therto have defied attack. The following is one of their proclamations:

Inhabitants of Algeciras!--The shots of joy and satisfaction with which you last night received the national troops under my command, convince me of your goad sentiments and ardent desires that the system of oppression should no longer continue which has reduced you to a state of nullity, debasement, and misery. This state will now soon be brought to a close. The generous cry raised by the national army has been the aurora of happiness to our country. The towns in which it is stationed have returned to those laws which in other times constituted their felicity. From slaves, bent down under a shameful yoke, they have been changed into freemen. The trammels to their industry have disappeared, and the hope of their future glory and prosperity has for its support the dominion of the laws, which ought to be founded on the will of the nation, and equal for all the individuals composing the state.

Inhabitants of Algeciras!-From last night you also have entered into the happy number. The Constitution so much sighed for is about to be re-instated within your walls. Your own choice shall give to you the magistrates who are to govern you, and the empire of the laws shall supersede that of whim and caprice. Equal in their eye, no longer dread arbitrary acts, so destructive to unhappy nations. You at length breathe: dare now to be come men. Do not trust to the suggestions of those who are too interested in the cause of despotism to be believed. Those who preach up slavery, are either wicked or foolish men. Examine them well, and you will find they subsist on your sufferings and wretchedness. Their welfare is in opposition with the public good. Can it be deemed strange, that they should seek to prolong a state of things, as sad in the eyes of reason as it is fatal to the repose and prosperity of the people?

If you have read the proclamations and manifesto of the national army, you already know its resolution and sentiments. Children of their country as they are, they wish that country itself to decide what is to be their destiny. Our fathers are about to assemble; the guardians of the people will form the laws they may deem most conducive to our prosperity and grandeur. Prepare for this happy moment, now at hand wait for it with the firm resolution of not being disheartened in your enterprise, well assured that constancy will act as an impenetrable bulwark against all the attacks of the wicked. They will disappear as smoke at the sight of those who pursue the path of honour and glory. Long live the nation-Long live the reli

gion of our forefathers-Long live the government that makes us happy and free! Head-quarters of division, at Algeciras, Feb. 1, 1820.

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Commandant-gen. of the First Division, RAFAEL DE RIEGO. General Freyre, one of the colleagues Wellington, has been appointed by Ferdinand to lead a body of troops, in whom they hope to depend, against the Patriots; and, although some operations are said to have been commenced, no results were known in England when this sheet was put to press.

Some kind of political revolutions, and the establishment of constitutional free governments, are however confidently expected to take place in several countries on the Continent, as well in the north as in the middle and south. Philosophers have not written, and printing-presses have not been wrought, in vain.

FRANCE.

The tranquillity of France has been disturbed by the assassination of the unpopular nephew of the king, the DUC DE BERRI, by one Louvel, an old soldier of the Revolution. He was stabbed as he was leaving the Opera, on Sunday, the 13th inst. and died in a few hours, surrounded by the royal family. The examinations of Louvel prove that he was a political fanatic, who considered the Bourbons as allies of the enemies of France, whose presence in France is a disgrace to the country, and who rejoices in the martyrdom which he con

siders himself destined to suffer.-His replies on examination were as follow: crime?-4. My opinions, my sentiments. Q. What induced you to commit this

Q. What are they?-4. I think the Bourbons are tyrants, and the most cruel enemies of France.

Q. In that supposition, why did you attack the Duke de Berri in preference to the rest?-A. Because he is the youngest prince of the royal family, and seemed to be destined to perpetuate that race, so hos

tile to France.

Q. Do you repent your act?-A. No. Q. Had you any instigator, any accom. plice?-4. None.

He was escorted by two gendarmes, and placed near the body, the sight of which excited in him no emotion whatever. He maintained undisturbed his usual unconcern. The Prefect of Police put to him the following interrogatories:

Q. Do you know again the prince whom you assassinated?-A. I do know him again.

Q. I require you again to reveal the

names

names of your accomplices?-A. I have

none.

Q. If the justice of man cannot induce you to tell the truth, reflect on the justice of God?-A. God is merely a name; he never came upon the earth.

Q. What could induce you to commit an action so guilty?-A. I wished to have restrained from it, but it was beyond my power to do so.

Q. What was your motive?-A. I hoped to make it serve as a lesson to the great men of my country, who abuse their

power.

Q. Do you persist in saying no one inspired you with the idea of this horrid crime? A. Yes: moreover, it is in the hands of justice; let her therefore do her duty, and let her discover those whom it is presumed are my accomplices.

The court-party in France, by an unhappy fatality or fatuity, have seized on this occasion for depriving the French even of the pretended forms of the Charter; and it is proposed to place the journals for five years under a censorship, and to modify the forms, so as to nullify the rights of popular election to the Chamber of Representatives.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Parliament assembled, to take the oaths to the new sovereign, George IV. on Sunday, the day after the death of George III. It has since met for the dispatch of temporary and urgent business, previous to its dissolution, according to usage, on the demise of the King. The virtuous energies of the people are therefore about to be put to the test; and it is to be hoped that all honest men will unite in their respective districts, and return upright and sensible representatives to the new Parliament,-men who will support those measures of reform, about which there can, among good men, be but one opinion; and who will enquire into the origin of the late wicked wars against liberty, and punish their criminal authors.

While these subjects engrossed general attention, the sudden announcement of the discovery in the metropolis of a conspiracy of armed desperadoes, has excited universal surprise and horror. It appears that Arthur Thistlewood, a man who had been previously tried for high treason, had assembled a club of desperate artizans, in a room over a

stable in Cato-street, Mary-le-bone, and, information being communicated to the Police by an accomplice, they were surrounded, and taken on the 23d, after a vigorous, bloody, and murderous resistance. It is so customary, in cases of this kind, to exaggerate the designs of all conspirators, that we withhold our

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credence to reports in vulgar circulation till they are proved in evidence, or sustained by authority. the deliberations of these men took place It appears that in arms, and that the room was full of weapons of destruction, evidently collected for some murderous purpose, and not essential to any enquiries about truth. Nor is there any doubt but the whole were a party of wretched desperadoes, ripe for any mischief. A Bow. street officer fell in the struggle; and several on both sides were severely wounded. A thousand pounds being offered for the apprehension of Thistlewood, he was taken in bed on the following morning. Their number was twentyfive, and about half of them have been taken. It is at the same time proper to state, that none of them were connected with, or recognized by, any political party.

body of the police-officer, and a verdict A coroner's jury has since sat on the of WILFUL MURDER has been given against Thistlewood and his associates. The publication of the following documents attended the death of George III. and the accession of George IV.;At the Court at Carlton House, the 30th day of Jan. 1820.

in Council, was pleased to make the folHis Majesty, being this day present lowing declaration, viz:

I have directed that you should be assembled here, in order that I may discharge the painful duty of announcing to you the death of the king, my beloved father.

It is impossible for me adequately to express the state of my feelings upon this melancholy occasion; but I have the consolation of knowing, that the severe calamity with which his Majesty has been afflicted for so many years, has never effaced from the minds of his subjects the impressions created by his many virtues ; for ever in the grateful remembrance of and his example will, I am persuaded, live

his country.

Called upon, in consequence of his Majesty's indisposition, to exercise the prerogatives of the crown on his behalf, it was the first wish of my heart to be allowed to restore into his hands the powers with which I was entrusted. It has pleased Almighty God to determine otherwise; and I have not been insensible to the advantages which I have derived from admi

nistering, in my dear father's name, the government of his realm. The support which I have received from Parliament and the country, in times the most eventful, and under the most arduous circumstances, could alone inspire me with that confidence which my present station demands.

The experience of the past will, I trust, 2 A 2 satisfy

MARRIED.

At Hampstead, John Loch, esq. to Miss R. M. Cullen.

John Dalrymple Jacomb, esq. ford-street, to Miss E. Bym,

of Guildof LayGeorge John Parry, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Miss M. Brooks.

ton.

John Humphreys, esq. of Guildford, to Miss C. E. Colby, Rhosy Gilwen, Pembroke.

Mr. John Howard, of Long-acre, to Miss Winstanley, of Traumere.

William Heathcote, esq. of Mountpleasant, to Miss Sterland, of Mark-lane.

Mr. John Healy Booth, of Thamesstreet, to Miss A. M. Darby, of Astonhouse, Herts.

The Rev. Richard Sandlands, jun. of Putney, to Miss De Brett, of Sloane-street. Henry Penfold, esq. of Croydon, to Miss M. Wilson, of Great George-street.

John Hodgson, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Miss M. Godfrey, of Purfleet.

Nicholas Warin, esq. of Christopherstreet, Finsbury-square, to Miss F. Meilun, of Finsbury-square.

Thomas Wakeley, esq. of Argyle-street, to Miss E. Goodchild, of Southwark.

Mr. G. Wells, of London, to Miss S. Scotland, of Littleton, Middlesex.

The Rev. H. Parish, of Epsom, to Miss S. Stowers, of Charter-house-square.

Mr. J. Day Blake, of Clement's Inn, to Miss C. Brown, of Upper North Place, Gray's-inn Road.

C. J. F. Combe, esq. of London, to Miss H. A. Church, of Bedford-place.

Mr. G. Greenland, of Finsbury-place, to Miss H. Finney, of Westminster-road. Mr. W. Marsden, of Holborn, to Miss E. A. Bishop, of Marlborough Road, Bromp

ton.

A. T. Sampayo, esq. of St. Helen'splace, to Miss H. Kent, of Fulham.

C. Parke, esq. of Putney, to Miss L. Alcock, of Roehampton.

Mr. N. Bennett, jun. of Brixton-hill, Surrey, to Miss K. May, of Spitalfields. G. Marshall, esq. to Miss S. Alexander, both of Godalming.

Sir E. F. Stanhope, Bart. R.N. of Stanwell, Middlesex, to Mary, eldest daughter of Major Douell.

Mr. Hallows, of Red-lion-street, to Miss S. Browne, of Carlton-road.

Lieut. T. S. Davis, of the Lincoln Militia, to Miss F. E. Jones, of Stepney.

J. Pimlott, esq. of the Seal Office, Temple, to Mrs. Brooks, of Woodford, Essex. The Rev. W. C. Smithers, of Queen'sCollege, Oxford, and of Greenwich, to Miss A. Oldershaw, of Islington.

E. Banks, esq. fo Miss A. Pitches, of Streatham, Surrey.

W. Wynne, esq. of Paternoster-row, to Miss H. Wright, of Itchen-Abbas.

DIED.

In the Strand, 75, F. Wingrare, esq. & respectable bookseller, and successor to Mr. Nourse, formerly bookseller to the King.

In Buckingham-street, Fitzroy-square, Ann, wife of John Flaxman, esq. R.A. and the eminent sculptor.

In Rupert-street, Leicester-square, Mr. J. Wood.

In Arlington-street, Piccadilly, John La Touche, esq. an eminent banker, of the firm of La Touche and Co. Dublin, and M.P. for Leitrim.

At Clapton, 87, Mrs. Greenwood, widow of Abraham G. esq.

At Stockwell, 85, T. Lett, esq.

In Great Surrey-street, 87, B. Guest, esq. In Percival-street, Northampton-square, 61, Mr. E. Spencer.

In Brunswick-place, City-road, 67, S. Sanders, esq. one of the serjeant-at-arms to the king.

At South.end, 66, R. Woodman, esq. of Montague-square.

In London, 78, Lieut.-col. Handfield, uncle to Viscount Galway. Col. Handfield commenced his military career at the siege of Quebec, and was within a few yards of General Wolfe when he fell. In Fore-street, Cripplegate, 57, H. Case.

Mr.

At Homerton, 47, Mrs. Shoiter. At Kennington-cross, Mr. W. Wood, jun. In Colebrook-row, Islington, Mrs, J. Mouchett.

At Hastings, Miss Sayer, of Southampton-row, Bloomsbury.

At Richmond, Miss M. Dundas. In Bedford-row, Miss E. Dealtry. In Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, Mr. Handasyde.

At Camberwell, Miss C. F. M. Keith, daughter of Capt. Sir G. M. K. bart. At Croydon, Mr. T. Turner.

In Orchard-street, Portman-square, 59, T. Veres, esq.

At Maldon, Surrey, the Rev. R. Ruding, vicar of that place, and F.S.A.

In New Cavendish-street, 76, Lieut.gen. James Campbell.

In West Smithfield, 71, Mr. James Crease, an ingenious manufacturer of colours.

88, Mr. P. T. Meyer, the eminent composer and professor on the harp. He is supposed to have been the first person who introduced the pedal harp into this country, on his arrival in the year 1776.

In Russel square, 65, Sir Vicary Gibbs, chief-justice of the Common Pleas, and recorder of Bristol. Sir Vicary was always considered a sound lawyer and a man of great legal abilities, but he was of a waspish sour temper, and his conduct while attorney-general rendered him exceedingly unpopular. He first arrived at distinction as second to Mr. Erskine on the state trials of 1794, and was at that time considered

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as liberal in the opinions; but the impediments thrown in the way of legal preferment in regard to men of liberal sentiments probably rendered it necessary that he should remove an opinion injurious to his professional advancement, and hence his public intolerance. Nevertheless, among his personal friends his conduct was marked by great amenity; and he has been known to shake a man kindly by the hand, whom he had but an hour before bitterly attacked in his professional and official capacity, saying "the barrister was one person, and the man another."

At his house, iu Soho-square, of an apoplectic fit, and at advanced age, Thomus Brand, esq. a member of the Corporation of Surgeons, and formerly surgeonextraordinary to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich. While in this capacity, he was chiefly employed in cases of rupture, which he professed to cure, but appear to have possessed no greater skill therein than other surgeons. He has published a translation of M. Sagi's Treatise on the Fluor Albus, 1778; Chirurgical Essays on the Causes and Symptoms of Ruptures,

1783; the Case of a Boy who had been mistaken for a Girl, 1787; Strictures on some of the Doctrines misrepresented by M. Foch, in his observations upon the new opinions of John Hunter, 1787.

ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. Rev. Harrison Pinckard, M.A. to the rectory of Fordley, with the vicarage of Westleton annexed, Suffolk.

Rev. Henry W. R. Birch, A.M. to the vicarage of Roydon, and perpetual curacy of Southwold, Suffolk.

Rev. T. H. Ley, to the living of Lan drake, Devon.

Rev. Mr. Whitlocke. chaplain to the Southampton Military College.

Rev. G. Moore, to the perpetual curacy of St. Peter and St. Margaret, Lincoln. Rev. T. Fisher, to the rectory of Roche, Cornwall.

Rev. J. Thompson, M.A. to the rectory of Lullingstone, Kent.

Rev. T. Garnier, to the rectory of Brightwell, near Wallingford.

The Hon. and Rev. Augustus Legge, to the rectory of North Waltham.

MR. SMITH, THE COMEDIAN.

HIS eminent performer was born of

cated, having been designed for the Church. Having imbibed a taste for the stage, he got introduced to the manager of Covent Garden Theatre, and made his first attempt on that stage on the 9th of Jan. 1753, when he was about twenty-two years of age. He chose the character of Theodosius, in the tragedy of Theodosius, or the Force of Love; in which he was supported by Mr. Barry and Mrs. Cibber. He succeeded so well, that the play was performed four successive nights; and he had his first benefit in the following April. In the fall of the same year, he performed the part of the Earl of Southampton, in Mr. James's tragedy of the Earl of Essex. Mr. Smith, in the summer, joined Mr. Wigmell's company, in their performances in Kent. On his return to his winter duty in London, Mr. Smith was called on to perform parts in comedy; and the correctness he displayed in characters both in tragedy and comedy, stamped him a good and most useful per former. On the secession of Mr. Ross, Mr. Smith came into the first characters, and performed them some years. In what year he removed from Covent Garden Theatre to that of Drury Lane, we cannot precisely say. Mr. Smith married early in life to a lady of a noble family, and lived in a style suited to his situation, caressed by the public, and respected by his friends.

comedy, he stood unrivalled. Garrick himself did not move with more ease and elegance. In 1775 Mr. Jephson brought forth his tragedy of Braganza, in which Mr. Smith performed the principal character, and shewed himself equal, in the impassioned parts of tragedy, to any actor then on the stage. After this, he had every character he chose to undertake, both in tragedy and comedy. In Richard III. he was said by many to have been equal to Mr. Garrick. Sheridan's School for Scandal afforded him an opportunity to acquire fresh laurels in what was undoubtedly his forte,--the character of the gentleman; and indeed, in the Theatre, he was always distinguished by the name of Gentleman Smith. His Young Beville, his Lord Townley, and various other characters, few have equalled. Having lost his first wife, he married a second; by which he made an addition to his fortune. He continued on the stage until the year 1788, when he retired to a seat he possessed near Bury St. Edmond's, in Suffolk; where, by using much exercise and moderation in living, he attained to the great age of eighty-eight. Smith, both on the stage and off, was equally respected. He once since his retirement performed at Drury Lane Theatre, as an act of friend. ship to his old friend King, at his benefit, in which he played the part of Charles