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a, ain by the vessels wtskh daily fly: from Kustentiji, after lauding their cargoes. The rain' which have fallen for several days have not, cooled the sir. Tbe heat has been very great—by Rumour's thermometer 284 degtres in the shade—(96 degrees Fahrenheit).--Jourtsal off St Petersborgh. Jot!, 24. (The St. Petcrsburgh Journals have no news from the army later than the Bulletin of the 12th July.) HAGUE, A MIST 7. On the sth, in the morning, the Prince and Princess of Orange, travelling under the name of Count and Countess of Flanders, passed through Utrtcht on their way to Clives. We learn they are going to Ems, to meet the Grand Duchess of Save Weimar. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. . Aws x, Aua. 9.-12 05. Two Months. 1 2 00 . —Maids Papers, August 9. The Piedmontese Gazette, received this morning, none tains the follow ing extract : CORFU, JULY S. Thursday afternoon Vice Admiral Sir E. Codrington took leave of the Lord High Commissioner, and embarked on board the Ada, *ecompanied by Major General Woodford and a guard of honours With a band of music,snd sailed directly for the Levant. Sir Pultney Malcolm, who is to succeed Sir E. Codrington, will arrive in the course of this month, on board the Wellesley. Jut.v I.2.—We are glad to learn by the Greek Papers, that the plague Which had appeared in some of the islands, has wholly ceased. As for the disorder in the island of Egina, it is stated to be a typhus, generated among a numerous population, which suffers aU kinds of privation. Both with respect to that disorder, and to the plague itself in some parts of the Mora, the most energetic measures have been adopted: which promises to be attended with the most beneficial effects. We have learned that the 6,000 Albanians who revolted against 1 Ibrahim Pacha having seduced some hundred of the regular Arabs, I left Coron with them to proceed to Epirus. Being pursued by a corpssent afttr them by Ibrahim, an engagement ensued, in which the latter were defeated with great loss. It is , said that the son of Colocotroui, in concert with the Greek Guverr.Ment, will escort these troops in their march through the Mores. The Governor of Greece was lately on board his Majesty's ship the Warspite, before the port of Nayarit), in conference with the Admirals of the Allied Powers. It is said that this meeting was in consequence of the desire manifested by Ibrahim Pacha to e►acuate the Morea.—Gaz. songs liestsonless, August 2. , The fallowing extracts have been received, in addi• lion to those which we have given from the Lisbon Mail: LISBON, JOLT ,16. •An expedition sailed two days ago against Madeira, which it is thought here will be reduced. The force is pretty formidable, via. a large frigate, ooe corvette, and two brigs, with from 1,500 to MOO men. • ORENSE, JUL? We • In consequence of a representation from Portugal to the Spanish Government, all the Portuguese have been ordered to leave the country in one month; they are to embark at Corunna and Ferrol and arch as cannot provide for themselves, on the road will be dlowed lodging and nine cnartoe (about 214.) a day. VIGO, Arnow 6. • Pe Marlborough Packet, just arrived from Lisbon, was spoken opt four leagues off Oporto by a brig with ten guns, besides two very long ones, and very full of men. She bore down upon the packet under French coloan,and afterwards heisted Buenos Ayrean She called herself the Liberty Han, bound for Cadiz. CORUNNA, Juts 31: A great number of Portuguese have arrived here —they complain *rely of their treatment on the frontier. Amon the sick is a young Englishman, who gives a woeful account of the panic, disor ganization, and confusion of the COnsdtutionolists, when the order Ise t►e retreat was given. Why the adds should have abandoned the cause when at the head of a well.organi%d force of 12,000 men, with 25 pieces of MOO% appears moat mysterious. • Our attention has been called by several correspon dents, to a question of deep interest to the landed and commercial branches of the community, and one which has, Session alter Session, occupied the legislative wis dom of Parliament. We allude to the existing laws fur regulating the rate at which money may be legally.lent. la all the debates upon this subject, and io none more than in those which took place during the last Session, when Mr. Pittman. THOMSON so ably, though we regret to add, so unsuccessfully, brought this topic forward, only one feeling, we might almost say, prevailed, as t the necessity of some alteration, whatever differences of opinion there might be as to the mode of alteration. We can laugh, as freely as any one, at the many absurdities of ileattatx BUITIIAM, while we can as freely acknowledge, with his warmest admirers, the acuteness of his Mind, and the extent of his researches. We fully acquiesce consequently in the remark of Mr. Sociozw, that the " Defence of Usury" by BanmAM, furnishes an argument against the principle of the present la ws,which is perfectly unanswerable. But theory too frequently goes one way and practice another ; or, to speak " more girmane 'to the matter," a measure mischievous alike In theory and in practice, may continue so long in operation, and may modify and Complicate so many existing interests, that with the full conviction on our minds of the injury that is daily inflicted, we are also equally convinced that injuries of nearly similar mag• !Mode would result from any remedies that might be applied to the original evil. There is that pliancy and elasticity in human affairs, which insensibly adapt theta to whatever the controlling causes are that shape their course; and though we are aware that this argument applies as forcibly to the alteration as to the continuance 04 thou causes, it does not diminish its weight in re ference to the latter. There is .no evil, however, in the moral or political eindition of society, for which a cure, or at least a pal- . fianve, may not be found. We therefore look with con fidence to the effect which must ultimately be produced upon this question, by the repeated discussions of it in Parliament : it has gained friends, and has advanced greatly, every time it has been brought forward. When the repeal of the Usury Laws was first submitted as n distinct proposition to the Legislature, it met with nal opposition of a very different character to that which is sow arrayed against it. One of the main arguments of those who resist any alteration is founded upon the assumed injury which would be done to the landed interest. We say assumed injury, for really we have never yet seen it satisfactorily established that the injury would take place. Now, we should be the last to deny that the landed interest is not entitled to a large protection; bat we cannot go so far as to concede, that laws, whose penal consequences to the commercial interests of the country are fraught with such undeniable mischief, should continue on the statute book, in defdrence to what is little else than a theoretical, estimate of their value to the landowners. For, in point of fact, do the usury laws protect the landowners from thinecessity of giving more than five percent. interest on borrowed money? It is notorious chat they do not. It is notorious that, by evading the law, the landed proprietor pays, in the shape of annui ties, much more than the law allows. But we go fur ther, and ask, is it just that the law should say to the proprietor of land, he shall not be allowed to dispose of his own property on whatever terms he may think most conducive to his own interests ? Abstractedly ♦iewed, the principle of the usury laws may be called a solecism in legislation. They are as incapable of defence, as a proposition would be for passing a law to fix the price at which houses, land, or any other commodity should be sold. If we look back to their origin, too, we shall find it co-existent with,the period when Parliament, ignorant of its true func tions, dabbled with nearly all the concerns of private life, as if men were children, without capacity to arrange their own affairs, and required to run in the go-cart and leading strings of minute and petty legis lation. We have a very sufficient respect for the wisdom of our ancestors, but we are by no means convinced that their wisdom was so omniscient as to provide an adequate supply of that commodity for all generations chat were to come after them. They managed their own affairs in such way as to them appeared fit and meet : let us do the same ; and above all' things let us, as much as possible, leave the people to manage and regulate their own individual in. j terests. It has been very justly observed, 66 if we are not disposed to regulate by law the amount at which a man may sell his property, or rent his land, or hire his labour, on what principle is it that we can presume to fix the price at which one man shall lend money to another?' But the gross absurdity of the thing is, that we do not, because we cannot, fix this price, after all. The laws which pretend to fix it are inopera tive ; the penalties that are enacted for a violation of these laws are a mere brutnmftdmen ; and the circuitous mode by which they are evaded throws, in effect, upon the borrower a heavier charge than he would have to meet if the rate of interest were left to be settled be tween himself and the lender. The Duke of WELLINGTON slept last night, for the first time. in Downinkstmet, where he will remain while Apdey House is undergoing repair, Tb day the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER left town for his canntry seat, near Cobham, in Surrey. Lord Hui., we are happy to state, has recovered from his late indisposition, and has left town for Shrewsbury. The Lord Bishop of BARBADOS/ has arrived in this country, for the basalt of his health. The Hon. and Re*. E. GREY, brother of Earl GREY, is to be the new Rector df St. Botolpb. The Russian and French Ambassadors had along conference with the Duke of WELLIII47IIN and the Earl of Asia ism, yesterday, at the Office of the Seereury of State for Foreign Affairs. The Spinisb Minister (on a special mission) had an interview with the Earl of Assanams yesterday, at the Foreign Office, Dowsing -street. The Neapolitan Minister transacted business yester day at the Colonial. Office, Downing -street. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday night, from the Earl of ABILDZin g to the English Charge d'Affaires at Madrid. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office from Lord Stumm DC ROTHSAY, his Majesty's Ambassador at Paris. • The hall of audience, in the Viceroy's palace at Lima, contained full-length portraits of all the Viceroys from Pizarro to Navel& It is &curious circumstance, that the hall was exactly filled with portraits when the liberating forces entered Lima, there not being one spare panne!, nor room to place another painting, with out removing some of the old ones. Another of those horrible accidents which are of such frequent occurrence in coal-pits took place in Croft Pit, White haven, on Wednesday night last. It was an explosion of fire-damp, by which five men were killed, and two others dreadfully burnt, but who are expected to recover. The names of the suit are — William Attlebarrow, Isaac Lorton, James Mabin, Nathaniel Munro, sad soother, name unknown, killed; and Pattleton and Peter Whoa, wounded. His Grace the LORD PRIMATE of all Ireland arrived at his Palace, Armagh, on the 30th ult. The Cathedral bells rang a merry peal= the approach of that excellent Prelate,' who, we are happy to say, is In very pod health. We feel sincere satisfaction. in stating that the dif ferences between the manufacturers and the weavers of this county have been almost generally adjusted, and that nearly all the latter have returned peaceably to their former avocations.-GloucesterJourn. A Welsh Judgeship 'has become vacant by there. signation of Jona Baum , Esq. It is a remarkable tact, that the arms of CROMWELL communicated to Scotland, with other benefits, the first newspaper which had Ryer illuminated the gloom of the North. Each army carried its own printer with it, expecting either to convince by its reasoning or to delude by its falsehood. King CUAILLIIS carried Rosalie &Raze with him to Newcastle, in 1639 ; and General Caonwzr.r. conveyed Cnautoenza HIGGINS to Leith, in 1652. When Carom/ix/ had here established a citadel, litcoiss reprinted, in November of the same year. what had been already publi,hed at London—A Diurnal of some Passages and Affairs, for the infor mation of the English soldiers. Mercurius Politicus was first re printed at Leith, on the 26th of October, 1653. The reprintitig of it was transferred to Edinburgh in November, 1654 ; where it continued to be published till the 1 tth of April, 1660; and was then reprinted under the name of Mercurius Publicus. . The Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBAN'S are at Meurice's Hotel, in Paris. They dined the .other day with the Prince as CONDE a few miles nut of Paris, and it is said the outriders carried loaded pistols by the ex press desire of the Duchess. The party were at the French Opera on Friday night. Mr. TAYLOR. the Bank Director, died on Saturday, in consequence of the injuries received by the fall from bis horse. Extracts of letters from the agents to Lloyd's— " Constantinople, July 10. It appears by accounts just received, that Ibraham Pache was entering into a convention with the Allied Admirals for the evacuation of the Morea."- 4 4 Smyrna, July 4.—Commodore Sir, Thomas Staines, in the Isis, arrived atVourla yesterday. He brings intelligence of the probable evacuation of the • Morea by Ibrahim Pacha." Chounala, or Schumla, has a deep fosse, with thick walls of mud and brick, extending three miles in one direction and one in the other, and banked with towers. Prince Romanaow advanced to Choumla in 1774, but was defeated there with great slaughter. General Ka minsky penetrated to it, and endeavoured to take it by assault, but was obliged to retire with great loss. The last war, from 1805 to 1812, the Russians approached it from Rasgrad, the six years bloody conflict having taken place on that line of approach, and about Ruds chuck, and more to the west, by o.trova and Widdin. The present approach along the shores of the Danube is a new feature in the war. In the war of 1805, the slaughter of the Russians in Choumla was so immense. that the Pacha, in his dispatch, declared that he had Russian heads sufficient to form a bridge from Chonada to heaven. THE AMERICAN TARIFF. If we may believe theCrorkston Mercury, the Anni versary of the American Independence was celebrated in that city on the 4ih ult. with "mote than ordinar) demonstrations of patriotic feeling." The different Associations met, and fro among the volunteer toast• drunk on the occasion we estract the following : IT TIM 76 Assoctarion. " The Federal Constitution—lts form has been revered—its sub stance destroyed." " The Tariff—Come it from the East or from the West—from the Banks of the Potomac, or the summits of the Alleghany—we denounce it on principle, and will resist it to the death." SY THE maxim' SOCIETY. "Southern Rights and Northern Avarice—When the Consti tution is degraded to destroy one and support the other, Resistance is a virtue." "South Carolina—She knows her rights, she has willing hearts and ready hands to defend them." BY THE SZVOLUTION SOCITIT. "The Union of the States—To be preserved only by mutual con. cessioo—not by unequal taxation." " The Tariff of 1828— A n Act of Oppression, passed not for the general welfare, but to exact tribute from the minority." VI S bl I. V fa • a a re be ish r It aas 1 it• 1 rat 1 1 , t 1 oe O~ earl all et 1111 kE 081 5 de' FASHIONABLEiNTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord Melbourne, at his house, Whitehall, from Earl Stanhope 's seat in Kent; Lord Henry Vane, in Mount -street, Berkeley. square, from Hens; the Hon. William Burrell, at Baroness Willoughby de Ersby's house, Whitehall, from William Camp. bell, Esq.'s seat In K e nt ; E ar l Stanhope, in town, from Kent; the Prince and Princess Muscaw, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley. square, from Paris; Lady Shaw Stewart and Miss Stewart, at ditto, front Scotland ; Captain Macdonald and Mr. Grieves, at ditto, from Scotland ; R. W. Thompson, Esq. and Family, at dito, from their seat in Yorkshire; Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Tynte, at their house in Lower Grosvenor-street, from their father's (Colonel Tynte, M.P.) seat, Miss/yell House, Sumersetshire ; ft. K ynnes ton, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's -street, from a tour; J. Hobson, Esq. and J. Simpson, Esq. at ditto, from a tour. BROADSTAIRS, Auc. 10. Airived from Barbadoes, in the ship Fortitude, J. Burcmaa, master, in thirty day., the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of BARBA.. DOSS fl Lady, the ev. Mr. and Mrs. PUDIX. Mrs. Rance, Mr. WALL, and two servants. BOULOGNE SUR-NIER, AvG. 5. • :?' . The weather has been very rainy for the last month, during which time, it may be said, ov e have scarcely had 24 lloiris without rain. Nevertheless, the standing corn has as yet suffered but little; about one-third of the harvest has been got under cover, and if the weather should prove fine for another week, the sop will be all got in without material damage. The corn to the south, and about Paris, from being more forward, has suffered proportiohably more. Apprehensions are al. ready entertained for the fate of the vineyards. The last three or four days have been very stormy, and many passengers have been deterred from crossing the Channel. It is calculated that on an fverage for several weeks past, two English persons have arrived from England for one who has departed for it. Boulogne is very crowded. Lodgings in general from 300 to 1,200 f. a month, that is to say, from 121. to 481. In fact, there are wealthy English here who cart not how much they pay; they form a considerable portion of those wealthy visitors, who come not here from necessity, nor for the' apparent purposes of economy, but for a change of scene. Provisions are also dear— Meat 12 sous a pound; bread 4 sous; eggs 22 sous fee' 26; chickens, the size of a partridge, 40 sous the pair; young turkey milts, the site of acommon fowl, 50 sous (two shillings); lump sugar 28 sous (14d.) the pound of 17} ounces; tea from U. 4d. tu Bs. the lb. coffee 411 sous - (2. ) the pound; butter (Flesnish) 20 ' Wu' a pound; fish at this moment rather scanty, except skate; vegetables not cheap. It is calculated that there are, including the British residents, not less than 22 or 23,000 inhabitants in Boulogne. There is not a street in town, however small—there is scarcely a village in the neighbourhood, near or remote, which does not contain an Englishman, or an English family. Wine is the only article which May be called cheap, comparatively with wines in England; but ,the English new corners think no wine good unless it be issued to them at a high price. This hint is not lost upon the hotel-keepers here, and at other places frequented by the English—who accommodate their customers by doubling and trebling the prices, by way of enhancing the virtues and improving the flavour of the w ine. Hence, at Boulogne, two francs a, bottle are charged for wine which costs the hotel-keepers only one-third of that sum, a sic de muds. The new Chapel now building for the English at Boulogne will be ready in October next. Thd building at present occupied as an English Chapel has been long found too small and incommodious for the crowds who resort to it, many ef whom cannot gain admittance.— The present Minister is the Rev. Mr. Simmonds, a man who is deservgilly. respected : be is generally assisted by other Clergymen.“ Mademoiselle Sontag assisted at a concert here last night—admittance eight francs. She was, as may be expected, much applauded. The main support of the entertainment, however, was the instrumental perform ance, which was very excellent. Mademoiselle Sontag's beauty has by no means made so strong an impression here as her enthusiastic admirers would suppose. There is an encampment of '20,000 men near Saint Omer, under the command of the General of Division, Mahony. This General is of Irish extraction, a native of Boulogne; and a man of great wealth. The Haute Ville, or up; er town of Boulogne, is on an elevated spot, surrounded by a high stone wall, and rasnpirts nearly a mile in circuit, forming a fins pro menade. There is also an anticisle citadel, coeval with the walls, bui't in the thirteenth century. Henry VIII. of England took the town at the head of 30 000 men, in the year 1544, after a siege of two mouths; since which time the f .rtifications appear to be nearly the same, and to occupy the same site. Mr. THOM, engineer at Rothsay, has found, by expe riments, that 1,666 cubic feet of water on a fall of 20 feet, was equal to a steam-engine of fifty-horse power. I)mm—A meeting took place yesterday morning on Clapham Common between Mr. E. and Mr. H. both Gentlemen residing in South Lambeth. • They met at half-past five at a short distance from Mount Pond, and after the preliminaries had been settled by the seconds the parties took their places. Mr. H. filed . first, and struck Mr. E.'s hat just above the left ear, cartying away part of the brim, but without doing Mr. E. any injury further than stunning him for the moment. Mr. E. remarked that it was a good shot ; he then fired, and his ball lodged in the fleshy part of his antagonist's left aim. The seconds then interfered and endeavoured to effect a reconciliation, but without success. The Gen tlemen were again presented with pistols. Mr. H.'s ball again struck Mr. E.'s hat crown without doing him the slightest injury. Mr. E. then levelled his pistol, and addressing Mr. H. expressed himself perfectly satisfied. He then raised the muzzle of bis pistol and fired in the air. Mr. H. immediately came forward and made a most handsome apology, and acknowledged himself in the wrong. The Gentlemen then shook hands and se parated. The meeting was occasioned by Mr. H. baying spoken in a manner rather disrespectful . of a young Lady to whom Mr. E. has been for some time 'past paying his addresses. . Mr. E. is heir to very extensive possessions. LETTER FROM MR. CONBIIIO6ENERAL MAt- THEWSgo Tut ENGLISH MERCHANTS .ar LISBON. _~- . Gammen—l have the hoannr to aekneriviedge the receipt of your l e tt e r, r eques ti ng my i nter f erence t o procure justice for Sir John Doyle. This reque.t is not more than you are entitled to make, and I should ill have fulfilled the intentions of his Majesty's Goveinment, if I had not already claimed in his ; behalf, and in the strongest manner, the benefit of those Treaties which are violated by the treatment be has received and is experiencing. lam as much alive as. yourselves tO the cruelty and injustice of the proceeding, and of the insecurity which derives from it to all British residents; but I regret to have to add my conviction that any further effuns of the Bri tish authorities bere in this case would be unavailitg. This being so. there remains but to await the orders of his Majesty's Government, and I am happy to be able to inform you that the whole case has now been before it fee so long a period as to allow a hope that its answer may be shortly received. To that an swer you may look with confidence; and in the mean time I. or, in my absence, his Majesty's Consul, will be ready to listen to a suggestion of any distinct measures which may appear to you to be calculited to procure relief to the individual, or to uphold the rights and privileges of my countrymen ; but I apprehend. that upon ex amination, .none will be found worth adopting.—l remain, &c. THE ARMY. A Detachment belonging to the 77th Regiment of Foot arrive 4 in town on Saturday, from Chatham, on route to Cork. AD tachment belonging to the fttli Regiment of Infantry have arrived from Chatham, on route to Plymouth. The lit Division of the 3d Battalion of the Grenadier Regiment of Guards arrived this day, at Portman-street Barracks, boot Ireland. The 4th Regiment of Foot, now stationed in Glasgow, has not received orders to proceed to Ireland, The Stirfingshire Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Murray, of Touchadam, was reviewed oft Friday sennight by his Grace the Duke of Montrose, Lord Lieu tenant of the county. His Grace appeared upon the field about two o'clock. The regiment immediately entered upon the per formance of the diffetent evolutions. The appear:Ace of the regi ment on Friday was equal to what has been on any previous occa sion, and fully supported the high character it has gained for disci pline in the field, and for the neatness and regularity of its equip ments. Immediately after the review, the competition for the prizes given to the best swordsmen in the regiment, and also the best swordsmen of each troop, took place. The races took place on the following day (Saturday), when the weather, which had been unpropitious for the review, was delightful An immense number of spectators were present; but as the horses were not so well matched as was anticipated, the racing was nut equal to what it has been on some former occasions. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAlLSAssrun THIS DAL—Dublin I—Waterford I—Holland 1 France I—Lisbon 2. The Marie Ernistine of Stettin, from Shields, sunk off that p o rt on Saturday: crew saved. The Brn Lomond, JAMISON, from Bay Chaleur to the Clyde, was totally lost on the 29th Juoe in St.ldary's Bay: crew saved. Dam, Aucusr 11.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W.—Arrived the Ida, Pacmoar, from Jamaica; Ileory, —, from Quebec; and Richard, ItavisoLos, from Jamaica. The outward-bound remain. Poarsmourn, Aucusr IL—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived the Martha, Evrarrr, from St. Petersburgh. PLystouvu, Aucus: io.—Wind S. to N.W.—Arrived the Hope, NtWMAN, from St. Petersburgh ; and Providence, Wzu.a, from ditto. FALMOUTH, AUGUST 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived of port the Rousseau, MiLarvan, from Alexandria; Aurora, —, from Porto Cabello; Gratitude. Bas.x. from Trieste; Nautilus. Hessav, , from Quebec. Arrived the Duke of Marlborough packet, from Lis bon—sailed July 27, and from Vigo 7th August ; and the Stsumer packet, from Lisbon—sailed 3d August, and frotaVigo on the 7th. Sailed the Countess of Chichester packet, for Halifax and Bermuda. LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 10.—The Brilliant, BARCLAY, from limes to Quebec, struck on the Blackwater Bank (Wexford), but was got off without damage, or assistance from the shore. CAN:, Jinx 22.—The John and Ann, Wasintoreta, arrived from London, fell in with, on the I4tb ultimo, off the Rock of Lisbon, a small schooner, under French colours, with a large gun on a swivel, and about seventy men on board, principally blacks, which sent a boat alongside and demanded water, and obtained two IS gallon casks. LOSS OF THE BRIG VICTORY, BY FIRL FROM THE SA MUM= GLOBt, JOLT 3. Yesterday morning atrived the long-boat of the brig Victory of Belfast, having on board the Captain and crew of that vessel (fourteen in number) which was destroyed by fire, on the 43th of June, about 800 miles to windward of this island. The following are the particulars, as we have collected them from one of the Officers of the brig : WEDNZSDAY, JUNK 25.—At thirty minutes past five, A.M. lat. IS. 17. long. 46. 50. the man at the wheel discovered smoke issu ing forth through the stern and rudder case, and immediately gave the alarm, 'Affirm the after scuttle was opened, but it was so dense as to render it impossible to enter. Commenced throwing in water, though evidently without any effect, fur the smoke in creased, and the half-deck hatches, where it was thickest, were the,, tak e n off, and all hands employed in supplying water, but it continued to increase. In ordei to ascertain in what part of the vessel the fire was, a part of the cargo was thrown overboard, when the smoke was observed to be generally fore and aft. and had become so bad as to render it utterly impossible to go below the hatchway. The carpenter was ordered instantly to scuttle the decks in several places, so as to open a passage to the water, which was continued to be poured down. Finding that all that could be done with the use of water would not allay the smoke, the hatches were closed tight, endeavouring thus to smother the fire ; but at noon it was observed bursting through the hatches, upon which three bends were ordered to prepare the boats, whilst the others again cons menced throwing water through the scuttles in the deck, and else where, fore and aft. THU&SDAY, June 26.—At one, P.M. the heat wis so intense, and every endeavour to extinguish the flames having proved ineffectual, that it was no longer possible to remain on deck ; and Captain Toole and crew got into the boat, and hung a-stern of the vessel; bent the boats' sails and seer, and made several attempts to go on hoard the vessel, but could ,not remain one moment. At three, r.x. left the vessel in the long boat, having the jolly-boat in tow ; shortly after the blaze was as high as the main-mast-head, and in a few minutes nothing could be seen of the wreck. Steered on for Barbadoes; night coming on, and a breeze springing up, unfortu nately tore the stern out of the jolly-boat, when her crew were under the necessity of getting into the long-boat. The third day after leaving the wreck, in about lat. 16 long. 53. saw a bug of about 250 tons, sides painted white, standing to the North. She came within hail of the boat, and mast have observed the signal of distress; but after a little hesitation, she crowded all sail, and left the unfortunate boat's crew to their fate. 111.034 THZ raatnutax TZLIGILAPII, AUG. 9. When the Active transport left the Leeward Islands, the Icarus, 10 guns, was at Barbadoes, the Victor, 18 guns, was cruising; the Aurora frigate and the Harlequin sloop had left Barbadoes for Ja maica, on their way to England ; the Barham, 50 guns, had re turned to Jamaica; the Harpy, 10 guns, had left St. Kitts for New Providence; a beautitul and powerful Du ch steam boat had re cently arrived from Holland with a new Governor for St. Eus tatia ; she mounted 10 guns, and was intended to cruise against the many pirates which still infest the different Islands. The station was very healthy. The troops were stationed as follows—The Ist Royals and the lst West India Regiments were at Trinidad and Barbadoes; the 19th and 86th at Barbadoes; 25th at Demerara ; 35th at St. Lucia and Dominica; td Battalion 60th at Berbice and Demerara; 93d at Antigua and St. Kitts. The Russian Admiral has persevered to the utmost in obeying the orders of bis Sovereign, not to enter au English port. Since the squadron has passed the Isle of Wight, it has had to contend with contrary winds. ()n Saturday it was off the Lizard, with the wind blowing fresh from the Westward. On the following day, our squadron, with the Lord High Admiral, found it neces sary to bear up, yet the Russian squadron continued its course, and on Thursday morning were fourteen leagues S.W. of Scilly, when the pilots, who arrived here this morning at day-light, left it. At that time the wind was westerly, and has continued West and South- West, and blown a gale. The squadron may probably get into Brest or Rochefort, but can hardly be expected to keep the sea. The Meteor bomb, Commander David Hope, now fitting at Plymouth, will proceed with. all dispatch to the Mediterranean. Two frigates have been laid down at one of the naval yards, to carry twenty-six 32-pounders on the main deck, and fourteen 3Y pounders on ehe quarter dedrand forecastle. They are to be two feet broader than our present forty-six pi ships, and will be roomy, powerful men of war. • The Diadetri transport is ordered to take provisions to Rio de Janeiro; the Beitomart transport, to take stores to the coast of Africa; and the William Harris transport, to carry supplies to the Island of Ascension. ' hi:. Thomas Shanks is appointed Parser of his Majesty's ship SaMaramr. _ _ A boat belonging to the Ctacker cutter,ethployed in looking out for smugglers, was upset on Wednesday evening, la Chichester harbour. By the great exertions of the people of Bonham, particu larly of John Alemore, she crew wern,picked up, with the creep.. Lion of John Onthas, a pilot, who was rolonunatelydrowned. ;It% •/ Po