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Translation c/Shak&spear''s Epitaph, by flhaiadr. Y Cyffail da'r uiwyn lesu ai tidydd, "a chloddia'r llweh roed yma 'nghudd^ V, Os [>eidi syniud f' Esgyrn I, Bendithion g fo fyth iti. F' Etfiyra a'm llwch fu v isgif-aaws amvqarcbi ?fa symud rw'Pn^rehi; Clyw addysg Meddf os cloddi ZtW dwyr, fydd dy dil di. wnsaminBmBSscES
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flermlt hoar, i n solemn cell. Ling'ring out life's'evening grey, Smite thy bosom. Sage, and tell. What is bliss, and which the way? "tTbus >1 spoke, and deeply sfgh'd, Scarce restrain'd the gushing tear, ;Wtitn the pensive Sa/1j reply'd-- To BiS{J,,ao4 buy a.-Lottery Share" '81
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MULTIPLICATION, m ".svtaR'AM. v i <* When Noticy,took Vife-sbe was dear to his heart j Otte was 44 hone of his bo ne;" but 'tis no* bene* ap,irt: Thartwn should malte two, lie can never agree, T'
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ARITHMETIC. Jtmwer to « who, seeipg somesymptoms^, of Courtship, wrvte^— *4 May you, ere long, united be, Aud en famil'e, soon number thret?* -K. L.
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VA REPOffSr. Un et tine font d.euv, C'esr nombre heurcux En la galanferies > V* Mais quand une fois Uo et one font trots, C'est une dt^blericY « Says tock",o.ne and-onetm. ake-two,- And that I o »o ii) love will do, If folks are kind and civil; But O i wbeo one and one make three, x 13y Jove, sweet Kate, 'twixt you awd me, It is the very Devil! Hhristmas. <H-P NICK. '?
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-1 f -50-N G, 1 Jddressed iu ord sergrarv, •9 THE SSNI?EBS.1RY OF HIS FIFTEENTH birth-oat, January 27, 1810. Tune Rule Britannia." We hall, dear Youth, thy NATAL DAY, And hope Life's \oary'd hours may run; Thai Virtue's mild unclouded ray May gild its close. !hysetting SIlU. Anci Cestria's grateful sons shall see Tby virtues deck the shores of pee. And now where Science shows her store, 0 treasure well the precept sage And Bnd in Time's collected lore Thy maHhcod"s guide—!hebIiM o! age. And "stría's.&c. So shall thy years with ptare be blost- Thy Name, the voicc of Praiseemploy—• Thy Country share tby patriot breast i 1 Her rising hope—her future joy. Aijd Cestria's, &c s| JCanwn too, ( for so decres the JUST, In glowing line and page inspir'd) That Fortune's boons are but in trust, 44 Where much is stor'd, there's much rcqtilr'tL" And Cestria's, ifec. For this, a Parent's paths pursue, There fix'd the fairest theme* has stood, The hallow'd strain we now renew, 44 That to be great is to be good." And Cestria's, &,c. We close with iiope this happy DAY— That Time may long its joys renew That Fame may hence with pride display Why annals to a Nation's view. Arid Cestria's grateful sobs shall see Thy virtues deck the shores,of Dee. 1Vobilitatis, virtus non stemma character. Virtue, not descent, is the proof of nobility. The Family Motto.
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ORIGINJL f >ETIi}\ fy VIEWING A LOTTERY TICKET. ryef*, —— Hail. thou the smiling minister of Hope* The pledge of Fortune, and the best support Against the black and melancholy thoughts, Which sometimes press urlon the virtuous man, When in the world he seems to fill no place To have no portion he can call his own Thou dawn of Promise, earnest of Success, Innoeen- em-dial, wholesome stren¡;t.hcner Wine tli,it, without intoxicating, cheerestl Frophet of OOft and oracle of gladness Tliou finy cabinet, that in the compass Of some short inches virtually coutamest Acres of arable and pasture land, awes, houses, gardens, parks and pleasure grounds, More than his footan measure in a day Thou guiltlcsit coiner, who dost metals make, Yet violat'st ao law Thou powerful spade, That diffg'st up more rich ingots in an hour, Than sweating Indians, in Peruvian mines, Cdn turn up in a year! Thou poor man's wealth Thou gay and gorgeous possibility, I'lia,, gilft'st tlw fair borizon of his views, When all around is (lirk I Upheld by thee, The many times-rejected bachelor, Having; nor lands, nor rent, steps boldly forth, A jolly thriving wnoer Thy intercession Prevails with his coy fair one. more than all His stra n'd epistles and love-lab&ur'd lays: Possessing thee, the lean annuitant, Whose yearly rent, though well and duly paid, And nominally that of better years, By siow depreciation gradual sunk, Ha* ceas'dt administer the frugal luxuries Jic nte could call his own-hopes once again T cee the bnsrht decanter lift its head, And smiling friends surround his Sunday board! Inspir'd by thef, even I have felt my pow'rs Kot s'd to u susual heights, aud classic straias, Apu is*, amau warowg have commeuc'd a Bard.
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rsS CATSOLJC -CLMMS. .:11: f I I/ETTTEa FROM lORD GRCSVIMS 10 IBE EARL OF FIN GAL. Camelford-House, Jan. 22, 1810. My tovtD-1 have the honour to address in reply to that which 1 received frulii you, respecting the ;petitibn with which you are charged. This form of commtiBicatioti I consider as most satisfactory to your Lordship. It is also best calculated to do. justice to the sentiments of some of the'most distingutshed advocates of your cause, ii rccihcuireuee wilil •»"bom nt,y decision has been taken. I must in the first place assure.your ILord- ship, that my opiniou «remains unchanged as to the object of your petition. It wouid, i think, be an act of undeniable wisdom and justice to chmraunlcate to ouv fellow subjects ssilig the Catholic religion, the fnll en- joymcut ot our fCivil Const'tutiou. Such-a tneasure, accompanied by suitable arrange- • nieuts, maturely prepared, and deliberately 'adopted, would, I am 'confident, above atl others, gite strength and union to the Em- pire, and increased security to its tetigious and civil establishments. Your Lorfiship is well »\yare, that on this conviction have I supported it. To those esllblishmentil am. unalterably attached their iuviolabje main- tenance I have ever considered as essential to, all the dearest-interests of my country. But: they rest, I am certaih, on foundations much too firm thev are far too deeply rooted in' the affectious of that community to which- they dispense'the blessiugs of religion, order, and liberty, to require the adventitious and dangerous support «of .partial restrictions,' i'ruitiul m iStscontent, but, for security,! wtiolly itiefncietit. With respect to the present application tt; Parliament, I knew not, except frotu public report, that such a measure was in conicm plation or that it was the wish of the pe ulioners to place their petition in my hands. I have twice already, at the request oi the. I Catholics of Ireland, moved Hie House ois Lords to takethrs sub jet into cultsi did not, in cither case, think my self respou iible for your «hfterminntion as to the time ot agitating thequestion a determination which,' in the lirst iu^tance^ 1 had not suggested, and which in the last I had in my place in Parlin meut publicly dissuaded; Itecent events had ii both cases imposed upon me a peculial, duty, not merely for my honour, hntii justice also to your cause, to pro-ve, by Ill) conduct, on the earliest occasion atforded by yourselves, that no change of public situati ')n, no prejudice, no calamity, no clamour, could either "vary oV suppress.mv opinion ou this grept national, question. This duty J willinglj perfoinud. Deeply impressed with the importance of the measures which 1 re- commended, I have spsred tvo sacrifice, omit- ted no exfmtioil, by which I ;could contribute to their accomplishment. And if I could now deceive myself with a hope, that a renewal of my weak efforts, in tiie present moment, could expedite or facilitate their ultimate suc- cess, it would be my highest gratification once? more to staud forward as the chosen advocate •of national conciliation. Circumstanced as this question now is,both s in -Englaud and in Ireland, it is, oil the con- trary, my deliberate opinion, that no motion grounded on your petition could, at this time, tn any hands, certainly not in miue, he brought forward, Wtthout great and perntitncntdisad- vantage-toils object. This opiuiou is founded, not-only on the* present kOtlwn dillJlosition of Government and Parliament, but also on ihe unexpected dill- culties which have arisen in Ireland, on the. impressions which they maycrote, aivd the; embarrassmet;ts which they unavoidably pro- duce. i It would be an invidious task'for me to i-e- capitulate, iu this ,place, the transactions of the lasbrec years, or to discuss the temper, and Spirit, the language aird the conduc t ot his Majesty's Ministers towards your body; 1 nor would it become me to censure, though I may be permitted to l&meut, the decisions ot tlve Legislature^ To these two topics it is sufficient briefly to have adverted. The obstacles which, in the Etresent moment, they oppose to any favoura- tie consideration of your cause, and the ad-j vantages which they afford to the misrepre-i scntattons of your adversaries, are too "obvious to require explanation. Many circumstances compel me to speak to j your Lordship more at large on the recent proceedings \in Ireland; with reference both to their origin and to their consequences. For this purpose, I niust beg leave to recall to your Lordship's recollection, the gi-outid-s oil which the consideration of these Petitions has uni-s formly been recommeuded to Parliament., That which you liave, Asked, and which has been supported by the greatest Statesmen of our now no more, is not in its nature a single or unconnected measure. Its objects are, the peace and happiness of Ireland, and the uuiou of the Empire, in aftecÜøn, as welt as io government. Vain, indeed, would be the hope of accomplishing such purposes, solely by the repeat of a fewremainug diti- -qualitications, which, by a strange anomaly, are still left subsisting amidst the ruins of a whole code of proscription. To illlputcto you this visionary pretension, has been the artific<i of your opponents. The views of your friends have been more enlarged. With the just and salutary extension of civil rights to your budy, must be combined, if tranquillity and union be our object, other extensive and complicated arrangements. All due provision must be made for the inviolable maintenance of the religious and civil esta- blishments of this United Kingdom. Much must be done for mutual concilia.tion-much for common safety many contending inter- ests must be reconciled, manyjcalousiclII al- layed, many long cherished and mutually de- structive prejudices eradicated. Such, at least, have always been my own declared opinions. When this matter was last under the consideration of Parliament, I had occasion to dwell, with particular earnestness, on this liecessitv I invited the suggestions of others for providing f >r it; and I enumerated several measures which eigM years before had befio in the coutempiatiou ot Government, ia conjunction with which I then cherished the vain hope of rendering this great service to my country. ARlongthese measures, I pointed out the proposal of vesting in the Crown an effectual negative on the appointment of your Bishops. That suggestion had previously been brought forward in the House of Commons, to meet the just expectations, not of any higotted or interested champions of intolerance, but of men of the purest intentions and most en- lightened judgment. Men willing to do all justice to the loyalty of your present Bishops, yet not unreasonably alarmed at any possibi-, lity, by which functions of such estensive in— I fluence might hereafter be connected with a foreign interest, hostile to the tranquillity of your country. "A danger very much increased by the captivity and deposition of the Head of your CKorchby the seizure of bis domtni- I ons, and by the declared iuteution of that box- tile government to assume in future the ex-' elusive nomination of his successors. The suggestion tthus opened to Parliament, pro- duced there impressions highly favourable to your'cause; it was received as the surest indt-, cation'of those dispositions,swithout which aW concession must be nugatory, and all concili- ation hopeless. To my mind it had been reo commended by long reflection. It had form- ed a part of the original conception of those: IllcaSllfes50 eonsequeitt upon the Union. It was now agsin brought forward with the con- currence of the two individuals, from whose; opinions those generally prevalent among, your body might beft ,be itiferred of the agent of the very persons to whose office it related, and of your Lordship, to whom, in addition to every other claim to respect and confidence, the exclusive clini-ge of the peti- ul tion had recently been committed. What 1 said-on the subject, in the House of Lords, was spoken in the hearing of both, and 1 re- ceived from both, while the impression was yet recent on your minds, the morst gratify ing acknowledgments of your in all hat 1 had stated. ] It was never, I believe, imagined by any of us, that whattheu passed coutd be binding on the opinions of the petitioners. The U,o inaii atholics of lrelaudare not a corporate body, They speak through no common organ. Thcir various wishes and interests, like the of, their fellow-subjecis, can be collected only from general information; and any opiuions, ,rroijei)tisly attributed to then), they like all other iperson-s, are fully entitled to dis- claim. I leat-tit, however, with deep and heart-felt ro I b regret, the subsequent proceedings which took place in Ireland, in consequence of this suggestion. To discuss the grounds of "those proceedings would be foreign from my present purpose. Their effect obviously must be, not* only to revive expiring prejudices, but toctug with fresh embarrassments every future con- sideration of any of the-measures connected with vour lwtitioiis. To usf self ^unquestionably the difficulty of originating at this time any fresh discussion of these measures, does, in such circumstances, appear almost insupera- ble. Let me not, however, be misunderstood. When II speak of the necessity of combining, with the accomplishment of your wishes, pro- visioRsofjust security toothers, lam no toss desirous of consulting every reasonable uppTe- hension-on your part. ? To the forms, indeed, of-tbese securities,1 Or to the particular details of the proposed ar- rangements, I attach comparatively little im- portance. A pertinacious adherence to such details, in opposition even to groundless pre- judice, I consider 1ís;the reverse tJmeislative wisdom. LJook only to their substantial pur- poses: the safety (It" our own establishments, the mutual good will of all our fellow sub- jects, and the harmony of the United King- dom. That 'adequate arrangements may be made for all these purposes, consistently with -the; strictest adherence, on your part, to your own religious tenets, is the persuasion which vou have long been labouring to establish, and ot which I have uniformly professed in my own conviction. Were it-otherwise, I should indeed despair. But that these objects may I)c v,.roncited, in so far at least as respects the appointment of your Bishops, is known with undeniable cer- tainty. It is proved by the acquiescence of your Church in simitar arrangements under other Goverments, by the sentiments which many of yourselves still entertain as to the proposal suggested in 1-868, and, most of all, by the express consent formerly given to that! proposal, in a declaration signed by the most considerable of your own Bishops. I see, therefore, in the liweselit state of this subject, much unexpected embarrassment, and many difficulties, which renewed discus, sion, in the present moment, must, instead of smoothing, inevitably aggravate. There j is, however, no ground for ultimate discou- ragement. The sentiment of reciprocal con- fidence, the spirit of mutual conciliation, would surmoau-t far greater obstacles. But nothing, permit me to remark it, can in the mean time be more injurious to vour cause, than any attempt, by partial and pre- cipitate decisions, to prejudge its separate branches, or to limit its unreserved discussion. No course can be more grateful to your op- ponents, none more embarrassing to your supporters. To Parliament, when any more favourable conjuncture for this discussion shall arise, every information may properly be supplied, revery wish imparted, every apprehensiou I tic communicated. There onty, by a systematic and coitipreheiisive. arrangement of this exten, "sivesubject, can all itsdifficultiesbe surmount- ed, all its relations finally adjusted.—To he effective and permanent, such an arrange- ment hniust be mutually satisfactory. e This is alike th interest of every member of the British Empire, but to u(#ue ni(olle iin. portant than to the Catholics of Ireland. The stability of ail your civil rights, both of those which you-already enjoy, and of those to which you seek to be admitted, essentially depeuds on the tranquility and harmony of your country* on baiusiimg from it every hostile iiiauence, and composing a.l its iuier- nal difference. These opinions I, have expressed to your Lordship with the freedom of a 11' zealous advocato of your cause. c lie groitods laldtfe ftatitrtevtt ah1í>t.>.fó' -do justice to it. to have argued it on ahy other would have been a dereliction of ray own, principles. I need hardly add, that by the same princi- ples my present conduct must equally be di- rected. Should the petitioners continue to en- tertain the desire conveyed in your Lordship's letter, that i should lay this petition upon tie table of the House of Lords 5 with that request I cannot hesitate to comply. It would be highly improper to deny to such a body of men the opportunity of submitting, thro«n> h my hands, if they should so desire it, and at their owii time, th<|fr wishes to th« -Legislature of their country^ It rt^iuld be still moreinex cusable in a case, where all my -opinions aird all my wishes are favoufabie to the object of their application. Oh the measore itself, il any motion respecting it be originated by others, 1 ^shali not fail to -irge, with unabated earnestoess, all the same sentiments which J: have detailed in this jetter. But I must with equal explicitHess decline to be myself, at this time, and undor so many circunislances of such peculiar disadvantage to your cause,, the mover of any such proposition. I wtn -sittis- fied, that, by this decision, I shaH best pro- mote the uitiinitte,sticcess of thatgr«at w^rk which I have long laboured to acconiplialt.- My reasons for this persuasion I have, I trust, snllicientiy explained. fflæy nuiy be -erro-Me- IOUs, they are at least sincere. To the principles o!f-equal laws, to the ob- ject Of iiatioual coiiciiiatioii,l am invariably attached. By me they shall never be aban-i doned. But any person-it cxettiotM which I can make, for purposes of such mestrmable benefit to mycoulllry., ever be vegulHt-, ed by that discretion, which I am equally de- termined in every situation to reserve, unfet- tered by .prev't .9 engagements, and thefuitb- ful exercise ol which my pub!icfduty impeia- tively forbids me to relinquish. I have the houour to be, v With sincere respect and regard. My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, Grbnville.
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To the Editors of the A"orth Wales,Ga%ette. ON PLANTING. KTr. Johjtes of Havod in CardigSBShire, South Wales, has the merit of having improv: ed his Mansion and lands in a most laudable manner. In 1783, it was a wilderness. There was indeed an o!<! house belonging to the family, but it was deserted as an untenantable residence, and the very estate heM ofhttlc account. Since which time, hills planted by persons now f'mng have risen into opulence of timber other hills ere co-vercd with infant plantations of iuxuriant pponuse and a great proportion of the lofty and extensive wastes is now marked out to he calted into usefulness c and fertility, in a succession ot ensuing all- tumns. Larch trees havehoetl very successftd on these hills; but Mr. Johnes's attempts have not been confined to this species-of tim- her only; he has engaged in an immense extent of general plantations. From June,; 1796, to June 1797, four hundred thousand; larches were planted, and very few failed. In the same year, two hundred and fifty thou- sand other trees were ptanted, of which fifty; were alders, and the rest elm, beech, birch, ash and mountain ash. They aU throve well, but the beech throve mor-e than any except theibrch. Aboul. ten thousand were pHanted yn an acre. From October 1797, to October 1798, ten thousand oak were planted, from one to two feet high and from October 17 98 to April 1799, fifty five acres were set with acrtms. In the smne space of time, in which the plantations of <mks were going forward,? twenty five thousand ash trees were planted, and about four huudred thousand larch trees. The larches were all two years eld seedlings, and were always plauted on<t1tc upper part of, the hills. The larches planted at the height of from eighteen inches to two feet in tlve year 1796, were from ten to thirteen feet high in 1802. The shoots some years were from two feet and a half to three ftet, aiid in smne in- stances three feet eight inches. The whole number of trees ;I,lalllcd on the estate from October 1.795, to April ISO, amounted to two millionsalld sixty live thousand, of which one million two hundred thousand were larches, without including the lands sown with acorns. Dr. Hunter in his notes upou Evelyn's Sylva, states that trees whe-n they be- gin to timbcriae, encrease in value one shilling yearly. What then may we suppose the in. creasing value of this patriotic-gentleman's estate will be in a few years? What a goocl and provident steward has he proved himseif I for his successors, and whitt obligation has the kingdom at largefreea laid under by his bene- ficiul example i SYLVA.
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CAMBRIAN BIOGRAPHY. X In the church of Llanbadarn, in Cardigan- shire, South Wales, is a monument to Mr. Lewis Morris, whom that very able antiquary Mr. Samuel Pegge has mentioned in a letter to Dr. Philips, as a most extraordinary scho- lar, perfectly acquainted with the language and history of his own country. lie was the youngest son of a cooper and corn dealer at Holyhead in Anglesea, who was not in cir- cumstances to give his chitdren any better education than nhallhir native island afford- ed. Lewis was horn in the year 1702, and was educated at the grammar shooi in the town of Beaumaris. He was brought up to the business ot a land-surveyor, but was af- terwarus employed in various offices under government. The leading particulars of big I t, life and character may he collected from his own letters to Mr. Pegge, in which he ae- knowledges the honour conferred upon him by the correspondence wilh that gentleman. Air. Carte, ur Percy, and others were in the habit of consulting him on points of local in. formation. He represents hnnself as having acquired his little stock of kuowledge in a manner by dint of nature. His education, as to language, had been irregular and inter- mittent, so that his progress had been much impeded by want ot practice and intercourse with in. 11 of letters. Yet lus ituowtedge of the i*ngii.di. language appears respectable, Uiuugb Uis skill ia latiu was very stauder in- deed, "lie had been employed first in fie customs, and salt duties, then by the Admi- ralty to survey the coasts of Wales, and af- terwards by the Treasury, as surveyor of the King's land revenue, collector of the customs at Aberdovey, and superintendant of the King's mines in Wales so that public affairs had taken up the most valuable portion of his time. A part of his survey was published in 1748. In 1761 he was superintendant of the King's mines, without a salary but was entitled to half the penalties recovered ficfc* persons working mines which afforded sixteen ounces of silver out of every hundred wei"!)t of ote and this constituted a siher and of couise a royai mine. His chief erudi- tion lay in antient British historv, which be intended to have published, in a work entitled Celtic Remains." His collection of Welsit manuscripts, consisting of about fifty volumes is deposited in the library of the Welsh chari- iy school in London. Before his death, .omO years, he retired to a small farm at Penaryo, and was buried at the parish church at HaB* badaru. IV
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AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The frosty weather through the latter part of the last month has greatiy expedited the sei i it- able operations in agriculture, partieatarly .) til!t conveying compost upon tender soils, au object of great -importance to the young cloters, and the ensuieg crops of spring corn the landii for whicttl owing to the extreme wet weather in autumn, did" not receive their accit^omed portion of UlanUrc.- Previous to the frost setting in, the slugs had ugarf) comeaeHceii their depredations on the young Wheats, parficularfy he latter sewn, whigli have suffered considerably since the middle of Oeeember.-The early sown Ryes and wilitur, Tares are a strong crop, aw) promise a luxuriaufe and valuable resource lor spring soiling
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Colonel fVardle.—?-fr. Wardle attended r, t Guildhall yesterday, to receive the Thanl. and the Freedom of the City, in a gold boX of the val-ue of 1D0 guineas, voted him by tb, Corporation, for his abte aud patriotic coo- duct in the House of Commons, in briu111g. forward charges against the late Commandef", in Chief. He was introduced to the Clitill- berlaiu by Mr. Alderman Goodbehere and Mr. Waithman (the moperand seconder), attended 1,.ee-v.eraJ of the Livery. After Administer- ing the oath, Mr. Chamberlain addressed hii» in the'following wordsi— "• Gwyllim Lloyd Wardle, Esq.-J give you. joy, and in the name of the Ri^ht Hon. the I.ofd Mayor, Aldermen, and Commoners of the City of London, in Common Council assembled, anil agreeably to their unanimous Resolution, admit you to the Freedom of the Metropolis of tlnr British Empire. The Court has lifccwise ananimonsly resolf- ed that yon havin^unawed by Ministerial threats* exhibi ted serious charges against the late Com- mander in Chief, which have been clearly sub- stantiated, and which have in fact induced hi*. Royal Iligbness to resign a situation, of which* in the opinion of the Cou; t, be, is unworthy,' are entitled to the esteem and gratitude of this Court and the Cotuitry. 441 am, therefore, Sir, to return you the thanks of the Court, together with a Memorial of your admission to the Freedom of this city, in a gofd box of tiie value of one hundred guineas, 4 ia grateful testimony of thchih sense they enter- tain of theetaJ, intrepidity, and patriotism, weso..emi(lCUUy .evinced iu that arduous and itutable cmdorta-kiiig. The Court having so fully expressed their sense of the importance of I he lai-.e Investigation* and of your meritorious conduct and prcse verance*- there is nothing left, for me to add upon that sub- ject: but, Sir, allow me to express a wish for your health and happiness, and that you ma1 live to witness the good which we may hope wilt result from your exertions, and may inaiiiiiid ia general, and-especially those of exalted rank and- in contideritialsituatioris,be deeply impressed-, with the truth of what has been declared by the prince of historians, that Femina amis a pudicitilS alia abnuerii. Mr. Wardle tfren, on receiving a copy of the Th inks aud the Box from the Chamber- lain, addressed him as follows: "I ith sentiments of the highest respect and gratitude, I accept the Freedom of the City of London, lam little capable of saying hoitp mltch I fee) honoured by so high and proud & mark of distinction; for, however strong mY nerves maybe when my duty calls me forth if*, defence of the Rights and Liberties of the People 5 still., when so highly respected a portion of that People are conferriug upon me such an iuvatuabic pledge of their; approbation, I feel myself unequal to do more than offer my plain, buC heartfelt thanks. And yet, Sir, it is not alone: this mark of favour that I am bound to acknow- Idge; but 1 have also to express my gratitude for that uniform aud steady support given me by the Citizens of London, during tho progress of tiMse'nnexampted attacks that have been made upon me, in consequence of that very conduct- which has been so distinguished by their appro- bation. That support, Sir, has enabled me suc- cessfully to defend myself against my encintes- the enemies of every public man who dares to expose and'attack corruption. By continuing t* expose and attack it, wherever it may offer itself, I trust to having continued to me the con- fidence and support of the (init City in theW orld. It is no small satisfaction to me, to my Freedom during the Mayoralty of a (iciiiie- man, who has already shewn himself ,the fivia friend of the rights and liberties of lhcpeople and of our excellent Constitution-snch as it onct was; ttid such as, I trust, it once more be., 44 To you, Sir, for the-handsome and flktiertujj r manner in which y ou have conferred this hiijh honour upon me, much is due and 1 beg leave t)t thank you kindly. A woman devoid of chastity, is crevoid or every thing. Local Ililiiia.-By 49th, Geo. 90, it is > enacted that after the 1st January, 1810, the chmrhwardeiifs, with the consent of the tnhav bitants in vestry assembled, or at any other meeting of which 5 days' notice shall have been given, may agree to pay. a bountyöf r, f two guineas to any persou voluntarily iticall- ling himself for such parish in the I.ocal Mili- tia.-We strongly rcconllwcnd this provisiom to the afleution of the public, and particu- larly to those who have it in their power, by their influence and situations in parishes* adopt the measure; they may thereby; prevent the ballot from the L ocl] Militia altogether-. I bere is no doubt but tti-at louitg, tileu tf spirit in fvery parish in the county would be touud to volunteer to supply ah vacancia U1. case 111111 saiutary law was otice promulg^t' amongst iheia,