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DEMERARA. it has already been stated, that the Governor of De snerara had submitted the proceedings of the Court lartial on the Missionary Smith to his Majesty's Go vernment here—an act which does not seem to be very a greeable to the Colonists, whose love of summary jus tice is somewhat proverbial. We quote from the Colo nist, a Dense: ara Paper, some observations on the sub i:ct. A Morning Paper gives an extract of a letter to have been received from Antigua, dated the 71h of December, which says 4. We have just received accounts from Demerara, of tl:e execution of the Rev. Mr. Smith, a Member of the I.ordon Missionary Society, who has been hanged, urn the fullest proof, for exciting the late rebellion in that Colony. The poor deluded negroes, who have paid the forfeit of their lives upon this occasion, uni formly at the gallows declared, with their last !plead], that it was by his preaching and excitement that they were led to revolt."—We - confess we have ;peat doubts as to the truth of this statement, as there was scarcely time for the decision of his Majesty's Ministers to be known. TRIAL OF MR. SMITH. (From the Colonist, Demerara Journal.) GEORGETOWN, DEC. 1, 1823.—1 n what we arc about to observe, we are not unconscious of the tender and slippery ground upon which we stand ; but it is due to the character of this Colony to give some distant idea of the impression produced in the public mind at the issue of the Missionary Smith's trial for a high State o ff enc e. We shall, however, be as guarded and deco rous in expression as the great delicacy of the subject, i n its present state of suspended existence, necessarily seems to require. The grave crimes with which this man stood charged, and for which he has been tried by a General Court- Martial, were published in this Paper, from a copy of the official document on the 16th October last. His uial had been commenced three days previous, the Court having been composed of the following Members : Lieutenant-Colonel S. A. GOUDXAN. H. P. 48th Rev. President. Lieutenant-Coloorl Charles Wray, Militia Stall. Captain W. ltillekelly, Military Stall. Captain T. Stewart, let West India Regiment. Captain C. Campbell, Royal North British Fusileers. Captain Richard Daniel, ditto. Captain L, C. Appelius, ditto. Captain Thomas Wairweather, ditto. Lieutenant R. Gregg, 4th, King's Own. Lieutenant T. C. Hanunill, Royal North British Fusileers. Lieutenant W. H. Hennis, Royal Artillery. Lieutenant J. C. Peddle, Royal North British Fusileers. 2d Lieutenant A. Gordon, Royal Engineers. 2d Lieutenant C. O. 11. Booth, Royal North British Fusileers. id Lieutenant IL Anstruther. The intense feeling of anxiety created i►► the public mind, on occasion of the trial in question, was fully evinced throughout its progress, by the numbers that continually attended the Court as spectators. Of course the evidence adduced both against, and in favour of the prisoner, was fully heard by all present, and doubtless it was cansbsed, day after day, at private tables in many parties. 'the substance and general tendency of that evidence we are restrained from publishing, for obvious reasons; neither shall we take upon ourselves to state what were the expectations, after the evidence was closed, as to the result. It is only permitted us at pre sent to observe, as a proof of the extreme patience and indulgence towards the prisoner, which was manifested by the Court Martial, that opening the case on the 13th of October, it continued by adjournment, to Monday the 24th of November, before coining to a close. On the latter day its proceedings were transmitted to the Commander-in-Chief. On 'Thursday morning last the prisoner was escorted by the military from the Colony House, where he had been previously kept in custody, to the New Jail, the guard there being committed to the 21st Fusileers, in place of the militia, as formerly. The rumours arising from this circumstance (the find ing of the Court not having transpired) were various and contradictory. In venturing to make a few remarks upon the nature of the late order, it cannot be expected that the Public Press is at liberty to impugn the motives of Govern me:a, animadverting on a measure, the cause of which it has no possible means of ascertaining. We shall not he precluded, however, from adverting to the oriversal feeling of distrust and dismay it has produced, with reference to its possible tendency. It is scarcely to be conceived that the Commander-in-Chief himself r: not aware of the evils arising from the delays of jus tice ; and we are inclined to conclude, therefore, that mot!ing hat a sense of the most imperative duty, founded upon capital and weighty public reasons, yet unknown, could have determined his Excellency to remit the pro ceedings of the Court to his Majesty, for ultimate de cision. This is no doubt a matter of deep regret to us all. Delaying the ends of justice, where the necessity is not obvious to all, is liable to dangerous misconstruc tion ; yet, we trust and hope, that the public apprehen sion will gradually subside—confiding in that watchfal PROVIDENCE which makes even the wickedness of the worst of traitors subservient to the ultimate purposes of as justice. Kingstr.ii (Jamaica) Papers, to the 4th ultimo, have been receiee.J. Many extracts might be selected both from the journals and the proceedings of the House of As- I stalbly, of an intemperate and hostile tone towards this country; but they are evidently anything but formi• dable, and are not worthy of notice. The following is an extract of a private letter: " KINCSTON, Nov. 22.—The Assembly have passed an Act, an nulling the Registry Bill; it is of course anticipated that the Go vernors of the Island will not sanction this Bill, and of course it will remain a dead letter. In the meantime comes the question of the payment of the expenses of the Registry Bill, which every three amounts to 5,000/. Depend upon it, this supply will be re tt,,d by the Assembly, in which ease there will be au open war be tween the Governor and the Legislative Authority oh the island." A burglarious attempt to enter Mr. Kean's the trage (limas house, No. 12, Clarges-street, May-fair, between two and dime o'clock yesterday morning, by three men, was fortunately discovered just as one of them was in the act of entering a room at the back pint on the ground floor. The servant, who gave an alarm in the street, and two patrols who were on duty in ;he neighbour hood, ran towards the spot, but the thieves ran off, and Jumping over the railing into the Green Pal k, escaped. llum—An order has been sent from the Home De partment to Hertford Jail, for the removal of Runt forthwith to the Justitia hulk, at Woolwich, prepara• tory to his transportation for life, to New South Wales, on board a comet ship, which will sail, about six weeks hence, from the rivet for that destination. Saturday, at two o'clock, Thoinas Ward was executed a (he drop of Xllossinham, rear Dublin, pursuant to his sentence 21 he late Comsoipsion, for a Wichway robbery committed by him Sqliird. COURT OF CIIANCERY-PIII. DAY. GOURLAY V. THE DUKE OF SOMERSET. This was a case in which the Duke, wishing to in troduce the system of Scotch agriculture upon his lands, let to the plaintiff a farm, in Wiltshire, and the parties entered into an agreement, but differing afterwards upon the mode of management of the faun, went into Chan cery, where the matter has been along time in litigation. This morning the LORD CHANCELLOR concluded his judgment upon the appeal of the Duke of Somerset against the decree of Sir William Grant, who granted a new trial (For there were two trials in the county of Wilts, upon an issue in this cause, upon the latter, Gour lay had a verdict fur E 1500), and calling for another trial; his Lordship took a view of the whole case, observ ing, generally, that the duty of a Judge was not to do justice between man and man, but between suitor and suitor, and upon the whole of the cause, his Lordship was of opinion that there ought to be no further trial— that the decree of Sir William Grant must be affirmed. Ills Lordship regretted that Gentlemen who pleaded for themselves, instead of employing Counsel, should utter certain things which Counsel would not dare to utter, he would have said, if he did not recollect that the conduct of the whole Bar was so regular as to render that observation unnecessary ; but the Court would have to consider hereafter, whether, after allow ing liberally for freedom of discussion, it might not' become necessary for the Court to decide whether mat ters of this kind, when wantonly indulged in, might not be visi t ed as a contempt of the Court. The result of this great cause was, that the appeal was dismissed, and the decree affirmed; but no other costs were given than the deposit made on lodging the appeal, which had been already returned, and therefore there were no costs to be given: Gouda y has already received all the money. Mr. Gourlay.—My Lord, am I to have nothing: The LORD biANCELLOR.-1 have pronounced my decree, and you will hereafter find what it contains. will not be questioned by anybody, while sitting here as Judge. IN THE MATTER OF SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL had an application to make to the Court, that this unfortunate Gentleman's mother, and Mr. Baron, who married his sister, might be at li berty to propose themselves as the Committee. Mr. PEasual:TON appeared to oppose the application. He did not understand that these Petitioners were the next of kin of Sir Gregory Page Turner. TheSouciroa-GENERAL said, he was not aware that the petition was to have been opposed. His LORDSHIP expressed some dissatisfaction at this interruption, together with others apparently ready to be made, by which the case of "Grimstead" was stopped. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proposed that his pe tition should stand over till Thursday morning, which being consented to, the Court went on with "Es arts Grinstead, in the matter of Howard and Gibbs." COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JANUARY 27. SKINNER V. BUCHER. This was an action against an overseer to recover 1001. penalty for supplying the poor in his parish work house with coals.—The Jury found for the defendant. Mr.GuitNEv now moved for a new trial, on the ground that a wrong construction had been put upon the Act of Parliatnent.—..The Court granted a rule to shew cause. THE KING V. BARROW. The point in this case arose from a deed of separa tion between the defendant and his wife, in which the plaintiff was trustee. The difficulty was, whether the adultery of the wife subsequent to the separation inva lidated her title to the annuity covenanted for her in the deed of separation. Mr. CHITTY argued for the validity of her claim, notwithstanding subsequent adultery, and cited a great number of cases in support of his argument. It was not likely that the husband would have executed such a deed, or the wife agreed to it, especially as none of the children were allowed to live with her, unless there had been previous infidelity, or at least a suspicion of it. Mr. PATTISON argued on the other side, that the ado! tery entirely did away with the indenture for annuity. If there had been a reconciliation, that would have an nulled the annuity, as decided by several cases, which he cited. Now what prevented this reconciliation here, but the adultery of the wife? She brought her suit for restitution of conjugal rights, and the husband resisted it by pleading her adultery. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—WiII not the question re sult to this; that there has prevailed an uniform course of decisions in Courts of Equity and Law for more than a century upon this subject, though every Judge may have for himself said that if the matter were res integra, he would decide otherwise ? The highest tribunal has never decided against such an allowance. Would it not then be an excess of jurisdiction in this Court to decide against this uniform practice at the present day? Mr. PATTISON again pointed out the distinction be tween an agreement to separate and a separation.—The Court held that there had been the determination to se parate. It was an immediate separation. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said lie would only add, that the husband might have made the annuity condi tional, on their living separate, and her living chaste; he had not done so here. vviLLANs TAYLOR. This action, which, it will be remembered, was tried a few days ago in Middlesex, was brought under the sta tute of Anne, to recover four times the value of money lost in the gaming-house kept by the defendant, at rouge et noir, by a young man named William Willans, to the amount of 6671. The brother of the alleged loser was I the plaintiff, and he was himself the principal witness, and swore that he lost the money at various times in the house, where he saw Mr. Taylor nightly presiding, and regularly entered on a paper (which he produced) the sums which he lost. The defence was, that this witness never had the money to lose; and that, though he had been in the house, and though Mr. Taylor had been in terested in it, he had not been there at the times he pre tended, nor had Mr. Taylor, during those month; been present in the room where he was sworn to have acted as master. To prove this case, the porter was called, who produced books, said to be made up nightly from slips of paper containing the names of the vitors; the' dealers, who swore that Willans never played but for small sums, and that Mr. Taylor was not present during the time spoken to by him; and that, in particular, on one night, the sth of April, when the witness asserted that he sustained his greatest loss, being Gaud-Friday, no play was permitted ; and several pet sons, who de posed that, about the time, Willans was in great pecu niary distress.—The Jury after some time spent out of Court, asked the Learned Judge, wliether they could reduce the damages ? to which he replied, that if they ; believed Willans, the whole was proved; but they might .finda for part if they thought fit; on which they returned a verdict for 680 i. finding only that 1701. was lost. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now moved for_ 2 rule to shew cause why a new trial should not be had. He urged, that the verdict was against the weight of evi dence in the cause; that the appearance of the paper proved it to be all written at once; and that the very finding of the Jury manifested that they did not place ' implicit reliance on the solitary witness by which the case was supported. The LORD CHIEF JUSTITR said, that the appearance of the paper, the books of,. the defendant, and the de meanour and testimony of the witnesses on both sides, • were all before the Jury, and the Court could not say they had formed an erroneous judgment. Had they found a verdict lot the whole sum, he was not prepared to say they would have dons• wrong ; and he could not think a defendant had a right to a new trial, because they found for less than they might have compelled him to pay.—The other Judges concurred, and Mr. Justice BAirt.Ey observed, that it did ❑ot seem to hint that the paper was all written at the same time, though pro bably with the same kind of pen and ink.—The rule was therefore refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JANUARY 27. MAY AND HOLMWOOD MAY. NORTON, AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the two plaintiffs to recover certain sums of money which they had been obliged to pay as sureties for a third party, to whom the defendants were attornies. It was alleged that the obligation to pay had arisen to the plaintiffs on account of the negligence of the defendants in the cause of tile;r principal.—The Jury on the trial gave a verdict fox the plaintiffs. STOCK-JOBEING.—RAWLINGc V. HALL. This was action to recover the amount or a bill of exchange, accepted by the .Iclendant. The defence set up on the trial was, that the bill was vitiated by the corrupt and illegal nature of the transaction out of which it arose, viz. the settling the difference of an ac count in certain time-bargains in the public funds.— The Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff. Mr. Sarjeant VAUGIIAN now moved for a Rule to shew cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a nonsuit entered. The grounds of his motion were, the illegality of the original transaction, and also, that one of the witnesses on the trial (the braker employed in the transaction) had refused to answer certain - ques tions which were put to him, or to produce his book. The Learned Serjeant referred to and relied upon Sir J. Barnard's Act (the Stock•jobbing Act), and the 46th Geo. HI. cap. 47, in both of which it was declared, that a witness under such circumstances could not refuse to answer the questions put to him, even though he should be exposed to a civil suit in consequence of his answers ; that he would only do so when there was danger of ex posing himself thereby to penalty and forfeiture. The Lord Chief Justice GIFFORD said he considered the point a very nice one, and without giving any deci sion on the construction of the Acts referred to, would grant a Rule to shew eause.—Rule granted. NEW STRELITZ, JANUARY 12.—Yesterday, at nine o'clock, to the great joy of the GRAND Duce, the Court, and the whole Country, her Royal Highness the GRAND DUt.HESS was srfely delivered of a Prince, who, with the august mother, is as well as can be desired. Yesterday letters were received in London from the Queen of WURTEMBERG, addressed to most of the Royal Family,&c. His Grace the Archbishop of DUBLIN entertained his Excellency the Loao LIEUTKNANT and a numerous party at dinner, on Friday last. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of ILssrturom gave a grand ban and supper at Ilamilton Palace, on Wednesday the 14th instant. The gaieties of the evening commenced with a children's ball, where the young Marquis of DouorAs and his beau tiful sister, Lady Susan IlAsiti.rus. appeared. The dancing was kept up with spirit till a late hour. The following were among the number present, viz.—The Earl of Aboyne, Earl aud Countess of Dunmore, Lord and Lady Belhaven, Lady Mary Ross :Ind Miss Ross, Lord Eincastle, Lerd A. Hamilton, Sir Willimt Elliot, Bart. Sir William and Lady Maxwell, Sir Charles M. Lockhart, 13 irt. Sir Charles Ross, Bart. Hon. Charles Murray, Major D'Este, C).• 10110 Oswald, Mr. Kith, Mr. and Lady Eleanor Campbell, and Misses Campbell, Mr. Stuart, Mr. Hamilton, &c. &c. besides the principal fbanilies in the neighbourhood. Extract of a letter dated Copenhagen, January 13 41 The private affairs of the late Minister Rosencrantz have been left in a state of great derangement, in con sequence of which the King has granted a pension of 2,000 dollars to his widow. Public opinion does not run very highly in favour of the three new Ministers of State, as there is no man of energy among them, with the exception of Count Moltke, who is, however, sub ject to a temporary distraction, which sometimes inca pacitates him for business for several days together. M. Schestadt would be more fit for any other post than that of Minister ; and M. Mailing is an old good-natured man, who willingly agrees to anything that may he proposed, and who has probably only received this dis tingaished honour as a compliment to him at the clo,e of his political career." The death of the Spanish Prime Minister M. de Casa Immo was accelerated, if not wholly occasioned, by a calamity of a domestic nature—the loss of an only son, who was lately killed in a duel. Tire influence of this Minister was greatly counteracted by that of the Clergy, who regarded him as a person too mach inclined to the doctrines of the Liberal School. This opposition, how ever, was not certainly of so violent and har.v.siag a nature as to break the health of the Minister ; but he sank under the affliction abovementioned. Letters from Brody state, that Lord STRANGFORD, after receiving dispatches from Malta, intimated to the Divan the measures taken by the English Government against Tunis, adding, that this wcerld not affect the good understanding between England and Turkey. It is added, that the SULTAN has s.mt orders to Tunis to comply with the demands of England, and to release the Greek slaves forcibly taken from the English ship, and deliver them to the Engli.ll Consul. It is, there fOre, believed at Constantinople, that the good under standing between England and Tunis w ill soon be re stored.—Brussels Paper. According to recent accounts from Wurtzburg, the number of persons arrested as making part of the hand of robbers lately discovered, has become so numerous that the prisons of Amberg and Zalzbach are not suffi cient to lodge them separately. Measures have, there• fore, been taken to fit up 13 chambers in the Ca,tle of Rotenburg, to receive the same number of prisoners, who will be removed from Amberg. More members of this band are arrested daily. Private letters from the Lie of France, dated last May, give a very favourable account of that They state it to be the tr,a est place in that par t of the world—two French operas being performed every week, and assemblies and visiting parties filling up tine re• mainder of the time. I'revisUins, For ever, repre sented as being very dear. Ships entering the port were compelled to submit to examination by the su: - gcon of the place, and to perform quarantine, which wits tery strictly exacted on account of the ;lulu° morbus, which having been brought there some. time back, had carried off great nunibet.: et the iahauitant.s. THE ARMY. Yesterday afternoon the Duke of , YORK, as Commancler•in- Chief, held a Levee at his Office in the Ilorsc Guards, which wi.s Attended by Lieutenant-General Sir HENRY CAMPBELL, Major- General HILL, Lieutenant-General SKiNNKR, Maio.. Ova: ral Sir Winbtass KEIR GRANT, Lieutenant-General Sir ions 11 surt.rors, Lieutenant-General Sir CHARLES WALL, Major-Gellef al Vista:NT, Major-General ANDERSON, and about twenty othtrs. Yesterday, the remainder of the 75th Regiment arrived front Gibraltar at Portsmouth: the first company div , mbarked yesterday morning, and the remainder of the Regiment tin: day. The Re giment will remain at Portsmouth and do duty there. PORTSMOUTII, JAN. 26.—The three companies of the 58th, in this garrison, will remove to Ilaskr Barracks, wheie they will re main until his Majesty goes to Windsor, when the ewer: three companies and the two flank e...impanies will march to \Vindtor, leaving three battalion companies it Brighton. A Detachment of the Royal Staff Corps has received orders to embark on board the Orpheus, in the City Canal, on the 14th of February, for the Mauritius. A detachment of the 7th (or the Prince Thiyars) Regiment of Dragoon Guards, has embarked at Liverpool for Ireland. 1 et a t I. NAVAL I\7 ELLIGENCE. The Aurora, MARTIN, from Sr. Andrew's, New Brunswick, to I lull, was drivtn on shore near Kirkwall, the 15th inst. COWES, JANUARY 427 W.S.W. blowing a gale.--Arrived the ;lon. Company's ship Castle Huntly, DRUMMOND, for Bombay and China. LNIOUTIf, JANUARY 26.—Wind S.S.W.—Off the port, the Ca ledonian, JANAN, from St. ULe's. Sailed the Lady Mary Pulliam packet, for the Leeward Islands. Phvatoiero, JANUARY 26. —Wind S.S.W.— Arrived the Eliza, Boys, from Figuera. POATSMOUTII, JANUARY 27. —Wind S.W.— The ship Indian Trader spoke off the Scilly Islands, forty-eight leagues distant, the James, of Lancaster, bound to Alexandria—all well. No arrivals or tailings. DEat., JANUARY 27.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River and remain, with the rest of the out..vard-bound, the Medway, EasteasoN ; Montrose, Itoxxericm ; Turner, LEADER ; the Stag, and the Swift ; also the Margaret, CI: AIG, from Shields for (Mesta. invEßroor., JANUARY 56.--Arrived the Alice, Jon ssoN, front Ja maica; Emerald, Fox, Friends, and Cybele, front Charleston ; Rey nolds, llsitsisosi, from Faro; the Hope, SIMMONS; end KNOWLES, from Seville; and the Rose, —, front Malaga. GitavEsEND, JANUARY 27.—Sailed the. Cambria, Cour, for Ja maica; Matilda, COLLIN, for Scara ; and the William Lushington, SUGHRUE, for St. Mitt's. COWES, JANUARY 26.—Arrived the American ship Ophelia, HAlh KELL, from Batavia in one hundred and five days, bound to Rotter dam—put in for a North Sea pilot. JERSEY, JANUARY '2.4.—Arrived the Exchange, DEEPER, from Rio Janeiro; Arabella, ; Messenger, i'aros ; and Day, VI BERT, front Bilboa. PIRATES. —ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S, Die. 9.—Two wets since a pri vateer ship, belonging to Captain NATTA, arrived, and had on board about 80,000 dollars in specie, gold spoons, forks, jewAs, and mer chandize. She lay at anchor two days, when the crew cut their cables, turned the Officers ashore, and started with everything on board, except the ship's papers. It is supposed she has gone on a piratical voyage. An English brig, belonging to Malta, from Gi braltar, with a valuable cargo of Spanish goods, left this on the 50th ult. for Vera Cruz, and two hours after was taken by a Columbian privateer, waiting for her. • CUSTOM-MOUSE, JANUARY 27. SNIPS ENTERED INWARDS—The Charles, front Rouen ; Julia, and Thetis, front Lisbon ; Velocity, front Buenos Ayres ; Nassau, and Britannia, front St. Michael's ; True Blue, front Limerick ; Good Intent, from Liverpool ; Waterloo, from Ostend ; and Success, front Oporto. ENTERED OUTWARDS—The Essex, for Bourdeaux ; Richard, for Jamaica ; Cyrus, for Bahia ; Aurora, for Malta ; Emilie, for Stet tin; Alacrity, for the Cape of Good Hope; Ag.phea, for Dublin; and William, for Gijon. CLEARING OUTWARDS—The Prince Regent, for Van Dieman's Laud; and Marshal Blucher, for Rotterdam. PORT OF ALVARADO. Extract of a letter from Mr. John Quick, master of the Henry, from Liverpool, dated Alvarado,the 9th of November, addressed to Messrs. Wm. Bread and Son, agents to Lloyd's, at Falmouth: " Before I left Liverpool, I was given to understand that the bar of Alvarado had always 15 feet of water on it, and that the largest ship of war might lay inside, had she water to go over the bar ; but finding this account to be very erroneous, induces me to write to you, as lam apprehensive some very serious lo9ses may occur in consequence of the information given respecting this place; and think it my duty, and hut right, that the Public should be made acquainted wi•h the nature of this port. On the 31st ultimo, on my approaching the harbour, running in with light airs of wind, the -e,sel gain about two knots, and keeping the lead going with from 12 to I 5 fathoms of line, and no bottom; hut when close on the bar, the first soundings got was six fathoms, and before another cast could be got, the vessel struck, only drawing ten feet three inches of water, a pilot boat that instant laid along side, which I was steering for, inad in the deepest water. The pilot saying we could not go in, the Henry was then brought to the wind ; hut before the sails could be trimmed, the pilot found we had got so far in that there was no other alternative but to run, striking occasionally, but very light, as there was no sea on, and the vessel received no damage. We very soon deepefied our water to three and four fathoms, and ran up about two miles abreast of the town of Alvarado, and came to anchor in three fathoms of water ; but in no part of the river can I lay the Henry to swing with forty fathoms of cable butt she will tail on the ground with ten feet of water, and in the deepest water, three said a half fathoms, although the port is perfectly safe for small vessels when in. A►to• titer particular circumstance worth noticing in these seas is, should a vessel be caught on the coast when a Norther sets in (as it is called here), which lasts from twelve to twenty-four hours, and some times from two to three days, but when so loo • , not so violent, but freque.•tly with that violence that no canvass can stand, and mu't of course go on shore, it not sufficient drift. I experienced one tho day atter any arrival h, re, and, had I been outside, must have gone on shore, if any way near the land. At this season of the year, the Northers are very frequent. On the 14th and 14th ultimo, two American schooners, fine vessels, with caigAes of manufactured goods, were totally lost on this bar. I believe the Henry was the fifth English vessel ever in the pert. It was publicly stated at Li verpool that the harbour dues were two ri.:l4 per ton, whereas they are twenty rials or two dollars and a half per tun, and all other charges (such as paktage, &c.) i❑ proportion. 1 proceed from hence to Campeachy, to load for the Mediterranean. This goes by a small schooner bound to Philadelphia, which is waiting, and has been fur some time, a favourable opportunity to get over the bar." The Committee :appointed by the Court of Common Council to consider the state or the Coal-trade, finished their sittings yesterday. It has already been stated, that the determination had been almot unanimously adopted by them to recommend an inc:.ease of twenty five Meters, which was, we 110 w understand, actually the case; but subsequent tepteteatations having been made to the Committee, by persons interested in the trade, they were induced to reconsiJer that determination. *ftey have now come to tl:e :es:iution to recommend an augmentation of the number of Meters, from 118 to IS3 lull and effective officers; but as in the former number ate included tight supernumeraries, the total increase now suggested will be about 20 Meter s . The Committee also, in their tepoit, recommend a rt pe d of that part of the duty on coals which is aiditional to t're Nit of London, and that a memo: ial to Parliament should be prepared for the purpose. The state of the coal-trade, however, is said to have undergone a marked improvement since the commencement of the labouts of the Committee. In December last, the average number of ships in want of Meters was 100, while on the day of their termination the number was o n ly 13. It appears also, that coals have, in the interval, although the middle of winter, fallen about 3s. Ed. per chaldron. The re;o: t will be presented at the Court of Common Council held this day. CORN EXCHANGE MARK-LANE, JAN 28. We have been well suppled since last Monday, haying had 4703 qrs. of Wheat, 4(.00 qrs. or Barley, 6200 qrs. of English, with ISGO qrs. of hint Oats, and 5450 sacks of Flour; but owing to the rise of 54. per sack in Flonr, and tirders from the North, of Wheat sold as high as on p la r s i t ce n s u k r v t- t d t a c y ad . n i : l ia n l e tin s g m ltr s ley sells full as Well :IS 04.1 Mon day. Beans tind o..ts are also steady at our last quotations. fa Peas and other articlei tittle doing, and no alteration of price . ~, f t 1 ; 1 4 • ,k } I ti q / 0 r ~~ r g 4 .1 .~ 4