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l&ft, he has beftoweJ much atten tion cn the improvement and ex* tension of his fortifications. His Lordship will therefore, rrteet with a warmer reception than he antici pates. Should he i'ucceed, howe ver, I should not be surprised if the philanthropic Job any, in his rage for legitimacy, should hold the Re gency in his own fate-keeping, un til search should be made through the Numidian forefts, for a lineal descendant of either the renowned Bypiiax, or redoubtable Massiriisas. i” • f% - -ct. r ~ _ 1 H E N E W 3. WASHINGTON, JUNE 28 Among the eccentricities which naturally grow out of a high de- ! gree of liberty, is that of an extreme latitude in all official ads that em anate from the people. Grand ju ry presentments are the rnoft re markable for this. These bodies pt citizens have wandered step by ’ step so far from their original pro vince, that it may be, perhaps, in ftrndive and ufeful, for them to look back with us, and furvev the extreme breadth of their devia fioh. What then is a grand jury ? What Is the object of that institu tion ?. A fid what are its proper duties ? , We understand it to be in its judicial character, a prt of the Su perior Court in each county to al list in the trial of causes. , And that in its inqififitonal capacity its jproibAie anti duty is, fha* of i ge neral fupervifiou of the body of the county. To inquire and present to the court, all violations of the cxiiting laws, that the guilty may be punched. The laws proceed j cn the well known truth, that : thole matters in which all are ! equally concerned, will be attend- | ed to by none. Left, therefore, delinquents should escape, merely j through thk indifference, or inat- ; ter.tion 6f the people, a ce'taih 1 number of the facts raped able of ! the citizens are periodically defig- I nated by lot hs censors of the mo rals of the COUNTY, to inquire | diligently, and to inform the court \ of all offences against the exifling I laws. Without pretending to be learn- j ed in the law, we are confident to ; fay, that this ontline contains the ! sum and (übftance of the nature, province, and duty of Grand Ju rors—ar outline that every citizen is bound to know. How widely have they differed then from their j original and proper province! No longer censors of the morals of their own county people, they now tread at pleasure into any county of the State —not contented with attend ing to the execution of existing laws, they now undertake to point out how the laws ought to be made, And they are found not to trouble themselves so much of late with the detail of individual delinquencies, since they have tak en up the whole sals bufmefs of presenting a State Legislature, the Congress of the United Stares, the Birbary Powers, or the Empire of Britain and Ireland. Indeed it is not to be expected that so finall a body of men, who have the whole weight of the country on their (houlders, to praise the Navy, to encourage the Army, to fupervifn the National Treasury, and criticile our Foreign Diplomacy ; men, who have to watch Spain O', the one hand, the Indians on the other, and to attend at odd times to our own State Government, it is not to be expe&ed that men with their hands so full, can watte milch time on the ‘riding matters of their ovVr county. The Grand ‘Jury of this County have, however, pons still a step further They have undertaken to infor m and dired the people what description cf candidates to eled hereafter , which naturally j enough, (on the event of difobedi , ence) may lead to the presentment i of all tire people of the U St <tes ! ‘■ lhe abide may be accounted for in this way. In ftridnels, the Grand Jury ought to present no offences but such as on conviction are punishable by the Court. But the Inqutft in many cases not knowing which are i: cfictable, ihty of courle arc led ro no".ice .na ny that are not so ; and thus hav ing innocently, and almost una voidably oVerftepped rhe exaCt boundary, they have since wander ed at random into any part of the Empire, and every department of the Government While this was confined to idle animadvertion on any parr of the general or local Adminiltration, to Ipeculation on political fubjeCts, or declamation on topics of nation al feelings, although, unfit for a Court, it was no more t han merely idle, and therefore harmless—Af ter the fatigues of a busy term, it ‘ may, perhaps, have been a fouree of entertainment to the Bar and t ie audience, to hear a chapter on Go vernment, Or a political tflfay’ from the Grhnd jury, concluding always with a compliment to the Judge in the established form, for “ his attention to business ” during \ these things, if they were nibt edifying, were certainly miio-, cent. But when it >‘s attempted to dictate to, or even to influence the people in this way, the case is changed, a Court of justice he- , comes an ele&ioneering grrmne We would unfit here to be disc adly underftorod as not intending . t cufs the opinions a- var.cec by ni'e Grand Jury, whether they were cor'Yeft or not, is a ftperate quef- , fion, I’lie truth is, V/s concur | with them in mod of rh. pofithms i taken, but whether flu fe opinions j be in themselves right or wrer g, v/e folenmly protest again ft the me thod of promulgation Addieft ing oiirfclves, therefore, Yo the hi tit court of public opinion : we do present it as a grievance, that j these things are seen in our land We present il as a grievance, that jurors should thus do rhofe things which they ought not to do, and lev- vc un one thole tilings that the y ought to do. And finally, we pre sent as the greatest grievance cf ail , that so foletnn and so sacred a place as a Court of Justice, should ever be made the theatre ol an ele&ion canvals. The cempenfation bill has roused those spirits that would orherwife have fiurrbered ai their polls for want of of occupation. It has done more ; it has not only pointed the pens of fome of our abieft writers, but has in spired those; wirh eloquence who nev er spake before. In Kentucky. particularly, it hat excited much controverfey, and predu ced an eppofition to fome men, whefe popularity might have been supposed invulnerable. We r are not furprized at the force of public opr ion, thus ex cited, in which confilts the moral strength of our government ; but we are furprized that the public opinion should be what it is We should be still rmre concerned, should this fin ale mtafure, right or wrong, be per mitted to cancel the m honelt afliduity and ch. iuport of the belt infei tion. Ir would be truly rhe re-election of such Clay and Richard M ft be jeopardised by a vo believed to have been wifi ery one known to have and difinterefled. Even votes unwise, on this quefl we humbly think has nevei monftrated, it would afford cient ground for excluding i feats in Congress, which they formly filled with honour t selves and advantage to their c Every human being is fallih none ought robe condemned gie error, (especially on a question,) except by thole whi is lied of iheir own claim to bility, 1 ha’ ReprcfentatiVes are r to the Pionie for a due exe 1 the duties entrufled hem, it . needing oo demor.lt ration ver cochl hav; been defigiu framers ol the constitution, t tive dunes Oiould b? perforn out adequate compensation, gt.diifor, it appears to us, fin p aoed not only above the teny j ro agv’rsndtze himfeif by direct niai v “benefits but also above the ducuo.i (J moVe lucrative buts ..or*, nate uftiees in the gift of the Execu tive. It cannot be correct that the Representatives of the people lhotsid be lbinted to a compen'futio i, (as here tofore,) inferior to that of their subor dinate clerk s, and even to that of the it doorkeepers. Nat. htt. A letter from Mu.:.-, i ... anted June 6, sky's, “An accident ot’ ilit* most distressing nuturt took [)l..ct y smdiy. Tlie large steam boat built at V\ baling came toai oior(litre ll.• day beti>ie yesterday at e\enm f > Abe bud st t out. wi.hoiu beingpreparod tor ;lie purpose, and wks detained uui-mg the night for some iron wmk. They raised tne s’emi too high before slit sui-leU, and while the hands were all called together ana m the act of raising the anchor, the boiler exploded at the end next to them. U was tenable bey md conception’i almost all wt ,v tci it (i- \ci board and dreadfully burned. U.ae u ■ 1 ■. tied, and 15 or 16 much iirjured. S,:v at a u t night, nd >. or J more must die. A. i avivars ago : gentienian of a southern j ha: tM . It) h: vtu ; - given onto cause of of. t e a br iber lawyer, received a challenge ! Ironi Mr. T wh in lie had insulted. i). ac cepted the challenge; but having come upon 4 i .t, pointed g t t.u:.u unprepared ‘for a bloody mi mu'ion o tre quarrel, ‘1 ■ required a writ* in acknowk bj--.sic:d of ins error, and a suit* able afioltigy*, wlec) 1), jr dily paVe. Tln'se papers civ published tfirongtiout the couu- j e , i.jla t.irmi ol D. meeting him soon after* ! cauls, enquired why he had so tooli.dlly, so basely consented to such a public exposure and ciariiig that life was not worth have.,, on such terms. Vqtio,” replied U- “ take my word fiir it, I hau radier fill lorty ‘newspapers than cihe ci fan.” Ralegh nearly destroyed by fire l j Tlie foiiowmg are extracts f f a lette. from a gentlemen jin jUt.leiglf, to tin* Editor, but lor w.mt ot ;:0m prevtn * our.giving a copy oi the wii le • —Oi. toe night of the lltfc inst. a fl RK j broke out ~t In lioiiseof Mi S -,av., kept as a i Grocery; from frfiich itsp ‘ad with tinconi mon vapidity, t.iJ it lisd des'idyi ICo < ‘/o houses. \V<* have not I (■eii n forrin i that any | lives were lost, ‘Hie amount oi pioperly <m caicutaud, h•• supposed to be immense. We . are sony to m.p n the ciiizens • t that place ; ofr'emissness it. prm idtng against the • sh-. s or that distrltc ive fit meal bit’ It appears that j litre was a total want af the meat.S to ex. in- . t'utsh it. liALl’i.MOiin, June 8. The Washington, T 4, with Mr, Pinckney and suiti ot, board, sailed from Annapolis yes* erday ab./Ut o’clock. Norfolk, June 7 • ANCHOR FISIITNG—Four small vessels a longing o New* lie llurd, came in to bis pott | on Wednesday Ut& : ,witji 2o,o'H) wt.ot anchors, | widen they had fished oj> from the bottom ot Lynueaveii Bay. [Herald. ‘ According <o tin late General-ftrder, the Aids-dc Cutup of tlic United Mates Army, me, ,i. future to be tu.cu from the Subalterns ot the line. Messertu, in his justificatory memorial, says, .ontent with fame and.fortune, he was careless who was King. It was so with many Revolutionis's- The estimated annual revenue cf the New Canal heiwec-n Edinburgh and Glascow, Scot iur.,l, i 4.l,fXWl* i'he passenger of the couches witicli “o between those places at e reckoned at 4,0.00( suuuntifv. t heii .il> M*r. Neville lias been offered ten * thousand dollars for Ilia horse Sir (ushua—- London, dpril 20. On Monday, ‘1 c North Star, 2d, arrived front Jamaica and Huvaoouh, with Upwards ot on • million of dollar > >,,0000 • a.. mu ot gov- I cromc.it, SW, el ■’ g'-d. *” uivtc!-- n’.t. .. ** ftlli'W him in.” But what was La Haq/s surprise ft) ice his pupil; he wilhed to apologize, but Alexander plac ing his finger upon his lips, laid* “■ my dear tutor, do not mention it, an hour to you, is w'orth a day to me ; anc! belults, I have had a hearty breakfaft wiiii yourfervants, which 1 (hould have loft, had t been admitted when I came.” The por ter’s feelings may be better ima gined than deferibed : but Alex ander laughing, laid, ‘ I like you the better for it, you are an honeffc servant, and there is one hundred roubles to convince you I think Cos. ! iMfi.W THEATRE inil be presented by the Thes plans of this place , on Fri day the sth of July nex /, THE MUCH ADMIRED, GRAND DRAMA GF AB JELLING. To ’which will be added tbs of tel* piece of ‘TU ALL A FARCE. The drama ot Abafihno, when first introduced from the German, oh the English and American stages, was perfor med m London an hundred, and iii New-York twenty nights m succession to crow ded houses, and still contin ues to be a very popular play in tlio.se places, ine moral, incident and style are of that happy cast, which will ever excite in the reader or spec tator a lively interest.- 1 his exhibition will close t’m* per formances fi,r this si.'mm r CAUTION. Whereas my wife Elizabeth Mallory, lias left my bed anti board without any provocation, whatever, this is to roiwarn all persona from trading with, or har bouring her on my account as 1 ain not accounrable for any of her contracts, —thole that do not com i ply with this notice, may expect j the law to he pvt in rapid force a*- l -rainfl them. \VM. H. MALLORY \ June 13 —-t l