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London, England, 1827-02-17 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Only env vessel seas reported inwards at the Custom Hotute..der
Wednesday, and only' two Ott Thuisdry, vii —The Guti Hoffman'
front Neubarlingeraill, with beans, oats,.&e. and the Iris bpd

Factor, Belfast traders.
FALNOUTU. Fes. 15.—Wind N.W.. to N. N. W.—Arrived off
the port, the Nymph, C'ttuserios, from St. Michael's, in 26 days ;
and Brilliant, Reeves, from Palermo. Arrived the 'Magnet packer,
W , from Lisboa; and Thomas, llamas. from St. Michael's.
Pi.visouvo, Fes. IS.—Wir.d W.—Arrived the Geo. I V. steamer,
&sec, with dispatches; and Bradford, Moms, fru% St. Jolin'a.—
.
Oiled his Majesty's ship BARMAN, for Jamaica.
PosTIl4OOlll, Fee. 16.—Wind EL—Arrived the Tulloch, Parsee,
from London for Jamaica; and his Majesty's ship Atecutu.s, from
Gibraltar and Lisbon. &tied the John limn. Maces. for the
Mauritius; and the Amphitrite transport, for Belfast. The Wind-
sor, PILOCTOII ; and Inglis,—, purled the Wight this afternoon,
for Bengal and Calcutta.
Disc., Fes. 16.—Wind B.W.—Passed by, the John Munro,
—.,from London for Berbice; and Avon. !baits, for ditto.

Garivcamin, Faa. 16.—Arrived the R. Folwards, horn New
York ; Salmon River, Pralla Sierra Leone ; Lac. front
Malta; Aurora, Gianott• from Gibraltar; Si.ters, Raoan, from
Messina ; Royal Mail, from St. Michael's; and Dove, MITCHELL,
from the Canaries. Sailed the Hytbe, WIUIOII, and Vansittart,
DALIYM rca, for India; and Carnellie, ['lmre, for Constantinople.
CLYDE, Faa. 14.—A large Rust Indianian, from London, with
limo( main and misen-topmast, was seen going into Lsbon on the
27th ult. by the Adeuna, Lows, which arrived here yesterday
from Likbon.

The Rosins, llf.fierostr, bound to New York, put back to the
Clyde on the 15th inst. leaky, after being out since the einli
and as far as lat. 55. long. it.

LITERATURE.
The Vindication of Certain Passages zn the Fourth and
Fifth Volumes of the .History of England. By J.
Littomto, Mawman, Bvo. pp. 112.

In a recent number of the Edinistrgh Review, a se-
•ere and sweeping accusation was made against the li-
terary character of Dr. Lingard, the eminent historian.
The reviewer objected to a note at tLe end of the fifth
volume of the history of England, relating to an event
unconnected with English history, and encouraged, it
seems, by the detection of certain tell tnr imaginary
errors, directly charged the historiographer with care•
lessness, fraud, and misrepresentation, and in these
words passed sentence—" The book is one cf 'a Inott
dangerous description, which will impress the minds of
its readers, with false and incorrect notions of the
history of their country, and of the character and con-
duct of their ancestors.' This piece of criticism
has consequently drawn forth the treatise in question.
Dr. L. could not sit down tamely under a reproach which
he really did not deserve, and he therefore most ener-
getically and powerfully explains away the objections of
the reviewer in his vindication. The historian thus ad-
dresses his readers in the Introduaticn to the present
ti act I
It did not escape me, when I first sate down to smite the " Mo.
tory of England,' that I had imposed on myself a toilsome and
invidious task. I foresaw that it would require habits of patient
research, and incessant application; that I should frequently be
obliged to contradict the statements of favourite writs us, occasion-
ally perhaps to offend the political or religious partialities of my
readers; and that my pretensions to accuracy would provoke others
to seek out and expose those casual errors, which no human vigi-
lance can totally exclude from long and laborious compositions.
But thi knowledge of these inconveniences did nor divert me from
my purpose. I have pursued it faithfully and fearlessly through six
quarto volumes, and have brought down the history from the first
invasion of the Romans to the death of Charles the First.

As the work issued from the press, it graduAlly Attracted notice.
By some writers it was honoured with the meed of their approba-
tion ; others selected certain portions for the suiject of antnradver-
'ion. To these I nude no reply, intending to reserve myself till
the completion of my labours. and then, in a general answer, to ad-
mit emendation, where I found myself in error, and to defend
my former statements, where I thought Wens captiously or wan-

•
to sly assailed.
Dr. L now recedes from that resolution, io come-
pence of the late attack in the Edinburgh Review. The
last twelve pages of this able vindication are occupied
with the Author's answers to two other opponents, the
Rev. Mr. Todd, who conceives that Dr. Lingard I.as
not done justice to the memory of Archbishop Cr armlet ;
and a writer in the Quarterly Review, whose gallantry
has induced him to advocate the cause of the unfor-
tunre Anne Boleyn.
On Galvanism, and its Medical frfcacy in Chronic
Diseases. By p LA Bsaumu, F.L.S. Medical Gal-

vanist, fr.c. Mighley. 12mo. 7 .
Among the numerous publications that issue from
the Press at this season of the year, our attention has
been arrested by one which, we think, is deserving of
more than ordinary approbation. Mr. La Beauure's
recent work on Galvanism, to which we allude, is the
more worthy of general perusal, because it unites all
that is necessary to be known 'Uf the hi,tory and theory
of the science with the extensive experience of a long
established practitioner. The chemical and medical
properties of Galvanism are in this short treatise
exhibited to the commonest apprehension, and it
will tend to convey a knowledge of that impott-
, ant and interesting philosophical agent to many who
'may obtain relief from its curative properties. The
chemical powers of Galvanism have been proved in the
(decomposition of various fluids and neutral salts, the
sleflagyation of metallic leaves, the fusion of metals, and
in the evaporation of diamond itself. The medical pro-
perties of this powerful agent have never been better
explained nor so well illustrated by facts, as they are in
the interesting work which we now recommend to the
public. Mr. La Beaume describes their effects in a va-
riety of chronic diseases, which have been hitherto con-
sidered beyond the reach of medicine. The modest -
and unobtrusive manner in which the facts are stated,
accompanied by an honest avowal of cases to which
the administration of galvanism is inapplicable, and of
others in which it has failed to produce a beneficial re-
sult, claims the confidence of the public, and of the me-
dical profession in particular. The work abounds with
important and judicious remarks, particularly as to the
etility and applicability of galvanism in numerous dis-
eases, its modus operandi, its proper adniinistiatit.n, its
immediate and subsequent effects. Mr. La Beaume also.
proves its superiority over mercury in many disorders,
especially those that arise from a constitutional de-
rangement of the system. By attacking disease•at
its source he has succeeded in curing the most oh-
stinate cases of indigestion, torpid liver, alleles-414;
&c. as well as deafness and blindness. Mane
interesting subjects are condensed into this
volume; and we cannot refrain from adding our corn-
esendation to Mr. La Beaume's work,which has already
received high encomiums from our literary contempo-
raries. It is the production of a scient fic and respecta-
ble individual, to whom the medical prolevion, as well
as the public, are greatly indebted for lu, researches,
and the results of his experience, On a subject but little
known, and less understood. " 1•P
Robsnis New and Improved Series of Artiais
Magazine. An. 1, January. 1827.
Here wehave original Sketches and Tales, Revs
sew works, judicious poetic selections an erg,
eapitally executed by Charles Heath& a vigneti
George Ctuikshank, and all for a ver) trifling

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THE CAPTIVE.

Wake not the waters with thine oar,

My gentle gondolier !
The whispers of the wave and shore
Still linger on my ear.
Lonely the night, and dark its sleep,
And few the stars that glow
Within the mirror of the deep,
That lies outspread below!
Bet fix the mast, the sail unfisfl,
My gentle gondolier 1
The wind Is soft—the calm waves earl--
The sentry cannot bear.
And in this light, our little sail
May well escape kis ken ;
And we shall meet, ere dawning pale,
Oar long-lost countrymen !
Lang years the iron manacle,
My gentle gondolier!
Ha* woes these limbs in death-damp
7111 they are stiff and sets
Yet lints bed I snengthleas Untb,
Or think Q 7 anguish pest,
8o we escape while night is dim,
And Heaves is overcast I
6, Hark ! 'ds the wakeful sentry's alit*
Nay, say, my gondolier!
We're far (mm eastle-moat and wsn-•
• sentry cannot hear.
'Tie but the plunging serdog's flat,
Or wild-birds on tie cliff—
And lo! the 'tied is is ear sheet,

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FRENCH PAPERS.

- gun swiftly sails oar skiff!
More swiftly. sad man swiftly yet.
My gentle gondolier!
The gals is Resit—oar sail is sa—
llied men will soon be bere.
Ob! aers did hope so ardently
In Mama Mart expand.
Ag minsy to we tism ere I die.
My own—my eta Mad LimyYsffr

1/111011 m STOOL%
PARIS, Famawav 14.
It is an error to believe that what the Ministry has
isst done with respect to the law on the Jury, is without
precedent. The following is the ordinance of the 11th
of January, 1817, issued after the memorable debate
vas the project of law for the organization of Electoral
Colleges:
.• Loots, &c.
" The above project of law shall be sent to the Chamber of
Peers. as well as the amendments, to which we reserve the giving
isf our assent."
And the Minister of the Interiorat that dame:pressed
himself as follows :—.lf the King has them (the amend-
ments) presented to the Chamber before having ex-
pressed his assent, it is because his Majesty considers it
as a thing essential to his prerogative not to impose
rules on himself, on the mode and acceptance of the
-amendments which shall be regularly voted by either
of the Chambers ; he rererves to himself, according to
their importance, the faculty of consulting them after
the deliberation of the two Chambers, on the vote of

one only. His Majesty alto tesaves to himself the
faculty of choosing all the ways which he shall think
proper to employ, to make one of the Chambers ac-
quainted with the amendments proposed by the other.
Beloit giving his assent to those which the Climber
of Deputies 64s made in the project of law on the elec.
torn) coleges, his Majesty had thought fit to know

your deliberation on Clem., and has ordeted us to pre.
►esst to you at the same time as the project of law itself.
In thus calling for your decision, the previous consent
which the King might hue given, is not exposed to
contradictions, and his Majesty's acceptance of them, it
you adopt them, will be published at the same time
with the Royal sanction.

LIES OF VIZ DAT.
Under this head the Etoik places only an assertion of
tUe Journal do Commerce, that a batch of eighty new
Peers is to be made, " among whom, According to the
opinion which is the most credited." says the Jounced
du Commerce, " there are to be five Archbishops,
twenty-five Bishops, twenty-eight Deputies, and twenty.
two other persons, who, under different titles, are en-
gaged in the intrigues f the congregation." The Jour-
-n*ldr Commerce even goes so far u to publish the
games of a great number of persons on the lists of these
%intended new Peers.
_ CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, &nolo or Fos. 14.

Exactly at one o'clock. the President took his seat.
'lle process verbal was immediately read and adopted.
-The Keeper of the Seals and Minister of Finance were
-on the ministerial bench.

The order of the day was, the indoution of the discussion st
Abe project of law concerning the Police of the Press.
M. de Salaberry examines the question of the utility
-of printing, and takes a view of the inconveniences
which, according to him, ate not compensated for by
sits advantages. He concludes kit *perch with the fol-
lowing words:
The Royal printing else was established by Cardinal Richelieu
tit 1841. The first book that issued from the press of this esta-
blishment was the Drastatian of Java (Nit. I
_

Let us hope that in 1821 the licentiousness rif the press will
/With with the Essisiiir Tbagster—(Lsughter).
The Hon. Member mentions the regulations for the press matte
by Henry li. sod Louis XIL and observes, that till the revolution
,thefe. were 'oar thirersix pr*.tcrs in Paris.

One of the determinations of the new management at
Drury-lane Theatre is—tweer to repeat. either Comedy, Tragedy.
Opeta, or Farce, which, aa the first night, is not chmidodly soccessfel.
The Ladies of Brighton, emulating the fame which
'the other sea has acquired. have determined. we understand, to
'ruse a splutters' ball. It has been in contemplation to establish an
Italian opera in Brighten.
RICCURDIR.B Court; Dusuu.---o'Connell o. Sheehan.
—Yesterday, Mr. Sheehan applied personally to the
Recorder, to have the trial in this case postpoood for a
few days, upon the grounds of not being sufficiently
prepared. The Recorder ruled that he should make
the necessary affidavits, and give notice to the oppo-
site patty. It is supposed that the trial will be called
on nest Thursday.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.
The Lisbon Gazette of the 22d ult. is filled with the de-
bate in the Chamber of Deputies, on the 200. Senor
Machado submitted a projet of law regulating the casesill
in which, as etceptions to the general rule, it should be
permitted to the legal authorities to enter the habitation
-01 :4 P rtuguese citizen. The provisions of this law spew
• a laudable anrety for protecting private dwellings from
arbitrary and oppressive visitations. In the same sitting,
Senhor Monies Somento proposed, that “ the thanks
'of the'Chamber should be given to the army, who had
sired the country *from its enemies, and driven the
rebels lion) the kingdom." A long debate arose on
this subjesk or rather on the manner in which the
thanks should be given, and to whoirt. Senhor Sae-
mento observed, that in England the thanks of Parlia-
ment were given to the greatest Commanders, who
always consiiisred this as the highest honour they could
receive. It "as decided. that a Committee should be
appointed to draw up a report on the subject of the
suottoa.