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CRONSTADT. Crotiffach is an ifland, at the eaftern extremity .of which lies the town of Cronftadt. This Wand is only 7 werfts in length, and 11 in breadth. 'All the henfes, except thole belonging to the Crown, are of wood. It .contains three liarbolirs. The Mips of war lie during the winter feafon in that called the middle harbour, but in general they lie in that on the right of the entrance. That on the left is deftined'for the merchant (hips, and is much frequenfed, as the reftels bound to Peterlburgh flop here, *auk there is only 7 feet of water in the . Neva, and to it wok when the fouth-weft wind prevails. The inhabitants, foldiers and tailors ex cepted, go not exceed a thoufand. There is comely ,any water on t4c Wand,. but, that which furrounds it is tweet, as the Neva retana itsAieet heft and purity far below Cronitadt. • The Mott rkible work at Crodfladt is the large /anal, -ruited for the nfe of die (hip ping. It is on a level with the feat, by the water of which it is filled. Its length, from the fai to the place'where the flips enter, is about 1428 Eng tint feet, and thence to the end 91a. It forms crests; the centre of *Lich is round. in order, that the (hips may have•room to turn on coming in.— The right fide of e t a t ai rofsisdbe lengthened, and when th ewhOle is completed, it will be ca pable pt . containing s*.tail t at preterit (179 t) it can caftan only 8. Its depth is 35 feet, its breadth tt the end, st 2 ; and it the entrance 3S. Four nr five digs - are necetary fOr pumping, the water from ti?is canal when it is half full, and nine days, lubett it 6- completely full ; but fourteen will fcarcely be fulficient when it is completed. The water runs through a fluke, and falls into a baton or refervoii, from which it is conveyed into the canal by means of pumps Worked by a Ream en gine, and afterwards flows back into the tea. Two pumps raite.together 56 cubic feet of water each ftroke, and nine ftrokes are made every minute. It Was expelled that if peace fhould continue for 15 years, all the works projeled at Cronnidt would be completed Withotit any other expence than the soo,croo roubles which the Crown (lettings, yearly for this purpofe. Among the intended improve• mans are that of infulatmg the Admiralty, and forming a canal around it, and to build of none part of the fortifications, which at preterit arc of wood. On the fide of Cronfladt hands the miter and fortrefs of Kronflat. Between thefe two Wands all fhips muft pars, becaufe thofe towards the north, between Cronfladt and the coalt of Fin land, and that between Cronfladt and Oranien baum, are fo !hallow as to be imprafticable even for (mall Tails. But as both the forts are fur t ifhed with a gteat number of mins, and are not above boo fathoms aftmder, it is hardly poilible that an enemy would venture to attempt to pats them. LONDON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9. PRICK OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. bank Stork r6t 163 1 a 63 /Ant Ann. 'Sit /I per C. Red. 601 fll Imp. Ann. rti S Per C. C. 6 11 6s 64 s.per Cent. 9614 s per C. Conf.r4Sof Omnium a II Ma Loyalty 96i f r Conf. for 64 if , Prices of Stocks this day at one o'c opg. lock : 3'per Cent. ConL 644 4 for opg —Reduced t -4 Per Cent. 801.-. New p Cent. 04 1-0 M Ann. 94—• Lang Ann. a y-s 6 4. Yefterday Morning his KU arty with his Royal 1-fighnefs the Duke of MINT* accompanied by Lord CAT/I C4lltr, Lord WILLS IWO NAM, and Colonel CARTWRIGHT, Equerry in Waiting, rode up in Windfor Great Pkrk, to infpea the different =- I:movements ; and at twelve o'clock the Kum and a number of Gentlemen Sportfinen, took the di. yerfion of hunting with the harriers. A Council of the Cabinet Minilters was yeller clay held at Lord Gm viLts's Office, which was • attended by his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND, Earl &PINCER, Lord GRENVILLE, Mr. PITT, and Mr. Winos AK. At the breaking up of the deliber. ations, a Meffenger was fent plif with Difpatches to Lord Mum), at the Court of Vienba. The Lord CHANCELLOR, Lord CASTLEREAGH, and the MASTER of the ROLLS, dined jeflerday with Mr. Du*Das, at his feat at Wimbledon. Mr. Wittisat Mar tut was on Friday elthed a Member of the Common Council of Bath, in the room of T. RUNDILL, Efq. deceafed, Major BYRD, nephew of Lord TORRINGTON, unfortunately fell in the battle of Saltonburg. Lord HIATHFIELD, it is raid, is to hive the fitil regiment of Dragoon Guards; and Gen. GARTH the Innitkillings, vacant by the death of General GOLDSWORTHY. l - - -- The number of troops to be fent from Bombay to Suez, to co-operate with General Assacaostar in the attack on Egypt, will amount, we under- Rand, to about 11000. Troops will be tent to India to (apply their place. A Letter was lately received by a Gentleman in the city, written on the field of battle at Ho bcnlindcn, giving an account pf a brave exploit peitormed by Colonel WILLIAMS, formerly dif tingilithed for his fkilful command of the Andrian flotilla on the Lake of Conilance. This Officer, Who commanded the Auftrian regiment of dra. goons o' Latour, was the means of raving the Archduke jrIIS from being made prifoner, and fucceeded in br;nging off all his papers and equi page. This .brilliant affair was of the utmoti danger to Cnlortel WILLIAMS : his orderly dragoon was t•it to pieces, and two other brave fellows were wounded :itid taken prifoners. The Colonel had four horfes killed under him ; and the one that brought him Pff was lame from a wound, and was *rendered unferviceable : the Colonel was wet to the fkin, and wit;wut food or change of clothes, his fervant, with his portmanteau, having been taken prifoner. Mr. %Vice HAM, the Britith ?stainer with the. Auftrian arm', *as ap eye-wiutefs to the whole affair. ,;;~ 'w r DR DRY-LANE THEATRE, tat night Kmg Lear was• repeated with aft ef fed worthy of one of the bed Tragedies . of StiA a. SPEAR E. It is acted according to TATE'S alteration. We thould, on the whole, be better pleated with COLMAN'S. The love of Cordtfia for Edgar, in the former, resins to detract from her merit in the prtitisafcent. as her antivers.may be didated by private motives. TAT E's alterations in the Efth ad are judieiouily adopted by Cotrisit. Without them, indeed, the catiftrophe would drike the fpeidator with the mod gloomy horror. In fome parts of Mr. Kara ate% Lear we were forcibly (truck with the ftrength of his feelings, ant propriety of his manner. In the firit part of his Rrik imprecation, ! we think he wants ilrength, until he comes to the words “ HOW tharper than a ferpent's tooth," &c. when he is admirable.' We think the Aril Una teem, la the third aft, wants effeft. But this is fn faits meafure to be attn. hated fo the bad thunder and lightning, and to the total want of wind and rain. In the whole hf the firth ad, Mr. KIMBLE is excellent. Lear's drefs is certainly too modern. BARRYNOIIe fridom appears to fo much advan tage as he does in Edgar. We have more than once reprobated Mr. Alstsit's frenchined manner of pronouncing words ending with a confonant. Our readers, who have lien lAA/a, will recoiled what we mean, in his method of fpealchtf en-ne him-me--on-ne him-me! and in D A RRYMOILE I Un houfill'el-e—unannoimed-e, unanneall 'Se. This foreign vice is happily cured in KEMELE'S Lear; we are forry we cannot fay the fame of Edgar. Ohotild not his firli mad words 4 , Who gives any thing to Poor Tom 1" be fpokett in a lea terrifying, and a more fupplieating tone ? Mr. C. Kamm., is a good figure for Edmund. But he wants more effea In his manner, and lets contortion in his eyes. Kent would have been excellently afted, hadrtot Mr. WIOUGHTON laboured under a &item cold. Old PACKER eras refpeaable—fo was Mrs. PowsLL. Of Mrs. .311)DONS we need fay nothing. On the Ift inft. the Union of the kingdents of Great Britain and Ireland having taken place, the guns of the Salute Battery, in the Phcenix Park, Dublin, were fired, and the Royal Standard of the United Kingdoms was difplayed upon Bedford Tower. The new Union Flag was hoifted in the Cagle of Edinburgh the ift inftant, under a difcharge of the great guns, and the Dumfries Militia, drawn up on the Cagle-hill, fired aims de joye of their ar tillery and (mall arms. "The Admiralty excepted {hips in the Firth of Forth, and the forts and bat teries on the fhore, from the order of a general falute, on account of the Herring Fifhery. The Magiftrates and Town Council of Edin burgh have unanimoufli agreed to addrefs his MAIMv an the Legiflative Union with Ireland. On the if inft. the day on which the Union Was appointed to take place, Governor Vauamem caufed a Royal Salute of twenty-one guns to be fired from the Filhgoard Fort, in honour of that important event, and afterwards partook of an ele gant dinner given by Mr. Caocasv, on the occa fion. Mrs. BARRY, an a&efs of very great cilftinEtion in the end of the feventeenth century, the original feprefentatiite of the leading pant in Molt of the tragedies of DRYDEN, was the firit performer in England that ever h ad a Benefit. The celebrated M. Islicasa has emerged a little from his retirement to mingle in public affairs. He lately communicated to the Legiflature of Helve tia, plans for the better regulation of feveral branches of finance. Mrs. CHAMPNEYs' Masoyettens.—Wednefday. fe'nnight an elegant fuite of apartments were thrown open at Orchardleigh-houfe, Bath, for the reception of mails', who to the number of 200, airembled at an early hour. In order to heighten the hilarity of the entertainment, all dominos were excluded ; the charaaers were numerous, and thefe, by their frequent charge of drefs, added apparently to the catalogue of merry mortals.— Amonk the molt prominent were--a JefferT Wild Goofe, in fearch of his daughter--an Owl—a lame Fidler—Punch—a molt beautiful figure in the drefs of a Chrift's Hofpital boy—a Fury, cloathed in terrors of infernal paraphernalia, purfuing an Oreftes—two chattering Barbers—a dancing. Bear —a pretty Milk-maid—an elegant reprefentative of a Filk de Patmos—and a French Taylor, hien bailie, galloping on a very Magnificent goofe ; this laft malk was erquifite, and by the drollery of its appearance, and the novelty of its accoutrements, preferved its fafcination throughout the whole of the diverfion. Tat biasqpis or EXITE;L'S Srarz43o.—A (tibial of general converfation arming the higher circles is Lord gene bed, which is extraordi nary for fide and elegance. The following parti culars may not be unacceptable to our fafhtonable readers :—The bedfiead as, with a canopy top, at leafi eighteetrfect high; the dome is of crimfon velvet, the hangings of crimfon fatin j lined with white fatiri, and .a correfpondent fringe of crimfon and filver. Three fluted columns, with very highly finifhed Corinthian capitals, infiead of a tingle pillar, appear at the foot of the bed, three on each fide. The family arms are placed on the head-board, richly carved and gilt. On the returns of the cornice are likewife the arms ; and the coro net is in the centre, in railed gold. The coverlet is of whitefatin, with a very magnificent embroidery I in gold ; the blankets oldie inert fwanfdown, and the mattrefes are finifhed in the fame (hie as the bed ;* the height is fir feet, and the afcent is by Reps affixed on each fide. The bed is upon a retiring principle: by means of fwivels, the whole paraphernalia of a imam firnBorsim difappears, and then it exhibits a throne or (fate drawing rocrn, where the bfarchionefs May receive the Eons and daughters of fel/lion in appropriate teitlßK. The expence of this fuperb bed is laid to be !girl, thi cc thoufand pounds. •' s IVdfIITICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.-4WIND E. Aimlvry. .Q Hambumb, Dutdtl, o Waterford, O Dotatagbadee, FALMOUTH, JANUARY 6. DUE. The Lilbon and Leeward Ifland mails are ftill detained by contrary winds, which has prevailed for foine time pan, from W. to S. W. YARMOUTH, JANUARY 8. Two mails continue due, 'their non-sfrrival muff be attributed to the wind which has blown for this week paR from the W. to W. S. W. which pre vents the packets getting out of the harbour of cuzhaveu, butthe wind having now fhiftcd to the S. E. they may be hourly expelled. PORTSMOUTH, JEtNUARY 9. The Fsi floop failed this morning with a con voy for Africa. The Caseisatais afid Rasmus are come into harbour. ••••1=•••• PLYMOUTH. JAN. 7. Came in, from the Channel Fleet, the MAGiNI VICENT, of 74 guns, Captain BOWATER ; ACHIL LES, of 74 guns, Captain MURRAY ) and the Im henna, of 64 guns, Captain PAGE, from the Downs, bound to Ireland. Sailed, to join the Channel Fleet, the 'tall) Sit H ; of 74 guns, Captain HARVEY; IMMORTALITE ; Of 36 guns, Captain Hositam j and the SUPEISANTE, of i 4 guns, Captain Wrnamti FROM LLOTes List MAL, JANUARY 11. Yellerday the Oarlike and RACOON Hoops of war failed on a cruise. This day failed the SAVAGE Hoop, on a cruise. —i-Wind S. S. W. GRAVESEND, JANHAS;Y g. Paired by, the Attempt, from St. Michael's ; WOLTH t from Litbon ; and Tauber, --, from St. Vincent's. Arrived—at Brifol, the Hope, PHELPS ; and Nonpareil, Rossirsa, from Neiv York. POOLE, JANUARY 6. Arrived—the Sally; Calera', from London ; Mary, MASSY and Ante, WOOLAND, from Pont: mouth ; and Mermaid,Gusaav, from Weymouth. Sailed—the Duke of York, Coos, for London and Sally, RIGIITHE•D, for Southa mpton.; LEWES, JANUARY y. In confequence of the blowing weather, eonfi derablb damage was done during the loft week on the Safi* chaff. On Wcdnefday the brigantine Aid, a collier belonging to the port of Sunderland, was wrecked near Pier - Head ; fortunately thecrew were all faved ; fhe foon after went to pieces. The Farmer's Delight, a (loop belonging to Hollings, was alfo wrecked near the fame place ; the crew were dragged afhore by means of ropes, with the affinance of the people on the beach. At the fame time a verel foundered near Eat bourne, when every foul on board perifhed. Her ' name and defcription are entirely unknown. The man Is about ten feet above the furface of the water. The tide has sot walled any of the dead bodies on fhore. The Mailers of the trig :unities Tartar and Chance, and of the (loop Goodwill, iii the courfe of lan week made notes of proteft, before a No tary Public, In this town, touching. the damage done, during the late boiderous weather, to their refpeetive cargoes, confilling of flour, ba rley, gro cery, porter, and other merehandize. The Wind was extremely boinerous again laft night, from. the fouth, the confequence of which, we fear, will be more difonrous accounts froin the Coat. In the night of the 26th ult. the Welcome Md. fenger, of Newhaven, Jastes,PlFRCE mailer, laden with grocery and other merchandise, belonging to different tradefrnen of this town, was fired into by a cutter in the fervice of government, off the North Foreland, taken poiliffon of, and carried into Ramfgate. The crew of the Welcome Mellinger, fuppoimg the cutter to be an enemy, quitted their veffel in her boat, but were afterwards taken up by the cutter near the North Sand•hesd Light. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The Eafl India Company's flip, the Ryon In nt.'s, Captain WILLIAM FAIRFAX, the fecond Bore-fhip of laft feafon, was at the Wand of St. Helena on the ssth of September !aft. She had delivered all her confignments for that Ifland, and was to be difpatched fiom thence to China on the 26th. The (hip BRITANNIA, Cal/tail% THOMAS BAR tow, arrived at Botnbay from Bengal in March laR ; went into dock the t ith of April, and under went wthorough rep a ir, and hauled out of dock the 6th of July. The BRITANNIA was to have been difpatched to Canton the t 4th of September, and to touch at Goa with troops. Capt. HAM proceeds in the above !hip for Amboyna. The fltjps MasviLts Carrie, Captain Jona Lams ; TRAVIRS, Captain T. SANDERS ; and SRILTON CASTLE, Captain MATTHEW Lucia, arrived at the Nand of St. Helena, outward bound, on the sad of September. The above (hips accidentally fsTarated from the LO RD WAR RING/IAM, Captain THOMAS SHALES; EMIL SPIN- Cu, Captain CHARLIE RAITT ; TILLICHIRRT, Captain SAMPSON BAKER, and Htacotsaw,Cap tain Jona R. F is, on the 12th of S bet. The former Blips were to leave St. Helena for Bengal on the 28th of September. LIST OF SHIPS. UNDER P.IVIDARGO IN it I:SS; A, IN ADDITION TO THOSE ALRZADY GlTill IN Tit E. : t AR. John and Ifabella, Thompfon, from London, at Riga Grafton, Bile, from Shields, at ditto Henry, Ainflie, from London, at ditto Baltic Merchant, Tod, from ditto at ditto James and Rebecca, Rocheiter, from ditto at ditto Elizabeth, Franks, from Whitby, at ditto Rodney, Bowes, from ditto at ditto Recovery, Bell, from Hull, at ditto DeGre, Dickenfon, from Whitby, at Pateriburgh Mary and Ann, Taylor, from Newcaftk, at ditto Laurel, Headley, from Scarborough, at ditto Adeano, Street, from London, at ditto Commerce, Loft, from ditto at ditto Baltic Merchant, Atkinfon, from Hull at ditto F.ndeavour,Teardale, from London, at Riga. Echo, Aulaby, from ScarbOreugh, et Peteriburgh.. Ann, Kirum, from Brid/Ingtob,,at the Baltic Admiral Mitchell, Dixon, from London, at Riga. Aquillon, Cuthbtrtron, fists London, at Peteribilrgh' Urania, Thompfon, front Shieklib at ditt6. Ploughman, Thompfon, from Hull, at Peirriburgli Ruby, Hemming, from ,London, at Riga. Progrefs, Lacy, from ditto at Peterlburglf Supply, Bollart, from Bridlington, at ditto Progrers, Bath, from ditto at ditto Sedulous, Sibbald, from Shields, at-Riga Canard, Nichoffon, from Bridlington at Peteribingit Refuge, Bower, fiat Hull, at ditto • Strout., Rockvenod, from London, at ditto Profperiti, Mallet, from ditto td ditto Union, Harrow, from ditto, at ditto Port of Sunderland, Hann, from ditto at ditto Nancy, Hill, from Neweaftle at Hagan Jorton, Gardner, from Liver p ool , at Petoriburgh Margaret and Eliza, Huff, from ditto, to Fermin Blair, Keay, from Dundee, at Riga Blakett, Elliot, from London Betray, Breary, front Yarmouth, at Peterlburgh Runs Company, Ftobinfon, from London, at Riga Edward, Fowler, from Scarborough, at PeCeriburgb Ardent, Briggs, from London, at Libau Janet and M ar y, Hanlon, from Scarborough, at P e t er lb arg h Northniribmbutd, Robfon, from Shields Golden Grote„Orwald, from Liverpool, at Riga Union, Chatterls; from ditto. Wilfon, Hutchins, front ditto Charles, Hanlon, from London • , Mary, Ford, Cunninglaait, from Liverpool Eliza, Barron, &Om London . . . Rambler, Appletarii from ditto, at Peteriburgli Ifabelk, Brodrick, from ditto • Hope, Barker, from Aberdeen Friendlhip, Coats, from Whitby Britannia, Dale, front ditto Requelt, Ellerby, front ditto Zephyr, Bowen, from Burlington Claude Scott, Findlay, from Livettiool, at Peteributifb Hone, —..., from Newcaltle, at Riga Champion, Giblon; from Whitby, at PeteribUrgh (Economy, Grover, from Tharlinguid Blufen, Hildtath, from Whitby . Ann, Hanlion, from ditto at Riga. Eliza, Johnfon, from London, at ditto . . Harpooner, Knuiliaw, from Whitby, at Peterfburgh Carolina, Reinke, front Sunderland, at ditto. Thetis, Peuron, from 1F by , at Peterftmrgh .. Counters of Darlington, dett from Hull, at Riga Rare Hot*, Reid , fr om Yarmouti, at Peteriburgh Nymph, Reid, from Yarmouth, at ditto Therms, Reynolds, from London at ditto Amatthefe, Stewart, from ditto at Peteribuegh Amity. Swales, from WbfthFs -at Rigs I Cato, Temple, from Hull, at Wybprg William, Tully, from Whitby, at Peteranugh • Lyne, Taylor, frog, ditto, at Riga r Herald, Waite, from Whitby, at (lain , , Paragon, Weadock, lium London, at Riga Mancheiter, Brown, from Hull, at Peteriburga John and Sarah, Bell, from ditto, at ditto Maria, Bill, from London, at ditto Catheline, Ruff ell, from Hull, at OM Enterprise, Camp, from ditto, at Riga Peggy, Edingt ma, from Hull, at ditto Emprefs, Davidfon, from London, •at ditto • Florham, Ward, from Nesvcalfle at ditto Howe, Lamb, from ditto , at ditt o Thomas, Connor, from London, at ditto Zephyr, Cowhan , from Hull, at ditto . William and Mary, Brown, from Shields, at ditto George Coverdak, from Whitby, in ditto Aurelia, Camp/bO,. from Fibil, at ditto Baltic Merchant, Todd, atom Shields, at ditto Camel, Robutfon, front London, at ditto Jane, Lee, from Shields, at ditto Jane and Rebecca, Rocheftcr from London, at dittd George, M'Andy, from Hull , at ditto , Heffdton, from Newcattle, at ditto Houghton,..kuitop, from Hull, at ditto Nancy, Kilpatrick, from Liverpool, at Peteriburgh ,Betty and Sufan, Beatty, from Arbroath, at Riga, Done, one, Spittal, from Allen, at Peteriburgh Jane, Lorn, from London, at ditto opts, Straeban, from D undee, at ditto Liberty, Stubbs, front Shields, at Rip. Adventure, Hardie, from Grangemouth, at ditto Ann, Martin, front ditto, at ditto Lord Nclion, Dale, fronsLondoo, at Peteriburga Nally, Nesley, from ditto, at ditto Aim, Dwery, from Hull, at ditto Commerce, Hopper, from ditto, at dltt, Hope, Winthringham, from ditto, at ditto Edward, Hughes, from London, at ditto Britannia, Mika; Audi Hull, at ditto Lord Carrington, Binnington from ditto, at ditto Friends, Matvre ' l, from London, at Riga Mary, Sidgeworth, from Hull, at ditto . .. ma. ilintarprize,T Vinnii, from ditto, at ditto a, ka. Wood, from ditto, at Peterfburgb Stark. from ditto, at ditto Wrongham, from ditto, at ditto Ibtorii.' &kir" from ditto, at ditto Artie", from Burlington, at ditto Sharp, from Hull, at ditto Virtammus, Lot, from Shields, at ditto Mary, Boyle, from Hull, at ditto Ceatorkrn, Brandtki, from Burlington, at ditto Anti:llor, Evans, from Holt, at Riga Mary., Hatchinfoo, from Whitby, at Peterlburgb Albion, Harper, from London, at ditto Ern refs, Salon, from ditto, at Riga T on, Trotter, from Liverpool, at ditto Southland, from Shields, at ditto Rover. Nilo°, from Hull, at ditto Anna Maria, Jerrifon from ditto, it ditto James and Margaret, Dixon, from Whitby, at Fettsiburei Commerce, Havre, (min ditto, at ditto Weilktrs, Hardy, front Hull, at ditto Perfevcranat, Pratfall, from ditto, at ditto Mary Frances, Bonney, from ditto, at ditto Dekmere, Gray, from Liverpool, at Narva Expedition, Reynnldfon, from Shields, at Rigs Arid,Mktg, from Sunderland, at Petcrfburgir Fladdoek, Harrifon, from Scarborough, at ditto Fumy, Mobbenly, from Shields, at Peteriburgh Friend. Akkk, from Liverpool, at ditto Miry, Robfon, from Shields, at Wyburgh Thomas and Mary, Plody, from Hull, at Peteriburei Prime of Wales, Howard, front London, at ditto Wats -va, Ends, from Newcaftle, at ditto Ranger, Weatherly, low ditto, at ditto Tiber, Trotter, from Shields, at ditto Kasi sn , , Corter, kern Hull, at Riga Appleton, from ditto at Peteriborgh , Fortune, from Lynn, at Wyburg Roma* Beck, from ditto, at ditto Thetis, Reynolds, from Hull, at Rip Asa, Allen, front Shields, at ditto . Barbary and Mary, Fowler, from Awl ruthit,AMP Robert and Elisabeth, Stobb, from Lculeselle Fake*. Bette', R. rt, from Mootrofc, ditto Fortitude, Duncanfon, from Dunmore, dleto Kennet, Titernpin. from Kincardine-0U Rip Minato:, Dcc. 13, t Soo. Howozot ad Ca a