Star. — London, England, 1828-01-22 00:00:00

. , HASTINGS, JAI. 20 • colonel Sir Francis gathimiel Burton, late Governor of Canada, is amongst our 14test arrivals. General and Colonel Dickenson ate also here, and occupy a house in Cavendish•place. The Ball, at the Royal Swan Hotel, net Wednesday evening was most fatbionably attended, and the theatre, during the week, has been the resort of the% fashionable+. We are still all gaiety, but the near approach of the sitting of Parliament is about to break up most e t our fashionable arrangements. BRIGHTON. JANUARY O. This morning her Royal Highness the Princess AUGUSTA attended I hvine Service at the Pi mate Chapel. The Rev. Mr. BUTCHER officiated. After prayers her Royal Highne.., accompanied by her usual attendant, Ansi %VINYARD. took a short airing. The Princess, we are happy to Add, declares herself considerably improved in health since her arrival here. Among our arrivals in the latter pan .•f the week were— Lord Petersham, Lord Reay, Mr. M'Yinnon, M.P. Sir W. wen, Mr. Irvine, M.P. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Horton, Sir C. Trotter, Lord Lynedoch. Mr. Masterton Ure, M.P. Mr. Roths child, Sir Charles Pratt, Lady Emily and Mr. Posey, Lord Mary. borough, Prince Puckier Muskaw, &c. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of WILLINOTON returned to town on Sunday evening, from the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. His Grace entertained a select party to dinner at his residence, Apsley House, Piccadilly. The Members of the new Ministry formed by his Grace assembled at the Noble Duke's house at ten o'clock at night, and continued in deliberation for about two hours. The Duke attended yesterday at bis Office in the Horse Guards, and transacted official business with Lord FITSBOT SONEILSET, his Military Secretary. The Right Hon. STOROIS BOURNE arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from his seat in Hampshire. After transacting business at the Office of the Woods and Forests in Whitehall-place, the Right Hon. Gentleman proceeded to the Colonial Office, and had an interview with Mr. Husmsson. Earl TALBOT visited Viscount GODERICH yesterday, at his re,i dente in Downing-street. His Lordship also paid a visit to Mr. Part-, at his residence in Privy Gardens. Earl DUDLEY, Mr. PAIL, Mr. HUSTISSON, Viscount MELTILLB, and Mr. ABBUTHNOT,yidted the Duke of Wimultsrrow yesterday. VietOilin MELTILLII and Mr. CHAIR= GRANT •isited. Mr. Husittssos yesterday, at the Office of the Secretary .t state for the Colonial Department, in Downing-street. Mr. Clogs& visited Mr. finking yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. The Arroaarr-Graraaaa transacted business yesterday at the Foreign and Colonial Offices. Prince Levu, the Russian Ambassador, and Cornt LupoLr, the Neapolitan Minister, transacted busineu with Earl DODLZT yesterday, at the Foreign thEce, Downing-street. THEATRES. DRURY LANE. The Tragedy of Virginists, with MACREADT ES its hero, and Miss Foots as the representative of the in teresting Roman maiden, attracted an unusually crowded audience here last night. The re-appearance of the Lady after her tour in the country, the admired excellence of hlxcacAnv in the part of Firginius, and the recollection of their original joint success in the piece, could not fail, indeed, to fill the house. MA.. MAW never entered into all the various passions which . . agitate the mind of the distracted father with more in tense feeling than last night, and be was never more soccessful in moving the sympathies, and occasionally the tears of his audience. Miss FOOTS continues to look as lovely and interesting as when her first performance of Virginia so powerfully aided the effect of the scene by increasing the horror of the sacrifice. She is alto gether so fitting a representative of the character, as' well in her acting as appearance, that it will be dif ficult to find it again so well filled. WALLACE'S kiliSS and the Dentatus of Coorna had their accustomed merit, and the Play frequently drew down enthusiastic ap plause; notwithstanding which some few independent personages exercised their right of hissing it at the end, amidst o►erwhelming marks of approbation. ADELPHI. There was both novelty and variety in the entertain ments provided atihis little Theatre yesterday evening, the effect of which was perceptible in a house crowdeu to excess from the commencement of the performance. The first of the new pieces (there were two) produced on this occasion, is entitled Paris and London, and turns on the adventures of au English Nobleman in those capitals—his entanglement with a dancer at the o.leon —and his extrication from the ties of illicit affection through the agency of his wife, who secretly follows Lim, assumes several disguises, and resorts to a vatiety of expedients for the purpose of effecting her object.— There is an underplot grounded on the loves and jea lousies of a French friseur and his mistress, and an English coachman and his wife. YATISS, who per formed the part of the sentimental perruquier, was exceedingly amusing, as was the character of his clsere envie, the Soubrette, in the hands of Mrs. Humans. WILKINSON played the Coachman, and was not in the wrong box. In addition to the characters already al luded to, there are a few others, whose use is rather to bring into action the talents of the company col lected at this Theatre, than to forward the busi ness of the piece. Among these we may include the part of an English actor allotted to Reeve, and a Car tam Gobble, in which Mr. GALLOTT succeeded in eating his way into the favour of the audience. Mrs. YATES played the injured wife with her usual grace and sprightliness; and was particularly happy in the dis• guises which she assumed, with a view to discover and correct the errors of her faithless spouse. The piece is written in a manner sufficiently amusing, and appeared to afford considerable gratification to the audience. In his characters front low life the author has been tolerably successful; not so in those which he has attempted to derive from a higher class of society. The dialogue is frequently coarse, and is a little too broad; and the delivery of the puns (which are numerous and anti- Rimed) must have tasked the intrepidity of the actors to the utmost. The scenery is eminently beautiful. The second is a little piece in one act, derived from the French, which, if we mistake not, has been already performed under a different name at one of the larger Winter Theatres. The Adelphi version of the story bears the title of Firs Move, and is simply the history of the disinterested r elinquishment of his mistress by a generous soldier, who has considerable claims on her affection, in favour of a former admirer, who was the lady's •' first love." The piece is of the sentimental class, and not of the best or most natural class of senti• ment neither.. But the exertions of Messrwcoosca and Bucxyrona, and Mrs. Hunan, obtained for it a reception to which its intrinsic merits would scarcely hare entitled it. Accounts from Sierra Leone of the 6th Dec. state, that the Slave Trade has lately decreased greatly, on account of the difficulty of getting away from the cruisers on 'be COilbi. The following it an cstract of a letter : " 61sact lair)ss. Duo. 6.—Our Gaut& irdissouti• Rued by orders of the Oorersaecre HIS M t.TEsII'S ENCOURAgMENT OF BRITISH Mr. Webb Hall, of Brighton, has transmitted to the King a letter, humbly requesting his Majesty to ac• cept a small present of cloth prod - treed from British " Knowing," says Itlr. Hall, "the sentiments a large portion of the Agricultural classes of your Majesty's subjects, I may undertake to say. that your Majesty's appearing in public in the really ilritish cloth which I have dune myself the honour to lay at your Majesty's Ger, would bind your Majesty's name still closer to their hearts, and lead them to bless the day when the most exalted and powerful Potentate in Eu rope, or the world, in a time of national difficulty, was graciously pleased to set an illustrious example to his Nobility and kingdom, of personal privation, if any privation it could be, for the public good." The following answer was returned to Mr. Hall: " Lord L3nsdown presents his compliments to Mr. George Webb Hall, and has the pleasure to acquaint him, that having transmitted his letter, together with the cloth which accompanied it, to the King, he has commanded me to convey to Mr. Hall his Majesty's acknowledgments for his dutiful attention, and to ex press the real satisfaction which his Majesty will feel in wearing so beautiful a specimen of the cloth produced exclusively from British wool. " Whitehall, Jam 7, 1828." NPORIING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING-ROOM, TATTERSALL'S, Jaw. 21. Until near five o'clock nothing was done, amt every thing seemed to promise a dull day ; but at that time there Was a reaction in the market, and the betting became brisk and important. In the Derby, it would seem that Merchant is a little out of favour, as no one wined back him under Te to 1 ; indeed, 8 to 1 were laid at the opening. Folly and Larisaa are rising, and Amy is getting up the ground lost last week. The Oaks betting was unusually puzzling ; and although we have for some time been prepared for a radical change, we did not look for so complete a one as that effected by one half hour's betting yesterday. At one time the posi tions of the favourites were so confused, that it would have been impossible to say which was first, second, or third, in the list; at la.t Rosanne and Sarah fairly headed the rest. and settled first and second favourites.—This alteration is hard to account for; we can only suppose it to be attributable either to the breed of the horses, or to a desire to make them good book favourites; certainly, never was betting more completely without criteria, than that for the Oak..—The odds left off thus— Ihr RIM. 7i to 1 art Merchant 12 to 1 apt Satiety (15 taken) It to 1 apt The Colonel 15 to 1 apt Druid 17 to 1 agst.Soutboote (taken) 20 to 1 apt Folly (taken) 20 to t agst Navarin (taken) 20 to I apt Mariner 25 to 1 ag.t Amy 18 to 1 agst Finesse 40 to 1 apt Mona 40 to 1 agst I3arnardo [0 to 1 agst Rosanne (taken) 12 to I agst Sarah sister to Swiss l 4 to 1 agst Lisette l 4 to 1 apt Trampoline (1.5 ta.) Sr. I 13 to 1 agst Bess] Bedlam (tali) 13 to 1 agst Velocipede No others 15 to 1 agst Turquoise 20 w 1 apt Zoe 30 to 1 apt Balsine (taken) 18 to 1 asst Coulon 115 to 1 apt Ultimatum (taken: NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. Tnessoax—Free Handicap of 100 sots. each, hJt. for 5 yr olds. T. Y. C. Sir John Shelley's b e Maresfield, by Aator, est 41b Mr. Payne's ro f Serenade, Bst 41b br e by Whalebone—Snowdrop, sat lib Lord Exeter's b f by Captain Candid—Pantina, 7st Blb FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. Wranssane—The St. Leger Stakes, for 3 yr aids, colts, tint 71b and fillies, Bst 41b. D. 1.• Duke of Richmond's Hindostan, by Whalebone Mr. Thornhill's cb c Merchant, by Merlin br c Mariner, by Merlin b c Magnet, by Merlin Duke of Grafton's br c Drnid, by Merlin -- b c Omen, by Orville gr c Nutmeg, by Skim Lord Kseter's br c Zinganee, by Tramp—Folly b c. by Whisker—Zealot's dam Mr. Payne's eh e by Walton—Johanna Southcote Mr. Sowerbe• b e Palemon, by Vampyre Gen. Grosvenor's b c Macenas, by Waterloo • Lord G. H. Cavendish's b e brother to Goldolphin Mr. Theakston's b c Jour de Noce., by liiacklock h e Grampian, by Walton Duke of Rutland's hr c by Andrew—Sorcery b c by Waterloo—sister to Adelina. LIVERPOOL RACES. The rapid progress made by these Races excites general astonish ment, and cannot fail of making it a first-rate Meeting. Mr. Lynn gives a Gold Cap, value 100 gs. to which is added a Stakes; the Tradesmen also give a 100 guinea Cup, and moon's. In specie, with a Stakes added. Besides these and other valuable prises, two Free Handicaps are proposed, ooe of them having 146 horses put down and the other 101—the nominations including Memnon, Matil:la, Nonplus, Longwaia ; Granby, Aetenon, and most of the. crack racerb. HUNTING. The Ho'dunes, Fos -- Hounds t;:morrow, at Everingham Thursday, at Kilnwick Percy ; and on Saturday, at Hothsm. The Badswurth Fos Hounds to-morrow, at Darfield Bridge; Thursday, at Cudworth; and on Saturday, at Crofton Village: • The Morpeth Hardees to morrow, at Clifton; Thursday, at Abshielda ; and Saturday, at Whaltnn Hill Head. The Worcestershire Hounds on Thursday, at Rouse Lench. The Granstien Hounds oa Friday, at Potion Wood. The We.tacre Stag Hounds on Fritiay ! ht Wendling Bridge. N. P. H.—Mr. Nicoll's Hounds on Thursday, at Cadnam Bridge ; and on Saturday, at Highwood Copse. The Cleveland Fox Hounds on Thursday, at Skelton. The Elton and Cleveland Harriers ost Thuraday, at El on. The York City Harriet., on Ft iday, at Towtkorp Carr. STAG HUNT. Monday his Majesty's Stag Hounds met at Braeknall. A deer was turned out, but would sot ran at all ; returned to Swinley, where they procured another stag, and, considering the waters, bad tolerable spurt. It is curious that the Stag was taken at the Stag and Hounds, Spital. Friday, the Hounds met at Longford, and, in consequence of the waters, turned out at leer Heath, and had a run of an lour and five minutes. GREAT UNDERTAKING. Yesterday afternoon. Coates, the celebrated pedestrian, under took for a wager of £25 to perform the following unequalled task, which had been postponed from Thursday last, on account of the tinfavourableness of the weather :—To row mice under and run twice over five different Bridges, and afterwards proceed to St. JameesPark, and run round the new iron railing—the whole within one hour. The pedestrian, at about half-past two, made his ap pearance at London Bridge. accompanied by a number of persons, and commenced his work by running twice over, and rowing once ander. Ile then proceeded to Southwark, illackfriar's. Waterloo. and Westminster Bridges, running over twice. and rowing under once each of the Bridget in his progress. From Westminster Bridge he proceeded to St. James's Park, followed by an immense concourse of spectators, and concluded his undertaking by running round the bon railings within seven minutes,and winning the match in eleven seconds within the hour, in fine style, and amidst the most deafening cheers. The whole of the Bridges contained a number of persons, hot Waterloo was crowded during the whole of the afternoon, and several Interesting foot races took place the length of the Bridge, which is a quarter of a mile within about 20 yards, to the great amusement of the numerous spectators, and to the de light and profit of the trustees of the bridge. A letter from Naples of the I,t instant, 'states that Mr. STRATFORD CANNINO had arrived at Malca from Constantinople. Bawls or NAVAIVINe—We were admitted on Satur day to a private view of the new Panorama of the Bat tle of Navarin, painted by Mr. BuIVORD, in the Strand. MI our pre-conceptions of what the representation of such a tremendous scene should be, were folly answered. W .en we saw the Asia, Admiral Codrington's vessel, between the Egyptian and Turkish Admiral's ships, we _almost fancied ourselves in all the real horrors of such a warfare. The blowing up of the Turkish fireships is 'powerfully delineated. Oa the whole, it is most spi rited punting ; and the more it is looked at, the stronger )the illusiop becomes, till imagination almost deenis it !reality. WEATHEt ► The effect produced by the pre.ent mid "Leen OP tin the vegetation Is remarkable. lo sheltered s;tuatithis. green peas are three inches nut of the grcuntl. The snow drop, the crocus, and other hat bingers of spring, hare reirtti their headss The meadows on tht Surrey side of the Snspensiou Bridge, at Hammersmith, have pre:ented daring the last three diys a remarkable appearance. The heavy rains have occasioned the River to overflow a great extent of land beyond its usual boundaries, and the floods have formed one broad extensive lake, intersected by rows of elms and hedges. The oldest inhabitants have never seen any thing like the present inundation. The waste of waters extends to the very doors of the farm houses, which have stood high and dry for ages. The floods in our neighbourhood are unusually high, and the rain for some days has been almost incessant. In many places, should the rain continue, the roads will be absolutely impassable.— Oxford Paper. The very heavy fall of snow and rain within the last ten days, added to the already overflowing state of the Thames, has caused a dreadful flood in this neighbour hood: we are sorry to state that this day, Thursday, the water is moo the street in Eton, and still continues to rise; the inhabitants are in a state of alarm lest the wa ters should arise to the height they were the 29th of Ja nuary, in the year.lBo9. From the terrace the view is dreadful beyond description; not an inch of land scarce ly to be seen for several miles ; the road from Datchet, to Windsor is completely impassable, as is the Clewer I road Irons Maidenhead ; rails re placed across the road to prevent Accidents. Tate road to Slough is also nearly in the same state The water this day has risen, three inches; scarcely a house in Eton that the water is nag from three to five feet in the cellar.—Merles Chrox. The we.ther has been tremendously severe in .this neighbourhood since our last. In consequence of the fall Of snow yesterday se'nnight b-ing followed by a•brisk thaw, the river Avon again rivet flowed its banks on Sunday, being six inches higher in the deepest part than . . the late flood. The low lands in this e'en, - ity were consequently under water to a very considerable extent, but o e have not heard of any material damage having been sustained. Tuesday night was one of the most inclement during the winter; the fall of snow and rain was unusually great, and the different coaches were next morning considerably beyond their usual time Tie Exeter mail was about two hours later in its arri val, and was under the necessity of leaving the city with six horses. We regret to find, that owing to the hag prevalence of wet weather, the sheep and lambs are suffering seriously from the rot ; and that, from the same cause, the season has proved extremely fatal to the deer. It is also stated that the effect of the rains will be felt, and severely too, at harvest, on all lands which are not of stout quality in themselves, or where the wheat plantis not well supported by manure. We are, however, happy to add, that the ravages of the wire-woim are abated, and the growing wheats look well to the eye.—Bath Herald. A snow storm comme..ced on Monday, and has since .continued with little intermission. All the coaches ar rived nearly in due time last night, with the exception of the South Mail, which was at least three bouts behind time, arriving after three o'clock in the morning. This did not arise, however, from any interruption by the snow. Bang about hrlf-tide at Q.reensferry, the guard and passengers had to take an open boat, which was driven on a sand bank about '2OO ) ads from the shore, where they bad to abide the pelting of the storm for nearly three hours. This morning the coaches from this place to Edinburgh found it impossible to proceed beyond D4mhead, about fourteen milts to the southward of .Pertb. One of them returned to-day a little after noon —the other stuck fast in the snow.—Pcrth Courier. The piercing cold which prevailed here in the begin ning of the week, was succeeded on Wednesday evening by snow, which continued to fall during the night, and heavily as yesterday morning advanced. The ground was covered to a considerable depth, and the progress of the mail so much retarded, as to be two hours past the usual time of arrival. At mid-day thaw commenced. We may calculate, however, on the communication with distant parts being still impeded by the heaviness of the roads ; and the non-arrival of the London mail at night, which has now occurred several times in succes sion, is likely to prevail two or three days longer.— Greenock Advertiser. 'Thursday night the entire city was enveloped in darkness—the prospect renttered, if possible more dreary by the inclemency of the atmosphere. This un expected occurrence was attributable to the derange. ment of part of the machinery in the Gasometer, the purifier having become corroded.—Limerick Paper. Saturday morning last the London mail was over turned between Bienh and Appleby, on its way to Carlisle. Yesterday riday) morning the same mail did not arrive iu Carlisle until near eleven in the form. noon, having lost full four hours. It took eight horses four hours to pass the mail .and enrich over Stainmoor, which is done in ordinary weath r with four horses in two hours and thirteen minutes. In the above storm, the horses were almotc all that time breast deep, and they literally dragged ;the vehicle through by main strength, the wheels never turning round.—Carlisle Journal. Captain GRENTELL, w ho so signalized himself under Lord COCH Roue in the River Plate, and whose gallantry has been rewarded by the several Orders of "The Rising Sun," and The Cross," sailed from Falmouth last w eek in the Dove, for Rio Jineiro.. _ _ Napoleon beingiin the gallery of the Louvre one day, attended by the Baron Denon, turned round suddenly from a fine picture, which he had viewed for some time in silence, and said to him —" That is a noble picture, Denon." " Immortal," was Denon's reply. " How long," inquired Napoleon. " will this picture last?" Denon answered, that, " with cate, and in a proper situation, it might last, perhaps, five hundred years." " And how long," said Napoleon, " will a statue last?" " Perhaps," replied Denon, " five thousand years." " And this,"re: turned Napoleon, sharply," this you call immortality." The following anecdote illustrative of the religious ignorance of our Highland population has been corn• municated to us by a Rev. Gentleman. The Rev. Mr. A., D.D. had, a short time since, been applied to by a Highlander, fer the purpose of administering to a child of the latter's the ordinance of baptism. Agree ably to his invariable practice, the worthy Divine exa mined with great care the lather of the child touching his knowledge of the nature and design of the institution in question. The singular answers which the latter returned to the interrogatories of the Rev. Gentleman proved to a demonstration that he had no idea whatever either of the one or the other. The unavoidable conse quence was, that the worthy clergyman was laid under the necessity of informing the father, that he was not fit to hold up his child. " Fit !" exclaimed thjusto nished Highlander, evidently supposing that he referred to his physical—not his moral fitness : " Not fit to hold him (it was a son) up I Dear bless you, Sir, I would he fit to hold him up, though be were as big as a cal/Y"— Elgin Courier. • r • thirdliti.- CUR itaro l oqh ' iN , • • Oadtid, Jan. All the accounh. we fiZeive iron!" Catalonia, agree in representing that proirince is being situated on a tut cairn. The• King /lids himself every diyessilted with enitiplaints against the aouwho day cbarged diltii bting the euthr ts of au . .the that oppress the cOurarr.. .tArierat ternaa "11140 constantly on the looi-latst, eg o ist momentarily expect! a fresh explosion. Already have in:Wry small handy, whe may be considered as the Advanced guard of the insurrectional main 'body, 'tiled reveral villages, and completely I hindered them. You have seen the famous Menu:Mal addressed sothi time ago to his M lesty by the Bishop hf Vigue, re specting the affairs of Catalonia. this document, which caused as much sensation in Spain as abroad, has heed disclaimed since by that prelate, who addressed a letter on this subject to the Minister of Graitand Justice, and caused it to be inserted in the Gazelle of this day, but there is no doubt that this proceeding is an act Of thee* complacency on the part.of M. de Calomarde. Although our Gazette affirms that there is no eh in * in his Majesty's health, all .private letters agree that the King is troubled with a variety of complaints, and that his return to Madrid has been determined on, and will take place by the 24th instant. The King's Physician in Ordinary, Dr. Castello, has been likewise dangerously ill, and even his death was reported, which, however, 'proved incorrect. All accoums from the South agree that the Colon). hien privateers swarm on that coast, and that they i a manner bl ckade us. It is also asserted that the political ex-Chief Merconchini has been landed again by them lately, and that he was mernbarked, after effecting the objects of his mission. An event has happened at Cadiz, which we hardly 'lthoirr how tagnalify. That town had been exempted heat time immemorial Ginn furnishing any con tingent to rhe atniy, considering that the young men of the place preferred the service of the Rapt Navy. During the last drawing, of conscripts, fifty men were demanded from t h at town for the service, and this occasioned much gtumbling, it was determined that the Municipality should gather a collection, the proceeds of whicts should be applied to the raising of the contingent that had been required. This sum was more than su ffi cient for such purpose, as it amounted to up wards oflsoooo francs (6,0001. sterling.) But the measures which were taken to provide substitutes for these young men sug gested to the Municipality the idea, that as the Goeern• ment stood in need of money, it would make no difficulty to excuse the young men in question, if it were suffered to finger the sum raised for providing substitutes, and that fifty men more or less in the Army would be 'a matter of moonshine, as the Government, moreover. pledged its word that the contingent should not be ex• acted. The Municipality, in its misplaced credulity, made no further difficulty in paying the money over ; but in a fortnight afterwards the fifty young men were conducted to the army, under an esccrt of gendarmes. Last Friday three highwaymen were hanged here; but, for all that, there were several robberies committed on that very same evening, in sight of the lamps placed along the streets of this capital. A Bill is said to hate passed the House of Assembly of South Carolina, by a vote of 71 against 42, prohibit. ing the instruction of persons of colour in reading and writing. A window star Blackfriars R idge attracts the notice of the passengers by :he following labsl:--" Hot Kid- Knees, every day." The house of the Rev. Mr. IRVIM3, situated in . Clare. mont Square, Pentonville, was broken into at an catty hour on Sunday morning, and robbed of a quantity of plate and wearing apparel. The robbers effrxted their entrance by means of the kitchen door, which they dosed tlitough with a cei tie bit. Wednesday the Conflict gun brig, Lints. : Wakefield (actin?), arrived at Plymo ith., in 45kdayi frosts Sierra Leone, leaving all the, coa4 of Aftspa• sortaiton and healthy, with the Meeption pflhe Redwing. 18, Captain D. 'C. Cfaverhik.'which wesiel, itia.feared.• has been lost, a kb• all the crew. as. same 04.1ter. :spark had been picked up about 80 mileistO the aprthwtucl of Sierra Leone, from which place she bad sailed, about Ifive months previously, to cruise down the coast. Wednesday his Maj sty's It, ig Bever. Captain David lEdwards, arrived at Falmouth from Jamaica, last from Crooked Island; left the frrmer place on the sth, and the latter on the 10th of December, having brought the Mails which had been waiting for same time to be forwarded by the September packet (not thin arrived). and which is supposed to have been lost. The Beaver, i for the last three weeks, experienced very severe gales I from the westward ; so heavy was the sea, that on too occasions she was nearly going down, and was obliged to throw oierboard her guns ; the boats were washed from the quarters, and her upper works stove in. Bay. ing landed the Mails, she proceeded to Plymouth for orders. When the Beaver left Port Royal, the flfig of Vice Admiral Fleming . was flying on board the Magni. ficetr. The Druid, Harlequin, Fairy, Feriat, and Pincher, were refitting there ; the Aurora and Valo rous were daily expected to arrive. The Witham sailed the 20th of November, with specie tor Bar. badoes ; the Esp'egle had gone with convoy to St. Jar de Cuba ; Bustard to Carthagena and Chagter; Union, to Maracaibo ; Pylades, to Vera Cruz, on her way home; the Slaney was on her return from Vera Cruz ; the Scylla, Skipjack, Speedwel, and Nimble, were on the Bahama ration ; the AraOrie, Pickle, and Monkey, to windward. GIBBON AND SIR T. A—K.—About tfie time that every knight-errant was inclined to break a spear on the Gibbobian shield, Sir T. A—e was advised to enter the lists, and he informed me that he should engage in a controversy with Gibbon. " With Gibbon, Sir! about what—his 15th and 16th chapters 7' No, about his pump." At that time he was next door neighbour to Mr. Gibbon, in Bentinck.street, and there was a pump common to both premise., and some wits had furnished Sir Thomas with a learned dissertation on the subject. When he first wrote to Gibbon, the great historian sent for a workman, but hecould find rothing that was amiss with the pump; but the first letter not obtaining an answer, Sir Thomas followed it up with a learned Dissertation on the Origin of Pumps," and favoured me with the sight of some copy, which he saic', " if he could obtain no full answer he should publish, and he was assured that it would sell." I told him, " I did not doubt it ;" but, being intimate with his Lady's family, I earnestly . entreated him to desist. He,. how ever, pursued the persecution, till Gibbon became much • annoyed. Some time after inked Sir Thomas wt . at • became of his contioversy ? " Oh !" says be, "Gibbon never dared to write an answer ; he gave in, and only at last sent a message to desire • that I would take' the pump altogether, and do what I pleased with h.'s' The essay on the pump was not ill drawn up, either as , to elegant style or historical information, whoever had been the writer of it. es ch ide mn to- Be- MI 101 tie 'all eta tisk rbe her la: eof leal ea ag's .for Ma did w d ag Pegs 8,4 'are tat lack was ital•