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I'RIDAY. D14.:CE.11/lEit 16,

This day seas published, in 12nys. price 7s• boards,

ENGLISH STORIES, third Series: illtts•tating the
Progress of theßeTortnition under she Tudor Princes.

By 51A111.1 FUCK.

London : Printed for Harvey and Dzrtnn, 077.cec!lurels.sttett.
Of %%horn may he had,
recn.isii Simms, first and lccond Series. By t!,e same Author:
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44 Dvinus et piaceri. tizor."--Poit. •
Thy house, and (in the cup of life,
That honey-drop) thy ple.ating wife.
a.trintoi:etsttotiwe
~tii fp
eirlp:eetunailinFrdie" ind s.-
St"
', th .'4'''teo.t A insuredP l)i Nl.
by marriage S
Friend-
ship." is a gift &pm [leaven, cementing pleasure with reason,. by
which, s.lys Johnson, " sve approach in seine degree of association,
with celestial intelligence."

Previous, however, to entering into this hallowed obligation, it
!secontes an imperativ.: duty, not only to regulate the passions, bin
to cleanse the grosser nature from those impurities which the free-
dom of unrestricted pleasure ntay have entailed upon it. To the
neglect oCsuch attention, are attributable many of those hapless'
instances which, while they cache the commiseration of the be-1
hcilder, should alio impress him with the fear of self-reproach.
Luxurious habits will effeminize the body—a residence in the
tropics will relax the elastic fibre—but more especially does the
premature infatuation of youth too frequently compromise the na-
:ural dignity into a state of inanition, front whence the agonized
sufferer more than doubts the chance of rehef. To all such then,
we addi....-sS outseives, offering hope, energy, muscular strength,
; nor will our advances appear questi 'futile, sanctioned as
they are by the multiplied proofs at t J years' successful experience.
the easy cal es of married are sometimes disturbed by the
:ils:m.4on of those blessings which concentrate the nuptial wreath
—tor the flinatc haltit is often constitutionally weak—yet it can be
strengthened, and deficient energy improved into functional power.
In every case of syphilitic intrusion, as well as in every relaxation
of the generative economy; we pledge our ability to cure speedily,
and with effect. Earnestly solicitous to expel the unfeeling empyric
from the position so pre►umptuou-ly taken up, wc "drviite front
general principles with less hcsitstion ; and confident in our own
honeurable integrity as Urntbers of the College of Surgeons, we
reitr the suff•ri Mg community of either Sex (especially those entering
into matrimonial I,te) at oncitts our house, whore daily attendate.o.
is given for personal consultation; and letters from the counts y are
answered ; these must con; ain a remittance: Advice
and M,clicine, which can be forwarded ta any part of the world,
bow evtr distant.

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No.ll, Bouveritf-street, Fleet-sit:et. London.
it.l-4ust riblished (Stventeenth Kdition), 1. The 'Ems nt Lira,
a familiar Commentary on the above Diseases.. 9.,1.1,
addressed exalusively to the Aotale Sex. Nay be had at CO, Pa-
ternoster-row; 59, ; 16, Princes-streer, Soho; 174, Fleet-
street ;4, Catherine-street, Strand, London ; l'orter, Grafton-
street, Dahlia ; • M`Pi3llll, 155, Trengate, Glasgow; 9, Cairml•
street, Etlinburgli; and of all Booksellers. I'rice ss.

TIRES IN NC'•V BRUNSWICK.

TO THE BRITISH NATION.

The General Report and. humble Appeal of the Central Com-
mitter, in Fredericton, appointed under his Faceßemy die
Lieutenant-Governor, Al.ijor General Sir Howard Douglas,
Barr. K.('. B. &c. &c .to inquire into, and t elleve the immediate
wants and necessities of the sulle:ers by the late fires in New
Brunswick.

on Mirarnichi River, with m say of the surrounding set-
tlements, were visited by one of the most ire r minus
hurricanes and conflagrations ever witnessed) in any
part of the world, and which resembled more the im-
mediate interposition of the hand of the Austuutlwr
thao the rage of the elements in an ordisraiy,s ate of
convnlsion. But we cannot do betel- than water hereto
their o r, heart rending narr dive"' The most depl
able part of the calamity, as yon will. perce've, is the
unpr:czdented -loss of human lives aura ling it, thus
leaving many surviving sufferers not only- destitute of
every u.e.tns of relief, but in a stag of mental distress,
grief, and angri-h, beyoni the power of lani;uage to,
In order to afford aid to the strifers.rs in Fee.'
desicton and• its vicinity, his Excellency Sir ll'osear
Douglas convened a rneetin; of the ink thitants on th
i.•
Bth nsr. and having in ant Ina:pent speed) 4. neJ the
best means to he adopted for Vtat purpo e, a crurnsitter
was formed, and sub,cripti.inie sieved into. At the head
of the list, his Excellency placed 2001. from his Majt.ty's
reven:e, and a donation • from himself, which, wish
Jiffs Other subscriptions amount to.. tiler siren of. 11014
It is with heartfelt g.citss ifs- t th: committee
know:edge the very Jibe: al sums sshich frier thus been.
procured, alai in an especial manner we feel
,CUrSOres
4land to return sincere thenk% t s the MavO-,Corpora-
tion, and inhabitants of 81..191a,, for th. it prompt and
gre it generosity. By -the me nu thus providentially
put i.-sto our hands, la eh sve bad the setisfaction of being
able to relieve, in some degree, the immediate wants of
the mr.3t !recessions in Fre.Je:icton t but we still feel
ourselves unable to repair the losses ► I our'tel4►w-_u~►-
j
ctslrbouring ua .fer so great a misfortune, in t' e man-
ner that wec old wish, without the assistance lions the
mother conn, y• wh:ch, from the we l-known benevo-
lence of the B i:ish. nation, we confidently a•iticiiiate.
We hope to be pardoned in putting you in mind, that
this country, when a' wildern-ss, was settled by dr,se
alAiniloresl all that is dear to man, in this life,
rather than lot fi-it.allee;Ance to their Sovereign and at
,achtnent to his Governmen. Th-se )list settlers had
difficulties to struggle with, of which none can form an
ads qua' e cenception,except those who expetieoced them.
. Bu by perseverance these diffic.tftiesw ere surmounted,
and the province has continued to advance in prosperity to
a degree not supassed by any of his Majesty's foreign pos-
sessions, until checked by the late melancholy events :
as a proof of which, we beg leave to mention that no
less a suns than 200,0001. was paid into then eAsury of
Great Britain last year from the commer:e of this
province. Although we have deemed it our duty to
stare these facts, we are cer.ain that nothing is required
to call Inch ti e liberality of the..ll,itish nation, but a
well authenticated tale of woe. It has ever been the
glory of that country to allevi..te hum in mi• ery in all
its vas io !O: nu, by every means within the reach of
hum in poser. When we call to remembrance, that
in the diffusion of this charity thealistioction of sir inger
and foreigner has been slink in that of man, and that
even the n itives of a country long honile, when cast as
exile, upon the shores of Britain in the shock occa-
sioned by a great revolution, Mond an asylum and a
to me, we indulge the hope that the sufferings cf a
people, while glory it is to form a part of tit et ens-
pit; derived ftom the same origin, speaking the same
laneusse, ,abject to the same taws and form of Ga-
vel r:inent, hiessed with the same divine religion, and
yielding to ;.one in loyalty to the august and gracious
Prince at present on the Throne, will not in this day of
deep .'is less, ',lead in vain. The total loss as near as
has jet been ascertained is not shot t of 3! 0 Md.

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(Signed by the Members of the Committee).
Fredericton, (New Brunswick), Oct. 25, 1825.
• This has already been published.

CONDEMNATION OIF TILE EMPECINADO.

We on Wednesday published the letter of the Em-
necinado's mother to kng Ferdimind, praying him to
extend mercy to that Patriotic Chief, and describing
the cruel treatment to aahich be had. been subjected,
as well as the false testimony ol which be had been
condemned. His Catholic Majesty, who was flattered
in the appeal to his clemency, seems to have lent a
de.il e.ir to the agonizing Petition fur which the flattery
was intend .d to procure a favourable rcceptio-t. The
fi st letter was dated the '26th of June. Olt the6th* of
August she addressed a second supplication to the
Roy 4 mercy, containing similar ailegations of the in-
suffic'ency of the evidence, the corruption of the wit-
nesses, the partitqty of the Judge, and the monstrous
injustice of the sentence. She had in the interval heard
that Ferdinand had submitted the senre►:ce (which was
death by hanging) to his judicial advi,ers, and that they
had given their opinion in favour of his execution. A
great portion of her second appeal is, therefore, directed
to thew that the services of the Empecinado deserved
the favourable consideration of his Majesty—liat the
King owed him thanks _insteid of punishment, and
that even though he latterly may have erred, his mis-
conduct was covered by a capitulation %%hick ought
not to be violated. The twenty-two months of impri-
sonment which frillowed this unjust wrest, had been
embittered by the mostwanton cruelties, and the most
exquisite tortures. Stich a punishment was more than
sufficient t overbalance his-offences. She, therefore,
again begs his Maje.ty to permit his liberation, and to
grant him a passport out of the kingdom.
' 0.1 the same day (the 6th of August) she addressed
letters to the French and Eni,lish Ambassadors at the
Court of Madrid; beseeching them to litter-lei e for the
life and liberty of lier son. We subjoin the last as be-
ing the most curious:—

LI'RICE SEVEN PENCE

'give you some 'idea of the extia.riimary manner in
which he ha, been treated, c-ntr.rry to the rights of
tons and the laws rf the State. Is is notorious that in .
tliQ 4th article of the capitulation whichGer.cral Platen is
c.•nclude i with General Laguna, he guaranteed, in -he
pan e of P;rdinand VII. individual security to Mair'r-
General D m Juan rtin, the Empecinado, and all th
iperscns in the column which he commits !ed. This capi-
tulation wac likewise authorized by the French Gerter.i,
'and in consequince of it her son received passports to
retire to Arend. tile Duero. Assured of the strict ac-
comp liment of this convention, in which the honour
of the sing was implicated. as well ar the honour of
FrAnce, which interfered as mediator, he was retiring to
the town in which he was to reside, without any appre-
hemion 4 bring ino7ested, far less of seeing Ifs existence
threatened. But all faith was broken. The E•opecinad•a
was insulted and captured at °irons, in the jurisdiction
Penafiel, and was delivered over to be tried by the Co--
regiJor of ltoa, Dpn Domingo Fuentenebro. I raty
rather say he was dr live..ed to his assassin, who w.-. 3
eager to :iv ifice him—to a traitor, 'shorn the Empeci-
nada had arrested, and was about to shoot during the
war of independence. The crimes laid to nis charge
were said t ) I ave beencommitte I against his coon ry
andlegitimate 8314: Fuentenebro saw an opp..r.
tunity of.-revengihg and seized• upon it rth
pleasure. Th re was no violence to which he his
n t had recourse. The trial, it. is true, will yield
woofs of atrocious crimes; but what reliance can
be placed on ti‘e evidence of perjored witnesses
and interested informer.? How can a trial be
legal at which a partial Judge aid a portal enemy to
the accused presided? How can a judgment be good,
which contains as many lies as letters? And how co 11(1
a meritmilus General be condemn-d, who was twenty-
one months imprisoned, without being allowed commo-
n:cation with his legal advisers, or the opportunity of
entering on his defence? For that which was called a
defence, was mere)" a form introiuced by the savage
Fuentenebro, to cave judicial appearances. These fact.,
Sir, together will the cruel treatment which he suffered.
during his imprisonment, miga be proved by irresisti-
ble evidence, we e time allowed to hying forward the
necessary te-timony ; but that not being possible, an an-
guished mother must limit herself to a supplication, that
your Excellency, out of your goodness, and out of•re-
spec t for a pet son whose reputation is not confined to her
own country but belongs to Spain and to Europe,
deign to interpose your power tol influence with the Ca-
binet of his Catholic Majesty, to cause the cap:tulation
made with the Ernpecinado to be observed, and to sus-
pend the execution of a sentence which wouid throw ail
eternal stigma on the memory if a Sovereign for whom
he has so often f •ced death, and watered with his.bloo
the plains of Castile—the son of the afflicted and unfor-
tunate motl•er who now implores your pity, and prays
that Goo may long receive your life.
Castello de Duero, Aug. G.

DUTCH INDI

FROM THE DVITII covEttsuEyr GAZETTE, 12M MAY.

Dispatches !ive been received last night from Ma-
cassar via Sourabaya, announcer g the taking of
capital of Boni, by the expedition.seot tht•ie under rli:t
cornmintl of Major-Gene: al Van Gt,en. We have nc‘sr
the pleasure to lay lirose our Readers an extract of the
repent teteived.

On the 77th of February, Glneral Vin Geen having
made all possitee exenims to forward the fitting out of
the ezpeditiou under his command, embat kcd his troops
it Macaw; ir, accompanied by the Kinp, of Goal). with
400 men, fesides two Tomi Wings of Goah, who had
marched ir det rchinents the •day before, through
Bankala, Hiner' o. and Tutu, to Bonthain. Having
mule sail on the 28th, the squadron arrived the fol-
lowing day in B•nthain Roads, where all accounts re-
ceived, gave us to understand, that the enemy mete.
reinforcing themselves close in the ne ghbourhood Kf
' 11,elicamba, arid had er( cted the!r batteries within the
distance of a pistol-shot from the foit, the garrison of
which, KeakeneJ through sickness, arid short of all
soi is of provisions,w as unable to prevent his approaches..
Upon this, the General determined to disembark troops,
and take tl.e positions of Biankeke and Battoo 13alli,
occopied by the enemy, in order to relieve the garrison
of Boelictruba, which had bern cut (If from all cons•
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muti.ctnion for a coioiderable time; 600 men, infa!ltry
and cavalry, with two pounders and two howitzers,
were in consequence lan.feJ, to march from Bonthain
to Boelicamba.

We, the undersigned, having been appointed a Com-
mittee to devite means for the relief of those who have
suffered in Ftederitton, from the effects of the late
lamentable conflagration, deem it a duty which we
owe to them, as well as to others involved in the same
distress, to endeavour, through you, to excite the com•
passion, and to call firth, in their behalf, the liberality
of the British natiom This Province has hitherto in
general been exempted, in a remarkable manner, from
visitations of an awful nature, until, during the course
of a few weeks past, we have been destined to feel the
destructive ravages r f fire in no common degree. On
the 19th of last month, the Government house, in the
immediate vicinity of this town, accidentally caught
fire, and in spite of every effort to save it, was in a
short time, with the exception of a sm4ll part of the
building, consumed. On the 7th of October, a fire'
was discovered rn the premises of the C-‘mmissioner
of CrOwn-Larids and Forests, about a mile from town:
this drew out the fire-engines, the troops of the gar-
rison, and the greater part of the inhabitants, leaving
few in the town but a omen and children, and the least
efficient pact of the population.
Whilst in this-de ertceless state, a fire unfortunately
troke out in town: %hen this was repotted, as many as
possibly could, made every haste to reach town; but
from the fatigue and exhaustion they had previously
undergone, the weather then being intensely and un-
seasonably hot, and the wind blowing with great vi-.-
knee, they were for along time unable to stop the pro-
gress of the Hanle,. The devouring element raged with
great fury until neat I y nine o'clock at night.a hen it was,
thrt-ugh the persevering efforts- of the inhabitants and
ir.ilitary,•aidecl by the blessing riG D, &sally checked
eirty-one dwelliiia-housei, with their oui-houses; be.
sides-stbreslheing about one third of the' wlusle town)
have been destroyed in Fredericton, in all O. buildings.
But this calamity, dreadful as it it, can scarcely be
compared with a hat sae have to relate if other parts at
the prosit.ce. On the riv- r alabist twenty.
five miles from this place, fifteen hou es were destroyed
on the same evening, there children burnt to death, two
others and the mother much burred, and the father
; and al.o in the same ill- fated night; the town of
wc,.sO'c, Shout one hundred and twemy iuiles di,tant,

Here follow the details of the march to Ploelicamba,
where the detachment art ived on the sth, having taken
the stockades of B ankeke and Battoo Balli, and a num-
ber of others, without the ei:emy %hewing any inclination
to oppose them.
On the 9th the troops were re•embarked, and the .
squadron made sail for the harbour of Boni,where, after
having touched at Singai, and destroyed the enemy's
batteries,.they arrived on the 20th, and anchored se
to Badjoa ; on reconnoitring the position of the enemy,
it was found that batteries had been erected all along
the beach, mounting from 50 to 60 guns, part of which
consisted of eight and twelve founders. Toe fortifica-
tions appeared to be m. de in a very skilful manner, and
consist of a stone wall six feet in breadth, with a parapet •
of three feet, and joining this way Badjoa with Bena, and
Tepotoe to the northward, and Berobo to the south.—
Besides this, between Badjoa and Berobo, a .strong
stockade was erected in the jungle. Having found a '4`, •
landing place to the northward of the batteries, tote
Gene. al ordered the troops to be held in readiness
for disembat kation the next morning; they commenced
at two o'clock, when about eight hunched men, with
tour mot tars and some Congreve rockets were landed.
—A detachment of 150 men was immeiiately ordered
to march behind B.:robo, and attack the enemy from
that quarter ; whilst the rest were to attack him in front
and on the flanks ; on seeing _these movements, the
enemy left Berobo in great haste, but was received by
e detachment placed in their rear, with a smart fi'e
of musquetry.; which, however destructive it proved*
,did Lot prevent them from making their escape to the •
otoutit oils. At nine o'clock we were in possession of •
a 1 the batteries, wliere hoax fifty to sixty guns we:e
I. wild, l.e.ides a large triantity of aunamilit.od, as 4.•0

To 1118 EXCELLII:CY THE ENGLISH AMBASSADOR.
SlR—Donna Lucia Diez, mother of Don Juan Mar-
tin, the Empecinado, represents, with all dire respect,
that her son is' con lemned to suffer the degrading pu-
nishment of hanging, with the other incidents which
make this punishment more infamous still. This sen•
tence has received the appro'satioo of his Majesty. 14
your petitioner did not speak tot e rep, esentative of a
nation, which admired at the thie, and still remember--
with respect, the sacrifi es and sufferinAs which her
son' e ndured' for his legitimate Sovereign, v hose sceptre
the onsatiable ambition rff the most inveterate enemy of
die Englith :nation, usurped, she would make an enu
lueratioo of his tiolgolar a:id extraordin:ity tervicez,:
Out not cor,.i.'er lig this to- be necessary, tl:c sniff °A;

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