The National Register.
London, England, 1816-04-22 00:00:00

MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1816.

which will be encountered by all who are in eurne4. She WWI
sincerely asking,' what must I do to inherit eternal Mi.?' Bet,
like him who once went away sorrowful,' Emily foand herself
unwilling to inc that entire surrender of the heart to God
which he requires, anoluithout which religion k bat au irksome
bondage, a fruitless effort to compromise between God and
the world. Site complained of a secret reluctance and disin-
clination to serious thought and engagements, and of a dispro-
portionate interest in her own pursuits and pleasures. Site
sometimes expressed a fear to Miss Weston, that her solicitude
about religion arose more from a dread of the CollSeglielleei of
neglecting it, than from a desire towards it for it own sake.

"To
these complaints her friend listened with sympathy,
and administered such encouragements as were calculated, not
to make her easy and satisfied with her present attainments,
but to stimulate her to perseverance and diligence. She ex-
plained to her, that these or similar obstacles ever oppose the
entrance of real religion to the human heart; that all are na-
turally indisposed to embrace it; hut that those who feel and
lament this indisposition have every eaeounigement to expect
assistance.

" 'Strength,' said she, ' is promised to those, and those only,
who are sensible of weakness who, acknowledging with deep
humility and poverty of spirit their mental impotence, are
willing to receive help of' God.'
"'That change of heart which consists in new dispositions
and affections, new pursuits amipleasures, new apprehensions
of things unseen, and without whieh heaven could not be hap-
piness, is,' she said, 'the immediate operation of the Spirit of
God. It is that for which of ourselves we are absolutely in-
sufficient. We mast not, hov•ever,' continued Miss Weston,'
' expect this assistance unless we earnestly and constantly seek
it: Ask, and ye shall receive,' this is the invariable condition.
And, Emily, we must watch as well as pray; and diligently use
every means that God has appointed for the promotion of re-
ligion in the soul; never relaxing from that strict system of
mental discipline in ss hick Christian self-denial chiefly consist'.
ft is to those who do the w ill of God t'.,at the promise is offered.'
" While Miss Weston was thus continually performing the
noblest offices of human friendship, Emily's love for her be-
ca:ne increasingly ardent; for she assamed no authority nor
superiority in advising her : her manner was so humble and
anectionate, and displayed at once such a delicate consider-
ation of her feelings, and anxious solicitude for her happiness,.
that Emily's heart melted with grateful affection."

20"-)ebical 51:;. onitor.
NUMBER X.
11►-
/LIMO rorrta surtermA EST LEX.

Prufrit iiteen,as °Was arertere, rt inbr
Inaalirire pedis satientent sanguine renam.-Vluis.

IN my last paper I adverted to <o ruir other general
practices than those therein mentioned, the discontinu-
ance or adoption of which may be supposed to increase
the predisposition to apoplectic disorders. It is to be oh-
served, that under the head of apoplectic disorders is in-
claded palsy, as well as some lethargic complaints, which
dlffer only in degree from the most complete apoplexy,
and are frequently the forerunners of this disease ; some-
times they constitute the termination of it ; a total aboli-
tion of sense and motion, for instance, gradually subsiding
into a permanent paralysis. During the prevalence of
the immoral pathology, which attributed the cause of
most diseases to a vitiated or deprwed state of the fluids,
great attention was paid to poriOing the blood, and cor-
recting the different humours contained in din vessels of
the human body. One chiefraeans of effecting. this, was
supposed' to be the exhibition of purg,atiVz medicines.,
which, by evacuating, rthe offending humours, rendered
the whole mass of fluids more healthy and fit fiir the pur-
poses of their circulation. Ev..kri the choice of these medi- •
eines wurnot considered a matter of indifference, various
classes being thought to possess an elective power of carry
along with them different kinds of noxious humours, .
whence arise the terms hilsirogoreg, ae/ogognes,
I The real effect of all of them is, to remove front the first
passages, a mass of crude matters which might by
confinement produceihy sympathetic in-it:a:ion, an increase
of the impetus of the circulation, and thus contribute to
augment the ill consequences of die vernal plethora. At
the acme time it is to be athnittad, that tli!oireration of
these me& wile not confinixicto this elect alone ; an
• increased secretion was produced from all the glands of
the intestinal canal, thus relieving the leaded bhxxl-ves-
, sels from a part of their contents, actually causing ut
least a temporary lass of strength and vigour. Whatever •
hypothetimi conjectures may have inibiencod those who
first gave orii,in to the cestom, experimme convinced them
of its utility ; and for many ages it was universally -the
practice to take a certain number of doses of plysition the
approach of spring. whatever might be the state of .health
of the individual. Contbrituibly to the superstitiorrof the
times, an odd number was always fixed upon ; three were
usually sufficient ; if more were thought requisite, seven
we.e prescribed, the inteinnedii:te odd number being by
no means a propitious one. As a prevostive, this cos-
' tviuhas fallen into disuse , and althouglvlkannot attack •

PRICE Sid.

very great importance to its observance, I cannot help
thinking that, in combination with other causes, the dis-
continuance of it may have some share in accounting for
the greater prevalence of apoplectic predisposition. Ano-
ther custom of equally universal prevalence fbrmer/v,
must undoubtedly.be allowed a more extensive influence
as a preventive measure on this occasion, that of spring
blood-Idling. There were few adult persons, not labour-.
ing under some disease of debility, who did not regularly
breathe a vein when spring came on, and who did not at
least fancy themselves better.from the practice. However
erroneous the moderns• may suppose the hypothesis of
ancient' physichms to be, in their explanation of the effects
produced on the system by this evacuation, they will be
little disposed to question or deny the benefit to b 'derived
from it. Although we may ridicule the idea of the who
mass of bhxxl being changed or purified by taking away
a small quantity ()fit, liken witty author who, writing on
this subject, asked, if drawing off a pint or two from a.
cask of bad wine would improve the remaindtr, vet we
cannot but admit that the change of the balance of circu-
lation thereby produced, may have important effects in
relieving or preventing an undue determination ofbloal
to the head, and by unloading the vessels of the brain,
may diminish the predisposition to apoplexy. This cus-
tom of spring blood-letting has also fallen much into dis-
use within a few years ; or rather we have changed the
mode of evacuating this fluid. Cupping is now the fa-
shionable remedy. To this change 1 have serious objec-
tions, nor do I think this practice equally beneficial with
the firmer. However strange it may seem, experience
informs us, that it is the natural effect of blood-letting to
I produce fulness of blood; periodical blood-letting will
commonly produce periodical plethora. If blood be drawn
periodically from a large vein in the arm, or as was fre*
• quently customary formerly, from the foot, the consc-
quent plethora, not being determined to any particular
part, may shew itself in this or that organ, according as
different exciting causes may be applied. It may produce
apoplexy, or it may produce gout, or litemorrhouis, or a
hemorrhage from some unimportant part ; there is at
least a chance that the vital organs may escape. If local'
blood-letting be employed, as in the neighbourhood of
the head, the consequent plethora will be determined to
the head; and a neglect of the periodieibleeding,even for
a week, 011 be much more :dangerous than if general
blood-letting were delayed fin-- a longer period. Habit
will in such a case have established a determination of

blood to the head ; and the man who defers his periodical
cupping, sometimes but for a day, risks his life upon a
slender chance. Imay stand alone in the opinion ; but I
cannot help reprobating the presenkfitchionable practice of
periodical cupping, as one replet ewith thegreatest danger..
G.

WAR DU'TV ON MALT.—The fdlowing are the reso-
lutions which were proposed and adopted by the House
of. Commons, relativeto the war duty ol'4ualt; and, a
short statement of them only having appeared in the
public papers, we think ;t may be useful to the persons
immediately concerned to seethem detailedat length:—

"That it is the opinion of this Committee, that there be al-
lowed for all dry 'lngrown' malt, which shall be produced to
the Officer of Eseise by any malstnr, or maker of malt for
sale, seller Of retailer of malt, continua brewer, distiller, view.
alley, or vinegar maker, between the. I st day of July, thlti, and
the ith day of and tut: which. the duties jrayablie by
law have been dwelled or paid ;flit every !umbel of malt made
in England, from barley or other corn tn. grain; the bum of 2s. ;
and on every bushel made in Scotland from bark:, or any other
corn ur gamin, es:4-ept beer or Iligg, the stun of. 2s. and no
every bushel mods in SuJtittriffrout beer or bigg, only the
suni of Is. 111.
"'moat it is the opinion of this Committee,- that there he al.
loured to every common bre-Ater the additional duties of es-
cise topon•rnalt charged-by an Act of the 43d•year of his pre-
sent ;Majesty, upon all malt :Pied and 'ernstunell :titer the
nth day of Aptil, Islti, and before th,r :"..th day of July,
ill iililkl/41; breti log of beer, nut esct•eriltig the
proportions following . foe every four barrels of-potter which.-
shall be charged with unlit, as strong beer, -in England, .the
stun WC III!4.; every three barrels of ale the stun of 7tis. ;
for every time .barrels of porter brewed in Scotland from luti;e
made Innts barley ur any other cortror grain, except.'Si.7otc
bigg, tue sum of lie.; for es cry fure•barrels of porter, brewed
in Scotland trona wait made from beer or bigg only the stun of
od. ; for every tIllsrl• harIVIS of-ale. brewed in,Scolland,
ft sin malt made from barley or any other corn or ,y,pain, except
bet r or bigg, the stunt of tits... nod_ for eye' y yore barn Is „r
ale famed in Scotland; from matt made froth hoer urbigg, "ply.
tlec seam of lUs.

Hot. Ik-rv.—The Lords o' he Tre,..ntry have directed, •
That the dutyfitr the' last yearhall not be demanded tilt
the month of.hdy, providod scourity ix giver,- ci• the par-
ties who wish to avail themselv,:s t'ais indulgence, f.t.
the paym..at ut that time..

• AiLERICAN
•
We hove received Charlestown Papers to the Ist of
• Ilan+, with regularfiles from New•Yorb, containing all
"the proem:lllgs of Congress to the It3th ult.—The Sok-.
fhb:. Ledger of the .tl9th of February, states, after ielating
the circumstance of Gen. lklorcan having ;been driven
into exile by Buonaparte, and of the Gene:lll having re-
raircd to the United Statr,uutl.thtst Mr. Jell.::ren, who
Ras President at that ftriod, intimated that the pre-
r-uce of Moreau would not be agreeable at WaAlugton
•--" But now we see that Marshal Grouchy and our
President were together at the Birth-night Ball. We
will not insult the memory of Nieman by a comparison
with Grouchy."
Among the most important proceedings are those in
the I-louse of Representatives on the '..2f nil of Febriu
on the subject of the Traffic in Slaves. They are as

" Mr. llandolph moved the subjoined Resolution, the
nocessity of which, and of providing for u prattice ru
beim:nut and abominable, he, at some length, iinprersed
upon the Holvo :
Resolved, That a Committee he appointed to enquire ilito
the existence of our inhuman and illegal traffic in ...laves, car-
ried on in and through the district of l'4ltinthiu, anti iii report
any sin: what atenstti•ea ore necessary for putting a stop to the
same."—The Resolution wits agreed to. . .

..... •
Tire Naiional. Inlelligedeer says---" A Spanish ship
f:out Africa to I•lavann:ai, with 500 slaves and a largelarge
quaiitity t'f gold dust arni ivory, has beii captircl ffof
the Hole-in-the-Wall by an English frigate; Laid bent
into Bermuda."

We have American Papers to the 1 '2th of March.
The Commercial treaty with Great l3ritain hes finally piss,
ed both Houses; it had previously been carried into
effect by the Executive. _ .

Mr. Pinckney is appointed Ambassador to Russia, and
to take Naples in his way.
An American Paper contains the Report of the Secre-
tary of the Treasury on the New Tariff, addressed to
the President of the Senate, whs) had been applied to, to
furnish the substance of this docutnent; and in this ske-
leton form it occupies seven columns. The discriminat-
ing duty imposed by law upon goods imported in vessels
not of the United States, is not made in direct charge
upon the goods, but is charged generally upon the rate
of siuty imposed on the sumo goods when imported in
vessels of the United States ; and it is uniformly an ad-
'lido:ol4.l.o per cent..upon the American rate of duty,
whether it be specific or ad valorem. The duty and ton-
nage to be paid at the time of entry. The local limita-
tion as to the drcwback of duty on gm& exported has
been modified. The amount expected to be raised by
the New Tariff is 17,000,000 of dollars ; being an in-
crease of 5,000,0(X) of dollars upon the former. The
Secretary concludes in the following terms:—
It is not practicable to ascertain the amount of revenue
heretofore produced by the (lases of goods specified in the
last table; hut it is suflicienily known that some of them pro-
duced little, while the precinct of others was peorortionably
great. Taking the whole together, it is estimated that the whole
increase of duty is equal to WO per cent. upon the aggreaste
amount of the former ad rtenrrns ditties. But tit,• effects to be
expected from the increased duty on woollen and cotton goods
from the diminution of the Mien Doty and 'Treaties, or Acts
of Congress, involved in the new system, will not admit a
higher estimate of the aggregate product of the increased
rates of the ad rittorr)n duty, than the rate of 75 or SO per cent.
upon the former product.
" Assuming then, on an advance of 39 per cent. upon i ,ano,noo
dollars, the sum Will he 3,12,40,000
And adding to this sum produced, as now stated
by the increase of the specific duty 1,300,000
There xvi!l be produced to complete the amount of
the additional revenue required, a FUill of -
" All wind' are respectfully submitted,
(Signed) "A.J.DA LL IS, See. of the Treasury."
" Trcasnry Department, Feb. 12, IMO."
- _ .

5,140,00

We have, in the American Papers, very splendid de-
tails of Havtian Royalty and magnificence.—The cele-
bration of •Haytian Independence took place early in
January. Buonaparte certainly could not, in the very
v.,nith of his power, keep up with more dazzling, effect
the pomp, grandeur, and varied fascinations of Royalty,
than his present Majesty of Hayti.
New York, Philadelphia, and Halifax Papers have
reached us to the '2 Ist ult. Hostilities are not at all un-
likely to take place between Spain and the United
States ; as the Spanish Minister had declared his deter-
mination not to return to Washington ; and complained,
that a band of incendiaries in Louisiana were raising
troops for the purpose of bringing about a revolution in
/ew Spain. •
It appears from the instructions sent out by our 90-
vertu:lent to Halifax, that the Americans arc to be per-.
witted to fish as usual on the Grand Bank of Newfi mnd-
land ; but arc prevented from using the British territory
for purposes connected with the fishery, and precluded
from our bays and harbours.

The Sabina Spanish 48-gun ship had sailed f.r the
mother-country with 4,000,000 of specie.
Chateaubriant, in the Fiench House of Peers, lately
reproached the Due de Richelieu in the warmest manner
fir sonic expressions he had just been using, nud added,
" If all Europe were willing to three the Charter on me,
I would emigrate, and live at Constantinople." He
vaunted the pure French blood that flowed in his veins,
and threw out every kind of insinuation against Lally
Tolltmdal.

'rim NATIONAL REGISTFIL

REMOrdi, OF A TRACT OF. LAND.

•
The following 1: tier from TronAcim (in Norway),
dated March 10, givo!: a more Finn icalar account nf the
dreadful etreets of the removal of as imuu.nse tract of
land at thur place, then was contained in e.n account
we lately gave, extracted from a letter from Chris-
tiana:—

" A singular occurrence took place here on the 7th instant:
portion of land, amounting to 1.0 English ncres, mai 60
feet deeps, slid, with a trensmukus erark, ihto the River Nid,
ahont a (wailer of a mile from Stole Foss. This happened
during a hard frost (13S Reamtur), without giving any pre-
viuus 1101iVe ; and from the quality of the grouud being clayey,
with a moderate ascent from the river, appears quite unac-
countable!. Of Tiller Church, dw•e!ling.hottse, and bridge,
which stood on this spot, nut a vestige is now to be seen--the
ruins are either buried or disperse:J. You may corm some'
idea of the force with which this IMPS of earth fell, when 1 tell
yon. that a considerable portion of it was thrown sevens! hun-
dred yards distant from the river on the opposite batik, where
it desi run. d two houses with softy of the unfortunate inhabitants.
The owner of Tiller faria perished by returning to look for
one of his children. It is not yet ascertained how ninny lives
are lost: eighteen are known to have been burled or drowned,
and forty horses, besides cans, &c. Avery fine lad of 17,
who was to have worked in our work, lost his life. One man
saved himself in a remarkable manner: he was the foremost of
14 or 15 peasants, who returning home to Selboc, from bringing
timber for the buildings attached to unr work, and was SO near
the spot, that he heard the owner of Tiller cry out for help—
he immediately resolved to retrace his eters: the other poor
wretches endem mired to reach the shore through a deep snow,
and perished with their horses ; most of them had two. The
nian who saved himself had a very good horse, and by keeping
himself on full speed, he escaped on shore by Store Foss, the
river pursuing him close with the rapidity of lightning—lsis
feelings may be better conceived than described during this
remarkable race. Our work has luckily escaped tiehtiored,
although threatened with ruin. V. Krough has otherwise suf-
fered considerably, yet mostly at Store Foss, where a flour
mill has quite disappeared, the saw-mills almost destroyed, and
dams curried away to the amount of 20501. A summer-house,
which stood between Great and Little Foss, a short distance
from the river, was carried in an upright position, as it stood
ou the shore, with tuts boats chained to it, and in that manner
was precipitated down Little Ft.ss. It is impossible for toe to
describe the.singalar appearaneeall this had, and still has. The
Fiord is discoloured a till muddy water to a great extent, and
will probably continuc so for months. We are willing to think
the danger is now, riser, though this is uncertain, until the stream
cuts itself a proper passage."

A PHENOMENON.

r.-
sTIRLI.

In the Grate Grralte there is the following account from
Salmtlial, in the circle of 'Marburg :--" On the 4th of March,
this year, at nine in the evening, we had in this neighbourhood
an entirely new phenomenon, on two estates of Count Kum-
burg : a violent storm, act'o•apanied wish snow and some ruin,
passed from the westwaid towards the south eau t, thus is, from
the Schwanberg Alps, towards the vineyards of Gerith, over
the mountain-castle of Hohlenech, within which is She parish
church ; when suddenly the gilded cross of the steeple of this
church lighted the country all round, and at the same time a
sort rif crackling or hissing noise was heard front the steeple
as when water is poured aeon red hot iron. This lasted for a
whole quarter of an hour, and left rather an unpleasant smell.
Thu• next day the cross was almost quite black, but it now be-
gins to resume. its former brightness.
With a telescope one can perceive, that something inflam-
mable fixed itself on the iron. At the same time, a similar
phenomenon appeared at the top of the steeple of the church
of Welshergh, only the fire was smaller, ansl shorter duration I
It is strange, that these electrical flumes appeared onli on
these two steeple., which ate almost a German mile (five
English miles) distant from each other, though there are other
steeples ha the line between them, sonic of them of the same
height, on which nothing was perceived.
It may easily be soprislql !bat this phenomenon, en account
of' its novelty, furnishes she peasants with matter for various
ronjectares. It had most resemblance to fours often seen on
the masts of ships, called by the Italians, Taco di St. Elmo,
which is also accompanied by a crackling roi,e, and is con-
sidered by mariners as a presage of favourable w cattier.—
( Vie taw Omit Caatte„lpit3.)

We have received the following particulars by the Aquiler,
arri‘eil at tipitialid, last,tiom the Mediterranean, of tha lone
of the Ister frigate, Capt. T. Forrest, on a reef of rocks to the
westrard of Cape de tint. The Inter sailed from Portsmoich
on the 2lst of kehruary, fitted nut upon the peace-vtablisli-
mem, and was prucceding np tile Alediterrimean, from Alalaga,
to juin Loyal Exmouth, when the accident happened t she
struck at two o'clock in the morning of the 7th nit. when run-
ning at the rate of nine knots. Hopes were entertained that,
by great exertions, the might he got off; and by the as
of a xebec, which came out of Malaga, 14 of Ler guns were
taken out,aud scut to Gibraltar ; butit proved, en making fresh
exei Lions, that the rocks had bent through her, unit si.e sea
fast tilling with scull. All the crew were safely taken mit, anal
landed at Malaga, excepting Mr. Sitvicil, Midshipman, and
eight men, who were drowned by the upsetting of the gig-
bout. •

Fl.lllllFit l'asrtrerans.—We have much pleasure in stating,
that his Majesty's ship biter, Capt. Forrest, after a fortnight',
laborious and skilful creation, was got MI from the reef of
rocks reed the Pule:dos Banos (neur Cape de (:at). where
she ran on shore, and was totted into Gibraltar. on the gal,
alt. by his Majesty's ships Montague, 74, Captisiti P. Heywood,
and Arachne, Captain Godfrey. It was intended she should
be hove down, for the purpose of giving her so much is pair as
would eatiLle the etow to bring her safely to lieglaud.

MEIN

APRI I. 22.

C Li

Monday, oceot (ling to ancient custom, the unintii Sermon
before the Lord Nit:, or.ntvi the 6:l•:ernor3
WPC preached in Chri,t'l
of' CheAcr.-- The grat.il preee,,ioll ut..tat limo the Mair,it,
house at one o'clock. Aliatt eight lan:tired of the Pridewell
and (ltirist's 1101dt:it boss wolked fr,l:l the Royal I:,,ciouttre
with nno or :he Mar,ltith, af their Itcad, on hors:Awl: and in foll
uniform. The boys were followed by the other City Marhlial,
four ;',lalsituttni ;:, four men in • tate liver), the stile coach, A% hh

the Lord and 1.441 y Illalortss,
Sir Manville, J. J. Silithrtl.iiNtcpllci

here,lleygate; the liecorder, Chamberlain, and other Ci*:. (Wi-
cers, with the SLetilla in their stale chariots. Al,nt 11,1:1*
o'clock the proce::sion retuned from ('ltrisf:4 l Kneen to Ow
Mansion lionse, where the Egyptian liar win; a.usi be.toticeilly
illuminated with pas 11;rhtt, iatroduet d into the ph,,, ii,ndo-
liers, with a Crown nod G. It. over the grand aeltet canopy,
under which sat the Lord Mayor and 1 ady ilryoress, miippirt-
ed by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent anti Swan
hiss Wood anti Miss C. Wood, lord Cie:ord, Lot d Er
Lord Kinnaird, 'fite tables Wt il. on:a:re:di d
with three large temples, snm:cirtt d by 12 marble pillars, end
decorated by emblems of Peace at d Plenty, with many other
ornaments of taste anti ingenuity. Tile dinner was ino.9 mop-
thous. A number of constitutional toasts were alvt n ; and iu
the evening there was an influx of bet wren 2 and iiooo Ladies
and Gentlemen to a Ball, which continued to a late hour.

_ .
Tuesday, Cie children educated at Chi ist'A llospi!al vent in
procession to the Afamion-Holuie,. and were impreted by the
Lord Mayor, who ordered them to receive, according to the
ancient custom, two buns, a glass of wine, and Gil. earl,. the
Monitors Gd. es,ti a. They then invecctied to Christ Chirth,
Newgate-street, in the same order as en the thy preceding
when an appropriate sermon was prenebed by his Lordship-Iv
Chaplain.

The account given in the Paris Pupers of the manner
in which the ceremeny of the Lord's supper wlat rerlinnt-
ed by Louis XVIII. is not a little extraordinary
"The ceremony of the Lord's Sapper being tOo tiatiguinp;
for his Majesty, as it would require him to be a long
time upon his legs, his place wus snppli.ii ty Moluiene
in this act of piety perfbrmed by our Monarchs fronvtinte
immemorial. Thirteen children of honest poor peophs
bad the honour to represent the Apoeth,s. They were all
in red waistcoats, and placed upon benches sufficiently
high to be within reach of the Prince to wash their feet
and Liss them without stooping. Each child received
from the hands of Monsieur a loaf of bread, a :mall pitcher
of wine, 13 dishes, and 13 pieces of five francs. The
Dotes of An" omie= and Reny perfinmed the office of
Servants, and carried the bread, and wine, and the meat.
All these ceremonies were performed with a piety worthy
of the descendants of St. l.ollite." _ _ _

Omeral Lagarde, who was wounded while protecting
the Protestants at Nimes, is now in Paris. lle is reco-
vering from his wound, but his assassin has not yet been
taken.

Among recent Gazette appointments, is that of Scr-
jeant Ewart, to an Ensigney in the third royal veteran
battalion, in consideration of the bravery he displayed
on the 18th of June. In the afternoon cf that eventful
day, the 9t.ttl regiment, reduced to 200, charged a column
cf the enemy, from 2000 to 3000 strong; they brzice
into the centre of the column ; and the moment they
pierced it, the Scotch Greys dashed in to their support ;
when both these gallant corps cheered and huzzacd,
" Scotland for ever !" The enemy, to a man, were pt.r
to the sword, or taken prisoners. The Greys afterwards
charged the second line, which amounted to nearly
5000 men; it was in the first that Serjeant Ewert cap-
tured the French eagle ; the affitir is thus modestly tic-
tailed by himself :—" I had a hard contest for it ; the
officer who carried it thrust for my groin: I parried it
off, and cut him through the head; after which I was
attacked by one of the lancers, who threw his lance at
rae, but missed his mark, by my throwing it off with my
sword by my right side ; then I cut him from the chin
upwards, which went through his teeth. No:t, I was
attacked by a foot soldier, who, after firing, charged me
with his bayonet ; but 1 parried it off, and cut hint
through the head—so that 'finished the contest .for the
eagle."
The Duke of Leeds has purchased lA)rd Spencer Chi-
chester's magnificent library for the sum of 10,e001.
The Duke of Northumberland's tenants in the North
have resolved .to erect a column cut of gratitude fhr the
many liberal benefits they have received from their Noble
Landlord.
A 134th Paper mentions the marriage of a Mr. Goof
to Ws Evil. The lover, on the morning of his nup-
tials, might have addressed his beloved in the words et'
Lucifer—" Fri!, be thou my Goer!!"
Sir Richard Kettcs is immediately to strike his fag, as Com-
mander in Chief on the Newfoundland station; and is to he
succeeded on that station by Admiral Ilielmore, who will pro•
seed to his destination as soon as the ship in which lie is to
Itob_t his flag is ready.
Admiral Sir W. Hope Is to have a command on the roast
of Scotland, embracing a vcry extensive tine to the (Army
and Shetland Isles, the north•west of Seotland, and, indeed, all
the corn of the northern mart of our island.
• -As a proof of the distresses of the times, the Collector of the
Moots' Rates in the rural parish of Sudbury, Middlesex, eas
lately under the necessity of summoning every farmer in the
parish for now-payment of rates. They all appeared, and wei e
allowed time for ropucut.