist upon the re-establishment
cu the purity of religion in the two suppressed
colleges, and proceeding on this principle, they de-
mand an augmentation of the votes for the Impe-
rial as well as the confirmation of all
the dispositions of the • treaty of Westphalia
rhich are not abrogated by the general Amts. Con-
le-erice.s have taken place on this subject betwixt the
seseral Ministers. The French and Russian Mi-
nisters express their regret at the occurrence of this
unforeseen albstaL le, and strongly recommend bring-
iag the business to a speedy settlempia.•
CArner.al Menou, appointed to replace General
Jourdan •as Commissary General of the the mi-
litary division, has set out for his post. -
• • vitees, scsee!!
rift pursuance of a:decision taken by his IMlrelial
• 'Maleste, the lienetiae. *territory s to
into Seven distorts 'NW 'prindlial-towns of ifirch
;bre Venice, Verbal; Vicenza, Padua, Treviso, Bel-.
lane, and Udina. • -
CONSTANTINOPLt, FEB. 9.
Lord Elgin was exceedingly beloved here. No
A nihassadot • evEr received such magnificent pre-
srats. The Grand fieigitior presented hini with
=sabre sarivhed with .brilliants, estimated at 100 pi-
. ••• asters. His suite have alsb received rich presents.
• At tharitopeht of his departure the Grand Seignior
sent Meerateaset on board; _filled With India stuffs,
some of wluob are intended far the King of. ling-
land. •• -
It is matter of astonishment that the English Mi-
nister should have set out the very moment atif the
arrirai General-Keane.. It is heitee inferred that.
• the Ottoman politics' have taken 'a new direction,
and that Lord Elgin did not choose to be a nitnesr
• .. is it. i entry of the French Ambassador
- • is to take place itt four days. - •
• • toNCALE, MARCII lb.
-• • 'nen Fnglish sloops arrived in-our roads on the
ISth inst. They have brought others for 2.8 ships
•rraifll were occupied in taking in cargoesf to return
i.nrnediateiy to England t they accordingly set sail
eat day.
'fitis news has spread an alarm throughout the
country, especially at Saint Mato; where there are
10 large slops preparing to sail. for the Newfound-
land fishavies.

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eras ?Rural:as depredations committed' by the
aolairt-y. in the neighlatiurlood of Cheln%ford bar-
s lel:, liAva been strictly investigated, by order of
his Kuril i-bgliness the Commander in thief: • The
- lesuit 'of this iliquiry has been highly exemplary
to the service, (As will appear by the Official Docu-
ment ann,xed), ,alß•rding, at the sante time, she.
most effekaual protettion to civil society, from the
- -.ionsness of military insubordination,
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. COPY
" ins, "• iktr*e Gwird., I% Afiri4. , lift, .• '
" I am 21 r-cted by the Cnronistraer nr Chief to expriss to
yeu the extreme 00110efil Will' ftilliCh• hiS‘Royal II igisue.l re.
oelerot rh.. r.rtnewoutairuns 10445- in: ct.rtiita Magittrete.of the
errant ...1 Eorix, Of the roorinitie, winch have b..entlateir,
c ~t,....n.i in the vseltitry a Ciwannforel;lry the Ili ineny .un- •
flat ;04. crii,i,asort. Titoogh hi. 12.):al 11.01Inco -nrertilnol,
in her-,n mind, lisle domed 4s in $w canister which diem di..
. reuritil trenence444toiociplike were to litt men butter, he avoid-
ed itiesag ..11 oritoors on I);. so:l4,ct till ail the ciyettinstatices
villainy there'd were in....Jig:dot. and had' beeulepuncii on by ,
aa r.eoer/thrts::r, his •wtioir Isttgriwist, discretion, and hnpar-
trebly:li- Prov.ti lit ints. c4old-ptice tile most' peifeft reli-
• :alto. A...ter:tlie,e pre-NO.les .tr;o0 hi* Royal Ilichnoir judged
r ;.r,,per to mate a Jizt....1..1. zei.ort•of mery eireusie.tanc4 is hich .
Lod :.o.ne to :jis 4a,:aL ..1,;.• otb-..:),,iiig; tine molt of which I
.4.3 I lolk to COM 01 Val .7.U.'..• ft bf 111, Royal 1111.1111Ciei Cuille
• 3r1.1114.. .
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. A. 141111.14icsty Itripleseed to direct, char it shall be cx pr.:ed
•• .to the *N re-„;i4o4f„. that • rec. entoiuct of certain isidevieus.lb
of t1i..1,C,..0, has
_b.! .a f.4.:11. $ ha. drought dnin.ice ult the,
P.•-,, 4 •til; ariii Vet fo a.L'itil and ‘unitary peon of view, •
• tri. iii nrett his Ni•slerrtitatigior4 flispleaitsre.
reit Hislitty par-
tllrry trenent.ytistli e... rain Officers of:he Knimr • e been
moo tainelaMouviy it4eteutin that sere, energy, add 'setivite iu
, - trie decbartir of their d ty,, which the eimptinisances rem,.
hi
o-
' P3med ut *° sti!'' VT nindctil :Ind that in.read of c
• d-,,eratrlsoith the Coo tkeitag tithe,..r, aad 4.sisting him in
btreni•-aruro M curb the- llteir4ou.:n4s of the Soldiers, they ,
• love taunts ensteavuund to. p?event the discovery of the of.
. lenders, and by the feessal..ato of.tlator own einidirct. have se
, ~... 'girt ..4.4.1:pp1e of ititlScipiine, which •li4s produced the ...tact
iff,ct relit.% tn•iirtbe expected qui tits ruel.
• ** a 11.. Majesty ws'l no! slide t4ct•rs, so ck.vitute of thole •
feelhigs- which, a doe senstt el what 41.7 *we to them-dyes:.
aml a srop•-t res;erd fa..ttie)knelloor of their pro/:asion,ought-.
• to usee 411,pireiL, too:welt 41ilationt of imoottratcurrinerorl
oral reepi...tahi'..4 *tit • illsvic•:,.:vrliile others of isepsor.d
latent. sud'ilial ars Nato:fed; iretu the .setivadutie4 cif it. On •
this isamei Ass hie Mai-of *e. pl.. ed tudirect,:that Lieutenant-
- 4:trirete. J:Ars Syne Skerrete, awd Cr. gaptaiiii4V Wiwi' Arra-
i.‘aug road Lewr, I:riot!, in the KA Xsiiiistasisto.shail ha' ini-
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noel.aftly piked ortAIV. at.
" Ilse eummwri lot iiiol:efillrect,-, tlireiPinif she are at the
heel of 11.4 ::•.... Red meetly which ki, to nil datiefirm• on the
te....e.ion, the, hit Maiiety'l Cusivetaiertt; 'arid you won teNe
tea upp.or•asitv td osejorasoid.g the thoir•erinty ofiereth eudivelual
•twerting fori.s.J.l, i:b 4,14.C1T to wipe laii.the 44014 which the
• siii.,;.ald 'et -it i, tot.e hoped) of a tlir, hi,. . otteight on the
. Reviment. To the °Seers., it i..)•artictilarlyitectheary fiat
you should eshire4s yoimicif!„ fat it,is by their endeivoura that
the rinciplMe of. the Regiment• Mire he reitored. In then
stittort eeet a:001We pun be a bend!,. or a deunnent to
t 1...: Senii'eP and the. Curnurnider in Cbief desires they may ba
iuose'soleotlify assured, tb* In. ft..yel Mettle.. ein.-;ider. it
a. mast Ins stdisper" AU* ilitt,, to frcoromond to hi. Merin!
toe rode:mai thud hid selvice, el• any (a Miens their rank may
be, who' all wider the latter descripeo4aieisip los inelinno.9
to ;.I .mot: the imbue. add welfare of thee% whowsundisei t;
Ea! ',tined to support the ttilLipline of the Rejeliteht, awl r to
ortlitte Mein to die favour Mid proteceion'israrca Sq.eieitoir
" it is ha /loyal HigtanYis conintani, 'that: lartit...narili.
Colonel Siterren, and the-.4itiotaist. Anointing Audi Gram
shalt unasedisalv quit the fau2rters 01-lbe-lathlitrillberit.. I
Lmoslhe honour to be,
,Sir„ Tour ihusa& oberglit let-t-int, ...
. .(?lined) . liliiinr t,iiyear,. -
. - ' Art tarin(erigiser.d V the ftwiltq
• * a LigilltindO-CiPerai hats ad/err, or
.41644osibstiloialig the tt3ll Rislaserrh • . . ..
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kilo trim Corn mender iii C..i.a ...pkistire, th.Allte erteloesil
Cite of s le!tesr tuirt'crostortel of elle 6:l),lteenteptikali Ise ,
' wid as tar wear' of re.ei* iFlgiltects ilillserAenicle; ars enter.. '
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•• 1 Lip. the Bergiuteetal.Osderif...B elia, I.'. . . ,
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• • ..lii: 1A..., .A.er .. -. • Hates Clutter ..
.sAtrseliat44asileallif ibiForees.

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„,,t, ~ Al.:17,11 I.I".BLiIGBIVCr. .
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il ha.i•-• ' PLTMH:TTS, si...zen 2.2.
carders have been recently received here, to Mt-
pend, for the present. the mounting of any more
guns on the ramparts of this Citadel.
The ship Mary, Capt. Cranky, from Tenerife .
bound to London, passed this Port to the eastward
Cris morning, after a passage of six weeks. —By a
passenger who landed from her, intelligence is re;
ceived, that the.ship Simon and Bell, of London, Capt.
Moll, was wreckedin a heavy gale of wind at Ma:
doira, a few days previous to his leaving that place ;
only' tht. of the crew and passengers were saved ;
and there is rzai-cia, to fear that very few, if any, of
the latter. . . .
Sailed the rotas°, Capt. De Witt, for Tobago.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 21.
Arrived this morning the Prince Adolphus packet,
Jones, 18 days from Lisbon; left there the Wahing-
ham packet, which-had arrived out three days prior
to the Prince Adolph:a sailing from thence, and was
expeded to sail again on the 10th inst. with mails,
for England. Passengers by this packet are, Mr.
and Mrs. Jones, Mons..lordan, and a young Spanish
gentleman• under his care, for education in this
conntrY, and Mr. Hudson.
By the Prince Adolphus we learn, that a few days
prior to her sailing, accounts were received by the
Portuguese Court from Spain, that Bonaparte has
insisted on the Spaniards tending immediately 6 or
7000 men to garrison the isTand of Minorca. It was
also reported, that
,a number of British troops had
-.la/Wed oa the island of Sardinia.
Arrived this. day the brig Beaver master,
liaving au bard about 560 ankcrs of smuggled spi-
rits, taan by the Hind, Capt. Allan, who having on
board a Lieutenant and boat's crew, to cruize in the
Channel -to iitiPress stamen from the different ves-
sels, they fell in with and boarded early this morn-
ing the Beggar with that intention ; and entertaining
tome. Suspicion that men were hid below, went in
. search, and' in. ;exminihg found the above quantity
. of spirits, raarinion the top a great' number of empty
tar casks, ece. The Captain had informed them that
hew:it f;o'hi Petersburgh bound to Cork. She was
immediately sent sent .for-this port, and the master and
...
crew . sent on, Ward. the Runtt'r ilcktp of war:
• Ips ierchky sailed• the Duke of 11arlborcush packet,
Penrelse,.with .aalls.of the ':!41 inst: for )amaici and
Ditrbidoes.
P. S. The King Geo:* packet for Lisbon, and
the Princess Amelia racket for the Leeward Islands,
:Fe -detained-by contrary wind.
roarssiourit, lamina 23.
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' ' Came into harbour his Majesty's.ship Orpheus, of
S2.guns, Capt. Charles Elphinstone, to. he paid off.
•-• Came up and anchored at Spithead, his Majesty's
sloop Ilargiana, of 16 grins, Capt. Raynsford, from
St. Helen's.
His Majesty's ships Aurora, of 28 guns, Captain
Malbon ; and La Determinii, of 21 guns, Captain
Becher, are under sailing orders, to proceed to the
island of Quern.sey, v.•ith
.4 part of the 81st Regi-
ment.—Wind W. N.N.V. and moderate.
;His Majesty's ship Brtiannia, 0f,,t00 gulls, is. re-
ceiving on board all her ordnance„ consisting of
fusty-two-pointders and. eighteens, aud will have
• completed that service this Bay. .
- --Arrived the • Warri.r, Dodds, ' from Barbados:
spoke a French ship front Quadaloupe, and a Dutch -
ship from Batavia. . . ,
• Passed by the Pheraix, Lisle, from Sicilly,
.-v. ;!' •• DEAL, ramie's 23.
•
. '''Aivived the Alert, Salter, from the Streights, and
sailed for the River.—WindS. •
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. . noYsa, si sIICII e 3. . .
ArriVed Le Succes,Cottt, froth Boulogne, 'with
a few passengers.
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. Sailed the Aureand packet, with the mail add pas-
sengers, ,for Calais:. .
The Northampton East Iniiiiinan passed by this'
.. morning for the River.
-,The•:ll.igrooh.sChoofiert stationed 'in the Roads to
impress seamen, firing at a brig this morning .to
bring her to,
_tile shot unfortunately struck the MX
Lcovi'r boat,. and killed one of the men. .
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I.LOYD't LIST:
ARRIVILD.
Off Dover-:-the Juliana, Forrester, from NLoiartore.
At ,Liv_erpool-741te Clutnet3on, Wyer, rind the Independance,
. Wickham, frum New York.
-At lithe—the Union, Whitwell, from Oporto. . •
At Foikstotte—the Mary, Dyer, from Seville.
•••• - At.-Curti--the. Anson, Westeutt, from Virginia.
- At•Cuxhaven--the Fame, Anderson; Alexander, Watson,
eiarl W'illitunson, Abbot, from London ; Minerva, --ii,
fr.im Leith; Mercury, Leipsie, Margaret, and Frankfuri,from
Hatt.
In the Werer-wthe Nereus Spilker, from London,.
At Linton—the rotontack, --,l,lunivas and Alice, War-
.ren, RomsNowfoundland.
, At Oporto—the Swan, Hawkint, fl•orts London'; Yarr, liar-
...Os, from Yarmouth ; !lope, Muller, from Dublin; and Ellis'.
• WIN fkartiet,'from Newfoundland.
• --At Madraso-the(:ornwallis, Etienne), from London. •
.ilt Africa—the ..Eolut, Walker ; Ore-senior Wentworth;
~.--,s, 'Earl of Itivcrltoub Harris,; and Forbes, Barrett, earn
Livellolot.
'AI Cameron--the Blaneh,Galbraint,•Mary, Miti-helt, from
LirerpuJl. . _
At V el I WC —the Sparrow, Fawcett, from Liverpool.
At the Wittilward Capt. hi tittFeu (Lys—the Christopher,.
—, front Liverpool.
We arc informed, by letters from Frankfort of 10th
March, say the Paris Papers .‘ that the English mer-
chants- in Germany discover great jealousy and unea-
siness in regard to the endeavours of the French to
revive their trade with that country. They view •
with indignation the new' trading establishments in
the different pOrts. They blame France for the•
eare with which Spain now endeavours to protect
her manufaitures, by prohibiting the exportation of
Spanish n &poi. They 'see, with all the feelings of
malicious envy, she vigoroas measures taken on the
Scheldt and Rhine to prevent the importation of En-
glish ntuaufaefures; the encouragement given to those
whciattempt a smuggling trade into England ; and
that decliration of Cherburgh to be a free port for li.
peers and brandy, which Is likely to produce a large •
exportation' of these articles to the opposite coasts
of England' and Ireland. The establishment, itoei
at Chambers, and of a General Council of Commerce
in" France, has given much food for English envyi
'They are still in alarmin -regard to Colonel Sesalo
TWIT V and they talk of.the cession of the port of
Tetuan, and of the fortifications of Tournehont, at
the fnouth of the Scheldt, to France.. They still
• suppose, thar'a squadtnn of tvvo-ships•of -war, and
sexes-al transports, has sailed to take possession of-d
Macao, ceded to France by Portugal." 1

• . ' EXTRACT' . .
A VAN I.7sCltitT isisronY Or itoirpinAil,
11.% MANNfRS, CUSTOMS, ITMIITS, F.TIIICS,
POLITICS, &e..,,tc. OF THE I',.‘TAVIANs.
IleDatavitus, ill cromon with the Germans,
from whom they sprurig, were a fierce, rough, and
}tally race of mortals ; huge of stature, vast of
limb, and of a daring and imperious front, that
bespoke Oeytteintiost contempt of dangers. They
were inured to .all the vicissitudes of the seasons, to
hunger.; cold,: and every hardship :attendant on the
chase of will beasts, or the avocation of war ; the
very seldom *aged, without
having been sustained ; but
i,:. latter,i
ei when
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P.trillsee7au.elTnrdvroig;nthatinegsoyn was once aroused, it was as
difficult to elude as to assuale their • vengeance.
Among the bravest nations of Germany, they were
signalised for intrepidity, sagacity, and justice, and
the most noble ingenuousness of soul that knew not
what was deceit. They were faithful, hospitable,
and • so .elisistei that proititution of' females had
no place. The married held in the strictest ob-
servance the reverence (Inc to. the marriage vows,
and adultery, as well as 17ost,tiition, was unknown
among them. Polygamy was only tolerated in
tVeir most illustrious chiefi, some of whom took
two wives. All the nations of Germany were more
orless addiaed ttk ibriety, nor were the Batavians
too abstemious ; the spirit of gaming led them to
shocking excesses, arid not unfrequently, when every
other kind of -property, home, cattle, wife, and
offspring, were theirs no more, they set•their per-
sonal freedom as the last desperate stake, and went
into endless slavery, if the cast of the dice • proved
inauspicious. In the fellest . cold, hail,
.sleet; or
snow, the young Batavians went dressed in their
birth-day suits ! i.e. :Li naked . as they were born.
It was not till theydliad attained full maturity,' that
then wore the shaggy spoils, of the chace, which
they stained with a foreign die. This mantle they
flung carelessly over their shoulders, fastening it
roans the neck si•ith a clasp or buckle, or more fre-
quently with a thorn ; their legs, thighs, and arms
were left bare. The most illustrious or wealthy
were distinguished by a costume, not open and
flowing as taosc of the Parthians or Marmatians,
but so tight, and close, that all the lineaments of
the, form were visible. The dress of the femalts
scarcely varied in any rcspat prom. that of the
malei,exeepting that they wore a linen head-dress not
unlike a turban, adorned with purple colour ;And, (as
their fair descendants do at present) went with their
arms and ra:clt• entirely naked. Ile national co-
lour of their hair was a deep yellow, which they
wore plaited, and tied in a knot upon the crown,
leaving some locks, to • flow in graceful ringlets
on their shoulders. The men were c more vain
and proud of their • hair than 'the wontiii,. Gird
made use of lees and drugs to increase the .desirable
goldt.n tint. .The wanton and voluptuOus Romans
were pleased with their yellow locks, which by their
means became renowned for beauty, even in imperial
Rome. The adult males of the Batavians wore a
rap or hat neatly wove of twigt,fitting close to the
lead, with a very small rim, and 'their 'beards they
:wore in general long or bushy. Some of their prin.
;apt men wore enormously lirke whiskers, but
shaved off the 'other part of the beard; and some
-:again suffbred the beard on the upper 'lip tb grow
so long, that hanging over their mouth, it descended
to the breast, so drat when they ate or drank, the
food remained stitking to it, and their drink was
stained as through a sieve.
Their old warriors who had lost a friend in battle,_
let the hair grini till hik death 'was avenged ; the
young warriors let-then' locks and beard grow un-.
shorn till they had slain a foe in coirtbat. • They bad
neither fortified towns or cities-, prior. to the ar-
rival of the Romaits, nor knew they' of the art of
securing' the country from inundatibns, by dykes.
Their huts, builf of timber, and 'eciVeredwfth-teed•
or straw, were placed on small artificial emindnces,
called TerPen. or Torpen; not close tetgether, 'but
detached, and surrounded by a Wharf &Aim*. No
regular order of streets, &c. was reserved, but.
each one reared 'his- cabin eirt'tlie sp t which best.
pleased him: ' Of `costly furnitee they - ktt'in,rnot,
for upon the same floor slept the' citldiaih' "altd his
steed. Of what is generally Lande'rstood •133 t the
word learning, they had nothift f& neither high
nor low, rich nor poor, kiiik fife use or -letters.
The Romans who conquered civilized them, and
taught them to fortify their towns,- tb read and
write; and other useful arts. Thg Batavians were
very expert ler-se/nen, and greatly exe./fed in •siviin-
ming, and, in the hottest of titre ' figlit, 'phinged.
headlong into the most deep; breialli and 'rapid
streams, to cut off retreats, or brelaki the Order of •
the foe, by sadden, furious, and uneXpefed Onsets.
They made but seldom any use of Si twordirbattle,
but of a spear or javelin, which in close or distant
engagement they used with amazing rime' ity and
efit.ct-: those weapons were called Vaineen. The Ca-
valry, with a shield and a trameen •were. reckoned
fully armed: the shields were made Of osier, curiously
interwoven, of-an oblong shape, .painted and oina-
mentecl with rude representations of the heads of
beasts, arrows, lightnings, &c. Exclusive of those
weapons, the infantry made use' of spears, 'which
they handled' with great skill, and threw with rent
precision to ateazing distances. Few of the ltata-
Arians wore armour; same, however, had helmets
on in battle. -their greatest might lay in their in-
fantry ; -their-cavalry was neither beautiful nor fleet,
nor trained m eeolutions to make or shun a charge:
They rushed to the attack with an impetuosity that
was almost irresistible, and their leaders held their
line in order. In the midst of their battles • the
Batavians were animated by the shouts and shrieks
of their wives and children, who front afar beheld the
combat, and whose well-known cries in the moment
of need, smote theit hearts, and brought afresh to the
minds of thewattidts the dangers which awaited those
dearestepledges of their affection,..filled their sour:
with -new fury; and not unfrequentlyolecided their
dubious flight, and 4ed to viclory ansi. triumph. The
mothers anCtbe wives attended on, the wounded,
washed theirigory limbs,. sunt sucked with their lips
the venordinomthe wound, The women were also ac-
customed to StOp.the fugitives who were retreating
from the field, fuss! by tears and Teproaches send them
to renew the combatt for their families and freedom.
All domestic matters, and all that had cnkicern with
agriculture, was committed.to the women and aged
melt. Tbe food of the Batavians was simple as
possible. They eat wild apples, .milk, butter, and
cheese. They made a sort of ek pap (such as
in Ireland and Scotland is used by the poor people,
called StirAboot) of wild oats and barley., They
had tame cattle, which they slaughtered:for food,
and in the woods they chaced the wild beasts for

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the same use, and uml their hides for ma'rttlef.
They made a fermented drink from boiled barley,
which in taste and effeBs bore a great resemblance
to wine. To marry At an early age, was univer-
sally condemned by all the German tribes; lend it-
was deemed scandalous for a youth to shave had
conne&ion with a female ere his twentieth year was
completed, Long virginity was also esteemed in
the women. The lovers were matched together
agreeably to their age, size, &c. the most masettline
and gigantic females, with the largest limbed and
tallest of the males. The marriages were concluded
in the presence of the relations of each contra&ing
party : the marriage-portion was not gine by
the woman to the man, but by the bndcgtoom
to his bride. The gifts were not such as la-
dies are nlw best pleased with, neither tilks,
nor laces, nor precious jewels ; but the bride re-
ceived a couple of oxen, a trained horse, a sword, a
javelin, and a shield, and the bride presented to her
future Lord some warlike weapons, whereby the
contraft was confirmed.. 'These singular bridal
gifts were intended to remind the bride of hrer futtne
dutit"s, to share in the calm of peace, the tempests
of war, to participate iu all the fortunes of her
husband, to console him in atili6tion, and main-.
tain an eternal fidelity. It was esteemed-a great
disgrace for women, by any arts, to preunt the
hearing of children, or to murder the newly born,
for the sake of ineumbrances in wars, mi-
grations, &c. The mothers never-entrusted their
babes to suck any strange breasts, or committed the
care of their infants to wet nurses. Property seems
to have been in common with them. The Germans:
in general made use of but little ceremony in di:-
posing of their deid. The bodies of their most il-
lustrious chiefs were bdrnt on huge funeral pike,
and the arms and steed of the dead were sometiales•
cast into the flames. Grief hung heavy on their"
souls, their cries and loud *lamentations quickly.
ceased; but sorrow dwelt long in their hearts, and
cheirfulness and mirth returned but by very slow
degrees.

.MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT GUII.,I)IALL,
THtS DAY. N. H.
G. Mattin,late of Suffolk-street, Charing-cross, watch-
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T. Wnite, jun. St oud, Kent, ccal-merchant
T. Hunt, Leather-lane, hanlwareman .
James Gavern Nicoll, Goldsmith-row, bricklayer 1 11.

DIVIDENDS.
S. Bradhory,•Blqinghall-stretn, broker 111;
Joczph Hum, West Smithfield, gluier lo'

, BIRTHS.
Yesterday morning, it his Lordship's house in Berke.
ley-squats, the Lady of Lord St. Asaph, of a scm.
On the loth inst. at Taunton, the Lady of It C. Mont-
gomery, Esq. of a sun.
MARRIED.

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On Saturday last, at-Sr. Thomas's church, Liverpool,
by the Rev. J. Smyth, George Ruddk, Esq. tu. Miss
Thwaites, of tl:e above place. •
Monday sennight, at St. Nicholas aturch, Liverpool,'
Mr. P. Tristan, to Miss P. Coves, of Dublin.
Qn the 22c1 inst. Edmund Turnor, Esq. to Miss D.
Tucker, third daughter of the late Lieut. Colonel Tucker.
DTED. •
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Henry Berkeley Portman,
Tuesday, at Ringwood, Sony, W. Smith, Esq.
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Mr. G. Keys, an opulent twiner of that place.
L,tely, in Dn'din, R.:Walpole; tsq. 011 C of the oldeit,
Mae istratts of Cu: county of .Roscommuo.-
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HQ, fhe.'Lady of J.' Y. Fovenes, E.q. of Harpos.street,
most slleservedly lamented.
Stmettrytenti.;e hti atier a long indisposition, in The first
year et his a Theophilas Davye Garrenciers, Esq. 01.2
of the Aldermen of the Corporation of York, who served
the tke, 4 Sheriff of that city in the year 17A, and of
LortkiMayor, it: the y;3l. 1796.

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