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NAVAL INT EELIGENCE. The Amity, Maxourtt, from New-York, is arrived at Liver ioal—sailed 10th Jane. Ihe Nestor, from London for Madrass, was spoken with on the 3rl April, in lat. 2. 4. long. 19. 34. by the Sally, BA Rate, ar r.yed at Marble Head; (U. S.) from Africa. FALMOUTH; JULY g.—Wind W.—Arrived the Marchioness of Queensberry packet, with a Mail from New York ; sailed t hrace the '.ld of June, and from Halifax the 15th of June; spoke on the 23d of June, in lat. 46. 28. long. 37. 45. the Nieho ;A, from St. Andrew's for Greenock, our 13 days; and on the the St. Martin's Planter, from London, out 21 days... The Blucher packet had arrived at New York the 3d of June. Also a rrived the Rud, Etviar, from Arundahl, in 23 days. l'ismaern, JULY 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Pomona, ()saves, from Cadiz, in 21 days; and tie Exchange, AwroN, Lam Messina, in 35 days ; the latter has sailed again for London. Poseroxothrs, Jury 3.—Arrived his Alajesty's ship CAMILLION ; f r 'm a cruise. Soiled his Majesty's ship Lee, for Plymouth; l',•ggy transport, for Halifax ; Todd. transport, for Guernsey ; sac the Three Johannes, Darman, for Marinas: Came into lkithour the Diamond cutter, with spirits, prize to the CAME- Lios.—Wind W.S. W. Doves, Jura! 3.—Salled this day the Lord Dune,an packet, captain Pascoe, for Ostend, with a mail and passengers; also, the Chichester packet. Captain flurry'', and King George, Cap tain Alsoicsa, for Calais, with passengers. Arrived this after noon the King George packet, Captain KING; Leopold, Captain Rooms, and Le Desire, French packet, from Calais, with pas sengera-y--Jecy 4.—Arrived this morning the Princess Char lotte packet, Captain IlialasNos, front Ostend, with a mail and -eaters; also, the King George, Captain MINCES ; and Lord Aran packet, Capt. HAMILTON ; from Calais, with passengers. Dr.at, Jeer 4.—Arrived yesterday, and sailed for the River, D a t e , from )arnaica ; and Baroness Longueville, ,eysw, from the South Seas.—Came down from the River, Cossack, M'Boaysi ; and Washington, Feastari, for New .rk ; the Betsy, Ream for St. 'lhonsas's ; and the William and glary, HIUMLIWOOD for Barcelona. Arrived an d sailed for the River to-day, the Kingston, Syvya, from Jama i ca; and the Louisa, Daces, hom Messina for IlulL—Sailed the whole of the outward-bound.--Five o'Clock, Wind S.W,—The out ward-bound are bearing up again fur the DJwns. HAILWICM, Juts. 4.—At rived the Eclipse packet, artirCiatle= reagh packet, from Cuxhaven; the Prince of, .Orange packet, from ; and the Charlotte trarsport, from Gotterhurgh, all with mails. Also the Zephyr transport, from Plymouth.— sailed the Eclipse packet, for Holland ; and the Lord Nelson packet, for Cuxhaven, both with Alaila—An archor, apparently cearly new, has been swept in Hotely Bay, marked QUEBECK 12 cwt. 2 qrt. MF:IC:TAVK. Itaasswirk, Jun' 3.—Arrived the Dawn, Alarrithws, frqm Quebec for Loudon, with loss of anchor and cable, and leaky, laving been on shore on the South Foreland. Cusrox-Iloesr., Jura: 3.—Entered Inwards—The Warren Hasings, Larkins, from St. Ilelena and Ceylon ; Amblet, Mit thA, from Harlingen ; Britina, Bully, from Seville ; the James. I,,ing, King, from Jamaica; Friendship, Thompson, from De. prism; Thomas, Hay, and Betterluck, Hay, from Stangate Creek ; lapwing, Rush, from Stangate Creek ; Statira, Tho nlss, ar.t.l Clifton, Shand, from Jamaica; Burleigh, Landelia, ft.,:a Tobago; London. Smith, front Jamaica ; Ebenezer, Clark , I:vas But nos Ayr e s; Dunlope, Brown, from St.Vineent's; and ttg Hyperion, Gallaway, from Calcutta.—Cleared Outwards— The Caledonian, Robb, for Petersburgh ; l'iggott, 'nom, for Tobago; Fox, Fox, for Ostend ; William, Worts, for Odom . ; Szhelheld, Evans, or Rio Janeiro; Duke of York, Fryer, for tutterdain ; Lidia, Willson, for Venice; Cho, Jackson, for Seville • Duke of Wellington, Major, for Antwerp ; Augusta, Cylar;for, Rouen ; the Asia, Morice, for Bombay ; Nicholson, Caterer, for Bermuda; Concord, HuU, for lasineur and Peters bargb ; Elbe, Arnold, and Harriet, Browne, for • Petersburgh a:.d the Governor Tornkins, Cummings, for Newcastle. The Medusa transport, arrived'at Portsmouth from St. Helena and Ascension, left St. Helena 12th April, and Ascension 25th. The CONQUEROR, 74, Admiral PLAMPIN, TEES, SAPPHO, PODAROUS, LEVERET, and REDWING (which' had arrived there from England a few days before), were at St. Helena. The EURY•• DICE had sailed for the Cape of Good Hope, and the ItEnrol.' was at Ascension. The Medusa sailed on Wednesday for the River, The transport C sailed from yortsmontlt on Satu. day morning, with 85 men (foreigners), discharged from the Ist battalion of the 60th Regiment, to be landed at Ostend, Cuxhaven, and other parts of the Continent, for the purpose of proceeding to their re spective homes. His Majesty's ship LEE, 20 guns, Captain STEWART BLACKER, arrived at Portswouth on Saturday from the West Indies, last from Charleston, which she left on the 26th May. The LEE sailed from Falmouth en the 28th December last, in quest of the private ship Louisa, Captain ALMEIDA, of '2O guns and 115 men, which had committed numerous acts of piracy , both on the high seas and on the shores of the Ca?, nary and Cape de Verd Islands. The LEE traced her from the former Islands to Bonavista and Mayo, where, it appeals, the crew had landed and plun dered the Consul of I.:6,000 in specie, and '24,000 dollars in manufactures. The LEE thence proceeded in search to Margaretta, St. Thomas's, Porto Rico, St. Domi:igo, Jamaica, Caymans, and thence to Charleston, n here she learnt the crew of the said pirate bad landed about three weeks previously, having destroyed their vessel on the coast of Ca rolina. They had long run such a lawless course, that they at length feared capture ; and to pre vent the consequences, they divided their spoil and barns the vessel. She was originally fitted out at Baltimore, cruised under ARTIGAS'S flag, her Com mander was a Spanish-American, and her crew was composed of all nations, including fifteen Englishmen. These men were at Charlestog when the LEE arrived there; they were apprehended on charges of piracy, and would have been tried for the offence by the Municipal Authorities at Charleston, but at Captain BLACKER . S request, their trial was postponed, and they were placed at such disposal as the two Govern ments shall agree to. Captain BLACKER also suc ceeded in recovering from the possession of these pi rates a box containing about 4:5,000 sterling, in coins of various nations (part of the plunder made at Bona vista), and wearing apparel bearing the names of SMITH and HALL, two Gentlemen Who were , passe gers in the Si r Thomas w Lardy, one of the yesses uliich the pirate had plundered off the Western Islands. It is a remarkable circumstance, that the leader or principal man among these pirates was one of the mutineers in his Majesty's ship HERMIONE, the Commander of which ship (Captain Floor), it will be remembered, the crew murdered, and afterwards carried the frigate into the Spanish port of Lagnira. His name is Clarke, alias Cory. The LEE having landed at Portsmouth 350,000 dollars for merchants, Tom the Havannab and Jamaica, sailed again on Sa turday evening to return to the Plymouth station. A Hamburgh vessel, of '240 tons burthen, having on board a crew of 14 men, and 130 emigrant pas- Ainers, Germans, of both sexes and all ages, bound to the United States, was wrecked on the 18th ult. on the coast of Csrand Waldam, between' Calais awl (iravelines. Not a single person perished ; but these Pfortunate individuals are in a deplorable state of misery. Friday sennight the flag-staff on the Castle-hill, Inverness, fell upon a fine girl about eight years of age, and killed her on the spot. A NEW COMET. r A new Comet was unet . pectedly observed on Satur= day night, in the Northirn hemisphere, and, is thus described by Mr. IL S. CHRISTIE, of the Military Academy at Woolwich : " I first observed the Comet a few minutes before eleven o'clock, and judge that it came to the meridian about 12. Its elevation above the horizon appeared about 10 degrees, and the sun being at the time nearly 15 degrees below, its distance from the sun cannot much exceed 25 degrees. The night was remark ably light, and the moon covered by clouds, circumstances ex tremely favourable to the brilliancy of ita appearance ; and con sidering this, I should judge that, under more favourable circum stances, its splendour would be equal to that of any Comet upon record—the head vied with capella (to the east of it) in brilliancy. The length of the tail, which, when the Comet was on the meri dian, pointed somewhat to the west of the zenith, extended about 15 degrees ; and unlike the Comet of 1811, it appeared to pro ceed immediately from the nucleus. I viewed it for some time through an excellent small reflector, and observed that the nucleus was much denser than that of the former Comet, and that there was nn separation between it aid the coma, but that the 116dy became gradually rarer, and in the upper part expanded into the tail : which appearance may arise from a very dense atmosphere surrounding the nucleus, and reaching to the rarer fluid forming the tail, if there be any distinction betweenxhe two fluids, as appears to have been the case with the Comet of 1811. I may übs , trye, that in this, as in all other Comets, the appear ance to the naked eye is much more striking and brilliant than through a telescope.' • For the subjoined observations, we are indebted to the learned. Dr. BURNEY, of Gosport: " In the evening of the 5d of July, 1819, from a quartet past nine till a quarter past twelve, we were gratified wilt the sight of a Comet, with a lucid train projecting upwards or from the Spn, and nearly in a perpendicular direction. At half-past ten, it was in die N. by W. point, within 10 degrees of the horizon, itntnediately in the breast of the Lynx, and by the sextant 19} degrees distant from Capella. At 10 h. 40 min. it was 44 deg. from Pdaris, and at half-past eleven about 40 deg. from Make, in the hack of Ursa Major, when it was due North, and had a slow motion downwards of about si degrees per hour. Viewed through a good achromatic telescope, its body appeared more confused, or had a greater nebulosity, than when seen with the naked eye, perhaps from thick dewy haze then descending. Though the brilliancy of moonlight was not favpuralie to obser vations, yet the nucleus of the Comet appeared of a pale white Oght, and was sometimes brighter than at others, as will Ail the tail, which expanded upwards at intervals from 8 deg. to 10 deg. in length by the sextift. From its position and motion it woUld appear that it bad pained through the head of the Lynx, brtweln Auriga and Ursa Major, and now advancing towards the head of Gemini. • The train had a little inclination Westward, and ap peared about 3 deg. in width at its greatest extremity. Its ap parent magnitude is nearly similar to the Comet that appeared here at the beginning of September, 1811; but the train is much longer and wider." FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. A new Comet was observed on Saturday evening, about nine o'clock, in the N.N.W. I employed an excellent telescope of Dot.t.oNzo's for the put poie. At ten it was about 12° above the horizon, and 23• above the Sun, i►► the constellation Lynx, near the 'off fore leg, and about 13° or 14° to the West of Capella. Supposing it stationary it would have been in our zenith at twelve o'clock yesterday. I saw it again last evening, but indistinctly, owing to the in terposition of clouds ; and from its increased eleva tion, it is my opinion it has passed its perihelion, and is now receding fast from the Sun. It appears larger than the Comet of 1811. a. x. LEEDS, JULY 3. Between ten and eleven o'clock on Thursday night, a very brilliant Comet was seen by many persons in this town and the surrounding country : the declina-, tion was about 40 degrees North, nearly in a line to the West of the right arid left shoulder of the Wag ,gester. The Nucleus w.s very bright and distinct, with a large brush or tail. Its supposed longitude was 10 or I.s.degrees of cancer. The other parts of the Heavens being cloudy, a more accurate observa tion could not be made ; and the very dense state of the atmosphere last -night prevented its being seen. FURTHER REMARKS. We suspect that this is the same Comet that was announced in the Philosophical Magazine for March, last year. It was discovered on the Oh December, , 1817, in the Constellatiodof the Swan, by M. BLAN7 PAIN, at Marsei:les, and observed by him to the 18th of January last year. Its movement was de scribed by M. BLANPAIN as very slow, its right as cension increasing only seven minutes in 24 hours, and its declination diminishing from 33 to 3Y seconds in 24 hours. M. BLANPAIN's observations embraced but a very small arc; but from them N. NICOLLET de duced a parabolic orbit, and by his observations the Comet would pass its nearest point to the Sun early in March last year. May we not infer, then, that this is the same Comet, now on its return from the Sun. There was no opportunity last night of making any further observation as tq the motion of the Comet. After a remarkably sultry day, the evening set in cloudy, and the atmosphere was particularly heavy. It alsc rained during a part of the night. TO THE COMET. Oh! on thy rapid prow to glide, To sail the boundless skies with thee! To plough the twinkling stars aside, Like foapirbells on a tranquil sea! To blush the embers from the Sun, The icicles from off the Po k, Then - far to other systems run, Where other Moons and Planets roll! WNW This enli ghtened age!—Last night a numerous as semblage persons, in Grosvenor-square, waizing to see the Comet emerge from a cloud , proposed that they sliould hail its appearance with three cheers ! ! Wednesday, died, at Abbeville, on his way to Paris, MARSIADUKE CONSTABLE MAXWELL, Esq. of Ter reagles, county of Dumfries. ' Saturday se'nnight the Royal Company of Archers shot for the silver arrow, given by the City of Edin burgh, when it was gained by JoHN MAXTON, Esq. COURT 07 SESSION, EDINBURGH.—Tuesday Lord l ,CRINGLETIE, Lord Ordinary on the Bills, presented •the PRINCE REGENT'S warrant, appointing his Lord ship one of the ordinary Judges of the Second Divi sion of the Court, in room of 'the late Lord RESTON. ALEXANDER MACONOCHIE, Esq. of Meadewbank., late Lord Advocate of Scotland, then presented the PRINCE REGENT'S letter, appointing him one of the Judges of the Court of ession, who, as junior Judge, falls to succeed Lard CRINGLETI6 as Lord Ordinary ion the IPII3. His Lordship then took the oaths and his seat in the Outer-House as Lord Probationer. — The Right Honourable WILLIAM DUNDAS, in conse quence of a reversionary appointment in 1806, to succeed the late Right Hon. ROBERT DUNDAS as Principal Keeper of the General Register of basins, &c. appeared in Court, and took the requisite oaths on succeeding to that appointnutnt. The The the 3d A r:eed FA L3ll o f *lee t hrate t spoke oa ss.s, fror :;th, th Witcher a rrived l'kyst GLAVIN. Loos II Novi Was a t a:i4 the harbour Devi Captain the Chi tails Ma soots tit Rossi' 'engem. lotte pa " sc u t Dimas DUI the Da Corns the COI Yark 3lary, the Illy Louisa, the out ward-b 1 HAIL reagh from 11 al with Sailed t packer, nearly 12 cwt. Ram Otte( having Cusr llarinl th:sl, Lang, rmara Creel; tti, 17..41 T tvas 11 tke Ily The Cs Tobag< Szhelk , totter , Seville Cylar, Uterc: birgb ; a: Al ski Thy St. H and Pt A II EDti few d DICE IIEDr Wed' Th day r. from lands Conti spect Hi BLAi the N on th on th ship trap, both nary her I wile] dere doll: in se St. Cha pira hay; tout that vein ban Ball mar COTE The the: and Mu ILe mei tee rat of vis gel Isl ICJ of Cc be ca la Ari to .th 1r rn DRURY-LANE THEATRE AFFAIRS. Saturday a Meeting of the Proprietors took place in the Saloon, J. CALeRAPT, Esq. M. P. in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN stated to the Meeting, that if the New Renters had not acquiesced in a proposal made to them by the Select Com mines, that Committee would have resigned their trust. The Meeting of Friday, however, removed all apprehensions, and nothing could be more conciliating than the conduct of those Gentlemen, to whom the Theatre was under infinite obligations, and who had made a sacrifice of upwards of Ll6,oooarrears, besides accruing rents to the same amount. The Chairman next adverted to the sub- Scriptions which had been raised. He had applied to all the individuals of the Royal Family. The Prince Regent had acted in the most munificent manner, as was well k nown—(.4pplause.)—T wo others of the Royal Family had assigned reasons that were irresistible for having declined to subscribe, and from three others no communication had been received.— He then read the Report, in which was contained the Resolution of the New Renters to make the above mentioned sacrifice. h stated that the consent of the Bond-holders to come to an arrangement of equal extent had not been similarly ascertained, but there existed no doubt of their liberality. The tradesmen, it added, had consented to the proposition made to them, and thus the debt of £90,986 was reduced to all the sum, and in ten years the Proprietors would have a dividend upon their capital: Many advanta gious offers had been made for renting the Theatre, and what remained to be done rested with the Pro prietors; who had the power to restore to their pi o petty a value not lately known to it. The Chairman said, the burden of the ;onj was the £25,000, with out which they could not proceed ; and he sugges ted that the Select Committee should sit another fortnight, e in order to make every effort to raise the sum, which if not realized, the situation of the Theatre never could, at any time, be what it was at the present moment. Such a diminution. of debt 'could, ;lever again be expected. With respect to the Proprietors, ten years' was certainly a long time for them to wait ; but if every thing had not been con ceded, what definitiVe time could be assigned at whicb they could hope for any thing ? Shares, which were now scarcely saleable, would, in the interval, rise into valuable property—(Applause.)—The Pro prietors had given the New Renters six years prece dence, and the £90,000 and upwards, which the sa crifices that had been made would diminish to one half, were wholly excluded from the immense sum advanced by the Proprietors for the rebUilding of the Theatre. ' Mr. Itoesxs pressed the necessity of doubling the subscriptions, 'which he should immediately himself, and spoke of the many families cv.inected with the Theatre professionally, as having strong claims upon those who were independent. He said the time for opening the Theatre was fast approaching, that an accession of talent was indispensable, but the para mount necessity was the £25,000. If, ho"wever, £20,000 were raised, several of the tradesmen would accept of ss. in the pound, and throw the rest into the concern.—( Applause.) The Report was then unanimously con fi rmed, and after thanks had bccn vnteA in the Chairman, the Meeting adjourned for a fortnight. A smart subscription was struck up by those who .bad subscribed before, and £BlO were raised in e room. The whole amount of the subscription was stated to be £10,339. The evil or legislating in the Dog Days, when scarcely twenty Members, exclusive of the regular retainers of the Treasury, attend to deliberate upon, perhaps, eighty or ninety important measures at one sitting, is not confined to the House of Commons. In the House of Lords the attendance is comparatively thinner. It frequently happens, that Bills of the highest importance to the Public, brought in upon the recommendation of Committees; after many months of kaborious investigation, are thrown out without the .etremony of half an hour's consideration, by a single hostile observation of the LORD'CHANCELLOR'S, and sometimes upon the intimation only that his Loidship's mind has a tendency to doubt. With all due respect to this branch of Parliament, it may be inquired, whether it is strictly constitutional (we are certain it is a flagrant abuse)that the business of Parliament should be so postponed as to leave the functions of the Upper House in effect to be discharged by two or . three in dividuals, in addition to the Ministers? The remedy is extremely easy, and nothing but sinister motives can operate to prevent the application of it. Parlia ment should assemble in the middle of November, instead of the last week in January, and with an ad journment even of a fortnight at Christmas, it might always rise at the end of May. The Russian Minister of the Interior- lately deli vered to the Emperor ALEXANDER a sword made of meteoric iron by Mr. SOWERBY, of this country, and sent as a present to his Imperial Majesty. The Em peror graciously accepted it, and ordered a diamond sing to be sent to Mr. SOWERBY. An alarming explosion of gas took place on Friday afternoon, in York-street, Leeds, owing to one of the men having imprudently struck out the plug from the main pipe, by which means the Gas com municated with the Ore under the cauldron used for soldering the pipes. Mr. Flimsy, the superintendant of the works, and a labourer named HA RROP, were overpowered by the noxious vapours, and fell back into the flame, and before they could be extricated, both were so shockingly burnt that they were con veyed to the Infirmary, with little hopes of recovery. Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens notwithstand ing the extreme heat, yesterday afforded a most bril liant display of fashionables of the first order. In dress, colours were universally abandoned, and no thing but white' was to be seen. The white satin boots, laced at the sides and fringed, had an uncom monly pretty e ff ect on a neat turned ancle. Artificial Rowers, or feathers, are still worn in the bonnets, a la Francois or Anglais. BOXING. Matches off—Bvints and Sutton the black do not meet, the for ma having politely declined the invitation. Randall has some better customers to serve than Scroggino, whose backers are ra ther sky ; and the Nonpareil won't peel for'less than £2OO a-side. Thursday last as two farming servants were returning from Lutterworth market, in Leicestershire, a quarrel arose between thetti about a young woman to whom they paid their addresses, when they fought several rounds, and op' of them received au violent a blow tis completely k nocked his right eye out of its socket, and he vas tikes leant the ground is the most escru *lthrfasy. LATE MEETING AT THE CROWN AND. ANCIIOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR. Crown and Anchor Tavern, Jo'4, 1519. SIR—In your Paper of the 29th ultimo, there is an account of the proceedings of a Meeting held on the day :previous for the purpose of enquiring into the receipt and expenditure of a Fund raised for the relief of the Sufferers under the late Suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act; and at which Meeting, you have represented that a vote of censure was passed on the Committee to whom the-superintendance of this Fund was consigned. Now, Sir, this statement is grossly incorrect, for the fact is, that the Gentle man who hastily proposed that measure withdrew it, as the Committee had rendered a full, candid, and satisfactory explanation of their trust. The Committee naturally expected that the person who presided at the Meeting in question would have contradicted this part of your representation of the proceedings of that Meeting, but as he has not done so, probably it has escaped his keen observation. In justice, however, to the laborious exertions of that Committee, I have felt it my duty to address this letter to you, relying on your speedy insertion of it in your Journal. I am, Sir, your's respectfully, THOMAS CLEARY, Secretary. [We understand the fact to be as stated in the above-commu nication, that our Reporter was mistaken, in supposing that the Vote of Censure had actually passed ; but whether it was with drawn because, as Mr. Cleary says, *eke Committee " had rest dired a full, candid, and satisfactory explanation of their trust," or rather because, as Mr. Wooler said, a Vote of Censure on a Committee invested with an unqualified discretionary power, could be of no avail, is a point on which, we believe, some dif ference of opinion prevails.) Sir CHARLES WOLSELEY, according to tee account 'which is given of his speech at the Stockport Meet ing, in Wheeler's Manchester Paper, announced him self to the people as having commenced his career of Reform in France, where he was one of the first to ' mount the breach in the attack on the Bastik ! _ _ _ We find that the report of a Reform Meeting, said to have taken place at Wakefield, is without founda tion. It seems that the inhabitants of Wakefield would not accept the services of Mr. PETRE, the Re form Orator, who went there for the purpose of raising a Public Meeting. On being introduced into one of the principal Factories there, and making I known his business, the Principal dismissed him, by kicking him off the premises. The Waterford Mirror communicates the follow ing intelligence: " MIRROR OFVICS, Styrt4 O'CLOCK, A.M. Julie 30.—We are sorry to say, that this day has been ushered in with renewed symptoms of riot. About an hour ago the labourers assembled, as usual, for hire, at Broad -street, the !great cross passage of the city, seized and plundered" several baskets of bread going from bakers to retailers. Horrible exclamations were used. The city ix now much more quiet, but still very uneasy.—Tor o'Ctoca, ' A.M.—Some visits have been paid to principal bread.shops. A sng-leader has been arrested, and all is again tolerably quiet." HORRID MORDER.—Extract of a Letter from - the Agent to Lloyd's at Barbadoes, dated May 14:— « Thomas Johnson, said to be a native of Liverpool, about 26 years old; was tried hereryesteiday; at the Court of Vice Admiralty, for committing murder on the high C0Ar....., Rear Admiral CAMPBE4 and Cap--, rain Witsos, his Rag Captain; assisted on the Bench * Johnson was found Guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. Johnson was one of the crew of the brig Inexistable, a Venezuelian privateer, and was prpn board of the Portuguese brig Emanuel, which she had captured in January last, together with A Prize master and three others, with orders from Captain Desists, of the Inexistable, to proceed to the island of Margarita. Eight or ten days after they parted from the privateer, the Prize-master was asleep on the quarter-deck, in the afternoon, when Johnson made the horrid resolution of throwing him over board, and which he effected by the aid of two others, whom he compelled to assist him, he being armed with a long knife. The poor man, whose name was also Thomas Johnson, being an expert swimmer, struck out, and reached the brig's main chains, and entreated them to save his life, and permit him to get on bawd. Johnson told him he should never tread the deck again alive, and gave a Spanied a piece of an oar, and ordered him to knock his brains out, or he would run him through with the knife. The Spa. : niard obeyed, and on the second blow being given, he sunk, and was no more seen. A few days after this they threw an old emaciated Spaniard over heard ; and in about a fortnight tell in with the Mo. narch of London, which took possession of the Ema nuel, carried her into St. Kites, and from whence this Johnson was sent hither for trial." CORN-MARKET, MARK-LANE, JULY 5. Owing to the unsettled state of 'the weather last week, what English Wheat appeared on Friday, met ready sale at an advance of full 2s. per qr. but the return of fine weather, and having a large supply of Wheat to-day from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, the trade was exceedingly heavy, and Fridays prices were not obtainable by 25., to 3s. per qr. Barley was also dull sale, and hardly supports last week's cur hency.—Our'arrivals of Oats were rather large, and the demand being trifling, a reduction of is. per quarter was submitted to, to effect sales. White and Grey Peas are ss. per qr. dearer, and English Beans sold 2s. qr. higher, but there is little or no demand for Foreign.—Current prices: T,NGLISII. Small Beans 46s 50s Wheat, Kent and Tick ditto ' 408 45s Easel I ........... 784 Oats, Potatoe o6s 52s Saffolk •••• 78$ -- Poland ... Ws Norfolk Rye ...... 565 Flour, per Sack ...Ms 631 Barley ... s6s 40s Rapeseed, per Last £34 £56 Malt 66s 636 70111G/1. White Peas 4os 46s Wheat, Dantzic...... .6. 776 s .--, Boilers ... 48s 48s Baltic Red, Hambro' or Grey Peas 46s 5Cs Bremen, Brabant red 601 701 AVERAGE PRICES of CORN in England and Wales, frees the Returns received in the week eliding June 26. 1819. Wheat Rye. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. . Pease. s. d. s.. d. s. d. S. d. b. d. t. .d. 69 2 46 3 39 3 27 4 50 3 49 10 The Average . Prier of Sugar, from the Returns made in the gazette, in die 'week coding the 50th of June 1819, is 435. Md. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, JULY s. Beef 451 04 to 5s 24 I Veal 5l, Oct to 6s 04 Mutton ....41 6d to 51 6d Pork Lamb 5s 04 to 6s 01 CATTLIt AS MAUS.. Beasts 1720—Calves 26O—Sheep and Lainbe 16,500—Pip 290. HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. Hay £5 Oa to £6 os Straw ...£2 10s to £.2 Clover 6Os to 7 os I Rowen Oa to .£0 Os . . , • I r.! . . . • , 1 . . 1 I: 1 . i I 1 I ; .:1 , i r! . ... , 1 __ i ... I 1 1 ;