I Hereby certify that I have been called upon to survey a small spot of Meadowing rented by Mr.

HUGH CAR RIG G, on the Lands of Lisket, in this County, in dispute between Mr. DENIS HTNKS and Mr. FRANCIS COPPEE, Land-Surveyors;' and Srid the same to cdntain plantation measure as was originally returned'by Mr. HvU'fcSj which Survey I will prove if required, according to the bounds shewn me by J A M E S O'CONNORS, acting Steward for RICHARD DARCT , Esq. on said Lands—loose DO time in sending for those County of .Limerick Supporters of your Trade (as you, Mr. C O F K E , is pleased to term it) and to let the Public see that it is out of youT power, as a Tradesman, and thus to prove what you have erroniously attemped to sup-port. Given under my hand at Adrahan, '3d J a -nuary, 1S05 .

R O B . L A M B E R T , Regist. Land Surv.

BARONT OF ISLANDS. * " p 0 B E L E T , from first May nest, the L A N D S

of B E R E N A G E E H Y , 3 miles from ENKIS, containing 245 A . i R . I s P . These Lands will be Let in Divisions as described in Hand Bills ; the greater part is of rich fattening Quality. The new line of road from Ennis thro' Berenageehv will soon be compfeated, and the Meadow Land now nearly drained will be set out in proper lines for each Di-vision.

Proposals to be made to the Hon. Judge F 1 N U -CAN.E, and to Mr. J O H N E D M . D O U G H E R T Y , at Sallinacally.

PATRICK MAGRA>TH, of Lifford, will shew the Divisions. Also, two Divisions of five Acres each, and one Division of seven Acres, part ol the lands of DOOL1CK, ne^R E n if i s . .

BA RONT'OF CLONDFRALAW. A SOUT SOO Acresof C A R H U R E A , midway on

the direct ro^d from CLAP, F. to KILRUSH , by CRANNY B R I D G E , w i l l be L E T , f rom the F I R S T day «of M A Y next,

By the Hon. Judge FINUCANB, in IDIVISIONS, as set out in Hand Bills, to be had at the Printer's,—The N E W R O A D thro' the Land is nearly cpmpleated, and at present passable.

M r . JOHN E D M . D o u GIIERTY , of Ba l l inaca l ly , will shew the Divisions. Occupying aild Improving Tenants will be preferred, August 16, 1804.

, £ J T A G E N E R A L M E E T I N G f \ < F the G O V E R N O R S and D E P U T Y G O V E R -W N O R S of the COUNTY of C L A R E is re-quested on M O N D A Y the 3.1st instant,, at the

Sessions-House of Ennislymon, at one o'clock, to lav before them several L E T T E R S from . GO-V E R N M E N T relative to the DefiicencA of Men from the different Baronies and Parishes in this County for the A R M Y of F O R C E .

Signed by order, D. F 1 N U C A N E , C . G. M.

BY the.Lord Lieutenant an.l Council of Ireland, A PROCLAMATION. -

HARDWICKE, HE'AEAS by a Proclamation of the Lord Lieute-

nant/and Council of Ireland, bearing Dace the Sixteenth Day of September, 1800, it is din-cud, that all Ships an ! Vcff: Is not having the Plague or otlier infec-tious Dtforditr or Dillcmper, which (hall by the Lord Lieutenant, and Council have been declared ro be of the Nature of the Plague actually on Board, coming from or through c-ie Mediterranean, or from the West Barbary on the Atlantic Ocean, with clean Bills of Health, and all Ships and Vessels whatfoever having' on Board Cotton "Wool, (except (hips and Veffels coming directly from the East indies,, or from the Continent of America, or the. West Indies, loaded in Whole or in Part with that Com-modity, being the Produce of thol'c Parts, • or' any of the Goods, Wares, or.. Merchandises- enumerated in- the first Clslst ltale.1 in the f.i.l Proclamation, being the Growth, Produce, or Manufacture of Turkey,-'or of any Place in

/Africa within the Straits of G brslu,-, of in the Weft BaiLiary on the Atlanec Ocean, (liould,'Cog.;tIiei- with their Cargoes, and all Perfons on lioard therro', Jierform. fuch Quarantine lor filch Time, in-fuch Manner, and at fiich Places as were therein after diie.cted, ...

And whereas it is further directed by faid Proclamation, that all lucl) Sh'ps ind Veifcls (not having the Plague or eth-r In ectious Diseafe or Dillempti- which thould. have

. li=en declared- as .aforel'aid Co be'b'f the Nature of the Plague, actually on bai-d.). 1:011 ing frdrtvor throueh' the1

Mediterranean, or from the Wed: Barbae y otv the Allan-tic Ocean-, as fiiould not be fuTniftied w'lh 'clean Bills of Health, (liould perform quarantine at Carlingford, and no where elfe ; and, in 'cafe any Sh'p or. Veflfr-.l coming from any of the Places before d;lor.ilied, 'not. being- fu'rjiiflied with a clean Bill of Health, fhould come, into any of. the Oat Ports of'this Kingdom, the: riricip.; ['Officers of the Cufloms at-fuch Ports, 01- the Governor or 'Chief Magi'f-trate .thereof, (liould cinl'e foch Slii-p. or ' VcflVI .to depart from thence immediately, amlproceed to Carlingford to perform Quarantine.1 .- . .'- *

And whereas Information has been received, that an' infectious Diftem'p'er lias mmiifelled itfelf f.tMHIaga, and other parts of Sp'iin, and ill the ' Towa and Garrilbn of G brail,ar, and has extended itfclf to the. City of Cadiz, in the Kingdom of .Spain'. " •". ••

Aud whereas by an-,ice psfl'ej in-the 40'th Year of-His • 'M,jetty's Rjjignj entitled, " An Act to oblige- Ships-" more effectually to perform t-hfi'r quarantine,- and. to " prevent the'-plsgue. and other infectious .Diftempers

' " being brought into Ireland, and to hinder the .fprcad-irig of Infection."Ti is amonglt other things" enacted.

That alt Ships and _ Vellels' irriving; irfd ill' Perfons, Goods, WareSaod Mefchandife Whatfoever coming or impohed into any place within the Kingdom of Ireland from any plSce whence the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Goveraufor Governors.,of this Kingdom, by and with the advice of the Privy Council, (hail-judge it pro,-

that any rafe£tion mav he brought,, fl12.il lie obliged

to mak<* their quarantine in fuch place or places, for fuch t irat," and I'uch manner as hath b. en or Hull from lime to time be r'ireited by the Chief Governor or Governors of th-s Kingdom for ihe time being, by his or their Order or Aiders made by the advice of the Frivy Council, and notified by Proclamation.

Now we the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland, in Pn'fuance of 1 lie fnid Act,, do hereby declare, T hat the laid infectious DilU-mper is of the nature of the Plague, and. dcith adjudge it probable that fuch infectious Piftein-per may be brought to Ireland from the Poits anl Places herein after meiuitmad, and do hereby order that the qua-rantine lai.l by the Proclamation of-the Lord Lieutenant, 'and Coujicihpf the-Sixteenth ' September One tho.u fjipd eight hun Veil, upon all Ships and Veifcls comirig.from or through the Mediterranean, or from the Wed; B a i b a r y on the Atlantic Ocean, be (trictly enforced and extended as herein after directed, and that allpfpcers app-djiteJ -for the"Service of quarantine do life their Care an-! D i l i g e n c e , and caufe the fcveral Rules and ftegdtatlbns e lUbi i j l i ed by the laid Order, and by this prefent Order, for the' due Performance ol quarantine to be [Punctually obl :-ved and carried into Execution,

And we do hereby further order, require, and command, That all Ships and Velfels coming from the Poir of Cadiz, or from any other Port of Spain without t̂hc Straits cf Gibraltar, lying to Llie Southward of Cape Saint Vincent, and all Perfons, Goods and Merchandifes on board the litme, do and fhall peform quarantine for fuch tim and in fuch.Manner, and at fuch .Place's as are described by the .faid Proclamation of the Sixteenth September One ibou-fand eight huiidred, and that tile Matter and other Perfons having Charge of all fuch Ships and Vetfels do likewife llrictly con 'o"m thend". Ives in all refpects to the Rules and Regulations required by the faid Proclamation, and by thU pr.-feni Pfoclamatioa, .to bi.obferved by Ships-and Vc'l'f-ls 1 -nbi ; to quarantine.

And we 00 hereby mrth tr o-der, That no Perfon", Goods, War-, s, or Merchandifes, or any Irnall Puck-ges brought as Baggage, Prefect's, o'- othery/ifc, or any Let-Leis oi Packet--, or Parcels of Letters, or other Articles ': whalfticver on Board any Ship or Velfel, or Ships' or Vet-fe'.s, coming Irom any Place trom v/hence-thc I.OKI Lieu-tenant, by and wiih the Advice of the Privy . Council, tliall have judged'it probable ihat.the. Plague, or other .iuiectious Difeafe or Dtltemper declared to be of the na-ture of the Plague, may be .brought, (lull come or be brought on Shoi e, or go to be put on lioarrl any other Ship'or Velfel in order io be laniled or brought on Shore iirany Port or Place in Ireland, although' I'uch Ships or Velfels I'o coming, from fuch infected Place as aforel'aid (lull at the T me. of' fu'eh land;ng or. imfhipp'ng thereof be lit Sea, and Ihjll not have arrived in any Port or Place in Ireland; and although fu. li Ships or Veftels may not be bpuiid to any Port or Place in I eland.

An,l it is hereby fui tiler ordered, That i''any perfons. Goods, Wares, and Merchaudif-s, urany I'mall Packages broughtas P.aggVge, Piefents, or otherwife, or any Let-ters, or Packets, or l'J^ri eis of Letters or other Attirles w.haftoev-t on Board any Ship or .Ve(f 1 , or Ships or Vtf--felsi'timlng from auy plat.' frorp whence the Lord Lieutt-nam by and wih the Advice of the.Privy Council. (Itall have judged i' probable that the Plagu:-,. or other infec-tious Difealir or Dillcmperd.-ehrrd to be of. t'y-;, nature of' the Plagu-', may be brought, fhall go-or tie put 0:1 Boar,I any oclicr Ship or Vefl'el in oider to be landed or brought 011 Shore as a oic'laid, all lucli Perfoi;-, Goods, W^rltind MercHandife1-; fmSII Paikages brought as Baggage, Pre fentsor otherwife, Le tters, Packets, Parcels ol 'Letters, and other Articles-,.wiiatToever, fhall perform quarantine in like manner as if the Ships or Veflels from which they were unifiipped had previnudy arrived in fome port 01 place in Ireland.

And it. is her-bv furl her ordered, That if. any Pilot or orher Perfon fliail go on Board any fuch Ship or Velfel lo com-ng f.'om fuch infected place as afore faid, or any Ship or Velfel whatfoever liable to quarantine, either ' before or after her arrival at any port or place in Ireland,' and. whether Inch Slvp or Velfel was or wits-not bound to any port or placc in Ireland, fuch p.lot or other perfon fliail perform quarantine in like manner, as any Seaman, P-f-fengcr, or other perfon corning ill lucli Ship or Vefl'el would, if the faid Ship or Velfel had arrived at any port or place in Ireland have been obliged to perform the lame ; and all Ships and Veffels which (hall receive any Perfons, or any . Goods, Wares, and Merchandifes,- or other Articles whatever from on-booard any fuch Sh por Velfel I'o com;ng from fuch'infe£led place, and b e i n g at fea as aforel'aid, before her arrival at any port or place in Ireland, although fuch Ship or Velfel (hall not- be bound to any porl or place in Ireland, lh;il|,, together with the Ca'go and Perfons on boaid thereof, perform the likequa-rtnuoej a 11 <t:be"(\>l-.Jpet- to Regulations and'Reftfictiohs it's ' fuch Ship or, VelTcbifrom whi.ch fin',h Perfons, • Goods,' •Wares, Merchandifes or: Articles .(hall., have been received Would have heen obliged to. perform, or have been fub-ject to if the had a. rived at any port or place in IrUsnd.

And it is hcieby further ordered, That all S.hip? and Veflelu coming firimany place from whence the Lord Lieutenant, by and with the Advice of the Privy Council, lhall luve-judged it probable that the Plague, or other in'"cilia as Difcafeor Diflemper declared to be of the na-ture of tbe Plague, may b.:'"brought, and all Perfons, Goods', Wares and Merchandifes on board fuch Ships and

• Vefl'efs refpeStively, which with clcan Bills of Health fhall come to, "arrive, or touch at any port 'or place in Ireland, (hall perform quarantine in the fame manner, at

• the fame place, and under the fame Regulations anil Re-Ifrietions of if fuch Ship or Vefl'el hlid heen bound to'fuch port, or piace>

And.the-Commiflioners of His Majelty's Revenue are to give fuch further Directions herein as to them m ay ref-peflively appertain.

Given at the-.Council Chamber in Dublin the 10th Day of November, 1804.

ReHcf'a!«,.C. Chars. Dublin. Ely. -Annefley, Erne Cathcarc. Charles Kildai'e. Mutlrerry. Fi'ankfort. Caltlev'Conle. .Evan Nepean. Hercules Lane: line, James Fitzgerald," Standlfli O'Grady.

GOD Save the KING.

By the Lord Lieutenant and Council of Ireland, A P R O C L A M A T I O N .

I I A R D W I C K E ;

WH E R E A S b y an A c t passed in - the F o r t i e t h , Y e a r of his present. .Majesty. 's

R e i g n , e n t i t l e d , ' A n A c t to o b l i g e S h i p s raoreefFectualiy to p e r f o r m the i r Q u a r a n t i n e , and to p r e v e n t the P l a g u e and other infec-^

tious D i s t e m p e r s be ing b r o u g i i t into I r e l a n d , a n d to h i n d e r the - spreading : .o f I n f e c t i o n ^ " it is a m o n g s t o ther th ings enacted, T h a t 'a l l S h i p s and V e s s e l s a r r i v i n g , and all P e r s o n s , . G o o d s , W a r e s , and M e r c h a n d i s e s w h a t s o -e v e r , ' c o m i n g o r i m p o r t e d into a n y p lace w i t h i n the K i n g d o m of I r e l a n d , f rom, a n y p lace w h e n c e the L o r d L i e u t e n a n t o r other C h i e f G o v e r n o r o r G o v e r n o r s of this K i n g -d o m , by and with..the A d v i c e o f the P r i v y C o u n c i l , s h a l l j t idge it p r o b a b l e that any In fec t ion m a y b e b i o u g h t , s h a l l be o b l i g e d to m a k e the i i Q u a r a n t i n e in such p l a c e and P l a c e s , f o r s u c h ' t i m e , and in such m a r i n e r , as hath been , o r s h a l l f r o m t ime to t ime be d i iec ted by the C h i e f G o v e r n o r o r G o v e r -nors of this K i n g d o m f o r the t ime b e i n g , by his o r the i r O r d e r o r O r d e r s , m a d e b y t h e Adv ic ' e o f the P r i v y C o u n c i l , and noti f ied by P r o c l a m a t i o n .

A n d w h e r e a s I n f o r m a t i o n hath been r e -c e i v e d that an in fect ious D i s t e m p e r p r e v a i l s in the C i t y o f C h a r l e s t o w n in the S ta te of S o u t h C a r o l i n a , in the T o w n of D a r i e n in the State of G e o i g i a , and at N e w O r l e a n s in the T e r r i t o r y of L o u i s i a n a :

N o w w e the L o r d L i e u t e n a n t and C o u n c i l of I r e l a n d , in p u r s u a n c e of the said A c t , do therefore- , o r d e r , T h a t a l l S h i p s , P e r s o n s , G o o d s , \ V a i e s , and M e r c h a n d i s e s , n o w a r -r ived or w h i c h m a y h e r e a l t e r a r r ive" in a n y of the P o r t s of I r e l a n d , f r o m C h a r l e s t o w n in the State^of S . C a t o l i n a , f r o m t h e , T o w n of D a r i e n in the State of G e o r g i a , o r f r o m N e w O r l e a n s in the T e r r i t o r y o l L o u i s i a n a , o r f r p m a n y P o r t w i t h i n t h e said States o f S o u t h C a r o l i n a and G e o r g i a , o r on the T e r r i t o r y of L o u i s i a n a , and s h a l l h a v e c leared out f r o m f r o m a n y of the sard P o i t s 01 P l a c e s s u b s e q u e n t to the F i r s t D a y of S e p t e m b e r last , (not h a v i n g aiiy . P e r s o n o r P e i s o n s on B o a r d the s a m e .ill of the sa id infect ious D i s t e m p e r ) , do p e r f o i m Q u a r a n -tine of F i f t e e n D a y s at the s e v e r a l P l a c e s a p p o i n t e d , and a c c o r d i n g to the R u l e s , p re scr ibed by the P r o c l a m a t i o n of the L o r d L i e u t e n a n t and C o u n c i l o f the S ix teenth . D a y o l S e p t e m b e r O n e thousand e ight h u n -d r e d , and of this D a t e , f o r P e r f o r m a n c e of Q u a r a n t i n e by a l l S h i p s rand V e s s e l s c o m i n g f r o m o r Lhrough the M e d i t e r r a n e a n , o r f r o m the W e s t B a r b a r y on the A t l a n t i c O c e a n , o r f r o m any P o r t o r P l a c e on the C o a s t of S p a i n wi thout the S t r a i t s o f G i b i a l t a r t o the S o u t h -w a r d of C a p e S t . V i n c e n t , and a r r i v i n g wi tb-c lean B i l l o f H e a l t h y but in case it shal l a p p e a r upon the a r r i v a l of a n y S h i p o r V essel at a n y o f the ports of I r e l a n d , w h i c h sha l l h a v e c leared out s u b s e q u e n t to the

^sairl F i r s t day of S e p t e m b e r last f r o m a n y of the P o r t s o r P l a c e s be fore fnent ioned w i t h -in the T e r r i t o r y of the U n i t e d States o f A m e i i c a , that a n y of the Crew- o r P a s s e n -gers b e l o n g i n g to the s a m e a r e actua l ly ill o f s u c h in fec t ious D i s t e m p e r , o r a n y of the C r e w o r P a s s e n g e r s o n B o a r d 'any s u c h S h i p o r V e s s e l s h a l l h a v e died o f the said in fect ious D i s t e m p e r , o r h a v e been ill of the s a m e d u r i n g the C o u r s e of the V o y a g e , the C l o t h e s , and a l l ' p e r s o n a l E f f e c t s whi.ch are , suscept ib le of I n f e c t i o n , w o r n byVor 'belor ig-ing to s u c h Person- , s h a l l ' be f o r t h w i t h b u r n e d o r ' s u n k in deep W a t e r , and the said S h i p oi- V e s s e l , w i t h t h e W h o l e o f h e r C a r g O , s h a l l not be permit ted to p e r f o r m Q u a r a n t i n e at. a n y P o r t o r P l a c e e x c e p t at C a r l i n g f o r d , a n d s h a l l be c o m p e l l e d to d e -par t f r o m any. o t h e r P o r t o r P l a c c at w h i c h t h e , s a m e h a s a r r i v e d , o r s h a l l a r r i v e as E f o r e s a i d , a n d s h a l l r e p a i r ,to C a r l i n g f o r d , and there p e r f o r m Q u a r a n t i n e , and not e l s e -w h e r e , and be sub jec t to a l l the R u l e s a n d R e g u l a t i o n s to w h i c h S h i p s and V e s s e l s c o m i n g f r o m or t h r o u g h t h e . M e d i t e r r a n e a n , o r C a d i z , o r o t h e r P o r t s o f S p a i n w i t h o u t the St ra i t s of G i b r a l t a r to t lie S o u t h w a r d o f C a p e S a i n t V i n c e n t , and not f u r n i s h e d w i t h c lean B i l l s . o f H e a l t h a r e sub jec t .

A n d the C o m m i s s i o n e r s of, his M a j e s t y ' s R e v e n u e a r e to g i v e f u r t h e r directions, here in as to them m a y respect ive ly , a p p e r t a i n .

G i v e n at t h e . C o u n c i l C h a m b e r in D u b l i n , the 20th d a y of N o v e m b e r , 1 8 0 4 .

R e d e s d a l e , C . C h a r . D u b l i n . . E l y . . , . ' A n -n e s l e y . E r n e . C a t h c a m 0 . T v . l d a r c .

.. M u s k e r r y . F r a n k f o r t . , • C a s t l e - C o o t e . E v a n N e p e a n . H e r : L a n g r i s h e . J a m e s F i t z g e r a l d . S t a n d i s h O ' G r a d y . .

G O D s a v e the K I N G .

L O R D V I S C O U N T H E R E F O R D .

O n the i s t instant , d ied at N a n t c r i b b a H a l l , M o n t g o m e r y s h i r e , G E O R G E D E V E -

R E . U X , V i s c o u n t H e r e f o r d , a n d a B a r o n e t , P i e m i e r V i s c o u n t o f . E n g l a n d , born A p r i l 2 5 , 1 7 4 4 , succeeded his b r o t h e r E D W A R D ,

A u g u s t 1 , 1 ^ 8 3 , m a r r i e d D e c . 1 5 , 1 7 6 ^ , liis cous in M A R I A N N . 4 , o n l y d a u g h t e r a n d he i ress of . G E O R G E D E V E U E U X , E s q . o f T r e g n y d , i

n B r e c k n o c k s h i r e , b y w h o i r i j w h o died A p r i l 1 0 , 1 7 9 7 . , he had th i r teen c h i l d r e n , of w h o m o n e s o n anc j . f ive d a u g h - , tei's a r e l i v i n g . H i s L o r d s h i p is succeeded in his t i t le .and estates by. his son H E N R Y ,

n o w V i s c o u n t H E R E F O R D .

S I R J O H N G A L L I N L

O n the 5th ins tant , at his h o u s e in H a n ' -n o v e r s q u a r e , S i r J O I I M G A L L I N I . A t e ight o ' c l o c k that m o r n i n g h e r a n g his b e l l j a n d , on h i s s e r v a n t e n t e i i n g his c h a m b e r . , o r d e r e d his b r e a k f a s t to b e p r e p a r e d i m m e -d i a t e l y , his cha i se to . b e at the" d o o r at nine o ' c l o c k , and Iris char t idt in w a i t i n g at three . A f e w minutes a f t e r g i v i n g these. Cirect ions he c o m p l a i n e d of not be ing well-, and s a i d — " I s h a l l rest until nine. rO.Tiock," I n h a l f an h o u r he r a n g his be l l a g a i n , and o r d e r e d -

i m m e d i a t e m e d i c a l ass i s tance , as he bad a •violent pain in h i s s t o m a c h . — D I ; H A V E S ,

and D o c t o r W O Q D , i m m e d i a t e l y a t tended , but at n ine o ' c l o c k h e e x p i r e d w i t h o u t a g r o a n . O n F r i d a y m o r n i n g S i r J .OHN a t -tended his p u p i l s as u s u a l , and in the e v e n -i n g w a s at C o v e n t - G a r d e n T h e a t r e . H e has left t w o u n m a r r i e d . d a u g h t e r s and a. s o n , a C a p t a i n ib the a r m y . T h e p r o p e r t y is sa id to be v e r y c o n s i d e r a b l e that he h a s . l e f t b e -h i n d h i m . A t the a g e of t w e n t y - f i v e l ie made h is entre at the O p e r a ' H o u s e , in the F l a y m a r k e t , then under the m a n a g e m e n t o f M r . D u B U R G H , as a d a n c e r ; the e n s u i n g

season he w a s m a d e pr inc ipa l d a n c e r , a n d in a f e w seasons b e c a m e bal let m a s t e r , and then stage m a n a g e r o f t h e O p e r a H o u s e , and g a v e lessons in d a n c i n g . In that c h a r a c -ter he w a s introduced into t h e E a r l o f A B I N G D O N ' S f a m i l y , w h e r e L a d y E L I Z A -

B E T H B E R T I E , his L o r d s h i p ' s e ldest d a u g h t e r , b e c a m e e n a m o u r e d of h i m , and m a r r i e d him" : h e r L a d y s h i p ' h a s been d e a d o n l y about s i x m o n t h s : soom a f ter his m a r -r i a g e , he w e n t to I t a l y , and w a s m a d e o n e of the K n i g h t s of the H o l y R o m a n E m p i r e : o,n his r e t u r n to E n g l a n d , h e a g a i n b e c a m e M a n a g e r o f t h e . O p e r a H o u s e , a n d h a d the meri t o f i n t r o d u c i n g M r . S L I N G S B T to that T h e a t r e . S i r J O H N w a s M a n a g e r at the t i m e the house w a s b u r n e d d o w n in 8.9^ he then sent a g e n t l e m a n to Italy and F r a n c e , to b r i n g him p l a n s o f the O p e r a F f o u s e s in those p l a c e s , to f o r m his j u d g m e n t in the desig n ing of the. present K i n g ' s T h e a t r e . It is said he a d v a n c e d th i r ty . thousand p o u n d s t o w a r d s the. e x e c u t i o n of this b u i l d i n g ; w h e n finished, an o p p o s i t i o n w a s • f o r m e d ,

.by p r o p o s i n g to open the P a n t h e o n f o r the p e r f o r m a n c e of O p e r a s . B u t M r . T A Y L O R ,

a P r o p r i e t o r , t a k i n g t h e m a n a g e m e n t into his h a n d s , S i r J O H N r e t i r e d , and d e v o t e d the r e m a i n d e r o f . his l i f e to h i s pro fess ion of d a n c i n g - m a s t e r .

C O U N T R Y I N T E L L I G E N C E .

W A T E R ^ ' O K D J J A N . 8 .

T h ' e f o l l o w i n g is an ex t rac t of a letter f r o m R I C H A R D U S H E R , Esq; of C a p p a g h , dated on W e d n e s d a y , , the 3d of J a n u a r y :

" O n M o n d a y n ight las t , ( D e c . 3 1 ) , s o m e p e r s o n s , in my.rabsence f r o m h o m e , w i l f u l l y , and m a l i c i o u s l y b u r n e d to the g r o u n d m y s tab le , in w h i c h w e r e t w o horses,-a n d a n u m b e r of f a r m i n g utensils ; they a l so set fire to a c o w - h o u s e , in w h i c h w e r e 5. Cows , a s t o r e - h o u s e , in w h i c h there w a s ' p r o p e r t y to a l a r g e a m o u n t , a r i ck of. hav,-one of oats , and a l a r g e n e k of t u r f , a l l of w h i c h w e r e c o n s u m e d . N o t content w i t h • this b a r b a r o u s act of C r u e l t y , 'last n ight ' ( J a n . . £) . they b r o k e o p e n m y t a r n , a n d le f t there in .a letter of a d a r i n g n a t u r e , d i -rected to m e . . S c a r c e l y ti n i g h t passes that there a r e hot t h r e a t e n i n g notices posted u p on d i f f e r e n t c h a p e l s in th is p a r t o f the c o u n -

t r y . "

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SATURDAY 'S MAIL

N A V A L I N T E L L I G E N C E .

F A L M O U T H , J A N . 4 .

T h e Tozunsend packet arrived here yester-day evening, and nearly at the same time the IValsingham packet, both from Lisbon ; the latter alter a'passage of .eleven days, and the former .of twenty two. T h e packets' were first discoveted yesterday noon. We anx-iously waned the approach of the vessels, and the landing.of the passengers,, in order to gain some intelligence respecting M r . I 'RE r e . We.now learn that he remained behind at Lisbon, at the time of the sailing of iht. last-packet. Having thus satisfied you in the most matetial point, I will now inform you what I have been able to'collect from the most intelligent of the passengers :

M r . F R E R E , as you have alteady stated, did actual ly quit Madrid on the 14th of No-vember, in company with Lord and L a d y H O L L A N D , . 'and M r . L Y E L L , the M e s -senger. T h e household establishment of the HOLLAND family being large, it was necessary, for the convey a ne'e .of the whole, to emyloy three cariiages, and also a wag-gon for the removal of the packages, &c . The i r rateof travelling did not exceed from fifteen to twenty miles a day, and the party did nor reach Lisbon rill the lath of. Decern ber. On their arrival at L isbon, L o r d HOLLAND took a house for his family, and intends to occupy it tili the spring.

-Mr. ERERE has not enjoyed a good state of health of late; he has had several slight attack's of the ague, and purposes staying at Lisbon till fine weather arri ves, when he may hope for a more lavourable passage th in the present season .of the year is likely to- alio,id' him.

T h e Tozunsend Sailed on the n t h ultimo from Lisbon, witf frhree or fOtir passengers onboard , among.w horn was Mr . L Y E L L , With dispatches-ior Government. Seldom has a ship been known to experience such bad -weather, and yet be preserved from foundering. After the first few days, she was exposed to one continued gale, till her ai rival in the Channel. During a storm of fifteen successive days, the Officers and the crew had to exert themselves to the very utmost to keep the vessel afloat. At length it became necessary, provisions growing short, to pin the crew on short allowance.

T h e Walsingham packet sailed oh the 24th of December, with a servant belong ing to L o r d R O B E R T F I T Z G E R A L D on board, the beater of dispatches for Govern-

• m'ent, which aresaid to be important. She experienced as bad weather, for its duration, in the course of her passage, as the 'Tewn-send. When within a few days sail of the L izard , she waschased for a considerable time by a. French privateer, but happily escaped under cover of the night. Had ir not been for this circumstance,._she w o u l d have got into port a day sooner than the 1 owns end.

T h e Walsingham brings an account that the P R I N C E of P E A C E had m a d e use of the most violent expiessions against the English Government, in consequence of the capture of the Spanish frigates, as well as upon some other points. -The circumstance or the blowing up of one of the frigates is much dwelt upon by this Minister j and I am positively assured that he has been more violent in his behaviour even than BONA

- P A R T E was in his conduct towards Lord W H I T W O R T H .

M r . H U N T E R , the C o n s u l - G e n e r a l , had arrived at Lisboo previous to the sailing of the Walsingham. Fie'quitted Madrid on the 26th of November . Both, the Messen-gers left this place together, in a post-r.hasse and f o u r ; one of the passengers set off this morning expiess for town, and through his kindness you will receive this.

P L Y M O U T H , J A N . Arrived from a cruize off the coast of

Spain, the Diamond 36 , Captain E L P H I N -STONE , with a most beautiful Spanish pac-ket from the coast of South America, laden on the K i n g of Spain's and merchants ac-count with a valuable cargo, and 120 ,000 dollars

in specie. I he Diamond has taken two Other Spanish prizes, not yet arrived. T h e Gentleman who arrived yesterday at the Prince George, and was landed from the Indefatigable, Capt. G . M A N N , and which sailed directly again, is possitively asserted to, be Lieut. Gen. Sir J . MOORE, K . B . from Portugal and Spain.

At eleven, p. m. this, morning, the. Tickle, of 1 4 guns, Lieut . L A P O U R T I E R ,

express from Ferrol in only 49 hours , which brought dispatches from Pvear-Admi-ral COCHRANE, of importance, Which were directly forwarded no the Admiralty express. T h e account she brings in the pre-sent situation of af fa i is , is certainly of con-

sequence. T h e Admiral was ashore at F e n o l ; but hearing his boat's crew were detained by a party of soldiers, he prudently got into a shore boat, and rowed to his ship oft Batareaux Bay . T h e crew of" his bafge were detained in the Spanish guard-house; and it is supposed that the French at Ferrol were the instigators of, the business. Y e s -terday the Messenger, only six days . from Lisbon, passed through Launccston, e x -press, with dispatches from Lord R . F r r z -G E R A L D ,

F O L K S T O N E , J A N . 4..

T h e Led.a, Capt. HONEYMAN, came in from the French coast, and anchored-'in the Ness Roads ; there were a great many gun-boats in Boulogne Roads, and many of our crizers on the coast. A bad accident befell a boat, coming on shoie ; the boat upset, with seven men and one officer, on board -. a boat Was immediately got off to their assis-tance, notwithstanding four of the men wet c drowned.

P O R T S M O U T H , J A N . 5 . Governor B E C K W I T H this day embarked

on board the Proselyte frigate, Captain S A Y E R , .which will sail to-morrow for Cork and the West Indies. Yesterday af-ternoon the Ambuscade frigate, Capt. D U R -BAN, arrived here with' Rear-Admiral C A M P B E L L ; from the Mediterranean, who has resigned his command, in consequence of an ill state of health.

T h e Ambuscade passed th rough the Gut of Gibraltar on the 1 5 t h , when the. Sophie sloop was crusf-ng ; and the Swiftsure was lying in the Bav . T h e Donegal, S ir R . S T RACHAN, had passed through . the Gut to join the fleet. On the 16th she spoke the Ruby and Agamemnon, cruising on the coast of Spain j and for the last fortnight has had very heavy gales of wind. On Tuesday last she fell in with the Channel Fleet, 100 leagues to the westward of the Lizard.—• Lord NELbON's baggage was removed to the Superb, Capt. K E A T S , ready for his return to England. He may be dsily ex -pected. Capt. E L L I O T T , of thefirst R e -giment, is the only passenger, in the Ambus-catie W e lament to state that Gibraltar continues very sickly. T h e ship is under quarantine at the Mother bank.

A | f o g , unusually thick, has prevailed herel tl lis week. On Wednesday 'anci it shouM.be noticed as a novel effort of nauti-cal zeSd and skill) the Prince of Wales, of 98 guns, was led out of the harbour to Spit head, by a drum being sent from the ship,; and beat at the different buoys, when the-atmosphere was so dense that she could not be distinctly seen, even wh.en passing the platform._ Vice Admiral S i r R . CALDER has re hoisted his flag on board of her, and will sail shortly to resume his command in the Channel Fleet.

T R U R O , J A N . 5 . B y the Tozvnshend packet, Captain DODD,

which arrived at Falmouth on Thursday last, after a passage of twenty-two days from Lisbon, we have authentic intelligence of the arrival of M r . F R E R E in rhat City. H e reached Lisbon two days before the Townshend left, it. A British frigate was then lying in the T a g u s , with twelve de tained Spanish vessel. In this frigate M r . F R E R E , it Is expected, is n o w on his p a s -sage to England.

Fhe 'Walsingham packet, Captain R O -B E R T S , also arrived at Falmouth, on Thursday last, from Lisbon, a l tera pas-sage of eleven days. B y her we learn, that wat was declared by Spain against Great B ; itainj\on the rath of .December .

Each of these packets has brought a mes senger, cbmged with dispatches from M r , F R E R E , and the Court of Madrid , for the British Government, and the Spanish M i -nister at the Court 'of London.

Nothing was pub Sickly known at Lisbon, of' the part that Portugal will take in this contest; but serious apprehensions were

-entertained there, that she will shortly be involved on,one side or the other, but most probably against this country. 1

LONDON, M O N D A Y , J A N . 7.

T h e gentleman who arrived on Saturday from Spain, was.-not Mr . F R E R E — a con-siderable, deal of mystery was observed res-pecting him. When he was landed from the Indefatigable, no boat was suffered to board the vessel, nor was any communica-tion permitted with the frigate's boat which con veyed him ashore. As soon as he land-ed, the frigate, w^hich had been laying too, immediately made sail without waiting to receive either letters or fresh -provisions'.— Our Plymouth Letter of this morning says, that the Gentleman was General M O O R E , who had been, sent on a particular mission to Portugal.

W i t h respect to M . " F R E R E , w e k n o w that h e remained at L i s b o n o n the. 2 4 t h .

M r . L Y E L L the Messenger, arrived with dispatches from him on Saturday, and two Lisbon Mails arrived yesterday. M r . F R E R E rfMeave Madrid on b e i 4 t h of N o v . but lie travelled very slowly. L o r d and L a d y HOLLAND accompanied him, and their retinue was so numerous, and their baggage so cumbrous, that their progress was,not more,than 20 miles a day.. M r . P R E RE'S health too did not admit much speed.—They did not reach Lisbon till toe 20th ult. Lord andvLady HOLLAND have taken a house there, and , mean to remain till spr ing .—Mr. F R E R E determined to wait, rill the state of the weather afforded him a prospect of a more favourable passage than he could expect at this-.season of the year. Yet there are sqme who see a pacific motive and object in his remaining at Lisbon. W e

entertain no such opinion. Mr . F R E R E would not have left Madrid till all hopes on our part of an amicable adjustment o f t h e diffe l'onces had been abandoned ; and he would hardly remain at L isbon merely on the hope that Spain might yield. W e date say the cause oi his stay will be found to be as we stated ; an unwillingness, on ac count of ill health, to encounter the fatigue of a s e a y o y a g e , in this boisterous season of the year. Another proof, too, of every idea of an amicable arrangement having been given up, is, that even our Consul at Madrid, M r . H U N T E R , has left Spain, and is arrived at Lisbon. But all doubt upon the subject has been removed by the intelligence brought by the Walsingham packet, that V/AR WAS DECLARED BY S P A I N A G A I N S T G R E A T B R I T A I N ON

T H E I 2 T H 0 E D E C E M B E R .

S P A N I S H D E C L A R A T I O N OF W A R . T h e following extract ol a letter from

Lisbon states, that the Spanish Dcclara-ion of war has been sent to this country bv a Messenger, and that in its language it is "ve-ry violent:—•

" L I S B O N , D E C . 2 2 .

" A Messenger goes to England by this packet ; he is the bearer of the S P A N I S H D E C L A R A T I O N OF W A R ; the language is extremely violent • it is however , perhaps the only way in which they can ev ince their hostility. T h e English cruizers are cap-tuiing every thing under Spanish colours, and many valuable ships have fallen into their hands. As yet it is impossible to fore see the effect which the war will have in this country. T h e r e is, nevertheless, a geneial inclination to believe that we shall net be suffered to remain neuter."

Stocks experienced some rise on Saturday ., 1 ,t,: :_ „ 1

the French Government, B O N A P A R T S may consider such a mode of expression as wa iv -ing the acknowledgment of his new Impe-rial dignity. H e may therefore object to granting passports unless they are demanded f i o m htm as the E M P E R O R o f the F R E N C H .

and this morning, in consequence of a ru T. tnour that a cartel had been agreed to for the exchange of prisoners. T o this rumour we could not hastily give credit; for we saw that the great difficulty that lay in the way of a cartel, related to our countrymen detained as prisoners at V e r d u n , in violation of a solemn promise made them at the commence-ment of the war , that they should remain in France unmolested. I f our Government consented to consider them as prisoners of war, they would be said to have admitted the justice .and legality of their otiginal de-tention. A second difficulty consisted in the manner in which the Hanoverian troops, who surrendered to the French, were to be considered. B O N A P A R T E , of course would have been glad to have had them class' ed as prisoners of war , in order that they might- be exchanged for French paisoners in this country. T o this, we could not a°ree , because it would have been given our enemy un available, and receiving in return an un-available force. T h e French prisoners ex-changed for the Flanoverians., might be im-mediately emploped against this Country, whilst this. Country could not employ the Hanoverians against F r a n c e ; for this sim-ple reason, that the French, still occupying Hanover , would not suffer.the Hanoverian army to quit the Electorate.

T h e following will be found to be the fact. — T H E R E I S NO C A R T E L E S T A B L I S H -

E D B E T W E E N T H I S C O U N T R Y A N D

F R A N C E ; nor is there the least likelihood that one will be speedily established, or that the pro-posals which are understood to have been

, made by this country some time ago, will be

acceded to by B O N A P A R T E .

It is true that Captain PUGET was ap-pointed a day or two ago as our Agent at P a -ris for affording relief to British" prisoners merely ; and even this may be considered rather as a nomination, for it has not yet been ascertained that BONAPARTE wi l l r e -ceive him or any other Gentleman in that capacity. T h e nomination, however , is to beannouncedimmediately to the French G o -vernment, and passports are to be demanded for him.

W e . s u s p e c t t h a t a dif f iculty .will occur in limine. I f w c mere ly demand passports f r o m

. In a second Edition of our Paper on S a -turday, we announced the appointment of ' Marquis - C O R N W A L L I S to succeed the Marquis W E L L E S L E Y in the Government of India. The ' former i s extremely popular amongst the native Powers , and is t h e ' p i o -pcrest man that could have been selected for the purpose of preserving by his firmness the important territories we have lately a c -quired, and of conciliating, by. his mildness -the hearts of the inhabitants of" them. '

Lord HARROWBY, we understand, is no-longer Secretary of State for Foreign A f f a i i s / — F i e has been succeeded by LoTd M U L -GRAVE, who has already been honoured with the invectives of the C o a l i t i o n i s t s -M r . E L L I O T T , the Under Secretary of State, retires, it is said, with Lord H A R -R O W B Y — M r . A D D I N C T O N , a d v a n c e d to the Peerage, is expected to succeed'the Duke of PORTLAND in the Presidency of the C o u n c i l — M r . V A N S I T T A R-T replaces S i r E V A N N E P E A N , as S e c r e t a r y to t h e Lord Lieutenant of. Ireland..

We learn with great pleasure, that A d m i -ral C O R N W A L L I s's Fleet, (notwithstanding the reports to the contrary) maintained its'' position off Brest during the late tempestu-ous weather, withoutinjuryor inconvenience.

L o r d NELSON'S fleet was left all well on the 4 tb of December, o f f Barcelona. H e has detained a great number of valuable Spanish ships ; but we are sorry ro heai that-his Lordship's health obliges him to return to England. When the Ambuscade left the' fleet, his baggage. had . been shipped on-board the vessel that was to fating him home-

— j . W e are informed, that a measure has just

been adopted by the Minister, which wilt do away at once (he long -complained of incon-venience resulting to Ireland f.-om the mode by which the course of Exchange between that country and England has hithc-rto been regulated. T h e B a n k of Ireland, it is said, will in future be permitted to draw on the Bank of England at par , to any amount.

M r . V A N S I T T A R T wil l , it is said, go out Chief Secretary to I ieland, as soon a s S i r E V A N N E P E A N is re turned, a n d has-taken his seat at the Board of Admiralty.

S i r E V A N N E P E A N is WOT-arrived f r o n i Dublin, as has been stated in several of the Papers ; lie is, however , on his w a y , , ac-companied by M r . COR RT.

T h e K i n g of SWEDEN, , manifests a part i-cular desire to have a proper system of edu-cation established in his dominions-. A Board appointed for the purpose of superin-tending public instruction in Sweden, has commissioned a young Swede, of the name of B R O O E M A N N , w h o had distinguished himself by ,some critical pieces, and a trea-tise on Education, to make a tour through several countries of Europe, to collect in-formation on this subject. At Stralsund, B R O O M A N N had an audience of the K I N G , who pointed out to him several things which he thought would be of particular utility to S w e d e n ; and, above al l , desired him not to be too easily led away by untried novelties.

T h e most Noble order of the Garter is about to be encreased by the introduction of four new Knights. At the originalinstitu-tion in 1 3 5 0 , the number (with the S o v e -reign) exclusive of the Kings 's sons, was limited to twenty s ix . Including our own Princes of" the Blood, and the four foreign Princes who are honoured with the insig-nia, it amounts to thirty three. But we understand that the Prince of ORANGE, the Duke of B R U N S W I C K , the Prince of H E S S K C A S S E L , a n d the P r i n c e of S A X E

GOTHA, are to beclassed in future as M e m -bers o f t h e Older exclusively (with their Royal Relatives the K ing ' s Sons) to enable his M A J E S T Y to augment the list without any material violation of the original Char -er. T h e late Duke of ROXBURGH'S in-,

tisignia, not having been given away , the K ING will thus have five B l u e Ribbands to dispose o f ; which it is said are to be given to the Marquis O F A B E R C O R N , the E a r l o f W I N C H E L S E - A , the E a r l of C H E S T E R -F I E L D , the E a r l of D A R T M O U T H , a n d the E a r l of A Y L E S B U R Y .

A m o n g the many evils which this country suffered from the treacherous neutrality of Spain, there was none more striking than the injury which our commerce sustained from the Spanish ports being made nests of" pr iva-teers from France. T h e y had so regulated the manner of condemning prizes, and send-ing prize goods to France, that, after a prize had been sent into a Spanish port, the captors were as secure as if it had reached a FrencSi

port. As soon as ever the cargo was con • dimned, it was unloaded, and instead of being ventured any more in the same ship, it was sent to some French port, or the Bay of Biscay, in v6ry small vessels, bearing the Spanish or Portuguese flag. T h o s e vessels, from their diminutive size, kept usually so close to the shore, that our cruisers could not follow them: but even if any of them did fall in with our cruizcrs, they had an ad-ditional secu rity : however strongly it might be suspected that the property they carried was enemy's goods, yet the value of each of these small • vessels, separately, was not worthy the expence of sending them into port for adjudication, and it lias already been ascertained that no vessel beaiing a neutral flag can be lav fully destroyed at sea by our cruizers. Under those circumstances our brave sailors were obliged to see, dai ly, prize goods going peaceably to the ports of Prance., which never could have been ven-tured out of the port they were first sent into, if it had not been the respect which this Country always paid to a neutral flag.— T h e injury that this Country has suffered by those practices is of a double nature in the first.place, a great deal ol British property lias already found its way into French ports, 'which would have been recaptured, if it had not been for the pretended neutrality of Spa in ; 2d ly , the number of French pr iva-teers has very much increased, by the facili-ties so afforded them of bringing in their prize-goods without risk. In fact, Spain is the favourite situation for the privateering sepculations of the F iench—their crews are not pressed there as in F iance , to man the fleet; and, among a number of similar in-stances, it can be proved that the Braave privateer, of 16 guns, which. ' has " made above 20 valuable prizes, never yet entered a French pmt since she got her com mission. T h e Spanish ports have been for a long time past the general asylum and rendezvous ol French privateers and their prizes

Private accounts from Paris have furnish-ed us with th.e:following nar ra ive , relative to a family of considerable consequence, which *. 1 ad av died itself of the amnesty granted to emigrants, and had returned to France. T h e name of M . DE SEGUR is wel l known in every Court of E u r o p e . — Under Lo.u i s X V I t h , he filled the impor-tant office of Ambassador at Vienna, at B e r -l in, and at Petersburg!). Flis poetical ta-lents, his wit, his social and moral qualities, were the ornament and delight of society.— It was this M . DE S E G U R , who played the .well known trick upon our Ambassador in Russia. In one of the Journies of the E m -press' CATHA.11 INE., she was accompanied; b y t h e Corps Diplomatique. In ' the course of it M . DE SEGUR requested our Ambas-sador to lend him his pen and paper, which he readily Consented to, supposing that be. wished 10 write a song or an epigram, for which he was so celebrated. With the pen, which our Ambassador lent him, he drew a sketch of the Commercial Treaty between France , and Russia, so highly advantage ous to the former and not a little detrimental to Great Britain.

-M. de SEG UR. ruined in his own fortune ' by the Revolution—his wife's fortune ruined

too by the events that had occun ed in St. Domingo, accepted BONA PARTE'S amnesty, and upon his return'to Paris , w a s made (a situation unworthy of a man who had occu-pied posts of such importance). Grand Mas-ter of the Ceremonies. Fortune began once more to smile upon him ; . his two sons, a l -

' 'most equalling the father in talents, married advantageously: not long ago, one of them went out one morning; and returned no' more i —.His wife and his father were long; uncertain of his fate—they offered large re-wards for any intelligence that might be fur-nished respecting him—they sent persons to different parts of France—his body was at length found drowned—-But it yet remains a secret, whether he died by his own hands or not.---Not long after this dreadful event, and about two months ago, M . DE SEGUR. 's second.son happen to be in company with General C A U L I N C O U R T , the ruffian w h o m •BONAPARTE senttothe other side of the Rhine to seize the Duke B 'ENGHE I N . T h e conversation turned upon that transaction; and M . DE S E G U R , gallant, high spirited, and humane, expiessed in pointed teirns his detestation of the deed, and his abhorrence of the conduct of C A U L I N C O U R T . — T h e latter replied in the most opprobious lan-guage, and challenged M . DE S E G U R . — T h e y met the next morning in the Bois de Boulogne..- ( M . DE SEGUR had previously asked the ruffian General whether,.he would not prefer the Sow de Vincennes, where the D u k e D ' E N G H I E N was murdered). At the first fire M . DE SEGUR was shot through she head, and instantly exp i red , "

W E S T M I N S T E R S E S S I O N S .

Before W M . M A I N W A R I N G , Es<p; and a Bench of Justices.

F O R T U N E - T E L L I N G . j

Elizabeth,, alias Sidrophella Jones, was '; brought into Court, under "a commitment as ; a rogue and vagabond. T h e prisoner was ' stricken in years, and of a complexion I which proclaimed her lineal descent from ; the disciples of Zoroaster. S h e was deeply 1 skilled in the occult sciences, and was one ! of the p: iucipal of those oracles i

" To whom all persons far and near, On deep importances repair." j

, It happened that Anne Mason, a well- ; grown maiden, about 23 years of age, who • dived in the Service of a Gentleman, at N o . . 9 , Hanover square, flattered herself that I her beauty add person deserved at least a . coronet, and that she applied to the ancient j and respectable sybil at ihe bar to be inform- ' ed what Nobleman -would fall in love with her, the prophetess pretended she perfectly well knew.

" Hcnv many Dukes, and Earls , and Peers, Were in the Planetary spheres j "

and she promised to give her every satisfac-tion as to her future destiny. Having' cast her horoscope, according to the rules laid down by Manilius and Placidus, and ascer-taitied that her planetary hour referred to the eighth lot of the sign V i r g o , denoting honour and wealth ; and having also traced the aspects and positions of the fixed stars at her bi.th, and determined the Lord of the Ascendant, she said that nothing was want-ing to enable her to state with accuracy the identical' mortal w h o w a s to be her huiband, hue certain sy mbols, which it was necessery the enqi;iier should give her. These were two silver table spoons, six silver teaspoons one pound note, and a shawl . Poor Anne thought the prospect of ruling in her car-riage cheaply purchased, deliveied the arti-cles to tlie old sorceress, who presented her with a : paper covered with, hieroglyphics, and strictly enjoined her riot to watch where she went, or to open the talisman till five o'clock p. m. when she would return with the tokens, Anne Mason was the more in duced to believe her, from her positive as-surances that she was the person who had! restored the K i n g to his health—a service

for which the nation paid her a . pension. Sidrophella J ones went away with the si lver spoons, and probably they never mare would have been heard of, if a ,'fiiend of the young woman, hearing of her folly and cr.eclui.ry, had not pursued the witch", and caught her with theartieles in her possession. T h e modern Cas.;andra was conveyed to the Police Office in Marlborough street wh"re her ill star presided in the foim of a Magis trate. She was sent toTothi l l - f ie lds Bride-well for provisional incarceration -till the Sessions. T h e facts of the case having been related by An'ne Mason, who seemed equal-ly ashamed and disappointed, the Court proceeded to pass judgement.

T h e Chairman observed, that the priso-ner belonged to a race of impostors, who were a pest to society, antl, under the pre-tence of telling fortunes, they procured mo-ney from the ignorant, and not ufiirequent-ly availed themselves of their profession, to rob the houses into which they were admit-ed. In this instance there appeared an attempt to rob, and certainly had not the prisoner been brought back," and restored the things, she would have been indicted on a more serious charge. T h e sentence for this offence was, that she should he impri-soned six months. But if ever she was again brought before the Com t for a similar offence, she would be committed for two years, as an incorrigible rogue and vaga-bond ; and on repeating it a ,third time,

T H E E A R L O F R 0 3 3 . L Y N ,

Whose death w e announced in our last, was. in his 72d year, having been,born Feb. 543,. 1 7 3 3 , and married Dec. 3 1 , 1 7 6 7 , B E t 'TY A N N P , daughter and sole heiress, o f J O H N D A W S O N , E s q . o f M o r l e y , in 'Yorkshire , by w h o m , Who died in 1 7 8 1 , lie had no issue ; and September 1 2 , 1782,, h e m a r r i e d C H A R L O T T E C O U R T N E Y ,

youngest daughter of ' W I L L I A M Viscount C O U R T N E Y , and aunt to the present V i s -count, by whom he had a son, born Octo • bev 2 , 1 7 9 3 , since dead, 'His Lordship had been long subject to the gout,, and. in a delicate state of health, f ie-res ided at his seat at Bay',is, near Salt Hil l , for the bene-fit of the a i r : but for some weeks past he was so much recoveied as to visit round the neighbourhood; and on Tuesday night, accompanied the Countess to l'ler M A J E S -TY'S fete at Frogmore. On Wednesday morning his Lordship rode on horseback, to visit several of the neighbouring gentle-tnen, and after his return to Bayl is , went in his carriage, to Bulstrocle, to visit the D u k e of P O R T L A N D , and returned home, apparently in perfect health. After dinner, his Lordship complained of a violent pain in his head, and very abruptly arose from the table, saying he was almost distracted, and desired immediate medical assistance to be sent for. H e was put into bed, and e x -presses sent for his physicians, but at one o'clock the ensuing morning his Lordship expired in the greatest agnny. Sii J A M E S S I N C L A I R E R S K I N E , B a r t , succeeds to the titles and estates. He was nephew to the late E a r l ; and Miss E R S K I N E , sister to the present Ear l , who lives with the Countess of R O S S L Y N , is, by His M A -J E S T Y ' S sign manual, to have place, pre-eminence, and precedency, as the daughter of an Earl of the United Kingdom ot Great Britain and Ireland. His Lordship was ap-pointed Solicitor-Geneiai , Jan. 26 , i r m , and Attorney-General, J u n e 1 0 , 1 7 7 S . — Oil ihe 14th of June , 1 7 ^ 0 , he was created Baron LOUGHBOROUGH, made Chief Justice of ihe Common Pleas, ami called to the P r i v y C o u n c i l ; in 1 7 8 3 he was appoint ed First Commissioner for keeping of the Great S e a l ; and on' J-anuaiy 2 7 , 1 7 9 3 , Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was created, by a second parent, Oct. 3 ' J J 7 9 S ) Ba ion LOUGHBOROUGH, with remainders, severally and successively, to S i r J A M E S S T . C L A I R . E R S K I N E , B a r t , a n d to J O H N E R S K I N E , h i s b r o t h e r ; a n d by patent, Apri l 2 1 , 1 8 0 1 , Ear iot R o s s -

L Y N .

transportation to a distant region would be her lot. The 'old wierd sister retired, mut-tering a charm, which had no effect on the gaoler, who conducted her to the cell ap-pointed for her mystic lucubrations, till the sun shall have traversed half the signs of the zodiac.

S H O C K I N G A C C I D E N T . — O n T u e s d a y last agendeman.of fortune, who resides in the vicinity of Curzon-street, dined with a friend, at Perrin's Hotel , in Duke-street .— Tl ie latter, Who lives near Portmari square, brought with him alarge Newfoundland dog. T h e animal lay quiet under the /able until after dinner, when his master'3friend' having made som'e jocular observations in rather" an elevated tone of voire, the dog, thinking, no doubt, that they were quarelling,flew sud-denly at his master's fr iend, and tore o f f his nose and upf>er lip," and'otherwise' man-gled and disfigured his face in a most shock-ing manner, bePore the unfortunate gentle-man could be extricated from his gripe.

F A S H I O N A B L E M A R R I A G E S . — R e p o r t states that tlie Hen. M r . HARBORD, son of j Lord SU-FFIELD, wi l l , in a few clays lead j the beautiful, accomplished, and Hon. Miss | L A M ' B , ' daughter of Lo i 'd M E L B O U R N E , to the Hymeneal A l t a r . — T h e nuptial knot, it is said, will betied early in ihe next month, in the Temple of Hymen, .between the eld-est daughter of the Marquis A E E R C O R N , and the M a r q u i s of W A T E R F O R D . — L o r d DONCANNON, eldest son of the Ear l of BESBOROUGH, it is also said, wil lbesho.it-ly honoured by the fair hand of Lady M A R I A H A M I L T O N , youngest daughter of the M a r q u i s of A B E R C O R N .

S u ICIDE— -As a chairman was passing by the Bason in the Green P a r k , he observ-ed the head-and shoulders'of a female stick-ing above the ice in a part of the surface which had been broken since the recent thaw. He immediately gave an alarm ; and the body being taken out, was found -to be that of the niece of the landlord of the T r i -umphant Chariot Public-house, Piccadilly. —About four weeks ago she had a dispute with her aunt, and.left the.house about 7 o'clock at night, saying that she would drown herself, and never ret,urn a l i ve .— She was dressed in the same cloaths she w o r e o n the nighc she left the house. As 110 trace of her could be discovered until yesterday, it is supposed she went directly and threw herself into the bason. She had been a beautiful girl . T h e body was iden-tified by her only brother.

On Friday last died, in the 62c! year of her age , M r s . F . G L O V E R , w h o had l ived 50 yeare in the same cottage at Honington, in Su f fo lk , and in which she gave birth to that admired rural poet, ROBERT BLOOM-F I E L D , author of the Farmer 's B o y , &c . which poem was first written with the' sole v iew of pleasing his mother, by the recital of scenes long passed, but by its unprece-dented success on being made known to the wor ld , he was enabled to contribute much towards the comfort ol her declining year s ; and on hearing of. her last illness, with that true filial piety which breathes throughout all his productions, he came down from London, and with unwearied patience, watched her rapid decay till death closed the

) melancholy scene.

T h e English language, it appears; is making some progress, though not " ' pari passu " with the Dutch in Surinam, T h e fol lowing curious specimens are extracted from the Surinam Ciiurant, of the 1 6th of August last :

" A D V E R T I S E M E N T S , CC F O R S A L E .

" B y I S A A C , A B E N D A N O N in Sarra-inacco-Street, Mans Shoes.. Beaver Hans, fine shaving B o x e s , - S u g a r , Almond & c ! in -Bottles, Hoops for SugaT Hogsheads, Boat Oars, Boots Suspenders, Paper , Brandy, Gin, and Danish Beer in Botfels and j u g g s . "

" F . D E G R A A F , a Smith in Iron Works, habitant up the Stoenbakk'ers Grogt beside the Zwarte Hu-ven Brug Street him self re -commends in the favour of the Gentlemens, and inhabitants of those Colonic, he shall him self acquainted from his Works at civil and exact manner.

" Paramaribo, Aug. <.)th" 1 804 . "

" J . S T O C K E L and J A N P L A N T F. A TV,

in quality as Executors of the deceased M r . J . P . ROY, are requesting the CIeditors & Dep tors of the said Estate to send in their claims in b 'ancoaud to pay what they are indebted, atthe counting House of ihe first-mentioned and because it is very preaumtif, that some of tlie papers concerning the pre-tensions due to the said Estate are lost, the above mentioned Executors are requesting every one who might have or receive in f u -ture, any knowledge of such lost papers to accquaint them qq. of it.

" Further by this is Advertised that the goods of the late M r . J . P . ROY, are to besold on Friday the'17, Instant on Publ ic Auction at M r . J . G O M P E R T , ; .

" Paramaribo 8th Augustus 1 8 0 4 . "

Since a few day about, him self absent-ed from the Undermen a Negri) Gir l , called J A N S I E , and marked H E , every men is requested, for 110 keep or.ceal him, but to will restore him law, f'ui Master, who shall pay the usual leward.

'' Every men take care for da mrnaz'e. j K R E U T Z . -'

" Paramaribo i y h August i 8 c ± . "

T h e English 'language, it is observed in Foreign Journals , is making a wide spread among the literary world upon the Continent, especially in Russia and Germany. E v e r y Englishman must rejoice at intelligence of this nature, since he may be certain tfyatthe diffusion of works written originally in tlie English language, wil l tend greatly to adorn and exalt our national chara.-ter in the eves of strangers, and, in doing so, promote our national interest. H o w very well F iance has been aware of the vai iousmeans by which a nation may extend her influence, lias, in this respect, been very clearly shewn, by the great exertions she has at alt times made to give to her tongue the pre-eminence in Europe, In the forms of di-plomacy, and in fashions of Couits , she has succeeded ; nor is it likely that any other modern language will displace the French

great pur-for ages to come. But for all ihe poses of procuiing consideration in tlie opi-nio 11s of mankind, from a sense of" impor-tant benefits conferred, we may look with confidence to the diffusion of the literary labours of our scholars, philosophers, and moralist's. From our press the people oi Europe will expect and receive what dare not emanate elsewhere ; they will find their own rights maintained, and their own inde-pendence defended by British wri ters .— When an Englishman turns round and' sees the vast extent of Continent in Ativeric* nursing up into a future Empire , together with all the various settlements on the face of the globe, where his mother-tongue is spoken, all the^ boastful rivalry of France sinks before him, and he may confidently expect that there wil l a lways be found English tongues to record British greatness.

N E D S H U T E R , T H E C O M E D I A N . —

NED was often very poor, and being ?ti!l more negligent than poor, was careless about his dress. A friend overtaking him one day in the street, said to him, " W h y N E D , are you not ashamed to walk the streets With twenty holes in your stockings.? why don't you get them mended i"—'No., my f r iend," said N E D , CC l a m above i t ; ajtcl if you have the pride of a gentleman, y'oii will act like me, and walk with twenty holes rather than have one d a m . " — H o w , how !" replied; the other, cc how the deuce do you make that out W h y , " replied

N E D , cc a hole is the accident of the day; but a darn is premeditated poverty. ''

I n t h e s e c r e t a i r e o f S i r G E O R G E P A G E

T U R N E R , who died on Friday last, in Portland-place, were found b y t h e E x e c u -tor, sixteen thousand seven hundred gui-neas.

SUNDAY'S' MAIL'.'

S T A T E P A P E R . - ;

—.iisiaaf——' M A D R I D , DEC. . I A, i S c i . .

T h e most .excellent Signior Don PEDRO CE v A i.i:.-os, First' Secretaiy of State and of Dispatches,"has ,communicated,- the Royal orders.to ..all the .Councils,- t h e c l a t e p f

the day before.- yesterdayy of -yrhlkh the literal tenor-is'1 as follows.:—

The. Peace which Europe beheld with SO much delight, re-established at • A miens,-has unfortunately for the-, welfare -of -̂na-tions, proved but of short duration. 1 he leiiMcirtgs.with which this happy event was celebrated upon all sides.; . were scarcely concluded, when t^e. public satisfaction be-gan to be troubled, and the advantages of die Peace to disappear.. T h e Cabinets of London and Paris,' held Europe sus-pended, and agitated between its terrors and its hopes', seeing the event of the nego-tiations every day become more uncertain, until the moment that discord arrived at such'an height, as to "kindle between them the fire of war, which must naturally e x -tend itself to other Powers ; since it was very difficult for Spain and H o l l a n d , who had treated jointly with Prance at Amiens, arid whose interests and political relations are so reciprocally connected, to avoid final-l y taking'part in the grievances and offences offered to'their Ally.

<•' TN these c i r c u m s t a n c e s , his M A J E S T Y

supported by the most solid principles of a wise p o l i c y , preferred -pecuniary subs'dies fo the contingent of troops and ships with which he was bound to assist France, in virtue of the Treaty of Alliance in 1 7 9 6 : •and- as 'well by means of his Minister in London,- as ot "the English Agents at Ma-drid, he gave the British Government to understand, in the most positive manner, his'decided, and fiim resolution to remain neutral during the w a r ; making no doubt t'l -it he should quickly have the satisfaction of. seeing that' these ingenious assurances were well received by the Court or London.

" Nevertheless, that Cabinet, which must h a v e r e s o l v e d i n s i lence b e f o r e - h a n d , tor its own panic uiai ends, upon the reno-v _ : i o a o f the w a r with S p a i n , and which, it was always able to declare,- not with'the forms and solemnities prescribed py the L a w of Nations,, but by the means of positive aggressions, which should turn to its own profit , sought the most fr ivolous pretexts to bring into doubt the conduct of Spain, Which w»as'truly neutral, and to give de-mo r.st rations >at the same time to the de-

res-of F i r s B R I T A N N I C M A J E S T Y , to preserve the peace, all with the inten-

fu'll- secn'fity which pea&e'- iiispives, were fraudulently attacked in consequeuce of or-ders from the English Government,, signed in the very moment in which it was faith-lessly exacting-conditions for the prolonga-tion of the peace, in which every possible security was 'given to i-r,' and in which its own vessels Vere provided with provisions' and refreshmentsfn the poi'ts of Spain.

Those very vessels-which were enjoy-ing the most perfect hospitality, and were experiencing the fidelity with- which Spain was proving "tb England the good faith of her engagements, and how firmly her reso-lutions-were to maintain her neutrality, those very ships carried, concealed in the-bosom of their coinma.nrl'eis,- the. unjust or tiers of the English Cabinet for a;

to-M, whatever part of the value of the prices he had, upon other occasions, reserved to himself, so that they shall enjoy them in their full valuei, without the smallest discount.

£C A n d , finally, T i l s M A J E S T Y has r e -solved, that what is contained in the premis-es, shall be inserted in (lie p u b l i c papers, that it may come to the knowledge b.f all : and also, that it shall be transmitted to the 1

A m b a s s a d o r s and M i n i s t e r s of t.h'e K I N G , .

i in Foreign-Co'ufts, in order that all the P o w - ' ers shall be informed of these'- acts, anil take interest in ft cause so jus t ; hoping that Di-vine Providence will bless the Spanish arms, sothat they may obtain a just and"C'onvenient satisfaction for the injuries they have re-ce ived . " "

saulting Spanish property on the 'seas— iniquitous orders,- and profusely circulated,- since all its vessels of war on the seas of America and Europe, were already detaining and-carrying into its harbours as many Spanish vessels as-they. met with, wit hout respecting even the .cargoes of grain which, were com--, ing from.all parts to; succour a .faithful ,11a • tion, in a, year of the greatest calamity.

" Barbarous orcieis, since they'deserve no other name,, to sink every Spanish, ship under an hundred tons; to burn those which they found on shore on the coast; and to make prize of, and carry to Malta, those only which exceeded an hundred tons. T h e Master.of a laud, of Valentin, of fifty-four tons, has made this declaration, that he ef-fected his escape in his launch upon the 16th of. November, on the coast of Catalonia, when his vessel was sunk by an English vessel, whose Captain took from his papers and his flag ; and informed him, that he had received these express instructions from his Court . .

Iti spite of ,- uch atrocious actions, which proved to perfect evidence the covetous and hostile views which the English Cabinet had

j meditated, it was still able to carry on fur-| flier its perfidious, system ot blinding the | public apiiiuii), ailctlging, for this pin pose,, I that the Spanish frigates had not been carried I into the English ports in quality of piizes, ! but as being detained until Spain should j .give the. desired securities, that she would

observe the strictest neurality. ' " And what greater securities could or

ought Spain-to give ? What civilised nation, until this hour, -has-,made use of means so unjust- iind y.ii/ietit, to exact securities ol another? Although.England should find, at iast, any claim to exact fioni Spain, in what

j manner could she justify it, alter a similar j atrocity ?• What satisfaction could she be able ! to gi ve for t he lamentable destruction o f t h e

frigate Mercedes, with all its cargo, itsequip-I age, and the great number of distinguish-

tton of gaining time, cajoling the Spanish j cd passengers who have perished, the in Government, and holding in uncertainty the opinion of the English nation upon its. own premeditated and unjust designs, which could in no manner be approved by it .— T h u s it is, thatin London it appeared art-fully to accept various reciamaiiohs from Spanishindividuals, winch were 'addressed to i t ; while its Agents in Madrid, magnified the pacific intentions of their own Sove-reign : But they never shewed themselves satisfied with the frankness: and friendship with which all their notes were answered, rather anxious for proclaiming and magni-fying armaments which had no existence, and pretending contrary to the most positive protests on the pai t of Spain , that the pecu-niary succours given to France were hot-" merely an equivalent lor the troops and ships which, were stipulated in the Treaty of 17963 .but an indefinite and immense stock, which did not permit them to consi-der Spain in any other light .than as, a prin-cipal patty in the war.

" Moreover, as there was not time en-tirely to banish the illusion under which they laboured, they exacted, as the precise conditions upon which they would consider Spain as neutral,' the cessation of every a ir mament in her ports, and a prohibition of fhesa'leof prizes biougln into them. And, notwithstanebngthat both of these condition-, although urged in a ..tone superlatively haughty and tin usual in political transactions, were immediately complied with, and reli-giously obsefved, they persisted, neveuhe-jess , to manifest their want of confidence, and they quitted Madrid with eagerness, irnrne liately after receiving dispatches from their Court,, of which they, did not commu-nicate.a paiticleof the contents..

" T h e context which results from all this between the conduct of the Cabinets of Ln.ndon and Madrid , must be sufficient to shew clearly to all Europe, the bad faith, and the secret and perverse .aims of the Eng-lish Ministry; .even if they had not.mani-fested them,by the- abominable crime of the surprise, battle, and capture ol the four

n.otent victims ol a policy so detestable ? " Spain would not comply with what she

owes to b.e-rself, nor think herself able to maintain her well-known honour and digni-ty amongst the greatest. Powers of Em-ope, w ere she any longer to shew herself insensi-ble to such manifest -outrages, and did not take care to revenge them with the noble-ness and energy which belong to jjc.r charac-ter.

" Animated with these sentiments, the magnanimous breast of the K I N G , after having exhausted'(in order to preserve the peace), all the resou rces compatible with the dignity of his Crown, finds himself in the hard predicament of making War upon the K R N G of EN o x. AN D, upon his subjects and people-, omitting the formalities of siyle by a-solemn declaration- and publication, owing to the English. Cabinet's having begun a.ncl-cpniitiued t-o niakc the war without de-claring it.

" In consequence, after,haying; given or-ders for an ernbaigo, by- way o f reprisal, upon ah English 'property I'n his dominions, and that the most convenient instructions, both for his own defence, and the offence o f the enemy, should be circulated to his Vice-roys, Captains-General, and great Officers of the JV 'ar .ne, H i s M A J E S T Y l ias c o m -manded his Ministeis in London to retire, with all the Spanish Legation ; and Flis MA J E S T Y does not doubt, that all his sub-jects, inflamed with that just indignation with which die violent;- proceedings of Eng- ' land must inspire them, will not omit any of those means to which their valour shall prompt them, of co-operating with his M A -J E S T Y towards the most complete vengeance for the insult offered -to It'tie. Spanish flag.— F o r this purpose he invites them to arm cor-sairs against Great Britain, and to possess themselves, -with resolution, of her ships and. property,' by every possible means ; His M A J E S T Y promising th'em the greatest promptitude and cele'rity .in the adjudication of prizes, upon the sole proof of their be-i n g E n g l i s h p r o p e r t y ;, a n d His" M A J E S T Y

LONDON, T U E S D A Y , J A N . 8 .

Orders are issued from the War-office for the inn-mediate embarkation of three regiments of light caval-ry, in the grand expedition now nearly compleated —a circumstance which-confirms our prediction that the destination of this armament is certainly for Por-tugal. The cavalry are to embark at Southampton..

it is with concern we state the failure bf an attack made by two boats of the Rattle sloop,- arid Folk-stone lugger, on a French privateer, lying in the roadof Dieppe, in which the two Lieutenants who commanded the boats, and 2.1 men, were killed and wounded and ten missing. The Folkstone is arrived with the body of her Commander, Lieut. MULCAS-TER. The other Lieutenant belonged to' the Rat-ler. The boat rowed under St. Valery to the at-tack, which they were four hours in accomplishing ; and the delay gave the enemy an opportunity of opposing them with their whole force, in a moment. —We have not yeC been able to procure the derails of the attack.

No accounts have as yet been received from the Channel Fleet. The San Josef , 1 IT, guns, Vice-Admiral S i r C . COTTON, Bart, sailed on Monday from Plymouth, to join that fleet,, with bullocks and vegetables.

exclusive'of, ; thini'petcrS, &t.—that each regiment shall have four Field Offi&ers, viz. z Lieut. Colonels, % Majors, 10 Captains, 10 Lieutenants, and 10 Cornets—a certain number of which is Lo be placed upon the Staff.

We are authorised lo assure the public, that the new Copper Coinage for England and Ireland -will take place at the Soho Mint in a lew days—every thing relative thereto between Government and Mr. B o I, TO N being finally adjusted,—BIRMINGHAM C H O N I C L E .

, • L I M E R I C K , J A N . I O .

_*Last night the.Post Boy carrying th> Mails from this City for'Rathlceale, Listowe],.; and Tralec, was robbed of the different Bags, by one armed man.

A few evenings hack, between 6 and 7 o'clock, the house of Mr . W M . CARROLL, situate between' Hospital and Kriockanev, in this Coun'Ly, •was'robb'ed'' of several valuable articles,- and his fire arms. On the entrance of the robbers (abaut S in number), Mr.

' CARROL rose from his chair, imagined it was his fa -ther and family, whom he expected same evening, to welcome them—but on perceiving their faces black -ened, he instantly retreated to his. bed-room for a pistol,, which he snapped at them, but missed (ire;—-they then rushed on Mr. CARROLL, and beat him and his wife in a most unmerciful manner, and tr.ade off with their booty.

Spanish frigates,- which, navigating in the ' expressly renouncing, in favour of the cap1-

T H I S DAY'S M A I L .

LONDON, W E D N E S D A Y , J A N . 9, An extraordinary piece of intelligence was circu-

lated last n i g h t " I hat the Tickler gun-brig arrived .on Monday in the Downs, having on board a French Officer, who was taken-out of a fishing vessel which came o u t of Boulogne harbour, b e a r i n g a flag of truce. He had a dispatch from TALLEYRAND to Lord HARROWED, which was sent express.lrom Pan's to Boulogne, with orders that it should be.for-wardrd without a" moment's delay to ..some of the British cruizers, and that the Officer, who, we- -un-' derstand, is.an Enseigne de Vaisseau, should accom-pany it. The Officer was put on board the flagship in lire Downs, and the dispatch sent express to Lord MULGRAVE'S Office last night.

Our private correspondence from Deal informs us,, that the French Officer is not an Enseigne- de Vai's-seau (Midshipman), but a General, whose name is said to be FRANCES ; v^ho was takeri up on the ene-my's coast from a French fishing-boat. As soon as he was received on board the Tickler, he said that Ke had papers of the utmost importance for the British Government.. The Tickler immediately, brought him to the Admiral in the Downs, who immediately-; .sent off his pipers to town, desiring the bearer of them to proceed at the rate of ten miles an hour;— The officer himself remains on board the Utrecht;

Upon the nature of the dispatches nothing has yet transpired; but conjcctuie, adverting to the conduct which BONAPARTE adopted immediately after, he had turned out the Directory, supposes that this. French Officer has brought some pacific overtures. It would be strange in BONAPARTE to offer to make peace the moment after he had pressed another Power into the War. Besides, the situation of the Corsican

•immediatelyafter the 18th Brumiaire was very diffe-rent from what it is at present. We do not, how-ever, pretend to measure the conduct of BONA-PARTE by any of the rules and principle's by which other men are guided.

But though nothing has transpired respecting the nature of the dispatches or papers brought by the French Officer, we take upon .ourselves to assert, with confidence, that they do NOT relate to an ex-change of prisoners.—COURIER.

A Spanish Ship laden with. 300,000, dollars;: gpld and silver-in ingots, -cochiileal, indigo,, and a,-,very valnable cargo,"from Vera Cruz , has been sent into Plymouth by the Naiad frigate,-commanded by Capt. D U M A S ,

No letters of marque have as yet-been issued against Spain. ' •

The general tenor of the letters froni Lisbon, by the last mails, expressed considerable apprehension that Portugal would not be allowed to remain neu-tral. A letter however, from a very respectable mercantile'house at Lisbon, says, that an arrange-,-ment for the neutrality of Portugal is concluded.—It is as follows :

Extract of a Letter from Lisbon, dated Dec. 1 1 . " We enclose you a copy of what we wrote you

the 1st instant.' since when, it is said from ,the..best of authority, 'that this-country has-made:-;arrange-ments for its-neutrality, by giving, six millions of crusades to France- which we think very probable, and hope'England will not oppose such an arrange-ment."

.Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, the RUSSIAN^' A M -BASSADOR waited upon Mr. P ITT , and continued with the; Minister till one.-. His .Excellency after-wards went to the Foreign Office, and remained there till three.

Sir EVAN NEP-®AN took his seat yesterday at the Board of Admiralty.

A NN1 S, JIA- UA li T 14.

Saturday and yesterday the Packets of the - th arid 8th inst. were received, from which we have extracted the Spanish declaration of war against England. This declaration is, in every point.of view a wretched production ; it is violent but not vigorous ;—more declamatory than argumentative ; and.if v/e may be allowed the expression, seems to have been brought from Paris by the Grenadier A m -bassador BOURNONVILLE, and dressed in Spanish by that clumsy diplomatist the PRINCE OF PEACE. The French-mode of dwelling upon the hostile mea-sures adopted against France, keeping out of sight the provocation she gave for those measures, is ser-vilely, but we cannot say very successfully, imitated.

The Spanish Declaration of War seems totally forgottc-n in the arrival of a French Officer in London as mentioned in the Papers of the 9Eh inst. received this morning. This.Gentleman is said to have-Been the bearer of dispatches of the utmost importance, but of the real nature of these dispatches nntb ;ng , had transpired except what surmise and conjecture supplied.

The London Gazette of the $th contains a procla-mation for a Genera! Fast in England and fre aud, on the ;oth of Feb. for the success c his Majesty's arms by sea and land ; a similar proclamation orders -it to be observed in Scotland on the i i s l of Feb .

The Gazette of the 8th contains an account o£ the capture ol the Napoleon French privateer, for-merly the Duke of Kent packet, by ins Majesty 's ship Barbadoes.

His E x c e l l e n c y - t h e L O R D L I E - U T S N A N T has been pleased to appoint.the following Gentlemen to be Officers in theK.il,'aloe Cavalry—Second L ieu : . ROBERT. COX to be First Lieut, vice HASTINGS, promoted to be Captain of. KJJiaioe Garrison Infan-try ; . Third Lieut. STEPHEN HASTINGS - to-be Second Lieut, vicc C o x

Ear ly 011 the morning of Thursday last, J O B S WHITE, Esq; Surveyor of Excise for the Kil laloe district, assisted by Messrs. COI.GAN and P U R C E L L , Excise Officers, and a detachment of the iS'th Light Dragoons from the Garrison at Limerick, made a

. Tapid and unexpected visit through that part of M r . WHITE'S survey called Ogonnelly, when, pursuant to recent convictions at our Custom-House, against private Maltsters and Distillers, thev levied fines-

' to the amount of ONE H U N D R E D and T H I R T Y -I IVE Pounds, and about eight o'clock at night ar-rived here, and deposited the forfeitures in his Ma-jesty's stores.—In the discharge of this painful but necessary duty, Mr. WHITE, and his brother offi-cers, have rendered the most essential service, not only to the Revenue o f . the County, but to the Fair Trader; as, front their prompt, and decisive con-duct, the illicit Adventurer must be convinced, that it is impossible to escape the vigilance-of men deter-mined to do their-duty.

D U B L I N , J A N U A R Y ' B y a regulation, we hear that it is intended thali

all the regiments of dragoons of the empire'shall consist of ten troops of 80 effective men each troop,

" A N N I V E R S A R Y O F S T . J O H N .

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The followingjetters lately passed between J A J . O'GORM.AN, Esq ; Master-of E:3>'NIS LODG-E, NO, 60, and the R e v . Mr. BLOOD, in consequence of that"gentleman having preached to the" Brethren on ' •their Celebration of the AnniversaTY"0'f'St'. John . : '

Ennis.'Lodge, No. 60, 7-th. Jon. ' 1 :805. ' ' •' D E A R S I R ,

Permit me, in .the name of the Members of Lodge No. 6c, to return you my-sineere acknowledgements for. your very polite conduct in coming forward, and preaching for the Brotherhood on last St. John's D a y ; when, from some unaccountable circumstanc-es, the Clergymen belonging to our Society had de-clined their services ; and I am here happy to sav, • that any deficiency of knowledge (of the principles-.-of the institution) on your part, was amply supplied by the very strict propriety and morality of your discourse.

This being our monthly night of-meeting, 1 have ' - submitted .this latter tci the Brethren, of whose una-• nimous concurrence, with my sentiments, they have-

directed me to assure you. .1 have the honor to be,.-dear Sir,

Your's most sincerely, J . O ' G O R M A N , Mas. No. 60,'."

R e v . Fred. Blood. " . ' TO J A M E S O 'GOKHAS , Esq. Master Lodge 60.

DEA.'R S I R ,

The approbation of the several members of your Society, has added much to-the honor conferred on mcby-so .respectable a body, and that satisfaction. I

'always feef, on finding the glad tidings of salvation, .(the Gospel'of Truth) heard and rece.ived'with plea-sure. I have the honor to be, dear Sir,

. : - • ; . - - ' Y OUT'S, mostsincerel v , F R E D E R I C K BLOOD.

Roxton, roth j a n . 1805 .

ENNIS—PRIINTSO' 8Y F . FARS'ONS. .