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It appears from the three registers of the So- ciety of friends, that, as a consequence of their exemplary temperance and steady conduct, half of their born live to 47 yt-ars of age whereas Dr. Price !e!Lt us, nil: ct ae general ¡IOIH¡Í;llion ot t1/lJdOll, hair ,jf I.he Iw'rn ¡¡\Ie >nly to 2^ years; and also, that among the i J'riends, 1 to 10 arrive at SO years of ag but } of tite general population of London, only I io 10. Parlour Company.-Friday, about eleven o'clock in the forenoon, a large bullock tha' ran from the drove, being closely pursued by the drovers, ra-.i into the shop of Messrs. Bald- win and Co. booksellers, in Newgate-slreel, I and on the drovers coming to the door, he walked into the parlour There were t%,vo oi, three ladies sitting at the time in the parlour, who wf-re tiaturallyNei. much alarmed, parti- cularly as the room was sor small that the ani- mal stood with his head between them. One of the drovers, however, went into the par lour, and held him by the horns until the la- dies retired, and they happily received no I other injury thaa what was caused by the fright An inquest, or precognition, washed on ihe 23d ult. before.Mr. M'Ked, Sheriff Substitute of the county of Sulhenaud, N B. by order of the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, and of the King's Advocate, who attended the May Circuit at Inverness, to investigate certain charges brought against Peter Sellar, ap uuder factor on the Sutherland estate, by certain tenants of the parish of Far, in tne vale and district of Strathnaver, of certain cruellies ex ercised by the said Sellarin May or June, 1814, when he took possession of a large sheep fat 111 in the same district, from which the complaii. ants hau been then removed on which occa- sion several lives were charged to have been lost, by buining and pulling down the houses about the people's heads. The tenants prov- ed their cases to its fullest extent, on the most distinct evidence Three lives were lost one woman, old and bedridden, by her house be- ing set on fire, and two mfin; owe woman whose house was polled down and being far advanced in pregnancy, miscarried fro,6> ter- ror and a man aged 90 aud upwards, whose house was pulled down, had an arm fractured, while in b .-d, by Ihe falling roof. The ;,hentf; was so affected by Uie detail, that he fainted in j court, overpowered by his filings. Sellar will. of course, st J r unmittiid to take ills trial at the assizes, to oe huidcu at larerness in September uexL I Planting of Potal-es.-The cuts or sets takei from ih> titi aii(i niort- i(sx. Mlant than those from the rooL end of the ame pofatoe. Mr Poole, n farmer of Blagdon, near TdUQ" ton, in Somersetshire, was, a few days ;ieo the fortunate discoverer of considerable wealth. As he was digging in a field, the spade struck against a hard substance, which proved to be a military el, -st, coi)laii -ii-- Portugal gold coiu, and LOf S d'Orç, &e. to the estimated value of 20,000! In the cbesf was likewisea parcel of paper, which Mr Poole unfortunate- ly destroyed, and thereby probably prevented the cause of so large a property being thus buried, becoming known 11 is conjerfured that this treasure has been concealed e»t-r since the Doke of Monmouth's rebellion in 1685, Shocking Murder. -On ruesday evening, at about 8 o'clo(, k. barberoas murder waseom- m'ffed on Mrs. Be siey, the wife of a farrier, residioi; at No. 17, fieiton street, Drury lane, London, by a man we understand, had lodged iu she house, and who, alter having nearly severed her head from the body, threw het down the kitchen stairs, where site was found by the landlord, who saw the ruffian es- cape from the house, exclaiming that a drunk- en woman lay there. A puirty of the Bow- street officers went in pursuit of him, and had information of his retreat. Prophecy. —• Mr Faber, who is well known as having wri feu Urjrely >n the subject of lh« prophecies,is recently idd-i,.t-cd a letter tf) ther Editor of a periodical publication, whit b con- cludes with this passage »—«♦ I take this op- portunity of mentioning, that I believe the French Revolutionary Government, from the year 1803, down to the present time. Iris been under the baoeful influence of the fifth vial. It is not impossible that vial may not be yet exhausted; should that be the case, we may expect the French arms to experience further reverses. I fear, however, that nothing will prevent the ultimate re-establishment of the Franco Roman western empire though such re-establishment will only h" the prelude to ita final subversion, a d though I much incline to believe that England, "r.i.nigh scourged, will be safe in the midst of in whirlwind.—Mv principles of exposition led nie to anticipate the downfall of the Bourbons, and the resto- rafioii of Revoiutiouaiy Government, even from tbe very orst. My reasoning was, of course, hypothetical. It my principles were right Ibensurh and such events must inevita- oiy follow. Yet I felt them to he so strongly established, that I had htile tear in reasoning upon them accordingly, In a note to the 5tit edition of viy work on the 1260 year9, which is dated July 28, 1814, I stated at large the grounds of my persuasion, that the Bourbon. wzl,ild not long reign in France, and that the Revolutionary Government would soon be restored. The reader will find that note ia to).S.p. 400.
A CHART OF CARN ARVON BAR…
A CHART OF CARN ARVON BAR AND HARBOUR. Directions for Ships and Vessels sailing into Car- narvon Hurtmur, ver the Bar. In order to facilitate ihe navigation of this Har- 5oar, two Buoys are placed 0:\ The bar, the outer one is painted black, and tue inner red; a Perch is also erected on the Bank, called the Muscle Bank. KDI-WYN Point lies aboui 2 miles distance from the black Buoy, (which is i!ore;l in iheei*- tra- ce of Uie Bar in ahom 15 feci water, at low water, average spring tides) in a N. by E oirec tion. ÜIN u Dislle lieg from three, or from that to three aud a hall lulles distance from the black Buoy, in a S. direction. The black Buoy lies about one mile distance from the red Buoy, in a S. W. r>y 8.direction. The red Buoy Lies about two, or from that to two and a quarter miles distance from the Perch, in a W. by N. direction. The Perch lies near one raile distance from Abertaenai, in a west diree- t oe, where ships audvesselsmay anchor in safety. Masters of vessels, drawing 12 feet water and upwards, should not (in a gale of wind) approuch this Bar uuiil four hours flood. All vessels coining in, should leave the Perch on the iarboard hand. High water at fuii and change, at a quarter af- ter urne o'clock—average spring tides i ise and fall on the Bar from 16 to IS feet—neap ditto from S to 8 feet. Expert Pile+s, 2)ay v'„ the proper signal. This Harbour has been lately considerably ea. largeuand improved, a great number of j"re yex- sels are built here aniiually-it i* a most conve* nieat place for repairing of old vessels—there it an extensive trade carried on in the exportation of slates (of the best quality) and other articles, to most parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelaud, and consists of con.^ eut quays and wharfs, for the rect pi ion and sok, of ships am) vpssels loading and unloading, or lying ffjihin the li.nits of this port. Tne Trustees of dug Harbour have expended fro E four to five hundred pounds in blasting some of the rocks at the Smllies, to low water jaarlc, which has rendered a mo, free -jassage for ships and vessels of large burthen, from the eastward to this Harbour, or sailing through the Straits of Menai. =- Tin nay ii and south banks of ihis Bar are subject to they do shift, (,r 'he Buoys parf from. then llaJormgs, proper care will be fniten to moor Buo) s the deep, as a' present, and the mie bearings, distances, &c. of them, in- 3erted iii thir, liaper w BAN oo a: Printed end Puoiishtd bu T. Broster. Orders, for this paper, are received in London* by Newtoc & Co. (Iale Tayler .t Newton,) 5, WarwicL uare»Newfate-street — aud J. White* 33, fleet-street.
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--=-- "'1 ¡ ON CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. To the Editor of the JSTo rth IVales Gazette. SIR, 3 accidentally took down from my shelves, fvelirood's Memoirs of Englandfor the 100years preceding lie Revolution in 1688,and tlave sent a few extracts, which are applicable to the present times, whilst the Catholic Ques- tion is in agitatioo, and, I hope, for the 'ad time AF RICE. I WOULO not be-thought to reflect upon the Bo man Catholics in general, for what a party them is They were bigots that ad vised and carried on those violences thai in the end overturned their master's throne, James 11. The Roman Catholics have every reason to be satisfied with their condition mi der the present reign, since they cii joy an in- envied llherty of t heir religion. H ItLout incur-, ring the hatred of their fellow-subjects, as joutf as they exhibit no design to overturn the1 Established Church The storm of rebellion being blown over by the death of the Duke of Monmouth, King James thought it time 10 casi off the mask, and to act without disguise:, which till then he had done. The Parliament believed his assurances; but they were inis taken, for he begau to talk to them in a qui to- other strain ihan he had done before i and in another speech from the throne, he-gave tbem to understand, that he was now riiister, ati(I that tor the future, they musl expect to be governed, not b the I{non laws of the land, but by nir sole will and pleasure." N o part of th.. English ConstitutlOlI was in itself more sacred, or belter secured hy law. than that, by ■which Uomun"aiholics mere declared incapa- ble vf places of trust, either civil or military in the government. Aod he himself, when Duke of "Y on;. was forced by the I''est Act, to lay down bis office of Lord High Admiral. even -when he had not publicly owned his reconciiia tion to the Church (If Home. In one of his speeche8 he said, Let no mantake exception libit I here are some officers in the army not r-ccordii,g to the lale Test Act, for thfir employment, The Gentlemen, I must tell VOCi, are most ot ihem well known to me. 1 think them now tit to be employed under me, and will deal plainly with you, That after having the benefit of their services, I •will ne tiiev expose them to disgrace, nor my self to the want of them j if there shouid be another rebellion to ■; ake them necessary to me." It was no ytoudci that this speech sur- prised a j< opl»who valued themselves so much upon their hheltles, and thought themselves secure of the i, both from the Constitution, and the solemn repeated promises of their Prince. They found too late, that their fears in tile former reign of a Popish successor, were too-well grounded, and now inconsistent a iloman Catholic King is with a rrctcstant kiugdom. They even offered to capacitate tUtch a number of Roman Catholic officers, as Kin(, James should give a list of. But both this offer aud their address welre highly resent ed, and on the fourth day afterwards, he dis- solved the Parliament, and made haste to ac- complish the grand design, to eternize his name in this world, and to merit an eternal crown in the other. ;(oman Catholics were not only employed in the army, but brought into places of great trust in the state. Lord CUreadoa was removed from the Privy Seal, r Ireland, to make room land the gffffernTOGUtj'the one, and Lord Aruu- for Lord TyrconD^aiher Peters, a Jesuit, was del in the olhf1Vy Council, and though by sworn of th high treason for any to assume the lawjeter of Pope's Nuncio, yet these were the cAider cobwebs to hinder a Popish Prelate < tappear publicly in that quality and one of ilie greatest peers, the Duke of Somerset, was disgraced fur not paying him that respect, which the laws of the land made c)-imitial.- The King seat Lord Castlemain Ambassador Extraordinary to Home, with magnificent trains and equipages, to reconcile the king- doms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, to the Holy See, from which they had for more than an age fallen off by heresy." Thus were we fallen under the greatest misfortune that can possibly happen to a nit.iozi to have our laws and constitution trampled upon under the colour of law." The free and open exercise of the Popish religion was set iii) every where, and Jesuit schools and seminaries erected in the most considerable towns. Romish bishops were publicly consecrated in Chapel, and sent down to exercise their episcopal func tions in. their respective dioceses. A mighty harvest of new converts were expected shoals of priests and regulars were sent over from beyond the seas to reap it. The only step to preferment was to be of the King's religion and to preach against the errors of Rome was the height of disloyalty To hasten on the project against the Established Church, a new Court of Inquisition was erected, under the name of a Commission for Ecclesiastical Af- fairs. This commission was another manifest violation of the laws, and against an express Act of Parliament The Bishop of London was suspended, and the Protestant Clergy were ordered not to refute the errors of Home. The President and Fellows of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, felt the weight of of their ecclesiastical commission, as well as the Uni versity of Cambridge, to whose humble ad dreases th-j Kill; answered, That he expected to be obeyed." All submission was ia vain, for the ecclesiastical corn uissioners by their final decree, and sentence, deprived and expelled twenty-five of the Fellows. Thus was King James impcned by a violent, headstrong, hi- goltedp-u ty, to assun e a power, ¡>¡}I only to dispense with laws but TO MAKE VOID OATHS." L'f all true christian Protestants, watch wiih a scrutinizing ear, the insidious attempts thet are *t this time making, to enslave us into the thraldom of Popery and may the 4.liuigh.j strengthen us to resist, and effectu- ally to repel their iit deep-laid plots and schemes, to o^erMirow our gi »?!OU8 Con»ti,tu tion.—AMEN
ACCOUNT OF I'll Mlh ;IN ,4USTRIA.
ACCOUNT OF I'll Mlh IN ,4USTRIA. BY WRiJtiLt. TixF, town ofSehe,aitz. where I passed three days, in order to visit the mines, stands in a valley, surrounded by lofty hills on all sides; the ground on which it is built, being every where excavated, or undermined. Even ia the midst or the principal streets and market places I' there are shafts or openings, ny which one may immediately descend many hundred fathoms into the earth I entered them by means of ladders, that conduct from one subterraneous gallery to another, through passages so nar- row as scarcely to admit a single person at a time. Though it was scarcely eight o'clock in the morning when we entered the mine, we did not arrive before eleven at the gallery of the Emperor Francis, so called from Its bemg constructed during that Prince's reign. Here I found nyseir full fifteen hundred feet under the opening of the highest shatt. This tremen- dous catacomb, or gallery, which extends in length near sixty thousand feet, or more than seven English miles, has cost immense sums to make, at? well as h repair and maintain the incumbent (>nrth being every where supported by beam* o' wood, frequently double or triple. r Below the Emperor's gui ery, ti/ere are two qlotieg, the deepest of which is three hundred feet beneath. There are no caverns, or chambers of an? size. Though gold, silver, copper and lead, are all fouod in t raines, tne last forms the predominant we There are near twenty* thousand men v ( aild c¡;!drlJ, iu the ditferent deuart- or No malefactors are sent there, nor single leajahis ad rutted. ,Nothil1 can be so precarious, fluctuating, and incapa- ble of'calcul iti* n as the .uinual profits deriv ed from tnem to the crown; because, at mo, ments when the veins of lIre are are most abundant, they sudueniy disappear, and fre- quently deceive or disappoint the guess of the most experienced miners; and at limes have been so unproductive as to occasion ideas to abaudon iticiu.
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STATE OF FRANCE. [ Prom Scott's Visit to Paris, just published.J THE, general aspect of the country between the coast, and the capital of France, especially that part of it nearer-liie former, gives the idea of a klllgdon that has suffered that has. been reduced from what it was to what it is. It. is apparent that something has happened to it, which has not only stopped improvement, but actually removed its condition downwards.— if J any of the thateaus are in ruins others are inhabited by the poor, whose children were to be seen playing in roofless and window- less summer houses, standing in desolate gar- j dens, which give an affecting token that c,sla nity has bcfailen the original possessors. —There is something infinitely more melan- choly in th, appearance of that land, tbe capacities of which are superior to the state of its inhabitants, than of that where the people are evidently cramped aud depressed by the deficiencies of iiature, and in the general at). sence of meaus. It is more pitiable to see the human body falling away from its coverings, ihan incommoded by overgrowing tt)cill.- France, in that part of it through which I tra- veiled, is fuli of signs that disorganization and destruction have been at work. Neglected avenues, unemployed out-houses, unappropri- ated means of various kinds, all tend to shew that the population has been reduced in cir- cumstances as well as in numbers. Large houses by the road side are almost deserted; and their few occupiers are of so mean and miserable a description, that it is evident they must have been thrown into their present places by some violence, that has removed the naturai owners from their proper spheres, and filled their si toations with those who are incompeleut to discharge their fuQctiuos towards society,— The congequence is, a general appearance of impoverishment and unsnitableness. To judge from such hasty observation, as passing along the roads and through the towns would per mit, I should certainly say that men were few in this part of the country of France but al- though the fact is probabte in itself, and af- firmed on better authority than I can offer in its support, I do not wish to press my testimo- ny as adding any thing to the evidence. It is affirmed, indeed, and by those who may be deemed good authorities, that the agricul- I Jural condition of France is much iinproved since the Revolution in no less a ratio, it is said, than one-fifth. The fact is certainly not improbable, nor at all inconsistent with what has been stated, In the first place, agricultu ral science has made a considerable progress in Europe generally within that period, and this must have effected a considerable change for the better in agricultural practice in France as we!! as elsewhere, had the old system conti- nued in the second, it is not to be doubted that the breaking up of the large estates, con- sequent on the destruction of the nobility, and the throwing of the laad of France, in smaller distributions, into the hands of persons of ac, tive habits, interested to renderat as profit- able as possible, would be followed by an im- provement of cultivation. The question is, wliether this increased production of the earth, which certainly is in itself calculated to be a source of increased national prosperity and individual hae in reality been so to this kingdom ? Il does not follow as a matter of course, that the growth of grain, &c. most render a people affluent in theirgeneral condi- tion for on this principle the Indians whose country produces gold and precious) stones, j should be esteemed wealthier than the mer- chants of Le-ideiiiiall-strect. I does appear to me that, as yet, France has not reaped much benefit from the alteration there seem to be cooro'ei ailing causes hitherto at work, thwart-r I iug the best tendencies of what has resulted from her poli! ical -cliiii--cs.-but these changes have certainly laid the foundation for much future good, and under a wise superintendance it cannot be long of appearing. j I ought to mention that these observations chiefly apply to the coun'r.y between Dieppe and ROlJen less of the character in question is noticeable between Rouen and Paris—that } is to sav, it is less marked, but the general cast of feature is the same. Yet, although the condition of the people seemed low, I hadsooa ¡ occasion to observe, that their spirits and manners are of a lighter, and, according to first appearances, of a more cordial quality It--n those of England. 1 had not travelled far before I was presented with the sight of one of those rustic dances, which almost inse- paraMy connect themselves with our pleasant- estidea.sofcontinenfat scenery, inasmuch as they area very fiivourite topic of description in the most graceful fables, and most interest- ing narratives,that have touched on continent al customs. Perhaps the reality did not ap- pear quite so swimmiagly elegant, and clas j lid, joyous, as the fancy <4 the thing had I been. In Sterne's account of tnednncinggrace after supper, the young men, it I recollect rightly, changed their sabi.ts or wooden shoes. for otiiers more neat in their appearance, and more adapted to lively motion but on the road to Rouen they retained them fas'c a heavy juanciiig air to !ht> steps oi Ihe lady nor were the «;iris exactly the crea- tures of Ihe elementwhich in imagination trip on velvet verdure, with a gaiety that has nothing of the coarseness of mirth and a ten derness that is purified from the grofcsness of sense. It is evident enough thai the gallantry of these rural dancers was not a whit more sen- timental than we find it in the inn-yards of our great North road, when the passing coachmen pay (heir devoirs to the expectant chamber- maids. Nevertheless the village dance of France is a very agreeable addition to the other rural objects that salute the travelling stranger. The old folks sitting with all air of ruminating complacency by the side of the mrrJ whid, give a family look to the group and the yout'iful couples, ail .animation, not- withstanding the utter absence of eatab'es and drinkables (which are absolutely necessary to even tolerable good humour when people meet in E(igiiiii)-atid all activity, notwithstand- ing the heaviness of their wooden shoes, afford a very sinking specimen of a nation, where the current of existeiice glides lightly oil- taking a brisker turn from its impediments: catching sparkles from its shallowness, and tin-owing a dazzling effect around its deepest falls, at the bottom of which it collects again to rush onward in an undiminished, and even more ardent stream. Personal deprivations, of most kinds, arc probably more numerous in France hal m England; but it is certain that sorrow and suffering does not present themselves so frequently to casual observation in the former country as in the latter. The aggravations of a harsh spirit yre more corn. mon here than there, the necessitous with us are perpetually quarrelling and tormenting among themselves. The husband spends big pittance in getting drunk, and then tumbles home to beat his wretched, and not very re signed wife and children cries and altercation are always heard near the dwellings of our miaevabie but the French poor are of a dif- ferent temperament. Their minds do jiul swtll ai,d chafe under the influence of severe circumstances. This may be, and in my opi- nion is, because they want depth 'the storm that throws the Atlantic into a terrible com- motion, only causes a tew ripples on the sur- face of a gardpu pond the mfire pleasure boat of course, rides most safely and pleasantly on the litter-while the ocean, with all its dan gers and deformities, is the sphere for high enterprise, and affords the means for effecting the noblest purposes. As it grew dark we passed through some small towns, in each of which we hurried by sever31 houses of public reception, where clouds of both sexes were asiietubled- apparently all courteousueas and decorum- I regaling with such weak beverages as very small beer and coffee-and gratifying thejig- gish propensities of their tDmds by the sound of fiddles. The labouring? Englishman has but little .disposition to regale himself in the company of women, and is still less inclined IOihew io his female equals those forms of de- ference and gallant attentions, which are parts of theestablished system of genteel society.- If. would seem as if he spurned courtesy from hi ll in a bitter sense ofits inapplicability to the t coarscuelll of ins coudilion. The quick fcel- I ing of wnat ill ridiculous and unsuitable, which distinguishes our people, has y to make them deride all forms that isre strongly contrasted to realities, and to throw aw iy with a desperate disdain, all that finery of manner that is notof a piecewith their circumstances.
EXTRACT FROM \NTIENT HISTORY.
EXTRACT FROM \NTIENT HISTORY. Antienl history foriii-lies us witti various ac- ceyuts of the carnage of the human race in the different wars which took ntace during the times of the Assyrian, Babylonian, Grecian, and Roman Empires; but perhaps no other historian is found so circumstantial as the Jew ish historian Josephus, who was an eye witness to all the calamities during the siege and de- struction of Jerusalem, and the subjugation of that once favoured nation, whose dispersion the whole habitable world it, at this day, wit- Aiess to The intkunfterable instances of m in- herent valonr in these infatualed pople must excite the admiration of all persons who read the accounts, their inflexible contempt of ail danger, and their patience and resigiiation in every instance, evinces thesn to have been a nation of hardy warriors. The obstinacy of their -faclit)t)s leader, John of Gischale, was perhaps never equalled. From the encamp aients of Titus before the town, on the tenth of Xanthicus to tbe first of Pauemus, there passed through one of the city gates 115Q80 I dead bodies, besides what were thrown out of the city, without order of burial, And after this, from the computation of divers men, there were 600,000 poor people carried out of the gaie. The Jews depended upon the den- sity and strength of their wails and fortifica- tions, and the historian acknowledges, that nothing but Almighty engeance could have destroyed those immense fortifications But they had crucified the Lord of Life, and the measure of their iniquities were filled up to the brim. The historian narrates, that the num ber of prisoners in this war was ninety seven thousand, the number of the dead by famine was eleven hundred thousand, Various pro digies were seen during the siege. A comet hung one whole yea>- over Jerusalem, in the figure of a sword. A wonderful light was seen about tl)e altar, in the night, upon the celebration ottlic Pascii, it feast. A cow was delivered uf a lamb in the middle of the Tem- ple, as th'ey were leading her to the altar for sacrifice. The eastern gate of the inner Tem ple was made of solid brass, and so very heavy that il was as much as twenty men could do every night to shut it; besides that, t was fastened with iron bolts and bars, mortised into a huge threshold of one enh slolle. This gate, about the sixth hour of the night open- ed of itself, and they had great difficulty to Snake it fast again. Some time after, there were seen in the air before sun set, chariots and armed men, all over I fie couiii ry, passing along with the clouds round about the city, The Jews deemed the city, from ifs immense eir cumvallaSion aud/nuinber of towers, to be im- pregnable. Tilt stones were twenty cubits in length, and ten over, and so hard and firm, thai they were proof against mmiog and bat- tery. The wall was fortified with towers of twenty cubits square and not inferior in strength or beau ly to the temple itseif. These towers were raised twenty cubits above the wall, with winding staircases, with rooms and "or 'Upon the third wall was ninety towers, uniform, and at the distance of SOOftibits each. The tower Psephinus, at one angle, was 70 < ubits high, and so elevated thnf Arabia, and the utmost et,tifiics f the He- brews migtu be from it,it was triangular. There were three other immense high towers, built by Herod j the stones were marble, and so large as not in be removed, and tbe joints were so artfully put together, as not to be seen, that every tower looked like one entire piece. These were preserved by Titus as mo. numents of their amazing cojistructiot) but lie burnt the remainder of the city, and level• led its walls, and Uie Jews are dispersed over the face of the earth h thl day.