Star. — London, England, 1825-01-24 00:00:00

NAVAL INtEL LtGENCE". 'Me following vessels, from Lond6n, are on Lloyd's booki, as having arrived at Madras, viz.a-The Muchioness of Ely, MANGLES; Asia, BaLosourroo ; Rose, Mamma; Golconda, EDWARD l Re source, FINN; Lord Artmerst, Lucas; Fablie, OLDHAM; and Lady Reifies, Coxwzu.. His Majesty's ship AURORA, sailed from Valparaiso on the 12th October, for Rio Janeiro and England. Captain Mincer, Royal Navy, is appointed to the command of his Niajesty's ship lierstmort, which has been commissioned at Deptford. This ship is to be towed round by a steam-boat to ' Chatham, and will shortly be removed to Newhaven Harbour, near Brighton. Captain MIWGAY will assume the command of that portion of the Coast Blockade Service, which extends from Beachy Head to Portsmouth. It is reported, that upon this division of command in the service in question, the Admiralty have resolved to promote the Senior Lieutenants, who have been longest em ploaed under Captain M‘CoLLocir, as a reward for their exertions ict tt.e suppression of smuggling: The Torus, 46, Sir Joint Putztanomr, Knt. C. B. has been or dered to return to Portsmouth, tube hued for a particular service; it is said, to take Sir CHA 'mai STU b LT, on special missions to the Courts of Portugal and Braail. The SHAMROCK surveying-vessel is at present employed in sur veying Bta,bury Bay, on the coast of Devonshire. The Woes tender arrived at Portsmouth, front Yarmouth, on Saturday morning; and the VITJER tender, from a cruize. The Baltic Merchant transport, arrived at Portsmouth, from Halifax, on Friday. Commodore Sir JAMU Bantams, Knt. C.B. will shortly take his departure in the BOADICEA, to assume the cotton and in the East Indies, vice Commodore CHARLES Geier, C.B. deceased. Captain Sir Joint G. SINCLAIR, Bart. is appointed to the Doan, 42, at Deptford. The Potanoti frigate, Captain STURT, in working up to Sheerness (wbete she is to be fitted with an experimental iron foremast) got on shore on the Cant Sand, off the Isle of Sheppey ; and, from the injury received, she must be taken into dock. The GLASGOW, 50, at Deptford, and the ZEBRA, 18, at Devon port, are tottered to be fitted for commission. The ROYAL Oar, 74, is to befitted as a stationary guardsbip and depot at Bermuda. His Majesty's sloop the Stmunat,Captain CHARLIS CROLE, which arrived from the West India station, where she had been employed upwards of four years, on Wednesday, at Portsmouth, proceeded on Saturday to Chatham to be paid off. The SSRINGAPATAM arrived at Malta on the 22th of October, from Naples ; the CAMBRIAN, on the Bth November, from Ports mouth ; the Nara% on the 15th, from Genoa ; the MEDINA , 011 the 20th, from Trieste; the Semmowautwx,ou the 4th December,from Naples; the WzAzte, on the 12th, from Palermo; the Systu.s, Oil the 14th, from Coreu. The ALLIGATOR and SLANEY were at Redee m (Calcutta) on the 4th August; the EseteoLz arrived at Nlauri tius un the 14118 October, front Sackelles; the EDEN arrived at Bo:bailors, MI the 9th November, from Trinidad ; the VALOROUS, on the 27t0, from Plymouth. The Jame arrived at Rio Janeiro on the 4th November, from Plymouth. The Beans, 28, Captain G \OUSE WILLIS, fitted for Channel ser vice, treat out of Portsmouth Harbour on Friday; as she was coining to anchor she picked up 14 tubs of contraband spirits. Arrived at Devooport, the BaAstaitz, Lieutenant FAIISLL, and the BAIGIR, Lieutenant !Claim, front a cruise. The Televise and Pica are ordered to Le hued with Sir Homelier DAVY'S copper protectors. The subscriptions for the relief of the Spanish and Italian Refugees, at Devonport, continue to increase, licrO•111--. BRITANNIA, (iIINUA, WINDOW& CASTLE, BOADICEA, Tat. RUNE, IA lILLQUIN, SHAMROCK, and BRAM sur,, Are orntaters—Lieutenant Falkenor, of the Windsor Castle, to the Romney ; Lieutenant Sturt, of the Genoa, to the Egeria; James Henderson, Master of the Egeria, to the Phaeton; Lieute rant Richard Stuart, to command the Starling cutter, vice C. F. Turner; Mr. Thomas Holloway, from the Protector, to be Master of the Ferret sloop. JOHN HOSKINS, Esq. late Master Shipwri3ht at Bermuda Yard, has been appointed Naval Officer at Leith. Ships at Spithead—liaam and SURINAM. In Harbour—Vic- TORY, BULWARK, GANG ALMON, WSW'S! EY, SA MARANG, RolrAL Grouts, PANDORA, Rosa, FERRET, and C'ALLiora tender. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind N.N.E.— Arrived the Swiftsure, TILLr, from London for [lava:matt ; Julius Czsar, STAFFoRD, front ditto for Carthagena. Sailed the Ophelia, Omega, fur New York ; l'rovidence, Note, and Louise, —, for St. Michael's. DEAL, Jaw. 23.—Wind N.E.—A Dutch brig of war has just arrived, name not yet repotted. The Amity, Jonosott, for Bom bay, has gone for Itamsgate, to repair. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 23.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived the TuLLoca, from Gibraltar; and Zephyr transport, front Chatham. Sailed the Sir Charles Mg:artily, for Sierra Leone; and Hiudostan, LAMS, for the Havannah. LivsarooL, JAN. 22.—The Orion, EVANS, from hence for Ja. maica, was totally hot :on Tuesday last, near the entrance of the Lune. The Ardent, for blaranbam, which was on shore near 7 , inclt beggar, has been got off. A sloop, laden with grain, supposed to be from Ireland, foundered the 19th inst. at nine, A.M. Auside thu Middle Mouse, and the crew drowned. Advices from Stockholm state, that the KING had adJressed a Message to the Storthing of Norway, in which helaropised to alter the articles of the Constitu tion which relate to the Viceroy. The Moniteurof Friday contains a Royal Ordonnance, authorising a Company to erect a new bridge over the Rhone at Lyons, opposite the Place du Concert ; it is to be called the bridge of CHARLES X. The Company are to be indemnified by the privilege of levying, for ninety-nine years, a toll, as fixed by a ;miff annexed to the Ordonnance. Two new Mining Associations, one for working the mines of Bolanos, and the other for those of the Real del Tlapujahu 1, in Mexico, were announced on Satur day as having been completed. The shares in the new Associations were purchased at premiums varying from 2001. to 3001. each. The Association for working the Mines of Tlapujahua has been one of the earliest pro jected in this country, although its formation has been delayed by a dispute respecting the right of properly in them between the Directors of this Association and those of the well-known Real del Monte Company. It ought to be mentioned to the credit of the Directors of the Tlapujahua Association, chat they have delayed its formation until the right of property had been fully determined in their favour. Both these new under takings, we understand, are rather of a private than of a public nature, the capital being small, and the num ber of shares not exceeding 1,000. Those in the Bo• lanos mines are said to be alinost wholly appropriated to the propi ietors of shares in the Real del Monte Mines. ' A dreadful accident occurred on Thursday evening. at the New Church, Chelsea. The Rev. Mr. Rusn, many years the Curate of St. Luke's, Chelsea; having undergone the fatigue of the first day's contest in the election of an Organist for the New Church, left the vestry-room, which is situated at the back part % and `.% as proceeding homewards on the north side, when un fortunately, the Rev. Divine, being near-sighted, from , the darkne s s o f t h e even i ng , WAS u4onscious of being' so near to a low parapet-wall which projects several tett on the pavement in front of the steps leading to the vaults underneath, and in walking, forward was piecipitated ssith tremendous force over the wall on the pavement of the area, a depth of nearly fourteen feet, although the fall was in a great measure broken, by a Gentleman taking hold of the skirts of his coat, who, however, had not a sufficient purchase to main tain it. He was conveyed back to the vestry , roorn in a state of insensibility, and in that condition he re in.lined for upwards of twenty minutes, notwithstand. I :Yg the efforts of several Medical Gentlemen, who hip pe,.ed to be present. They, however, succeeded in so far recovering him, as to allow him to be removed i'lme in a sedan chair. The Reverend Gentleman received very severe contusions on the bead, likewise s fte internal injuries, but no bones were brok \l'e lire happy to add, be is in a fair way of iicOve; 7. CATHOLIC RENT IN LONDON. At seven o'clock last evening (Sunday). the Third 1 1 Meeting of the Friends or the Catholic Association in London, for promoting what they term the " Catholic Rent," took place in the Roman Catholic School-room; in Dean -street, Soho. On this occasion the meeting was very thinly attended, conipated with the two fo: mer ones in the same place. Tne Committee had, as was promised at the preceding meeting, persons at the doors to receive the donations and subscriptions of the com- 4 as they severally entered the room ; but calling on them, at the same time, PT their names and ad dresses. Some persons were ostentatious enough to comply with the request, on paling their penny or twopence; and others went so far as to drop their names and addresses in the box, along with their hum ble mite ;. but most of those present dropped their sub scriptions in the receiving box as they passed into the room, without observing this form. A person was made Chairman, bt't - nothing worthy of notice uccurred. COLLIER, DOCK, RUI lIERIII7'HE. - -.Sr- - Report had stated that the Plan of the celebrated Mr. Brunel,for a Collier Dock at Rotherhithe was abandoned; but the statement wa: erroneous. On the contrary, the original idea has received from its inventor considerable improvements, and is proposed to be carried into effect on an enlarged scale. Large Depots fdr Coals are in tended to be formed in the vicioity of the principal Bridges; and to these DeFots expeditious and unob structed communications are to be made by Railways. Thus Westminster, Waterloo, Blackfriars, Southwark, and London Bridges, will open direct routes to the western, while the Tunnel will afford a passage to the eastern parts of the Metropolis on the northern bank of the River.: and on the southern bank, the Dock and Depots will furnish a ready supply of Coal almost at the door of the consumer. These considerations speak strongly in favour of the situation which Mr. Brunel has selected for the Collier Dock. ap ber ]an the ma 1)114 etc vel a fot the so tee the pie the fee by ta; a 5 pe fa re FRAUDS ON THE UNDEitIVRITERS. The following notice has been made public, of the punishment inflicted in Prussia 011 parties concerned in endeavouring to defraud the Underwriters at Lloyd's and Harnburgh on insurances effected on the Dorothea, Blackstaduis, from Dantzic to Amsterdam and Bilbba, and her cargo, which vessel was lost on the coast of Jutland early last year : At the criminal examination carried on by the Directors of Com merce and of the Admiralty, " Oe!ricks against the merchant Ed ward Alexander Krieger and consorts," the Criminal Senate of the Royal Oberland Court of West Prussia, adjudges accordingly : Ist. That the merchant Edward Alexander Krieger is condemned, on account of rogueries committed in regard to the insurances on gouda shipped in November, 1823, by the ship Dorothea, to a pe cuniary punishment of 25,488 dollars; and in the case of his inabi lity, to ten years' imprisonment in a fortress : he is also declared to have forfeited the right of wearing the national cockade. 2d. That the Counsellor of Commerce, Joachim Friedrich Mar quardt,is condemned, on account of having cheated the Underwriters, in regard to tbrinsurances on goods loaden by the ship Dorothea,to a pecuniary punishment of 7,654 dollars and 26 cents. for which, in the case of inability, a punishment of a seven years incarceration in a fortress is to be substituted ; liktwise, on account of the great negligence in making his oath as to the quantity of goods shipped, to a punishment of six months' imprisonment in a fortress, besides which, he is to be deposed from his office as Counsellor of Com merce and of the Admiralty, and to be punished with the lots of the national cockade. 3d. That the merchants David Oorz and Frantz Goullon are for the present to he acquitted of the fraud they had been accused of, in regard so the insurance on the goods loaden by the ship Dorothea. 4th. That the charges ognvestigation, in as far as they had orl gloated from the endeavours of ascertaining the cargo of the Doro thea, are to be charged to Edward Alexander Krieger solely, and eventually the remaining charge to all the culprits proportionally. blarienwerder, the 30th November, 1824. Criminal Senate of the Royal_Prussian Oberland Court of West Prussia. (L.S.) Signed T ETTA N. The turnout amongst the spinners and others em ployed in the cotton-factories at Hyde and the neigh bourhood, begins to assume a somewhat series appear ance. A general parade of the hands now out was made on Monday last through Hyde, and with those who aie expected to leave their w ork at the expiration of their present °notice, the number will, it is conjec tured, be augmented to 10,000. Such a step, we are sorry to remark, is too sure to bring with it distress and misery on the whale neighbourhood, for we are credibly assured that the payment of wages to the various hands there employed cannot be less than 50001. weekly.— Stochport Advertiser. In the Sheriffs' Court, on Saturday, the case of " Skinner v. Knight and another" was disposed of. It was an inquiry to assess the damages sustained by the plaintiff, by the publication of a libel by the defen dants. The plaintiff was a man-midwife ; the de fendants, Knight and Lacey, were b•sok :tilers. The action was brought to recover a compensation in da mages for a libel on the plaintiff, published by the de lendants in a periodical work called The iiiedical Ad viser. The Jury, after a short consultation, assessed the damages at 501. A Meeting was held on Saturday under the Com mission against MARSH, STRA'CIIY, and Co. at which a dividend was declared of four shillings in the pound. The total amaunt proved and claimed is about 800,0001. Of this sum, about '2509001. is claimed by the Bank, and 80,0001: by private persona. The dividend will, therefore, be on 470.0001. but it is supposed that the Bank will petition the LORD CHANCELLOR that payment be deferred, 'until their claim is definitively admitted or rejecte.:l. INQUEST ON TWENTY•ONE OF THE MINERS, KILLED BY THE LATE EXPLOSlON.—Wednesday, at eleven o'clock in the morning, an Inquest was held at the Brandling's Arms, Belle Isle, near Middleton, before Mr. Jawtsos, Coroner for the Honor of Pontefract, on the following men, who were killed by the late explosion in Gosforth Pitt, viz. Peter Hamill, B en)'. Broadhead, William "Wood, John Proctor, Joshua Liversedge, Benjamin Wood, sem George Wright, James Drury, William Heald, John Ramsden, Luke Kormanton, San derson Handforth, James Wood, Jos. Dixon, Kalita Ramsden, James Heald, Benjamin Wood, jun. John Ambler, Samuel Cromack, James Foster, and Samuel Ramsden. The Jury, after hearing wit nesses, theta returned the following 'verdict . :—" Actidental Death, occasioned by the sudden explosion of a quantity of hydrogen gas, commonly called fire damp, in Gosforth coal pit.' Saturday last, Dr. Willis was at Aylesbury, for the purpose of ascertaining the mental sanity of Lynn. By an order of one of the Magistrates, the doctor ob tained two interviews with the prisoner, and remained with him about an hour each times Dr. Willis's opi nion of the case, •of course, did not transpire. The visit, we understand, was undertaken at the instance of the prisoner's friends. Lynn himself was not aware of the object of the interviews, 'or of the character of his visitor..—Buckingharreshire Chronicle. A letter to a Gentleman in Exeter states, that four of the banditti who robbed and murdered Mr. and Mrs. Hurt, on'lheir way between Rome and Naples, have been taken, and were about to be immediately executed,, the stolen property being found upon them. bIZE/J?FUL .8111PWREekA. -~- LOWESTOFT, JANUARY ft. Tuesday, the 18th instant, about . one o'clock, O. two brigs struck upon t h e Newcome Sand, off Lowes toft, which is about half a mile from the shore, and a sloop was also in great distress; having struck upon the sand called the Home, distant about two mile!, the wind blowing a s t rong ga l e from the southward. This was observed from the shore, and the life-boat was manned with all possible dispatch, by William Folkard and David Surwood, pilots, and fifteen boatmen, under the command of Lieutenants Carter and Harmer, who gallantly volunteered their set vices. The ebb tide was now running strong, and, with the assistance of eight horses, the boat was towed through a tremendous stir f over Pakefield Flats, but, the tow-rope breaking, they were not able to fetch the vessel, but were obliged, af ter crossing the Newcome, to let go their anchor, and wait for the flood tide, so that it was half-past three be. fore they were able to beat to windward. Their object was now to rescue seven men, who were clinging to the sloop's mast-head, she being on her beam-ends. After repeated and unsucce.sful trials, they succeeded in gaining a communication. Lieutenant Harmer (with that prompt alacrity which has ever marked his cha racter) having thrown a grappling iron to the wreck, the boat was then hauled with her head under the mast head of the sloop. At this instant the master dropped into the arms of Lieutenant Ilarmer, and, after a fiiv minutes, one of the crew was also caught by the same person ; the sea was now running so high, that the life boat was Completely under water, and at times no part appeared, except about half the foremast; some of her crew were swimming, and others clinging to the life lopes, or whatever else they could lay hold on. The general cry now was, " For Gob's sake cut the cable; we shall be all lost." Further attempts to render as sistance to the sufferers on the wreck would have been ineffectual, as the life-boat was totally unmanageable ; therefore the cable was cut, ,and the remaining five men reluctantly left to perish. The blat, by this time, rose nearer the surface; a part of the foresail was hoisted, and she providentially wore round. They had now to retain through one of the most tremendous seas ever witnessed ; the head and stern of the boat sere alone visible above water; the sea at the same time breaking over her stern, half the height of the mizen-mast, rush ing along the boat, carrying oars and everything before it, and washing two of the men (Mr. Durwood and another) overboard, who were hauled in again by their brave companions. At length they succeeded in get ting the boat off the sand into smoother water, but had now to cross ar;other dangerous sand (the Newcome) before they could reach the shore, w hich, by the mer ciful aid of PROVIDENCE, they crossed in safety, and at eight o'clock gained the beach, and wete received by their townsmen, who assisted them on shore, so ex hausted and bruised as to be incapable of walking with out help ; they were, therefore, either carried or led by two men to their respective homes: At daylight, not a vestige of the vessel could be seen, and there is every re:was to believe, that the five men who remained pe rished soon after the life-boat left them. The crew of one of the brigs were saved by a Lowestoft yawl ; the others succeeded in gaining the shore in their boats. PARKEND, SALTCOATS, JANUARY IC This morning I found the schooner Jenny, of Bangor, James Campbell, master, on slime on the sands below Montfod. She was in ballast fiom Bangor, bound for Troon. The crew and a woman passenger were all saved. On getting to Amnia Bay, I found a sloop ashote just below the house. A boat wi.h some enterprizing people from Port-Crauford and Kilbrige, bad -suc ceeded in tv. ice reaching the sloop and bringing ashore eight people, but the sea was running so high that they could not again attempt it for sometime, and four people alive were still left on board. When thetide, began to ebb, four sailors from this went on board in the same boat, and succeeded in bringing ashore the .remaining four people (three men and a woman) who were much exhausted. When the tide left the vessel, there_were twelve dead bodies taken off her deck,which, with two that had previously floated on shore, makes fourteen that have died, and which were immediately sent off in carts to Kilbride Church. The crew were all saved except a boy, the other thirteen dead were pas sengers. The sloop is named the Success, Thomas Lowry, Master, from Belfast, loaded with limestone for Kelvin. She lost all her sails during the night, off the Craig of Ailsa, and was on shore about three o'clock this „morning. This day being the commencement of Hilary Term, the JUDGES of the Court of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer, the MASTER of the ROLLS, the VICE-CHANCELLOR, the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR GENtreAt, King's Counsel, and Serjeants at Law, with a number of Barristers, met in the Court of Chancery, Lincoln's Inn, and after partaking of some refreshment, proceeded to Westminster Hall, to open their respective Courts. Mr. Baoww, Warden of the Fleet, and Mr. Jumas, Marshal of the King's Bench, were also present. Dut ing the hours of Divine Service, yesterday morn. ing, a party of Irishmen, to the number of sixty, as sembled in an open space at the bottom of Green -street, Whitechapel, when a general fight took place. Every kind of missile wAs used—bricks, tiles, stones, &c. Many on, both sides were much hurt,- and conveyed away by their friends. Information being given at Lambeth-street Office, a party of Officers instantly re paired to the spot, and atter great resistance succeeded in taking six of the most active rioters, and conveyed them to Whitechapel watch-house. One man, of the name of Flynn, was so dangerously wounded, that his life is despaired of; his skull being fractured in many places. He was taken to the London Hospital. NEAPOLITAN TRAWL—The Following is a copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, addressed to the Presis dent of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures—in consequence of representations made by the Chamber respecting the sei ions disadvantage to the Trade, which it is now intended to remove: . " Foreign Office, 14th January, 1825. " In reference to the subject of Mr. B. Turner's letter of the 16th ult, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Canning, to acquaint you, for the information of the parties interested, that, in consequence of the representations of his Majesty's Minister at Naples, the Govern. ment of his Sicilian Majesty has determined to order the immediate removal of the Quarantine Restriction lately imposed on Persons and Merchandise arriving from Great Britain in the Ports of Sicily. I " 1 am, Sir, ace. Bce. ,(Signed) " JOSEPH PLANTA, Jun.' We regret to perceive, by the Irish Papers, th.t the London Hibernian Free School, at Bilboa, county of Limerick, was wilfully set on fire, and, with the fur diture, Bibles, books, &c. totally consumed. Although the police were on the Spot in a few minutes, all as- 1 sistance was unavailing. EA THINNER AND OTHERS. Sir C. ROBINSON prayed - that head-money might be granted for the capture of La Therese, and several other vessels. He read the affidavit of Captain Martin, wl , o, in the year 1800, commanded his Majesty's ship Ha zard, under the orders of Sir Borlase Warren, on the coast of France. Information having been received that a fleet of the eoemy's ships was in the neighbourhood, laden with corn, &c. for the service of the enemy, Sir B. Warren dispatched the Hatard (Captain Martin), the Renown (Captain Hines), the Defence an'd Nelion cut— ters, in pursuit of them. They found the fleet under the protection of a strong convoy, and six heavy batteries ; and dispatched the boats in divisions, to attack them. A very sharp action commenced, in which the enemy was defeated, and the British took possession of La Therese sloop of war, of 24. guns, a lugger, of 12 4Uns, two schooners of six guns each, a cutter, and hfteeir sail of merchant-vessels, all laden with provisions. Owing to the exti erne difficulties the British es perienced, they were unable to bring the five vessels of war and the 15 merchant vessels away, and were therefore com pelled to destroy them. Such of the crews a; were not killed or. wounded during the engagement, escaped on shore under cover of the batteries ; but from vk h a t in formation was collected, it was supposed that the sloop of war had 133 men, the lugger 35 men, two schooners 25 men each, and the cutter 23 men—total 243 men' the number for which the Learned Counsel prayed' head money Srowacc granted the motion. FRENCH PRIVATEER, NAME UNKNOWN. Sir C. Itrasizason moved, upon the affidavit of Cap.. tain Foley, for the head-money von forty men. In the year 1803, the Captain (then Lieutenant) commanded the Gipsey schooner, under the orders of Admiral Duckworth, on the Jamaica station. In October, of that year, he was ordered to convoy the homeward-bound Government packet beyond the enemy's crnizing I l ground, and on the 19th of that month he fell in with an enemy's privateer, of the largest class, at the eastern leattemity of Cuba. The privateer made sail after the 'packet, but was interrupted and engaged by the Gipsey, I for nearly three hours, In a running fight ; at length she drove the enemy's privateer on the rocks of Cuba, where she was destroyed, and those of the crew who were not killed or wounded escaped on shore. She was armed with two long 18-pounders, and 14 guns of smaller calibre, and was manned by at least 4.0 men, the number for which head-money was prayed.—Mo tion granted. THE UNION. Sir C. - ROBINSON said, this was a Spanish letter of marque, and captured on her voyage from Corunna to Monte Video, with a cargo, on the 14th of August, 1800. In 1801, proceedings were instituted against the vessel, and the question as to head-money had remained undecided, in consequence of *his being a private ves sel of war, carrying a cargo. The necessary documents having been procured, Sir CHRISTOPHER prayed for head-money for 130 men.—Motion granted. BRIG OF WAR, NAME UNKNOWN. Sir C. Rosins()); read the affidavit of Samuel Warren, who, in 1798, while commanding the Scourge, under the orders of Admiral Hat vey, on the Leeward Island station, engaged and drove on shore a brig of war, of 250 tons, 1+ guns, and 120 men. The crew escaped in their boats on the approach of the British, who found the vessel then deserted, and destroyed her.—Head money was granted tor 120 men.' LA DADOETIAAD. Sir C. ROBINSON moved, on the affi.lavit of Sir Wm. Hoste, who in 1800 commanded the Mutine, off Genoa, in assisting the Austrians in coveting the landing of their provisions. While in that duty three of the enemy's vessels hove in sight, one of which he captured. The vessel was sent to Leghorn, and sr ld by Mr. Poll trd, a merchant and agent for the Mutine.—The Le irned Counsel prayed for head•money for twenty. five men.— Motion granted► DUtt..—A meeting took place on Saturday morning, betwetz Captain S.-. and Mr. N—, of Acton. The former was wounded, but it is hoped not dangerously, Saturday, the dispatches for lieng ti and China, by the ship Bridgewater, were closed at the East Ind; House, and de livered to the Purser of that ship. THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER Returns thanks to the Booksellers in town and country, for attentions which have enabled him t. add to the happiness of so many thousand Fire-sides, since he first addressed himself to public attention, in December. 'Though he has, in consequence, been obliged to travel at least Ow. HUNDRID THOUSAND Mitts, yet, as his powers of wit and humour are as invariable as they are unrivalled and inexhaustible, so he has never disappointed expectation, nor discredited those who have re commended him. He 'continues to attend, on the shortest notice to any Bookseller, for a retaining fee of HALT-a-Guntea. CORN EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, JAN. 24. The wind being very favourable, there were tolerably good ar rivals of most 'tins of Grain last week, with a considerable quantity of Irish Oats. This morning, the fresh supplies of Wheat, Batley, and Beans from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, are good, and there are a great many more Vessels fresh up from the North, with Oats and Flour. Wheat had rather improved in prices on Friday last; but this morning the trade has become dull again, and the prices remain much the same as last Monday. Barley is very dull in sale, in con sequence of the expectation of the ports opening for this article.... Beans are more plentiful than.of late, and go off slowly at the terms last quoted. Boiling Peas are full as dear as this day se'rnight. Grey Peas maintain last quotations. Oats are plentiful, and have become dull in sale, so that the terms of this day se nnight are hardly sepported. The Fleur trade remains in a very unsettled state. General Weekly Average of the Price of British Corn, which governs Importation, made up to the lath of January : Wheat 67a. 3d. I Oats 235. 2J. Beans 40s. 7d. Barley, 415. Od. Rye 375. 10d. Peas 445. 10d. The Average Price of Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending the 19th of January, is 321. 71d. per cwt. ex clusive of the Duties. • PRIORS ON NOA RD $10?. Wheat, Red (1024), 525. 658 Rye, old, 00s. ON. pld, 545. 70+. Brans, Small, new; Us. 451. White 18'24 54i. 735. ^- old, 48s. 545. - old, 60s. 78s. Barley, 1824, 335. 465. --• Old, 003. 00s. Peas, Grey, 1824; 375. 38s. - Old, 00s. GOs. Maple, 1824, 395. 40$ old, 00s. 00$. White, new, 425. 455. - old, Os. qs. Boilers, 1824,483. 51s. old, 00$. 00$. lick, new, 335. 38$. old, 455. 471. Oats, Feed, new, 20s. Us. old, Os. Os. Poland, new, 21s. 275. old, Os. Os. Potatoe, new, 2.35. 275. old, Os. Os. Scotch, allo6 5214 Foreign Oats, 2ffi. 275. Flour, per Sack, 554. 70% Ii ye, new, 355. 40s. I AZIMALS LAST WEEK. Wheat, English, qrs. 6,744 Peas - 1,01 Barley - 6,963 Irish Wheat - 1,046 Malt • 5.013 Irish Oats - 14,403 Oats - - 6,493 Foreign Oats - 810 Beans • - 1,689 English Flour, sacks 12,871 SMITHFIELD MARKET, JANUARY 514. The Beef Market is better than on Friday, the best Ounkbeing worth Ss. td. per stone—Tbe Mutton trade Is also looking up, - and the best Downs, Marden Ewes, &e. are as dear as Ss. Bd. per stone —Veal continues to advance, and some of the primest calves reach 7s. per stone—Pork is rather lit to-day, but the alteration in prise is very trifling.—Beasts 5021 ; Sheep 16,040; Piga 110; Calves 124. Beef, 4s. 2d. to 51. M. Mutton, 4s. Bd. to Ss. Bd. Veal ) ... Od. to 7s. 04. Perk, Ss. Od. to 6s. 041.—Hay per load, in a. to An 01. 'Straw, XS to 468 6s. Clore, £4 Os. to 46. is. . • p