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from the St. JAMES's CHRONICLE.
IFXPECT, Mr. Baldwin; that, if you print
this at all, you will print it cn Saturday
sight, as it concerns the business of the fol
lowing day —I am a frequenter sometimes of
one church, and sometimes of another, but
am always to be found in otic or other of
them on Sunday morning, and, # :ny busi
ness there is of a serious kind, I am never so
uneafv as when 1 meet with any thing to in
terrupt either my devotion or that of other
people.—
But, Sir, what I am to complain of is, that
there are a number of idle, gofliping people,
male aod female, who come to church for no
oiWvpurpofc but because they Cannot so well
meet any where e!fe—A pew full of such was
liehind me last Sunday at a certain church that
lliall be nameless, and by their tittle-tattle so
mixed and confounded the Litany, that you
would have thought they were contriving to
make cross-readings of it.
Only think, Sir, how it mu ft perplex any
attentive person to hear such combinations as
the following—
Did you ever lec such a prepofierous bon
net ?—“The Lord have mercy upon us.”
You’ll come and dine with me to-day, we
Lave a family diant'f—“‘As it wab in the be
ginning,. &c.”
The King of Pruflia is the heft ally we can
have—“ Because there is none other that
fighicth for us.”
Do co.r.e, Tom, my wife and I will be very
glad—“ to make our common Applications
twto thee.”
*
I never saw her look so charmingly—
“ From fornication and all other deadlv tins,
&c.”
She is a poor creature, I wonder what the
men can fee about her for thy part —“ From
envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitable
ucis, &c.
Mendoza has accepted Humphries’ chal
lenge, I am allured—“ From bat tie and muf
ther, and from sudden death, &c.
The Prince too has laid another bet— <s fi
nally to beat down Satan under c.'ur feet.”
With a thousand other inftanccs I might
bring; but I hope, Sir, that, when this mat
ter is properly represented, people will think
it reafunable to attend to but one thing at a
time. As I know that your paper is read by
some of the parties offending as above-meti
. tinned, I have to beg a speedy iufertiou to thi3
letter, and am, Sir, youths,
DOMIN’E.
305300 S X3oC>' 3&3&X SSL
LONDON, January i.
By the permifiion of I)r. Willis, his Ma
jesty had on Sunday at noon an interview
with the Queen, and behaved with infinite
tenderness and affe&ion. lie enquiied par
ticularly for his children, and converted in
the mod rational manner for near an hour.
During the interview, as might naturally be
expefted, ho- was fotnewhat agitated; but
soon after her Majesty left the King, he was
again composed,
Monday, between three and four o’clock,
Miuifters, after having had a cabinet coufe
jcnce at the office of Lord Carmarthen, lent
to his Royal Highnels the Prince of Wales a
copy of the tfeflriftions which Mr. Pitt means
to prepare to lay on the power of the Regent.
Humour lays' that they are confined to three
points.
i. That he fliall not grain peerages.
2. That he fliall not grant patent places;
but if any such become vacant, lhail fill them
only f>r the present. Aud,
5. That he lliall not dismiss his MajeftyV
houlhold fervaws, from the Lords and grooms
of the led chamber downwards.
The Prince of Wales, it is said, has acced
ed to the icftriftions, and will soon take upon
him the Regency.
Ktiv Palace , January 2.
** His Majesty pafTed yesterday very much
in the fame mauner as he did the day before—*
but had a good night, aud is this morniug in
u minimi able way.
K. Warren, J. P. Reynolds,*’
January 5. His Majesty was much better
yesterday ihon lie has be*n at any time since
the commencement of (lie disorder,—'This
inuft be pleating information to the pnblic.
In addition to the above, our private tor*
tclpwwlew at Krw inform# us, tluoka King's
late unwind aud ini«U«4lual focwKiee M«e»«
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fibiy recruiting every day. What the faculty
in their letter term a comfortable way, is the
calmness and conipofure he has diicovered for
some days; he has again seen the Queen, and
other persons ; with whom he held conven
tion in the most cairn and colieidetl manner.
On Thursday he was so well as to play two
games of back-gammon with his usual judg
ment and accuracy.
This morning, at half part nine o’clock,
died, at his house in Privy Garden, the Right
Honorable Charles Wolfrane Cornwall, many
years Speaker of the H 'fefe of Commons, and
member of Parliament for Rye in Sufiex.
By this unfortunate event, there will not
be any diftuthon until next week.
The death of the Speaker throws public
affairs into a new lunation. The House of
Commons is now compleatlr disjointed, be
cause it his been heret'ofoie an iudifpeufible
form of Parliament to prefetn the Speaker to
the King for his tpyal approbation.
Yesterday tlie Cabinet Miniflers had an
audience of the Prince of Wales at Carleton
House, on the bufincls of a Regency.
Whatever party may prevail, there will be
no dill’olution of Parliament tilj a"fter the com*
mencement of next fcfiion The quantity of
btifmefs upon hands, W'ill be fufficient till the'
expiration of that time. <
Mr. Fox lies so d'angerouflv ill, at his house
in St. James’s (Ireet, that there are fmal!
hopes of his recovery.
Yesterday morning about five o’clock died,
at his house in Liucoln’s-Inu-Kields, the Plight
Hon. Fletcher Norton, Lord Grantley,a Lord
of Trade and Plantations, Chief Justice in
Eyre of his Majesty’s forefts fouth of Trent,
Recorder of Guildford in Surry, one of his
Majesty’s Moil Honorable Privy Council, and
LL. D. His Lord(ltip had formerly been his
Majesty’s Attorney General, and ieveral
years Speaker of the House of Commons.
He is fucceedcd in title and estates by h's
cldeft son William, now Member of Parlia
ment for the county of Sufr'y.
Two gentlemen, wdio have ( been Speakers of
the House of Commons, and who both fsiftam
cd tlaeir lunations with uncommon dignity, Iv
in;; dead at the fame time, is a circumstance
rather uncommon.
We are given to underftarid, from the most
refpcftable authority, that the present Aditiini
flration will resign their place, as soon as the
Regency Bilf, and that for the guardfrmftiip of
the King’s person, have palled boh Hbufes of
Parliament. A new Adminiftration will the,a
be immediately formed.
In addition to the reftriclicb? on’the Prince,
it is fait! that all the King’s fcfrvants are to re
tuaiif untfir tfie cohtfoul of her M a jetty only.
The King’s Civil' Lift ferVants, we under-,
(land, are to have their salaries for fix months,
and the Queen and Household nobly provided'
for; the livings to go to the Prince.
KINGSTON, ( Jamaica y Feb. 25.
The Britannia, from Loudon, touched at
Madeira and St. Kitts. While at the latter a :
report was iu circulation that a frigate had ar
rived at Antigua, express from England, with
orders for the immediate return of his Royal
Bighnefs Prince William Henry,
The day before the Prince quitted Barbadoes*
it is Bid,he gratified fcis penchant for frolic and
fun in a very public manner, at the house of 2
female of colour who kept a tavern. After
dinner, when the fumes of the wine had a little
clouded Madam Reason, himfelf, and one or
two companions “ nothing loath,” very deli
berately destroyed the looking glasses, bowls,-
cups, bottles, and in (hart every article that
could be broken in the house. The mistress
was in despair, but the generosity of her Royal
guest the nextrtiorning, diilipated every appre
hension, by a present of bills of exchange for
2501. fterliug, as a compensation for damages,
at herowneftimation, of 2501. currency. Im
mediately after which he weighed anchor and*
put to fca«
F O S T O N, March x.
The Hon. MelTr*.- Arnold, Robinfnn, and
Ticknor, are appointed Agent* from the state
of Vermont, to treat with the usw Cougref*
resetting that State.
MIDDLETOWN, Ftb. %6
By letter* from the city of Marietta we are
nfoilued, that Gen. Varuuiu, out of the Judge*
4ui the Weflern Territory, died there to the
loth of January Hftj that there are duty
noo fcttlers there, 600 of whom attended
the funeral of Gen. Varnum; that a treaty
was concluded with 11 nations of Indians to'
mutual fatisfattion.
ALBA NY, March 6 .
On the 24th ult. a treaty was concluded in
this gity between the Hon. Commifiioners for
Indian Affairs of this Hate, and the Chiefs and
Sachems of the Kayuga nation.
N EW - Y O R K, March 5.
The commencement of the New Conftitu
tioti, that lheet-auchor of commerce and prop
of freedom, was celebrated yeiterday, both
in the morning and evening, by a difeharge
of cauiouat the battery, by ringing of bells,
and other demonfirations of joy. Federal
Hall and other parts of the city were deco*
rated with Hags ; and marks of evident fatis
fatfion were visibly imprinted on every coun
tenance. All denominations of citizens Teem
ed to have forgotten their losses and disap
pointments. The veteran looked back with
rapture on his former fufferings, which are
now to be rewarded in the general happiness ;
and the young anticipate with The decent ex
ultation thole bleffmgs which, it is hoped,
# commence at this glorious jfcra.
Ye.terdary, about 11 o’clock, the Member*
of C’ongrefs in town met at Federal Hall. We
are informed there were present fi Members
of the Seuatd, and 15 of the House of Kc
prefentatives. No bulinefs was done.
7. The Le£tfiature broke up on Saturday
lafl, to meet again at Albany, without ap
pointing any Senators to represent this state
in the Congress of the United State.
10. Air. Gerry’s late letfes? to Governor
Hancock, fays a corrcfpondent, reflefts the
bl ighted honor on his political as well as mo
ral charafler. His fdloW-Citizens, fully ap
prized of his fentimeuts in the late General
Convention, which were opposed tor the new'
fyflem, were so convinced of his abilities and
integrity as to elett him oiie of their Federal
Representatives; and that fiatefmau, whose
patriotism has induced him to comply with
their willies, in opposition lb his private opi
nion, has accepted the office.' It may there
fore be presumed, that his judgment, uninflu
enced by an enthuliaftick prepofleflion in fa
vor of the new government, will enable him
clearly to difeern its benefits and defers. The
proof of moderation which lie has already
exhibited, is a pledged of hi; future equani
mity ; and the union, as well as his more
immediate conflituents, ought to exult in tlie
, pofleffion of this truly illuftfious patriot.
E.\:ra£l of a letter from a gentleman of vera
city in Albany , to his friend in this city , dat
ed March 1 .
“ The Commifiioners appointed by law to
treat with the Indians on the fubjeft of their
lands, met with them at Denmfton’s tavern
in this city, at which place the noted Daniel
Shays made his appearance; on his entering
the room, Governor Clinton, who fat at the
opposite fide, immediately arose, walked
across the floor, and saluted that obnoxious
charafter with great apparent cordiality. This
• circumstance, trifling as it appears, causes
much speculation among our politicians, and
no small degree of mortification to many who
conceive the Hate much degraded by this
Angular infiance of republican manners in its
chief - magistrate.”
11. Friday night arrived in town froni
Albany, his Excellency Governor Clinton,
and on Saturday morning his Excellency’s
arrival was announced by a’difeharge of thir
teen cannon.
Iff-*' Extra Aef a letter from Vermont. “ The
manuer of the death of Gen. Ethan Allen
(on the 13th of February,) author of the
Oracles of Reason, &c. was nearly as he had
frequently wiihed it might be. He was in
his barn yard, and, feeling his diffolutioitra
pidly approaching, said to a boy with him,
“ Take good care of the creatures,” and fell
dead ou the ground.”
14. As much has been said on the fubjeft
of the fiylc of address in the General Go
vernment, the following is submitted to the
consideration of the public t
The Mojl llluftmtu
The PRESIDENT of the Uuited States.
Hit Etteel/eney
Tin VICE PRESIDENT of the United Stater
, The bUfi 11tut mb It
j Tbt SENATORS of the United Stain.