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the enemies of both hare fallen. Sir FRANCIS al

alluded to the approbation which. in Lord SID..
MOUTH'S letter to the Lords Lieutenant of Lan-
cashire and Cheshire, the Patttcs REGENT is
pretended to have bestowed on the Magistrates and
the yeomanry, on account of the unfortunate events
in hlatichtster, and in terms of the deepest respect.
mccamspasnoei with a high• ow/ well-merited pane.
gyric on the noble and generous disposition of his
Royal Highness (in which the people heartily cox-
tarred), he expressed his belief that the circuit,-
stroces attending those events were never fully ex-
plained to him ; and that considering the place
where his Royal Highness was at the time, and how
ill calculated the circle of a pleasure party on board
the Royal yacht was for the contemplation of a
political occurrence of deep and melancholy in-
terest, he was convinced that the respected
name of the Sovereign was unguardedly and
uncandidly used to sanction the transactions.—
From this feeling we are sure but few will be found
to dissent. The *Mee of truth seldom reaches the
throne when it is the interest of those who surround
the seat of Majesty to intercept its whisperings.
The Servants and Ministers of the Prince may
affect a shew of candour, and, with the courtiers'
art, give to every representation the colouring of
truth. Success in such an attempt is not difficult
to persons well skilled in every mode of deception.
particularly when they monopolize the ear of their

snowier, and can ii.stil the poison of their misre-
presentations by a thousand different channels. %Ve

admire that custom of our ancient Kings. which led
them to preside in person in the great Council
of the realm. It afforded more certain means
of enliglitenitig said invigorating the Royal mind
than could be derived from the interested sud
cautious communications of a Secretary of State,
assisted even by the judicious commentaries of
half-a.doxen modern Lords of the Bedchamber.
As the Meeting was conducted with decorum, so
it terminated. No disposition to riot or turbulence
was inithifested by any one—aio opportunity was
offered by any idle or mischievous individual for
the en►ployuietit of the military, nor for any scrib-
blers hired, or supposing that they were hired, to
defame the ',topic, to affix to the Meeting the
epithets of riotous and seditious. Alas ! it is not
wills the great body of the people that the desire
exists to disturb the public peace—it is not to
them that the peaceable and orderly part of the
public are to look fur violence anti bloodthed.
This reproach they may fling back with execration
upon those whose malignant pleasure it is to vilify
and insult them. The Meeting of Palace-yard
yesterday terminated like the Meetings at Smith-
field, at Birmiugha►u, at Leeds, at Glasgow, and
other places, because the Magistrates wisely ab-
stained from offering violence to the rights and per-
sona of the people. Every such Meeting and every
suds result offer an additional reproach to the Ma.
gistrates at Manchester, sod shew, by the most
striking contrast, the dreadful consequences of their
rashness. The Magistrates of Westminster, acting
noder the immediate direction of Lord SIDNOUTU

and his colleagues in office. bare•also. by their wis-
dom. temper, mild forbearance. given the most forcible
reproof to the mad and cruel conduct of the Ma-
gistrates of Manchester. Had the Noble Secretory
of State desired that the Meeting of yesterday
should be dispersed, and the Chairman arrested,
bad he not as weighty reasons to Airway so violent
e proceeding as are put forward to excuse the mea-
sures adopted by the wi•e men of Laiicarhire ?
Could he have wanted some silly fool to swear his
belief that the peace of the town was end ingered
by so large an assembly ? Were there not flags
and bands of music, mud did not seine scores of
fellows march in military order. as it is called,
through the streets to the place of meeting ? Bat
Lord sigosioirra had too much good sense or too
much humanity to put titioXmling people to
death—to excite animosity that must lead to
blood lied between the people and the ouldieie—
and still worse to create en angry and vindictive
spirit in the minds of the multitude against the
Members of the Government, Lo►d Stouorru
and his colleagues might feel it incumbent
upon them to support, and seem to praise the coa-
duct of the Megist rates of Manchester; bnt the con-
duct of the Ministers themselves, in circumstances
not very dissimilar. offers the beet and most satislic.
tory commentary upon the letters of the Noble
Secretary. We know out whether we should cen-
sure or 'ivy the Ministers for having bestowed
their high approbation on •measores which, as they
have sufficiently proved, they would, if placed in
the same circumstances themselves, have avoided
with feelings of generous abhorrence.

We have received Paris Papers of Sunday
and Monday last. A considerable portion of
their cnlumns is occupied with the affair. of this
country; and some of them, more daring than their
brethren, venture even to make some remarks upon
the dangerous state of England. Their notions,
however, on this point are very crude, if not absurd,
as most indeed be expected, when, for the most
part, they collect their facts from the Ministerial
part of our public press. They speak of the attack
made by the troops on the people of Manchester, as
au iissurreetioa —a rebellion, on the part of the peo-
ple; and discourse as familiarly about our Wigs
(meaning, we presume, our Whigs), as if they under-
stood the meaning of this political denomination.

They prove, however, their utter ignorance of it, by
adding, in the way of a parenthetical note, that the
Whigs are in deinocraleg. This is about as correct
as if they were to call our limited monarchy and re-
presentative form of Government a Iteitublic. The
Whigs are emphatically she friends of she Coastite-
nos. de sisossult hwtjd 4481'01mM-the
dignity gatives of the Crown, and the
privileges and authority of the House of Lord., of
which they form the beat mid proudest ornament.,
as, on the other, they have ever, both in power and
in opposition, proved themselves the consistent. on-
shrinking, and judicious supporters of the rights
and immunities of the people.

By advice. from New York, it is stated that
Lord COCHRANE has taken an American vessel, the
Mingle-26mm schooner, of Baltimore. The cause of
this capture is not given, but it is supposed for •
violation of his blockade of the west coast of South
America.

Commodore Sir THOMAS HARDY is arrived in
town from Plymouth, and I. had I long in-
terviews with the Admiralty Boa►d, on the subject
of ht• command in South America. He is expected
to return in a few days to join the Superb, of 74
guns, Captain WRITS.
Letters have been received from Jamaica, but
they ■re not of • date inure recent than those
brought by the packet.
The Larkins, outward bound, arrived at St. Re-
lents the 26th June.

A letter from a gentleman resident in Leeds, says
--" Leeds is quite tranquil. We have never heard of
any arrest taking place in this town or neighbour-
hood."

We understand that • meeting of the Radical
Reformers took place on Moodily last, bottom of
Westgate,Wakefield (in Yorkshire). Many speeches
were delivered, principally by persons from the
neighbouring towns. There was supposed to be
from 10 to 12.000 people assembled.
Yesterday the Contract for 20,000 Tickets for a
new Lottery, to finish 29th January next, was
taken by Mr. SITEWRIGHT.
The respectable Stockbroker. whose deficiency
has excited so much cauversation, has paid 100.
in the pound, on 96,0001.
It is • singular fact, that the farmer, to the south
and east of York, whose reaping used to be princi-
pally performed by a large influx of workmen from
the manufacturing parts of the West Riding. are
this year in the greatest waist of hands.—There are,
as usual, a few Scotch labourers. but there is sot a
asualrues the !Vert Riding. We consider the fact
as the more remarkable, since there is alleged to be
all extraordivary waist of labour in the usauufaetur.
nig districts.—( Whitehaven Paper.)

CURIOUS COLLECTOR OF BOORT4-RIIIEET
KOREREOFF Ravi elevated by Fortune in a playful
mood. Thus man. who had actually been a ...tent
in the guard., wag declared Aide•de-Camp Gene-
ral to the Empress of Russia, CATHERINE If. and
and was presented with the palace of Vassal-
achtkotf. While in the height of favour. he hegan
to conceive that a library worn necelaary in a palace ;
he accordingly applied to Watt.aaectre, the book-
owner, and on being asked for a catalditoe of the
adthors he wanted, the gisoidaar oetjeant
" 0 ! ma for that matter, I sat opt diffiridt;_ouly
take care to place great books at boltein ti4i atoll
at top, se you do foe the Etopreio

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ORIGINAL IMR7'AT•

INVOCATION TO SIM?.

Sleep ! home I offetwiell ? Tell me 'taw.
Sod why Heated so tang Seal my frreul %prow
Do. geode Sleep! 1 pray thee tell me why,
The more I woo the toner you hoot ale fly
Du, gentle Steep! eurse—eunte, and tell one wity

Come, balmy power! thy sonihime influence abed,
Come, sad release me from this feverish ►ed ;
Wrap me in slumbers, in soft lesheare darns.
Berea dew trort'ring those..., those strange alarm,
And &me them idle fancies from nay wearied head.
FA LI rid.