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destine 4
W,itit them,

apt talese their tone,
of their, important functions. Hence they very oeen,
complain Of weak digettioh, shortness of breath,. sense
of soreness and weight at the pit of the stomach, a gene+
rat debility in the interior, worms, pain in the kidneys,.
habittial costiveness, flatulence, cold feet, rheumatism,
and depression of spirits. Tbr these disorders the seed
appears to be an almoit certain remedy ; and to the
poor it is further recommended, as a medicine extremely
cheap, taken with equal ease at-home or in the field,
and requiring neither confinement to the house, nor any
alteration pf diet. , ,
It is to be observed that there are constitutions which
forbid the application of this remedy. Two instances
have occurred, in which the highly Inflammuity dis-
position of the patients would not admit of a trial of it,
although it was given in very small quantities. In one
of these, a dose of only ten seeds produced an irritation
and a degree'of heat so great as to preclude the trial of a
seconti. Generally speaking, however, it excites no'
other sensation than di*, pf_comfOrtable warmth, and
in some cases no particular sensation whatever. -
I will close these observations, by remarking that
there are peculiarities belonging to the mustard seed
.which may, perhaps, in some measure account for its
extraordinaiy powers. It discharges a sort of mucilage,
which serves as a vehicle for its stimulating and other
medicinal properties ; and that' this discharge is slow
and gradual, is perceived by retaining a portion cf the
seed in the mouth for ten or twelve, or a greater num-
ber of hours, dui ing'which, a sort of mucilage is found
to be incessantly flowing from it. When, therefore, the
seed is taken whole, there is some ground for supposing
that its virtues are not . exhausted in the stomach and
prism vie, but that they reach every.pari of the ali-
mentary canal, and that, by direct communication, as
the seed passes through it. And it is also very pro;
liable that the bowels are assisted in the propulsion of
their contents, by the mere mechanical action of the
seed thus taken in an entire and unbroken state.--i-The
Ausephkker.
PRESENT EXHIBITION IN FRANCE.
The Saloon of Exhibition, and the galleries , which
serve as an addition to it, catitain 9180 objects ; namely,
in painting 1761, in sculpture 165, engraving 14.0, in
lithography 97, and in architecture 19. Portraits arc
less numerous than at the, last exhibition. The saloon
of- sculpture contains about thirty-seven statues, or
groups, eight of which only are in marble, and more
than forty busts. The folloiving are the principal works
in sculpture:
A sleeping Argus, by I. Debay ; Athletes preparing to hurl del
Quoit, by the same.; Henri IV. a child, by Bosio •' Sc. Peter preach-
,/ and his Bevil Highness the Due d'Angouleme, by Bra; the
St. Calamine, and Daphnis and Chloe, by Condit ; Asia,
preach-
,/
; General Bellamy, by David; the Magdalene weep-
ing over the Body of Cams:, by .Desixeuf; Eurydice dying, by
blantail; a Hunter wounded by a Serpent, by Pethot; Hercules
and Icarus, by Raggi.

JAMAICA.

KINGSTON, AUGUST 14.

In addition to the pirates captured by the Lion and
Assiduous schooners, with the ships' boats attached to
them, and who have been identified by Mr. Dulphy,
Captain Hobson has made a further and favourable re-
port to Vice-Admiral Sir Lawrence W. Halsted, K.O
of the burning of a piratical felucca, on the .18th
last month. He has also had - the good fortune to
capture a piratical schooner of eighty tons and three
small guns, on the 26th, in Cape Breton. The
crew of the pirate' escaped to the shore before the
boats could board . her; the men were however landed,
and- succeeded in hunting 'down six of them, in the
course of a most arduous and diligent search of ten
days ; they-are now en board the Lion in Montego Bay,
on their way to this city.
They have, moreover, rescued the Crew of an Ame-
rican merchant schooner, the Martha Jane, of Boston,
whom they found on board the pirate, and who have
fully identified all the prisoners. Captain Hobson has
likewise destroyed the fishermen's houses on the Keys in
the neighbourhood, in consequence of the good proof he
had of their trading and being in league with the pirates.
About one o'clock in the afternoon of Monday, a fire
broke out in a negro house, on Great Spring Garden
estate, in St. George's, and was quickly communicated
to eleven others, which were all destroyed, together
with a considerable quantity of valuable canes, cover-
ing, it is said) about fifty acres. At one time, as the
breeze was unsually strong, great apprehensions were
entertained for the safety of the works, great house, and
other cane lands on this and the adjoining estates, bat,
through the unremitting exertions of all persons con-
nected with Spring-Garden and the neighbouring pro-
perties, the fire was subdued about six o'Flock the same
evening, and all dread of the slumbering ashes again
bursting into flame was providentially removed. by a
heavy fall of rain, which commenced soon after, and
Continued during the grrater part of the night,
ANNOTTO-BAY, JULY 14.
Notwithstanding the extreme violence of the wind
last night, accompanied with tremendous claps of thun-
der and continued rain and lightning, no injury has
been sustained by the shipping. A mare and follower
were killed on Cape Clear pen, in this neighbourhood,
by lightning.
QUARTER SESSIONS.—Hau.rwAr Tars, Jour 6.
The Grand Jury being impannelled,. found the fol-
lowing true bill:—The King v. George Stephens, a
'free person of colour, for attending nightly preachings;
after which they were dischatged.
The Petit Jury were then impannelled and sworn,
when an indictment, the King_v. George Stephens, for
an assault on Walter M.tionalde a free black man, was
tried;—Verdict, Not Gkilt:y.
THE IC/NO 6. THE SAME.

This was an indictment brought under the 15th clause
of the Slave Law, for preventing frequent nightly
meetings of slaves, and charging the traverser with
illegal preaching to such,slaves on various properties,
viz. Mount Olive, Mount Pelier, Happy Valley, &c.—
Walter *Donald and Isabella Lewis proved his having
preiched at Mount Olive, but that it was with the per-
mission of the owners, and that on one occasion there
was a collection, or throwing up of money, as they
termed it. Slaves dlso attended those meetings, but
were not enticed td them.
John *Donald proved that the preaching was by
per mission of the owners of Mount Olive; and Alezander
MoD-.41.i1d stated that he was present at a meeting at
night, at Peter's Rock, at which there' were slaves, anti
that traverser gave out hymns to be sung. Mr. Hiley,

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inw 'was OR

was not a case as
• ; that 1t referred
,snOwn to the Overseers
. permission to preach or
sead the Bible on Moon; 'aim and that negroes only
Casually attended. It„, did • not appear that traverser
had any evil intent johi; preaching, or that any result
Ifact ensued from thb acts of this mant as he had
preached nothing of a dangerous tendency.
Mr. BRETT complaiued that the Act of the island,
.had been infiinged, and no person had a right. to set
himself above that law, whether gond or bad arose!
from it; and if he did infringe the law, which had been,
clearly done in this case, he must take the consequences,
and the Court had no tight to consider his views. -
Tire Jury found traverser Guilty, and he was sen-
tenced to three months' imprisonment in the county jail,
which is the extent of the law; and their Worships re-
commended him to take up some other calling at the
termination of his punishment.
A Slavi.-Court was then formed, for the trial of Tom,
slave to Mons Chas. D'Aquin, chaiged with having,on
the 15th -May last, robbed and feloniously assaulted
private Edward Harper, of the 77th Regiment. The
indictment charged him with having robbed the pro•
secutor of upwards of 1001. in two and four dollar-
pieces, an island check, &c. St:. belonging to Captain
Bowen. of the same Regiment.
Mr. Brett stated that the prisoner was not present at
the robbery, bot that he-had participated in it by getting
part of the money, and that accessaries, on occasions of
this kind, became- principals, and therefore the indict
rnent was drawn up in its present form. Mr. Mitt,
then stated the circumstances of the case, as appeared
by the evidence: • • •-
The Court charged the Jury, and, after they had re-
tired for some minutes, brought in a verdict of 'Guilty
on the second count.—To be imprisoned for life.

AATCDOTE OF SMAIDAN.

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Sheridan, it is well known, Was more celebrated in
the Senate than in the field, and at all times enjoyed
more pleasure in popping at his political opponents than
a covey of partridges. It chanced that a iew, years be-
fore his death he paid a visit to an old sportsman in the
sister kingdom, at the 'commencement of the shooting
season, and, in order to avoid the imputation of being a
downright ignoramus, he was under. the necessity of
taking a
.gun, and, at dawn of day, setting forth in,pui-
suit.of game. Unwilling to czpose bit want of skill, he
took an'opposite course to that of his friend, and was
accompanied by a-gamekeeper, provided with it bag to
receive the birds which might fall victims to his attacks,
and a pair of excellent pointers. The gamekeeper was
a true Pat; and possessed all those arts of Blai'ney
which are known to belong to his countrymen, and
thinking it imperative on him to'be particularly atten-
tive to' his master's friend, 'he lost no opportunity of
praising his prowess. The fiat covey, and the birds
' were abundant, rose within.a few yards of the statesman's
nose, but the noise they made was so unexpected, that
he waited till they were " out of harm's way" before
be fired. Pat, who was on the, 100k-out, expressed his
tut prise, and immediately observed, "Faith, Sir, I see
you know what a gun is ; its well you waint nearer,
or them chaps would be sorry you ever came into the
country." Sheridan reloaded, and went on, but. his
:second shot was not more successful. .4, 0 Cm —ll
(cried:Fat) what an escape ; I'll b. bound you rumpled'
some of their feathers. . The gnni was loaded again,
and on went out Senator ; but the third shot was as
'little effective as the two former.. " Hah I (exclaimed
Pat, although astonished at so palpable a miss) I'll lay
a thirteen you don't come near us to-day again. Masters
Vas too near you to be pleasani.' So-he went on, shot
attes: shot, and always had something to say to console
poor Brinsley, who was not a little amused at his in-
genuity. At la-it, on their return home without a bird
in the bag, Sheridan perceived a covey quietly feeding,
on the other side of a hedge, and unwilling to give
them a chance of flight, he resolved to have a slap at
them on the ground. He did so; but, to his mortifies-
tion, they all flew away untouched. Pat, whose ex-
cuses wete now almost exhausted, still had something
to say, and he joyfully exclaimed, looking at Sheridan
very significantly, " By i—s, you made them lave
that any way t" and with this compliment to his sports:
manlike qualities, Sheridan closed his morning's amuse-
ment, laughing heartily at his companion, and re-
warding-him with half-a-crown for his patience and en-
couragement.

When a certain worthy Alderman, whose name re.
minds one of spring or summer, kept a cheesemonger's
shop in the Minories, a drayman came in, and asked
for a pennyworth of cheese. " I don't know how to.
makea penn'orth," replied the incipient Baronet. " Not
make a penn'orth ! what can you make?" inquired the,
customer. " A quarter of a pound, which is two pen..
nyworth," rejoined the cheesemonger. " Very
let's see it." When the cheese was weighed, the drapi
man took a clasp knife, cut it exactly in half, threw'
down his peony, and took up his moiety, exclaimint,
" There, now you know ho
~to make a pennkrzh Zit
cheeie !" .
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THREE INFORMERS LUMSEREDA:bOUt a zortnignt

-ago,' three notorious old Informer's, Wise, Geer, and
:gawky, took from
.the waggon of Mr. Ives. a coal-
Cirrier at Enfield,a bushel measure, Wh4 they-said
was imperfect. A few days back, one of there, Geer
'Went to hei,.and pretended that be Was not cidcerned
'in the business, but he knew the parties, and advised,
him to meet them on Friday, it the Basing Ilbuse. Ives*
went accordingly, and saw three men, when they ler%
him to a public-house, called for some beer, and, after!
enlarging on the defective state of the bushel, asked 514
to forbear all proceedings. This he refused, and they.
went to the Pulice-office, in Worship-ft! eet. He followed;
and seeing Joshua Armstrong, mentioned to him wll4
_had passed, whereupon Joshua advised him appa:ently
to fall into the informer: views, and marked two soya.
reigns for him to give them ; he accordingly went to
,them, in the 'adjoining public-house, and,, after a good
deal of discourse, consented to give them 21. Si. and in
payment gave the marked money. The information
had, in the meantime, been lodged, and the summons
issued, and Geer and his coadjutors said they would go
into the office and put an end to the business. iashua,
however, who was upon .the 100k-out, took them all
three into custody,.and on searching found the marked
sovereigns on Geer. They denied the tratuaction,%but
the facts being so clear against them,Mr.llimikarithi
Magistrate, occlered Wise and Geer to find, each two
I sumacs in 4CI. each, and Mawley Was discharged.

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UNIPERSITY and CLERICAL INT2LL;OENCr,
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=LIMA ITICAL ?SOK , ob,
The Rev. DP. Ingram,' President of Trio
Wes on the 24th uk. instituted by the 'Sapp rOADW, to the
story of Garsington, Oxfordshire.
'The Rev. C. L. Kerby, B. C. L. Vicar of sStelie tralmage, and
,lestelittp Mow of 'New College, is preoeetrdtto die .ottlte three
pertisni, et the Vicarage of Bampton, sroid.bt.the•resignatiee of
the Rev. Dr. Richards.'
11ev. Joseph 'Didely, to the rretiagt Fifikkrty?' 'Bark.; smut,
b the resignation of the Rev. John-Kehle. .
- Tuesday, the Bishop of Exeter -instituted-the RA rah Jak
D.D. to the Vicarage of Melton Abbots id ibltron, On the prestett„,,.
,assn of Lis Grace the. Duke. of Bedford. •At the same tpue,•his
' Lordship instituted the Rev. Thoinak Frekei ECI:A. to the Viiarare
d Loddlsevell, with the •Chapel of Tont Saints•innesecl, in shear,,
MI the presentation of Francis Frelia Gunmen. of Bishop's Hall, is
SoMerset' Eaq. and collated the Rev. DaSid Jenkins, A.B. to tb,g
Vicarage of St.•Gurao, Cornwall, in the' Bisliepfs patronage. •
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- POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION:H(4OSE. •
Old Jae Blew. who has been fur many year, a tiat•catcher in Lao;
don, and is now near!7 70 years of age, was brought, before the
LAID MAYOR, charged upon suspicions of• having cut the Pocket of
John James, porter at the banking-house of Snow and Co. in lien-
street, and robbed him of £2,053 in• Bank of England times.
A Clerk in the Bank, who-had on Wednesday seen two person,
in the Bank, swig) seemed to be Waiting for iothebody, and thought
he could identify them, attended, bet svhen.be sat* the .prisonn, he
said that there was not the slightest resemblance be4ween Isi n zed
either of them.7-Discharged.
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Tames Robins*, who had bein brought upon a ehargenf bone.
stealing, on the 21st of August, in eonseipience'of having offered a
valuable horse in Smithfield Market for TOL and tentacled for fur-
ther evidence, was :pip brought up this gay, Tb&h.rsehad been
since advertised, and Mr. Sherrard Matt, of Beatmonte street, at-
tended on Saturday, and proved that the horse veal his property;
he sent it last July to the lattds of Colnej.hatehi the property qf
Mrs. Downes, to graze.
A servant of Jr,. Downes provid that the horse was stolen from
the lands.—The prisoner was committed for trial.

HATTON-G AR D EN.
An antiquated sybil, with names enough for an old Castilian Don,
was brought before Mr. I.stso under the charge of ,wining al-
most every trade:mm.l and shopkeeper in the whole parish of Mary-
la-bonne.—This Ofice presented a curious melange of demure
housekeepers, smart milliners, literary vendors, greasy butchers,
tidy hair-dressers, floury bakers. with a long el cetera of hatters, ho-
siers and tailor 4. The cases were taken striating.
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A milliner who attended remarked, that the •clothes worn by
the prisoner were some of those she had fraudulently obtained ac
her house.
Theti,ftaid Air. Luton, if the wretched woman has a proper sense
of her misconduct, she will ittstaotly strip. •
• Prisoner—Ob, my Goa ; Sir, would you, for decency's sake,
sanction such a think! I Nosh to think of it. •
Alasurraant—l mean to say, you ought to give back that bonnei
(a rich Leghorn) at least. •
The prisoner at length complied, and she divested her head of the
bonnet, a wreath of lilies and rotes. and an artificial front in good
curl: her snowy bosom was also rubbed of a lace frill and a-French
allk handkerchief. In this trim she left the MO with the greatest
somposore of countenance • and the good.itumoured Watchee haw.
big offered his linsay-wooliey apron to screen her silver locks hunt
die inclemency of the weather, she gaily accepted the favour, and
adroitly turned it into a very respectable turban.
Saturday, Mr. Mick Osier, now of Saffron-hill, but late of
land, and his spouse, were charged with improperly intruding their
family affairs on eh:public.
The watchman stated, that about one o'clock that morning, this
amiable couple ;were attracting a crowd in Peter-street, by their
colloquy upon a very important subject—money. lie desired them
to go home; upon which Mr. Orgar swore that ".he'd send his
wife home s" to effect which he knocked her down. The Watchman
conceiving that neither were in a fit state to travel, took them to
the watch-house.
Mr. Orgar, upon being called on for his defence, proceeded io a
very diffuse strain of oratory, until Me Magistrate reined him in
by requesting him to he a little more laconic, upon which Mies
made a low bow, and proceeded as follows :—" Plate your Wor-
ship, you see I was about not to spoke a word until i had your
fags. I am ihard-working man ; for I made four sovereigns. I
gave them to my wife, Betty, to keep ; but she made away with
them all. I axed itelaat night to conic to her own model kome
(Ow to tell you Con's truth, I meant to witilop her); Devil an loci'
she'd came • so that =Merit me about so, that I am not half ai
good as a madman."
hiagisttate—.-What are you?—A plasterer, your Honour,
Magistrate—And so you wanted to hammer your wife like brit is
and •mortar N—ln troth, no, your Honou} ; but I'll be bound a
trifle of it would not have made her sick.
Mrs. Orgar assured his Worship that she thought nothing of the
blow, and hoped that he'd foigive both parties, which the Magi:.
irate assented to; for which, as the loving couple were leaving the
once, Mrs: Orgar expressed her gratitude, and exclaimed, " Loos
fife t• your Honour, and may the Loao po:rfok your days!" •
MARY-LA- BON NE.
•
Saturday, Mr. Green, the father of the boy horsewhipped hi
Rowland Unwin, Esq. attended at this office. lie had a private
istervilw with Mr. Hoskho. It is understood that the Magistrate
,told him his intention in sending for him was to bind him over to
prosecute, but that, on mature consideration, he should decline so
and should leave him either to acseatte or so compromise
the affair, as his own prudence and discretion might.suggest. .1
'letter was received at the °Mee in the course' of Filthy, from Mr.
(Amin; to which an answer.was returned by the worthy Magis-
trate to whom it was addressed. Mr. Uuwin is reported to have
expressed his willingness to make a compensation to the lad for the
injury which he sustained. • -

BIRTHS.
In• Linterlet, the Lady of Capt. Garrett IL Fitzgerald , of a son.
At Courtan. county of Wexford, Lady C. &opford, of ann.

MARRIED.
On the 11th instant, at St. Margaret's Church, by the Lord Bi-
shop of Chichester, John Alitchell, Req. M.P. to Eliza, eldesi
daughter of John Elliot, Esq. of Pimlico Lodge..
Friday, at Lanchester, the Hon. Edward °fey, Rector of Mick-
ham, in the county of Durham, andbrothet of Bad Grey, to Miss
Adair, niece to. Lady Barrington. •
At Alverstoke, the Rev. Arthur Goddard, to Anna, eldest daligh-
ter of Ciptals Bitter, R.N. of Cold Harboor, Gosport.
At Hoarse, Suffolk, the Rev. John Knevett, Master of the Free
Granimar School, Eye, to Miss Kerry, of the former place.
Rev. R. C. Wilmot, Vicar of Preston, boor-Astaire, to Frances
Hart*, daughter of the late Thomas Parr, Bev of ,fhe: BroOal
Civil Service.
Friday, et'West Writing March, the Very Rev. Thomas Cam
vent, D. D. Warden of Christ's College, Manchester, and Vicar o
Holme, on Spalding Moor, tc. Juliana, eldest daughter of Sir
Charles Watson, Bart.

DIED.
At Glasgow, on the 14th alt. William Buchanan, Esq. formerly
surgeon of the 32d Regiment. He was a nun of very amiable
character, and of considerable acquirements : be was held In high
respect by Isis brother Offers, fad by them h' death will,bo sit•
cerely lamented.
Aged 70. the Rev. Joseph She*, Vicar of Clent.
Robert anvil, Esq. Register of the Hoosiar,ab(m Qesisigation of
Bedford Level.
At Garbally, in the county of Gatwor, the erle:47the Earl
Clancarty, Nicholas rower Trench, Esq.
August 28, in the 70th year of his age, the Ttelt-." Wnt. Bradt.'
bury, during many years Rector of Halton-Holgete, dal of E.nt
Kcal, it the county of Lincols.
Lately, the Rev. Williams Williams, B. D. Rector of tfeillsteiri
cum Holt, in the county of Leicester. and ((innerly Feller of
John's College, Cambridge, S.A. 1768; AI. A. 1771; 11.1).
The Rector/ is in the patronage of the Masters and Fellows a
that Society.

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formidable bodilyjavilt.witli4tich they, have to con4\.iwernsissireNl9 such .prea.chifigs. end
;end, ond .to which anr so retwerkiably, explicit !'t tilne,aftetrards.
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'destined- to hard work; and scantf Support, conteplated by the Att ;
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