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A MALO Al) PEJUS.

A Country Farmer had a friend at Court,
That for his enintg priicur'il him to be knightlid,
On whom his neighbour. 11.1,4 gives worse report,
Saying, that ailice all hous •-kc-•pinl is s'ight,d;
Therefore, in truth, they did him much runright,
To spoile so good a Clown,: fur such a Kuight.

FORMA At/NUM FRAGILE.
M.ireella now grown:. old bath broke glas4e,
Becatule It flatter/ not at't did :—Alas! •
Who would iksire that any gencelime stout..
Should sliew good coluit'irruce viat recJiveth none?

FASHION.

Lady Hun LOKE'S Rout, on Thursday evening, in
Albemarle-street, was attended by 400 of Jie first
persons of distiation in this metropolis ; the com-
pany began to assemble as early as nine o'clock, and
continued coming till half-past one. They had not
all departed at half-past four in the morning. The
stair-case and approach to it were adorned with
flowers, natural and artificial, &c. the drawing-
room was brilliantly and superbly lighted up with
side-lights and bronze lustres, the windows, glasses,
and lights were interspersed with real and artificial
flowers. The middle drawing-room was appro-
priated for part of•the company, who sat down
to cards, and the back drawing-room was laid out,
with ices and sweetmeats, in the first style of ele-
gance. Among the company we notiaed the fol-
lowing, viz.
ills Royai Highness the Prince of Wales.
Dsakes--Cu.nberlaud and D:vorishire.
Mart Ens of Lora.
Earls—Mountniseris Dien. and Stair.
Brome, Vientwonh, and Morpeth.
Lerds..-Aughrim, Roclitord, ..Valpole, Gwydir, (Moisten.
Comers--Fortoscue, and Dazingield.
P.ytou. arid W. %Voraley.
Geirera! Grosvenor. • •
Moior Thorne 4n: •
Coliseeks--.Feacock, and W.tharn.
. Messrs -sisMethilt, Gooch, Churchill, T. Grosvenor, C.
Nionning, R. Malcolm, Garloor, Pi..rrepoint, Neu cuts,
Faulkner, Farquhar, Ruokc, Anson, Guilmure, Kilmer, and
Noel.
therkna—Riolaurel , and Devonshire.
-Clinsatesses—. Harcowt, Antrim, Wilton, Suff Cloth,
Mnarnstorris, Clive, Barryitio.e, Aldbarougli, and Dowager
Cork.
restintesses—Godard, Strangfard, Folkestone, and Morpcth.
Itariness Crofton.
Ladies --aMenedith, Warren, Melville, F. Ratcliffe, C.
Lennox, J. Penn, attoriira, M. Coke, C. Fixster, Manner 4,
Young, Folkas Otainforth. T Vyner,New.uk, II Ca%cndkh.
Mistrussas--Strattord, Walpole, Egerton, Sydney, But7er,
Malcolm, Methuen; Blackwell, Vyncr, Anson, 'Talbot, H.
Gnsieh, C eutenN, Beresferil, D. North, Hartley,
Gras-. anon Benunek, Neugent, Cornwall, Farquhar, Fits-
herbed, Yoole, and M. Vitt.
F;vrtoti, Sydney, tun Hussoys, Walpole, two
Ntethoetas Taylor, Clements, two Palhams, Craven,
Callon, tw.-, Anguish's, two Crofton's and Stratford.
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES did not
quit the company till past two o'clock. Among
the company, we noticed the greatest display c:f
fancy and elegance in dress • the Countess of CL ARE
was dressed in a beautiful white muslin, with stars
and reeds, and necklace of brilliant diamonds ; the
Dowager Countess of Coax, in white muslin,
trimmed with stripd black silk; Mrs. FITZHER-
BERT was dressed with reeds of diamonds and fea-
thers: the Countess of ANTRIM appeared as charm-
ing as ever ; she was dressed in straw-coloured satin,
trimmed with black velvet, head-dress, turban, with
yellow feathers and diamonds.

'Yesterday morning the Rov AI. FAMILY left the
Queen's-house for Windsor, where tliey will re-
main till Tuesday.
The 'first SubsCription Ball, given on Thursday
evening at the Festino Rooms, Hanover-square, was
honore by the' presence of the Prince of WA Les,
Duchess of Dr,vossialitt, Lady H. CArENDISH,
Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBAN'S, Lady L. and
Miss MANNuis, and a large party to the amount
of 90, who sat dawn to supper at one o'clock. The
house was brilliantly illuminated on the occasion.
On the entrance to the hall, we observed a large
tr insparency ten feet by six, containing a medallion
of 'the King and Britannia, with a variety of figures
emblematical of peace. In the front drawing-room,
a similar transparency, and on the entrance from the
supper-room, on the stair-case, was a female figure,
with cupids, playing on the harp. The whole was
conduCted much to the credit of the proprietor, and
to the great satisfaCtion of the company.
The Countess of ALBEMARLE is daily expeCted
in the straw.
On Thursday evening last, Lady DE CLIFFORD
gave her first Rout this season, at her new residence
in Bruton-street, which was attended by near 300
of the first persons of distinetion ; among whom
were the Dnke of CUMBERLAND, Marquis and Mar-
chioness of ilLiet roan, Countess of CLaa K., Lord
•Cous, Countess of BARILYMORE, Karl of STAIR,
Major Tstuasron, Lord OsseLsrom, Countess of
ALDBOROUGU. General GIOSVENOIt, Col. WITH A M,
Lord Wi.wrsvaKT,su. Lord and Lady Moartrn,
Lord Gwvoia, Marquis of Loan, Vicountess
NawAsK, Mrs Bin/ I,lcit, Baroness and two Miss
Caorroot,two Miss -A tic null's, Mr .Pi Ea a.xeotxt,
Mr. ARSON., , Mr. ROOK!, Miss STRATFORD, Mr.
KILMSR, Mrs. MOII rom PITT, Mrs. COBNWALLI6,
Mr. krkusgsza, and Mr. Guis.baoar..

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stoCK roitGEly-.

The folinivii*RevAtitions were stuck tip yester-
day at thZt Stock ExchAnge:—
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atsoturicias OF THE STOCK EECHANdE; IN RE-
FERENCE TO TUN UNeßitieghEi) arft.mprs
main TO PLUNDER IRE Pli LIC, ON TILE 5 rii
OF 11,06 1801 a.;
I. That all ftarg' ainAriade on Tkureday, sth of !key' 1801,
of every kind what,onYer, whether fur money or time, tie con-
sidered 2.4 NULL and Tom.
11. That every Memlicr of the Stock Elcchange be eihliterl,
on or before foot o'clock this eLty, to prepare and deliver in
to the Select Committee, to be hereafter named, ri copy or
statement of all and every bargain by him transacted on the 4th
and sth of !day, 1809.

M. That in the event of the Committee calling on ally
member fo, his books, or the names of his principals after
such statement shall have baen left; the Members afuresaiti shall
be obliged to produce and avow the same, but not otherwise.
IV. That Messrs. John Rattye, Thomas Rish, John Cape%
William Geckle, C. H. Hancock, James Kiernan, William
Morgan, Robert Pishnore, David Ricardo, Thomas Roberts,
William Janes Steers, P.ner
AIM David Walt.,r, be appitintA to funn and comer-
t the Cuinmittee aforesaid, and that the said Colismittee.do
~ct by virtue of this Resolution, with the firm toad: avow of
tracal out the party or parties einicerne.l iii this
..itte.opt .t
V. That an iiiimtsliite Subscriptlnn tie entered into by clip
%iv ~liors o. this lions; to be lett entirety at the disperiat of
Caniiiiettae.

RLSOf.UTIONS OT THE SEt.r.ct C(IMMITTte,

POiNTED To ACT IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE AT-
TEMPTRD FRAUD ON THU STH OP MAY.
That it appeals tiglijCommittee aforesaid, that many per-
sons lia,-e n^glefted to conform to Resolution the Second:
then hereby give notice, that. tuilevs those Gentlemen who
have this day failed to deposit a statement of their accounts,
at um- ka lii tin the CJin.nittze-room, on or before two
o'cliselt morrow, a list of their names will be published in
this r 0..• ' y ten o'clock on Saturday following.
By Authority of the Committee,
Sink-ErAangr, lluj 5,1803. C. H. 11. NC3CK, Cn.

N. R. It is requested that those G.'ntlemen who did not
traniaa any ►usiness on the days a'lova iticntilned, will avow
the sante by letter to the Committee, on or before the time
suited.

About 400 of the principal Brokers have, in pur-
suance of the above Resolutions, delivered in their
accounts, which are now under the investigation of
the Committee. The Resolutions, however, are likely
to excite much opposition, and a growing opinion
vails, that they were adopted rather precipitately.
The Resolution annulling all bargains, whether for
money or time, indiscriminately, is evidently invalid.
The gentlemen of the Stock Exchange have no
power to annul a legal contra.% of which descrip-
tion are all bona file bargains for money. The call
upon the Brokers to deliver in the names of their
principals is also highly objestionable, as it goes to
destroy all confidence, and must prove injurious to
the interests of the establishment. We understand
that, after much consideration, the Committee
thought proper not to offer any reward for the dis-
covery of the authors of the • fabrication. The
business done in the course of the day was very con-
siderable. The bargains upon speculation are said
to have amounted to _9,000,0001. and the bargains
fir money to 2 10,000 L Although the money ac-
* unt, was in most instances, settled, the drafts
ven, particularly by Brokers, were in . general
stopped.
The following is a copy of tile letter sent by Lord
HAWKESBURV to the LORD MAYOR..
" MY LoRD, Downiapstreet, May 5, 1803.
" As 1 have just been informed that a Letter has been sent
to your Lordship, pretended to be .oeised by me, respecting the
Mate of the Negotiation between this Country and France, .1,
lose no time in informing your Lordship that no such Lettet
has been sent by the ; and 1 request, therefore, tnat you would
take immediate steps far undeceiving the Public, and detecting
the ilarmg Forgery.
" I have the honour to be, &c. &c. &c.
" HAWKLSBURY.
" Tithe Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR..


A single
.Paris Paper of the 3d inst. was received
yesterday. The following are the only particulars
in it worthy of notice :
It is a subjed of general remark, that the Eng-
lish Ambassador did not appear yesterday at the
audience tithe FIRST CONSUL.
"The Journal de Frantfort has published an ex-
tra& of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs to Citizen HIRSINCEit, our Resident at Franc-
foit, communicating the FIRST CONSUL'S interpre-
tation of the Senatus Consultum of the year 10, re-
lative to different classes of Emigrants. "He does
not understand," observes the Minister, " that the
delay fixed by the Senatus Consultum should be
fatal as to Frenchmen who have left their country
at various times, dilly for the purpose of pursuing
in foreign countries speculations of commerce, the
exercise of the liberal and mechanical arts, or en.
gaging in public or private instrudion. His inten-
tion is, that the declarations of all such Frenchmen
may be received by our Ambassadors and Diploma-
tic Agents, notwithstanding the lapse of delay which
expired on the Ist Vendemiaire (Sept. 23), and that
I should grant them a certificate of amnesty imme-
diately on the receipt of their declarations. The
FIRST Comer. goes still farther. It is his desire
that all of them may continue their residence abroad,
as long as shall be necessary to ell'e& the purposes,
whether conneded with commerce, the arts, or in-
, strudion, which occasioned their departure from
France. Such as wish thus to remain, are to pre-
sent themselves to our Diplomatic Envoy, who,
after their making the declaration, will give them
the requisite permission. A copy of the permission
must be transmitted to the Prefed of the Depart-
ment where the hearer was last domiciliated. The
Fi asr CONSUL does not mean that any shall be ex-
empted from the penalty incurred by the expiration
of the delay, except tljose individuals who belong to
the classes.above mentioned ; as this awl of clemency
and generosity ought not to be applied to those who
have abandoned their country, either for the purpose
of carrying arms against her, or, what is still more
criminal, to excite by their efforts and intrigues the
different Powers to arm against us.—The indiffe-
rence which these individuals affected to show; in
the first instance, for so signal a bounty, which
they ought to have received with the warmest sen-
timents of gratitude, or even the hesitation which
they have evinced in profiting by it, renders them
entirely undeserving et it."
" The Foes has issued an edid permitting the
importation of woollen drapery, silk mercery, and
printed cottons, into the port of Senigaglia, duty
I flu."

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THE ART'S.

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SCHOOL.
No. I.
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Among the various institutions charaeleris!'
the improved taste of the people of this con.
we have to notice one, which as far as we have ..

therto beer. enabled to judge of it, promises to be att.
tended with the most solid advantages to the pro.
gress of the Fine Arts, and to excite that noble
emulation, without which it is impossible perfeftion
can ever be attaitled. The Institution we allude to,
is that of the British School, expressly founded for
the advancement of the Arts of Painting and Sculp-
ture, by the continual exhibition and sale of the
original performances of British Artists. It is well
observed in the Prospeaus the Institution, that
the progress of these Arts had been tardy, till
his present Most Gracious Majesty, with a truly
patriotic and liberal spirit, founded that ex-
celent Institution the Royal Academy ; the
expeelations and objects of which had been, and
were realised by dignifying the Arts in this
country, and establishing its professors, as those of
a specific school ; and it expresses a hope, that as a
British School had been realised, so it might become
Fl lIST Scaoo 1., the study of remote countries and
future ages. This Institution has been opened un-
der the auspicious and illustrious patronage of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ; it consists of
three Dire fors, fifty Proprietaries, Patrons for Life,
Annual Patrons, and Exhibitors. The Direaors
appointed to superintend this truly laudable plan,
are, John Thomas S.!rres, George Field, and \Va-
han Ashford, Esqrs. 'The first of these Gentle.
men, on his elevation to this exalted situation,

addressed the supporters of the Institution,
in an appropriate discourse, in which he took a ge-
neral review of the state of the Arts, their rise, pro-
gress, and gradual improvement; in the course of
which he expressed a well-grounded confidence that
the English School would vie with, if not excel the
Roman, Florentine, Boulognese, Venetian, Dutch,
Flemish, and French Schools ; and English Artists
share the renown of Raffaelle, Claude Loraine, Cot...
regio, Titian, the Caracces, Guido, Giurcino, Par-
magianino, Paolo Veroneso, Leonarda cla Vinci, the
great Michael Angelo, and many others of the first
degree of merit of the diff:..ent Italian Schools.
The conduEtors of this Institution, so highly cre-
ditable to an enlightened nation like England, have
selected a suite of rooms in Berner's-street, for the
exhibition of the master-pieces of British composi-
tion. These are filled with the works of our most
celebrated Painters. We distinguished among
them the productions of Opie, Westall, Stothardt,
Serres, Downman, Northcotc, Bourgeois, Reinagle,
and many ether painters of celebrity. Having given
this brief description of an Institution which affords
so fair a prospeCt of inappreciable advantages, we
shall, in our future numbers upon this subjea, pre-
sent our readers with our opinions and remarks oa
the different works which grace the exhibition. In
doing this, we shall be actuated by no sentiment of
partiality, but shall deliver our thoughts with that
freedom, liberality, and candour, which can alone
render criticism subservient to the advancement of
the objels to which it refers.
(to be continued.)
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FU!PAV, MAY 6.
The Court was occupied the greater part of the
day on a special case, Rowcroft T. Thompson, which
they ordered to stand for a second argument.
LE MESCRIEEt V. THOMPSON.
This was an adion upon a policy of insurance on
the goods on board the ship called the American ship
Peer:dent, froth New-York to London. Sue sailed
from New-York to Gibraltar, and was cap trrzd by
the Spaniards off Algesiras. 'Me Defendant re-
fused payment of the in u ante, on the ground that
She subjeCt.td herself to capture, and forfeited h
neutrality by attempting to go into Gibraltar,
which was a blockad-d post.
Lord ELLEN außovoa said, the words of the
policy did not warrant the ship to he an American. It
only stated that she was called American; but further,
it did not appear but that both tile Insurer and the
Insured had equal intelligence respeCting the state
of Gibraltar at the time or effecting the policy.
Judgment for the Plaintiff. •

PALACE COURT.
Inquiry was made into the condua of a debtor'
named Aiworthy, accused by his creditor of having
secreted 191. after giving up his effeds, and signing a
schedule. On being interrogated by the Court. he
stated that he had been confined four months, during
which time him,elf and family were supplied with
necessaries by a friend in the prison. He acknow-
ledged his having received the 191. as prize-n-.oaey
due to him from the Srahorre frigate, and alleuged,
that previous to his obtaining the same, hehad offered
his creditor a Power of Attorney to take the whole, on
condition of obtaining his liberty ; the terms were
not complied with ; he had therefore expended the
money in prison, in paying the person who had fur-
nished him with the means of support. He further
stated, that he was a seaman, who had been a con-
siderable time in his Majesty's service, and was rea-
dy, if the Court would discharge him, to perform
his duty again in that situation, for the defence of
his King and country.
Mr. AGAR observed, that the behaviour •of the
debtor appeared of a fraudulent description, as lie
was bound to retain no part of his property from
his creditors.
Mr. Sergeant Maltsir A Li. was of an opinion, that
it was much bettor to discharge the man, and send
him on board a man of war, than suffer him to re-
main in prison, while the navy required seamen.
He was, accordingly remanded back for future,
judgment, and will probably be set at liberty on
Friday next..
On Wednesday a ress-gang, at Shadwell, pur-
sued some Coal-heavers to shore with an intention of
pressing, but the Coal-heavers resisted, and in the
engagement a Marine had his head cut in a most
shocking manner -with a shovel, that his life is
despaired of.
A few days since a young woman having left her
mother, who keeps a boarding-school a few miles
from town, in consequente of some dispute between
them, took up her abode at an inn in Holborn,
where accidentally finding a bottle of opium, she
swallowed the contents over night, and was found
dead in her bed in the morning. The Coroner',
Inquest sat upon the body, and brought is a verdid
of Accidental Death.

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VAN tAlp.hrov • LAN!).
',The per kacsaroo of it very large sire. abound-
ed in the open forest; the brushes were tenanted by
thesnealler black kind, or as it is named by the na-
tives if Poet .lia.:k sou, the Walli-bah.
44 The plumage el- the Tarsus fotdis a gloomy
contrast with the rich lustre of those near the settle-
men, their coleurs being rather grave than gay.
The melancholy cre if the bell-bird (dil baring, af-
ter which Ben.nil-hing named his infant child) seems
t•Obe unknown here. Matty aquatic birds, both web-
foott.sl and waders, frequent the arms and coves of j
the river ; but the black swans alone are remarkable
i.l point of number. Mr. Bass once made a rough
calculation of three hundred swimming within the
>pAce of a quarter of a mile square; and heard the
a dying-song' of some scores that song so cele-
bract! by the poets of former times, exactly resern-
hied the creaking of a rusty sign on a windy day
Not more than two thirds of any of the flocks which
they 1:11 in with could fly, the rest could do no
more than flap along upon the surface of the water,
being either moulting, or not yet come to their full
is ither or growth, which they require two rears to
attain. They swam and flapped alternately, and
went along surpisingly fast. It was sometimes a
Ping chase, but the boat generally tired them nut.
IVben in Jaeger, and speed makes no part of their
cicape, they immerse their bodies so far that the
water makes a passage between their neck and back,
and in this position they would frequently turn aside
a heavy load of shot. They seem to be endowed
with much sagacity; in chase they soon learned the
weakest point of their pursuers, and, instead of swim-
ming direaly from them, as they did at first, always
endeavoured in the most artful manner to gain the
wind, which could cnly be prevented by anticipating
their movements, and by a dexterous management
of the boat.
a• '1 he swan is said to feed upon fish, frogs, and
water-slugs; but in the giszards of many that at
afferent times and in different places sere examined
by Mr. Bass, nothing ever appeared bin small wa-
ter-plants, mostly a kind of broad-leaved grass, and
..time little sand. To their affection for their young
he had seen some lamentald- sacrifices ; but of
their fierceness, at least whr.i opposed to smut, or
their great strength, he had soca no instance.
" Among other reptiles were found the snake
with venomous tangs, and some large brown gua-
noes.
" This country is inhabited by men ; and, if any
judgment could be formed from the number of huts
which they met, in about the same proportion as in
New South Wales. Their extreme shyness prevented
any communication. They never even got sight of
them hut once, and then at great distance. They
bud made fires abreast of where the sloop was at an-
chor ; but as soon as the boat approached the shore
they ran off into the woods. 'Their huts, of which
seven or eight w „:re frequently found together like a
little encampment, were construaed of bark torn in
long .tripe, from some neighbouring tree, after
being divided tranrrersely at the bottom, in such
breadths as they judge their strength would be able
to disengage from its adherence to the wood, and
the conneaing bark on each side. It is then broken
into convenient lengths, and placed slopingwise,
against the elbowing part of some dead branch
that has fallen off from the distorted limbs of the
gum-tree; and a little grass is sometimes thrown
ever the top. But, after all their labour, they have
not ingenuity sufficient to place the slips of bark in
such a manner as to preclude the free admission of
the rain. It is somewhat strange, that in the latitude
of 41 deg. want should not have sharpened their
ideas of invention of some more convenient habita-
tion, especially since they have been left by nature
without the confined dwelling of a hollow tree, or
morn agreeable accommodation of a hole under
the rock?'
The indefatigable Captain Flanders afterwards
made All L./it ursion to the Northward, in which he
(lit:tined sonic interesting knowledge of the na-
tive inhabitants of Pumice-stone river, who appear
to be more social and civilized than those of Port

Jackson.
" While lying here, Mr. Flinders had some op-
portunity of observing their manner of fishing, which
was perteetl y new to )tis companion Bong-,ree. The
party nn the east shore, near which the vessel lay,
went out each morning at day-light along the side
of the rarer with nets on their shoulders ; and this,
as tar as a distant view would allow of observation,
appeared to be the mode in which they used them.
Whichever of the party sees a fish, he by some dex-
terous manottivee, gets at rl:e back of it, and spreads
out his scoop net ; others prevent its escaping on
tither side, and in one or other of their nets the fish
is almost infallibly eaught. With these nets they
saw them ism sometime up to their middle in the
-.eater ; and, to jadge from the event, they seemed to
be suectssfol, as they generally soon made a fire near
the beach, anti sat down by it ; no doubt, to regale
's 411 th::ir fish, which was thus no sooner out of the
tooter than it was on the tire.
" i he rain ceasing on 'Tuesday afternoon, a party
went to the eastern shore to proctue ire-wood, and
to comply with the desire which the natives had so
often expressed of seeing them land among them.
On approaching them, they carried their nets away
into the wood but three of them, who remaiued,
s ol..red thew hits: people to advance without laying
0...va their muskets v.:tieh had never happened be-
re. They were still timorous ; but on being en-
c.•urtged and requested by signs to sing, they began
a wing in oncert, which adually was musical and
pleasing, and not mutely in the diatonic scale, des-
cending by thirds as at Port Jackson : the descent
of this w.is tearing, in r.alier a melancholy soothing
grain. The song of bong-m, which he gave them
at the coaclusion of theirs, sounded barbarous and
grating to !he car; but Bong-ree was an indiffer-
ent song ,;,4-r, even antleni7 his own cow:an-men.
64 These pepple, like the natives of Port Jack-
son, hayieg fallen to the low pitch of their voices,
recommence d. their song At the oklave, which was
accompanied by slow sted wit ur.ieraceful motions
of the body and limbs, their hauls being held up in
A enpplicating pollute, and the tone and manner of
to bespeak the good-
"thieir amg and gestoresterefd
will and ibt4Urarance of thew attdttors. Observing
that they were attentively listened to, they each se-
-1,:/ted one of our people, and placed his rbouth close
to his ear, as it to produce a greater elha, or, it
r: ~.;ht be, to teach them the song, nhich their silent

attention might seem to express a desire to learn. -
In
rean.li for the pleasure they had afforded, Mr.
Flinders oave them some worsted caps, and a pair
of ofd blanket truwsers, with which they were much
gratified. Several other natives soon made their
appearance, probably those who had carried away
the nets. It was some little time before they could
overcome their dread of approaching the strangers
with their fire-arms ; but encouraged by the three
who were with them, they came up, and a general
song and dance was commenced. Their singing
Was not confined to one air ; they gave three, but
the first was the most pleasing.
u It is almost unnecessary to say, that these
people go naked. They, however, wore belts
tonna the waist, and fillets about the head and
'upper parts of the arm. Thew were formed of
hair, twisted into yarn like threads, and then into
bandages, mostly reticulated. Indeed the inhabi-
tants of this day appeared to'possess in general a
very pointed difference from, if not a superiority
over, those of New South Wales, particularly in
their net-works. A seine eighty feet in length, and
the scoop nets which they use, have been mentioned.
To these may be added the bag in which they
seemed to carry their portable property, and which
was most probably of the same kind as those men-
tioned by Capt. Cook ; but they were seen of dif-
ferent sizes, and two that Mr. Flinders procured
were very differently worked. They were in gene-
ral shaped somewhat like a breast-plate ; and, be-
ing suspended from the necks of the possessors, led
him, previous to his first interview with them, to
suppose they were some kind of defence for the
more vital parts. There was no doubt but that they
were provided with nets for catching very large fish,
or animals, as the fragments of a rotten one lying
on the shore were picked up, the meshes of which
were wide enough to admit the escape of a moderate
sized porpoise ; and the line of which it was made.
was front three-quartets to an inch in circumfer-
ence. Probably the large animals which Mr. Flin-
ders took to be sea-lions might be the objets for
which these two large nets were fabricated.
44 Mr. Flinders was of opinion, that this mode
of procuring their food would cause a chara&eristic
Oifference between the manners, and perhaps the
dispositions, of these people, and of those who
mostly depend upon the spear or fiz-izg for a supply.
In the one case, there must necessarily be the co-
operation of two or mote individuals ; who there-
fore, for mutual necessity, would associate toge-
ther. It is fair to suppose, that this association
would, in the course of a few generations, if not
much sooner, produce a favourable change in the
manners and dispositions even of a savage. In the
other CAW, the native who depends upon his fiz-zig
or his spear for his support, depends upon his single
arm, and, repairing not the aid of society, is indif-
(dent about it, but prowls along, a gloomy, un-
settled and unsocial being."

Orders are given for all Officers appointed to
ships in Cummission to join without delay.
The LORD PROVOST of Edinburgh has received a
letter from Lord HoBART, announcing his Majesty's
gracious acceptance of his Lordship's offer to raise
a regiment of 500 privates in the city of Edinburgh,
on the footing of the late First Regiment of Royal
Edinburgh Volunteers. His Lordship, howevet,
strongly recommends, that an exception may not bb
urged in what relates to the clothing of the regiment,
as it had been judged expedient that the clothing of
the Volunteers, as well as the regular Infantry, should
be scarlet. His Majesty has also been pleased to
accept the renewed offer of service of the late corps
of Royal Edinburgh Artillery Volunteers, trans-
mitted by the Lord Provost.
At Pontrefact Sessions, came on to be heard, an
appeal made by Thomas Haight, William Cowgill,
Joseph Shaw, John Calton, Joseph Trotter, James
Hurst, and Thomas Marshall, all of Huddersfield,
or the neighbourhood thereof, journeymen croppers,
against the convidion of Joseph Radcliffe, Esq. (a
must alive and worthy magistrate) for having
beaten and attempted to force some at the workmen
to leave the employ of Messrs. Atkinson, of Bradley
Mill, herastse they used evhat is termed a cm-KILL,
which they have worked upwards of sixty years.—
The respedable Bench of Justices confirmed the
conviaion, and all the above appellants were com-
mitted to the house of correction for two months,
there to be kept to hard labour.
Wednesday the Coroner's Jury, sitting at the
Golden-cross, Charing-cross, brought in a verdict
of Lunacy on the body of G. BaesioN, who, hav-
ing lived there about a fortnight, hung himself to
his bed-post on Wednesday morning. The deceased
held a lucrative place in the Navy-office, but had
been deranged for some time, in tow spirits, com-
plaining of- the unkind treatment of his relations.
The waiterand others at the inn sufficiently proved
his insanity, which was very remarkable the day be-
fore he destroyed himself.
We last week g-are an account of a murder com-
mitted by a man of the name of Hesketh, at liol-
lingwood. The following is a more detailed account
of this melancholy addition to the black catalogue
of :atrocious crimes, which is unequalled, in point
of singularity, by any event in the history of man-
kind. It appears that Hesketh was a man of pro-
perty. and had had several children (one only then
living) by the deceased woman, who dwelt with
him in the double capacity of housekeeper and
mistress. Frequent quarrels happening between
them, accompanied with blows, the neighbours
seldom iaterfered, Hesketh's house standing at some
distance from any other; and on the evening which
produced the horrid catastrophe, although a great
noise was heard in the house by several persons
passing, no one thought proper to go in.—The next
morning early, a stream of blood was observed
running under the door ; an alarm was given, and a
passage forced into the kitchen, where Hesketh was
ettended near the fire-place with a pair of tongs in
his hand, much bent, and by the side of him his
child, about three years old, wrapped in the shades
of death, over which his arm was thrown, either for
defence or from a last effort of affedion. The
-woniaa was lying a small distance from them, not
quite dead, still grasping a tire-poker ; but did not
survive above a few minutes; thus drawing an im-
penetrable veil over particulars of the transaction.
Little doubt, however, remains, that the man and
woman had fought with the poker and tongs, till
lows of blood exhausted their strength ; that during
• the affray the child had coutinned for sorne tutee to
i scream, and was at length silenced by violence ; as
Ithe poor inuocent's tongue eras nearly tarts Out, and
its Ludy muck bruised.

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

.•11M•••1.,.i..

PLYMOUTH, MAY 4.
Yesterday the Prince:: Charlotte, of 41 guns,
Captain C. H. Gardner, was completely stripped,
paid off in l-lamoaze, and laid up in ordinary ; the
different stores were all previously and regularly •
deposited in their different departments ; the men
are to have fourteen days leave by Admiralty tickets,
to see their friends.
That beautiful sloop of war, the Cherwell, of 18
il
gnus, Captain P. Dumaresque, now in llamtraze
(late L' ilarore , is completely rigged and fitted for
sea, but wants men. The Siqfire, of 24 guns,
Captain Keen, is in the same situation, for want of
men.
Rear-Admiral nacres has still his flag flying at
the mizen, as Port Atlll I ; ral of this.place, although
Lord Keith, K. B. superintends the arrangements
necessary for the ships fitting for sea.
Yesterday orders came down for warping down
the harbour from their moorings, fire stoops of war;
to get them ready, if necessary, for commission ;
the drab and Plover, of 18 guns each, are talked
of as two of the five sloops to be commissioned di-
, realy.
Last night, as the large Custom-house row-boat,
belonging to Stonehouse, was rowing snugly along
shore, near the Lucks Beds, towards Bovesand Bay,
the sitt,.lr or Steersman perceived a vessel, by the
light of the moon, standing towards the Maystone,
at the entrance of the Sound, and off Yealm River ;
supposing her a smuggler, the crew hoisted their
sails, anti stood after her, and came along-side just
at the entrance of Yealm River, boarded, and took
possession of her ; she proved to he a small smug-
gler, with 270 six-gallon kegs of liquor on board,
from Guernsey ' • she will prove a good prize, there
being so few to share the booty.
Last night came in, and ran up Catwater, an
American ship from sea; she bad nearly missed
stays in the Narrows off the Citadel, but soon wore
ship, and went safe into Catwater ; it blew so hard,
we could not learn her name.
' This day the remaining six companies of the
South Devon regiment of :Militia, lately quartered
here marched into Mill-Bay Barracks: this altera-
tion will contribute very much and very essentially
to the health, good order, and moral conduEt of these
fine Devonshire country lads, who are the best dis- '
posed men in the world.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 5.
Sailed his Majesty's ships Aurora, of 28 guns, Cap-
tain
Mallion ; and Camilla, of 20 guns, Captain
Taylor, for Newfoundland. They arc brought to
at St. Helen's.
His Majesty's ship Rasa, of 74 guns, Captain
Williams, has made signal for sailing.

DUBLIN UNIVERSI7'T ELECTION.

Substance of Mr. Nom Ek 'S
general reply, on Fri-
day,before the Select Committee, appointed to try the
merits of the University of Dublin Ele6tion, on behalf
of Mr. Plunkett, the petitioning candidate, against the
return of the Hon. George Knox.—His Speech, the
delivery of which occupied near four hours, was in-
genious and argumentative. He commenced by en-
tering at large into the investigation of the ques-
tion, as to the right of the King to grant charters
to corporate bodies, such as the two Universities of
this country, and the University of Dublin, limit-
ing their eleZlive franchises to persons of their own
body.—He contended, that it was the prerogative
of the King in granting charters conveying rights
and privileges, which were not before possessed, to
restrain the enjoyment of them, by such conditions
as he thought proper to impose. He observed, that
from the tirst period of the King's writ, issuing to
the Universities, for the return of Burgesses to
serve in Parliament, the direction of the writ had
been, that they should send learned and discreet
men of their own bay. He remarked, that the
reason of this was obvious. It was, that the Re-
public of Letters might be represented in Parlia-
ment, as well as the landed and commercial inte-
rest. It was not to be supposed, that men living in
academic retirement, could embrace subjetis of a
political nature, or be acquainted with the merits of
persons not of their own body.—The reason of such
limitation was, therefore, perfeßly natural and jus-
tifiable upon every principle of common sense.—
He next proceeded to spew, that usage had uni-
formly been for the Universities to send members
of their own body to Parliament. He then directed
his observations to the question, as to who were
properly considered members of those learned insti-
tutions, within the scope of the charters respeZlively
referring to them. They were, he maintained, such
persons only as had been duly matriculated, ac-
cording to the forms, statutes, and ordinances of
the College or University.
He insisted, that agreeable to the custom and
mode of admission into the University of Dublin, it
was necessary for the Student to be admitted by
the senior Lederer and the Provost of the College,
its whos,:', books his name was entered; after which
his name was inscribed in the Buttery-book. Al-
though it lapeared there were many persons belong-
lag to the College, whose names were only inscribed
in the Buttery-hook ; yet those, he insisted, were in-
stances of negle't, or had occurred when the statutes
of the University were not enforced. At the time
the lion. Mr. Knox, the sitting Member, pretended
he had been matriculated, the anticut statutes had
been revived and were in full force ; notwithstanding
which, Mr. Knox neither appeared to have been
admitted by the senior Leaurer or Provost, but was
merely registered in the Buttery-book. The Learned
Counsel therefore confidently maintained that Mr.
Knox never had been matriculated ; that he
was consequently not one of the body of the
University, and therefore nut eligible to become
its Representative in Parliament. The Learned
Counsel having pressed these points, proceeded to
state, that due notice having been given of Mr.
Knox's ineligibility, all the votes which had been
polled in his favour had been thrown away ; and
therefOre that Mr. Plunkett, though he had the mi-
nority of votes, was entitled to the seat. This ar-
gument he supported by references to the Kirkcud-
bright case, and the Southwark case, on the petition
of Mr. Tierney. He concluded by trusting that
the Committee would return Mr. Plunkett, in
justice and eqinty they were bound to do. ' ,
The Committee deliberated about half an hout.,l
and determined that Mr. Knox was dulyettleaeil,
and that tice petition of Mr. Plunkett -was neither
frivolous nor vexatious.
'lhe Cba'wnian afterwards reported the /Incision
• of the Committee to the House of Commons.

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Aostivao.
In the Creep—tlie Daslivioevl, Bab% in, from I.eghorn.
Off I)orer--olie Amon+, Mq;ltie, from Jamaica.
At Yarmouth—the Forte otl!, Romney, from Chttrante.
At Exeter—the Camila:, Herrin, from Seville!.
At Liveritool—ehe A Icily mist, No%ison, from St. Viricentr.
At Naples--the ,Marc, Stopht., trout Peatzance.
At .rainaica--/lw A tignstit/ C.e/ar, Kirby Ocean, Crane;
V.tierable, Rind ; Caraar, Fowler ;George And BrulgA, Motile)
Acorn, Gorge PeraeverAnce, !rat, wood ; 11t•rorc, ChApniao,
Olive kiratv..ll, B itler ; Cygnet, Fisher; Alfrod;Kitinerleo;
Ru-
l'Art St. Vincent, liutton ; MAr.a, Oa/doer;
Hope, Baker; and Shodthan, Smith, from London; swum 0,),
M'Ear;Ase, from Grenock ; Cliatko, Coney, and Clifton,
ititCntlin, (rout Liverpool; Albion, Ilayton Well, Atit.i.e4-
bowie, And Clarendon, Drew, from Cork.

BIRTHS.
On Wednesday morning, at Sootkampton, the Lady of
Z. H. Edwards, Esq. of a son.
Lately, at Gianhrane Park, Carmarthenshire, the Lady
of Sackvilk Gwyture, Esq. of a daughter.
Thursday min ning. the Countess of Sunderland, of a son.
Same mot ning, Lady Sefton, of a daughter.
MARRIED.
Thursday, at St. James's, Westminster., by the Rev.
Wilfrid Cl:a-kr, of the Charer- house, Gervas Wylde, Esq.
of the East Middlesex Militia, to Miss Sophia Masker.
second daughter of Thomas Plasket, Esq. of Clifford.
street.
At Cuddalore, in the East Indies, by the Rev. Mr. Gt.
ricks, Richard Kinchant, Esq. third surviving son or the
late John Kincilant, Esq. of Park. Hall. in the county of
Shropshire, (Commercial Resident and Chief of that Fac-
tory), to Miss Myra C itharine Wilkinson, dfasighter of 'he
late John Wilkinson, Esq. Master iu Chancery in the
Supreme Court at Bombay.
Thersiloy at St. George's, Hanover square, Charles Lit.
tledale, Esq. of Harley-street, to Miss Catherine Louisa
Castell, third daughter of Samuel Castell, Esq. of Brutois-
stmt.
DIED.
On Thursday afternoon, of a decay, in as advanced
age, Lady Dowager Cameltord, mother of Lard Cam.:lto.d
and of Lady Grenville, and aunt of LICIii. COL C. Douglas
Smith, of Sir Sidney Smith, K. S. and of Spencer Smith,
Esq. M. P. In the constant exercise of the most amiable
qualities a the heart, she lived universally beloved, and
died as universally lamented.
On the a3d ult. on her way from the South of France,
where she went for the recovery of her health, the wife of
Samuel Thompson, Esq. and dauzliter of the iate iltrlll/
Thompson, of Green Mount, county of

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