Star. — London, England, 1828-01-14 00:00:00

.- .-.. . . ,~ being snore attended to,tb ~y~al !' slill *ay be found . ring titint in the following extracts soo laid 'Coli wood w to Admiral Lord RactstqckXiov. 1, 1808. says—When one cons ioais that in aftikteat bodies of men who are hi any profession, a large proportion of them engesWile • it more from motives of iodieidsial interest thaw from public spirit, all laws, rules,,and reguTations should have this prineipletin view, aid the interest of those whims* serve should be &deuced. It is net; how ever, the case, which is the reason that the ships have ▪ betty inexperienced youths for their Lieutenants; and the. surgeons have a pieinium, or a huge half-pay, for going ashore. I could say a great deal more on this subject r if Irseere not afraid it would impress you with ,an idea that lam hard-heat ted, which, indeed, lam not. The difficulty insetting officeis is such, that the subject hit; been much. upon my mind. Few line-of-battle . ships have more than two or three officers who are sea. meat the rest are boys, fine children is their mothers' • Mrs and. the facility with which they get promoted Mekes them indifferent as to their quilifications." At this time, however, there were not less than 2 911 Lieutenants on the Navy List, of whom not mote than 'l.BOO were actually emplosed. The seamen among them were thrown on_ the shelf, and were obliged to beg for employment. The consequence of persons with Pat liamentary influence being exerted to pension young men, by giving them commissions in the navy, or as Lerd Coiling wood expresses it," of offices in the navy being made the provision fin all sorts of idle people, " is 'hewn by the fact, that we had at that very time a . long list of Admirals who were regarded ap,pirently by the Admiralty Board as unfit to be trusted. There were on the list 110 Admirals of a rank high enough to sue ceed. Lord Coiling wood in his command; and yet he was constrained, though pressing his recoil on the Ad mit ally. to retain the command, because nobody Could be found worthy to be entrusted with it. The Admiralty must have looked on that list as the Earl . of C,hathaas has been said to have done in looking over a liseof our Generals, with fear. " I know not," said ;bat staters • man. how these Gentlemen may affect the enemy. but they make me tremble." " I have before men- . tioned my declining health,' says Lord Coltingwood, in a letter to his Lady, " to Lord Mulgrave, and he tells me in reply, that he hopes I will stay, for he knows not how to supply my place. The impression which his letter 'made upon me was one of grief and sorrow— first, that with inch a list as we have, there should be thought 4o be any difficulty in finding a successor of superior ability to me; next, that there should be, any difficulty in the way of the only comfort and happiness that I. have to 1 , ok forward to in this world."- With 'our immense number of Admirals, therefore, there was a difficulty in finding one capable of filling his arduous. si nation with honour; and, notwithstanding Lord Col 'wood's declining health, he was suffered to dip at fiat 'touch obliged," he says in a letter to Lord Altaitheiwk, it for your kind fetter of the sth of May. 'Captnin appears to me to be as heavy a youth es f haveseen. He has already got beyond the bounds of his ability ; yet his father, I dare say, thinks him 'quialified to command a fl: et. • But if some iegard be not paid to the ability of those commanders, thew ships , had better be in Potchestei Lake. I have stet borne 'rem/al, because they wete not only of no use. but'weve constant plagues. Your son 'will set a good ex imple. I am sore he will, of diligenet. I keep hint very salted) at his duty, and re is very active.' It is well known 'hat only those who had influence wry. very rally pro. mined and of course the foregoing. as well as the fol lowing passage in a letter to Mr. blackett, can oily ap ply to one of them g has been behaving very ill. He has been twice in c..nfinenteto, and fa, to have been tried by a cowl mar tial. but I brged him c and he has mitten to me a fiery penitent letter, ronsistag amendne a'. The fact is, that these boys are masle lieoteriants 'no soon, and before their heads can best good lortune. It set:ini, so easy to them, that they do set the value on their situation %eh on they ought. I staionetoeen them and danger as much as I can, but they have still anfortueately the power to ruin them 'elves." "It is certain." he wtites to Lord Molgrave, then First Lord'of the Admiralty," you' Lordship can• but kamst.tany of those gentlemen who were recoils. igtekteAleie their fiends; one of them is turned off the 'Ol4O **foe soils unofficer like behaviour, I think yeas esjiltappeove of hls remitting before be pitherte . 44*,. 411 1Noung L.4.. i bati returned to awe," he saySslififfiiilterade Cogiogiitod. " but I have little hltditAft - bvitig does not take notice of nor any ictive part in his business ; and yet, rltr when heir., dawdled in a ship six years, be *wilt 111 fist himself very ill used if he be not made a Lirtiteliant. Offices in 'the navy are now made the Isioiriti , n for all sorts of idle people." And ••-•-•- writes to me that her son's want of spisita l is owing 'to the loss of his time when he was is England, 'which is a subject that need give her no conces'a l - for if he takes no more pains ft his - profession than he has done,' be will bet be qualified for a beaten** in sixteen 'years; and I should be very sorry to put the saki, of the ship and the lives of the men into such bands is of no more use here as au officer than Bounce (Lot d Collingwoed's dog) is, and not near so entertaining. • She writes as if she expected that he is to be a lieutenant as 'soon as he has served six years, but that is a mistaken fancy ; and the loss of his time is while he is at sea, not vel.ile he is on shore. He is living on the Navy, sod not serving in it. too s is applying to go home. It he • goes, be .may stay, for I have no notion of people making the service a mete conve nience to themselves. as if it were a public estab lishreont for loungers."' And again, 44 I Wish were on shiare. As to his being an officer, it seems to me entirely out of the question; that would be sporting with ineifs lives indeed,* And, writing to Mr. BlAckett, 'he says, " 1 was surprised to see Mr. come out again. They think when they have served six ye is at sea they should be made lieutenants. and never deem it necessary to qualify themselves. He is a good tinier young man, and walks about doing no harm ; but he has no activity in him. Such people become pension ers on the navy rather than officers in it. I hope they will send out somebody to relieve me ; I wish very much to return to England." And again, writing to. LAdy CoHingwoc'd. was sent out again with all his infirmities. - It makes my beast ache. - The object, I suppose. is, that t should make him a lieutenant, which I never will do, that he may have an annuity and a livelihood on the nand establishment ; but any duty is to seek officers capable of doing the service of the coon • tr y.and none ushers must expect advaticement from me. ' Theseestr acts shosi us how little such pe rsons ( me m to be made officers; and that when mace officers, they only become pensioners on the country. concealed on der the mishit mof an honourable profession. But let us suppose, as sothetimes turns out, that the perso ns who ate thus provided for become active officers; the consequences' for the country are not less deploy able They !tarots their men by their carelessness and want ai skill; their skips, which are nice and complicated Ma chines, logger ing constant care, entail a ruinous expense j on the country, Rua ate • L Oom or never. fur ,sny long time, fit for We.have witnessed more than eta, cup of this leg ion. They were during spsightly beSkt,worald-be 9utat...410101e shipiwereteit her things .foe.sisow, nedilapidsted by saceinive and unoccessail Thefollorring is lead Gollingtstood's opinion of this cliass.....Wri ing to Lord It mock, on the 10. h.& March, 1806, he says, 1. I.sre e the names of some vtry indifferent goring men ih tbelernrontions, who never go to sea without meeting Anne mischief for want of corn• moo knowledgrand cares bvery 'three brigs that come here commanded by three boys tegnire a duck yard. The ships of the line never-bsve , any thing lot sitificers to do. , 1 have sent some home, because they could not b"Raintained in this country. and their service amount. -ed to nothing. Better give them pensions, aid let them Sing ON gore. . . s TEM ,EV4NING STAR. LONDQN, MONDAY, 'JANUARY 14, 1828. STOCK EXCiIIANGK, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In consequence of the *boisterous weather which bas prevailed for these two days. we are without any =We of consequence: tilt French Mail is idso due. Cetriol‘ tiPeisetthis morning at 115 i for the Account, with little or . nothing doing i they may at preunt be quoted at 851. We have nothing positive u yet relative to the anal settlement of the Ministry. CITY.JIALFLPAST ONK O'CLOCK. Since twelve O'clock a sudden change bas'taken place in the Consul market, and Consols may be quoted at 86 fur the Account, and 86 tog for next times the cause of this rise is nut exactly known. PI( ICK OF Stile/0 AT FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank•Stoeit 207 4084 • bulls Stock • 3 per Cent. Red. 84g 85 I,3ttu !Laois 92 04 3 per Ct. Cons. 841 3} 4g ex div. South Sea Stock 3g per Cent. O( Annuities 31 per Cent. Red. 911 92 ' £lOOO Kicheq. Bills 6o 62 4 per Ct. New 1008 1 div. .Csoo Ditto 61 62 tpwr Cent. Scrip £lOO and £2OO Ditto 61 62 4per Cent. 1826 s 1011 102 India for Acct. 259 A.ang Ann. 19g 5-16 Consuls fur Acct. BSI 1 86 IrOMIlliN FUNDS, TWO il'CLOt K Colombian Booth, 6 per Ct. 22 I'ortug. lids. 5p C. 71g I Danish lids. 5 p Ct. 00 Nuts. Hoods, 1825.6 p Ct. ing Wt. lids, 1895, 6 p Ct 463 g g I Russ. lids. 1822, 5 pre Ct. 9lj Do Acct. 460 I Do Acct 92 • Blirri4ii FOREIGN SIIARKS. TWO OT‘OCK. lIMAKIt. 100 as 190 ni A glo Nlezican 26e 22k i 23 22 We have heard, from pretty good authority, that the MarquisWitk.t.ast. ET will be at the head of hisM ati Pres Councils, with a nominal office, such al President of the Council or Privy Seal. Loral Moonywit, it ii also said, goes to Ireland. We have heard that Mr. Peet. has refuse) office, unless made First Lord of the Trea sury and Chancellor cf the Etchequer. This is not credited, fur we have little th obt of Mr. HEttanues 'counting. Lisbon Papers to the sth instant have been received, extracts from which aispear in our preceding columns. They contain the p►oceedings at the opening of the Cortes, with the speech of the PRINCESS REGENT, de livried on the occasion: This speech requires little taliserent. " The intervions of Don trf r00m.," the bcrinirta states, "are conf. rrn able to those Cif the KING; •nd thine - agreeing witf. the pol.tizal views of great tuitions, added to the measures of the Gome► narent, have disarmed the parties, and calmei the agitations of the country."....lite Chambers being met in ordinary ses sion, wall* teidtto receive the REGENT'S oath to the Chatter upon his debarkation, whenpf course her Royal Highness, his sister, will be relieved from the cares of Government. The means which have been adopted with a stew to testtne tl e credit of the Wyk, it was hoped would soon effect that de‘irable object. By the German Papers which arrived last night, we have intelligence from Z nte to the 6 h ult. According to account* received at that bland, there were fifty four sail of Turkish vessels in the harbour of Nitvarin ready to put to sea. Thtir proposed de ina tion was unknown, but it was egad to be Alexandria, For the purpose of taking ityprovisions and ammuniti.so fur the troops in the Morea. M. de Riaeauetenne left Bujakdere on the 13th, and proceeded to Odessa. Mr. SCANNING and Count GUILLICIIINoT %me met, it is said, at the mouth of the Dardanelles, by aFt ench frigate, sent by Admiral de RIGNY, to take them on board. Great preparations are making for w.rr at Ciinstantinopte ; muskets to the number of 120,000 had been procured, and several thousand militia had already arrived from Asia, which is the n ore remarkable, a, the Turkish troops seldom muster b fore the Spring. It is also said, that the SULTAN is negotiating a IV•an on the profits of the mines of Asia Minor, of 100,000 pia.tres. He is in treaty %WI ,his powerful subject. the Viceroy ot• EGYPT, f 4 .r that purpose. Dispatches wr re this morning received at the Colonial Office from Sir G. L. Cote, Governor of the Mauritius. We understand that on Tt ursday the Duke of Wet.- LINGTON di , patched a Mesenger *IA a letter to Eul BATHURST, who was at the seat of the Duke of Rica. motto, at Goodwood, in Sussex, where the Earl was on a visit. The Duke was so confident that the vintents of his letter would immediately bring the Eat I to L don, that fie gave orders to the Earl ' s servant. at his Lordship's town house in Mansfield-street, P.xtland Lilace.ap sit np for the Noble Etrl. His Lordship ar• rived in - London accoruingly at midnight. Tr e Eati has bed several interviews with the Duke of Wal.Linc rota since his arrival in town. . . Saturday Mr. LAMITON bad a long ihterview with D rd GODER mu upon the subject r.f h :reported Fveras. The resignation, however, of the Noble Lord, it.is sup posed, has topped, at least for the present, the advahce. ment of the Hon: Gentleman to the Peerage. Mr. HU-KIaIGON was at the Royal Lodge at Windsor on Friday, and hada very long audieuce of his MAISSTY. It is supposed that the Right Hon. Get.t. will form part of the new Cabinet. Earl DiroLeY was at Windsor on Sa•utday. and had a very long interview with the KING. We understand that it is nigt ly prcbaole his MAJEarY will arrive in town this week, for the purpose of facili• tring.by bis presence,the formation of the new Ministry. when the Duke of Wstunorna, in conjunction with Mr. Past.. will be commilbs'onej, for the put pse of corn pletins the list to be laid before the KING for his ap proval. does not intend to visit the theatres, not being in health sufficient for the purpose, but as soon as the Ministry is formed, he will return to the Lodge. TilE KING. - ; - * IA a/ma, 110.1•14/A EY IZ. We Maiirsyr wet present this morning in the per fort:mince:of Divine Service in the Royal Lodge,:entli appeared in perfect health; the Rev. Mr. Savm.,ifft officiate '. Friday afternoon the Duke of Wst.r.tgatow arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had a long and.ence of his MAJESTY ; his Grace subsequently left for Load 41. Yesterday her Royal Highness the Duchess of OLOu• czar ea paid a morning visit to the KING, and after, welds returned to bag,hot Lodge. • . - Hi, MAJESTY evinces aiv eat desire to remove to the - Cagtle, as soon as the arrangements now making will permit. In con,eqiience of this intimation, the works Are proceeding with increased alacrity. Hit Ma-teary has been graciously pleased to contri bute the very asur,ificent donation of 150/. towards the alterations in the parish church of Old Windsor. DON MIGUEL. • The Prussian. Bavarian: and Salon Ministers; and the Lord S ew ird of his NlaJits'ry's household, visited his ROYAL HionNess on S tturday, at the tesidence of Earl Homey, in Arlington•street. • A little bilo:e two o clock his ROYAL thouNrss accompat led by Earl M-owrctimmas an s V.s,:ottia BERESFORD, and attended by his suite, rode out oil hot seback and proceeded to the Sospetision Bii.lge, at Hammersmith; after -riesling and crossing the Bodge, the PRINCE• rode over Baines Corhrhon, and returned over Vauxhall Midge. His Royal Highness then . vi.ited Westminster Abbey, and both Houses of Parliament. Tie Patties was received at the House of Lends by Sir THOMAS TYRWHITT, Usher ef the Black It-idt His, Royal Highness then returned to Atli,' rou-stre , t. where he attived ahotit four o'clock. At five o'clock in the afternoon a deputation of up wards of thirty of the principal Portuguese Merchants, resident in the Metropolis. arrived, and were introduced to the PRINCE. fur the f.urpose of taking leave of Ins It yal Highness on his departure for Portugal. Sir Fagnenica LAIII (the nes. ly appointed Minister to ilie Court of l'ottugal) had an audience of his ROYAL 1 HIGHNESS. The Marquis de PALNALLA, the Portuguese Am bassador, visited his- ROYAL Hloottlas in the evening. The Pultsca entertained Viscount Beresford, Ulu Right Hon. Sir Charles Stuart, Sir Fiedtrick Lamb, and a select party to dinner. His Royal Highness, attended by Earl Mountcharles, Sir Wm. Ft eemantle, and the Noblemen and Gentlemen composing his suite, proceeded to the Italian Ope; a House in the evening, and honoured the performance of the Opera of Mar ghwite d Ardor. At the conclusi. nof the Ballet hi:, Royal Highness proceeded to igrand evening party, at the residence of Mons. Erick. the _Ambassador from the Netherlands, in Bryanstone-square, where the Pi ince remained till three o'clock yesterday morning. Yesterday morning, about eleven o'clock, his Royal' Highness, attended by his suite, proceeded to the Pbr toguese Ambassador's Chapel, in South street. The Prince entered by the Ambassador'S house, in South Audley-street. A short Mass was performed, which lasted about an hour. After leaving the Chapel, his .loyal Highness proceeded to the Admiralty, and left his cards for the Duke and Duchess of CLAItENCt, and then returnei to At lington.stteet. At one o'clock his Royal Highness left town, at tended by E MOUNTCHARLII2. Mr de Mau" and another Gentleman of his suite, is one of the King's tr ortlling carriages and four (the remainder of his Royal Highness's suite followed in anothertarriage soon after), for the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, for the purpose of taking leave of his MAJESTY. The PRINCE and his suite partook of a dejeune at the Royal Lodge, and after taking leave of the KING. proceeded to Sit ath fieldsay,the seat of the Duke of Vi ILLI sordif;where his Itoraliiigh nes, and :ui:e dined and slept. The Pt irate will reniasn'ai Strutfiedsay during this day, and will tkke leave of the Noble Duke on Tuesday morning, and ptoceedlo Dor• chester. Hi. Royal Highness will sleep at the King's Aims Hotel. On Wednesday morning his Royal High ness will leave Dorchester for Plymouth. The Prince will dioe and sleep at the Royal Hotel, and will embark on Thursday morning. DIJ:;LIN, JANUAIII IWATII OF TILE BISHOP OF KILLALOE. With feelings of regret we announce the demise of the Rev:. Father In Gas Dr. Arbuthnot, Bishop of Kißake. The ac count of his Lordshlpii death, which was quite sudden, reached thia city this morning, q.nd bar produced the nso,t lively sensations of regret amongst clas.es, by whom his Lordship's Oat deep learning, asd obtrusive virtdh• -- . :" THE AHMY•. The Grenadier eompaity of the 37th Regintent grtiveti, late week,at head quarters, Limerick, front Buntarty. • Two Conspaniesof the 53d Regiment kft Kilkenny on Thunder', the one to Cashel, and the other to Clopmel. , YEOMANRY CAVALRY. • War Ofacfi, .famtary Referrint to my Circular of the 21st ult. (No. Snob I have the honour to acquaint you, that his Illaje.ty has Seen graciously pleased to order that the gratuity of viz months' pay lb th e Ad jutant and Sergeant... Major of the Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry, whose services have been discontinued, shall be isseetiat the rate of Is. a day for the Adjutant. and ss. 2d. for the Serj .ant. Major. , I have therefore to desire, that you will be pleased to pay to the ---- the sum.of —, instead of the sum authorized in my above. mentioned circular. 1 have the honour to be,---. your most obedient li unible servant; (Signed) PALM ERSTON. To Commandants of corps of --- Yeomanry Cavalry; recently discontinued. The majority of the old members of the Chester field Yeomanry have offered to continue th , it services as volunteers, under Captain Warren:. We understand also, that the Troup. of Captains l'ot.e and WiLMOT have acceded to the proposition' of their Colonel, S:e R. Wit nor, and have tendered their gratuitous services.—Noa. gingkees Review. GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, December 31. ,The g‘ Commander-le -Chief finds it necessary to remind the Officers of the Army, that on or before the day upon which their leave of absence expires, they are bound to he artuAly present with their itegithents, fir Itepurtments if they helot,g to the Staff, whether the same be statitund at borne or abroad ? His Grace is resolved to enforce, the strictest complianie with the above regulation, and Will refuse any applkatldn tor an eaten slob of leave of absence,. which, after the present warning; shah not be made lo ample tithe to admit Of the applicant being at his post before the expiratioh of hlsortginal leave, in the eient of such extension being refissitl. His Grace likewise remits& °Shen, that When; in eortiriptenco of scedlito Mirka, or other tincierialefle circumstance, thej fail to *tacit Itegithent di Department tWfore the expirathin et their leave, they are required by the " General Regulations and Order's oaf the Army," to furnish, for the Commander in-Chief informa tion, as soon as they join, a statement of the cause of failure. These statements must invariably be made through the Officer Cammandlug the Regiment, or Department, as well as through the General Officer (if any time be), under whom it is serving, and will in no case be admitted by his Grace when transmitted to the Adjutant-G eneral through auy but the u ncial channels herein specified.—By command of his Grace, the Commander-in-Chiefs HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-General. COURT CIRCULAR. Prince Leneoco his been entertaining a numerous party of the Nubility and Gentry at his seat at Claremont, during the pas, week. Among the company present were the Marquis and Mar chioness of Satassuse, Earl and Countess Va lNAS( ' Bennet I/QUMIa, sir. STUART WORTLEY, Lord Siemens Mai, Mr. Bassacse PAGET, &c. The di.tinguished party took their depar. ture of their [loyal Host on Saturday morning. The POO= after wards came to town to his residence in Pall-mall. Prince I.Koroua attended Divine Service yesterday, at St. Chapel, Urgent-street. Yemenlay, Eati Delmer had a LLSSOII and Had Cast.tst.s. Mr. Dativsoa and sir. W. Pat. viand the Right Hoc. R. Pea yesterday. co .with Mr. Iloa. The LORD CHANC[LLOIII, Ea 1 C•suus, and Viscount P•t.xcs• *MON. •Ikittd Earl Dubias yesterday, at his residence in Downing stteet. Prince Davey also visited the Noble Earl yesterday. Prince Errauttazt, the Austrian Ambassador, and tke Marc* de PALMIL+A, the Portuguese Ambassador; were engaged for mos wards of two hours and a half at the Foreign Office, Dowebs, street, on Saturday afternoon, and transacted business with Earl. Duster. Ale. flummox and Sir Faitszarce Lana also visited the Noble Earl on Saturday. The Loan Cwascitcon visited the Right Hon. Roarer Pau on Saturday, at his residence in Prisy-eardens. . • . The CHANCALLOIL of the &carnage left town on Saturday, for Deletion. Sir ilgtiria HALIIOIID left town on Friday afternoon, 4101 visit to the Kimu.at the Royal Lodge. Sir Hutu bad the tumour of dinins with his Meaner, and returned to wen be Saturday. The Rev. Rowse" Covastrost was consecrated yesterday in the private Chapel of Lambeth Palace, by the Archbishop of Caere*. at v. assisted by oast. Church Diviitaries, to the Bishoprick of Liandaff. Divine Service was performed yesterday in the private Chapel of the King's Palace, at Kensington, by the .Chaplain to the Duchess of KU!. The Duchess, accompanied by the Pribeeses TrICTOItta and noisome, and the whole of her Rvyal Highness's Household attended the Setvice. Mr. CALCRATT, jun. the son of the Member lot Ware.. ham, will, it is reported, shortly lead to the Hymeneal altar the liughter of the Duke of .CAIiCHNITIII. It suppo,ed that. even should P rliament meet on the day now fixed, the new Ministerial arrangementa will render a short adjoernment necessary before proceeding to business. Mr. IUAtttYG jun. and Mr. AGAR Et.usowere to have been the mover and seconder of the Address in the Commons—a duty which will probably now devolve mum other hands. 'The Duke of DEVoNSEIIKK, and a Shooting Party, arrived at Chitsworth on Friday evening. His Grace changed horses at M 'dna Bath, and while one of the postilions who ace pankd the Mike front thence was absent i.sit tonne, his hu►se was broken open, and nine sovereizns auJ a guinea were cant d way by the thieves. • _~ bal poi *lt • Ma Le' we fee •act .'Kii anc `tici die tits ebl tbl Ist Pr tld to be 'to 'to th th ei of • of TO -to of in r .• le es :1(1 he ar '2 to i#l of et ai er al t.t e‘ ta tiaz .th I , as go est I l et , 1 A 10 he ns. nd ti DTI ▪ • t . la- to; ▪ ' ad rat by' to ►a aid 1 ice. I hit he ta• t )nt !ot be gig IV. LS- [Or NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. "%77r -- . packet came into St. Helen's Roads in the gale this morning, and was making for the Motherbank, when the pet rel of the fore-yard gave way, she wore, and stood to sea. The Robert, EDMUNDS, from New York, is supposed to be ar rived in the Downs. The Ocean, bound to Cork, laden with pitch and tar, was drives en shore near Xiniale yesterday. The Fox, CLARIS, from Pillan to Yarmouth, was driven ou shore near Bridlington on Satutday ; cargo discharging. The Minerva, Rims, from Caruarvon to Dublin, sunk near the Kish Bank yesterday; crew saved. The Maria, BOTCI4 from Quebec, was driven onshore Pear tionsmouth yesterday, with loss of rudder, anchor, and cable ; she had five feet water in her hold, and it was feared she would go to The Havinnah packet, from Cadiz to Havanna'', has been cap. tweed near the heights of Cuba 'by the 31exican brig Bravo, aftet an action of three quarters of an hour. The Jane, Wanes, from Liverpool to Hull, is on shore near &tapirs. The Elbe, Guntoresinto, from Lynn to London, was carried into Harwich yesterday, leaky, having been on shore on the Ship= wash. The Agile, Luca, of Dentate, is carried into the Humber, with loss of main and miser-musts, water logged, and abandoned. The Centurion, Sraarroft, from Copenhagen to London, was driven on shore near Scarborough on Thursday; part of the cargo has been saved. The Joseph, M'Caamy, from Liverpool to Tom/hail, *as stranded on the 7th instant in Bally Colon Bay ; crew saved. Wnistvalte, Jam 13 —lt has blown a severe gale about West almost throughout the day, the wind is now more to the Monitor:4 and still blowing a gale. Iru the morning two steam packets towed a large ship into the Nob, at dusk she appeared to ride safe. A shipin the Deeps has cut or carried away her insin.maat. A smack Is attending a brig which appears making for this bay. Due.; Jan. 13.—Wind S W.—Arrived the Pomona, from the Mediterranean. The General Harris has put back, and remains. A brig is on chores on Sandwich Flats, having lost anchut and cable in the Downs. Most of the vessel. in the Downs have drove, but are now (five P. x.) riding easy, mostly with two anchors down. Al rived the . Recline, Frtarw, from Alexandria. FALMOUTH, Jaw. 12.—Wind S.W. to 5.R..--Arrived the Magda len, LE Itsea, front .Pakrmo ; and Charlotte, Sots, from ditto; Hand, La Bouvaiuss„ fromCefte; Magnet packet, PoiertoNs, from Lisbon • and Elizabeth, Puanove, from . Cephalonia. Sailed the Dove jacket, for Bengal ; and the Frolic packet, fur Halifax and Sermudg. Powmarouser, Jaw. 13,..-Wind S.W. to N.W.—The General Palmer, Testators , . has btooght up in St. Helen's Roads, totally dismasted. A amasser lone the dockyard will be applied to bring he; in. About three o'clock this morning it came to blow a meat severe gale at W.S. W. at times a hurricane, accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightning. Six e. at. rather more moderate. FROM rue nassraturta TELLORAPH, JAN. 12. We have no foreign arr.val cf serps t' mention this week ; a strong easterly wind, which prevailed in the early •part, having been succeeded by a calm and fo,?. Letters from Malta of the 14th December state,, that the time of the departure thence of the Asia and Albion for England, depended upon the complete refitment of the Asia, which, from want of stores, might be delayed until the end of that month. The ships lying 'here were, Asia, Albion, Warspite, Isis, Glasgow, Dartmouth, Talbot, Minoan', Wolf; Alacrity, Mus quito, Bask, Rose, Gannet, and the Hind and Racer cutters, with four Russian slfips of the line, two frigates, and a corvette of that nation, and parts of the French And Dutch squadrons. Sunday, the Maidstone frigate, Commodore William Skipsey, sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, with the Hasty schooner, for the Mauritius, in company. Oa Thursday, the General Palmer embarked passengers, and sailed for Madras. Yesterday the Coldstream, which arrived on Wednesday from Madras and Saint Helena, proceeded for the River. The destination of the Challenger frigate, Captain Fits-Clarence, it is understood, is altered ; she will take the new Ambassador, the Right Hon. Sir W. A'Courr, G.C.B. to St. Pversburgli. The Briton frigate, Capt. Hon. William Gordon, it is said, will escort the Prince Miguel, in the Portuguese frigate Peatla, to Lisbon. The ship Mary Ann, with the Bishop of Calcutta and other passengers on board, left the Cape of good Hope on October 15, for Calcutta ; she arrived there, aft:r experiencing heavy weather, but without loss, on the 14th previous. Ihe p issengets were all well. His Ma jesty'. ships Osten Glendower And Helicon were lying at the Cape. The T:iborte frigate, at Chatham, as well as the I Blonde, at this port, is ordered to be commissioned, one to relieve the Doris. in South Ameiica, the other, the Autos a, in the West Indies. Letters from Java of the sth of October announce, that t e truce agreed on between the Native Powers Ind the Dutch 6overan ent, bad been broken, an(' rso re, had again ctmu►cncrd nit the 30th of and that Sept.