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NAUTICAL 11.1TELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DA' ♦ll. DIM m..—Wind W. S. W. Ali. Dui. Dublin i i Hamburgh 0 3 I Waterfott t t Gottoburgh 0 I Liibou o o I PLYMOUTH, SEPT. I2.—Came in the Jubei Aaret, Capt. Mum, from Salo, hound to Plymouth, laden with wines for the ufe of the Navy.—Sailed the EN plavova, of to guns, with a fleet under convoy, for the Weftward I and the LADY WARREN, of 84 guns, with a fleet under convoy, for the Downs.—Came iron' Hamnaze to Cawfand Bay, the MALTA, of 14 guns, and remains with the TH NEMER, of 74 guns. Rommoormi,Sm PT.l3.—Sailed his Majelly 's armed (hip Thiamin, with feveral light tranfports for the Dawns.—. Arrived the HERON, !loop of war, Capt. Evocumaa, with a convoy for the Downs; the Fla. SENT, gun brig, Lieot. HARE, from a cruize; and the SCEPTRE from Lymington, which is ordered to take convoy for the Downs.—The VICTORY dropped dawn to St. Helen's this day, but Lord NELSON is not arrived. The ARAB is alto lying at St. Helen's. The BARBADUES, Capt. Nouase, which arrived yet: terday from the Weft Indies, was formerly the French !hip la Braave, and was prefented to Government by the inhabitants of the illand from which the takes her name. She parted from the Leeward Mond fleet confiding of upwards of 220 fail, under convoy bi a line of battle (hip and two frigates, on the Goth Aurzu tt, off the hanks of Newfoundland, all Cafe, and which fleet may be eoxpetled in eight or ten days. rov En, 'SEPT. 13.—Arrived the FLIRT cutter, to fi..—A two-decked (hip, and two frigates, paired by here this morning from the Downs, to join the Boa .. 1-gne fquadran, which are at anchor in Doge n f. roads.—lt is expelled that the cavalry, which are going on the• expedition, will be embatked at this port.—Although the camps in the vicinity of Bculngne are broken up, the hots in which the French troops were lodged laft winter, 11111 remain ; they c all white walbed, and appear from our hills on a clear day, not much unlike ten's. DEAL, SEPT. 13.—Sailed the TRIDENT man of war, for Sheernefs, with the HERMES and Vol.- T*.:R E (loops of war; ATHENIENR man of war, UR INIE frigate, and the HERON floop of war, for Portfmouth. Remain in the Downs, the Edgar, 'Utrecht, Lenpird, and Adamant men of war ; Champion. Vaal, Renomme, Mediator, Hebe, and 'lmmomealite frigates ; Bonetta, Autumn, Speedy, Argus, Zephyr, Railleur, and the Alert floops of war ; Profpero, Difcovery, Hccla, Zebra, Fury, Vefuvius, Volcano, Devaftation, Lucifer, and Er. ploficn bombs ; Lord Eldon armed (hip; a fleet of gun brigs; fire veffels, tranfports, and outward bound veffels.—Wind S. W. . ANOTHER LETTER SAME DATE..--ViCR Admiral RAIN IkR (truck his flag laft night from his Majefty's (nip TRIDENT, which failed this morning for the Nore.—Sailed the RENOMME, MEDIATOR,RTIdVESTAL frigates, for Portfmouth; and the CONSTANT gun brig, for Boulogne.—Arrived the BOLD gun-brig, from a cruize, and brought in with her a Swedifh brig, which (he had detained, both of which are put under quarantine. YARMOUTH, SEPT. mg.—This morning arrived the Amity, of Harwich, from Gottenburgh, with a Rut flan Meirenger, who is faid to be charged with dif: patches of great importance. Alf°, arrived in the Roads, the ROEBUCK frigate, Muscitoto and CRUI -21-R {loops, Sairt gun brig from the Downs, PRIN CESS AUGUSTA. HUNTER andßaDoEit cutters. Sailed the Mos ELLE (loop of war on a cruize.—Wind S.W. thiespioca, &rt. io.—The Union, Tulloch, ar- rived here yenerday from (blebee. Sailed thence 3d Augui), with twenty-feven fail of merchantmen, under convoy of his Majelly's lisaatz (and not the Pewstors, as mentioned in our laft). Parted company with the fleet about the isth Anglia, on the Banks of Newfoundland, in thick weather. The Captain fors the fleet were much fcattcrecl, and that he fau none of them afterwards. She goes to Lon d n to difcharge her cargo, which conlilts of oak and pine plank, allies, &c. Arrived the James and Ca- tharine, Giafs ; and Coafler, Mitchell, at Tonningen from hence. FROM LI OYD'S LIST. GRAvESIND, SEPT. 13.PUrred by the Lord N.. Ifort, Taylcr ;, We Oa Dover Caftle, Rirhardlon, from Lengal—Sailed the Hard ware, Mattock. for Ncw York. k n—Olf Dover, the Hannah, Hullack, from the South Seas; and the Beaver, Drockbank, from Cork—ln Yarmouth Roads, !lope Young, from Riga—At Scarborough, Supply, Hall, from itiga; Lourtiana, Howland; and the Princefs of Wales, Yours. from Peteriburgh--At Falmouth, &trey, Paulin, from Peterlhorgh—At Sligo, Minerva, Ruffey, from Peterfburgh—At Oturegemouth, Endeavour, Allarus, from Peterfburgh—Off Whit by, Young Henry, Richirdfon, from Archangel—Off Shields, AlTutor, and the t)cke of Clarence,— ' from Archangel I.ondordcrry, Ceres, Richardfon, from London—At New- R ecovcry, R cnnington, from New York—At Liverpool, WAT- T:4i on, —, from New York—At Newfoundland, Hero, Allen, from guebec—At Wilmi:4ton, Orwell, Parr, and the Latona, from Liverpool. The Hope, TEPTAM, from Grenada to Dublin, was taken the 14th oh. by the Havaanah Spanith privateer, re-taken the 4th intl. by the Hope privateer, of jcifey, and is arrived at Dartmouth. The Alice, Roca, from Newfoundland to Pool, was talon by a Spanilh privateer, z3d ult. in lat. 49. 43. long. i 9. 30. 1 he Jafon, PALMER, from Liverpool for New Or kaais, uas captured on the zoth of June, and fent for the HavannAh. The Venus, --, arrived at Liverpool from New Oritrans, was boarded on the 3d instant, by a French ivateer, who had captured the Virtuous-Grace, and the Mary-Ann, of Guernfey, from Q./ebec ; alfo a I,tir; from Liverpool, bound to North America, game 9riknowab ipl,mc Its, SEPT. It. The humours of the evening on the fands were the antient, honourable, and royal amisrement of Bob Le mon, and a pig race. In the former, a dextrous boy imr'ierfing his head in the tub (for a confiderable time), forced the fruit againfl the fides, then applied his teeth to it, and received half a guinea for his re ward, as the fuccefsful candidate. The pig race was cnnduEted with a degree of folemnity fuited to the important occafion. Two Gentlemen on horfeback preceded the cart in which the vielim was conveyed ; while twelve youths, diftingnifhed by ribbands, anxi oufly waited its arrival. Sufficient law (in the fport ing phrafe) having been given, the affrighted animal ran for three or four furlongs with great rapidity, and with half the town at his heels. The lolly coin ' petitor who thould raife him from the ground by the tail, and hurl him over his (boulders, was to obtain the prize. After the fluff effort, the learned quadru ped finding efcape impoffible, took folk, and made no further attempt. Previous to his departure, his body had been rubbed with faponaceous ingredients, and tfpecially the curling extremity : fo that not one of the rivals had addrefs or firefly's for the grand at chitvement ; they therefore received a pecuniary emolument, and abandoned the ground. A fpecies of divertion, vulgarly called a Smock Race was projeaed ; bur, to the honour of the place, no females could be found, however indigent their fituation, to conceit the proffered reward. As a fub future, an Afs Race is propofed, in which that lingo. lar favourite of the eloquent Burrow is to difplay his agility. At night the Theatre was opened for the Mafque rade. It was converted into a grand faloon, and was illuminated with felloons of lamps of various colours. Mrs. LITCHPULD has been with her family this fummer at Richmond, where the had a benefit on Monday night, which was a bumper. The enter- tainments were, the Honey Moon, and Valentine and Orton. At prefent there are no lets than two juvenile anteii on board the Vefuvius bomb in the Downs.— One of thofe nautical dramatic phznomenas. (to ufe the words of the Captain of the Vefuvius) polfelfes all the fire, energy,beauty,andfymmetry, of Mailer Bar- TY he is a boy of only fourteen, who eloped lately from his friends in Dublin, and entered into his Ma jelly's The other is quite an lactsnox in natural voice, talk, and execution. Large parties of Ladies and Gentlemen are frequently invited on board the Vefuvius to receive a Thefpian treat from thofe young Eons of Neptune. There is at this time in the Governor's garden, at the once famous, but now neglected Little Fort, at Cockham Wood, Chatham, an apple tree bearing very fine apples, and a quantity of bloffom on the fame branches. On Saturday fe'nnight one of the fineß elms ever Peen in any country wasbrought to Monmouth, where it remained for infpedion till Monday morning. It required 15 horfes to bring it five miles along a good road, contained 7 tons 12 feet of timber in its fquared Rate, and meafured 41 feet long by four feet fquare at the but, although upwards of 30 feet had been cut off from the top ►n order to bring it along the road, fo that the whole meafure of the tree may be com puted at nine tons and a half. This remarkable tree was perfealy found, and in a growing Rate when cut down—it grew in a meadow near Saint Maughan's church. A perfon whore real name is Crockett, but who has affirmed others, has been taken taken into cuflody at Middle, in Slhropfhire, by two gentlemen from Wor. teller, charged with forgery on one of the Banks of that city. Loss so TIME.—The public are much indebted to the Contradors of the Lottery which will begin Drawing this Month, for,isy their wife arrangement of the Scheme, a purchafer of a Ticket or Share may gain either of the three prizes of 20,0001. three of io,oool. three of scoot. and numerous other Prizes, for little more than half the ufual price, as every Tic ket drawn within a certain period, will be entitled to fume benefit from a 20,0001. down to a 201. or a rol. and all Shares will receive their repedive pro portions of fuch Prizes. Died at Montreal, in the Province of Canada, on the 15th of June, Otos, BRYCE M'CUMMINO, Efq. Seignior of Grand Valley, and late a Captain in the sth Weft India Regiment. He commenced his mi litary career in the Allied Army, under the com mand of Prince Ferdinand of Brunfwick ; ferved his King and country faithfully land honourably, forty five years, and was aaively engaged in every war in which Great Britain was involved, during his life.— He was cool and colleded in the greateft danger; never aduated by momentary impulfe ; he was a Ready, alive, enterprifing, good foldier, and lite rally a brave man; and, without any oflentatious difplay of his zeal, was an enthufiaft in his defire to fupport the charader of the Bt hitt; Army. Endow ed with flrength and a rebuff conflitution, he was patient of hardfhip ; with chearfulnefs encouraged others to exertion in their duty, and univerfally gained the efteem and refped of all with whom he ever ferved. Generous and hofpitable in the field, his door was thrown open to relieve the wants and fatigue of his brother Officers, and BRYCE MVUEI MING'S hofpitality was proverbial. With a conflitu- Lion at Taft worn out with fevere fervice (particularly in the Weft Indies, where he was taken prifoner by the Caribs, and only efcaped death in cold blood to fuffer what was worfe, fix months dole confinement in a contraded dungeon, in a tropical climate) he retired to Canada to join his children, and pats the remainder of his days in peace ! But all human hopes are fallacious, the lots of his wife (whom he furvived only eleven months), who had forty years been his faithful companion through all his viciftitudes of fcr. tune, the misfortunes of his family (in his old age), whom he had brought up with credit to himfelf in !hid principles of honour, reditude, and as faithful and loyal fubjefts, added to his own fervices either forgot or neglected, bore heavy on him, and his ftrength was not equal to a fea voyage, which he only furvived to die on the gth day after his arrival at Montreal, in the 66th year of his age, fincerely regretted by his relatives, and all who knew him.— His remains were concluded to the ferry by a refped able body of his friends and citizens, and from thence to the banks of Lake Champlain for interment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LITCHFIELD RACES, TUESDAY, SEPT. zo. The King's Plate of wogs. was run for, upon Whit tington.Heath, by Horfes, &c. carrying 811. 71b. each. Three Mile Heats. Mr Skinner's b. m. Duckling - • 4 I a Mr Fenwick's b. m Mils Coiner - - a dr Mr Clifton's b. h. Sir Ulic M.Killigut . • I 2 2 Mr Femmes b. h. Principal - - 3 dr Odds, after the firlt heat, to to 1 on Sir Ulic ; af ter the fecond heat, to to a on D uc kli n ; man y o f the belt informed were taken in by the first bets. ABINGDON RACES, TUESDAY, SEPT. ro. Fifty Pounds for all ages, 4 mile heats. Mr. Neale 's ch. b. (biz, aged r Mr. Kellerman's ch. m. Mary, y yrs 2 WEDNESDAY. Sweepflakes of ggs. each, with Sol. added, for allages. Two mile heats. (Seven Subfcribers.) Mr. Ladbroke's ch. c. Dudley, 3 yrs old s r t Mr. Girdler's ch. in. Capella, s yrs I 2 2, Mr. Blandy's gr. 1. Mir" Countryman, 3 yrs 4 S 3 Mr. Goddard's b. f. Swindon Lab, 3 yrs z 3 dr Mr. Sutton's gr. f. &trey, 4 yrs 3 4 dr Lord Abingdon's b. f. 3 yrs 6 M. PONTEFRACT RACES, TUESDAY, SEPT. zo. The MernberePlate of pl. for Maiden 3 and 4 yrolds. Sir R. Winn's b. c. Mariner, by Precipitate, 3 yrs 6 a Mr. Richardcon's b. m. Woodbine, 3 yrs old 5 • 3 Hon. L. Saville's eh. f. by Patriot, 3 yrs old 3 5 dr Mr. Wilfon's br. f. by Sir Peter, 3 yrs (bolted) 2 4 Mr. Flint's b. c. Scampfon, by Screveton, 3 yrs I 3 Mr. Hotham's b. e. Bonnet, by Traveller, 3 yrs a dr sto z agft Precipitate-7 to 4 agft Sir Peter—eafy. WEDNESDAY. Sweepßakes 61 3ogs each, togs ft. for 3 yr old colts. Sir W. Gerard's bL e. Barouche, by Overton . Sir R. Winn's ch. c. Sound Judgment, by Buzzard - s Sweepßakes of togs. each, with togs. added, for 3 yrs old fil. Sir T. Gafcolgne's Pricipttate, out of Goldenlocks Ld Strath:norc's grey, by Overton - Sir E. Smith's grey, by Overton • 3 Sir R. Winn's bay, Hypocrite, filter to Auaioneer - 4 Mr E. L. Hodgfon's bay, by Moorcock - - 5 Two to 1 againft Lord Strathmnre's grey, and g to 2 againft Sir T. Gafcoigne's chefnut—hall a head. The Gold Cup, value wogs. a Subfcription of logs. each, with 2ogs. added, for 3,4, 5, and 6 yrs old, and aged.—Mares and Geldings to he allowed 31b. and a winner of the great Subfcription or Sweep flakes at York, this year, slb. extra.—Thus marked t to carry 51b. extra. }Mr. Aside's b. h. Fergtifon, 5 yrs old Mr. Dent's b. e Sir Charles, by Selim, 4 yrs old Two tot and 5 to 2 on Fergufon ; wog eafy. • I • a Mr. Roster ARBUTHNOT, many years principal Secretary to the Hon. F. NORTH, Governor of Cey lon, being obliged to quit his fitnation on account of ill health, died on Monday laR, in the Downs, on his pairage home. His lifter, Mils ARBUTHNOT, was three days in waiting at Dartford. Apartments were prepared for him, his wife, and daughter, at &AIWA Hotel. Mr. Attaurumor, we underftand, is a confin to our prefent Minifter at Conftantinople. A few days fince Mr. Williams, proprietor of the copper-mill, at Wrayibury, Bucks, obferved a cart Banding near a Paper-mill, in the above neighbour hood, at a very unfeafonable hour ; and furpetaing that paper might he carried off without paying the duty, he acquainted the Supervifor of Excife with his fufpicions, who fent fome officers to afcertain the fad. They taw the cart pars along the road, as if coming from the Paper-mill, which they immedi ttely (lopped, when the parties accompanying it made their efcape. Oa examination, the cart proved to be loaded with about 8 cwt. of copper, intlead of paper, Bolen from Mr. Williams's mill ; the owner of the cart is known, which may lead to a difcovery of the offenders. DIVORCIS. —A very humorous piece made its appearance lately at the Theatre Francois, at Paris. Its purport is to ridicule the facility with which d'- vorces are obtained, and the indelicate traffic of get ting a hufband or wife by advertifement or agency.— An elderly man marries a young wife of unimpeach able virtue, but of a difpolition in extravagant as to tire him of wedlock ; he therefore, without having any thing to impute to her of' moral defea, refolves to divorce ber ; and the young Lady, who has no thing to charge her butband with but a defea very natural to his years, refolves upon the fame thing ; but both carry on the defign privately, and determine, before they feparate, to provide themfelves with other helpmates. Early one morning the Gentleman goes to an of fice which advertifed to fupply both foxes with part ners, and makes his botinefs known to the mailer, with whom a very humorous fcene enfues. The matter takes his memorandum book to enter the del cription of the old gentleman, and the humour con fills in the vanity of the portrait which he draws of himfelf, contrafted with his real feeblenefs and age r_ for when the defcription is finifhed, an old man of feventy years appears upon paper to have the a.flivi. ty and features of a youth of twenty-one. Jule as the defcription is finifhed, the matter is informed that a Lady is in waiting for him ; he begs his canister to withdraw into an inner room, and immediately the wife herfelf is uthered in. An excellent fcene here enfues between the mailer, who is a coxcomb, and the Lady, whole modelly will not permit her to dwell on her accomplilhments. The memorandum book is then put into her hands, and (he immediately feleas the defcription which the hufband had given of himfelf, and respells to fee this handfome, aaive, well proportioned young fellow. , 4 You (hall fee him this inftant (lays the matter), he is in the horde." " Heaven be praifed ! ((he exclaims) but what are nty charms to his ? (give me Come rouge, Monticur). Can he look upon fuch a creature ? (Could you let me have Tome patches ?) I (hall fink with cnnfufion. Is he fo amiable as he defcribes himfelf? 0, Heavens! If he fhould not like me." Whiltt the is in this hurry of preparation, the me ter opens an inner door, and encourages the old gen tleman to come forth, who at firft hangs back ; they loon, however, burfl upon each other's view. and the cataftrophe ends in a good laugh, and the determina tion of the panics to live together, and give over the thoughts of a divorce. M. Layout, the author of this piece, is laid to have borrowed his plot ; but the merit of fuch ttories is in the manner of telling them ; and the vivacity of ' the dialogue, which certainly is his own, will relcue him from the difgrace of plagiaritin. Mr.BELSHAM's HISTG RrofG AEAT BR FROM THE REVOI V PION T) TH:I PEACE OF AMIENS. With fingular pleaftire we congratnloe otifd;•-• on the completion of this celebrated work, which, by the recent addition cf the t tth and 12th roiontes. is now brought down to the Peace of Amiens, a pet iod beyond which, according to the intimation of the Author, it is not his intent ian to ex'end his hifloriral labours. As a whole, in which light this Hittory is now, therefore, to be confidered, it may be confidently recommended as a Work which, however different in fome points of view, may he ftudied with fatisfac- Lion, as a fequel to a continuation of the defervedly admired Hittory of Mr. Hume. In the earlier period of our National Annals. Hume has fo fixed his reputation as apparently to bid defiance to fuccefsful rivalry, and fince his time it has been the conflant fubjett of national regret, that almolt equally hopelefs was the profpcd of loch a Continuation of his Work, fince the period of the Revolution, as might claim with juftice, and obtain without helitation, the honour of ranking as its com panion. Te errors and defeEts of SINOLLET,the only name which can Rand in any degree of competition, have long been nniverfally felt and acknowledged. He pof felled unqueftionable,talents, but his genius was en tirely turned to the low and the ludicrous : of the dignity and beauty of hittoric compofition he had no conception, and much lefs could he boaß of any por. tion of its all-pervading and philofophic fpi: it. Other produaions of the fame nature have had an ephemc. ral exiftence, have lived their little day, and have hurried into negleet and oblivion. In this Rate of our hiftoric attainments, Mr. Bee slum feveral years ago publifhed the firft volumes of his Hittory of Great Britain. The Work was im mediately pronounced a phenomenon in that branch of literature, and it was received with that general applaufe which incited the author to proceed with encreafing energy in his undertaking, and after the la bour of fourteen years, it now appears before the Public as a complete work. In examining critically the intrinfic merit of this performance, feveral firiking claims to diftinetion are inftantly obvious. One of the mutt prominent of them is, that in no place do we meet wi,ll any thing like the tranfcription of the dull records of the day. Every page bears the impteflion of refearch and of original thought. With acute difcrimination, Mr. BELSHAM developcs the wires and the motives of aftion, recurring frequently to fources and docu ments, which lie beyond the fphere of ordinary in velligation. In our dome& !Dory his arrangement is in a high degree luminous and exalt. The unfortunate conteft with the colonies is reviewed, and its progrefs traced with difcernment and care, and in the narrative of the late war, by which the prefent reign will be ren dered Bill more memorable, the Author feems in a molt particular manner to have exerted all his powers to do plaice to the importance of the occaflon. The affairs of the Continent, as fobfervient to his primary objetft, he has treated with extraordinary ability ; and the wars of King WILLIAM and Qeen Asti P, as well as the events refulting from the won derful change which the LA feventeen years have in troduced in the condition and politics eif Europe, are related with a fingular combination of political and hiltorical talent. The tranfaCtions in India are alto detailed at confiderable length and with great ability. In eltimating his general politics as an Hittorian, it is impollible to avoid noticing his peculiar excel lence in the delineation of charader. With a keen nefs of penetration, a folidity of judgment, and a warmth and fidelity of colouring unrivalled, he ar ras the fleeting perfonages of his fcene, and trail& mits to his Reader their intelletual p rtraits. Add to this, that bis (Lyle throughout polfeffes an anima, tion, a vigour, and a fluency which can Icarcely he paralleled, and every part of his Work is pervaded by the genuine Philofothy of Ilifiory, without which the molt interefting materials, united to the greatelt attraftions of (Lyle, cannot•afpire to be ranked in this higheft department of Literature. It now remains only to fpeak of Lisp/ tiort. princi/let. Whatever favours of the appellation of parry, is un doubtedly fo far odious. Yet in this nation one wen diltinCtion has long exitted, and mutt long continue to eaitt, for its foundation is fixed in the nature of things. By the very effence of our Conititution, the confcientious Friends of Privilege and thole of Pre rogative can never perfeCtly coalefce ; and the princi ples of WHIGG:SM received at the Revolution of 1.6t:8 a pradical fantlion which enfitres them a durabi:ity co-exittent with that Conftitution itfelf, and lets their advocates far above the ftigma ufually attached to party denomination. Mr. Bet slum then is a perfed model of a Whig of the Old School. The caufe of the Revolution is the banner under which he fights, and to the teR of its genuine and unalterable decifions he brings every ad of Domeftic Policy which incurs his Wei vation ; but we perceive that we have already paired our prefcribed limits. We mull therefore brief ly add, that having endeavoured in the above im. perfed !ketch to give tome faint idea of this excellent Work, we recommend it molt lirongly to our Rea ders, and exprefs our confidma, for we are perfuaded that our hope is fupertluous, that it will remain as long as the language in which it is written &all en dure, an Mutinous repofitoty of the principles of genuine patriotifrn, and a noble monument of hillo ck genius. No Bible& is fo delicate as the treatment of the teeth. The enamel by which they are covered being fo extremely thin, every tooth powder, con:par:l of mineml fubtlances, it mutt be obviqns to ever y one, will loon rub nff this delicate part of their lab, ic, on which their colour and prefervation depend. and which can never again be repaired. That mineral IW:fiances are more fpeedy in producing their effects than vegetable, will he granted; but this difeafed whitenefs, occafioned by them, funn ends in their de cay, and the molt vi. , l:nt tooth aches are the coot*. quence of this rash and dangerous pradice. Bu e E leg IWtorative Tooth-powder, being computed entirely of vegetables, it claims a prefereace over every other: fold at No. 4., Cheapfide, corner Paternotter-row, London ; and retain, by m( - . and perfumers in the Un ited as. 9J. each. JR mit country bookfcllcri Kingdom, in boxes at