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' V ! : : - , " ' ' : -- 'ittjiA-i : nrUT,AM8A'ri'ftht7A vtA- In that hrppie which bears upon its Win? -; LIIMI III lllWI Will II UICH laVV J "V wvuoyj li v v" , .... : vf Jhrif : L- ,J - r rior entirely, of rock, even theVo6f is laid a thousand odours to , cliaiw and astonish cult ot chpic , , MISCELLANEOUS. , tn-sJLdrolIt of it-covered vvith a the delighted spectator; ' But the very re. Willi lerraces ii is iu uc iuci,p.' e-- 7. IROM'TnE BALT. FED. REPUBLICAN. cementi and surrounded confine the water to the surface, whence it " elvsium of sunny isles." .ir..r .i,pnH"iintil we reached here. I am very agreeably disappointed in the scene of " Shakespeaf's . Tempest his errors ignorance of the spot must be his only apology for .investing these." happy Wands" with siich terrifnc gloom. ' Suiv rounded by roots, and only a speck amid the ucwin, it presents, it is true, an object of solicitude to seaxnen, but when' you are once within its rock-bound 'shores, you 'fancy all the -fabled :" picturesque and beautiful" of the American Indian's 1'ar fhe hills arid the' vallies in Bermuda; iirh are sometimes beautifully pictu- .rock' dug out of the solid mass or built in resque, notwithstanding their sterility, a-' the manner of a. cellar:; s From all this bound, universally with; cedars, the roors. judjre that their houses are ex-':.o which find a scanty, -covering eat and to'an unaccustomed" eye sh allow soil that is spread pver the DQ m 1 ' Vt. r r-iinrl Ptl t Wfi 5c fnrAri &t in rrttttorc tr ttlP t.inlc Yir MS-.l " ?ATfnr th'p rollowinir letter tern below, this is constructed!, also of the , which are. sometimes beautifully pictu- : rt r. iinii:Lii.ru iwi" j . 1 ' from Bermuda-it, will be interesting . to the geoprapher and the curious. St. George, Bermuda, July 28M, 1819,, 3Mv Deah Friend, ' My last from will have pre- -TjjrriJ'you to hear from me at these lsl 'ndsmy voyage was as pleasant as summer seas could render it, and occupied . onlv seven days, although the. wind was vou mav -1 trpmp tf iipuf anri to an unaccustomed ev ftiocont'nrWkvpl. nhipcr of hpanfv! iwt T soms of 'itherocks. must hastily close my. letter. , , ' - ed cottages"; . whicli the gentleman, des- The 'Vhite-wash- DESCRIP riON'OF BERMUDA. Messrs, Editors, ''' ' The privilege which travellers' assume to themselves of exaggerating and distort ing every scene to which theyiare witnes ses, has become so universal that he who forms his ideas of distant countries, ac cording to their description "of them, "will often find himself as much deceived, as he who purchases a spurious piece of mer chandize upon the recommendation :f a mercenary shop-keeper, ' r am induced. to ma'ie these remarks by the peiual oj adise to.lerealized around you. - It is an j a letter lately published in the lelegtahn: elvsium -of sunny isles mid crystal waters and dated Bermuda, '28th of July. , Vou, raectin the glorious', neavens aoove j gentlemen, ikivc ueern picacu . jf vou inVedoubled sple'ndor. The'materi- the letter alluded.to " wiirbe interesting al of this " lusus naturae," is a concretion to the geographer - and the curious It minutest. shells, and a theoretic may be so to those who rely upon tne mind 'might easily conceive its gradual brilliant and tancitui: descriptions wmcu formation' in the abyss of waters, until it it contains; but those yho have seen this rose under the creative influence 'of innu-: " chfsiuyii of snnny isksmid crystat wa merable insects, particle by particle above,, teri," will smile to think how greatly the the crested billows) "and almost to the author's imagination has ; outrun his .re;a C0!J(S t . , son and good sense. The hisioiian, too r The basons which contain tlie interior might find his account in incorporating portions of the sea, seem filled with liquid jhese glowing paragraphs into his paes ....!:.:.... ," ' -. ! . 1 There'is Nothing -perhaps, more diffi- The pen cannot descrihe the unasnrmmtf e, or more aeiasiye io me courtesy, uif vyvv.. m-ru nospitaiiiv if colours; and nothing more V these lawless robbers of the Desert, tol!e he educated eyethan colours confiding traveller who throws himself oi ill-chbsen," ill Adapted, or ill combined. the honor of their tribes. " Let theTaie nymph, m wliose plump ; . " "F.nn2 uie Vmporary abse nee of h;g ' -theek'-is seen V ' father,' the eldest son' of tlie SLe.nc.Maha.. "A constant' blush jbe clad in cheerful moud (a handsome youth of iG . was green; i siding in his stead '. He was siuirrefc-.n a - In lich a "dresi the sportive sea nymphs carjet,' in a laige open tent, with a nurt!e. rous reunue oi veneranie tH-arneai.r.iT " So,in their gasybed fresh Toses blow." sitting or standing (accouhr.Er lo i.,ir " It'has.been remarked, however, that rank or occupations) on either side. 1 he rm'sJcrpen) though a colour exceedmely furniture of the tent consisted of the cahw cribes, possess an: ari air of neatness and v....v -ri.r-v r-y , , w i lWiUmtipr PTi;vnnn than comnas- nicKeuea mine vicinirv;. and a tetv coSt hf v fm 'a dU riana pleasbfe anS refreshing in i.self? jaundices pe.s only," which .hey were reP,,i, r,pno . SC! Wcon- tV le woman to such- a ltegree, to vvh;ls lhe,r more avome courts uer, th the Pi-pen cedars by- which they are surrounded; but their landscapes I which he says are-: the prettiest m tne world, have no variety. The eye sickens in the contemplation of scenes that are every where the same. We . see white cottages, surrcuiKled by cedars in the east white cottages surrounded by cedars in the westthe ; same in the north the same in the south.:- Their hills are. all in shape and altitude?- nearly similar ; aud an artist who should' sketch '-more than sion in the beholder. y ';-t " Maids growhpale with sickness & des- pair, . m; ; ... ; - , 4 The-sables mournful dye should choose to . :'v weaf,. ' ',. i " ' So the pale moon still shines, with purest light, l. ' ' . ! vf ' ( Cloth'd in the dusky mantle of the night." Ladies 'of a -'pale complexion, I conceive, should seldom if ever, wear a dress of an entire 'colour.--There white drapery,, at least, mis ht. be relieved and animated. . ... tj cr stiil tlie eye fathoms- it n&e anoiuer anu ui wur vernure- loassen, iucu n wm atmosphere and expatiates among its ever be esteemed a "unique of its kind.'" hM.,tifil inhabitants as unfettered as it 1 was in Bermuda! in July fast; and Me " The Berm tinues,aare a pleasant," hospitable and dissipated people." M saw, during my.v nnb (f tKrtir- lurutcranPC . WOllld fihd him- 1. ! ' , '.- ' ... . . 11 '"II 1 I ; Vr. ,4 I i nnin iiriTC self but illy compensated for his trouble. oy riDDanas, noweis, oc.u, ui. , : . . . 1 '' ' !! ..1.1, ......Ir -.-' . h AooAm ninlr - audians our author con- sucn as iigni pum, ,y:v ... On theother.hanu, '; 4 . . ; " The lass whose skin is like the hazel stay there, little of hospitality or dissipa- ; ' brown, - -- f , , , tion: Thev annear to me-f I make some 1 .With brighter yellow should o'ercome her nonoraoie excepuons j iess liustiiia.jic than the inhabitants of any part of the, world I haveever seen. They have not even an idea'of true' politeness to stran-, gers,or of sociability among themselves. They possess a species of shrewdness on subjects relating to trade, but in other rpsnerts thev are prenerallv ignorant and " own J She may even withoat.fcar.of offence, assume the orange, ,the scarlet; the coque licdt; the flamejcolour, or the deep rose; either of which will heighten the. ani mated hue of her complexion, .and impart-a more dazzling lustre to' her. eye. It is not withtti the province oi; an , oiu lcrsi'ct is nicy cue scnumn o" r " f v .. . , ... .1 . doomaticaland'to crown their other rare man, Mr Editor, to descend. into hem,- rove among the clouds, you can tormno the tanciful letter -writer.-have batnen jn idea, (without enjoying the sight itself,- of its transparent wave; '( far beyond my tho waters and fishes of Bermuda. , You depth," and yet cannot possibly recollect gaxe upon the billow, which used only to r any thing of the gentleman's "fairy grot ri flct yourself in broken images 'and pre- to', studded with shells,, beautified with sentcd only a.n- opaque uninteresting -.coral, and enlivened wiih the ; brightest green, and you behold a fairy grotto stud- forms i 11- NentuneV .kingdom." .'It was .tied with shells, beamified with coral, & my wish to have collected .some,),hapd cidivened with' the brightest forms in some specimens of coral, and some curi 'Nentii lie's- kingdom ?Twould be vain ous shells 1 sou gift for them myself; I 1 .-"-!.. qualities, they possess' an abundant share of vanity and self-sufficiency, but they are not dissipated.. Amongst all their faults, dissipation is one with which I cam not charge1 them. - ' rhe gentleman's description-of , the cave is equally extravagant find far-fetched ; but as he gave it troth .hearsay and not'jfrora' )ersonal observation, I forbear my:frictufes upon it. I visited the cave, but could hot possibly hear the " ocean hrawlins about my feet and seeming, to " . ' ;..' " m . . . . 1 .1 1 , I , . ' t . ..M " J I. . .i ..I -J . iu ine to attempt a picture ol these paint- enquired lor tiiem among uie innaoiiaiiis, , demand admittance"- neiuiw., uiu i i u.i ed creatures, Compared with any I have but could meet with; nothing. of, the .kind, j my return from it ih ear any of the 7er Mer seoii before : thev are like the gjit- worth tlie trouble which they would have ,. mudian philosophers" gravely discanting . 'j uiy ten ) i . is'srs. Editors, that we ri, asters of; the line, contrasted cost to bring them away.' What the gen- upon the pnohabilityj; of hein-g - one, .-. - 1 I.. .'. .JiJj ,,t,1 f tlnmnn r-ooic lf it t c i J-ii-i cr tout - fiir m C I n ii 1 m . 1 1 ,lnrl K r trio nro'an wlllrll "fSVPS Wit 1 liiC U,TJy OUZi&Wil "1 lilt; jvyi. x : iituinu n,cnu uj mv. t..'.- n" . ., i u jn i jin-u u iu v uu ... v j, - Ktli: in this transnarent element. Centime s kiti2:aom lam greatly at a toss, beneath tins tremendous cavern. f ir :i!.nve mv denth. when a foot would ; to discover, for I, (nor was I a careless i Thus it is, Mess seem to be more than enough to fathonij spectator,) saw nothing but the usual-ap-. are imposed on by the false statements ot it ; 1 seemed buoyed jtiy supernatural en- pearances of salt' yaves, clashing rudely these travelling betit maitres, who write diantiiienr and almost fancied that the and hoarsely against a barren, rocky, and , bombastic nonsense, but for the pleasure sierue snore. i ne uuiv, iciijdi ivuic n- j 01 .seeing ineir.-prouuciious pi mtru i cunistance is the incredible depth, to newspapers Every person who would which the eye is enabled to. fathom these promote the .diffusion of correct informa transparent waters; by the whiteness of jjion. should embrace every opportunity the rocks and the sand beneath, but the : ot refutinsr and exposing tnem. ON TASTE IN FEMALE DRESS. hu nininc-bird swimmers sporting round xn? were the assumed. bodies of tlie sea nvmphVdiid played thus about me to re !i all danger. The isles which gem these waters, you would hard ly deem luxuriant, formed of the sterile rock, but time and air have, decomposed theiiSHrf.ice and converted it to a most ft tile soil. They are every where cov ered with venture, Isnd the cedar (Kurish es in all its' greeimess amid the groves (these trees compose) the whitewashed cottages of the islanders appear iu all the charm of contrast, and the towns, consist ing of white, villus grouped around the 'borders of-the. most limped sounds, and surmounted by greeii! cedar covered hills li-in'i benindSfhem "'to the clouds, are a n.onc? the prettiest landscapes in the world. 1:: lifferent vnllies where the soil washed fn;.!i the hills has accumulated, the va rious 'productions, of the climate llourish in '.resit beauty. The plantain, palmetto, fr, pride of India, aloes, vine, lime and G-vaneitm, grow in great perfection, and ,p -.:c.rthr!v the last, which attains a lux uriance unk r vn in all the world beside Among the curiosities of the island, is a :,vp ot ar e extent whose interior is eu.irelv fill 1 .with beautiful stalactites c-uUir 'mites, an 1 ciystallized masses of the cat!)oua ' of lime; , I am told an admiral, who was here' a short time since, emplo . ed aparty of marines tor some days in "iroehring specimens of its formations, & ;'3Voiri others, separated and removed a Lta' iL'niite oV at least two tons in weight. I i,ae not yet seen this curious cavern, but expect to visit it to-morrow. 'Tis s-V 1 that after you have descended lor so ..e hundred feet, you hear the ocean bra wling: about youi feet beneath, and seaming to demand admittance Thus s.iv .omeofthe philosophers, you see our , Wrid '.is jnerely a shell floating in the d.-i'p oeneatb which ocean raves and one "d iy m iy ingulph ns. .The heavy swell s- i.umes experienced -in' ; their best . bound harbors, almost seems to prove that a subterranean communication with the ocean must produce it but ; enough oi'' theory. The Bermudians are a pleas- asU, hospitable, and ' dissipated people the climate is warm, but the air is pure and elastic- water they have none (fresh I'meanj except in reservoirs prepared to receive it from the clouds. The three gentleman, during his marine excursions, seemed "huoyed up by supernatural en- chantrnentf and almost fancied that the humming-bird swimmers, sporting round nutiae of female attire, to prescribe the cut of a robe, the fall of a mantle, or the shape of a bonnet. These points may very easily be left to a consultation be tween the lady and her dress maker ; the cultivated taste "of the former regulating & checking . tthe: meretricious fancy of the latter. In the hope that the hints which 1 haveo'ffered may prove of. some utility, I. remain, &c. V - SENEX. LITERARY REVIEW. PROM THE LONDON SUN, JUNE 5. A "voyage up the , Persian Gulf and a Journey over land from India to Ens- land, in 1817 ; containing aii account of the Arabia Fclix, Arabia Descrta Persia, Mesopotamia, the Garden oj Eden, Babylon, Bagdad, Koordistcn, Armenia. Asta Mworf c. (S(C. ny Lieutenant William Heude, of the, Ma drass Military , Establishment. The wTork before us comes forward at a verv seasonable period, as we ha ve now a Persian Ambassador in tins coun try, and have entered into amicable con nexions with his government,.". It is full surrounding scene. - Un our mtroductio!! the youth gracefully rose, and kindly beck.oi.ed me, with intuitive politeness to his side. Secretaries were reading des patches, messengers were receiving their orders, whilst the pipe and the cofee iiii ed up the intervening time, until tlie ex pected arrival oltheir ( Inef ; the riatinr " hardy Varriors of th desert watrhin at tentively, but not meanly c!tq!Uou?, each nod or smile of their favorite hope, yni offering their opinions and counsels, villi -perfect freedom wherever the occasion re-. quired it. At las? a general buzz announ ced the long expected approach of -the great personage; the Coursel rose -f the' youth himself setting the example,) and went to meet the groupe that was ad van-. cing towards the tent. ?? .- . I lie concludes this' part-uith a curious .description of his reception, ami of a jmb lic entertainment in the Arab Camp." After entering at some length un the later historv of the Aiotific IXkn,:;:. -hp- introduces the reader at once -to a re m ark able tribewhom lie became unexpectedly", acquainted with. The meeliny; is truly characteristic of the incidents. of an. eve land journey. ; Ci Our course now lay through a perfect desert, Shatra being the nonherrf beans-' daryiOrie little cultivation that JcaiiMe distinguished above the' junction or tlie rivers. We proceeded for. two hours in a melancholy silence. Suddenly, in a flat dreary-traced country, overgrown.; with. furze and brush woods, v. e came l ihe bank of a; river, that hears the name ; a niongthe Arabs') of the town ve Lad left behind. We had scRrcelv descended the him, were the assumed bodies of the sea- nvriiohs," &c. . v Y &c. From the, London Literary Magazine Personal neatness may be, almost clas sed with the cardinal virtues- H was an Here. again, I am observation of Lavater, that, persons na- lost in' amazement ! Why was I blind to . bitually attentive to dress, display the these delightful appearances ? Why " was ; same regularity in their domestic affairs. I not given to feel the, exquisite influence .Young woinen," says he, f who neglect of supernatural enchantment? Perhaps - their toilette, and manifest little concern it was the recellection. that. I was swim- I about dress, indicate in .this very particu .ning in salt water, whose, natural buoy- lar a disregard of order, & a mind but ill -nit properties I was well acquainted with : adapted to the details of house keeping ; and that the '." humming-bird swimmers a deficiency, of taste, land; of the qualities around me," were the satne u humming" that inspire love ; they .will be, careless in steep declivity that leads to this hidden stream hy a rugged path; before the hide ous battle shout of the -Bedouins assailed our ear, and we found ourselves surround- -ed in a moment, by the most uncouth, -sa-vap"e, ruffian race we had encountered'; and who seemed lo, rise from the part n't earth, with their bristling spears ar.J pointed guns, a dre&fu, ruthless, savage progeny. Our Sayid certainly behave! with the greatest coolness and intrepidity on this trying occasion. Urging his abb courser forward, without the slightest he sitation, he snrane off his back in the of interesting information, and is appa-1 midst of them, and throwing mmsed on rently written with candor, liberality, and a strict regard to truth. But we shall at e proceed to notice its contents. Of pirates of the Persian Gulf, Captain gentrjr that made theirs nightly attacks upon my repose ; and whose delightful music 1 could only repress '( mean an excessive quantum of it ) by the use of a web, familiarly denominated a musquitoe curtain, or, by the fumesof a cigar to which last article tliese delectable crea tures are known to have a strong antipa thy. The gentlemanJ goes on to tell us 4hat we would hardly deem these isles luxuriant1, formed as thev are of sterile rock'&c. andjn the, same sentence as serts that u time and air have decompos ed its surface and converted it into a most fertile soil." O tempora ! O mores ! this -is certainl y one of the " creations"7 of the gentleman's theoretic mind ;" for I much doubt whether) the word fertile" was ever before written in the same sen tence with the soil of Bermuda. Almost - ' i . 1 1 . 1 - '. !i ' - once .the p Ileude gives -the following account. f " Their history reaches back to a ve ry remote antiquity, as the Empire of the pirate King, seizing, fas described in the Knranof Khn 1 Tankal on everv valuable rUr, cq'm f tivp hppniknowri nrior to ! nraver -was continued, the arm was un the deliverance from Egvpt of the Chil-. nerved that had raised tne sword to stnjte; rtrn nf Urnel The Wahabees. in nar- the hand was withdrawn that had reached the cround, in the prostrate attitude of devotion, placed a small brass amulet, in scribed with sentences from the k'trnn, under his head, beginning with the redt;l of his Creed in a loud, inoiiotbnoo's.ye: impressive tone. On the inslknt, every voice was hushed, "the dreadfid ycli that lhadsfrcad far and wide around r.s, snbsi- 1 1 il. . 1,, ?nc t' ueu m . me - soieujii wiuiu, uj 1 1 r- chief resources of t the. island are cedar, fish ,and rock. The second form their i principal food, are caugnt and kept m fish ponds, fatted like fowls,and taken for eat--,t n: minute's notice of the first thev every thing. The girl of eighteen, who desires not to please, will be a slut, and a shrew at twenty-five.; Pay attention young men, to this sign:' It never yet was known to deceive. Husbands, as well as lovers, are gratified and delighted in' seeing their partner handsomely adorn ed ; and lam well convinced that many a heart now roving in quest of variety , might be detained in willing captivity at home, by the silken chains of personal decora tion. It is of the moral duties of everv married woman always to appeari wrell dressed in the presence of her husband. To effect this, expensiveness. of attire is by -no means requisite. The simplest robes may evince the weaier's taste as nobly as the most gorgeous brocade. - The natural fisure of a woman is of the first importance m determining tne- styie ot ticular, first mentioned by ISiebfihr are also noticed as springing lrom the prov ince of Nedsjed, where Moseillamia, the great contemporary adversary of Mehom ed, first propagated the, doctrines of his faith. These are probably the same with the Mobeyyidites, or the Sufid Jameghi ans (a they are called by the Persiansj) who were anciently followers o Aakem Ebu Ilashem, sometimes caljed Al Mok anna, and Albukai (or the veiled) by the Arabs. Of this sect it is said, that " in the reign of Calif al JMohdi, of the race of Ab bas, liackem EbuHasem, their Prophet, gained a number of proselyte(s in JNakh shah and Kash, giving out; that the divin ity resided, in his person', & had descend ed to him from Adam, though the Proph et had appeared. He acquired great oower. buU being at last besieged by the Calif's forces, he poisoned and burnt his wives, children, and concubines, and threw himself into the flames, in the l6od vear of the Hegira, prom ising his follow ers he would again appear.' It is from the historv of this impostor our author informs Vis. Mr,, Moore has taken the Yrround work of the part of his celebrated boem, which he styles 4 " The veiled PrOnhet." His remarks on our Trade, up the Gulf, which cannot be entered into at length, contain many useful hints of which our free traders, who go out al which will disblay or soften the contour mbstjreigntiess, mignt avail inemiv of the form., with most propriety " arid efV I to advantage. The overland part oi tne feet, should always be preferred!. I The journey commences from the author s Roman ladies had their veiitus textilis departure from. Bussouro. Being now and their Unfa nebula xex so fine as to three tveeks amongst the liedouins , ai u .UUlJ "ui ""-J " i ' - - ' - " i . . , . .-. i 1 . i Sho L' . ii .'- i : nJ U ,o trntinn frnm thpir f amn. hp SflVS . OildlK galed'by tieiuS Oi waving corn, uy iievei- aequire muse uauics , ouu num uie nans- - r-v i0c onH rtHnr?frnn mpad. nurent mndin to the substantial silk, the Hamood is the Chief of the; JMenunes, a ows ? Methinks I see, on one side, rich moreno and kerseymere, our variety of principal tribe amongst j the ueaoums oi and widely extended vallies and gently- texture is almost infinite. Thus, while Cthe Uesert ; 1 had, tbereiore, iavuic slooinff hills, covered withUlocks and the sylph formed maiden may be allowed opportunity of observing their manners, ihn wooden part of their build- hiHs . tkat fin, a nevArndinor ahiin- to float in" jrossameri the moie matured if the expression may be used, at uie O. , M V " i i --v.aj .AiAb llliu 'U v... 5 3 . , - . v -.-4' 41, the only verdure of vvhicli this very fan- her dress. What sight for instance, can, ciful writer's " eiysium" can boast, is its be more preposterous than that of a short, cedars wtiose luxuriant grovvm n is wen tnicK, oroaa siiuuiueieu ic""c i o inr known, donot require- fertility of soil.' --' cer ? It has been observed, toon " that The aloe of Bermuda is large", luxuriant, slipit women destroy symmetry, and en and beautiful ; but lrklthe cedar, (which jdftmber their charms, by ail redundancy is the only valuable production of the isl-' pf brnament,'? and that " a little woman andsVit does not require fertility or depth leathered and furbelow'd, looks like a of soil, levplantain, fig, pride of India, queen oi the uantum tnoe. ' j vine. HmeVperariium. &c. of which the Nor is the substance of which dresses gentleman speaks, are found only in gar- are composed, unworthy of notice. JMak dens ; and in chosen spots, whose soil has ing due allowance for the season, that been made at immense lahpT and expense. Out who,. whilst he perusesthis.jglowing . production. replet with such words "ver dure," "fertility"- and " luxuriance," would not fancy that his senses; were re- j. A. thei their i,h mate rials for their houses, thev aAord. O walls, ;hcir vhai ves, their tajiks ed by field of golden wheat, undulating her time of life uxuriant pastures which and portly female should adopt a fabric court ( itself..; Nothing n the other, I ain .' delight- better suited to her size her figure and simplicity of living tha - i ii . . the fatal key of destruction, ana an nds near.e : their spears.- dropping on the Ground as thev ioined, with fervent zt-a.-, in the sacred devotions of our holy guide. Not a man arose from the supphcatin lostnre tliev had all crradually assumed, until the Sayid himself had set them the example ; when , exchanging compliments of gratulation with our late dreadful ene mies, we joined in the extensive emu, and endeavored to improve the irichdiy understanding which the presiding spirit of reliffion had inspired, by presenting them with our pipes and replenishing tneir Chubooks.'. From the N. Ycrk Evening Fact, Aag. . HOLKIIAM SHKKP SHEARING. 1 Our correspondent " in Londpn has sent us an account of the celebration, oi . , nrC the 5th of July, of the 43d annivei; of Holkham . sheep-shearing. 1 former occasion, he observes, avv so great an assemblage of the novit gentry and yeomanry, --from all parts o the kingdom. Among tlieWfy pJ ent,-were, his grace the duke. 01 the iwarquis ot x-dvisiuvA, me v.. bemarle, iord .tiuntingneia, -xm v -rinsrton and son. Lord Bediord,- W Nugent, Sir Robert Harland,. Sir. Hri Erne, Sir. Jacob Astley, Sir AHna Bolton, Sir John Sinclair, JUr. 'Rush merican minister, Gen. Boyd, Gen. per, Maj. Somerville, Mr. Patterson, ana Mr. A. Taylor. The six last nau.? gentlemen are all Americans. - O , . - l c V nil'?-:. Un the secona uav ujwai . dred persons sat down to dinner. 4U nace Mr Poke proposed tn ef Mr. Rush, the United States' arn dor, with thanks to him and the o. r , merican gentlemeh who honour1' meeting with their presence we alwavs hve on tnuiHd ;-- , M t mav t e ooe,rViea Mav amitv 'and '-esteem witn that eii..' , in the tents of these eastern painarchs. peop.e.
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