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SOUTH AMERICA, Yes.Trlay the ship Invention arrived from Buenos ‘ rres with teeters of the Bth ult. She has performed o enyaqes in a diagonal direction, across the At-, ie, with a degree of rapidity hitherto unknown in ,tern n avigation: From the British Channel to Rio Janeiro she was thirty days on her voyage, gun wale to on every knot of her progress. From thence s h e sailed to Buenos Ares, and from the Rio de la Pat.!, on h e r return to Great Britain, she was only 47 days , The intelligence she has brought is of great p iitka i importance. It was supposed that the au thr.rity of LISIERS was so completely established that t'.e feeble power of Spain in her colonies could not wrench from his grasp the sceptre. He had taken t he title of Condo of Buenos Ayres ; his Aides-de- C am p were all French, and his views were almost tri di s gaised ; but the ancient prepossessions of the country in favour of the parent State have prevail ed over all the artifices of the NAPOLEON family. —On the arrival of the new Governor, RIODOERO, appointed by the Spanish Junta, General LINIERS withdrew to a distant establishment ; and se con. &f e nt were the commercial speculators of our own nation that the dominion of Old Spain would be ac knowledged, that British goods were run ashore and placed at the mercy of the colonists, to prevent the deterioration of their value by new prohibitions. The elect was that the manufactures of these islands im mediately rose 20 per cent. from the apprehension that the ports of the Spanish settlements would for the fu ture be shut against the English, and that whatever might be their dispoiition to favour the commerce of their tritish Allies, all subsequent intercourse must be maintained through the medium or under the ex press permission of the mother country. We learn by sonic of our letters, that the principal cause of the differences between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video was a merchant, of the name of ALSEGA, who had been banished from the former in consequence of his instrumentality in this way, and who, since the con ciliatory arrangements, has not been permitted to re turn to the former settlement. In a preceding paper (April 19,) we mentioned a revolution that had been occasioned by a violent act of oppression of General LINIERS. It is now known that the Members of the Cabildo, who were then shipped off, have returned, and have been re-admitted to the exercise of their tunctions, " BUENOS AYRES, AUGUST 8. " A new Viceroy has arrived at Buenos Ayres, to succeed Ge neral Lunetss wilt) hu retired to Mendoza, a town about 900 suites up the country. " Calera' Liniers had orders from the Supreme Junta'to re p.* to Spain, to answer charges brought against him by General Via, Governor of Monte Video; but on resigning his office, he in *lreci or not going to that country till its situation was in a more saticd state than at present. " All the Creoles or Natives of the country are whofly in fa hued General Liniers; he has disbanded the different Regi ments from Old Spain, and taken the natives in their room, which elated much jealousy on the part 6f the old Spaniards, who, taking otnntage of the circumstance .sai..t . g,d, of his being greatly ruled in his conduct by a well-known Lady of French eau-action, con nived to raise a strong party against him. " This Lady, on the news of the new Vice liing's arrival, and dreading insults from the public, thought proper to take her pas. sage on board the English gun-brig Steady, for Rio de Janeiro, accompanied by the rest of her family ; it is said that the has taken the whole of her property with her. " The new Vice-King has been invested with more absolute authority than any of his predecessors ; he has even got the power of life and death in his own hands. " On an application from the British merchants at Monte Vi da, to know in what manner commerce shall in future be car lied on, he has positively declared that he has been commanded to put a stop to all smuggling in the River Plate, in consequence of which the coast is doubly guarded, and all business is at a stand there as well as on the opposite coast. " A new Governor has also arrived for Monte Video, and Ge neral Elio was appointed Commandant of the troops at Buenos Agres,but, on account df their dislike towards him he has been continued by the Vice Roy in hii situation of Governor, and the other bas got the command of the forces at Buenos Ayres." The Governor of the Bank, the Solicitor General, and several other Gentlemen have already agreed to assist in inspecting the books of Covent-garden Theatre. It is stated as a fact, that Mrs. SIDDONS was lately engaged to perform at the Richmond Theatre, near London, at a salary of 301. per night, in consequence of which the M anager t h oug h t proper to ra i se t h e price of admission, and, on casting up the receipts of the first night, he fonud their amount to be a few shillings over 7:Ur:if-mu Pars &! The scloolfellows and friends of Mlcuatzt,i.BaucE, the poet, intend to erect a monument to his memory, the church-yard of Portmoak, in Kinross-shire--a tribute of gratitude to departed worth, a genius ho nourable to the poet, and to the companions of his youth. A Court Martial on Capt. SHEEXE, of the Sussex Militia, was held at Brighton, on Thursday and Fri tay, on a charge preferred against him by Sir. GEO. HOW, for trespassing by sporting on his grounds, contrary to an order issued by the General of the dis. trim The Court came to a decision on Friday...- when the charge not being substantiated, the Captain , was honourably acquitted. The Court was composed officers of Militia Regiments, as under s.-.Lseute blot-Colonel HOPly of the Nottingham, President; of the Royal South Gloucester and Sussex Militia, 4 Captains each ; of the Nottingham, 1 ; of the Shrop shire and 2d Surrey, 2 each ; Capt. Bottum, of the Nottingham, Deputy Judge Advocate. An unfortunate circumstance took place at Falding worth, near Market Raisin, on Sunday se'nnight T. Cottingham and W. Slack challenged each other to. fight ; the conflict lasted three quarters of an hour, when Cottingham fell, from a blow of his antagonist, and died instantly. The fathers of tho young men stood ! by, and ea c h encourage d hi s son dosing the, fight 'Mt AItMY: • - The Hon. General CoLa has arrived at Portsmout . to join the army in Portugal. It is said that a pan of the force in that country will be embarked at Lilo • i bon, and go round to Catalonia. . That fine regim ent o f h eavy d ragoons, the ticilniai as well as several regiments from Ireland, have, ac cording to recent intelligence, arrived in the Tagus, and marched to join Lord WELLmarow. General COLE, Colonel DARROCH, and a numerous Staff, are proceeding to Portugal immediately, to join the armies of Lord WzmaacTow and of Marshal BERESFORD. - Several of the regiments in this country are very sickly at present, particularly the 62d, 82d, 42d, and the 43d. More troops are encamping at sides the Inverness, Worcester, and Renfrew, Gene ral WHETHAM means to encamp the Ross-shire, Ox ford, Northampton, and Durham Militias. The dignity of Marquis is conferred on Marshal BERESFORD by the Vicegerent in Portugal ; but it was reported that he was about to resign the com mand of the army. Several more transports arrived at Yarmouth in the ceurse of yesterday from Walcheren with sick. They were chiefly Officers, and among them are se veral of the German Legion. The inhabitants of the Island have also been attacked with disease as well as the British troops. .Be- Nearly 1800 sick, from the Island of Walcheren, have been sent to the hospitals in Portsmouth. We have seen several Officers, arrived from Wal cheren ; all concur in giving the most deplorable ac count of our brave fellows there. The mortality is greater than even it was in the West Indies last war; and, we hear, falls particularly severe on the medi cal men. In the island there are not 6000 men fit for duty out of 16,000 left filr its defence. In this enfeebled state of the garrison, an attack is looked for from the opposite islands. We are glad to hear that when they come to our own shores the poor sick fellows recover fast. In the very great scarcity of medical men in the army, directions have been given to hire all private practitioners : Lrindon Physicians get two guineas per day, and Surgeons and Apothecaries in propor tion. Some of the medical gentlemen have been very successful in curing the (worse than the yellow) fever at Flushing. One gentleman, Dr. FAULKNER, Phy sician to the Army, has been pre-eminently success ful in curing our Officers at Flushing and Middle burgh: The other Physicians are now following Dr. Fautatriart's practice, and are equally succesful. We have just heard a report, which we are unwil ling to believe, that several regimsuss arc to be im mediately sent over to the Island of Walcheren.—lf we mean to keep the island, doubtless reinforcements are wanted ; this is rendered necessary by the horrible devastation made by sickness among our troops. Our West India Correspondent writes us, that at Barbadoes the troops are healthy ; and the Comman der-in-Chief is looking for the arrival of Sir GEORGE PREVOST, with the troops from Halifax, to undertake an expedition against Guadaloupe. The works at Martinique have been repaired; and the garrison of this island consists of The 19th Foov—in huts. The 60th Regiment, 3d Battalion—is Fort Royal. The 63d Regiment—at St. Pierre's. The 4th West India Regiment—in Port Edwards. A strong Detachment of Artillery—in Fort Dessaix. Sir GEORGE BECKWITH was coming home to this country, and a new Commander-in-Chief was expect ed from England—not Sir GEORGE PREVOST ) as once mentioned. Fifty recruits for the South Gloucester militia came into Brighton on Thursday; they are generally young and healthy-looking men. • MARGATE, SEPTEMBER 22. Friday and Saturday se'nnight were landed at the Jetty, near the Pier-head, 84 rank and file, from Waltheren ; all of whom were much debilitated by nervous or intermittent fevers. They were brought on shore by the Foy-men, who deserve great praise for their prompt exertions on this occasion, as well as their giving their services gratuitously. By order of Mr. Jarvis, the resident . fitaff Surgeon, these 84 men were conveyed to the barracks, now converted into an hospital; they were placed in three of the houses attached to the pile of building. In no one room were there more than ten men placed, and in several only three or four ; the smallest room is 36 feet long, by 20 feet wide, thus situated, they could not be incommoded by heat. To each of these men Mr. Jarvis gave one bottle of old port wine, brought from his own cellar, which they drank immediately, by order.— Forty-six of these poor fellows laboured under quartan agues. To attend these 84 there were Mr. Jarvis and his four medical assistants, and sixteen nurses, thus allowing to every fourth man an attendant. By the judicious administration of bark, in every stage of preparation, aid-all at the same time, the ague subsided, and in a very few days totally disappeared. The Surgeon-Gene ral, Mr. Reate, thought the whole of the cases very desperate ones indeed, but he highly approved of, and recommended a con tinuance in the same mode of treatment Mr. Jarvis was then six men are the only p ersons who have pursuing. The following died here. Alexander Hay, John Taylor, Dougald Andrew Tolmay, Alexander Munro, Edward Enka. The arrangements made for the comforts of the resnainirig sick have been since improved ; almost the whole are In a fair way of recovery, and it is expected they will be suficiendy well to join their respective regiments in the course of a fortnight. The number who have died at Ramsgate is 16; the attention there is equally uniform and correct. I should not forget to add, that the philanthropy of the Cott} rnandant of the District, Sir George Nugent, h deeming of sverT praise. • 4 • PUPAL INDELLIcitAteI. PLYMOtTratOCE, SEPTEMBER 24e The wind having become favourable last sterling, after post ` the P/CELE brig of war got under weigh. with Mr. Busman:2, charged with dispatches for Marquis WELLESLEY, Admiral Puavrs, &c. but, in working out of liatnoase, she unfortunately tun foul lof a merchant-brig, and received so much damage as' to oblige her to put back ; the dispatches, however, were of so urgent a nature, that the Britannia cutter was immediately ordered to get under weigh, which she accordingly did, and sailed at ten o'clock last night, with a strong westerly wind, which of course is much against her till she clears the Land's End. La RUIN frigate, with the seven sail of victuallers for the supply of Admiral SOTHEBY'S squadron at Rochefort, still remains wind-bound in the Sound ; but will sail as soon as the wind comes round a little more to the northward.—Arrived the SWALLOW, Cap. min BEDFORD, from a cruize to the westward ; the ARROW schooner, from Rochefort ; and the PLOVER sloop of war, Capt. BROWNE, from Flushing. Also two Danish ships and a brig, under neutral colours, detained and sent in by our cruizers ; and a Portu guese schooner, laden with wine, from Oporto. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER es, Arrived the NONPAREIL schooner, - Witt dispatches from Lisbon.—Sailed the Ancus sloop of war, for Gibraltar ; the ALPIMA schooner, with a convoy for the Downs; his Majesty's ships ILLUSTRIOUS and ACHILLE, on a cruize off Cherbourg; and HUSSAR, for Plymouth.—Wind about N. W. DEAL, SEPTEMBER .23. Arrived the PERLEN frigate, from the Wore ; la Lona, from Portsmouth ; HUMBER armed ship, with convoy from Falmouth. SEPTEMBER 24.—Arrived the SAN FIORENZO fri gate, from Flushing.—Sailed the PERLEN and NYA DEN frigates, for Portsmouth ; BEAGLE and REDPOLE sloops, on a cruize.—Arrived and sailed through for the River, the Invention merchant-ship, from South America. SEPTEMBER 25.—The whole of this Morning it has blown a strong gale from the Southward, but the ships have rode very well.—Four o'clock, P. M. more moderate, the wind coming• from the north ward, in consequence the convoy for the westward has just fired the signal gun to unmoor. • • (Inn • \ Arrived the OPOSSUM and ZEPHYR sloops, from the Northward.—Sailed the ACTIVE and SALCETTE fri gates, and THAIS sloop, for Portsmouth. Sailed the HUMBER armed ship, and EsPIEGLE sloop, having un der their convoy a large fleet of merchant vessels, bound to the Western Ports ; also the SUPERB, of 74 guns to the westward ; BEAVER and GLUCKSTADT, and OBERON sloop, on a cruize ; and Fuszous for Flushing. - In the Downs—Princess of Orange, Venerable, Royal Oak, Monmouth, Ulysses, Diana, Loire, St. Fiore.nio, Termagant, ' , Fly, Rolla, Royalist, Cordelia, Crocus, Challenger, Kangaroo, Osprey, Shearwater, Apelles, Opossum, and Zephyr. YARMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 25. Sailed to the southward, with a fleet of merchant men under convoy, the DAUNTLESS and PANDORA sloops of war. Arrived from Flushing the Saker, MILLER ; Lark, WM. REDHEAD , and two other trans ports with sick. The Permanent, JAMES PALMER, from the North, with coals, is put in here with the loss d her mainmast, .which was carried away in ihe late gale. The Atalante, ZACHARIAH BERSEE, sailed to Lynn with wine. The Juffrouw Algunda, from Hamburgh to London, is detained and sent in by the BRUIZER gun brig. The ships in the Roads are the Roebuck and Chanticleer. Wind W. N. W. LEITH, SEPT. 21. Yesterday arrived in the Roads the TALBOT sloop of war, with the loos of foremast, and foretop -mast, having encountered a gale while cruizing off Iceland. The Sally letter.of marque was burnt at sea, and the crew are arrived on board the TALBOT ; before the accident happened she had made one capture, which has not yet arrived. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GitAvEs Ex), SE PT. 25.—Arrived the Dauro, Brown, from Demerara ; Ann, Coulter, from Quebec ; Admiral Rowley, Ca mel, from St. Domingo; and the John Hendrick, Wetau, from Archangel. Sailed the Active, Brown, for Hayti ; Venerable, Edwards, for Dublin ; Hamilton Moore, I3osquet, for Charles ton ; and the Louisa, Courtney, for Belfast. General ERSKINE and his Ai .id-de-Camp, Captain MACDONALD, arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday from Lisbon, in the Nonpareil packet. The packet had a remarkably quick passage home ; on the 17th she fell in with the John and schooner, from Liverpool to Lisbon, near the Rock of Lisbon, and on the 21st she tell in with the Ann schooner, from Portsmouth, bound to Cadiz, near Cape Finisterre, all well. The Pendennis, Captain RUTTER, from Falmouth; was captured about the 20th of July in the Mediter ranean, after a spirited resistance on the part of Capt. Rutter, and carried into the little port of Cotrona, on the coast of Calabria. It was expected the crew would not be detained long. On Tuesday the 12th instant, a skiff belonging to Ulysses Hughes, Esq. a Lieutenant in the Royal navy, of Grovesend, near Swansea, in which he had pro ceeded to Bristol, and was on his return with a quan tity of household furniture, was picked up by the Per severance, of Newport, near the mouth of Bridgewater river, and towed into Burnham shore. Her side was beaten out, and Mr. Hu,shes, with two men he had engaged for the trip, perished. A boy, who was also on board, saved his life by swimming to the shore. ' The Emerson, Hazard ; and Beaton, Search, froth Quebec to London, have been tak9oind retaken, tile former is arrived at Dover, the latter at Ramsgate. The William, Hindmarsh, is on shore at Plymouth and full of water. . I : ^ " z • . , WEST INDIES. • •• _ . ICiNdSTON, AUGUST 12. . * . trantport brig Fox, and sclicioner Diem arrived on &titrelay from BantbDomingo, having oil. board detachments of the different regiments employ ed on the expedition against that place, and the fo . l- lowing Officers, viz. in the Fox, Capt. Kirby, 54th ; Captain Creighton, .55th ; Captains Grant and Stotes bury, Lieutenants Walton, Rawstone, and Har.ce, and Surgeon Storey, of the 2d West India regiments; and Lieutenant Oldham, of the Royal Artillery.— And in the Diego, Captain Macneil, and Lieutenant Pratt, - 18th; Lieutenant Leslie, 51. th ; Lieutenants Spanner and Shaw, 55th ; and Captain Hardy and Lieutenant Couse, of the Royal Artillery. We are extremely sorry to learn by the above ar rivals the great mortality that rages among our mops at St. Domingo, not less than 150 men Having been cut off in the course of three weeks. The de tachment of the 2d West India regiment were to em bark in a few days for Nassau, N.P. and the 18th for Ciiracoa, on board the Morrie Fortunee, which vessel was then to proceed to this island with the detach ments of the 54th and 55th regiments, that had been previoasly removed to tat place for the purpose of re-establishing their health. Major-General Carmi chael proposed quitting St. Domingo, for this Island, with the other detachments, in a short time. The Dzialus frigate, of 32 guns, Captain Ingle , field, arrived on Sunday evening from Halifax, under jury-masts. • On the 3d inst. off Cape Roxo, Porto- Rico, she encountered a violent gale, which lasted for upwards of 24 hours, and during which she car ried away her foremast and bowsprit, and sprung her main and mizen-masts. La Musette brig, of 16 guns, Captain Parry, also came in the same evening prom a cruize. She expe. rienced the same gale off the Island of Sauna, and was compelled to cut both her masts away, and to throw her guns overboard. • On the Ist ult. while lying at the Havanrtah, Musette was struck with lightning, which shivered her foremast, and carried away her fare and main topmast s. On the 17th she fell in with the hcmeward bound fleet, under convoy of the Argo ti igate, of 44 guns, and parted from them on the lbth, 73 sail in sight, in lat. 32. 42 N. long. G 2. W. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. His Serene Highness the Duke of BRUNSWICK gave last Friday, at the Bugle Inn, an elegant Dinner to some of the most respectable Gentlemen of this island. The young pupils who compose the Band of Monsieur L'Abbe de GREUTHE'S Academy, under the patro nage of his Royal Highness the Duke of KENT, had the honour to play several patriotic airs, which gave great satisfaction. When first they arrived in full uniform, his Serene Highness, who had the goodness to get up to introduce them in the room, shook hands with several of them, gave them refreshments, and took particular notice of them all the time they were performing. LIVERPOOL, SePTEMBER 23. Thursday, Dr. GERARD, the Mayor of Li _ gave his first public dinner, in the new building, in the Exchange. The Earls of DERBY and SErrox, se veral other distinguished characters, and the Mem. bets of the Corporation, were present. The d nner was served up in a new elegant table set of china. A very heavy gale was experienced here early on Tuesday morning. Several vessels were blown on shore, and a house in Beau-street was unroofed. Late on Saturday evening last, as Mr. S. F. of this town, was returning home to his lodgings at Edge hill, he was attacked by a vill a i n on t h e wa lk near the Botanic Garden, who wounded him on the he'id, beat him in a most brutal manner, and rob ed .cirri of £4.0 and his watch. We are sorry t d, .hat in consequence of the wounds he received, Lis re.o. very is very doubtful. Thursday night, a numerous bo y of sailors, wo men, boys, &c. again attacked the houses of rendez vous for the impress service in this town, and did con siderable mischief,- by damaging the houses, destroy ing, the furniture, throwing it into the streets, &c.— All the impressed men were set at liberty, and tile rioters having effected their purpose, chspersed, be fore any effectual force could be brought to suppress them. We are informed that some of the ringleaders have been taken into custody. The disturbance, we understand, began in consequence of the press-gang, having taken away some men from a public house, .where they were engaged in dancing. •1 LYCEUM THEATRE—Last night, the Drury-lane Company commenced their winter campaign at this Theatre with A 4 The Duenna" and (6 The Mayor of 'Garratt." In addition to the Performers engaged last season, are P HILIPPS , H ORN , O XBERRY , and Pa sox. The charming opera of 44 The Duenna" was ably supported by the united talents of Dowrox, aid ed by three of the Performers before named, who, in the characters of Carlos, Ferdinand, and Don Jercnu, received great applause. Mrs. BISHOP IR Clara, and Mrs. Mapixws in Louisa, gave their songs with much taste.—ln the 44 Mayor of Garratt," Dowfox, as Major Sturgeon, and RUSSEL as Jerry Sneak, kept the house in a continued roar of laughter. Miss MaLoott played Mrs. Sneak, and experienced a flattering re. ception. • The Baronets of Ireland amount to about one hun. dred only, while those of England are upwards of four times that number. The resident Peers, likewise of Ireland, are far inferior to those of England. An augmentation of the Baronetage of that kingdom will shortly take place in the following families, viz RICHARDSON, of Armaghihire ; Baowsoow, of the same county, M.P. for ditto; Laroucnns, of Carlow; BAGENELL, BAGWELL, SAIrAUS i of the County Down; CASSAN, of Queen's County ; CRORRa t GRATTAN, FITZGICHALD, &C. Saturday se'nnight, a trial of skill in boat rowing took place at Leith, between Sir E. NAGL es large boat, built after the model of the Newhaven fishing boats, and a gig belonging to Captain NASH, such as is com monly used by the Deal boatmen. The Admiral's boat WAS rowed by twelve Newhaven fishermen, and the gig by six seamen from the Osnabuigh cutter.— ,„The former gained, after a spirited contest. There etas would auist the gig ;_ c i o n n si a d c e a ra lm ble s sea, w ? t t, which,as supposedw as much that •i sho g , have been more successful. ; I 9 !Il __