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      act is , it seems , not settled . Another month "will afford more accurate ac «» counts . Austria is reported to be in great agitation . Troops are raised with great alacrity , and it was rumoured , that they were 4 estined to act against the great sovereign of Europe . Vain hopes Upon what foundation can they have been erected ? His influence is too

      firmly frxed . He is still at-Bayonne , directing at his ease the 'councils of Europe , and when he has settled Spain , to what point he will direct his attention , the cabinets of Europe wait submissively for his resolves . Having freed Spain from its horrid Inquisition , its priests , and its monks , he may probably lower the crescent of Mahomet , and rescue the Greeks church from the tyranny of its masters , and its own vile superstitions .

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      subject of reflection , and on the present distressing occasion there is abundant matter for meditation . What is your life ^ —is it not a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then * vanisheth aivay I . J . E .

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      Died at Portsmouth in his 67 th year , Sir JOHN CARTER , Knt . a character generally and most deservedly respected and valued throughout the county , whether considered in a public or private capacity . His parentrs were both Dissenters , and belonging to that denomination , designated by the term , rational dissenters . His father was a

      merchant of" considerable eminence and of invincible integrity , in this town From him he inherited a strong and unshaken attachment to those political principles which seated the house of Hanover on the throne of England . » nd though obliged occasionally to

      comply with that disgraceful statute which appoints , a . s a necessary qualification for discharging the duties of a magistrate , the receiving tfre Lord ' s supper agreeably iq the , forms of the established church , he remained firm to the princi * - pies of dissent from the dpctrinea and worship of that cfiurch .

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      volution of France . Little indeed do we know of the internal state of Spain . One thing however is certain , that Cadiz would not admit our troops within its watts , nor suffer us to have possession of its fleet . The French sovereign has laid his plan too wisely , to fear much from our interference , and it is probable , that every thing will be

      settled at Bayohne ; the Cortez will be enewed ; the Inquisition destroyed ; and the whole received with general satis * faction in Spain . Some one province * nay perhaps make a fe \ v struggles , and assisted by England be depopulated like the Vendee .

      •"¦ aft * In Sweden , better hopes are said to be entertained by its king . The Russians Have been checked in Finland , and the French have not yet landed in Sweden . Troops from England have arrived at Gottenburgh ; but where they are to

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      Died at Alresford , Hants , Thursday the 12 th of May , Mrs . SARAH COOKE , wife of Mr . Thomas Cooke , in the 36 th year of her age . Six days previous to her dissolution , she was delivered of twins , * one of which was still-born and the other survived onlv ^ a few hours . On that day week her

      remains , in one coffin , together with those of her three children ( for the eldest was still-born seven months " before , ) taken up from the church-yard and being put into another coffin , were conveyed to Newport , in the Isle of Wight , when they were interred in the family vault of Thomas' Cooke , Esq . sen . in the church-yard of that town . The

      following" Sunday , the Rev . M . % Tinge combe delivered at the General Baptist place of worship , an appropriate and affecting discourse from 1 Epistle of Paul to the Corinthian " , chajp . xv . v . 55 . 0 death , inhere is thy sting ? The hymns were sung in a soft and pathetic manner , as was aliso Pope 3 dying Christian , accompanied by the-organ at the dose of the service . The whole was conducted

      with an interesting solemnity , and left a lasting impression on the heart . The moralist and divine have ever considered the evanescent nature of life , a fruitful

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      iWirj . -Sarah Coojke * Sir 7 ohtt Carter . Knt ,

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1808, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2393/page/50/