model he employed on this occasion, (one worthy of the lectures) was a remarkably fine negro, from whom we understand Mr. Dawe has, this summer, been engaged in painting a large picture. Some observations on the trial of Du. bost versus Beresford, respecting the cuts ting of an impudent carricature picture, are unavoidably deferred till our next. STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN DECEMBER. SWEDEN. THE King issued a proclamation on the 19th of November, ordering the seizure of any English vessel then in the Swedish ports, and the prohibition of the entrance into the said ports of English ships of war, merchantships, or vessels coming from Great Britain, her Colonies, and the States under her imme diate Government, or carrying goods being the produce or manufacture of, or belonging to, the Crown of Great Britain and her subjects. It also orders, that English colonial goods must not, from any town or place in the kingdom, be exported to foreign places on the Continent. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. A Council of War was held on the 1st instant in Lord Wellington's Army, in conse quence of the distressing situation in which the Allies now find themselves, with the immense crowd of refugees thrown upon their humanity for subsistence, and without having the usual communication with the north of Portugal, as Massena's right is extended to Leiria. A letter from an officer states, that the distresses of the Portuguese were dreadful. He had had the return of twenty-three deaths in one day from actual want, in one cantonment. The late accounts from Madrid stated the frequent interruption given to the couriers, in their progress with the mails and dispatches to France. The debates in the Cortes were the constant subject of ridicule with the French party. A decree had been issued by Joseph, ordering that the bones of Cervantes, Solis, Cortez, and other distinguished Spa niards, buried in the capital and elsewhere, should be taken up, and their remains con veyed with great parade and ceremony to the royal church of St. Isidore. HOLLAND. Letters from Holland represent the distresses of the inhabitants of the capital, and other popular towns, as being deplorable in the extreme, owing to the total stagnation of trade. Those who formerly lived in the first style, have been reduced to poverty, or to avert that extremity, have been compelled to contract their expenditure within the narrowest limits. It is mentioned that within few weeks upwards of 2000 domestic servants had been discharged, GREAT BRITAIN. The malady of the King has continued through the month with slight fluctu ations; and at such a period this great country has been for two months with out an efficient head to its Government! Some unhappy fatality appears to have befallen it; and we fear that the sun of its glory is really setting, as was said by a great statesman twenty years ago! Parliament has had repeated meetings to little purpose. On the 20th, Mr. Percival, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, moved the following Resolutions: "That it is the opinion of this Committee, that his Majesty is prevented by his pre sent indisposition from coming to his Parlia ment, and from attending to the public busi ness; and that the personal exercise of the Royal Authority is thereby suspended. ، That for this purpose, and for maintaining entire the Constitutional Authority of the King, it is necessary that the Lords Spitual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, should determine on the means whereby the Royal Assent may be given in Parliament to such Bills as may be passed by the two Houses of Parliament, respecting the exercise of the powers and ad thorities of the Crown, in the name and on behalf of the King, during the continuance of his Majesty's present indisposition. "That it is the opinion of this Commit. tee, that it is the right and duty of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain and Ireland, now assembled, and lawfully, fully, and freely, representing all the Estates of the people of this Realm, to provide the mean of supplying the defect in the personal exercise of the Royal Autho rity, arising from his Majesty's said indispo sition, in such manner as the exigency of the case may appear to require." Sir Francis Burdett denied the com petency of such a House to decide; and advised an Appeal to the People: and Mr. George Ponsonby, for the Whigs, read the following Resolution Amendment: 85 28 “That an humble address be presented to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, re questing that his Royal Highness will be pleased 1 pleased to take upon him, during the indisposition of the King, and no longer, the Government of this Realm; and administer the same in the name and in the behalf of his Majesty, under the style and title of Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." After a long debate, the Ministers carried their Resolutions by 269 against 157. On the 14th, a Select Committee of the House of Commons examined the Physicians attending the King, as to the state of his illness. Dr. Reynolds was first called. He said his Majesty has sometimes been better, and sometimes again he has been worse; there have been paroxysms; there have been times when he has been apparently going on well, and then something suddenly has thrown him back. Having alluded to the integrity of his Majesty's mind, and being asked what he meant by that, he answered-"I mean, that his memory is entire; his perceptions are entire; and his acuteness is considerable; which appears from every now and then a comment on any thing that is said. His judgment I have said was perverted, and that at present his discretion is asleep at times; though every now and then there are gleams of both, but they are transient."-Q. "Is the present age of his Majesty likely more to affect the duration of his illness, than his age at the respective periods of his former attacks of his disorder?"-"I can only answer that question by saying, that age seems to have made very few depredations upon his Majesty. He is apparently younger and stronger many persons much younger than himself; and therefore much better able to resist the effect of disease than several persons younger than himself would be." than Dr. Baillie was next called in. He said his Majesty was sometimes afflicted with bodily ailment, and that, were there no such ailment, the chance of his recovery would be less. The King's age rendered his recovery less probabic; at the same time his Majesty, at 72, was younger and stronger than many others at 62. With respect to the King's defect of sight, he should conceive that, in the earlier periods of an indisposition like the King's, blindness would proba bly be an advantage; that it would lessen the excitement; but towards recovery, the want of sight would be a disadvantage, be cause he would be deprived of many amusements that would occupy his mind, and assist in the complete recovery. This was, however, altogether conjecture. He thought the King's present indisposition would be a longer indisposition than some of the former, He had never known but one person who Was affected with this disorder who was as old as the King, and that person saw; but that person did not recover. He be ieved his Majesty's affection for the deceased FrinMONTHLY MAG. No. 207. cess, and grief during her illness, was the cause of his indisposition; and that he conceived rather favourable with regard to the prospect of his Majesty's recovery. It was better to know some fixed cause for the com plaint; and it was better likewise that the cause should have ceased, which it has done in the present instance. Dr. Heberden-In reply to a question about the King's being informed that his Physicians were coming to town to be examined, and who informed him; said, "1 understood it to have been Dr. Reynolds. I believe it was owing to that cause that his Majesty had a little hurry upon him at the time I saw him." Sir H. Halford was next examined. He' said, that he thought the last time the Queen saw the King, was on the 29th of October; that the Chancellor saw him on the 29th of October, and last Wednesday. Upon being informed the Chancellor was come to Windsor, the King desired to see him. Witness informed the King of his arrival, and introduced him. The King expressed great satisfaction at the interview. It made no difference in his mental health. On the preceding morning he found the King involved in a great many misconceptions, and took the liberty of using the Chancellor's name as a medical expedient; and it had the desired effect. He did not consult his col leagues; but took it entirely of himself. Throughout the day the King alluded to the conversation several times, and seemed to be less under the influence of error. The Physicians left the room when the Chancellor had his second interview, because it seemed desirable he should form his judgment uninfluenced by the presence of any person, Dr. Willis expressed an apprehension that the interview might be injurious. Witness did entertain great hopes of his Majesty's reco very. Dr. R. D. Willis said, he had confident hopes of his Majesty's recovery, but could form no judgment of the duration of his illness. Had he known the King proposed to see the Chancellor, he should have objected. It produced no beneficial effect. He had had persons under insanity of the King's age, not perhaps under derangement similar to his. The King's derangement was more nearly allied to delirium than insanity. In delirium the mind is entirely employed on past impressions, which rapidly pass in succes. sion, resembling a person talking in his sleep. In insanity, there may be little or no disturbance in the general constitution; the mind is occupied on some fixed idea, and adheres to it in opposition to the plainest evidence of its falsity. Taking insanity and delirium as two points, he would place derangement of mind between them. His Majesty's illness partook more of the delirium. than of the insanity. When he first saw h s Majesty, on the 6th of November, he was perfectly unconscious of surrounding objects. 4 C The The King was far from being in a good state of health at this time. The symptoms of bodily indisposition were sufficient to account for the present symptoms of the state of his mind. After he objected to the Chancellor's admission, he proposed going over to the King, to see in what state of expectation his Majesty was; knowing that he had been ap prised of the Chancellor's visit to Windsor, He found him then in such a state of expec. tation, that it was a doubt whether as much irritation would not arise from keeping the Chancellor away, as from admitting him; and he therefore assented, as a choice of evils, that the Chancellor should go in. His Majesty's complaint being more nearly allied to delirium than insanity, he thought it, on that account, much more easily cured. On Monday Dr. Baillie, again called in, stated, that on the 25th of October, his Majesty was hurried in his manner; his pulse was at 90, and his conversation was a little desultory; that is, passing from one thing a little rapidly to another. On the 26th his conversation was very much hurried. He said that the Queen and three of the Prin cesses saw the King on the 27th of October. The Queen by herself, (that is, without the Princesses) saw the King for a little time on the 23d of October, and likewise on the 29th, for a short time. The King was principally in the custody of Dr. Robert Willis, who takes in a great measure the management of the persons who are more immediately about his Majesty's person. Witness first saw the Princess Amelia on the 26th of December 1809; and every time that he saw the Prin. cess, he was with the King afterwards, so as to have a good deal of conversation with his Majesty. Before the 25th of October, that hurry of manner occurred two or three times, but not in any very strong degree enough for him to remark it. His Majesty's manner is never a very quiet manner, but he did not recollect any thing that struck him, except two or three days, perhaps, before the 25th of October. The Lord Chancellor saw his Majesty the day before yesterday; and also on the 1st of November; and Mr. Per cival saw, him on the 29th of October. On the 19th, Mr. Percival submitted, by letter, his Plan of a Regency to the Prince, expressing a hope that he might be honoured with his Royal Highness's command to wait on him to know his pleasure on the subject. His Roval Highness signified to Mr. Percival, that, as no step had yet been taken on the subject in the two Houses of Parliament, he did not think it consistent with his respect for the two Houses to give any opinion on the course of proceeding which had been submitted to him; and the answer concludes with expressing the Prince's most earnest wishes that a #peedy re-establishment of his Majesty's health would make any measure of the kind unnecessary. No interview took place. The Prince of Wales communicated to all the branches of his illustrious fa mily, the Plan of the Regency, upon which the whole of the Royal Dukes, with one consent, drew up a Declara tion and Protest against the form of proceeding; and which they addressed to Mr. Percival, for the information of Ministers at large. It stated in substance That, understanding from his Royal High neas the Prince of Wales, that it was intended to propose to the two Houses, the measure of supplying the Royal Authority by the appointment of a Regency, with cer tain limitations and restrictions, as described; they felt it to be their duty to declare, that it was the unanimous opinion of all the male branches of his Majesty's family, that they could not view this mode of proceeding without alarm, as a Regency so restricted, was inconsistent with the prerogatives which were vested in the Royal Authority, as much for the security and benefit of the people, as for the strength and dignity of the Crown itself; and they, therefore, must so lein.nly protest against this violation of the principles which placed their family on the Throne. And this Royal Protest is signed by This is an interesting document; and indicates the remains of some public spi rit in the country. have had the effect of stagnating all trade The Burning Decrees of the enemy in England, and the domestic state of the country is, in consequence, deplorable be yond any former example. Lucien Bonaparte landed with his family and suite at Plymouth, on Nov. 24th, amidst an immense concourse of spectators, and pro ceeded to one of the hotels. Mr. Macken zie, our late negociator at Morlaix, who be came acquainted with Lucien some years ago at Rome, was sent by Ministers to inform him, that the Earl of Powis had offered his seat of Linures, in Montgomeryshire, for his accommodation, during his residence in the country. This offer Lucien has guly accepted. By the latest communication from Portagal, it appears that Massena has succeeded in the object for which he changed his position towards the frontiers. He has received large reinforcements, and expects more; and hea also opened the channel of communication with with Spain, through which he can receive supplies for his army. AMERICA. On the subject of the doubts existing as to the precise time and manner of carrying into effect the Non-intercourse Act against Great Britain and her dependencies, under the President's Proclama. tion, the official letter from the American Secretary of State, has been received. "Treasury Department, Nov. 2, 1810. "Sig-You will herewith receive a copy of the Proclamation of the President of the United States, announcing the revocation of the edicts of France, which violated the neutral commerce of the United States, and that the restrictions imposed by the Act of May 1st last, accordingly cease from this day, in relation to France. French armed vessels may therefore be admitted into the harbours and waters of the United States, any thing in that law to the contrary notwithstanding. other nation shall not, within three months thereafter, so revoke or modify her edicts in like manner, then the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eighteenth, sections of the Act, entitled An Act to interdict the commercial Intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes, shall, from and after the expiration of three months from the date of the Proclamation aforesaid, be revived and have full force and effect, so far as relates to the dominions, colonies, and dependencies, and to the articles, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the dominions, colonies, and dependencies of the nation thus refusing or neglecting to revoke or modify her edicts in the manner aforesaid. And the restriction a imposed by this Act, shall, from the date of such Proclamation, cease and be discontinued in relation to the nation revoking or modifying her decrees in the manner aforesaid.And whereas it has been officially made known to this Government that the edicts of France, violating the neutral commerce of the United States, have been so revoked, as to cease to have effect on the 1st of the present month-Now, therefore, I, James Ma hereby proclaim, that the said edicts of France have been so revoked, as that they ceased on the said 1st day of the present month, to violate the neutral commerce of the United States; and that, from the date of these presents, all the restrictions imposed by the aforesaid Act shall cease and be discontinued in relation to France and her dependencies. In testimony whereof, &c. &c. "It also follows, that if Great Britain shall not, on the 24 of February next, have revoked or modified in like manner her edicts, violating the neutral commerce of the United States, the 33, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 18th, sections of the Act to inter-dison, President of the United States, do dict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their dependencies, and for other purposes, shall, in conformity with the Acts first above mentioned, be revived and have full force and effect, as far as relates to Great Britain and her dependencies, from and after the said 24 day of February next. Unless therefore you shall before that day be of cially notified by this department of such revocation or modification, you will from and after the said day carry into effect the abovementioned sections, which prohibit both the entrance of British vessels of every description into the harbours and waters of the United States; and the importation into the United States of any articles the growth, produce, or manufacture, of the dominions, colonies, and dependencies, of Great Britain; and of any articles whatever brought from the said dominions, colonies, and dependencies.I am respectfully, Sir, your obedient "ALBERT GALLATIN." servant, To the Collector of the Customs of the District of PROCLAMATION.-Whereas, by the 4th section of an Act of Congress, passed on the 1st day of May, 1810, entitled, An Act concerning the Commercial Intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France, and their Dependencies, and for other purposes, it is provided: That in case either Great Britain or France shali, before the third of March next, so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by Proclamation, and if the November 2, 1810. JAMES MADISON. Treasury Department, 13th Nov. 1310, "Your letter of the 10th instant has been received. All goods imported from the dominions of Great Britain, and arrived in the United States, subsequent to the 24 of February, will, in my opinion, become forfeited according to the provision of the law of May 1, 1810. If Great Britain shall not, on that day, have revoked her edicts to the manner contemplated by that Act, it follows, that if no knowledge of such revocation shall have been obtained on that day, goods imported as aforesaid, must be seized by the custom-house officers; although it be also true, that if the revocations have actually taken place before that day, no forfeiture will have occurred, and the goods inust in that case be restored whenever the fact of such revocation is known. The inconvenience of the detention of the goods in that case is understood, but cannot, under the existing law, be avoided, except through the intervention of the Courts, who may direct an immediate restoration of the property on satisfactory bonds for its value being given, to abide the final decision of such courts. I have the honor to be respect. fully, &c. &c. (Signed) "ALBERT GALLATIN ", The Essex American frigate sailed on the 9th of last month, from Hampton Road, with dispatches from Mr. Russel, the American Charge d'Affaires at Paris, and with duplicates of the late Proclamation for Mr. Pinkney. It is stated distinctly and positively, that the American minister at this court is to return by the frigate we have named, if a categori cal and satisfactory reply be not given by the British Government, as to the revocation of the offensive orders, and the complete restoration of the neutral rights of the flag of the Republic. When the intelligence arrived of the exe cution of General Liniers, the gloom which spread itself over Buenos Ayres was general and impressive, and every countenance pourtrayed the utmost sincerity of affliction. I do not remember ever to have witnessed so general a grief; the death of a Fox, a Pitt, or a Nelson, scarcely produced such an effect in England. All the time I have lived in South America, I never heard a single individual detract from the character of Jiniers; on the contrary, his private virtues I have heard extolled to the highest degree, and so much was he esteemed that he had scarcely an enemy. ALPHABETICAL LIST of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS, announced between the 20th of November and the 20th of December, extracted from the London Gazettes. Avera Edward, Penley Green. Warwick, cornfactor. (Baxters and Martin, Furnival's inn, and Webb, Bir mingham monger. Bailey Samuel and George Maquire, Fore freet. iron- Ball James, Weltbury on Trym. Gloucester, fhopkeeper. Baichard William, Edmonton, underwriter. (Wadefun, (Johnston, Bazley Aaron, Okehampton, Devon, grocer. Okehampton, and Antice and Cox, Temple Beardney William, Belper, Derby, innkeeper. Derby (Colling, (Vickers, Beech Richard. Market @rect, Herts. Atraw-plat dealer. Denton and Barker, Gray's inn fquare Bennett Jofeph and Robert Hatchman, Denham Springs, Lancaster, calico pinters. (Hewitt and Kirk, Man. chefter, and Ellis, Chancery lane Bennett Samuel, Bath, upholsterer. (Highmore, Buf lane, Cannon ftreet, and Wingate, Bath Berry George. Barntley. Yurk, linen manufacturer, (Wilfon, Greville freet, Hatton garden, and Keir, Barnley Billington John, Cowbridge, Stafford, potter. Barber, Fetter lane and Fenton, Newcastle under 1.yme Binyon Edward. Fenchurch treet, hardwareman. (Judkin, Clifford's inn Birch John, fenior and junior, Manchester, cotton mer(Cooper and Lowe, Southampton buildings, London, and Jepson. Manchester Bird Thomas. Mauchefer, cotton merchant. (Willis, Fairthorne, and Clarke, Warnford Court, and Hellop, Manchester chants. Blatchford Edward, Denmark Areet, St. George's in the Eat, victualler. (Wiltshire, Bolton, and West, uld B103d Rreet Burton Williain, Caverfwall, Stafford, dealer and chapman, Willis, Fair horne, and Clarke, Waruford court, and Vernon, Stone, Stafford Buone Juhn, Piccadilly, hat haberdasher. (Birkett, Bund court, Walbrook Bound John, Manchetter dealer and chapman. (Buckley, Manchetter, and Milne and Parry. Temple Bradley Aun, Strand, umbrell maker. (Mayhew, Symund's lu Bramley Joleph. Effex Wharf. Strand, coal merchant. (Kerley and Spurr, Bishopfgate street, Within Bray Richard, Brighton, timber merchant. (Ellis, Hat ton garden, and Attree, Brighton Brewerton james. Oxford, dealer. (Tomes, Oxford, and Pugh. Bernard freet, Ruffell fquare Brix Robert, Knightsbridge, cabinet maker. (Rogers Frith freet, Soho Brook John, Stow market, Suffolk, cabinet maker, (Marriott, Stow upland, Suffolk Brown John. Califle, and Matthew Brown, junior, Fetteral green, Cumberland, manufacturers (Birkett, Bond court. Wallbrook, and Pearlin, Carlife Brown Peter Paul &reet Finsbury fquare, baker, (Luck» ett, Wifon ftreet. Finsbury Square Browne Samuel, Derby, architect. (Kinderley, LOGE, and Ince, Gray's inn, ann Greaves, Derby Buckler Alex nder, Bafingħall street. factor. and Portal, Eflex treet, and Tilby, Devizes Butler Edward. Buckingham. plumber. Areet, Soho fquare (Netherfle (Rogers, Frith Caley John, Liverpost. fail maker. (Clemente, Liverpool, And Black tock, Temple Carey Edward Martin, Liverpool, merchant. (Windle, Carter Jofeph, Poplar, flopf:ller. (Pryer, Holburn court, Throgmorton freet Clifford Jeremiah. Fulneck, York, and Joha Jackiony Queen Street, Cheaplide, merchants. (Atkinson and bulland, Leeds Cole Tollmache, Woodbridge. Suffolk, butcher. (Wood, Woodbridge and James, Buckler bury Collins Edward, St. Mary Axe, boot and fhoe makery (Reeks, Wellciofe fquare Cook John Conrade, Brighton, confectioner. (Hill, Brighton, |