The National Register.
London, England, 1820-10-02 00:00:00

• NATIONAL REGIrtER,

all law, and involving the claims of equity, and the
very preservation of the government itself, make
uch visitation indispensable? and whatever might
be the inconvenience and embarrassment arising from
having a Queen supposed to be as dirty as the
green bag would make lice out to be, such a case
would y t never involve a state-necessity of this
kind; for, if strict morality, and not public conve-
rience, were the ground-work of the stability of
monarchy, we are sorry to sa►y that monarchy would
never have lasted half a century in any kingdom or
in any nation.
Another and unanswerable objection to the Bill
is, that the party who makes the marriage
contract is one of the three branches of the legisla-
ture who is to make this same contract void. Now
if any human obligation is contracted between two
parties, it surely can never be just that one of the
contracting parties should be able to set aside the
contract, except by a regular judicial process; and a
man who marries a woman can never be justified in
getting a parcel of servants and a host of particular
friends and adherents to be a jury, to whom he is to
appeal upon the subject of such a difference between
him and his wife, and upon the consent of those
alone who are notoriously favourable to him and his
views in general, to set aside a contract made in the
face of heaven, and only voidable by adultery on
the part of the wife, clearly proved before impartial
and disinterested witnesses. It is not enough to say
that among those to whom the appeal is to be made,
there are many even bitter opponents to him. If the
majority are his adherents and particular friends, and
a majority are to decide, the pretence that there is a
minority not well disposed towards him would be
ridiculous. Either a contract of this solemn nature
ought to be set aside by a jury whom no one would,
on common principles of human justice, impeach, or
not attempted to be set aside at all. And as to de-
gradation without divorce, it 44 absolutely impious to
expect him (who has sworn to love, honour, and
cherish his wife, so long as she is his wife, " till
death do them part") to degrade and injure that
wife ! Can those who are such sticklers for
moral and social obligation whenever the violation
thereof can be pleaded in argument against
their opponents, can they take away the title of
Countess or Marchioness, &c. from a woman with-
out divorcing her "a vinculo matrinumii?" Can
they deprive her of her privileges and rights as a
wife any further than those of intercourse of bed
and board, under certain circumstances, without a
lawful dissolution of the marriage contract ? They
cannot—they cannot strike out from matrimony what
is inherent in it, not only as a social, but a divine
obligation, while it exists, unless death separate the
parties who have contracted. Who are the blas-
phemers ? Gracious Heaven ! Who are the seditious
here ? Those, we affirm, who would trifle with
this contract; and we have no hesitation in saying,
that if Parliament attempt to separate from a sacred
obligation that which, while the obligation is un-
dissolved, is inherent in it, Parliament will do an
act of impiety. The fact is, that by travelling out
of the plain road of law and justice, the ministers,
many of them individually honest and well inten•
tioned men, though too much led by party spirit and
a desire to retain their power, have placed Parlia-
ment, the country, the crown, and themselves in a
very lamentable situation. They cannot retract
without danger to themselves, and they cannot go
on without violating justice, if they do what they
propose, and without risking the best interests of
the country. Already, indeed, the evil done is be.
yond all calculation, but they may yet avert danger
to themselves, and save the country from peril, if
they will but come forward after the Queen's defence
has been heard, and if they are wholly satisfied with
the same, acknowledge they are so ; if nut still
acknowledge that the nature of the evidence and
the circumstances of the case, at all events, do not

justify them in persisting in the prosecution, that
they have done what they thought best, and that if
they have been mistaken, they throw themselves on

the candour of the public, and, to shew that they did
not act as they have acted, with a view to their own
interests or ambition, let them resign their places,
and promise to support such a mild and conciliatory
system of government and public measures, as shall
cause the present fermentation of men's minds to
subside. IVe have no motive in this advice, but a
sincere desire of public happiness. We neither court
the smile, nor fear the frown of ministers or opposi-
tion ; but we are convinced that the present coun-
sels of government cannot, and ought not to stand.

Extract of a Letter, dated Oporto, Sept. 13
What do you think of the heroism of the pimple of
Oporto ? Are they not a daring set to attempt
such a change without being organized, and pre-
viously on a good understanding with the rest of
the Grandees. However, the fact is, they were
tired of oppression and excessive despotism; the
voice of the nation was general, and it only wanted
a beginning. Thus it Wag left a second time for
the people of ()porta to strike the blow ; and, now
it is struck, we find ourselves with all the north of
Portugal in our favour, with even considerable de-
sertion from Lisbon to the good cause. The key of
the river Tagus, Fcrt St. Julian, is in the posses.
awn of the artillery of Lisbon, and in our favour.
The citizens of Lisbon in general (but particularly
the military) are in the Oporto cause; but, the old
governors holding good places, it goes hard wick
them to resigm them.
The Portuguese Regency have issued a Procla-
mation, convoking the Cortes, at the same time
that they designate the gallant Patriots at Oporto
Insurgents. The Members of the Regency how-
ever content themselves with treading in their track,
and following them as their leaders. The coquetry
of indirectly aspersing the Patriots of Oporto, is
probably to conciliate, in some degree, the Court of
the Brazils, as it very probable the Regents will
ultimately be sent off to the Brazils, as Portugal
will dispense with their future services. Cite Junta
of the Supreme Government of the Kingdom have
issued an animating address to the people of Lisbon,
and the spirit of Liberty is extending itself in every
direction. The powerful voice of a nation cannot
be resisted, and they are determined to be free.—
Portugal is tranquil, and whether the Cortes arc
assembled by the Regency or the Constitutionalists,
they must produce an important change. Portugal
is our ancient ally, and we must rejoice in every
circumstance that adds to her happiness, or improves
her condition. The revolution, like that of Spain
and Naples, recognizes the sovereign, and it is likely.
to succeed without a civil commotion, which seldom
ends otherwise than in military tyranny, or some
fatal change for the worse.

Extract of a letter, dated Glasgow, Sept. 21:—
" On Saturday last an Address to the Queen having been set
in motion in this City, the inhabitants were invited by-hand-bills
to sign it it! the Laigh Kirk Sewsion•House. On Monday many
signatures were obtained; but the Magistrates interfered, declared
they would not allow the Address to remain there; and on being
remonstrated with, the Acting Chief Magistrate said, if it was
not instantly taken away, he would send a pouc of constables,
:tnd enforce his orders. It was dim removed to Mr. Tnmbull's
Session House, Campbell-street. In the course of the first eight
hours no fewer than 8000 persons signed the Address ; 15.0(X)
nine signatures were affixed yesterday, and about 3,000 tc•day;
making altogether 26,000."

Springfield new Bridge.—.Thc new beautiful
gothic iron bridge, lately opened to the public over
the River Chalmer, in the County of ESFCX, in the
Great East Road leading from Chelmsford to Col-
chester, Harwich, &e. is the first bridge in this
country ever erected, without resting on or thrusting
against piers, it being a flat straight-line bridge.
similar to the same architect's design of Waterloo,
but without any spandells, it having nearly a straight
cord, keeping together the basement ends of
the eliptic arches, which cross the river in one
span, resting wholly on cast-iron columns driven
into the river banks on which it is placed. Being a
a bridge on the principle of tenacity, the principal
stress and pull on the iron is longitudinally. There
arc groves on the top of those iron columns, on
which the whole bridge has room to contract or
expand, so necessary from the changes in this country
from heat to cold, as the other previous iron bridges
have suffered materially from the want of this pre-
caution. In short, evidence has been given bethre
the House of Commons that the arches of the
Southwark Bridge rise from two to two and a hal
inches in the middle of the day, and settle again in
the evening. Of those iron columns introduced on
the river, instead of piers or buttresses, if they resist
the floating ice, of which, from their strength and
dimensions there can be no doubt, Mr. Dodd, the
engineer, has certainly introduced an economical
plan in bridge building, as in this there is no occa-
sion for expensive batterdeaux, coffer damns, &c. a
saving most desirable_ in the expensive work of
bridge building.

L.OllOOll,
MONDAY, OCTORER Y.
--OP-

The Aurora, Blackburn, is arrived off Dover from
Oporto, with letters from thence of the 13th inst.
There is intelligence also from Lisbon of the 12th,
at which time that city enjoyed die most profbuna
tranquillity, but the accounts from Oporto assert,
that troops were approaching towards Lisbon from

the north. It is not probable that they will meet
with apposition, as the Count Aramante, and the
army under his command, on whose co-operation
the Lisbon Regency so confidently depended, have

declared in favour of the cause of the Patriots. All

the troops also at Coimbra, Levia, and the adjacent
towns, had declared for the Oporto party, and no

fears were entertained for the British property or
persons being molested, unless the English inter-
fered. A Proclamation has been issued by the Go-
vernment of Lisbon for convoking the Cortes, which
is an acknowledgment of the justice of the demands
of the troops and of the people of Oporto. The
Regency offer a free pardon to " the soldiers who
have been deluded," which proposals the Patriots
say, are evidence of apprehension and fear. The
great objection which appears to the accommodation
of differences in Portugal, is the uncertainty as to
the mode of assembling the Cortes. If it be as-
sembled on the model of the ancient Cortes, it will
be a most inefficient body; because if it had not
been an inadequate representation of the people, it
would never have fallen into disuse. It was a
representation of factitious, not of natural classes—
of those who have interests opposed to the people,
not of the people themselves. Whether the Gover-
nors will consent to a convocation of the Conc.:, on
the Spanish model, or on a plan similar to that of

Spain, is a question on which the tranquillity of

Portugal must depend. On this point the procla-
mation offers no assurance. The Revointiun has,
we believe, taken deep root in Portugal, and is
likely to be firmly eAablislied without a civil com-
motion.

We have received the Paris Papers of Monday
and Tuesday last. The Duchess of Berri on Satiir.
day paraded on the Terrace of the pavilion, and on
the following day beard Mass in her apartments.—
On Monday she visited the King. Her Royal
Highness's accouchement, so peculiarly interesting
to the Bourbon Dynasty, was expected to take place
in the course of this week. The proceedings against
our Queen excite a considerable degree of attention
throughout the Continent, where the general tiiel-
ing is more freely expressed than could have been

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expected under a harsh and severe censorship. There
seems a very great repugnance abroad to conic in
contact with any of the Italian witnesses. It will
recollected that Barbara Krantz, the chambermaid
of Carlsrlme, stated, that she had been first spoken
to, with reference to her testimony against the
Queen, by the Wurtemberg Minister to the Court
Of Baden. On this subject the Moniteur contains
an article from M. Cxillatin, formerly a Minister of
Wurtemberg. In this he states, " that he never
had, nor could have had, any communication with
the said Barbara Krantz, inasmuch as he quited
the mission of Carlsrhue for Munich in the month
of Nov. 1816 and consequently several months
before the titets deposed to by the witness took
place." Advices from Spain,
.of the 17th instant,
state, that General Riego arrived at Valladolid on
the Dth, and was received in a manner the most
flattering by the patriots, who, among. other mark•
of respect, gave a concert in honour of his arrival.
On the following clay he proceeded on his journey
to Oviedo, but the place of his exile was the scene
of his triumph. The A.;strian Court went into
mourning on the 11th for the Duchess of York.
The lhst courier from► Milan to \lima is said to
have brought an autograph letter from the King of
Naples to the Emperor. Count Golowkin has
written a letter to Prince Cimitile, who wished to
proceed to St. Petersburgh, as Ambassador from
Naples, stating that the Emperor Alexander will
not receive him.

The French papers of We(lneday, which arrived
on Saturday contain but little intelligence worth
extracting. Their principal contents are us follow

I' k in.,: heard in:is6 in his apart-
inci:is, uod transacted huiiiien with i Duke de Richelieu.

We have received from the fiuntiera of Spain, the sad news
that the yellow fever hasi ngaill appeared in Andalusia.—
Official advises to this (Wert reached 11 treelons, under date
or the 13th inst.—A. Cordon Ims been estabtshed before
Xeres de la Foment. A letter f Cadiz of the 28th Aug.
announces that nine persons had then fallen victims to this
disease at Xeres. It has been asserted at Cadiz, that nit
individual (lied there of this malady ; nod reports were cir-
culated that other inhalittriate were attacked. by it. It is
also asserted that this contagion has:appeared in the Il.•s de
Leon raid Port St. Mary, and that it had attacked many
houses w Inch hail escaped last ear.
Orders have heels given for the must rigorous evreution of
the measures of preservation which h id been in force in the
departments on the frontiers of Spain. and which border ois
the Mediterranean. The land frontier is also watched with
tare.

V I F:91./ A, SF.Pr. I3.—We are asotrcd that our Ambassa-
dor at N:,iil.v, the Pi lace Jatiliniewsh., is recalled, and that
he has already quitted that city ;as also all I h other persons
of that crahawy.
Letters front Upper Italy announce that the Austrian
troops which aave arrived brio era the Eisen:a:li and the
Weida, ;tie t., en into cantomn.los.
l'he pat I of "or Finny whirls 14 in Italy has been on a war
fonfing since the Ist ',.epteiliber.
STOOIIIIOLIM, SEPT. 12.-51 de Fitzgerald, minisler from
England is arrive.' to-day with a numerous suite. Sir. St.
George, as ho, since the deoarlon• of 1... rd Strat4efoid, had
the functions of Charge d'Affitires here, from his Britanic
Majesty, goes now as Secret:try of Embassy to the Court of
Constantinople.
BattsseLs, Sew?. 2L—Lord Clancarty, Ambassador from
bis Majesty the King of England, has quitted llit Hague to
come to his residence here.

According to intelligence from Vienna, dated the
9th inst. the movements of the Austrian troops as-
sume a much more serious character than was at
first supposed. Two companies of miners, and a
battalion of pioneers, marched the beginning of the
month for Italy. It is added, that there will im-
mediately be a levy of a part of the landwehr to
replace the different regiments and corps which
have removed out of garrison. An article from
Nuremberg, however, states, that the declaration of
Vienna, relative to Naples, has been published for
some days, and that it is not a declaration of war.
It is probable that the Emperor of Austria will do
nothing more than adopt measures of a precautionary
character, until the opinion of the Allied lowers on
the subject of the Spanish and Neapolitan Revolu-
tions is known.

The folltwing intelligence has been communicated
to ul from Lloyd's:—___

" OPORTO, 817:PT 9.-IVe are vtry anxious for letters
ti on, Lisbon. The Guverninent there appears to he hos.
tile to what has liven doing here ; lint as the Comte de
Atuarantr, anti the whole of Tras•o-]fontes and Bois
have declared, we should hope that eves y thing will sO4lll
be settled, and without bloodshr d, if the country is left
without foreign inteiference, for the voice of the country
appears to he for a change. It is to by hoped that tht•
English svill not interfere ; if they du, the ,itordion uI alt
the English in the country will he vet y and
property of course very precarious. The idea that is
elite' gained of English troops rowing to List ratises
rather an nityl-astrilt feeling here ; Id' it is patina! to
suppose, as the S.. vereigitty of the King in acknowledge&
that Eriglisnil will not interfere in the internal atiairs of
the kingdom, in which. case we shrill hive nothing to fear
for our re,,,,es or pins'l iy. The deet• lan of the Army
the Conde de Aniaranie, and of toot wider Vittoria,
for Are Sopr'grie Government, strength' iis their cause, Ind
of coor•e evens. Ili !lent Of Lisbon ; lilt' 601ersillik.iit liu•re
depending oil the co-operation of these Co•ner•rls. Troops
Irmo In ii.l and Santa' pm have arrived at Coimbra, to join
the cause e,puitseil in the north. It I. confidently expected
that the 'tool's at Lisbon w ill liken ise juin. w lieu the arms•
mores ill that direction, which it is shunt to do. 81'e
heartily wish things were settled ; hitirertu t v;ty has

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been conducted with great older, and no person has been
molested. . .
•

.....
" SErr. 13.—The army from this and the north are -"
marching upon Lislom, and it is to he hoped when they
approach the capital, that every thing will he settled, and
%%idiom 1,100,10e..1. We hear thtt letters' front Lisbon, of
the ith instant, state every taint; to be owlet Mete, hut
vote Lute is kuuwn here of %vital i• going all there. 1
ship' rate G'vei for
fra.teg Gainnissitsii liere.—We are well, aisd continuo
wahlunt

Extract of a letter from Oporto, to a gentleman
in this town :
'• Ha Nal iir,lay night, a fire broke out at the Imprenca
(pi Poing olliv(). at .it. Eloyo, whicii in too or niter liulirs
consumed toe lual.e to toe ground, nod two ulster adjoin-
ing it; in consequence MP :.114i1 again lie without news-
papers for some days. Yesterday and the day before,
all the !loops of the hue left this place, oil their march
toward, List , say the lobs llt ft, andli, and the 9th
i:111,110m, the 10th Vianna, 9th Giiimaraelts, the a Ist
Vali nria, and nrd Itraga, afier marching toward• Vila
Heal, It :1140 by thi.4 time near Coiothra t some parks of
artily ty went also pout hence. To-day some cavalry
I, expected from Cliave., to accompany the supreme
lonia, who take their departure to-niorrow morning; a
large force is already/ collected at Coimbra, I suppose
a general march will take place flout Coimbra towards
Lisbon, immediately that the ;only i, j d by the Junta
God go with them, and may tile titian/tts be settled with- •
oui bloodshed ; indeed the idea is drea•ltid if a shut is
hied, when we cousiikr the consequences of a civil war•
I lett Oporto on iii.• morning (4 u‘clock) of the 14th
instant. At that hoar the sound of trumpets, noise of
cavalry and cart laces, were heard accompanying the new
Goveininent un their tome to present themselves before
Lisbon. The troops (infantry and artillery) left a few
mornings previous. 'ldle cause duly gained strength, and
the emUut•iusmt of the people spewed ihelf more and
more. (Inc individual had presented them with fifteen
horses. I cotiver+ed the night previous to my leaving
with Mr. Screrelitiy Barges: lie was in high spirits, and
we parted with the persuasion of• meeting in Lisbon.-
1111411i1110114 opinion is no lighting will take place; the
troops in Lisbon and its vicinity are only waiting the
arrival of their brethren in arm* to conclude what was
so gloriously begun by them."

The person who :filled the situation of cabin joiner,
on board the Leviathan, during the time th• Prin-
cess of Wales continued on board that ship,' is now ••
in Dublin. His name is John Byrne; he is in the
employment of Mr. Southwell, piano-forte maker,
Marlborough-street. The following account, in his
own words, contains his " recollections" of the con-
duct of the Princess dining her stay on board that
ship
l'ae situation of cabin joiner rave me ml opportuttily
of being well acquainted with many of Ike 11411NdellUIIS
tisst llet'lltleti sn lirc Royal cabin. It WAS past
of coy dusty to enter time cabin ill bhicli she slept, at an •
early nom in lite iII,IIIIIIIV, w 1.1.1. R• tile blinds, amt also at
111,01 to Lower them. At any al those early I .s that I
so cities ed, I never saw .11. Bergatoi; but in subsequent
pails or the mornings I have tiequeqtly seen him there,
cuigav,cilgenerally in lot tier Royal Highness.
. .

tier Royal kielmess's demeanour inwards all those •
persons whose they twilight them near her person was
most condescending; on several occasions she called ma
" her S,111," as she did several others, when she
impiireil them to perfnuu any trilling ser; tee lac her. I
was the person who made the alterations in the cabins,
which she desired at her first coming on board, and I was
the per..oo who found and retinue(' an elegant seal be-
longing in her, which was lust iu the cabin, which hi r
Majesty will not fail to recollect, should any circumstance •
remind her of it.
" I have never seen or heard of the least misconduct,
or of any improper familiarity attached to lire Majesty,
tinting her stay in the Leviathan; anti I ant vsillntg to
prose this, and such other facts as I know to be true.'—
( Dublin Euchinir Peal.)

CITY BUSINESS.

S iwrday mottling the new sheriffs entertained a
select plriy of friends., consisting, of the most distiii-
gnisitrA in tethers of the t :.)111010,1 Council and the Li-
very, at the iVbiott T..‘eitt„.ll,lers.:a:e-strect, when,
after partal.:ing of a dcji /vie a lujioiorkcile, they proceed-
ed iii state to C;liiltllt.,ll.

The accustomed formalities having been gone through,
the cavalcade made way to Blackiriars Bridge, where
the civic party went on hoard the state barge, and
proceeded up the river to Westminster, to he present( d
to the Barons, and " count the Ila!!," according, to
annual Cll4tolll. The Common Sergeant officiated i.ir
the Recorder, that gentleman b-ing absunt from tow,'
through indisposition. Mr. Sheriff Wa:tinnan and lits.
%cowl co:leatiue were loudly eitcered as the processiaii
passed.

SPO trrtzto BET.—R. B. Moorhouse, El. of Larriog-
H.1111.i undertook fur a bet of 100 gutneas, u.
too head orgatne, on the Sal, and R3il instant,
with a single barrelled jinn, mounted on a node, with a
brace of dogs, two Mazaers, a. 1,1 au Dire. tie NM-
ulencetl 9 ratio:l.i at King's Clete, near New bery,
Lierk s, and Lensed was 111J1.e4,11111y. A rter ration% aver
90 miles of grotin.A, he hacgcd 14 brace of Innis, and
four hares, chiefly by fallow:sit up a covey. until hue
killed the i,ater tl'e SkeUllii day ho
took the course towards Thatcham, where he lull in
with hares in 1111111(1111CC he killed 9 31111 I le brace
of birds. lie was 7 head be:thid in the two flays, and
on the third h.: took an eastward course through Alder-
maston, aa i aaa to within two miles of Reading,
where he met with pheasants in abundance, but it wits
before the day for killinA them. From day-break in the
morning till six in the evening of Saturday, the last day,
he bagged thirteen brace of birds and cteveu hares,
losing the match by three only. Iltshad five brace of
p.thiters and km spaniels in the three d 'ye, and his dogs
being faulty on the second day, lost the match.

THE KING.

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—This day a most nu.
auerous and highly respectable meeting of tne town
of Portsea was held at the Society's Mill, pursuant
to a requisition handed to Sir Samuel Spicer. Sir
Samuel was immediately voted to the Chair. The

purport of the meeting was then announced by
Professor Inman, who declared that he would allow
310 town to stand more forward in its attachibent to

the illustrious person they were about to addrem than
the town of Portsea; but as they were not Met there
to discuss any Tarty question, he trusted they would
-frame such un address as should totally exclude
politio.s, and one, he trusted, that should be unani-
mously adopted. lie concluded by again stating,
that more loyal subjects than the people of Portsea
did not exist.

hntuas Grant, Esq. seconded the motion of Mr.
Inman, that an address of the above tenor should
be immediately prepared. The address was then
brought in and agreed to.
Sir George Grey, Commissioner of his Majesty's
Dock-yard, then observed, that he had refrained,
during the pr►ceedings of the day, from uttering
any sentinicnt whatever, until the address had been
approved of, that it might not be supposed his opi-
nion should influence any ooe ; he trusted his
presence had not hail that influence. He then
acknowledged the inward 'and heartfelt satisfaction
which lie this day enjoyed in meeting so respectable
a company to address their King; and he could now
proudly assure himself, that the Gentlemen present
attached to his Majesty's Dock-yard were totally
unbiassed by him in their conduct of the day, He
would declare he never did, nor ever would, attempt
to bias any person connected with the Dock-yard.
He concluded by complimenting the company on
their attachment to his Majesty, and assured them
that he knew his Majesty's sentiments, who, when
he was in his presence, had declared himself highly
plea! rd with the former loyal expressions of tile
town of Portsea, and lie trusted his Majesty would
receive this address with his usual affability.
The Chairman, Sir Samuel Spicer, was then re-
quested to w rite to the King's Secretary, to be in-
timed when it would meet his Majesty'► pleasure to
receive the address.

It was then resolves, that upon receiving his
Majesty's wishes, a deputation, consisting of the
gentlemen who prepared the address, headed by Sir
Samuel Spicer, should convey it to his Majesty. It
being suggested that as probably his Majesty would
receive the address either at Cowes or Spithead, it
would be more respectful, and more fully meet the
wishes of the inhabitants, that they should proceed
un board the yacht in procession ; the same was
most enthusiastically cheered, and Sir George Grey,
in the handsomest manner, offered his yacht and
barge to forward the object of their wishes.
The thanks of the meeting were then voted to
Sir Samuel Spicer, fur his promptitude in calling
the meeting.
Before the night set in, above 3,000 signatures
were attached to the address.

His Majesty this day received the Ryde address;
tomorrow he receives the Gosport and Portsea ad-
dresses. The Gosport address will be presented by
Samuel Jellicoe, Esq.

A nacoorg.—An old maiden lady who was a most deter-
mined espuuser of the cause of the Pretender, happened to
to be posseesed of a beautiful canary bird, whose vocal
powers acre the annoy ance of one hulled the neighbourhood,
and the admiration of the n her. [mod Peterborough aas
very solicitous to procure this Mid, as a present to a favour-
ii• female, aho had set her Leine on being mistress of Ibis
little musical %under; neither his Lurdrhips entreaties nor
his bribes could prcsuil, but so able a negociator was not to
Ire easily failed—he tuuk an opportemity of changing the
bird, and substituting another iu its cage, during soar lucky
moment alien her vigilant protector was off her guard. The
changeling wig yieciiely like the orignial, except in that
particular respect which afloat constituted its value it was a
ycrjife mule, and had more taste fur seeds data for songs.—
diively after this manoeuvre, that battle which utterly
PuMed the hopes of the Pretender took place; a decent in-
terval had elained, wncn his Lordship summoned up resolu-
tion to call again on the old lady ; to order to smother all
suspicion of the tr.el. he had played upon her, he seas about
to effect u great anxiety for the possess' of the bird; she
sated him all the trouble on that score by anticipating, as
she thought, his errand, each tttt ing " 0, no, my Lord, then
you are tome again, L presume, to cone me out of my dear
Lithe idol, hut it is all iii vain, be is now dearer to me than
ever ; I would not part with him for his cage full of gold—
would you believe it, my laird, from the moment shut bus
fit ;lemma Sovereign was defeated, Um sweet Beek fella': has
not uilered a single word! 1!
Last week the corpse of a man was found near the
thou,. Pocipatrick, which is supposed to have floated
dcwa the Channel, from the Isle of Ilan, Ime near that
places lie lead been a passenger an Wail the Triton
tinter, which trades between Douglas, Whitelta% en,
lc?. and when on the passage, and in the act of jibing
Inc vessel, this passenger was carried overboard by the
bourn. The body had a glove on one hand, and a gold
die fob, some hank-notes in a pocket-book,
and silver in the pocket. He had been some time in the
Ovate r, and it is conjectured that he is one of the English
riders sent out to take orders.

Oil 'Volumlay laiat the Itc v. IL F. Blake, clerk, was
to the Rectory Br in the Couiltv of
utt the ri• etttatiutt ur the Iti&ht llun. %Val.
Bait.t. Su