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* Iiat l>ot}i nnle and female, by fol lowing fashions with an extreme tie motion, and pursuing her throu .i> every mazy course, fall into many ludicrous errors, and frequently cut a very sorry figure. A few evenings siuce 1 c a? dally paid a visit to ati old friend, and was surprized to find the rooms illui&n ated, and filled with gaily dressed ladies and gentlemen. As I like iuuocent hilarity, I took my seat on a- sofa, between two smiling, "pretty lasses, Who said many handsome things to me, though I am an old man. The conversation at last turn ed on fashion, taste, extravagance, artd so on, to domestic economy.? A young gentleman, some would have called him a buck, others a dandy, came^ in front of the sofa, and stood before tbe ladies, in an attitude in expressibly inelegant, though it may have been fashionable 5 he had on a pair of petticoat panta loons, so short that the calves of his le^s were visible ; a striped waist coat? alul his waist compressed by corsets, to nearly the size of a wasp's; a carvat which nearly choked him ; seals and keys in the usual quantities. The animal straddled before tbe la dies with hi* thumbs elegantly hitch ed in the flaps of his pantaloous, -and with & squeaking, effeminate voice, pronounced sentence of dis pleasure on all those meddling busy bodies and philanthropic writers, who, having no money of their own, insolently intruded their advice on men of fashion, and presumed to dictate. Tbe ladies smiled, but not in approbation ; and they seemed to ei\joy the appearance ; which this caricature of a man made, holding a glass of ice cream in ene band, and with the other occasionally, ar ranging his bushy bair, and render ing, himself more frightful. At this period the sky, which had been overcast, became Quite black, and peals of thunder broke upon the ear, accompanied by vivid flashes) of ligbtoitjg. The ladies aroee^ somewhat discomposed ; but one,' young and handsome, with whom I was conversing, turned froui me very quickly, put her bqnd'into her white bosom, and drew out a long black piece of iron or steel, which in her . cmifusiot) she let fall; 1 stooped, picked it up, and handed it fo her, observing that confusion. It is iny corset bone, whispered she 5 1 am 00 afraid of the lightning that 1 have to take it out ; do keep it for mi), dear sir, and dont look angry ; it is th4 fashion, and it is English, also, Alas ! what is fashion to bring us to? A young and delicate lady, cat* tag herself in iron ; flying from the elements ; binding and compressing her tteKcate frame, and blasting her white skin, by the tude embrace of a vile And black substance ; checking respiration 5 obstructing the free use of her lungs and muscles; laying the foundation for cramps, pains, aud consumptions; and courting death, disguised in the alluring and illusive shape of JtfaMon. "Fie! O fie!" i HOWARD U- U Foreign. NEW-YORK) All OUST dQy/ FROM ENGLAND. / Tin*. London papers by the ship Mentor from Bristol, add very little to our etock of foreign intelligence. The East India Cottipan^ have declared a dividend for the last half year of five and a half \*r cent. A letter from Liverpool of tlie lStli of July, saya? "There has been no further improvement, since the 8d instant, in the cotton market; and the corn market is rather lower, the weather having been more favorable. Coffee lias been fluctuating; and there is generally little disposition to speculation in ail article: nothing, new in the cotnmertial world." LONDON, JUI.Y 12. Preparations were begun on Sa turday at the House of Lords to re ceive the Prince Regent, who is ex j |>ected to go in State to-morrow t?. prorogfte parliament. I V Wooler, the Black Dwarf, was nindlv thrashed on fc^aiiinlav in liis twn rt>om, for some impudent re- | ?narks respecting the York Hussars, Phis wholesome. discipline was inflat ed, it is said, by the commander of ttiat regiment, The particulars are not worth relating. ? Courier . A number of y respectable inhabi tants of tti'e city mean to be sworn in as Special constables, to assist the civil power in quelling any disturb ance that may take place at Smith field on the 2 1st of this mouth. The new duty on malt was laid for the first time oti the stock hi hand, on Friday. At the corn market to-dav, wheat went heavy at a reduction of Ss from last Monday's prices. Nothing ever exceedeiLthe abund ance of the crops of corn of every kind in the northern provinces of France; though it is feared they have been laid by the late heavy stroma of rain tmd hail which have taken place in that country, A serir us calam ity has , be fallen Mr. Moore, the poet, in conse quence of the conduct of a depnty whom he ha<^employed yww at Bermuda, and who has embezzled a considerable ?urn of money, for which Mr. M. is of course responsi-' hie. An attachment is decreed against his person. At a seditious meeting of reform - er*j held it Blackburnlasl Monday, a deputation from the Blackburn JR? male Reform Society mounted the stage to present a Crfp of Liberty and an address to the meeting. The latter was read, and in it the women composing the society " pledgtd themselves to instil into the minds of their childreu a hatred of civil and religious tyranny >y The Prince Regent appointed Adam Duff, esq. sheriff of the shire of Edinburgh, in the place of Sir Wm. Kae, resjgned. At Doctor's Commons, on the 10th of July, a suit was hrcttght by a Mrs. Turner against her hosband i F. M. Turner, esq. for a separation, j on the grouitd of adultery. The foci of adoltery was proved, and the court pronounced sentence of se- 1 paration. The husband, who was present, in effected at the sent- | ence, that he burst into a flood tears. ^Itffi)ner*l of Madam Blanch- j hrd was attended by seven mourning ! coaches, at|d several family coaches were in the mournful train. A respectable Leeds paper Rays ? {i A Sunday school has been esta blished for some time at Manchester, for the purnoae of teaching children * 7b kute King $ and PriestB;9 it is conducted by refoVmers, Thus Die hope to increase their - ranks, by a Lenating children from the worship of Almighty God on t' Sunday, im bibing their minds with the principles of Infidelity aiul jacohinisaqii a suf ficient comment upon their schemes, when they acknowledge thai they are unaided to accomplish them, ex cept by destroying the obligations of religion and the foundation of mor ality Dining last week a Reforming Female visited Leigh and the neigh honrhood, to disseminate revolution ary principles in the families of the ; work-people, to whom she expatiat ed on the necessity of altering things, and descanted fluently on the usual topics of reform, Bot perlir.ps the most singular, as it was certainly the most degrading part of her mission, was to instruct them in the manufac ture of the rwotulionary pike; a formidable weapon which has Iwen introduced, into various parts of this neighbourhood* and thfe existence of which ndw lemains no longer a mat ter of doubt. She was very precise in the directions.? Wheeler'* Alan cheMer Chr . Very lute from Europe* J The fiue ship Martha, Captain Sketchley , arrived here on Saturday, in 81 day9 from Liverpool) which v>ort she left on the morning of the 20th ult. The editors of the Mer :i\ntile Advertiser have received pa <?era to the $4th, and London pa pers to the evening of the %8d July. Those of the latest dates are pr;n ! eipally tilled with accounts of no I raerous meetings of the |>eople in I various places, ou tlie subject of I their grievances. The meeting at I Smithtield on the 21st caused con I siderable Htirm iu ? Luudon ; the I Mayor stated tliat information had I been laid before him, on oath, tfcat I it was intended by that meeting to I proceed to acts of open violence aud bloodshed. The numbers assem bled at Kmithfield were estimated at I from 50 to 90,000, who peaceably I dispersed in the afternoon. Lord Sid mouth has addressed cir I cutar letters to the Lords Lieutenant I of the manufacturing counties, di | recti ng them to give orders to the I Yeomanry cavalry to hold themselves, I id readitie^ to assist the magistrates I in the preservation of the public I pean\ It is stated that upwards ol I 120 thousand men are enrolled in I the Reform Societies in Yorkshire, I Lancashire, and Cheshire. ? . Don Onis proceeded from Paris r on the 11th July forM&drid. The I last Madrid papers say, it is con I firmed that he is to be tbe prime min I ister of Spain. % . Among tbe rumors that lmd reach I ed London, it was said King Fer I dinand had determined to accompany I tbe grand expedition for booth Aine-j I rica. ?- '? A report' had reached England^ I that the Algrrines had declared war I against Spain ; but tbe last letters. I from Genoa, as late as the 10th, I July, do hot confirm the report. Intelligence from Hurl in state that I ' recent investigations in Prussia aarf I other cotintrie* have proved the ex I istence of secret demofcratical socie I ties, whose proceedings are of a I treasonable iiature.t? A complete I plan of a republican constitution I had been seized in Germany.* An order in council of the lfeth I July prohibits the exportation of I gunpowder; salt-petre, or any sort I of arms and ammunition, to the ports I within the dominion of Spain. Parliament was prorogued on the I 13th, to the of August. The I following is the Regent's Speech : My Lords and Gentlemen : I It is with great regret that I am I obliged to aunounce to you the con I ti nuance of His Majesty's lamented I indispositions. I 1 cannot close this session of Par*, I liament without expressing the satis* I faction that I hate derived from the I seal and assiduity with which yoq I have applied yourselves to the sever I al important objects which have come I under your Consideration. j I Your patient and laborious inves* I tigation of the state of the circtila I tiftn aiid curreucy of the kingdom I demands mv warmest acknowledg 1 ments; and 1 entertain a confident I expectation that the measures adopt I ed, as the result of this inquiry. I will lie productive of the most bene* I final cotiscquences. Gentlemen qf the Home Common* t ? I thank you for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year. 1 sincerely regret tliat the necessity should have- exis ted of making any additions to the huTthens of the people ; but I anti cipate the most important permanent advantages from the effort which you have thns made for meeting at once all the financial difficulties at the country. And 1 derive much satisfaction from the belief that (lie means you have deviled for the pur pose are circulated to press as light* l> on all the classes of the comrou* nity, as could be expected, when so great an effort was to be made. My Lords ani Gentlemen ; 1 continue to receh j from foreign powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country. I have observed with great con cern the attempts that have recently been mad4 in some of the tnanufao taring districts, to take advantage of circumstances of local distress, to excite a spirit of disaffection to the institutions and government of the country. No object can be nearer my heaH than to promote the welfare and pros|>er*<y of all of majesty's subjects; but this cannot be effected without tbe maintenance of public order and tranquility. ? ?You may rely, therefore* o|m.u u r* Arm determination to employ, for tlii* pur|K)9C, tbe- -powers entrusts: to me by law ; and 1 have no doubt that, ou your return to your several countries, you will use your utmost endeavors, in co-operation with the magistracy, to defeat (be machina tions of tliuse^ whose projects, if successful, could only aggravate Che erils whicb it is professed to remedy ; and who, under the pretence of re form, have really no other object but the subversion of our happy con stitution. I v % Jk ? * . ^ * Domestic. BOSTON, AUGUST 19. \ The Sea-Serpent ? The recent . appearance of this animal at N ahant, in ?!.o view of *ev ' T, Nndwds of persons, has fur-. fslu-d perhaps more conclusive pioolsof luscxistence, than any that , b?/oi? made public. ? For tne satisfaction of our readers we 1-T r,r0CUr(,^B f opy of follow. i i' glves a very dear and intelligible description of his nn iiea ranee ami movements. We have , rd vorhal "tateroents from a exeat number of. gentkmcil, all ?,f which agree in substance with what is here related. v v -,7?- ? v ' Cofiy of a Utter from Jame* Prince, J,T n ^ "" lMuri?> t? the Hon. Judge Da-viHy dated Nahant, august 16, 1810. My Dear Sir , ? I presume I may have s. ?n what k generally thought Jo be the SEA SERPENT. I have also seen my name inserted in rII m2 !'e"8P?l? Printed at m^ton on Saturday, in a communica tion on this subject. For y*,, grati fhation, and from a desire that fov name may not sanction any thins be. yond what wat actually presented and passed in review Infore me, I wAll now- state that, which, in the presence of more titan two hundred other witnesses, took place near the long beach of Nahant on Saturday morning last. f Intending to pars two or three JjfjSS ny family at Nahant, we left Boston eariy ??, Saturday morn nig. On passing the half-way house on the Salem Turnpike, Mr. Smith infoimed us, the Sea Serpent had! been seen iho evening before at Na- 1 hant beach, and that a vaat number of people from Lyna Imd gone to the beach that morning in hopes of being gratified with a sight of him ; this was confirmed at the hotel. I was glad to find 1 had brought mv famonthead ?py-ghue with roe, as it would enable me, from hs form and size, to view him to advantage, if I might be so fortunate as to ?e him. On our arrival at tin beach, we associated with a considerable collection or persons on foot and in rtry. "OOH >n animal nf the fish kind made his appearance, nearly in this attitude and manner. J the animal te given m th? original.] I lis head appeared about three feet out of water ; I counted thirteen * 18 batk? n>y family thought there w ere fifteen? be par ted three times at a moderate rate across the bay. but so fleet as to oc- ! casion a foam in the water? and my family and myself, who were in a carnage, judged that he was from Ally and not more than eixty feet in length? whetlier, however, thewake night not add to tlie appearance of his length ; or whether the ondula ?? fb" Wa!fr w hi" peculiar manner of propelling himself, might not cause the appearances, I leave ^?w<^r!?!tte^?'ud^?nen'? Th<s f,re' "I"?"11 occas'oncd some agitation, and the novelty perhaps ^.ve",^l'l,at l?? cise discrimination, which afterwards took place? as he swam up the bay, we and other spectators moved on and kept nearly aiireastbf him; tie occasionally with drew himself under water, and the _ | * I idea occnrred to that j^is occa sionally raising his head n hove he level of the water, was to take lire at! , as the time lie kepi under was i>ii an average ab mt eight miuute* ; and after l>eing iccustomed to view him, - we became more r?m posed ; and lm | general appearance was as above * delineated. ? Mrs. Prince and tlie Coachman having better eyes than I myself, were of great assistance to nie in marking the progress of the animal; they -would say, he is now turning, and by the aid of my glass I saw him. distinctly in this movement ; he did not turn w ithout occupying . sc me space, anil taking into view . the time and space which he found necessary for his ease and accommo- - dation. I adopted it as a criterion to form some judgment of his length. _ A. had seven . distinct view s \>f him from the Ions; beach so called, and at some of them the animal was not.v more than an hundred yards dis- v ' i ,)ein" on 4,16 ,onS heaeh wiili pther spectators about un bone, (he 1 an,",al ??"PPwwd, and J proceeded o? towards Sinhant 5 but on haga*,? >.??? Mf ALjmi .or Boston, w,th several ladies ?^%rrMge, prompted by curiosity to en&avor to see the animal, n?d we were aga,? g,atifle,l beyond eve" 7 1 7TV 1,1 the oU?* l>?y* whirl, I Concluded be bad left in conse ffl enuralwr of hoa,s in t,,e in the offing m pursuit of bim? the noise of whose oars must have dis t"rhe?l him, as he appeared to ns to ? be a harmless timid animal. Wc had .&!??? <'mn ? doaen different views of lunt) and each similar te !k ? .i 4 ,"ne however so near, that (lie coachman exclaimed, ? Oh tee his glistening eye" Thinking 1 might form, some calculation of his length^by the time and distance of each turn, and taking an angle with t',fi length which he exhibited, that is to sav from his head to th? last probilterance, and applying the same an$Ie to other ob jects, 1 feel satisfied of the correct nees of my decision th?| he is sixty feet long;, unless the 'i-foplcd of bis wake deceived me? nor, my dear *? oS'J undertake to any he was of the Snake or Eel kind-rthough this was the general impression of my family, the spectators and myself. " Certain it is, lie is a very strange animal, I have Iwn accustomed to see Whale., Sharks, Grampuses, Porpoises, and other large fishes, but he partook of none of tlie appear of,ej"'er tliese The i Whale and the Grampus would have I spouted? the Shark never raises his ! head out of the water, and the Por poise skips and plays* neither have such appearances on their backs, or a, t a. M "''9 mimal. The Shark it is true has a fin on his back, and often, the fluke of his tail is out of the water ; but these appendages would not display the form, andper tainly not the number of prrilaror ances, which this ? animal exblwnfiri ; nor is it the habit of the Slijgfto avoid a boat. The water was ex tremely smooth, and the weather clear ; wo had lieen so habituated to see him, thai we were cool and com posed. The time occupied was from a quarter past 8 to half p^t 11} a cloud of witnesses exceeding 'wo hundred, brooght together for a single |Kirpose, were all alike satis fled and united as to appearances I and of the length and size of I ho animal ; but you must deduct the in fluence ? liich his passage through the water and the manner be pro pelled himself might have as to the apparent ^ protuberances on his back, and the ripple occasioned by his mo tion on bis real length, of all which you can judge equally well and bet ter than myself. I must conclude .there is a strange animal on our coast? and 1 have thought, an un varnished statement might be grati fying to a mind attached to the pur suit of natural science, and aid in the inqHrie* on a controverted ques tion, which 1 know <o have interest e<l you. 1 have ventured on the de acnplion, being abo induced to hone, that if ?ny thing of (be marvellous