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A PT T. 1., to-excluje the 1,010',7-6TII of. GRAMPOUND;in
t7.e 'County of Cornwall, from sending BURGESSES to
FRVE 'in PARIJTANiENT ; and to enable- the. 80-,
1W7c,11 (11' LEEW-z;* in the County of Yorz,. to send
7_17175 BURGESSES to SEEVE-in PARLIAMENT, in

thereof.

t'le most rotoriong end genera/ bribery
and e;)rra.Ption previOns to thc election "Of Burgesses. to serve
foe. Parliament for the Borough of Grampound, in
the Canntyof Cornwall, in ord:-: fo " procure •the Return of
Bur:.-.esses.to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; and it
should, theefore, be excluded fiom hereafter returning Bur-
wsscs to serve in Parliament : And. whereas. the number of
Barge.--.:„-s serving in Parliament for that part of the United.
Kin.odorn called England, would thorelly become incomplete ;
and the. Borough,of Inds, in the County of York, having of
late, years brcomn a place of great trade, population.and wealth,
- it is e-apAlient
_that it should have two Burgesses to serve in
Pa--";.iarcc.r.t, in lieu of the said Borough of Grampound ;—May
it, therefore, please your 31AarsT-Y, that it may be Enacted,
sl.nd be it Enacted by the King's Most Excellent
_MAJESTY,
by ant'. with the advice and consent of .the Lords Spiritual and
Trerep-,,ral„ and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, that the Borough of Gram-
r.:: d; in Cornwall, shall cease to elect andzeturn :Burgesses
fo sn•rire in the High Court of Parliament; and that if during
the'pr:?ent Parliathent, the election of the two Burgesses now
Fer-v-ing therCin for the same Borough of Gramportr,d, or of
either of them, shall, by death •or otherwise, become
- void, then and in eVery such case the Borough of Leeds,
in the County of York, shall have a Burgess or Burgesses for
the same lest mentioned borough to serve in the High Court of
Parliament and that from the end of this present Parliament,
and at all times thereafter, the said Borough of Leeds shall
have two Burgesses fOr the•same Borough to serve in the High
Court of
,Parliament ; the said Burgesses respeCtiveli to be
elected and chosen by virtue of Your Majesty's Writ, to be
awarded by the Lard High Chancellor or Lord Keeper of the
Great Seal of that part of the United Kingdom called Great
Britain for the time being, in that behalf to the Sheriff of the
County of York, and a Precept by the said Sheriff to be there-
upon grounded and made to the Mayor of the said BOrougli of
_Leeds for the time being ; tli4 same Election to be made , froni
time to time by the major part of the inhabitant Householders
'of the said Borough of Leeds paying scot, and lot, and whose*
tsouses shall for twelve calendar months immediately. pre.:
ceding eaith such Election' have been rated to the relief
of the,. Poor at the sum of

pounds a-year or upwards, and who shall have been in

-the true actual end bona fide occupation of their respective
houses- for the space of six calendar months immediately
:precious to each such election -respectively, which from time
to time shall be present at such elections; and which said.
Burgesses so elected shall be returned to Chancery in due form,
and upon• the like pains as be -ordained in like cases ; and that

-the said Burgesses- so .elected and returned shall be Burgesses of
the High Court of Parliament, with the like voice authority-and
place therein, and with the like liberties, advantages, dignities,

and privileges cOncerming the same, to ail intents and pur-
'poses; as liav:z b en, or may hereafter be taken, used, had,
and enjoyed, by aity other Burgesses of the said-High Court
:of Parlignent : Proiiicled. nevertheless, That in case two or
'rnore Partners occupy and carry on a jgint trade in the same
1/211.1.5e together, and shall have be.en inhabitant Houieholders of

V.!te same by sncli space 9f time as aforesaid, such Partners
;shall not he entitled to cote ft.e the return of Thirgesses to serve
in the High Court of Parliament for the said borough of Leeds
in respect of such house, unless the same. has been rated for
eae space of cal4idar months immediately previous
to exit su.h election respectively; at the yearly.aurunt of as
anlny respective sums of . pounds a-year, computed
Imethev, as there are partners..
And be it further enacted, That every such HouseholLr
adinittel.to poll at any election for the said, Bo-
vrigh of Leeds shall,-if required bvthe Candidate, or any of
thcri, or any person having a right to vote.at the said election,
T.-1/ 4'ake the Oath-for being one of the people called Quakers,
Affirmation] folioicing, 4that is tas
" I, A. B. [specifying the addition, profes4ion, or trade of
such persond do siverr [or, being a Vtiaker, solemnly affirm,]

o:at the pl7.ce of my abode•is [specifying the parish, township,
Otice, and street of r!sicience of such person, and

that I have; for trre space of six Calendar -Months immediately
ici:inctS to this election, been tht true hnd Aiwa Oeeupier, tor,
V41C7.:.. die-pars= claims to 'vote in ruled of a house occupied

. .
•j partnership, introduee.th,e folloWLAWords : 'in partnership
C. 13.1 ar ;21-Anise iate2' t 6 'the relief of the poor at the
yearly rept of pounds [this blank must
acco•rdlng aS the p 'non who claims to rote does sa.
"in i;sp6ct"o:f. a 'Ole or ri.-.1-^n,4lip occupation,] 'or upwards,

iftrt .tt,e-flo.rOugl of 'Leeds ; tlit lam twenty-one
11.)116.va-; and Mai Privenot.been *oiled be-
-I.b7a at

Which .oath er solemn 'il?iirrfition, the proper officer to
Whom. ' the return of any lirec4pt for such Election shall be-
shisclePut7!..es and 15e11-cl2.rks,is and 2.re hereby required
to adminiSter zi.nd in c:as"?:&ny prson taking the Oath or
splorna 22.111irnttion herehy appointed, shall thereby ,cOnimit
svilful.peijury, a.ndjlte thereof convicted, or if anf'peison

. , • . •.
-unlawfully and-corruptly
„procure or sub9rn any Elector or
ctlicr: person to said Oath szr sOlenin Affirmation, in
- _order.to he•pollnl, whereby he shall corallit s'ucit. wilful per:
-.;:ury,- and shall, be thereof.convi4ed, he, and. they for ever)?
. • such ofTeßca respectively •shall incur such pQnalties as are in=
- fiLt on persons guilty of •
_•!.

ieltr4 1-4, two. Actszof Patrlianient;. onp plssed in the fifth year
*tie reign of her; late Majesty. Queen - Elizabeth, intituled,,
" A n Act for punishing such Persous ais shall procuraoi cop-
" mit wilful Perjury, or suborn or procure any Person to
" sonuak any wilful or corrupt Perjury ;" and the other passed

in the second year of the.reignAhi'..ilatc.gajesty„King George 1
the Second, intituled, "-AnriAt for the xpore,,,.effectual pre-
" venting and further ph-nitsb Ment of Forgeri:,;:Prjury
" subornation of Perjury; and to make it Velonyke-steal bonds
" Notes or other Securities for payment of Money ;" contrary
to the said Acts.

And be it fuither enacted, • That where there shall be any
question or dispute as to the real annual Value of any house, in
respect of which any inhabitant Householder, resident as afore-
said, lhall-claim to vote for,l3urgesse to serve_in Parliament
,for the said... boroniii Leeds, the same Shall be ascertained
,and asttled;4ccording to the:annual value or rent at which such
;house shall have been ;rated to the relief Of the poor for the
space of , - - calendar
,months inunediat,ly previous
to e_3ll of such electigns respectively.

And beit father enacted, l'hat.as soon as the said borou3h
of Grainpound shall have ceased to have any Burg-ss serving
in Parliament, the several persons who were BurgesSes of
the said Borough of Grampound at the time of the

and who shall not. have been convicted of Bribery
in any Court of Record, shall be entitled to vote for the Knights,
of the Shire for the County of, Cornwall, although they shall
not be possessed of a Freehold within the saarz county.
And be it further enazted; That every such last Mentioned
person, before he is admitted to poll at any .election far .the
said County of Cornw;ll, shall, if required by the Candidatss,
or-either of them, or any person having ,a right to vote At the
said eleetion, firSt take the Oathlor, being one. of the people
called Quakers,' the solemn Affirmation]. following, (that is to
say ;)--.

,c I, do swear [or, being a Quaker
solemnly affirm,' that I was, previous to" the,passing of an Act
of the second year of the reign of his Majesty King George the
Fourth,- intit-aled an Act, &c. [hero.insert the title of this Act,].
and still am a Burgess of the .said Boronglia of Graimpoural,
and that I have not been: convicted of Bribery in any Court of
Record ; and that I am twenty-one years of age, as I believe ;
and that I have not been polled before at this Election."
'Which Oath or solemn Affirmation, the proper officer to
whom the return of any writ for such Election shall belong; his.
deputies and poll clerks, .is and are herehy required to admi.
nister ; and in case any such. Person taking the said Oath-or so-
lemn Affirmation hereby appointed, shall thereby commit wilful.
Perjury and be thereof convicted ; or if any Person shall unlaw-
fully and corruptly procure or suborn any. such Burgess, or other
Person, to take the said Oath or solemn Affirmation in order to be
polled, whereby he shall commit such wilful .perjury, and be
thereof convicted, he andthey for every such offence respectively
shall incur such penalties as are inflicted on persons gUilty of

or in and by the said two Acts. of the
fifth year of the reign of her late3lajesty Queen Elizabeth, and
the 'second year of the' reign of his Lite Majesty King George
the Second.

Andhe it further Enacted, That all Statutes now in force,
touching or ConCernings the qualification -election-and return of
Burgesses to serve in the High Court of Parliament shall be held to
extend, and the same are hereby declared to extend to the
qualification, election, and return of Burgesses to be elected
and returned to serve in the High Court of 'Parliament for
the said Borough of Leeds, in manner hereinbefore enacted ;
and so far as the provisions of the said Statute shall be ap-
plicable to the same Borough, and the election of, Burgesses for
the same hereby directed to be made, and so far as the same are
not varied or altered by this p:csent Act.

Further Particulars of NEvEr.----Neveu, a na-
tive of Rheims, was engaged in trade at Paris.—
lie soon renounced commerce for other specula-
tions. He speculated in the public funds, and at
length ruined himself. The derangement of hisfor-
tune was the cause of several altercations between
him and his wife, which he generally terminated by
having recourse to the most violent and culpable
extremes. He has been for some time separated
from her. They had. one child. It appeared
that the Police had, been for some time on
the watch; having gained_ some information
of his private life, and it was only a few
days before the attempt . of the 27th of January,
that he was taken. He bad purchased several
pounds of powder of various merchants, and
it was upon information from them that the
order for his arrest was given. As lie had no
fixed -place of residence, the search after him had
been far some time. fruitless, On Thursday an
agent of the police thought,he recognised Neveu
in a cabriolet that was passing along the
street. He caused the cabriolet to be stop-.
ped,. and mounting it declared that he. was
charged to arrest him. , . Neveu attempted
to bribe the police-man, and mentioned a house
Where the money would be paid if he went on.—
The police,man was 'placed between the coach-
man and Neveu, and fearing that he -would
escape, feigned assent to the propositions.—
Ile. desired the coachman to drive in the di-
rection of the house, and as they .were pass-
ing- over the boulevards the police-man sac
tivo -of his comrades, and beckoned them. to ap-
proach... NeVeu was seized and conducted to the
Prefecture' of the police,. The
.manner Of his
death has been.already before' the public. It is
said, that some poison and from 12 to 1500 gold
franks were taken from' him. His body:was sent
to Morgue. Those who knew him say, that he
frequently spoke of politics, and .thathe had the
most-exaggerated opinion- upon the subject.
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(Pails Paper.) --•••, -

THE lII,Er.vir.LE MoNumENT.—We arc very
happy to learn, that it has at length been arranged,
that this ornamental structure is to be placed in
St. Andrew's square. • The Naval Committee
having acceded to the wishes of the Lord Provost
.and Magistrates, abandoned their intention of
greeting this column in htelvill-street, and the
proprietors of Se: Andrew's-square having sane-
tioned the erection, we Undi4stand the building
will be commenced immi.sdiately.—(Catedwzidn
•
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STEEPLE CHASE.--s- match fora stake of 250
.guineas took place on Monday, between Messrs.
ABBOTT and KINNERSLtic, to ride Horses, bona
fide their.property, across a rugged countr
miles„in a strait direction as a bird could fly.
The ground was from Captain HAKETT's villa,
two miles from Gerrard's-Cross; to Hili-house,
near Wokingham. Mr. ABBOTT won the match
in one hour and 47 minutes, making seven leaps
of magnitude in his progress. Mr. KI*NERSLEY'S
horse failed, at a leap of a rivulet 14 feet, and had
to go three Miles round. -He was more than two
hours doing the match.

FOREIGN LITERATURE.

ST. PIERRE.—Tbe COMPLETE' WORKS of J. H.
BERNARDIN DE ST. PIERRE ; with the We of the

Author, by L. AIME ICIARTISI.
This monument, raised by a man of taleeto the memory of,
one of the greatest writers of the last century, is worthy the
fame and genius of the Author of the " Studies of Nature."
The life of St. Pierre, by M. Aime Martin, is, on account of
its valuable details and style, one of the most remarkable pro-
ductions of the present day. It unites with all the interest of
a romance, the merit of unquestionable veracity ; and so nu-
merous and varied are the extraordinary adventures of which
itis composed, that in this work Nature seems to have been de-.
.sirous of surpassing the imagination by the force and novelty
of the conceptions, by the philosophical spirit which controls
the events, and by the, splendour of the principal characler
Which sheds over all to representations an air of inchantment
and poetry. It is the history of . illusions which pass in rapid
succession.over a brilliant imagination, vanishing one after the,
other before the sad realities of the world ; it is, in. a word, the
history of man, and this man is Bernardin de Saint Pierre.
'The first of these illusions is the rove of liberty. Indignant
at the depravity of civilized life, in the midst of Whichall the
great destinies of the human race, all the noble faculties be-
stowed on it by the Creator, -seem to ',have degenerated and •to
be perverted, the young philosopher conceived the project of a
republic which should recal - men to the -innocence and virtues
of the primitive times. He sought for the bases of social hap-
pinesi,in the most amiable propensities of Nature, andformed
like Plato, a Code of Laws for an imaginary People : he became
more and more attached 'to his system in proportion as he
feund,'in his progress through life; fresh occasions for deplor-
ing the empire of vice in modern societies ;' and he spent more
than ten years in bringing his LTtopia to perfection, amid the
vicissitudeS.of a destiny which led him successively to America,
Malta, and the field of battle at Warburg. Eaving reached
that period of life,*at which the character is developed and the
mind attains that energy which renders it desire-ins of reducing
its ideas into practice, he-resolved at the age of 25 years to rea-
lize his sysient of Society, and proceeded to Russia with the.
intention .of founding hiA- Republic on the Banks of Lake
Aral. Destitute•of the.riches of this world, but strong in
,hope, he left Paris with 500. crowns- and arrived at Petersburg
with only 6 francs.

Having overcome all the clifficulties-arising from his desolate
condition and poverty, he gained admission into the fast circles.
by means of his wit, elegant manners, and military talents
which at that time obtained ready employment in the service of
Russia for all foreigners who were desirous of associating them-
selves with. the rising fortune of this Northern Empire. But
he was no sooner introduced. on this theatre than he found him,
self, against his own wishes, connected with the intrigues which
were then in active progress. This took place during the scan-
dalous -favouritism of Count Orloff.--_M. de Villebois, who
patronised our adventurer, formed the design of supplanting,
by his assistance, a proud rival, wilegie influence over the Sove-
reign threatened to shake his' credit with the Court. At his
presentation to the Empress, the gracious. look with which she
regarded him, procured for him the instant' caresses of the
Courtiers ; but Si. Pierre saw through the designs of his pa-
tron, • and refused to lend himself to an act so unworthy o€ his
character, and quite foreign frOm the secret object of his jour-
ney ; he only waited a favourable opportunity of piesentir.g, to
the Ministers oc.Favourites of the day his plip of colonization.
Ile at lengtlr found this opportunity, in the eagerness of the
Favourite to gain over to his interest a young man whom his
enemies Wished to Set up as his rival. Count Orloff: invited
him to breakfast, was, profuse in his attentions to him, and of-
fered him ns.oney, which St. Pierre nobly-declined to receive.--
The unfortn;ate Legislator, however, had at last the mortifi-
cation of seeing. his dear Utopia rejected, as contrary to the
laws ofthre Ernvire and the interest of the Nobles.

Thus vanished, before the contemptuous smile of a Russian
Minister, this first illusion of a man of worth, to realize which
he had abandoned his country and_ traversed all Europe, with-
out letters of recommendation Or money. M. de St. Pierre
was not slow-in perceiving that he pisticipated in the disgrace
of his patron, M. de Villebois ; and as he had no longer any
object to accomplish by rennuning in Russia, his imagination
imbibed some new ideas, wilith engaged him in a., fresh series
of adventures. '

Poland was then mahing'its last jtriiggle: for indepenacrw.
&spark of patriotism; lighted up by the heroism of the young
and gallant Radzivil, interested every generous mind, and
Prance seemed disposed to faiour this attempt of a brave Na-
tion to recover its liberty. St. pierre partook of this feeling,
and burned with the desire of joining this noble cause. He
saw the road open to the acquisition of military fame, and sud-
denly turned ail his hopes towards a people who promised to
do honour to modern times. by the virtues of antiquity.

Butthis illusion was still less durable than the first. Imme-
diately on his arrival at Warsaw, our hero discovered he .had
embarked in a bold and perilous enterprize, for he had to pass
through the Russian lines in order to join Prince Radzivil.—
Betrayed in. a Castle, in.which. he had taken shelter for the
night, he fell-into the hands of the enemy, was thrown into a
prison, and only obtained life.- and liberty on condition that he
should not bear arms against Russia.

On his return to the capital of Poland, where he remained in-
active while the fate of the Nation was deciding, :11:de St. Pierre
was soon the victim of anew illusion, which • developed those
Passions the strength of which he had not yet experienced. A
Woman, distinguished
lier
pc.b4a4t3a,s;tmhetiehrrbiynctehsse
inspired
byi
.4heyOung,7enthusia withthe`m6St aiden t love, in which she
participated in an equal degree: He acccim
.i,,lnied her into a
delightful rural retreat, and there abandoned himself wholly to
those tender impressiOns of which his refined mind was so sus-
ceptible. Like the heroes of Tasso, in the delicious gardens of
A.rmida, he drank deep of the clip of enchantment.
During this foXgetfulness,of the future, from which time,
if not prudence,
sooner or later awakens Lovers and Poets,
this close connection became the subject of public conversation.
The family of the Princess interposed their authority to sepa-
rate the two lovers, and the honour of his Miatiess demanded
~theiMmediate "departure-of St. Pierre coin Poland. Ila quitted
that. country and - sought an alleviation of his sorrows in
Austria. A regular and freqUent! correspondence was .carried
between' the two lovers, which, instead of diminishing,
tended rather to aggravate the grief of the unfsrtunate exile.—
Ile had the folly to interpret too literally some warm expres-
Sims, in which his MistresS seemed to prefer the dangers con-
sequent on his leturn to the misery of his absence. St. Pierre
travelled post, and reached Warsaw quite unexpected he fOund
his Mistress at an assembly, was received by her 'as if he was a
perfect stranger, and' lost an illusion which, like a brilliant
meteor, had shed a transient light.on
,his life,, only to leave it
afterwards in a state' of obscurity far more profound and
wretched.

Awakened from his' dream, but inconsolable, the deserted
lover wandered among the Northern Courts, dragging from

town to town hi.s• melancholy and despair. He visited SaxonY;
and in vain finped to find under the GreatTrederick-the 01,Por-
ttinity of 'terminating on the field of battik an existence which

Was now become insiipiioitahle. Foiled in all his enter Prizes,
the desire of again behOlding\his- native soil took p'olession of
his heaNapd the resollectivs \f.': hi:4 infancy Pyesented thet4lo,
selves to his imagination in all thei;Jcharin:s.- ;llN.aa.;-anxibus
to re-visit his paternal roof, and flattered himself that he should
enjoy-in the bosom of his family those pleasures which he had
failed to find in any other part of the world. Alas ! the de-
lights which he anticipated were again. only illusions. On his
arrival at. Havre,, his native town,- " he could not recollect a
" single object; the town seemed to him smaller, the Streets
" narrower, and the houSes higher. He bent hiS st2i)s
" his fii,ther's ancient residence, hoping to call to memory the
".features of some of the neighbours." But he had no long. r
either relations or.friends : hiS father and mother were dead,
his brothers gone to India, and his sister had taken the veil. No
person recollected him, no loved voice repeatedhis name : atlength
he ruched the door, where he -saw. an Old woman ecivered'with
rags at work on a bench. She it was who had taken care of him
during infancy. She alone seemed to have survived; as if to
unite in her person all the ideas of his family, domesticlrecol-
lections and sweet images with which M. de At. Pierre came to
delight his heart—the embrace of an old wornan.,poor and. in-
firm, was all that he met with in hisnative town.

The. adventures which had agitated the best half of the life of
our Fiero prevented him from thinking much during that pe-
riod on his 'Utopian plans. Restored to a more tramp...di state,
he again indulged in the contemplation of his philautirtophic
ideas, and another opportunity sport offered, apparently fa-
vourable; for carrying them into execution. .
•
A vessel was on the point of sailing, professedly bound to the
Isle of Fiance, but the Comm..a.nder, it was said, iod received se-
cret instructions to land at Madagascar, and civilize that Colony.
de St. Pierre sold all tliat he possessed to join. this expedi-
don: When They got out to sea the Captain told him. the true
object of his, voyage : he was going to Madagascar, not.to give
laws to the islanders but to take away a cargo of Slaves. This,
pretended Lycurgus, was a slave...nierhant !

Thus vanislicdonee more ..,i-411,those chimeras of public feli-
city, glory, and powerwhich the brilliant imagination of Bor.
nardin de St. Pierre had so long cherished. Of wll these illu-
sions, the only thing.which remained was the Commission of
an Officer of Engineers, a rank which had been cenferre.d. on
him before his departure. St. Pierre arrived at tie Isle of
France, in a vessel disrnasted by lightaink, and the crew half
dead with the scurvy, and resided several months in that Colony-.
Devoting all the powerful faculties of his mind to the contem-
plation of Nature, he discovered, in this great book, the benefi-
cent works of the Creator. Gon was continually:prcsent to. his
imagination in the wonderful operations •of Providence, and
this sublime idea,, presiding over his studies, rendered his.'de-
scripions true.and copious, and gave life and spirit to his. de-
lineations. - '

The return cfSt. Pierre to his country, the labours of his
mature age, his literary successes, his noble conduct during the
ReVolution, and his respectable old age, form the second part
of his history. During this period his- Biography is enriched
by curious-anecdotes of celebrated characters, who lived io the
times finmediately before us ; the flowers, of his irnagina_
tion, so rich and prodigal, converted into fruit ; and all the
deis; in .appearar-ce so
,vain and. extravapint, of the
young Philosopher, the delusions of his youth, and even his
passions, seem to End in his writings the application which his
life cannot furnish. Thus the tartness of wine gains by age a
generous and vivifying warmth ; and in like manner does
winter give an exouisite taste, to the poignant sharpness of our
fruits.

Such are the principal events- of the. History whirl' M. Aisne
Martin hai just p:,:iblished under the modest title of Essays..
It is written with elegance, vivacity;. and a variety of colouring
and images, which reflect the. highest credit on his talents ; his
descriptions, portraits, anecdotes, and reflections, replete with
justice and novelty, contribute to the interest 'without breaking
the thread of the narrative.. The parallels which he has drawn.
between Bernardin de St. Pierre, Rousseau and. Buffon,. arc
remarkable for the ingenuity of their • application, delicacy of
expression, and sound literary taste. This production is truly
academic, and a master-piece t►f style and elegance,' We are
under no apprehensions that the readers of this work wilt find
any exaggeration', in oar cbin•nendationa of it.--,'Gazette de
France.) •