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:vMr, FOX.• —; Notindfe liberally endowed by Nature with the graces of external figure., or with the ele-ganc£ ^inanner and address, than his rival Mr* .Pitt, he^has yet an unknown; and undescrib able something, which pervades the darkness of his complexion, and sheds a sort of lustre across his Saturnine features. Whether it can be termed a smile, I will not venture to assert; but it cer-tahdy has the effeft upon the heart, which smiles are calculated to produce ; thatof inspiring confidence, - arid exciting complacency. Descendedfrom a Monarch, distinguished by this peculiararid characteristic excellence of face, he may perhaps claim an hereditary title to it. Son to a Nobleman, as much marked out by public obloquy and accusation, whether justly or unjustly acquired, as Lord Chatham was by general favour and admiration, he cannot look for protec-} tion to paternal virtues/vpr plead the patriotism! and disinterestedness; of the- House of Hoi- i land.Unequalled in the arts of attaching mankind to his person and fortunes ; steady and fervent in his friendships ; open and avowed in his enmities ; never abandoning those, under any cir-,j cumstarices, to whom he is bound by political s ties, he is designed ly Nature for tjie,Chief of a \ party. Educated in the school of political learn- , ing, brought into the Senate before he had at- ! tamed to manhood, arid joining a long expe- lt;;rience to the vigour of natural talents ; he may jj be considered as consummate in all that detail of knowledge, only to* be acquired by an early initiation into the mysteries of a democratical j government. Possessing powers of eloquence, [ess copious .and brilliant, but perhaps more solid and logical than those of Mr. Pitt, he is equallyformed to captivate, to convince, and to subdue. Skilled either to entrench himself in almost impregnable fastnesses; or to carry the thunders of the war into the lines of the enemy, he can with the same facility imitate Scipio, or Fabius : Hecan adopt the Consular dignity, or the Tribu-nitian rage. Abandoned in the more early stages of his life to the frenzy of play, and. to all the dissipations of youth and unlimited profusion ; a portion of those*, defeats and errors accompanies his riper years, and sullies the lustre of his endowments. So far from being like his more fortunate rival, indifferent to the company, or superior to the blandishments of women, Mr. Fox does not blush to appear with the com-• panion of his softer hours, in a phaeton in Hyde Park*, or in the first rows of a crowded Theatre. Convivjal in his nature, and open to social pleasures, he^ confirms his political triumph over the mind, by his private and personal conquest of the heart. Bold aud decided even to temerity in his conduct as a Minister, he is capable by turns, of aggrandizing, or of diminishing the power of The Crown; and of 'justifying by reasons and arguments the most plausible, the measure, o£ whatever nature, which he shall have seen fit to-adlt;^t.—Gefterous and beneficent in his disposition, placable and forgiving in his temper, his political enmities extend not beyond the limits of a debate, or the walls of a House of Commons. - Equal to his antagonist, in' all the sublime talents requisite ~ for the government of an empire; superior to him in modern and polite knowledge ; in * an acquaintance with Europe, its manners, its courts, and its^ languages ; he is his inferior only in one requisite ; an opinion of his public principle, ge-nerally diffused among the people. When, to this great and inherent defe£t, is super-added the .unquestionable alienation of his Sovereign,both to his person and his party ; we may lament, but we cannot be surprised, that abilitiesso universal and sublime are left unemployed, and are permitted C( to waste their sweetness 072 the desert air.9*4mHEADS OF A TREATY.prisoners of an American ship arriving at any harbour belonging. to his Imperial Majesty, cannot be given up to any power whatever.— American vessels, saluting towns belonging to his Imperial Majesty, to have the salutereturned by the same number of guns.—American Merchants, settling in any of the ports belonging to his Imperial Majesty, to enjoy the same privileges and advantages as other nations,^ and can trade .from .one port to another, c.—They are to enjoy the same liberty to trade as other nations, to remove their effefts from one ship to another, without being detained for quarantine, and to be allowed interpreters—In case of a war between the two nations, they are to exchange their prisoners of war, man for man—American merchants not to be obliged to purchase merchandize contrary to their pleasure, nor to be molested in the disposal of their goods—When the goods are landed* they are to be examined, that the usual duties may be imposed ; but in case of fraud, or con-traband goods, the person committing the fraud only to be punished, without a confiscation of the ship—Masters of ships not obliged to carry theirjjoods from one port to another, without their will, notwithstanding the price offered and agreed upon—Americans, guilty of crimes, to be subjedl to the judgment of their own Consul only. If he requires assistance from the Governor of the place, it is. to be granted to him. ‘ If he cannot determine the case, the criminal is to be sent to America—An American* injuring or assaulting a subjeft belonging to his Imperial Majesty, may be imprisoned by tha Governor, who is to sit in judgment upon him , but in the presence of the Consul, who is allowed to plead his cause.. If the prisoner makes his escape, the Consul is not answerable—If an American subjeft dies in his Imperial Majesty’s dominions, his effects are to be sent to the Consul, or the trading company, to be surrendered to the heirs claiming the same—The American Consul is to reside in one of the ports belonging to his Imperial Majesty, and considered as other Consuls—In case of a disagreement between ths two_ contracting parties, the peace is to remain until the matter is determined ; if war is resolved on, arms are not to be taken up before nine months after the determination^ m order to give the subjects of both nations time to departquietly with their effeas. If his Imperial Majesty thinks proper to grant any new privileges to other nations, the same are to be exUndedto the^ Americans—The peace between the two nations is to last fifty years, from the present twentieth day of the Ramadan, year of theHegira 1200 ; that is, July 24, 1786.The following are the heads of the TREATY of j PEACE, concluded betwixt the Americansandthe Emperor of Morocco, July 24, 1786.J AIF the Americans are at war with any otherination, their vessels are to be allowed to take• • , ,jrefuge in any of the ports belonging, to his Imperial Majesty—all Moorish subjefts found ion froard the enemy’s ships, to be made prisoridrs^ ;and their effefts considered as prizes; the sameregard to the Americans.— The ships belonging to the two contracting powers, when they meet at sea, to salute and parley, but pot to come on board each other.—In case of war, it is lawful to board each other, but only two men to do this—and if they com- ;]; mit any excess,, the sufferers to be*recompensed by them.—If any frigates or cruisers belonging toIiis Moorish Majesty take an American vessel, and bring it into one of his ports, his Majesty will immediately release the ship and crew, and restore their effeCts.—When any of his Majesty’s ships enter an American port, she is tobehos jpitably received,, apd furnished with what she may stand' in need of.—If an American' ship wants repairs, and. comes into any of his' Ma-jiesty’s harbours for that purpose, it shall -be allowed her to land,’and put on board again her goods, without paying any duty.—If an American vessel is wrecked on any coast belonging to the Emperor of Morocco, she. is not to ‘be molested in any mannerj but provided with, necessaries.—American vessels in the ;harbours, or dn the: coasts bdopgihg ,to ;his Imperial Majesty, to be secure from .other nations, and receive every assistance from the Moorish subjects.——This article extends, lt;uice versa, to Moorish ships in the harbours or coasts of Ame-merica.—In case of war, if the vessels of the two contending powers happen to be together In, any .of his. Majesty’s harbours, they are to 'J-art one by! one, at 24 hours interval be_en the time of each departure—this articleaids to'tHe 'Moorish ships' in America.—1Th *The emulation of the present day in point of fashion, between the French and English, seems to consist.in each giving a decided preference to the customs, of the other. Thus a' French Taylor can expeCt but little business in Paris, unless he proclaims himself an adept in fitting his customers a I'Angloise. And there is now an'English dancing master of much eminence in London, who never had the happiness to receive much countenance from persons of consideration, ’till he annexed the French article le to a name which was before too homely.^ Wentworth, who was lately taken up for the highway robbery, was placed by his friends in a’ situation which put him beyond the reach of. absolute necessity, having regularly received an allowance of more than two guineas a week, till' I he should be better provided for., - It may not, perhaps, be superfluous to ap-' iprize th.e unsuspecting part of the public, that there is no species of sporting of which they should-be more suspicious, than public boxing, snatches. For there is seldom an exhibition of this kind, in which every circumstance is not fully preconcerted.A fairer proof of Mrs. Billington’s excellent execution of the airs of Mandane, in Artaxerxes, last Saturday, could not be produced, than the applause with which the Prince of Wales, who was in Harris’s box, received her. Our country boasts not a better connoisseur in music than his Royal Highness; and we cannot doubt the good taste of the audience, in their, excessive plaudits bestowed upon lt;c The Soldier tir'd,” as the ait* iikewise excited loud marks of approbation from the Prince himself.The managers of Drury-Lane Theatre do not expeft Mr. Kelly, the; singer, till the month of March, he being engaged at the ensuing Car-, nival.*The Drury-Lane oratorios this season are to be conducted in a stile of magnificence, and are likely to have such musical aid as will astonish Johp Bull and his numerous family.» On Sunclay morning the 31st of December, at 4 o’clocjk, a gang of poachers, about 14 ii*number, entered the plantations of the Earl ofBuckingham, at Blickiing; after they had fired three shot, the keeper and his watch, in all 15,came up with them, and an engagement ensued, when the poachers threw vallies of stones, and very much wounded one of the watch. The poachers at length, finding themselves pressed, threatened to fire, and did fire two guns; but, as it is supposed, with powder only ; soon after, however, they fired with shot, wounded three of 'the watch, and then fled.A Theatrical Blunder.—It was rather unlucky for the Theatrical Critique on the General Adver*; tiser, who poured forth such pointed abuse against .Mr. Bannister’s performance of Florizel, that lie did not take the trouble of looking at the bills, or being present at the representation of the Winter’s Tale, when he might have learned, that Mr. Bannister did not perform the character, as Mr. Barrymore was announced for Florizel, and played it the same evening. This trifling circumstance, it is presumed, will make the Readers of that Paper rather wary in future, and convince them of the great reliance they ought to place on the justice and propriety of theTheatrical Criticisms contained in it.
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Thu, Jan 18, 1787
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