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" Throughout the whole of the day her Ma-
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state, without any perceptible alteration, 'either
fur the better or worse.
‘4 Sir Francis Milman returned to the Palace
to-day about three o'clock, and had an itnmediate
conference with
.Sir Henry Wilford, at the close
of which both the 'physicians visited the RoyaA
Chamber, and a Messenger was afterwards sent
off to'Mr. lirdnde, in Arlington-street.
" The Prince Regent has to-night again omit-
ted his usual visit-, but his Royal Highness has
sent down an express to receive the evening report
of the Physicians ; and the messenger was the
bearer of 'letters from his Royal Highness both-
to the Princess Augusta, and the Duchess of
Gloucester."

[Morning Post.]
,THE LATF: ROYAL VISIT TO PARIS.
Moract of a Lettrr from Paris, October 31.1
" The interview of the two Sovereigns of the
North with our well- beloved Mon;lrch was most
affecting. ft would indeed be difficult to convey
an idea of the transport with which the Emperor
ALEXANDER threw himself into the arms of the
King, and to express all the marks of attachment
reciprocally winced by the three SoVereigns for
each tither. From the time of noon, a conside-
rable assemblage occupied the Boulevards du
Nord, expecting- the Emperor ALEXANDER, but
his-Majesty avoided tlitir eager welcome, by or-
deriog his carriage to proceed through the bye-
streets. In the evening, at the Opera, when the
King of PRUSSIAwas present, it was ascertained,
with considerable regret, that the Emperor ALEX..
ANDER, on qui,ting the KING, continued his
route, at halt-past 'eight, in order to sleep at Sen-
lis. Between the Acts, the King of PRUSSIA
walked with his hat off, in the lobbies of the
Opera-house, accompanied by Prince AUGUSTUS,
his son, anti Baron ALEXANDER DE HUMBOLDT,
his Chamberlain."

- MILITARY DINNER.-011 Monday last, the Tyne
Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Sir THOMAS BURDON, terminated their
eight days' military duty at Newcastle. In the
early part of the day the corps turned out in full
,review order, in honour of the 58th anniversary
of his Majesty's Accession to the Throne ; and,
certainly, we most be permitted to say, the ap-
pearance of both men and horses was such as
fully to entitle them to the unqualified approba-
tion of the spectator. Au excellent regimental
band, mounted, seemed very deservedly to sttrai t
notice. -In the afternoon, the. Colonel and Offi-
cers gave an elegant entertainment at the Queen's
Head Inn, to r. large party of friends. We no.
tired Major-General Ley, R. A., the Hon. Capt.
Douglas, and the Officers of the 6th Dragomi
Guards, Dr. Trotter, R. N., Mr. &c.
The dinner was much admired, as well for the de-
licacy of the viands as the richness of the wines.
The presidential duties of the table were, perhaps,
never 'move felicitously executed titan they wete
by Sir Thomas liutdon upon this occasion ; bum-
per after bomber of " rosy wine" was quaffed
to the most appropriate toasts (the health of the
head of the house of !Gary challenged peculiar ap-
piobation and applause) ; and it was almost wills
regret that the-company broke up to go to tlte
fheatte, where the evening's performances were
specially patronized by the corps. The house was
v..e weeny and • numerously attended, and the eu-
te,tainotents went off with tterited eclat, enli-
vened at intervals by some spirited -t-nArtial pieces
performed by the hand of the regiment.—(Dur-
ham Advertiser, Oct: 31.)

Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, who is considered as a
hold rider, had nearly met with a serious accident
a few days since, %%bile hunt lug. He Was riding
over a tract of what is called rotten land, and had
just Laughed at the difficulties of some other sports-
n►en, when ,he •was himself thrown out of the
stirrans. He .escaped, however, without being
much hurt, except by the retaliating laughter of
his companions. The Baronet -is at his seat,
4arnshtti y Manor, Wiltshire, and he was bunting
W:01 MI, WARD'a 1101111(.13.

LITERARY RMVIEIy.

VAZIO, a Tragedy. 11y H. 1-1. MlL:q.v.:, 8. A., Fellow of

13razen Nose Col! ego.

We were favoured with the following Critique
on this Tragedy during the last theatrical Season,
and could not then conveniently insert it, but as
the play has been revived, and possesses merit fill
shove those frantic compositions which have been
brought forward of late years, anti which are cal-
ctilattd to excite horror and score the itnagina-
tint} of the audience, rather than to awaken
syutpathy and cherish feelings of benevolence,,
v e now present to our Readers the observations
cat a Gentleman to whom we have often been in-
,.
144)10 for productions that nave adorned our Cr).
Limns on many occasions, and from whom we
expect future contributions.'

The Tragedy of Fazio, which occupied so mod, of the
public attention, was given to the world without having been
previously offered to either of the Theatres. The Author,
Lowever, in his adeertisement, not only contemplates the pos-
sibility of its appearance on the stage, bilielreenis to look
forward to that event with complacency, as he even combats
what he conceives to be a prejudice at the Theatres against
plays which have first appeared in print. We may hence
infer that its adoption upon the stage would be ,a gratification
to his feelings, as tending to diffuse more widely that fame
which seems to have been his primary object in publishing at
and the Managers, in adopting it, might conceive that as
the Author did not choose to pay the usual tribute to their
censorship, but had at once appealed to the Court of last re-
Solt, so neither was'it necessary for them to consult him,
as it might be presumed that, having obtained a favourable
verdict from the Public, he would neither look nor even wish
for an attention which he had not thought. worth the trouble
of soliciting. This consideration, however, could only be
urged, hair the% play been adopted without ehaoge or curtail-

went; the fame of the Author Would then have been sutrered

to rest noun the basis which he had himself given to it, and
though it would, perhaps, have been more caesisteet with
courtesy to hare consulted him with respect to the represen-
tation, tau powerful plea of complaint could in that case have
been urged against the Managers: but when they took upon
themselves toalter and abridge, they then made him responsible
for what in fact was not his own; they them were not only dis-
eourtemts, hut unjust; and the Author could not doothet wise
than denounce their conduct, as his has done in the third
Edition ; for even, though the changes had been fur the bet-
ter, it does not alter the case as far as concerns their treat-
ment of him ; in either supposition it was an infringement of
that right which no one could have but himself, of altering
his own woe Ic. For this the law may not perhaps give him
redress ; Still the public cannot but feel indignant nt the out-
rage he has received. Tints much premised on the improper
treatment of the Author, we now proceed to his Tragedy,
Which is founded upon the following sturY •
Giraldi Fazio, a young Florentine, having been rejected by
a noble Lady named Aldabella, devotes himself to the study
of alchemy, and atter a while marries another woman, to
schism he is fondly attached. One night, after having cue-
versed with his wife Bianca in a strain of tender dalliance,
hewever, with ensue tender reeollectiens of his former
mistress, he hears, sifter she leas parted from him, deep
grorme followed by evict for help ; lie opens the door, and
finds near it the old miser Bartok), who had beer' attacked
by robbers, and its severely wounded, that be sties a few mi-
Votes after his admission in the house. Fazio, not with-
out soon struggles of conscience, takes his keys and buries
tilt body in his garden, Ile t hen sallies faith to take posses.
,if his immense wealth; laings it lately home, and whilst
he is gloatieg his eyes with a view of the precieus spoil, he is
surprized by his wife Bianca, who thus becomes acquainted
with all that lie hail done. FAA.), now immensely rich, pure
ehases palaces and glees to ii feast*, whilst the change
is An aided to hit discoven y of the philtempliti's stone, of
Which he was known to have heen in search. The Court
parasites gin her round him, and the haughty Aldabella now
deigns to allure the man whom she had once despised. Fazio
is unable to resist her allerements, and his wife, urged on by
jealous frenzy, denounces biro,"as is more secrets than
hese:ems an honeet men," to the Duke, who, with his Council,
is attempting to develope the foul suspicions excited by the
meagre coffers and the sudden disappearance of old Bartolo.
The holly tieing found where her mysterious words bad in-
sinuated it to be busied, Fazio is seized- and condemned to
d, ath. Bianca, who had only intended to tear him from her
civet at the expense ,st his ill-gotten weelth, is horror struck
when she flues the dreadful consequences of her rashness ;
her love returns in all its force; she strives to soften the
hearts of hie judges by loud asseverations of his innocence;
she seeks his Court friends, and as a last effort enters the
Palace of Aid:in:lla to interest in his favour those fascina-
tions which had been The cause of his ruin—all in vain.—
The Lady, who was that evening to entertain the Duke,
hex no leisure to think of the miserable to whom
she feed su lately pressed in her arms ; 'and Bianca de-
spairingly seeks the plisou of her husband, and spends in
sad converse with him the few short Injure previous to his
execution. The moment arrives—Bianca, with frenzied ener-
gy, clings around him; when the signal bell tolls, the dread-
ful sound etrikes her to stone, and she stands like the statue
of despair, inseesilile of her ineshand's parting eudearmeuts ;
he at'latt tears himself ;sway. She slowly recovers,, not her
tenses, for they are gone fur ever, and !Hastens to the palace
of Aldabella, where the revellers :ire-just dispersing after the
plumes of the night. Her teppeitrance,` with wild dishe-
velled heir, alarms the conscience struck Ahlabella, who is
condemned to pass the.remainder of her life in listed pe-
nance by the Dello, to wham the poor maniac, with pathetic
ineabereece, tells the tale of her criminality: then, having
received his aesurance that lie believes her husband guiltless
of the timeier, and will extend his protection to her children,
she dive, and the curtain drops.

In the Original story, the circumstances are much the
same, except that Fazio had Iv attachment before his or4r.
riuge, but fails in love with the beautiful daughter of an old
female relative of Bianca, who had been taken into their
Ito we after they became wealthy; in Consequence of this his
wife denounces him—but, struck with remorse, ascends the
scaffold after his execution with her children, whom she first
4alis, and tben plunges the dagger into her own heart,

Slab ti the fOtHltiatitill 011'Whiell MtLAIAN 1123 erected
it snperstrneture; which chews ali the marks of a powerful
4;enius. We will now follow hint through Vaal net, in sue.
c't:saion, and notice as we advance the different changes which
have been'ioade in the Tragedy as introduced on the shire.

The play is opened by }suit) And Mane* in his labinator,

talking of love and the transmutation of gold. The tilt na-
turally- enough leads to the mention of Aldabella, On whom
Fazio pronounces a panegyric, which at once serves to chew_
chat he has e spark of lore and his wife a spark of jealousy,
which may both be blown into a censmiting flame ; the last as
naturally brings them to their miserly neighliour, old Bare
(st tol whore Fazio bad.ont night seen front his windowepeering
over his hoards of wealth ;-the sight of this prepares him
the snore easily to submit to the temptation to whichlie is
ahont fo be 'expo'sed, 'for -that- very Bernd° -is Ontated
near his door, and dies in his house, congratulating!' himself
even in -detail that he had brought off his ducats. The cur.
taihnents thus far are injudicious, inasmuch ai they take
away so many beauties ; hut in the soliloply which follows,
more important changes have leer made. The Author di-
vides it into tour parts : Fazio's reasoningi over the body be-
fore he can persuade-himself to take the keys and bury it in
his garden; his misgivings in the street, when he has sallied
forth with his darin•lanthorn to rifle the treasures of the
miser; his remorse when he returns to his own door laden with
the spoil; and his raptures when, safe within his house, he
contemplates the wealth procured for him by the crimes of
others. The Managers have omitted .altogether the scene
where he is on his way to old Bartula's, except such parts as
would admit of being incorporated into the preceding scow.
at the close.of which he drags off the hotly, and we see him
no more till he appears with his sack before, his own door.—
Of this change, and of many of the omissions, we do not
approve; though such lines us these, "In smith, Heath's trot
nice stomached to be crammed with such unsavoury offal ;"
and "Your carrion breeds Wrest strange and loathsome in•
sects," we can part from without any regret. His interview
with his wife, who returns wearied with his long delay,,Should
have been given at full length: with this the act cluses,
Fazio promising tote!! her hew he had obtained the dazzling
treastue, within.—The second act opens with a hall in Pazio's
palace, where the Court parasites are hegiening to gather
round Bien--Falsetto, the flatterer; Dandolo, the king of
fashions; and Phiiario, the improvisatore. We cannot find
in one hearts to blame the Managers for casting oft King
Dandolo; neither Lan we think the Tragedy injured by the
Want of Philsrie's lyric: effusion to It4ly. The second scene
is in the public walks of Florence; there Fazio first meets
with Alduhella, who artfully leads hint to believe she had
always bete fondly attached to him, and parts nuns him to
go, as she emphatically tells him, to her palace near the
Arno: in this scene, the little which is omitted would have
been better in its place. Tire third scene is between Fazio
and Bianca, in their own residence, when the once fond tins-
hand SheWS himself so coil and-full of courtly banter, that
Bienea charges trim with having seen Aldabella this he de-
nies not, and they go on from recrimination to recrimina-
tion, till Bianca tells hint, " if ve do drive the love out of
my soul," 44- it will make me—l know nut what—dime thee ;"
and then, shocked by the horrid word, she fondly kisses him.
'fliese endearment's restore Fazio to his better self; he re-
solees.to see Aidabella but once inure, and that only to tell
her of their fell happiness. This fatal once takes place,
in the following scene, where Altiabella so works upon his
feeling, by talking of vows and convents for ill-stared love,
that he forgets his poor Bianca, partakes of her banquet, and
spends the night in her arms. The third act skews Bianca
in all the Agonies of jealousy and suspeuce, in consequence of
F'azio's absence daring the long, long night—nut a word of
her solilnquy should have been omitted from its heginning,
till she is interrupted by Piero, a servant, who enters to tell
her third Fazio lied been feasting at the Marchese
The confirmation of her suepieions drives her almost to frenzy,
and whilst she is
.pouring Worth' her ravings, Piero tells her
that the Duke is 111 Council debating on the (teeth of old Bars
tolo—cs sudden project here flashes across her mind,- and
thinking of nothing but how to separate Fazio from her hated
rival, she hurries away to the Council, where consultations
are given in the second scene;, this, from the first entrance of
Bianca till the close, when Fazio leads her off with cold and
studding hand, teems with beauties of tine first order—
every curtailment cries shame on him that made it;
but one more than ell the rest : 'tis where Bianca,
after hearing the *entente of confiscation, pronounced upon
his wealth. rushes forward and exclaims—" Oh ! we'll be poor
actin !" 4. ! I forgive thee—we'll be poor and happy"—this
shews how far she had Intruded to go; that the telly effect
site had contemplate:l by lies. accusation' was to return them
to their poverty and their love; the otuission et it destroys
the It:meetly of the allele scene, and her following speech
beginning, '' Death, death, I unmeant not that," is as harsh as
the sudden passage from one key to another would be with-
out the requisite modulation. In the fourth act we see
Fazio and Bianca in the prison; Fazio, reconciled to his fate,
and painting the scenes of their past joys, in the hope of
dressing Bianca from the anguish of self-reproach ; but her
whole Foal is wrapt in the thought of to-morrow, which is.
to tear bite from her for ever: say what he will, to-morrow
is her constant reply, till Ina suggests the dreadful thought of
the futitre disgrace of his children, and the cry that will be
raised egitinst them as " the murderer's children." She then
exclaims in army, 44 To-morrow will the cry begin, to-mor-
row;" and grow is speech full of line Conception and true'
pathos, too much of which is cut out, she hastens to seek
some deliverer to save her husband. The second scene, in
which she strives to settee the Court flatterers is left out
eltogether, nor do we much regret its loss. in the third
scene site seeks the palace of Aidabella—of their dialogue
nut a word should have been lost: we really 'feel a pity fur
that poverty of feeling and taste which could mangle what
wits so completely beetitiful. Hence Bianca, in the genuine
Tragedy, .despairingly hastens to her home to save her chil-
dren by death from the disgrace which nwaits them; but
softened by their smiles and carekeses, cannot perform her
purpose; this,. Except some few parts incorporated into the
preceding scene, is omitted with is want of judment which
'proves how needful tine assistance of the Author was to those
.who did not think proper to risk it. The fifth act opens with
Bianca wandering about the streets in a state of feverish
restlessness, till the thought strikes her how swiftly the hour
of Pszio's execution is approaching: she then hurries away
to the..prison, which is exhibited before tint int the second
scene (in tine represe.utittion nettle tire first), where are sitting
Facie and Pkilario, .the improvisatore, who, so far from for-
saking Iron iu his misfortmice, hes been soothing him with
converse and with music. Fazio, after painting the religious
calm that pervaded his *out, takes from tint bosom the pic-
ture of his wife, that he may entrust it to Philario's charge,
and is gazing fondly upon it, when she herself enters. Every
word'eow spoken is as precious as tine motnents which luring-
inns his tate. Biancit at first agitated, Mid accusing herself as
his murderess, is at last soothed to so perfecta calm that she
says, "she could sleep in, his bosom." Just then the Captain
of the Guard enters', and tells the priinner his hour is come.
This again rouses her to agony, and. she has twined herself
rutted him as if she 'would become a part of himself, when
the signet hell tolls-,her grasp instantly relaxes, and she
stands turpid. du not pretend to pronounce whether it
be possible for the luoscles to support the busty whilst the
nerves and the mind have so cool l l
leettey lost teeir powers,
but the effect is fine, and tonne of the itedience, we are per-
suaded, question the ptissibility at the nmment, whatever
they may think on subsequent reflection. The husband bids
farewell to bit unconscious wife, -thanking heaven that she
does. not teel his last, last kiss. He gone, she slowly recovers,
and, followed by Philariu, quits the prison, cuing in agony,
he is not guilty--ye murder and mit execute—.riot '
The scene now changes' to the magnificent apartments of Al-
dabella, where the frantic Bianca soon thews herself in sad
contrast. with the surrounding gaities. We are doubtful whe-
ther this retribetive scene would not have been better left to
- the ire:len-wine; it centaists, however, many striking beau-
ties ; andhaq►rsgbeard the Duke condemn Aidebella
to put on the rigid conveut vows, and promise protection to
her children, exclaims—
ti Why then 'Cs time !--itis time !
" And thou belieeest he is nu toorderer--(the Duke bows
nssent.)
" Thouhe lay me near him—and keep her front its--
It hreeks-elt breaks—it breaks— it is net iron." (She dies.)
- Su closes a Tregeily which statute- super•eminent amongst
the proituetiuhs of tuudern times. It lute not, nor does it pre-
teed to have; that t ieid adherence to the unities which is ex•
acted on the French stage; - but It has the far superior
merit of nervous language, grand conception, and exquisite
touches of nature, which characterize the productions of our
old Tragediens, and entitles the Author to what *eons to have
been the object of his ambition—a conspicuous place amongst
the writers of our old It:atonal Dramas. It would hardly be
justifiable to chute this view of the Tragedy without paying a
wall tribute to the merits of those Actors whose admirable
performance has theutivii: additional splendour on the coneeps
floe of the Author. Mr. Ciliates Kemble gives a perfect de-
lineation of Fazio, and Miss hniings entirely before
es the impassioned Bianca. Her powers Seeer to rise with the
necessity for their exertion, anti she is greatest in those parts
elivre en Actress of moderate talents
.would fail altogether.
We pre only surprized, that with such a perfect knewledge of
the. part, she should have suffered it he. so mutilated as it
lies berm.

POLITICAL SKETCHES. (a)

No. XIV.

/4-- •I'-__.

I have a strong partiality to the Professional Nobil4; I
mean, when they attend to their professions, and are ac-
quainted with them ; such men deserve the honours of their
country, and shall have them.
It has been said, that there is not a General Officer in the
service capable of commanding ten thousand men, or
even half the number, except General Amherst, this Noble-
man, and one or two more; andthat there are many vv, ho
receive the pay of their country, with little more knowledge
than will serve for the ceremony of a Parade, and whose abi-
lities to defend. her would nut exceed those of au active Cor-
poral.

That the Military Profession should not flourish in this.
Country, as it does in some others, is. the natural cense-,
quence of its establishment. The Constitution, it is said, is
against the Soldiery, and ever looks upon them with'a jealous
eye. This seems to be a vulgar error, but, like some others
of the same nature, must, at present, be flattered • : never-
theless, I wonder much, that Men of Education, Family, and
Ambition, when t hey take upon them the character of Soldiers,
should be content to remain so ignorant of its duties. If they
would study their profession in a scientific manner; if they '
would bestow upon it that industry and attention without
which no science can be obtained, the odium that rests upon
it in the minds of the People Would seen he wiped away. It
is not the profession of a Soldier, but the ignorance of its

professors, that renders it obnoxious. A few such Officers
as General Wolfe would make the Military a popular Clia.

racter f.

I feel a great degree of respect for those Men of Rank and
Fortune who qualify themselves to benefit their Country; and
no small degree of obligation, when'they have. exerted their
talents in so good a cause. Ido nut except the other and in-
ferior ranks of the People; but I particularise the higher
orders, becaue, sorry am I to say it, they are become a very
corrupt Body of Men ; and I consider the very beneficial
influence which would arise front a virtuous Nobility. When
pleasure and dissipation cease to be professions, some more
laudable objects would be pursued, to their own Honour, the
welfare of their Country, and the good order of the inferior
People, who are too much disposed to copy the degeneracy of

*This is rather un unexpected opinion ; but I think that I
can readily account for it, by reverting to the time when the
his Lord and Doctor H—r, then Bishop of N—h,
resigned their places of Governor and Preceptot to his pre-
sent then P-- of If the Reader should nut
recollect the circumstances which occasioned and attended
•that resignation, I will to the best of my remembrance-give
him a faint outline of them.
The worthy and highly qualified persons already mentioned
:proposed, as a branch of education proper for the Heir Ap-
parent of Kingdom, whose .wealth and power arise from
its trade and commerce, to instruct him folly in the know-
ledge of them; for which excellent porpose, the Right
'Reverend Pteceptor had desited Doctor Tucker, the
present Dean of Gloucester, to compose a treatise upon
taxes' &c. which, if it had been finished, would, I doubt
not, have. been well worth the R— attention. But
the malign star, whose blasting influence has been so often
experienced by this Kingdom, frowned upon the wise and lull-
dent design. In short, the goveraing power of the P—
D— Court, for what_ reasons I leave others to deter-
...

opposed this this scheme of instruction. It was said, that
commerce ,was a hnsinesi of detail beneath the • • • • of
this Country; that the P— of W-- was not to be edu-
cated for the Board of Trade, or the Chancellorship of the
Exchequer., but to be a great and potent Monarch ; that more
animating principles of . knowledge should be instilled into
the It— breast, than could possibly be extracted by the
.most ingenious instructor from thelearning of taxes and re-
venues ; the Military, and its concomitant principles, were
said to be more becoming the Character of a great Prince,
and mote likely to inspire the mind with that active, manly,
and noble spirit which should ever distinguish the Sovereign
of the B-- Empire. Flowerer, the noble Lord and learn-
ed Prelate declared their entire want of conviction to these
doctrines; they continued to defend their own plan as the
roost congeni.il to the B-- Constitution, and declared their

determu►iition not to proceed 'Ton any other. This decla-
ration not'only met with opposition, but with open reproof,
and they immediately resigned their respective employments.
.The course of education was now diverted into another chan-
nel : and, instead of that History of Finance. Commerce, and
• Revenue; in short, instead of that intrinsic knowledge of the
State, and Kingdom which the work of the Protestant Divine
would have afforded; the It— —1 Pupil was presented with the
well-known history of the Revolutions of England, by a Di-
vine of another church, and of an order of men who 'were the
professed friends and suppowtets of arbitrary Government.
I must also add, that, instead of the intelligence and idea of
Government whh:h would have been communicated by the
work of the former, it was thought proper for the attainment
of better informal hot, and more liberal principles of
lotion, to recommend to his studies the votorious Patriarcha
of Sir Robert Filmer ; which erroneous work thegreat Locke,
'in order to check the strange prejudices of the t►mes, thought
proper to consider and confute in the most rational treatise
on Government ever written.

This abort hiOory will account, not only for the opinion
which gave rise to it, hut fur many events and circumstances
of the present • * 4, • *-1f there should a:so appear, at
any time, a strong partiality towards a standing army, or an
eager fondness for those Military raree-shows called Reviews,
these and similar propensities may be traced to the same
source.

t I should be sorry to see the time when such •an event
should take place. As an Englishman, and a friend to the
Civil Power, I tremble at the idea of an avowed standing
army, which, I fear, would soon trample upon it: but, as I
du not think that great abilities in our military commanders
would for Ward this dangerous measure, I should wish to see
military promotions the reward of professional merit. The
practice of purchasing commissions depresses the military
spirit, damps emulation, takes away that sense of obligation
to activity and industry which gratitude inspires towards a
Benefactor, and disheartens tinaie from spirited exertions and
attentive application, who have not money to purchase that
preferment which merit alone so rarely attains. I could name
a regiment wherein there is an allowed good officer, who, I
believe, was a Lieutenant in it before his present Lieutenant-
Colonel was born, and who, if he has not been preferred
within these two or three years, is n Lieutenant at this hour.
Men, who hare the fortune to purchase rank; think not of
acquiring it by any other means. The Army is a genteel
profession, produces good interest for money laid out, and,
in general, gives ample indulgence to a lazy disposition ;—all
of which would help to preserve it in some figure, though
there were
.not a spark of military spirit in the Nation.
I have been informed 'that Lord Cornwallis, When he was
appointed to the command of his present regiment, requested
Majesty, that the Corps from which he was separated
might rise in a regular gradation of, preferment. Whether
this request was gratified, or, if it was,. whether it is now re-
membered, I cannot tell ; but it certainly diddr-great honour
to the Noble Lord. who made it, -and chewed that zeal for the
service which he has since manifested On many trying oc-
casions.
Notwithstanding the powerful partiality which may be.en-
teitained- in some breasts for the military power, it has not,
as yet, been thought prudent to avow it : even- the scheme of
erecting barracks, and thus forming the ground-work of se-
paration between the Army and the People, has hitherto
been a matter only of secret wish and private speculation.
This surely is an pia of inconsistencies t or, considering
such an evident partiality to the military. profession, I should
he surprised that Lard Effingham, who is the only Nobleman,
I believe, in this reign, whom a military spirit has led to the
Camps of Foreign Nations, was not permitted, as f am well
informed, to retail, his rank, when he resigned Ins commis-
sion, which fin had obtained by purchase. But wherefore do
I mention inconsistency ? This fact only proves, that, in
the Waits of some men, the most favourite propensities
mast yield to private resentment.

(a) These Political Sketches are supposed to bare been
written 143, a Great, Personage between the years 1740 and
17t4. The Notes, however. aft averwolly by &witty' baud.

tbeir'superiots.-11thb to ebange, if possible, the objects of

their imitation.

When I converse myself with Men of Wisdom, Ability,
and Confidence, I feel that I am a • 014:—but when 1 ant
surrounded with Bed-chamber Officers, Chamberlains, Vice-
Chamberlains, &c. &c. &c. all real importance seems to for-
sake mei lam then nothing more than the first Figure its
the Puppet-show,

•
THEATRICAL REGISTER.
Per/in-toed Last Night.
THEATRE ROYAL DSURY-LANE.--.-ne Heir at Law: Doctor
Panglos, Mr. Harley; Cicely Homespun, Mfrs. Orger. After
• .2d b •
which (ole), Darniccide.
f EA TR e ROYAL, Covzsr-Ga RD eN.—The Clandestine Mar=
riage Lord Ogleby, Mr. W . Farren; Miss Sterling, Ma..
C. livable. Alter which, The Barber of Seville.

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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
INDovrtis, on Tree Issas:vv.; r Deorous' ACT, To-morrowe

MAILS.
Anntvro-1 Dublin, I Waterford, 1 Guernsey and Jernyi
1 France. DuE-4-1 Sweden, 2 Harnburgh.

POWDER Purr.—Holidar at the Bank, Exchequet,Fast
and South Sea Houses, this day.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•AMORRO'
?doming, 19 tuinutti after 9.1 Eretiing, 43 minutes after .11:

TI-IE SUN, 3

SOLESI QUIS PUMAS ?ALUM AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
THURSEMY, NOVEMBER 5, 1818.

111111 MAJESTY.—The following Bulletin Wa• •
sthed this morning :

" KEW PALACE, Nov. 5.

"The QUEEN has had a restless night. The
Symptoms of leer MAJESTY'S: Disease remain th*
same as yesterday.
(Signed) " FR. NIIL9IAN."

We received last night the Paris Papers of San.*
day last, which being All Saints' Day, the office•
of the Journals were shut, and none of LllO3l were
published on Monday. The following are e"
tracts :

" PAnts, Nov. I.—The King received yister.
day the Marquis de, marialva, Ambassador (rot%
the King of Portni,-01, and the Marquis de Campo,
Major, Marshal Commandant of the Nrtug"'6.

orces.
" The Duchess of (Means and Mademoiselle
l'Orleans visited the King of Pinola yesterday

morning.
" Madame, the Duchess de Berry, Alonsieuri.
the Dukes tie Berry and d'Angouleme, set out at
noon yesterday with the. King of Prussia and dm
Grand Duke Constantine, to hunt at Foase'll°'
pose, near Ville d'Avary.
" tVe have mist received intelligence of tbe
death of Marshal the Duke de FeWe, at his est"
at Nenviller, near Saverue, in Alsace, aged 53.
" Letters from Perpignan, of the 28th ult. sq. Yesterday, between eight and
nine o'clockr
the lightning struck Le Miratlon, and set fire I°'
the Powder Magazine, which immediately bleW
tip—l 6 soldiers were killed, the town has suffered
considerably, and a number of houses wets
damaged. An innkeeper, who left his house it
the moment of the explosion, was killed by a blow
from " stone—several -other inhabitants are set
verely ‘vounded.'

PER CENTS...
Saturday 7ll. 604.
....

DEPBIIIIBD STOCK
Of the 22d March, 1817, Sitf. 50c.
21d Sept. 1817,
22,1 March, 1818, 79 f. 60c.
ad Sept. 1818, ..... 76f. 25 c•
" MADRID, OCT. 20.—1 t continues to be re'
ported here, that the Doke de San Carlos will be
recalled to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. TO

idea of a loan is entirely abandoned.
" VIENNA, OCT. 18.—It is certain that the
Emperor of Russia, on his return from Ais-111m
Chapelle, will pass some days in this capital.
" HEIDELBRRG, OCT. 22.--'fl e Duke and
Duchess of Kent, after visiting at Berne the Grand
Duchess Constantine, sister of the nachos a
Kent, arrived here to-day. They set out to•mor-
row for Amorbach.
" AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, OCT. 2,8.--The Emig"
ror of Russia is expected to return here on Sew.
day next, the ist November, and the Kill of
Prussia an the 311. It is believed the three Sove*
reigns will remain here till the 12th."

New-York Papers to the. Ilth ult. arrived this

inoroinz.
The Commercial Adrertiser, of October 9,
ear,
that the Steam Car of Commerce, on her passage
to Quebec, going at the rate of nine miles per
hour, was met near the Sulpice by the steam-boat
Quebec at the same rate, %when the posts ran foul
of each other with a tremendous crash ;
the Car
struck the Quebec about 15 feet from the ,tern,
when she instantly went down with all her pas-
sengers on board, but owing to the exertioni ot
f
the boats from the store there were no lives,
hu
nearly the whole of the cargo of the Quebec,

{Olt.
FROM SOUTH AMOR:CA....A Secretary of Lc«
gallon to tile Portuguese EibbOsy bad
arrivtd
there hoot Rio Janeiro, awl the natioto WCfe

filling out a Fleet at Valperaiso, to go again
Lima.

(F'ren% The Commercial ~idtvrtiser, Oct. 10.)
Alletachment of 220 of the 4th United States
Infantry, under the command of Major Mao, lett
114titnore on the Ist instant, for the frontiers of
Peargia,
4c°llritsfeceived at New York from Cartha-
llena, to the 30th ult. state, that there Wa9 no
tetent intelligence of importance from the Armies;
tkat markets remained very doll, and that 17 Pa-
triot Privateers were cruising on that coast.
By the latest advices from the frontiers of
ceargia we learn that General GAINS art ived at
Part Hawkins about the 20th of September, that
I,kehostile Indians in great numbers are surrey'.
*ring at discretion, and that about 300 who had
aarrendered were ascending the Chatahoochie,
tinder Lieutenant LEPTWHicii of the army.
Sicltgass ATASILLIA.—The Commodore Perry,
a• St. Mary's, brings information, that half the
It'aPs an that island are confined to the hospital
*lilt sickness; also, that numbers of the inhabi-
tants are suffering under the disease which is so
tormunn in that climate.
kis stated on good authority, in The Washing-
,...)ll Gazelle, that an expedition under the com-
ma" Of Major LONG is about to be dispatched by
t,laternment, to explore the head waters of the

tFrom The Mw. York Gazette of Orlo6er
lI4PORTANT.—TESSION OF THE FLORMAS.)
tt is almost certain that Mr. MARTtNEz, who
arrived here in the brig Bordeaux, brings out a
/'4ttlY from the 'Court of Madrid, ceding •1 he Flo-
Vdis to the United States. The tact is mentioned
"41)014131N of a letter from France, by the
del in which Mr. M. arrived, and he is men-
11°, ned 03 the bearer of this highly important news.
Barad of Commissioners appointed by 'Go'
;thrum, composed of Gen. UNNAND and Col.
91", of the Army, and Captains HARRINGTON
1111! Etaaorr, of the Navy, are now employed in
urveylog the Coast and Harbours of Rhode
:ind, for the purpose of selecting a suitable
Ition for -
a Naval Dep(St in that part of the

(Front aalifax, via Bostonj
t4LIPAX, SRPT. 30.—T0-morrow the interdic-
ill of British vessels from Nova Scotia and New
n"ick, to an entry into the ports of the United
.t", commences. This proceeding of the Ante-
r.*can Government we cannot hut consider as ex.
Two reasons are assigned
int, that the Act opening the ports of Halifax
1441.21. John to American vessels, is limited in its
1:1401) ; and secondly, that it restricts the int-
4t4tions in them to certain articles. Had the
Ott
heel) passed without the limitation and re-
fitiritti°l4 alluded to, the American Cabinet would,
'have no doubt', have discovered, in its selfi,ih
ier. some other grounds, equally plausihle, for
likt
—l9ltion of the harsh, unfriendly measure.

B'ariplenzentary Gazette, we understand, will
1711414thlialiett in the course of thii day, taut at an
Intlelt too late for us to insert it betore to-

tide
iv have heard the saying of " the Devi/ cor-
:ing 4111" and we conceive that it exactly ap-
-44 In 774 e Morning Chronicle of this day, for it af-
s„ s„1. 11' surprized at the indecency of what it stiles
611 fie two extreme Factions in Westminster," in
ek in
titheing a Canvass so soon after that mclan-
h4lY event which must excite universal regret.
tt theltoth is, that there is but one Faction in
eitotiotuer, a Faction, indeed, capable of any
414444, and, whatever The Chronicle may pre-
it iv openly or insidiously a zealous sup-
. ter "f that Fal,tion, the object of whiclf is not
ir.ela.relY to displace Ministers, but to bring all re-
tbt P (4°vernment into contempt. Hence its
-"4" aittu4As to throw ridicule upon what it
tbi„r111:1111Y Calls Legitimacy-, which is the daily
rlof its abuse. Hot the hardihood of The
gisl
44
in censuring the early Canvass for the
"
-eat in .the Representation of Westmin-
,
hI
stik s/11111 be more surprising than what it thus
tali
etnibitlereiley, if such hardihood were not an
feßture in its political conduct. Who
the CROvasi hut the Faction
.supported by
i-liir"icieP On the very day after the me-
trZ4'Y "ern in question Placards were issued
whit,o "ng support for Mr. DOUGLAS KINNAIRD,
lit;olgCr"rilingto those Proclamations of Fac-
bthofis " to fight the battles of Freedom, on
of the People, 11 the side of their intrepid
ku4411411 and faithful Steward, Sir FRANCIS
thief 1.1•13tIt this intrepid Champion, the
all,
lIIs . favourite of The Morning Chronicle, with
tht intrePidity, did not venture to appear on
Mount listings, though he had the courage to
A r,
ibitione "r when surrounded by his mob •myr-
flitoni .1
The Faction, than, of The Morning
tappore e begitn this indecent Canvsys, and the
of Governtucot, whom The Chronicle
•

' calls the other " extreme Faction," have not come
forward with any public Placards, though per-
haps they have not been insensible of the danger
of suffering a band of Da magogoes to get the start,
to occupy the ground. and, by all the arta which
111,7 can put in practice, to endeavour to secure
' votes in favour of their own Candidate. Every
possible testimony of esteem, reverence and re-
gret should certainly be shewn to the memory Id
the distinguished Character of which the public
have so unfortunately been deprived, but the
business of life must go on, and the interests of
the Nation should not be forgotten in the sym-
pathies of unavailing sorrow. Yet we may yen.
tore to affirm, that no step has been taken by Go-
vernment in relation to the vacancy so .un-
happily occasioned. Nor has Sir M. MAxwat.t.
himself come act\ively forward on the occasion. It
his friends invite hint, and are determined to sup-
port !kis interests, he will, we understand, not
desert the interests of his Country, but readily
obey the summons. We trust, however, that he
willnot, by appearing on the Hustings, again
'expose himself to the fury of a rabble instigated
by Faction to the perpetration of any miscAef
which may tend towards the subversion of Go-
vernment.

It is said that Mr. BROUGHAM means to offer
himself for Wesiminster.—The Hvir of the House
of HHollKnd is also mentioned as an intended Can•
dilate.—Mr. Serjeaut LENS hat also,• as well as
Mr. CROKER, been suggested. It is nut probable,
however, that the Seri,ant will stand. Mr.
CROKER is not in Parliament, and he is certainly
by abilities and attainments well qualified for
the situation.

It is difficult to-cookcture for what purpose the
late infamous report of a dud at Chester was pro-
pagated. It cannot he con.ider, d as a mere
wanton hoax, to adopt the slang of the day. We
we're inclined to doubt the truth of it, but we gave
it a place, because we could not conceive the folly
of inventing a malignant falsehood for the mere
purpose of being instantly detec.ed All lies are
odious ; but there is somethine, peculiarly shocking
in the picture of malice struk!gling with natural
imbecility to stammer out au untruth under the
idea of being witty.

COURT OF CHANCERY —This morning :Wen
o'clock, Mr. Justice DALLAS attended the Lotto
CHANCELLOR in his private room, to take the
oaths preparatory to his etorring on his Heist sp.
mp ent of Chief Justice of the Commit' Pleas.
The Chief Justice Was accompanied by Air Justice
PARK. At halt-piist ten the Loan E%HANCaLLoR
took his seat in the Court ; his Lordship appeared
much depressed. The Court tilt') proceeded to
hear the different nio!ions Ott Panktupt Petitiona,
h ate not, however, of any particular public
interest.

It is said that the Duchess of KENT is pro-
nounced to be in s tavourable vv,ty ►o give her
Royal Consort an ht it ; ►tntl t hot the Duke and
Duchess are to return to England previous to her
accom betnent.

The Duke of yoRE transacted military busi-
ness yesterday wilh hr PRINCE 11PGENT
Yesterday the Hanuveri in Nli.,i-ter and the
Vire-Chancellor had .►udieuce of the PRINCE [(B.
GENT at Carlton•ho .6e.

Let s ttona Haeininah, 4)f the 9t'l of Septemii.
bee, state, Oar an EngEslt %Twirl had recently
eutered that port, whose cal eo, finiong other
warlike stores, contained 16,000 seat d of arms;
these were immediately seized by the Spanish

horif ies, wl►o refused either to purchase +t►etu or

to restore them, or even to suffer them to be dill-
posed of in the island It doe % nut appear whe.
titer the vessel was bound to Cuba, or merely put
into Havannah for some !emporsty accommoda.
lion. A great wrictness prevails gent-rally in en-
forcing the laws relative to the collection of the

duties on goods ; arid smuggling, owing to the
increatied the present Governor, had
become almost impracticable, Commerce was far

from bei►►g io a flourishing state, or likely to
realize the hopes of speculators •
The Hastings, 74, arrived at Hastings, is tl►e

teak vessel so much talked of, the first of her
class built at Bombay, and intended as a present
to the British Government. She was round unfit
for the service originally calculated, and on her
voyage was competled to pia into the Isle of
France, and to undergo a reduction of 300 tons
in her measurement. The Hastings brings borne
a considerable part of the crew of the Cabalva,
unfortunately wrecked on he island of Cargados ;
and we are happy to learn, that confident ex-

pectations, are entertained of saving a material
portion of her valuable cargo. Mr. AYER*, the
Purser, remains with the wreck, actively engaged
in superintending the' requisite operations.
This being the Anniversary of the Popish Con-
spiracy, commonly called the Gunpowder Plot,
the Park and TOwer guns were fired on the occa-
sion. The Yeomen of the Guard and his Ma-
jesty's servants received their customary gratuity
of wine, it being a pitcher day.
Yesterday the Loan MaTott held a Court of
Common Council tor the general dispatch of bu-
siness, which was numerously attended, but no-
thing of any public impottance occurred.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East India House, when Major-General the Ho-
nourable Sir CIIAELES Cowtriu.a, K. C. 13. was
appointed Commander in Chiet of the Company's
Forces at Bombay, in the room of Lieutenant-
General Sir MILEs NIGIITINGALL, K. C. B. The
tolluwing Captains were sworn in to the cam•
stand of their respective ships, viz. Captain It. S.
DALRYMPLE, Vansittart, for Bombay and China;
and Captain A. NALKNE, General Kyd, for Ma-
dras and China. _ .

To prevent the spread of typhus fever the fol.
towing label, printed, is posted on the front of
several houses in the low part of Glasgow :
" ittlectious fever in this d►weltiug."