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?r,- has been driven es shore, as well as all the' , . :he harbo Ir. The weather has a traly alarm ,ranee, ani we dread lie apprk 'aching night.' ;tract of another letter from Port Royal, 'dated 'Violent gales have been experienced on ishad the beginning of this month. The damage :ons ikred to be very great. Letters from St. An st.ne, that it had destroyed an immense quan ,:-o,Fee, and laid low all the plantation trees." ;louse of Assembly were, during their latest busily employed in enquiring into the ope. Is of the Alien Laws, inferring that neglect in :xecLuion had taken place. The imputation was j er ed :o be more particularly directed towards Micas and Magistrates in the town of Jamaica. ..2Confiance brig, of 18 guns, sent out to rein• :he Squadron on the Jamaica Station, arrived 'xi Royal on the 10th November, all well. r.tr-Admiral Sir Home Popham's flag was flying aid the Lame slo:'p of war, on the 12th of No- , ?r, at Jamaica. 1. Government at Jamaica have equipped two t . 5, to cruize along the Coast of the West Indies, c protection to the Mercantile Interests, owing de s redations committed by the pirates in F:ench frigate la Seine, anchored at Port i ai on the 1 I th November , in 15 days from Mar ope, and states, that it was very sickly at that port. ,c have received accounts from Margarita to the cad of November, which state that great opera_ , were about to be made on the side of the Pa ,.,;ts, on account of the arrival of Lord COCA R A NE. thel•tah, his 'Lordship - sent a dispatch to Admiral m, stating that he was at Tortugas (to the wind , ofMargarita), with four vessels under his corn :and; and that his flag was then flying on board a ,;. g un frigate, which had been struck by lightning kw days previous, by which her foremast was very ,nth iijured. The squadron under BRION was then at Pampata, and consisted of a 30-gun frigate, brigs of 13 guns, four schooners of 10 guns each, twenty sail of feluccas of six guns each. This sq.; immediately ordered for Margarita, and the k combined force was to go on a secret expedition. as the in:ention of Admiral BRION to give up the of superiority to Lord COCHRANE, and they would mediately make an attack on some part of the Main. `ischarge of artillery from the batteries and yea of w•ar lying at Margarita, together with the ing of bells, continued for three days, on .the joy new; of his arrival. Admiral Bator; had.cap :red a Dutch schooner, en:ering La Guyra,. the N. end of October, under convoy of a Dutch titnal brig. A Dutch frigate had sailed ft= 7licoa, to cooperatc in the raising the blockade the Spanish ports. Two Spanish Officers had as executed at Margarita, for piracy. • BRIGHTON, JAN. 18.—The first Privy Council at Pavilion, during the residence of his Royal High ms the PRINCE REGENT, was held this afternoon, .ich WIC attended by— The Lord President, the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Steward the Household, the Secretary for the Colonial Department, detirtay for the Dome Department, the 'Marquis of Sails r. Mr. Bathurst, Lord Melville, and Sir B. Bloomiield.— , Huller officiated as Clerk of the Council. After the Council broke up, dispatches were for !JAI to London of their deliberations. At seven lock the Pin ca REGENT entertained the Members the Privy Council to dinner. Yesterday, at three o'clock, a Cabinet Council was at the Foreign Office, which was attenied by The Earl of Marrowhy, Earl of Westmoreland, Earl of L. a•pool, the Chinaliar of the Herhequer. Viscount Padmouth, .I,'• - •:.titt, Earl Bathurst, Viscount Melville, Mr. ra;nl, the Dube of WeUinta', Mr. C. B. llatnurst, Mr. W. Pole, Mr. Robinson, and Earl Mu*grave. Calinlet Ministers continued in deliberation till . The Petition to the Lords from the Catholics of ;rest &juin, is to be presented by Earl GREY— .tQ the Commons, by Lord NUGENT. We are happy to state that the Duchess of MON. ease was yesterday much better in health. Earl IRMPLE is arrived at his fathe.r's, the Marquis BITEINOIIANI'S house, in Pall-mall, from Stowe, :ckingh4:::s4.lre. A serious dispute has arisen between the Agents of Marquis of Bum! and the Churchwardens.of Car , :•:1 the ground of the Castle being rated in the : - ..-rate, the former contending that the Castle is :Talarochial ; and the business will, in all probe •i*:, be brought into the Court of King's Bench. piece of plate has been voted by the Citizens of York, to Mr. WILLIAst Wit.t.sulaa, the En t% C,)::.;-.1 at Mogadore, in the Empire of Morocco, tcstimony of their admiration and gratitude fur his :tn:it and zealous benevolence in redeeminf from .very, and restoring to their country, Captain Mt; RILEY, and his five companions, citizens of nee it a. IlmnEnsxm.--It will be seen by the following 'netin, that this much esteemed Nobleman is con • out of danger : " Morita's 1101.1, Turtday Morning, Jan. 19. hi, i ia, cd a rood night, and is now COW. ;r: vat of dangtr. (Signed) " Wx. Rcrintnays " R. Hoorta." St:onr.s Dt...a . rti OF THE EARL PA ULETO.—ThUTTP 17 in Lordship died at Hinton St. George, in So 'Mc Noble lard, on the preceding even had direc.ed the horses to be put to the post. carli hi the not day. At five o'clock in the taamilig, the Countess was alarmed by the sudden c.i.pe•iition of the Earl ; hA was seized with an apo tv.,c fit, and miler spoke afterwards. His Lord ip ling . cred until &even at night, when he expired dle 6Jd ) car of his age. Captain and Mrs. l'AuLeir Lady B t x4ARD, were present at this trying scene. ..t prey. was sent off for Lady MARY PAULET, who • in attendance at Windsor. Lord lizNrom • rria°:ing Olt grand tear. The funeral will at Ilintun, as the family vault is there. t.: e go C Est :or. I isl cons .;10 tnr; 1:I n 1 ttjl Of Wee Six Re 3 r it! tic Koyai i t iqtt ..etf ;WWI Nth. hios ;land .1-gu zach .few ;v:o b t °,eet I hole dime A dis eels I r :Itit t'Att.l t 1 teen nets whit deb, the s, kr. I A: :clo Tit ..ttc Cn The T 1 Grel 42t V; :E.)! B A •q 0 !a iMt am 1 2 :1 104 7:w.! At, NATAL lATELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, JANUARY 17. -It blew last night and all this day a tremendow gale from W. by S. to W. by N. but fortunately it has conrin‘ed clear, and vessels homeward-I:wand might with safety haul in and mike the land. The packets and merchantmen in the R gads appear to ride the gait: out well.—Eleven o'clock, P.M. A post chaise has just airived from Fowey with the Mail of the Walsingham packet, where she anchored this morning, 48 days from Jam.iica. She experienced very bad weather. Spoke the Queensberry packet for Jamaica, the slay after she sailed.—SdU blows hard from the westward. BRIXHAM, JANUARY 18. Arrived his Majesty's ship SPARTAN. and Viol- LANT revenue caner. PORTSMOUTH. JANUARY ts. Wind W. N. W. moderatc.—Sailed his Majesty's ship PHEASANT, on a cruize. Went out of harbour the brig CabIELION, and anchored at Spithcad. PEAL, JANUARY 19. Wind West, and moderate.—Came down from the River and remain, the Frances and Eliza, , for Curacoa; Jane, CHRISTI! , for Jamaica ; Woodlark, —, for Malta; Lard Mulgrave transport, for Ports mouth ; his Majesty's ship TRIBUNE, for Cork ; and Paragon. Iltns, for Grenada. The Aury, Btoost FIELD, from Naples to London, passed through the Downs on the 15th, but owing to the strong gales from N.N.W. she put bask on the 18th, and still re mains with outward and homeward bound vessels, all well. DOVER, JANUARY 17. It has blown most ti:entendously during last night, and we expect to hear of a great deal of damage ; there is an English brig on shore, and partly de- 1 stroyed, near Estapies, on the French coast, and some !or all of the people are lost. L'Abundance, No. 17, French fishing,-boat, came on shore near the Pier this morning, at six, the people arc all providentially saved ; the vessel after beating over a bank of shingle, and rolling her mast overboard, and every thing movable, has been towed into the natural new harbour. Several vessels have bore up for the Downs, all nearly under bare poles. Ji-NVARY 18.—It still continues to blow with great fury. The bar has risen to a great height within the harbour's mouth, near:y 50 yards long and Aye feet perpendicular, equal to half the height of water for the flags'being hoisted fur vesse:s to come in. YARMOUTH, JANUARY 19. Came in the Alexander, JErrnEv, and has un to unload ; also some other vessels ; and s(mo the Captains report, that about twenty sail cut hum their anchors last night under Winter Lon. LIVERPOOL, JANUAR% is. Arrived the Stentor, H.tunts, at Calcutta : the Aurora, HARRIS, from Philadelphia, at Strantear, 1:;th instant, ►ci:h 10,5 , ,f anchor and cable. Scc. bound to Liverpool the Dindy, GRIFFITHS, from hence, at 'ferceina, and is condemned as 1111WaWorthy. The James Fitzpatrick, SALTER, from YOUL;linl!, is full of ►eater, having grounded oa an anchor. The vessel mentioned yeF.i.erday as Vv:. in Bootle Bay, with a tignalofdistress flying, is the Thetis. from Cephalonia. WHITE.HAVEN, JANUARY 17. The AngVmwas lastnight's tide got into harbour Without further damage. PORT GLASGOW, JANITARYI7. • Arrived in the Clyde, on the 15th instant, the American ship Fanny, FOREMAN, from York, in 20 days: on the Bth instant, fell in with the brig Lavi nia, ROBINS, of Paole, from Newlonndland to Cadiz, a complete wreck, and took the M..i..ter, Mate, and two seamen oW, being all that remained of the crew. The weather still continues very tempestuous, and we understand several vessels are on shore in the river and on the coast; but it appears the greatest part of them are coasting vessels, and that very few lives were lost. rusTo3l-HOUSP, LONDON', JANUARY O. Bayzaao Iwwisana--'rhe John Inglis, Bailie, from Calcutta ; Lion, hex, front Ancona; William, Noyes, from Nlw York; Euxine, Hannan, from Odessa ; Ceres, Adey, frcm Leghorn ; Mediterranean, Dare, from Messina. ox:way:is—The Trent, Longlsottorn, for Bermuda ; Bailey, for Boston • LorAlui racket, Aghill, for Corunna ; S.r phis and Juliana, Marlow, fui Copenhagen ; for Madeira. CLIARTD OUTWARDS —The Nancy, Treguer, for Skrra ; Classina Margaritta, Schirpr...rs, for Antwzrp ; C;rus, LayLurn, for Ancona. ADOLPHUS and AUGUSTUS FITZEI ARENCE, ti , e two youngest sons of his Royiil highness the Duke of CLARENCE, have left town for Portsmouth, from whence they will sail in the IloclirroßT, Captain GREEN, to join Admiral FREEMANTLF, in the Medi terranean. The Honourable EDWARD STEW ART, Ore of the Commissioners of the Navy, is to he appointel Com missioner of Customs—and the I lonourable G. A. C. STAPYLTON, now Paymaster and Inspector of Ma ' Tines, is to succeed Mr. STEWART as Commissioner of the Navy—Colonel SHAW is to succeed Colonel STartacron as Paymaster of Marines. The FLYING FISH, to his Majesty's ship Suntan, having anchor._' off Folkestone, on Friday stennight, in a heavy gale, with the loss of main-boom, bowsprit, and mcst of her sails ; on the following morning, through distress of weather, was obligecLto cut and run into FoNcestone Harbour, and from the very heavy sea off the Pier-head and her distressed state, she must inevitably have been lost, had it not been for the timely assistance and strenuous exer tions of the general inhabitants of Folkestone ; for which the Officers and crew of the said vessel bare returned their sincere thanks for their assistance. By the brig Stephen, Captain SMITH, from India, arrived at New York, Calcutta Papers to the 27th July have been received, which state that a large ex pedition was fitting out at Calcutta to proceed to the Island of Ceylon. The first division of transports with 3000 troops on board, sailed on the 25th of July, and Captain Ssiirtt passed them at Saugur. Two ships of war, with troops on board, were to sail in a few days after Captain SMITH. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, twenty orate convicts, sentenced to transportation, were removed ' from Newgate, escorted by a guard of Lancers, to the , Justitia Hulk, at Woolwich. They are chiefly under ' sentence of transportation for seven years ; they be haved themselves in a very orderly manner. ' Mr. Partridge and Mr. Hare are rather whim associated as the Stewards of the Monmouth I Subscription Ball. MANairsTER wrrING, FOR REMON STRANCE AGAIN,ST mg CORN LIWS. MANCAESTRR, JANUARY is, The day of anticipated mischief has passed over; and Mr. liusT, whatever may have been his errors at other places, conducted himself in a manner highly praiseworthy—instead of inciting the multitude, he took much pains to repress the popular furor. Mr., litmr arrived at Ardwick, near this town, a little before civet: this forenoon, in an open baroucheijit eompanied by three private friends. At this Pia he was met by a deputation of the Reformers from this town, who, commiserating the hacks in his car riage, unyoked them from their harness, and them- . selves buckled to, to convey "the conqueridg hero" to the place of rendezvous. About eleven o'clock Mr. HUNT arrived at Ard wick, (as is before observed), in an open landau, ac companied by his friends : here a deputation of the Reformers from this town joined the procession, and proceeded through the town. About half-past eleven, accompanied all the way by repeated buzzes from the assembled thousands, she crowd reached the arena (St. Peter's Fields). Mr. HUNT first mounted the hustings ; and, after thanking them for the honour they had conferred on him in their Requisition for his attendance, and in their unanimous election of him to fill the Chair, begged that no one would attempt to interrupt the proceeding of the Meeting by calling silence," which he had ever found to he the greatest annoy ance. He then alluded to the Boroughrceve having refused to call the Meeting on the Requisition which had been presented to him ; and remarked, that they .were called together as legally and constitutionally as if the Municipal Authorities had been present.— • Some Gentlemen (Mr. IIuNT observed) had pro-' posed a Petition—a Petition to that Muse of Corn mons, which, when last assembled, had kicked their prayers and petitions out of doors. Would they sub mit again to petition that House ?—or would they, come forward as men—as Englishmen—and demand their rightsr—(there tht. word Remonstrance, frOm the assembled thousands, drowned the voice of the' Orators and it was finally agreed that a Remon strance to the Pnixer REGENT should supersede the Petition that had been prepared. A Remonstrance was quickly brought forward, and unanimously adopted.)--Seeiag some of the 7fn Hussars on the ground, Mr. HUNT begged the people would not,' offer them any insult ; they were their countrymen— and however a sense of duty Might compel them to act contrary to the general weal, they were Britons and could not help feeling as Englishmen. " Where ever I go (said Mr. Iluvr), Government alv..ays do me the honour to protect me by a strong military guard." Mr. 1-TeNT concluded by strenucusly en forcing the necessity of a prompt and efficient muster Of the Friends of Reform, in order to counteract the mischievous attempts that were secretly making to undermine their liberties ; and expressed his detesta tion of the odious Corn Bill (v.hich he tritely deno minated the Starvation Law)—the repeal of which was the object of their present assembling. Messrs. KNIGHT, rcHELL, OGDEN, and others, who stand at the head of the Manchester Reformers, followed Mr. HUNT ; but their speeches, though lengthy, did not excite much interest: and about four o'clock the Meeting broke up, when the Orators and their friends were escorted in the same order of pro cession in which they had entered the Town, to the Spread Eagle, in Hanging-ditch; where a substantial dinner was served up to upwards of two hundred, and where I now leave them, as happy as Sir John Barleycorn and English gin can make them. Young COBBFTT did not find it convenient to at tend the Meeting. It is the most pleasing part of this business to state, that not the least disposition to riot or turbulence was evinced, nor was there any personal insult of fered to any individual whatever. The owners of the principal Cotton Mills (whether well or ill ad vised I will not pretend to say) locked their men in at the dinner-hour, and let them out an hour earlier this evening!---'llis certainly kept many thousands from the place of meeting. Colonel Wittunr, of the Royal Engineers, has ar rived at Cork, to embark for Ceylon, to asume the command of the Royal Engineer Department of that Settlement. DECIT.UCTIVE Fritz.—An alarming and destructive fire broke out on Monday evening at liuntingford, on the Cambridge road. The flames, when observed, spread rapidly from two farm-yards, which were soon demolished, wish several cottages adjohing. lbe back part of the Bell Inn narrowly escaped its ravag, , s. At one time the utmost terror and slams prevailed for the safety of a number of horses, but fortunately, by the firm perseverance and prompt exertions of a great number of the inhabitants, they succeeded in removing the whole of the animals from the stables, and placed them in security without any accident. The York snail was detained for some time on the occasion, before they could change horses. The Postmaster, we regret to state, has suffered a most serious loss ; about 200 loads of corn and live fat hogs have fallen a sacrifice to the devouring element. The bre re miainedburning at one o'clock yesterday morning withtbe greatest !impetuosity. Boszos.---Roodall and Aftrrtin are taking great care of thcr.-- selves for the great match, and neat week they will commence tetiY* trairdng. &mingle About eleven to eight on Randall. The ppooling world consider the match between Corry and Hpring s boss Altogether, And about which there would be an bad% DotrraTurattimar.s.--Friday, the audience as sembled at they Theatre were gratified by the excel lent representation of the parts of Leon and the Cca per Credit,' in Rule a Wye and have a by le , SEAT 00Te, Esti. and Mr: B. HIf.L, and as the Play forthe beriefit of 411 old inhabitant of that wwn, 'Are are happy to say it was well attended. MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHG.? Yesterday a Meeting nt the Crown and Anchor Tavern to ceichr;:te the lest,lt of the aef ivn WARD V. CLEMENT ; although only two days pst vious notice had been given, above 150 Gentler:4-n sat down to dinner. Mr. A ITIt who wits unr,uimntt 1y cailod to the Chair, proposed the fnllt,win loa ;!•,: " Tli.,Sovertignry of tile People. - -" The Liberty of the Puri —long mai it iurtive to promulg4te prire:pLs t h At the just vent , r,trce oi the peoplti upon the tyr;!nt Charier, an.: nisbed James from a throne he was unworthy tu ,Trial by Jury—the fir s t and uarlitr. bulwark tit" English frai . :dt tr." —" Fraticii; Wa .. J—may he live long to enjoy his triutni h, and may future Morreers learn to obtetve inlirirtiality and to rerevi faithfully."--" The imparti,d Jury that rrtsided at the triA W.tuto r. Upon the health of Francis Ward being drank with three times three, the CuatamaN described the cha racter and conduct of Mr. Ward in very impressive terms; and Mr.Warc!, in returning thanks. expressed in the plain but emphatical language of honest feei ing, the imputations cast upon his character for the first time in his life, on his arrest by .Ministers, w•it'l the injury wh:eis his industry and family had incon sequence suffered. On the toast of the trial by Jury. the CHAIR:4AI4 dwelt upon the extraordinary exertions of Mr. rm..- son, the Solicitor for Mr. Ward, to purify the system of Special Juries in London. He observed, that pre vious to these exertions, the .Special Jury list con sisted of about five or six hundred persons, each of whom derived an annual revenue from serving en such Juries, and none were summoned a second time who.did not find for the Crown. But through Mr. Pearson, all who had a right were placed on this list ; the disciplined tr..nd was broken ; amid hence, he would say,' arose the acquittals of Wooler an.l Hones as well as the recent verdict in favour of Mr. Ward. The conduct of Mr. Pearson, he therefore deemed peculiarly meritorious. The Worthy Gen tleman concluded with proposing The Health of Mr. Charles Pearson, who•has moved, that although Jus tice must pay dearly for admission into a Court of Law, her claims are sure to be allowed by an inde pendent British Jury," which was drank with three times three. Mr. PEARSON, in returning thanks, detailed the result of his inquiries at Noqingli trn, with respect the conduct, ciiar.! , :ter, and suircri,,gs of ?F. Ward. He round that Mr. Ward had a must e:::eilent c:ia racter at Nottingham, for religion, morality, indus try, humanity, and economy, among those who had known him for a period of twenty-eight years. Yet thit meritorious individual was confined in a damp cell, seven feet tmdet ground ; and he could not dis cover any cause • for this honest man's committal to such a place, but that he demanded from the Not tinghain Magistrates, with the firmness which became an Englishman, some explanation of the reason.: f; , r breaking into his house on pretence of searching for arms. The case of such a man was, in his opintol, deserving, not onlrof the present generation, but the recollection of his sufferings should descend as an heir-loom to our posterity, whose duty it would be, as it was our's, to avenge his manifold wrongs. After drinking " the health. of Messrs. Hanson, Holme.:, and Cliff," linosvENost HANsON returned thants in a vets . eloquent speech, and &scribed in tl:e niiAt Fathetic terms the fate of James Rirkin and Samuel klayne, of Derby, who fell victims to the rigour of the ir.t prisonmeta under the Suspension of the Habeas Cor• pus Act, at Lincoln Castle—the one dying t% ithin five weeks after his lilhent!ion, and the other within about four months, and both leaving famines to mourn their irteparable loss. Mr. Hanson, ia ob serving upon the falsehood of the Ministerial libel circulated against his character, stated, that althoues he was said in that libel to have been present at a treasonous meeting at Nottingham on the 27th of I May, 1817, and at another meeting there on the 9th June following, plotting an attack upon the Castle of Nottingham, he Was actually in custody, and a prisoner in Coldbath-fields, from the 1 1th s.f April preceding. This fact must, he thought, sufficiently convince every candid man of the falsehood of the charges promulgated against himself and his fellow prisoners. Mr. CLIFF returned thanks in a concise speech. Mr..Hoi.stes, in returning thanks, stated some in teresting particulars connected with Oliver's visit to Nottingham. That spy, he said, endeavoured, by all the artifices in his power, to incite the people to in surrection, representing himself as the missionary of Sir Francis Burdett, Major• Cartwright, and Sir *lic hen Wilson, adding, that W the people of Notting ham did not rise, they would be sacrificed by the Yorkshire people, who were already in a state of in surrection, while the people of London were on the .. • . point of rising. Such indeed was the language v.-hich Oliver used to the infatuated Brandreth, with whom he communicated at Nottingham. But he f, Z. 17. Holmes), from his. first communication -sith suspected his o::Aives and object, from that person's equivocal conduct and extrerce violence; therefore he endeavoured to impress Ws suspicion upon others, whom this artful spy was, by various means, seeking to delude; and to that endeavour only he conscien tiously believed thatlit own arrest and imprisonrnert were attributable. The health of Mr. Wooler being drank, upon ehe proposition of Mr. Cleat y, that Gentleman returned thanks in an eloyent speech ; as did t e Chairman, when his health was drank upon tl e p 'position cf Mr. Wooler.—The company broke up ..- 11 o'clock. Wednesdav last a stinver was held at the Assem bly Rooms, Fork, tcs commena-7ate the virtues and talents of the late Rigllt 710'1. Cu: , Etrs..lAssits Felt; the Hon. L. Dumens in :he Chair. About - .`-0 persons attended, and the usual patriotic toasts and songs were given. The Ball at the Truro Assembly on Titurvclay even ing attracted a full and fashional)le at : enri nee., Friday a brilliant assembly graced the Te, : , Pall, a Hampton Court. About 150 Ladies and dent:tinen were present, and sat down to an elegant 5.,, - ptr, after which dancing was renewed, and Icept with spirit to a late hour. CORN-EAMANGE, Meat -LA" E, JA)IC.t#Y We still continue without a.rivals from v..r own Coact. Although we had bu. tittle Eagli-i,..0.rn (market, yet the sales were heavy for all gra 7 .l 7 • I Monday's ptices..tad or.ly Wheatm.l Parley f... ; quality could be t6srcr....l i 1 1 I'! .17 ' . ,a . . • . . 1 . iit t. ..!;:11 : M . - V I t lf It' ;.: i i . #s l I ' k l. iii 11