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Bngttah «s*fcv«f3.
Tlie arrival ot the fast, el*grant sli p Ogle
thorpe. captain W»wson,has put us iu posnei,-
»iou of iJindr.n papers to tl.e 24th Aug. and
Liverpool to the 2.3!h. Alter an attentive pe
rusal, we find nothingof particular interest
in them. The Octavia, Wilson, tailed the
same day with the Oglethorpe, and has furn
ished us with date , via Charleston, as late
as those l-y the Oglethorpe, to which we
refer our readera, in preceding columns.
There ij no newa of moment from France
or Spain. The papers are principally, ta
ken up with the progress of George IV, in
his Irish tour. Tl.e news from Turkey is
vague and contradictory. The Fans ac
counts throw no light upon the plans of Itns
sia, towards Greece and Turkey, so long the
subject of speculation, and so long imper
vious to the inquiring eye. The French pa
per* mention the advance of Russian troops
toward* the Turkish frontier, but entertain
doubta of their hostile intention. The Lon
don papers contain a statement of the pre
sent military force of the Rusaian Kmp re,
w hich bears the appearance of official accu
racy, and which make the total amount up
wards of 900,000 men. Against such an
overwhelming power, any active interfer
ence on the part of Great Uritaiu in the af
fairs of Turkey could be considered as no
thing more then an idle and useless demon
stration. The Liverpool Advertiser, allud
ing to the power and ambition of Alexan
der, says—** The efforts which have exhaust
ed Europe in the struggle against Ilona
parte, have been exerted in vain, if hit sub
jugation is only to make way for another con
queror, still more danger..us, because inure
circulating and circumspect.” General I'epe
of the Austrian army has arrived in London;
and it is said on the closing of the late
Queen's affairs, there will he a surplus of
10,0001 for young Austin. The British ad
miral lord Exmouth, arrived at Gibraltar
with his squadron, on the 21st August, deg.
tina'ion unknown. It is proposed in Dub
lin to bud 1 by subscription a splendid pa
lace, in commemoration of the King’s visit to
that country. A Dublin editor style George
IV. the greatest monarch of the greatest na
tion of the world. And adds, in allusion to
the contemplated palace, ** let it be wor
thy of the splendid triumphs of hit majesty's
reign." General Bertrand ami Monthnlon
are s'ated to have arrived in Paris on the
16ih August. Letters from Odessa confirm
the accounts cl the Algerine squadron, oil
Tenedos, by the Greeks who took several
Vessels.—We give the following statement
of the price of produce :
” Ltvttironi, August 25.
“ There was a good attendance of deal
ers and spinners in the cotton ii arket this
Week, but they bought sparingly; Bowed
and New Orleans cotton have maintained
the prices of the preceding week ; Brazils
arc rather lower. The quantity sold j n about
5700 pickage*, consisting of 2280 Bow* ds,
10 at 8 3-4(1, Id at 9 18*1, 62 at 9 1 4d, 22 a!
9 1 Bd, 820 hi 9 1-2, 120 at 9 5 Bd, 6Ad hi 9
34, 160 at 9 7-Bd, 200 at 10, 20 at 10 1 4 t
100 at 10 1 Bd, 50 hi 10 1 2d. 70 at Id 3-4.1 i
890 New Orleans, 31 at 8 3 41, 204 at 9d, 20
at 9 1 8<1*.162 at 9 1 Id, 14 ~t 9 1 2 32 at 10
l-4d, 10 at 10 3 4d, 196 at 11 1 4d. IT at 11
1 2d ; 376 Alabama, 198 at 8 7 Bd, 68 m 9
1 4d, 100 at 9 3-81, 10 at 10 l-4d ; 87 Sea
Island, 31 at 14 3 4d. 30 at 15 1 2,1, 26 at 17
3 4d; 32 stained S. a Island at 13d; 301
Pernambuco at 12 1 41 a 13 1 'hi : 431 via
ranhkm at 11 341 at 12 14d ; 450 Bahia at
113 4a 12 1 4d 1 20 Para at 11 141 ; 12
Carthagena at 7 4 3d; 80 Uemerara at 11
14 I and-12d ;73 West India a< 8 l-21 alO
141; 55 Surat at 7 l-4d a 75-8 d ; and 633
Bengal at 6 l-4d a 6 5 8d per pound,
“ There has been rather more inquiry for
tobacco this wetk, yet little business war
transacted, mine small parcels nf Virginia
of Ihe new crop were sold for the Irish
market, and a very choice lot of Kentucky
leaf was disposed of at 4d per lb ; the de
maml tor export is very limited. In ashes
aides have been made to the trade of rather
lower rates, 100 barrels Montreal pot at auc
tion at 32s 61 a 335; States' pot for export
brought 38s 6d a 38s 9d, and Pearls 38s 6d a
39s 3d ; Montreal pearl* offered at auction
were taken in at 38*. 37s 3d per cwt, only
being bid. 1000 barels Turpentine were solii
at 12* per cwt. Carolina rice goes off in
small parcels at li a 16* 6d tor fair to fine
quality,”
Imported into Liverpool from the 18M to the
24M August, Industrie.
Cotton, American, bugs, 3732; Brazil
bags ami ser. 1811—Total, 4543. Ashes’
bid*. 681 j Bark. ra*ks, 7 ; Tobacco, Amer!
hb*ls 385 , Bees \\ ax, ra»k, 9 ; Flour bbli.
3232. Turpentine, do. 900 ; f ar, do. 200.
Voles Advertised.- Monday, 27th August,
250 barrels Turpentine ; Friday, 31st 1000
bales Sea Island Cotton.
Prices Current, August 25.
COTTON —New Orleans, per lb. 9 1-2 Is
Id; Tennessee and Alabama, 8 12a 10
T -’d ; Upland Georgia ami Carolina, 9 a 11
1 2d ; Sea 1-1 md ; very fine, Is 9d a2s 2d,
fine, Is 5d a Is 8d ; middling ami good, Is
2d a1- 4*l, stained and ordinary, lOd als
Id. Duty paid, 6 per cent. ad. valorem.
COMMUNICATED,
Import of Cotton into .Yew TeeJt. from Ist .Vo.
>•'•’(! her. 1820, to Ist Sept. 1821.
Fi Gh Fr 'to- Prom Fr. Ft- Tout
182i> r»»l , it*AM lule Sc Lout- S*» eg numb, i
and B ake uai a lsi Out. of
ttl "' '*• Bales. I
No*. 2304 U f~fl
Dec 5163 1771 164 71JI
1821
Jan. 545 440 454 6. 64 U
Feb 312 8.0 36n 50 55 4Ho I
Mrh 590 185.' 675 r .* j
Apr. 3952 292 . 3*34 So 10464 ;
Ms* 7709 310* 191., 57 ;;7;9 i
June 6254 1484 loOu 2>4 8972 !
July 6.>3j 3572 608. 15S 163,5 !
Aug. 6954 N 172 1577 21 225 8949 i
60,55 u {
wr th* ooLsritoarK.
London, Aug. 24. J
We have regarded the entire character
and purport ot the Inquests now lioldi ig
by adjournment, from day Krday, so pure!
Iv a trick ot tacl.on, that we hue scarcely
tbought the proceedings Worthy of even a
trinscient t* .c« . _ \\ e believe, "indeed, w „i,
f ' , *'’V USV gentlemen,
Mr. Sheriff U i’llimjii and c... an I „di -rs
vho are ot tci * y connect- 1 ** ;ll | Hi - i. lg ',,.
r*, there are mu a ..Wired persons H
dm. or else** lit re. woo trouble themselves
wth reading 4 line 01 me ev,deuce tar u
K vru,or of tne - puna;, -11 it .vise, tii
artifice I* *0 gross and pi' la >l e —it is s 1 -y,"
dot ,ue thing IS protracted fiv the c.i- i- e
of nil*.die chipicrot aeeii.au nuy prm
(d'tce, that the few we have heard make any
! allusion to it have done so with disgust.
If truth were the object really sought, it
might have been found in half an hour—for
it lies in a very narrow space. There was a
ri d—a disgraceful, a brutal riot—in the
course of which, repeated and savage as
saults were made upon the soldiers. The
la*ter were 111'he execution of Llieir duty,
and to intimidate their cowardly SMsailan's,
some shots were fired. 'That these shots
*»ere neither many, nor deliberately aimed,
is sufficiently proved bv the fact that only
two persons, out of the countless thousands
that wre congregated together, were kill
ed. M'e have heard, indeed, of cuts inflict
ed with the fat sides of the swords, and of
manifold wounds caused in various ways.
But we have only heard of them.
That the riotous conduct of the rabble
wa* of no ordinary kind, is established by
the circumsta ce that they actually succeed
ed, in defiance of the civil power, and of
tlie military, in dragging the Queen’s corpse
through the city. This feat was not accom
plished by persuasions, or by gentleness, we
pre s line.
It is equally incontestible that the soldiers
were brutally attacked. Nay, one of Mr
Waithman’s own witnesses, yesterday, stat
ed that he “ saw a soldier on his horse,
bleeding, between Knigbtsbridge and Ken
sington, and he gave him a pocket handker
chief to wipe (IT the blood.” Oh 1 but
this is nothing 1 Soldiers may have their
brains dashed out with brick bats—they may
be mutilated, hacked, covered with mud
and filth, reviled and insulted, by that amia
ble monster, a Radical mob, and all this i* as
it should be. Hut if thrse soldiers, after
enduring cowardly perils (so galling to their
gallant natures) from, valiant tailors and
brave pickpockets, with a degree of for
bearance which makes other tnen wonder at
their self command—after sitting for hours
to be pelted and blackguarded by wretches
who would not dare to wag their little finger
at a stout school boy, that had his hands at
liberty—if, at last self preservation does that,
which the common feelings of manhood,un
fettered by discipline, would have done at
first, and the roaring, bellowing poltroons,
are in their turns assailed, and some of their
p ecious blood is spilled—all the provoca
turns they have giv-n are in an instant for
g tten—llieirlrogsl conduct is overlooked
a id line injured parties are to be hunted
> down like tile bj>e:u criminals, in deference
to the rights and privileges of a bli.odllura
ty mob.
This, in a lew words is the real na’ure ot
tilt- transaction, which, under tlie fostering
Care of that tn.rror of modesty, and good
breeding, and good English, and good man
ners, and all other go ld things, Mr. Siier.fi'
M aitlirnan, is being cockered into a nine
days wonder.
Private Vorrenpondence.
“ 1 aiiis, August 18.
‘‘lt is with extreme surprise that we read
in the English Courier, not only that there
was still probability of the mamti nance of
peace, but that it might be considered as
certain that peace, Would nut he interrupted.
Such, indeed, may he the language of the
lasi despatches winch have readied London
fri 111 Si Prt'rsburgli; but it must be borne
in tinml, that they have not very recent ad
v.ces from Turkey, even at St. Fetersburgh.
Ii may al-o be, that the Emperor Alexander
speaks, the same sentiment to the Diploma
ic Agents woo are accredited to his Court;
and herein originate the contradiction ob
servable between 'lie intelligence winch ar
rives U reel from the Capital ot Russia, and
that winch is received through Germany
tiom the towns nearest the theatre of war.
The solution of all this is, lint the Emperor
Alexander’.* private wishes are npp sod to
war, but Ins whole Cabinet,seconded by tne
impatient opinion ol all the Russians, on Vie
contrary wish to profit by the present occa
sion to realise the plans of Catherine. We
are more than ever convinced that We have
not been led intt> error in all lhal we l ave
advanced on bis subject, which were nut
mere conjectures, and tlus events wilt prove,
if they have not already done so. Tlie tri
fling decline u hidl it n ight nave been ob
served took place 111 the French Funds two
successive days, Hie 16.1 i and 17tn instant,
Was solely occasioned by the receipt of in
telligence that lu-S'itilies had commenced ;
and ibis, notwithstanding the arrival, near y
at the same moment, of a courier from 3t.
Fetersburgh at the Russian Anioa-sad r’s
in Pans, who announced that there was as
yet no question of war. Mirac.es excepted,
it is inevitable, and the heats ot the season
have alone delayed it.
“ I hey wtio believe, or affect to believe,
in the continuance of peace, ground their
opinion, whether correctly or not, upon
the constant interchange of couriers. YVhat
does this interchange signify ? That nego
ciat.uns are on loot. Admitted ; but wlut
can be the result of these negotiations ? J
Merely to retard war, and thus, render-it {
more terrible, by giving time for tormida- j
ble preparations of attack and defence to j
the Governments who are about to lake |
part in it. It is true, 'hat the mediation of I
England is spoken of; but wliat w ill Ans- I
tria say to this, since it is also said (and we j
are much inclined to believe it) thai the
; taller Power is making every possible effort
; to strengthen the ties which unite tier
to France. It is even affirmed, that France
i promise* Aut ria 50,000 men in case of
! need, and that she shall receive by consent
' of Sardinia, the possession ot Savoy as tar
as L ins le Bourg, at the foot of the north
side of Mount C- ills, ll is lui t tier said, that
France will also receive a Utile augmentation
on the llelgic frontier.
•’ U we may put any confidence in human
prudence, it is beyond doubt that in enter
taining desires lor peace, we mav hope to
see these desires finfiued; but how can the
voice of prudence be heard anudst the clam
orous conflict of ad the passion*? These pas
sions are in such a state ot excitation, that the
| most invincible infatuation prevails, as soon
as a thing is desired, its existence is believ
ed.”
Liverpool, 25th August.
THE QUEEN.
Her late M ijesty had few friends about
her, 111 her la-t illness; and among tllose
few, it now appears iliat there wa, but h tie
c- 1 cord. Mr. A1 leman Mood ha* tiio’i
proper to notify to Itie world his dissaiis ac
lion at ihi* conduct of the Queen’s Exe
Color,. Some allowanee inu-t certamiv oe
made lor the serenes, which tlie w u:nv
Aulv-i 11.ao cannot but It-ei. uuuerthe egne ,
to ll (as lit ms mixes) tlie ingrailtu.ie *u;n
whicti he has been treated. Lis true he dal
in t attend In r Majesty 011 the da* of tm
t Oionation, but lie was at Brad .-üb'irgi
House, *ia* a id uignt durmg her subs quem
idue»s, wmUu 0 jA-ienUy, and looking , r.
neitly for a word, a mirk, a token of dying
regard from ins “ Royal Mistress.”—
She diet and makes no sign !
The post office, which, of late years, has
quickened the principal mails so much, his
steadily pursuing the important object of
still further accelerating them, in proportion
to the improvement of the roads and the
spirit of the times, but having a due regard
in each case to the necessary combinations
of the several lines of post with each other.
We lately noticed the acceleration on the
western road. -This week the mails to Man
chester and Liverpool will travel about 9
miles an hour on the greater part of their
routes. Such speed will be highly bene
ficial to correspondent’, and can be accom
plished without any danger to the passen
gers, the mail coaches being constructed
on very sale principles, and also carrying so
small a number outside. Nor, under pro
per regulations, will there be any unfair
pressure on the horses, which, to persons of
humanity, will always be a great considera
tion.
Lady Cochrane is coming home from S.
America, in the Andromache, capi. Sliirreff,
whose arrival is expected in about six
weeks.
The following entry was made on Satur
day last, in the books at Lloyd’s : —“ By a
letter from Leghorn of the 14th inst. we
learn that the Turkish sh.p Cara 8 /liman,
belonging to the captain of the port of Al
exandria on her return from Leghorn, has
been tsken off Cape I'assaro, and arrived at
Idra, and converted into a fine ship. The
Turks were thrown into the sea the Greeks
all edging that their countrymen met the.
same (ate at Constantinople. It is stated that
four other ships belonging to th I’acha of
Kgvnt have been captured, and carried into
Idra.”
TtIF. QUEEN.
“ Cronm me —l claim my righto” the good
Quaes cried ;
Mm heard, and owned the right, but yet
ilined :
Mrav’n heard it too, and sent an Angel & own,
Who plac’d upon her head a Heavenl*
Crown.* 9
Liverpool ATrrcury.
Lord Huron —The following paragraph
from the Continent papers, is not very in
telligible hut is given as we find it :
“ Lord Byron has been ordered out of the
town of Ravenna, as well from the whole of
the states, on account of Ills writings, and
occasional charitable assistance to poor dis
abled wretches who lay in the street with
out any individual daring tn stretch out an
assisting hand from fear of perse”ulion.”
The Prussian S'ate Gazette coiraius the
following article from Naples, of the 1 alh of
June : ” A former naval officer, who is still
employed m tnr naval department, coming
a few days since from vespers, wis attacked
and severely wotln led not far from the dour
"f life church ; he ascribed the attack to
the hatred of the Carbonari. IT: was con
veyed m an hospital near at -hand, where his
wounds were declared to be moral, lie
was himself sensible of the approach of
death, and sent a pressing message to one
of Ilia acquaintance tn co ne to him.— \s
soon as he appeared at his bedside, he beg
ged him to pardon all the wrong that he
had done Idm. As they had once had some
trifling disputes, the other believed that the
request of the dring min referred to them,
and declared that such a ir'fie was not worth
speaking of, tha* he thought no more of it,
and his friend might make his mind easy.
But the other became inure uneasy and ur
gent, and at length confessed that he had
delivered to the Police a list of several Car
bonari, in which he had placed the name of
his acquaintance, though he was not quite
certain u bet her he belonged to that sect or
1 not. This declaration of course alarmed
I this individual, who was wholly innocent;
i he immediately fetched a Notary and some
i respectable persons, and caused "this confes
! si'"' to be duly drawn up and attested in
their presence. Standing on the threshold
of eternity, the dying man owned that ma
ny others ivere set down in his list, of w hom
he could not be sure that they really were
Carbonari, lie, therefore, begged that the
whole list might be considered as a non en
tity. An attested copy of th's d icument has
I been delivered to the Police.
Algemeine Zeitung.
; The late Gen. Scott, so celebrated lor his
success in gaming, was one evening playing
j very deep with the Count d’Artois and the
Duke de Chartres, at Paris, when a petition
was brought up from the widow of a French
officer, Slating her various misfortunes, and
praying relief. A plate was handed round
and each put in one, two, or three loins d
or’s ; but when it was held to ih? general,
who was going to throw for a 500 lotiis d’
or’s, he said, *' Stop a moment ifyuu please,
Sir; here goes for the widow !” 'Tile
throw was successful, and he instantly swept
the vv hole into the plate, and sent it down
to her.
| Imprisonment for debt is said to have
I been first introduced in favour of the Ba
rons, *to enable them to bring their stew
ards to bonk. This practice has been con
demned bv two very different but equally
eminent men. Dr. Johnson disapproved of
it ; and Mr. Horne Tooke declared that
" it operated as an illusory satisfaction to the
| injured, contributed loathe ruin of innocence
as Well as the triumph of guilt, and was
: beneficial to none but Marshals, Turnkeys,
t and Attorney.
FHOM THE DUBLIN EVENING POST, ACS. 14.
Ileception of the King.
It u ould be Utterly impossible to convey
any idea ot the acclamation which burst up
on his ear, the moment he made his appear- J
mice. Its kind, its peculiarity, defies all de- !
scriptioii. The king was evidently affected <
at the unrestrained and clamorous enthusi
asm, with which lie was welcomed. It was
really a species of intoxication, which Irish
men may w ell conceive, but which, from
the proverbial confusion of his ideas on
such an occasion, an Irishman, is, perhaps,
of all men the worst qualified to describe, i
Our i'l-e and ca culatmg brethren of the I
London Press, may lift up their eyes audio- j
voke the head of Confucius. We cannot I
help it. We were in the vortex, and we !
gave ourselves wi liiigly.no to the enthusi
asm of the moment. Could it, in fsct.be ;
otherwise ? Could the most ascetic and sa
lurnine spirit preserve .ts constitutional bias
on such an occasion ? Our temperament,
h»i.k heaven ! does not differ from that of *
ar Country" tn. We :h, as riuv se t, and
gave as the > gavr, a fun Ann free expression
to nwr h > ling- Even now, on looking back
t‘"Tie .scene, a. d ecdesvr.urii g to describe
it, there are so uui.y tuciuerds crowding up-
on cur pen, and jostling for expression, that
we find it no easy matter to reduce them to
some sort of order, for the purpose of con
veying even a faint idea ot the scene at
Ilowth —on the road, and at the Park. We
shall, however, do our best, and though the
scene and circumstances would be worthy
of the graphic pen of Sir Walter Scott, the
reader may rely upon the general accuracy
of our account.
There is a circumstance or two, which is
omitted in the following account, but which,
althougii not very imposing, the reader will
agree with us, is not a little characteristic.
As ’die procession was moving forward,
two countrymen were driving their carts
along the road ; they heard the shiiluo ap
proaching ; they saw at a distance the peo
ple without their hats, making the most
frantic gestures. ‘By the powers, Pat, it is
himself,’ cried Tim to his companion. “ Sure
enough,” exclaimed Paddy. Without more
at all to do, they backed their carts into the
ditch, unyoked their horses, mounted upon
their Itosinantes, which we must in candour,
acknowledge aas not of the Arabian breed,
with their traces which as faithful historians
we roust also confess, were not of the most
splendid description, dangling of traces and
hemes at the necks and heels of their charg
ers, away they cantered in froutof tile ca
valcade, to the amazement of the multitude,
and no little amusement of his Majesty.
Another countryman had the audacity,
anil small blame to him, to cling to the loot,
step of his Majesty’s coach, all the way from
ITiwlh to the vestibule of the Lodge. In
vain was he told to desist. Many a sound
lash did he receive from the equestrians who
were galloping after the carriage, but he
clung like a barnacle to the spot, and had
the honour of shaking his Majesty by the
hand, when he alighted from his coach.—
Tins fellow’s name and glory will be handed
down to his grand child en’s children. What
a rout our persevering friend will make at
Donuybrook Fair this month. There are
many who will regard him with awe, and not
a few with envy.
Such n as the entrance of George the IVth,
among his Irish profile. There was no par
ade, no soldiers, no civic authorities, no
guard, tio ponce—it was only the King and
his people.
H s Maji sty arrived in Dublin on the 12th
Aug. the anniversary of pis birth-day—a
happy and auspicious coincidence.
U e have read of various triumphal eu
tries of Conquerors and mighty monarchs
-of Alexander’s into Babylon, of Pompey’s
triumph into Rome—all very g. and and very
imposing. The public en ry of the King!
of Ireland would have been a most magnifi
cent and gorgeous display. But we had ra
ther witness the scene of Sunday, than all
the grandeur that was ev-r exhibited. It
Was one ot those winch few men have ever
seen—it was one for the heart, and not for
the eye—it was one whose splendour passeth
not away with the procession—it will rest
on our affections—it w 1 live forever tn our
memories.
From the Lexington Public Advertiser.
FUO'.r THE LONG BOX—X.
On the 19th iust. I was at a dinner given
bv Vlr. Dairympie, at Ins own house. It was
Mr Ualrymple’s bir'li day and on which he
had arrived at the 70lh year of his age.
The invitation had been general to all Ins
neighbors and acquaintances ; and from the
great respect in which he was held by all
who knew him, the concourse was very
great indeed. It was but a short time be
fore dinner that 1 reached Mr. Ualrymple’s;
from which lime until dinner was announced,
no kind of refreshment whatever was offer
ed to the company.
About one o’clock Mr. Dairympie inform
ed the company that dinner was ready, and
invited them to follow him. He conducted
us into ave y large shed, with rough walls,
lathed and filled w.th mortar, an earthen
floor but ceiled above ; In this shed the
dinner table was set.
The dinner consisted of bacon, greens
and homony principally, with coarse hoe
cake and Johnny-cake bread, made of corn
meal. The bacon and green# were served
up in large turned wooden dishes or plat
ters ; and the plates were of the same kind
of manufacture. At short intervals on the
table stood woode i cans with water in them.
The knives and forks were of the coarsest
kind. The table was of 0.. k wood, ciean
scoured—but there was no table cloth.—the
seats were benches and three legged stools
—no servant attended the table, nor was it
necessary, for every thing intended to be
used at dinner was on it.
Mr. Dairympie invited his guests to sit
down, and when they were seated he asked
a blessing and then pressed them to help
themselves, to such as was before them ;
and byway of example to the rest, he help
ed himself.
The company stared at each other and
then at Mr. Dairympie, and secretly cursed
him and his dinner ir. their hearts j but from
the great respect they had for him, said no
thing, but helped themselves to some small
part of the dinner.
As soon as the guests began to eat which
they did merely out of rekpect, Mr. Dalrym
pie gave a signal by blowing in a small gourd,
when in rushed half a dozen servai *s clean
dressed, in coarse homespun cloth, who laid
hold.of the table and all that was on it and
instantly ran it nut of the shed, and return
ed with a neat, plain walnut table, with a
clean but coarse linen cloth, and an excel
lent dinner, in pewter dishes, all bright and
clean ; the dinner consisted of excellent
ham, roast beef, lamb, sh.iat and fowls, with
vegetables of the best kind, and well cook
ed ; bright pewter plates, with good buck
horn knives a ,d forks now supplied the ,
place of the wooden ones—and instead of I
! wooden cans, were placed on the table at '
proper intervals small stone pitchers, filled
with excellent parcimmon beer or cider,
within the reach of each scat. The stools
t and benches were also removed, and their
places supplied with plain flag bottomed
chairs.
i bis transformation of the table and i s
furn tur.-, not only iUsipat.nl the chagrin
visible in the countenances of the guests;
but excited their appetites, so tha* thev din'-
ed plentifully, as there was a great variety
of choice meats and vegetables on the ta
ble.
When Mr. Dairy .rple discovered that the j
company hid di, ed, he gave another signal :
with Ins gourd and immediately two dozen -
French waiters rushed into the room, dress
ed in livery, ciean shaved and profttse’y ,
powdered.— Out went the walnut table wun \
its contents and the whole furniture of the i
room. The door mas instantly covered wi;li !
a rich Turkey carpet,.and the walls with!
fine silk tapestry, and an elegant Mahogany i
übie ami side board brought in. The table
was covered with thre'e of the finest diaper
cloths, and a most splendid desert, compos
ed of the most fashionable pastry of every
description, sweet meats and fruits of the
most choice kinds, served up in fashionable
plates, the finest China, and superb cut chrys
tal glass vessels; whilst the sideboard groan
ed under a profusion of choice wines, cor
dials, strong waters, &c. &c. so that nothing
was wanting to tempt the palate or excite
the appetite of the greatest epicure-
Pleasure now beamed in every counten
ance, whilst the sparkling glass was emptied
to the health of Mr. Dalrymple ; and as the
company appeared disposed to enjoy them
selves. Mr. Dalrymple prepared to with
draw, and leave them free from fliat restraint
which is natural in the presence of an old
and respectable man : But before he retired
he addressed them in substance as follows.
My worthy friends, this is my birth day,
on which I number three score and ten
years, which seems to have been considered
by the psamiist ys the limit of human life.
I cannot express the pleasure I feel at see
ing so large a collection of my respectable
friends and acquaintances on the occasion ;
and before I leave you, I consider it a duty I
owe to you as well as to myself, to explain
my conduct in the arrangement of this day’s
entertainment ; and especially that 1 may
avoid the charge of being under the capri
cious infiiience of old age. It has been the
practice of many people at all times ever
since the period of my earliest recollection,
to complain of hard times and a scarcity of
money ; and ss I never had experienced
either myself, I conceived the project of
convening my friends together on this day, ,K
and to demonstrate to them by familiar ex.
amples the reason.
At the age of twenty-two years 1 married
an industrious young woman, and went to
house-keeping : as we were both poor, we
were unable to procure better furniture
than was this day exhibited in the first
course (for you must know that it was a fun
damental principle with me from the begin
ning, never to owe even a penny, to which
principle l have scrupulously adhered dur
ing my whole life.) By industry and fru
gality, we were in a few years enabled to
adopt that style of living exhibited in the
second course, and winch we have not
changed to the present time ; for I never i
suffered the example of others to influence •
my mode of living, especially when it tend
rd to affect my pecuniary concerns. In
th s manner have I spent nearly half a cen
tury, happily with my family'and friends,
raised and educated seven children, and fur
nished them with means to begin the world,
[ and am now in possession of a competency,
! to support me during the remainder of my
j life, it managed with the same prudence
i that has been observed in acquiring it. A*
i 1 niade it also a rule to spend less than my
annual income, every New-year found me in
the possession of a surplus, I consequently
never have myself experienced hard times
or a scarcity of money.
Many of my contemporaries, who inher
ited large real estates, began the world by
adopting the style of living now before you ;
ambitious to excel each other, they suffered
themselves to be enttuenced by example,
indulged in the most extravagant furniture ,
dre--s, equippage, fee. and trusting the man
agement of their estates to siewards as pro
fligate as themselves, their expenditures
greatly exceeded their income, and their
estates so-, n melted away like snow in a sum
mers day. It is such as these, and all who
have followed their example, that have, and
always will, experience hard times and want
of money, while those who adopt, first the
oak table and its furniture, with the deter
mination never to owe any man,- and who
makes it a point every year to spend less
than his income, may soon adopt that style
represented in the second course of this
day’s entertainment, which with industry
and economy, he may continue through life.
But lie who adopts the stile now before you
let his wealth he what it mav, will most as
suredly be cur-ed with hard times and the
want of money, and become degraded far
below the standard of the oak table.
ADIEU.
The old gentleman retired under shouts
of applause from ail present, for his ingenui
ty in giving such wholesome advice in so
impressive a manner.
Patuxent, July 27, 1 757.
LIABILITY OF ATTORNIE3.
An attorney at Lancaster, (Penn.) lately
applied to the District Court of that place,
for > rule to show cause why a writ issued
against him lor a libel should ifot be quashed. *
It appears that the applicant had made use
of some woids in reference to the plaintiff',
which the latter considered a libel, and,
therefore, preferred a suit against the for
mer —The defendant rested his application
lor quashing the writ issued to arrest him
on the ground, that attonues at /aw -werepri
vileged ft om being- arrested. The Court, how
ever, declined otherwise, it being “ contra
ry to the (Manciples and genious of the gov.
eminent of Pennsylvania that any privileged•
order should exist therein. Attornes are
equally liable to arrest with any other per
son in the community. In England this pri
vilege exists, but it cannot be the law of
this country.” The application was dis
missed.
JK Y. Com. Advertiser, Oct, 4.
The Sixty-nine pigeons brought from
Liege to Paris, were permitted to begin
their return flight on the 29th of July, at 8
o’clock in (he morning. One of them reach
ed Liege the same Hay at Indf past twelve,
three others in three successive hours. The
Paris Diligence takes fourteen hours in go
ing the same distance.
1 ¥■ ontlon paper.
j According to a Vienna ai tide of the Ist
! August, the inhabitants of the Creek Archi-
are said to have resolved, in case of
their final failure, to en.biu-k on hoard their
numerous vessels, all their wives and chil
dren, and to seek an asylum in America.
[lbid.
, Murder, and attempt rat Suicide. —Avery
deplorable instance of the effects of ungov
ernable human passion occurred last eve
ning, in Bond-street, Fell's Point. A mate
of a vessel, by name Thompson, had paid his
addresses to a young lady, named Hamilton,
and, it was understood they were contract
ed. Altera conversation with her, as she
sat sewing, lie biew out Iter brains with a
pistol, and attempted the sameoutiage upon
himself, by firing another, by which he se
verely wounded himself in the head. He
is now in jail, and awaits the investigation of
the law. He had prepared himself for the
act, by dividing a builei in halves, and load
irg the two pistols with the several pai is.
Melt. JUtr, Advertiser, Oct. 6,