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\~~ ; • 'ENINd STAR. _LONDON.: . TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1826. STACK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We aro Oh morning entirely void of information, which is 4oring to the eanerly winds that prevail. Consols opened at Sill SS, at which price they remain alternately sellers and buyers, with little business doing. The next Express from Paris or Hatnbursh will no doubt re lieve the public eaxiety in point of the truth. We have no re ports as yet. In the Foreign Market little or nothing is doing up to the pre. sent time. Current Prices: Old Spanish Russian 14f 115, Mexican 701 71, Brasilian Serip - 13 discount. ONE O'CLOCK. Spanish Stock has risen this forenoon, in consequence of a re port that the populace ISt. Spain• have risen, and demanded the reinstatement of the ancient Corte& Strange times, when a re bellion in a country increases the, value of the Government Se curitlet. erticic OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 222% 222 223 3 per Cent. lied. 82% 14 3 Irtkr Cent. Cons. ex div. 81 1 ,E IA 3a pet Cent. Red. 90% 91 4 per Cent. New ex dlr. 9834 5/s 99 3 / 4 99 Long Ann. 205-18 3 / 4 India Stock ex div. 24.414 India Bonds 25 22 .Cl,OOO Excheq. Bills 7 9 £5OO ditto 7 6 Cons. tor Account 83 82% EXCHANGES. GILIIOA, Doc. 48.—0 n London, 50s. 6d. lilsasnsa, Thtc. 17.—0 n London, 57. Tamers, Dec. 22.—0 n London, 91. 48c. ROTTERDAM, Jam 6.—On London, 59. 10. • FRENCH FUNDS. Pants, Unarm 7. Five per Cents. opened at . • PR. 60c. Three per Cents. . . 6$ Sic. Bank Stock 20771. 50c. Brutes de Naples . . 781. 60c. ltoyal Spanish Loan, 1825 . . 491 f. &change on London, One Month 251. ISc. FOREIGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. tustrlan tads 5 p Ct. llex. Scrip, kasilian !kinds Neapolitan Bond., Ditto Acct. 691 Peru+. lids, 6 p C. 45 lik.SeripApC.l62s, Ditto Acct. 46 Pumas Ayres Bonds Ditto Scrip, 1625,6 p C. Milian Born's, p Ct. Portuguese Bonds Colonlbiati 11.14,6 p C. Press. 1114. 5p C. Do. Bits 1824. 661 Do. Bonds, 1822, Do. Ace. 661 j e • ttoss.ilds,t 822, 5p C. 85} Danish ll,Ntda, Ditto Acct. 651 ho. Marks ••••• Span. Sp Ct. C. in i • . . Do.Bdi. 3 pC.1825, 62 1 3 Ditto for Acc. 124 1 Ditto Acet. Ditto 510, Greek Bonds Span. 5 p. L. C. 1823. 9i Do. &Is, 1825, French Brutes, S p C. 92f Dittb Acct. Exchange, 2,5115 e Alex. Bonds 5 p. Ct. French Radek 3 p C. . Ditto A.e c t. 5p C. . Exchange, Do. 8d5,1825, 6p C. 701 1 1 Guatemala Bonds, . Do. .Acct. 701 1 1 Ditto Scrip BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO .O'CLOCK. - . MARL WM Cutombian . 100 . S • -14 ProusioLa Paz. & Peruv. 50 5 5 Akiante &blab & For. 100 10 121 1 Guardian Fire Au. 100 10 171 United General Gas 50 15 101 British Ruck & Patent Salt 10 • 6 71 31 It is.confidently rumoured in the City this forenoon, that an official account of the Grand Duke Co2isrAs Tina rtsigning the Crown in favour of his brother limn*Las, has reached this country. We understand that Government has received ac counts confirming the above, of the Grand Duke CON-. STANTINE having resigned the throne of Russia in favour of his brother NICHOLAS. Several months have now elapsed since we called the attention of our Readers to the necessity of a parlia mentary inquiry into the conduit of the projectors and managers of the innumerable schemes, which for these two years have disgraced the country, and reduced so many families to beggary. Facts of the most incredible description now trans pire from day to day, in regard to those nefarious specu lations, of such a character, and involving in guilty par ticipation, such highly respectable names, that we grieve to say the House of Commons cannot, without a total abandonment of its own dignity, refrain from the in vestigaticin. N a temporizing sill do ; no select and' partial inquiries, instituted by a few individual, will satisfy the ends of justice, but a full, fair, and open inquiry, at the bar of one or other Hothe of Parliament, must commence, and we are much mistaken if it will Lot, in the event, be found that the whole strength o: the souod majority of our Legislature will be requisite to drag the culprits into light; so numerous and so powerfully connected are they supposed to be. All the world knows that a heavy suspicion rests on the characters of au immense number of Members, That they were actuated by c6rropt motives in supporting the prodigious number of private Bills which have re cently been enacted. It is said to be notorious that they were propitiated inorarious ways, but more especially with presents of so many hundred shares in the schemes projected, which were placed at their disposal, to be sold for their benefit, when the particular bubble to be sup ported. sbuild, by their exertions and influence, have been trumpeted into notice. Let the facts, then, be inve.tigated without fear or favour. The innocent will be, cleared froin suspicion, and the guilty alone receive merited obloquy. But can any one expect, whatever may be his station in life, to be held in honourable estimation, who stoops to the petty plunder of his coun trynsen in such miserable channels as through a per centage on one and two pound shares• in this or that mock company ? - We lament to say that the truth is so, and is un deniable. Nay, it is even wprse than so, as appears by the Arigna Company, to the case of which it is our in• tension to call the most sethms attention of the public within a day or two. . To the honour of the Assemble hi' tbe Colonies Demerara and 'Essequibo, it has resolved to eaforce tl recommendations of his Majesty's Ministers for ame liorating the condition of the negroes. It wi ll be in the recollection of our Readers, that nearly three years ago, Mr. Secretary CANNING, in a speech distiniuished by its eloquence and humanity, moved, in the House of Commons, three Resolutions, declaratory of the feel- tugs of Parliament and the Administration on the sub ject of e lonia! ,lavery. The first Resolution declared the expediency of adopt ing the most efficient and decisive measures for amelio rating the condition of slaves in our Coloi.ies. la the second it was tesolved— " That the House and the Government by a brm, determined,l and temperate enforcement of such measures, hope so to improve the condition of the slaves, as to prepare them for the enjoyment of those civil rights and liberties which are enjoyed by others of his Majesty's subjects." These retolutions were adopted unanimously ; and Mr. CANNING well observed, it would be bitter to re commend the new system to the kcal assemblies in the Colonies, than to enact a law to enlorce its adoption. Earl BATHURST, to whose zeal and firmness in the business even the advocates of unqualified abolition of slavery pay a tribute of praise, sent letters to the several Colonies to that purpose. Nothing, it would be thought, could be more temperate than the conduct of Ministers and the delicacy with which Earl BATHURST, in his circular, suggested an amelioration of slavery by the education of the negroes; and the abolition of the whip,so far as regarded females, would have disarmed all opposition in the Colonial As semblies. Unhappily this has not been the case; in some Colonies it has been called ati unjust decree—an illegal interference on the part of the . British Government —and even hints were, in one instance, thrown out of a separation of the Colony from this country. The Legislature of Tobago, however, adopted a dif ferent course, and passed a Bill for improving the con dition of the slaves, in the spirit recommended by the British Government. The Sunday markets were abo lished, and Thursday allowed instead, for the slaves to I cultivate their grounds and sell their produce; the punishments were much reduced, and several amelio rations in the condition of the slaves were made. Whether the recommendation of Ministers; and the example of the Legislature of Tobago would have been followed in other Colonies or no:, we do not pretend to say, but some circumstances occurred, which tended considerably to increase the opposition of the Colonists to these alterations in the slavery law , . We 'allude more particularly to the insurrrectlisp in Demerara, where the slaves, fancying that the British Parliament had declared their entire emancipation, and that k was withheld by their masters, ruse in rebellion and com mitted several excesses. Some' outrages took place in othaLCJloilies, and it was not umil a Royal Proclama tion explaining more specifically what Government had dine was issued, that tranquiility and confidence were restored to the Colonies. In Mr. CANNING'S speech, to which we have more than once alluded, he observed that there were some Colonies in which the Crown held authority without independent Legislatures, and then the measures deci. ded upon might be-cat ri.:d into effect without abstrac tion. Some difficulty has, liowever, occurred'in these Colonies, as in the case of Trinidad. These, however, we trust, will be obviated, and having thus done with the dark side of the picture, .we turn to a more agree able duty. We allude to the ordonnance which will.befound in our first page, for the religious instruction and improvement of the condition of slaves in Demerara and Essequibo. This ordonnance, so acceptable to humanity, and so ho nourable to the Assembly by whom it is passed, was to be put in force on the Ist inst. By this new Ordonnance a Fiscal, who is prevented from holding estates or slaves, is appointed Pro- Lector of Slaves r all work on Sunday is abolished; no overseer is allowed to carry a whip, either ;54 badge of authority or stimulus to labour; vo fi %ging of female slaves is allowed ; nn sl ore can be !punished 'with more than twenty-five lashes, and that not in flicted in the mo•itent of the offence, When passion might predominate, but next day, and that in the pre sence of one free person or six slaves. Every female slave who preserves her fidelity in mar liege is, six weeks after the birth of a child, to receive 12 guilders for the first, and 15 guilders . for every suc ceeding child. The hours of working are fixed at from six in the morning till six in the evening, with two hours for meals. If the sale of slaves becomes necessary, they are to be sold in families, and no separation of husband, wife, and children, is allowed. Other regulations establish the right of the slave to property, and ate well calculated to prepare the slaves by degrees for that full blaze Of liberty, which, if it burst on them at once, might be attended with some degree of danger. It appears by letters from Gibraltar, which have been received :o the 20:h ult. that in consequence of the opposition made by the Spanish authorities of Algesiras, I I to the sending assistance across the lines by the English to vessels driven on shore during the late gales, it be came necessary on the part of the latter to employ an armed force to enable them to carry their humane pm' pose into effect. General Doti, the Governor, and S;r JOHN Piutu.tuosts, Commander of hii Majesty's ship TIMIS, simultaneously ordered a force to proceed by land, and the crew of the THSTIS to proceed in beats by sea, to give assistance ain preserving the lives and property of individuals. Some accounts say that the firir druchment-which reached. the-sput v being fer in number, ware fired upon by the Spanitrdy., bot who gave up the point .on the arrival of the larger force, to which it would have been useless to oiler any resistance. The S?ani.h authorities held a very blustering tone on the occasion, affirming that the British had no right to pass the lines, and sent off dis retches for Madrii,with intelligence of the outrage they conceived had been inflicted on them. Their promised plunder from the wrecked vessels was thus snatched' from them. When the letters came away, a strong British force, under the command of a Field Officer, remained at the outposts for the protection of those en gaged in giving succour to the wrecked vessels. This forenoon we received Frankfort rapers to the 4th inst. They contain no p. litical intelligence, but give an account of a dreadful fire . at Johannisberg, in Silesia, which raged for four days, and reduced the town to a heap of ruins. The following are the details: VIF.NSA, Dscrmize On the 4.11, at nine in the evesnog, a fire broke out at Johannisberg, in the cit de of Troppau, which a high wind immedia.ely spread to the middle of the town, and in a short lime 104. houses were in fl Imes. All attempts to stop their progress were in vain, though the inhabi tants of the u• ighhooring: country, and- all the engines that could be procured, were on the spot, even from the Prussian fortre's of Neisse, which is 18 miles distant.— The fire, fanned by the constant south winds, continued to burn under the ruins of the houses, which were for the most part of brick, and the danger continued for four days, for, on the 7th, the steeple of the Church was burning, the body of the building having been alteady destroyed : even the vaults are broken in. The whole place is a mass of ruins. Above 300 families are ithout shelter in this inclement season, and reduced to extreme distress, with no prospect of help but from HEAVIIN, and the compassion of the benevolent. We have received the Piedmontese Gazelle to the 30:h ult. It contains letters from Rome, giving de tailed accounts film Ferrara, of the inundation of the Po, which had risen to an extraordinary height. At Pesaro there was a terrible hurricane on the 9th which caused the sea to overflow the port and put of the town, and did great dam rge to the Mole. An ancient bastion was entirely destroye.l. On the 10th the sea became railer more calm. It is feared that great damage must have been done to the port of Seni. .gaglia, because the newly erected works cannot be suf ficiently cOnsolidated :o resist such an extr:ordinary impetus of:the waves. Letter'! fr b m Comacchio of the 12th, say, there had been constant storms on the fith, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12dt; %bailie sea had risen to 4 great height, and in indateJ the country. Brussels Papers to the Bth inst. re ched us this fore noon. They notice that the Bolin Jonknar and the Prussian Slate Casette, both of 3lst Dec. have no news from War• saw'," or St. Petersburgb. A British Cabinet bressenger passed through Brussels, on his way from London to St. Petersburgh,on the 3d inst. A Letter from Vienna says, that a report was in circulation there, that`thc Greek Prince YP,ILANTI, who has been for some years confined in the Castle of Montgatsch. in Hungary, would be shortly restored to liberty, in consequence of solicitations received front Warsaw, from a person of high rank. isttili*.ia.NAVaPsW isi OVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Intrepid, AINTCALT, from Alexandria to Liverpool, has driven on shore near the Skert ies, and it is feared will go to pieces. The Drew. ELDNIDGR, from Amigo. to London, arrived at Bermuda, with damage, and was expected to sail again about the 12th of December. Ihe above vessel sailed from Antigua on the 19th . of October, and being so considerably cut of time, 70 percent. was done on her at Lloyd's, on Saturday last. The Marian, Ila %vale, and Letitia, ---, from Quebec; Samp son, —, and Fame, bound to Drogheda ; and Elizabeth, Pam". ens, bound to Dundalk, were driven on shore at Dublin, on Friday. The Rover, Amex, from Ipswich to Liverpool; and Susannah,' Lewis, from London to Dundalk, were driven on shore at Carling ford, on the 4th instant. The Perseverance, Ct-zwsort, from Newport to Glasgow, foun dered near Dunmore, on the 6th init. Crew saved. PORTSMOUTH, .lAN. 9. Wind R.N.R. blowing very hard, — Arrived the Fanny, DIVORICS, from Embden ; and the Aid, Giiev, from Sunderland. Sailed the Arabella, DIDIENECE. for Lisbon; Speedwell, llariNixamar, for Cork; and the Concord, Murmur, fo r Sunder land. • _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ FALMOUTH, JAN. IL—Wind East, fresh gales, and clear.---Sailei thb Perseverance, Turmas, for Tampico. DIAL, JAN. 9.—lt has continued blowing strong from the eastward all this day. The American brig PALAIoe slipped from her anchor and cable, and proceeded to Dover, this morning. The Admiral Cockburn drove a little last night, but has brought up again with a second anchor. CUSTOM-HOUSE, ..Taxtrativ 9. Sums Earreaso Inwstros—The Glenburpie and . Astrea, from Haniburgh ; Johann, from Embden ; Junge Ypeus, from Har lingen ; Vrow Ikyna, from Rotterdam; Charlotte, from Rostock; James and Margaret, from Dantzic ; Harmonic., from Schiedem. Li' errs an OUTWA nos —The Blenheim, for St. Vincent's ; Thomas, for Grenada; Hero, for Trinidad; Ersteling, for Rotterdam; Vegesack, for Bremen; and Betsey, for Gibraltar. Ctsminio OuTwaans--The Brothers, for Rio ; Active, for Bar badoes ; Vrow Hendrina, for Antwerp; Flor de Mere*, for Oporto ; Egeria, for Cape Haytien ; Union, for Genoa ; !Jordon, for Sierra Leone; Mitchell, for Charente; Nimble, for Smyrna. At an early hour yesterday morning. the Duke of YORK arrived in town, from a visit of condolence to the Duke of Itustano, at Bsivoir Castle, for the last fortnight. In the course of yesterday his Royal Highness transacted military busi. new at his house in South Audk7-street, with Sir Maus: TATLOR,_&C. Mr. Secretary CANNING arrived in town yesterday morning at the Foreign Dike, to transact olicial business. Saturday, Mr. Secretary Parc left town for Brighton. The Marquis CAMDEN arrived in London yesterday ,morning, from his seat in Kent. It is not true that their Royal Highnesses the Duke and• Duchess of CLamence gave a splendid entertainment, on Thera day, at Bushy Park, to Airs. Courts and suite. The marriage between Lady ELIZABETH COMMO- N/UK and Lord STRATA/kV= will shortly be solemnised. APFAU' 01? HONOUR.--Thursday, in consequence of Mme misunderstanding, the particulars of which have not tran spired, an affair of honour was intended fur decision between Mr Jona Pittman and Mr. SAMOS% Cos, both of Abbey•street, Dub lin, but the interference of the Police prevented the duel. Peace Officers Catear and Rostsbon apprehended Mr. Cox, and Barr tat Good the seconds. They were bound ever to keep the peace. • This morning, the workshOps of Messrs. HAnWOOD antrOitia, paibtets and stainers in wood, in Harley-mews, Wig more4treet; were discovered to be on fire, a beans under the hearth having ignited. The fire, however, was soon subdued by the speedy arrival and application of the fire et.gines. * 4 'fte 4 llooo 4l L - TIIE ARMY. ,-..+- Twenty.sis Recruits have joined the Depot of the 40th Foot, at Chichester, during the week. Twelve Recruits have joined the Depot of the 94th Foot, at Plythouth. during the same period. The 10th Regiment of Foot has be•.n ordered from Fettnoy to Templemore ; the 92d do. from Kilkenny to Limerick ; the ERR do. from Cork to Kilkenny ; the 28th (...froitt:Litneirtek to Naas ; the 29th do. from Kilkenny to Waterford ; the 34th do. front Longford to Athlone; the 58th do. froti 'Waterford' to Dublin j the 61st do. from Limerick in Ldinifordr the lt2tl do. irom.Dublin to Enniskillen ; the 6Sth do. from Mulliogar to iiirr ; the 66th din from Athlone to Dublin ; the 73d do. from Naas to Dublin ; this 75th do. from Dublin to Newry ; the 78th de. from Ennis td. Fermoy ; and the 84th do. from L'ermoy to Limerick. The Royal Artillery is at present recruiting in Dublin, a dra! cumstanre that has not occurred in that Corps for upwards of twenty-seven years. The destination of the 11th Regiment, at Tralce, is ordered, in' stead of the West Indies, to replace the 68th, in Canada. Dctasliments belonging to the 40th, 43d, and 82d Itegfruents of Infantry, marched yesterday morning from Westminstar, for Col- chester. Detachments belonging to the 16th and 83d Regiments • of Foot, marched, yesterday morning from Westminster, fun Harwich. A Detachment belonging to the 56th Regiment of fantry has received °niers to march immediately from Westmin ster, for Hull. Tun INDIAN ARMY. MAJOR-OENEItAI. SIR DAVID OCIITIZIII.ONY. OF:NE:RAI. ORDER, IT Tilt RIGHT HON. Tilt GOVEKI4OIt•GCNERAL V: CoI:NY It. Political Department, 28th of July, 18 /I The Right Honourable the Governor-General in Council has learnt with great sorrow the demise of Mrjor.Gerieral Sir David. • Ochterlony, resident in Malwah and Rajpootana. This melancholy event took place en the morning of the 15th instant, at Meerut, whither he had proceeded for the benefit of change of air. On the eminent military services of Major-General Ochterlony, lit would be superfluous to dilate. They have been acknowledged is terms of the highest praise by successive Governments; they justly earned a special and substantial reward from the Honour able East India Company ; they have been • recognized with ex- • pressions of admiration and applause by the British Parliament. and they have been honoured with signal marks of the approbation of his Sovereign. With the name of Sir David Ochterlony are associated many of the proudest recollections of the Bengal Army ; and to the r-nova of splendid achievementi he added , by the attainment of the highest honour, of the Military Order of the Bath, the singu7ar felicity of opening to his gallant companions an access to those tokens of Royal favour which are the dearest objects of a soldier's ambition. The diplomatic qualifications of Sir David Ochterlony were nut less conspicuous than his *jury talents. To an admirably vigor ous intellect, and consummate address, he united the essential re quisites of an intimate knowledge of the native character,language, and manners. The confidence which the Government reposed in an individual gifted with such rare endowments was evinced by the high and responsible situations which lie successively tilled, and the duties of which be discharged with eminent ability, and advantage to the public interests. - - - GENERAL ORDERS. Head.qu Irters, Calcutta, August 5,1825. The right wing of his Majesty's 31st Regiment of Foot, arrived from England on board the Honourable Company's ship Charles Grant, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Cassidy, will, with the sanction of Government, be disembarked from that ship, and proceed in the river-sloops sent for the reception of the same. Further instructions will hereafter be issued, respecting its junction with the left wing of the corps. By order of ►is Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. THO MAS M A HON, Cot. A. G. EUROPEAN GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL. Head-quarters, Calcutta, Aug. 4, 1825. At an European General Court-Martial, assembled at Agra, on Saturday, the 28th of May, 1825, of which Lieutenant-Colonel 3. DRAMAIN, 38th Regiment of Native Infantry, is President, Gun ner Phillip Dogherty, laboratory-man, attached to the Asia meta* sine, was arraigned on the following Charges, viz. " ist. For clandestinely concealing himself within the magazine yard in Fort Agra, on or about the evening of the 234 of Febru ary, 181.5, until after the gates of the yard were shut for the night, with the felonious intention of stealing property therefrom during the night. " 21. For feloniously and forcibly breaking open the lock of the treasure-chest lodged in the Glace or stote-room, in the said mags sins-yard, and for feloniously and forcibly breaking open the lock of a box contained in the said treasure-chest, and fur feloniously stealing, taking, and carrying away therefrom, a bag, containing the sum of sonat rupees 650, the property of Government, and arrears of pay belonging to men then on command, with which said bag, containing the sum of 650 rupees, he the said gunner, Phillip Dog herty, effected his escape from the said magazine-yard, by lowering himself from the window of one of the store-rooms, a height of about 22 feet from the ground. " 3. For absenting himself without leave from duty on the morn. ing of the 24th of February, 1825. and not returning till brought back from the Barter en the forenoon of the 26th, in a state of drunkenness, when his box was examined, and in it was found the hag, in which had bees placed the said sum of sonat rupees 650, but which said bag, on its discovery in the said prisoner's box, con tained only the sum of sonat tupees lll." Upon which Charges the Court cams to the following decidon: Funouta-. 4 The Court having maturely weighed and considered the whole of the evidence on the part of the prosecution and of the defence, do find the informer guilty of the whole and every part of the first and second charges exhibited against him. " On the third charge, the Court find the prisoner guilty of ab senting himself without leave from his duty, and not returning till brought back on the 26th of February, 1825, in a state of drunken ness, when his box was examined, and in it was found the bag in which had been placed the sum of 650 rupees, stolen by the pri soner out of the box within the treasure chest, in Agra magazine ; and that the said bag,when so discovered in the prisoner's box, con tained in part, and that the prisoner's box contained in the whole, the sum of 111 rupees, specified in the third charge." SKIITENCL—The Court, having found the prisoner Gunner Philip (alias Phillip) Dogherty, laboratory man of the Agra magazine, guilty of the charges as above stated, do adjudge him the said Gun rier Philip (alias Phillip) Dogherty to be transported as a felon for seven years. Approved and confirmed, (Signed) EDWD. PAGET, General, Commander•in-Chief in India. The Governor-General in Council concurs in the sentence of transportation for seven years, passed by the Court-Martial at Agra on Gunner Philip Dogherty, which has-been approved and con firmed by his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief. (Signed) AMHERST. EDWD. PAGET. JOHN TENDALL. J. H. Id ARINGToN. The prisoner Dogherty is to be sent to the Preside:icy by the earliest convenient opportunity. The Court is dissolved By order of his Excellency the Chief. W. 1.. WATSON, Adjitant General of the Army. The KING of SAXONY has ordered a mourning of four weeks, for the Emperor Asntamoss. Mr. ELLtrrota continues to improve in health ; all his spirits and vivacity have returned; and there is a chance that be will spin exercise his admirable talents on the boards of his own Theatre during the present season. Dovsa, JANUARY B.—Arrived his Majesty's packet the SPlTstas, and the Medusa steam-vessel from Bou logne, with passengers ; amongst whom were Mr. STUART WORTLEY, and the Honourable Colonel and Lady CAROLINE CAPELL. This morning, as same of our boatmen were launching a boat from the beach to go off to a vessel in the Roads, a tremendous sea struck her with such violence, as to upset and dash her against one of the jetties, by which one of the boatmen, of the name of Reader, was caught between the boat and the jetty, and had one of his thighs broken, and the other much bruised : he has a wife and large f amily, who are, for a time, deprived of his support. Early this morning, the steward of the Henri IV. French steam-packet, who ha i the watch on deck, was missing, and, up to the present time, oohing has been heard of him ; and it being conjectured that he had been blown overboard in the gale, drags have been employed in ibiliiirbour ithnut success.