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'her ng or. ea• na Me la, tep en 0111 al• yet COURT OF DIVIIIZT AT catts.rit. THIRD DAY. The butt Commenced their proceedings this mop. i t sg at half past ten o'clock. si r ARTHUR Waxesxer rose, and said he was ec oloy an xious that a correct statement of what he b o sa id on Thursday should go before the Court and *Public : he had put into writing the sentiments he lo g t h e n delivered, which he requested might now be pd by the Judge-Advocate. Th e paper handed in was then read, and was ver iog w i:h what we stated to have fallen from Sir AR ova in our report of yesterday, with the exception lot i s the paper given in today, Sir ARTHUR states, bat he differed from the Commander in Chief on oripo i n t s than one in the Armistice, but not with re ,put tv permitting the French to evacuate Portu pl: his reasons for agreeing to this he would lay be fore the Court in the course of its investigation. l i e a l s o observed to the Court, that he thought it necessar , in justice to certain individuals , to gate, y t h at although in a private letter to Lord CASTLE itzAGH, he had apparently thrown some reflections upon those connected with the Commissariat depart ment on the Expedition to Portusal, and which letter he Dever expected w ould meet the eye of the public, yet he now thought it necessary to say, that the evils he bad to complain of in that department did not arise from sa y wa in of zeal, but from the youth and inexperience dthose whom Ministers had appointed to that service. • After Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY had sat down, the Jtinoc ADVOCATZ proceeded to read the documents laid before the Court—The first was : A private letter from Sir HEW DALRYMPLE to Lord Casrtencaorn dated Cintra, Sept. S, and ac companying the dispatches already made public.—ln this letter, Sir Hew states, that soon after the Con vention of Cintra was signed, but not before, he learned from certain looks and gestures of the Portuguese General, that something was taken amiss, in consequence of the Provisional Go vernment of Portugal not having been consulted.— Ile stated to the General, that 'he conceived the ca pitulation with Juror to be a measure in its nature entirely military, and between the Generals of two contending armies stipulating upon terms with which to third party l.ad a right to interfere. He then pro ceeds to inform Lord CASTLEREAGH, that when he saw less and other marks of discontent on the part of, General FUME &ANDRADE, he requested him to state bis objections in writing, which he accordia3ly did, and which form part of the inclosures of this letter. Sir Haw Dmaaxtme neat states, that he had no news from Spain except what Sir ARTHUR WELLES LEY had communicated to him ; but that, in terms of his Lordship's instructions, he would hasten to com municate with CASTANOS and with the 'Andalusian Government, and would immediately send off the Spanish troops liberated in terms of the Convention, to join the Patriots. The next document read, was the protest of Gene ral d'ANDeaDe.--It was read in French—A trans lation of it was given in the STALL of the 26th Sep tember. IV4tII7C4L IN74ELLIGENCEI PORTSMOUTH, NOVEMBER. lg. Arrived his Majesty's ships Isis, from Newfound , laud ; and DIOMEDE, from Guernsey.—Wind Wt blows hard. DEAL, NOVEMBER 17. It has blown very hard all this day and stilt con. tinues. Several sail of homeward-bound merchant , vessels have arrived from the Westward, and brought up in the Downs with signals for Pilots flying. A brig (under quarantine, name unknown) has a signal of distress and another for a Pilot flying, but no boat will go to her assistance, although she has drove very considerably, having two anchors a-head. Several Pilots have been put on board ships by the Custom- House boat, the Deal men being determined not to render their assistance till the grievances of which' they complain are settled. • I NovEstann 18.—A privateer brig, and the above- I mentioned quarantine brig, with a ship, cut their ca. bles (it blowing harder than it did yesterday) and I run for Ramsgate Pier : the privateer and ship got safe in, but the quarantine brig brought up between Ramsgate and Brpadstairs. The transport ship, let tered D C, drove upwards of three miles, with two anchors a-head, but is at present riding safe in the Downs. Arrived the Citoeus sloop, from a cruize off the coast of France ; PODARGUS sloop, from a cruize off Boulogne.—Wind S. S. W. and continues to blow a very heavy gale ; all the ships of war ride very snug and safe; it is feared if the gale continues, several vesstls will be lost. The Reply of Sir Hew to this Remonstrance was then read, in which he states, that it was in the power of General d'ANunitoe, who was on the spot, at any time during tho negotiations, to have suggested or recommended any measure which he thought would serve the interests of Portugal; and sir HEW expresses his surprise that he never received any expression of dissatisfaction till after the Treaty was signed. This Reply concludes with stating, that Sir HEW had lost no time in causing Colonel Mutt RAY to make a confidential communication to the Chiefs of the Portuguese Government the instant the nego tiation commenced. The next document read was a letter from Sir HEW 1 DALRYMPLE to Lord CASTLEREAOII, dated Sept. 30, in which he complains of the badness of the horses attached to the artillery, and requests a supply of 300 horses from England; observing that a great number of guns must be left behind when the army marches forward. He concludes by stating that he had di rected the Spanish troops, released at Lisbon, to be embarked for Spain, and had given them 10,000 stand of arms. The autho:.:ty from Sir IL: DALRYMPLE to`Co lonel MomAI - , to negotiate with KELLERMAN, was then read. It is dated 25th August. This was fol-_ lowed by the reading of several Notes which passed between Sir HEW DALRYMPLE and Colonel Mugam( ' but of minor importance. The Convention itself was next read, and some musters.--The Court was left sitting when our Re porter came away at one o'clock. The Dukes of CUMBERLAND and CAMBRIDGE. were present, besides a great concourse of fashionable; of both sexes. ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE. We have experienced a heavy gale the whole of this day, and are fearful shall hear cf some of the shipping in the Downs having sustained damage. The Courier, Hours, for Rio, parted about ten o'clock ; and a transport, lately arrived from the Mediterranean (name unknown) about the same time : both have got into Ramsgate Harbour. About twelve, P. M. a brig parted, and went on shore near Ramsgate Pier.—Sailed this morning a Portuguese schooner, for the River.—Wind S. W. blows hard. YARMOUTH, NOV. is. This morning sailed for Heligoland the SARPEN gun-brig, with convoy. The Recovery, Capt. YOUNG, is lost on the Barber Sand : crew, and part of her cargo saved, consisting of wine, oil, and olives. Ships in the Roads,—Roebuck, Admiral DOUGLAS ; Aboukir, Ad mit al GAR/MLR ; Princess Caroline, Minotaur, Majestic, Bel lerophon, Utile, Cygnet, Skylark, Censor, and Claudia cutter. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRAVESEND, Nov. IR.—Passed by the Phmbe,Dubben, from Zante ; Emeline, Waterman, from Oporto; Janus, Montgomery, from Belfast; Lorosina, from Malta ; Union, Henry •; and Priscilla, Dibdin, from Doblin.—Sailed the Caledonia, Dunn, for Teneriffe ; Trafalgar, Keen, for Rio; Trusty, Langston, for Curacao; Susannah, Osbourne, for Grenada; Neil Malcolm,; Hodgson, for Demerara; Ceres, Taylor, for Tobago; Ayles, —, for Dublin ; Britannia, Mitchell, for Trinidad ; Kingston, Warden; Ida, Passmore ; Echo, Miller; London, Goldfinch Prince George, Bayly ; Queen, Weeks; Elizabeth, Stephenson ; Monarch, Kent ; and Cornwall, Canipbell, for Jamaica. GREENOCK, NOVEMBER 16. Arrived here on Monday night, the St. Andrew Rrrente (a running ship), from Trinidad, after a passage of nine weeks. Sailed from thence in com pany with the General Stewart cutter, MURRAY mas ter, bound fir Falmouth. On the 13th September, Grenada bearing N. distant 6 to 7 leagues, saw a strange sail in chace of them, which they soon after discovered to be a French lugger privateer, of l 0 or 12 guns, and full of men. Early on the morning of the 15th, the St. Andrew shortened sail for the General Stewart (tile privateer still continuing in chace), and commenced firing her stern chasers at the enemy.— There being little wind at the time, and the priva teer, from using her sweeps, coming up fast, and it appearing to Captain R. from her manner of manceu vering, that she was resolved to capture the General Stewart, he, for the purpose of preventing this, de termined to engage her, and an action shortly after commenced at half musket shot, which lasted for upwards of an hour, when, notwithstanding the ut most exertions of Captain R. and his gallant crew, the privateer succeeded in boarding and capturing the General Stewart, a little after which the privateer and the cutter hove to, and the firing ceased. Capt. R. now employed his time in filling cartridges, and repairing some guns that were dismounted during the action, expecting, from perceiving a number of men on board the cutter, to be attacked by both during the night, but at day-light of the . 17th the privateer eed the cutter were nearly out of sight, bearing west. — None of the crew of the St. Andrew, we are happy to state, were hurt, though the enemy, during the action, kept up an incessant fire a great guns and fire-arms : the enemy must have suffered severely. Capt. R. speaks in terms of the highest commenda tion of the steadiness and gallantry displayed by his Monday l a st aallowa started from Saint Giles's little crew, consisting only of t# men. The St. An eiturch, O x f or d, to g go sev y n miles on the Woodstock drew spoke, on the 1 8 th September , in 1at.12. 56. N. e road, and back again, in ore hour, which he per- the Mary Ann, DICKY, from Port Glasgow to Tri formed in three quaiters of an hour with ease. I 'tided ;on the 22d, in lat. 16. 38. N. saw the A fey , days since two recruits belonging to the 2d • privateer, and the General Stewart in company, to hattalien of th e 11 t h reg i men t, i nve i g led a servant t h e westwar d , standing to the southward; on the girl to care with diem on the Maidstone road, and when th e y came to a meadow called Barrow's Field, Sd of October, in lat. 23. 31. N. spoke the Fame , they were joined by three other recruits, who assisted letter of marque, from Quebec for Jamaica ; on in dragg;eg her therein, when the whole of them, I the 3d of November, in lat. M. 25. N. spoke the t u th ch tl d le . utmost bru . ality, violated her pereore With "Paragon, MILLER, from this port for Demerara, the ..ulty, after a length of time, the poor girl p • tain of which ship informed Capt. Rrrentr, that succeeded in making some persons hear her, who flew to the spot, and se cured three of the ruffians, and with the Nereide, JoHNsrow, and the Irme they were committed to Maidstone gaol. he.parted • Blida, Marquis, off the Cumbrae Heads, in a fog ; on • sth instant, in lat. 555. 46. saw tivo strange sail isti the westward, which Capt. RITCHIE supposed to be the Nereide and the►lnnelinda. The St. AnArew left the following vessels loading at Trinidad, viz. Eliza beth, BAIRD, •for this port, the Clarence, —, and Brookes, —, for Liverpool. The Royal Charlotte, MORRIS, arrived here on Monday night from New Providence, in 35 days. On the 25th October in lat. 39. long. 54. spoke the bri gantine Rolla, Capt. TuoMsoN, from Jamaica, bound to London, all well. Nov. 6, spoke the brigantine Seron, Capt. SHILLEBER, from Labradore, in lat. 56. long. 20. bound to Liverpool, under jury -masts, hav ing, on the 26th October, experienced a gale from the Westward, in which she was dismasted, and lost two men. Nov. 11, spoke, off Torry, the brigantine Hope, from Pictou, bound to Liverpool. Nov. 12, spoke off Torry, the brigantine Active, from Pictou, bound to Ayr. Same day, spoke the brigantine Com merce, DENNISTON, from hence, for Honduras, all well. Atop: tt The Ball, on Monday evening o was molt ele MOUNTS NORRIS; Viscountess HAWARDEN, Lady DE Rom, Lady SOPIIIA and ISABELLA FITZGERALD, Lady CALTIIROPE, Miss CALTIIROPE, Hon: Miss COLMANS4 HOB. MTS. WELLESLEY POLE, MTS. FITZHERBERf, Mrs. and the Miss TIIOMPSONS, &c. &c. Lord PE TERSIIASI, was likewise present. Lady A. WYNDHAM takes her daily rides in sable attire ; her Ladyship is an excellent horsewoman, and is envied by many.- Lord COLERAINE takes his departure to-morrow, and the Hon. Mr. AGAR, brother of Lard SOMERIOI, replaces his Lordship in the ry circles. The Collector of Taxes alluded to some days past as having decamped with several thousand pounds, the produce of Taxes received, pr.:lves to be M:s Launcelot Atkinson, the Collector of the Property and other Taxes [for the Parish of 8:. James, who is deficient to the amount of upwards of ten thousanl pounds. About six weeks since he told the Commissioners, his family, &c. that he was going into Nottingham shire, on a visit to a Gentleman very well known to them. The time having arrived when he appointed to return, and he not appearing, some suspicion arose that all was not right is his affairs, and in cone sequence a letter was written to the Gentleman in Nottinghamshire, who returned for answer, that he had not lasen at his house. This confirmed the sus picion : and, on investigation, it was ascertained that a few days previous to his leaving London, he had sold out of the Funds Stock to the amount o/between four and five thousand pounds, part of his wife's for uric, and not the least trace - could he discovered where he was gone, or what route he had taken. The Commissioners, however, issued their warrant as directed by the Act of Parliament, signed by the whole of them, and employed Pearkes and Adkins, two active Officers belonging to the Public Office s Bear -street, whom they put in possession of all the circumstances, and left it to them to exert their abili ties in finding Mr. Atkinson. The Officers went to the residence of a woman with whom he cohabited, in the New Road, and found that she had left them at the time Mr. A. left London, but it was not known where she was gone, They, however, continued their inquiries in the neighbourhood, till they found a man who had been employed in removing several very . large trunks from the house a short time previous to her setting off, and that they were taken to the New. Inn, in the Old Bailey, directed for Mr. Ward, to go by the waggon to Portsmouth, to be left till called for.—This lett no doubt in the Officers' minds, but that Mr. Atkinson had assumed the name of Ward (the name of the woman he cohabited with) ; they therefore set off express for Portsmouth. When they arrived there, they found that a person calling him. self Mr. Ward, had claimed the trunks, and they were conveyed from that town. The Officers, with considerable difficulty, traced them by different con veyances across the country to Yarmouth, Falmouth, and Penzance. At this place, a person calling him self Mr. Ward, resided several days ; and then re. moved to Truro, where the Officers arrived on Tues. lday evening se'nnight. They continued their inquiries, and learnt sufficient information to satisfy their minds that Mr. Atkinson was there, under the assumed name of Ward, and had purchased the lease of a house 'and some land, where he was residing' with Mrs. Ward and their four children. On the lullow ing morning they went to the Mayor, who is an At torney, and communicated their business, and who confirmed their suspicions.—The Officers proceeded to Mr. A.'s house ; met him at his door going to walls in his garden, and persuaded him, under some pretext, to walk with them to the Mayor's house. When in the Mayor's parlour, they told him he was their prisoner, explained to him their commhsion, and that he must give np all the money that he had , made off with ; which he consented to, and they re turned to his house, where he delivered to the Officers a large pocket-book, containing bank-notes and to the amount of upwards of .5000/. They arrived in London with him on Monday night, and he has undergone several examinations before the Commis sioners, at the house of Mr. Rice, their Clerk, in Dufour-place, Broad-street, Carnaby-market..—lie remains in the custody of Pearkes, the officer. 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CORK, NOVVABER is. His Majesty's ship Fylla, Capt. RODNEY, has ar- 1 rived in Cork harbour from Quiberon Bay, with two sail of transports. She made that Bay with 40 sail of transports under her convoy; having French troops on board from Lisbon, which were landed. The re mainder of the fleet are on their passage. His Ma jesty's gun-brig Virago, Lieut. PILLMAN, and Earl Spencer cutter, Lieut. PITTMAN, sailed on a craize to the westward on the Sth inst. Those vessels have, we understand, been ordered out by the Port Admi -1 ral, in consequence of information that a French schooner privateer had committed some depredations on the trade of the west-coast •of Ireland. On the 1 9th inst. the Argus sloop of war, Capt. STEWART, arrived at Cove from the Northern Coast, where she had been for upwards cif six months et uizing, to pro ! sect the trade upon that part of the coast ; the vigi- Ilance and exertions of Capt. STEWART effected the object of his cruize fully. i Several vessels put into Ramsgate harbour yester day with.the loss of anchors and cables. The Wheeler, Grayvold, from London, for Malta ; and the Barbara, Phillips, from London, for Seville, have put into Ramsgate, each with the loss of an anchor and cable. ------ The sloop Concord, from Limerick to Liverpool, reported to be captured, has been carried into Cork by a Portuguese vessel, after being deserted by the crew, under the idea of the Portuguese vessel being a privateer. The CUFFNELS Indiaman has been on shore near Northflect, but got off without damage. The Montague, Glendenning, from Portsmouth, is arrived at Gottenburgh, after beating off a privateer, The Prince William, (armed ship) with a fleet from Gottenburgh, is arrived in the Humber. The Duchess of Athol, Caithness, from London for Heligoland, has been blown off the latter place, and has put into Whitby, but without discharging Iher cargo. The John and Joseph, —, from the Baltic for Hull, is captured. The Joseph, Connelly, from London for Alicant, is put into Dover, with the loss of main-mast. The Nonsuch, —, from Trinidad, to Antigua ; Success, —, from Barbado , n, to St, Bartholomew; I and Bell, —, belonging to Surinam, have been taken and carried into Guadalou.pe. The American ship Ceres, Pettit, is taken and car ; ried into Martinique. _ _ _ ---- - The Sarah and —, from Barbadoes to Bermuda, is taken and burnt. The Richard, Ferrien, bound to the South Seas, has been on shore near Cuckold's Point, but got off with much damage. Fntrs.—On Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, a fire broke out in one of the new houses, nearly in a finished state, in the Crescent, -Cheltenham, (which was occasioned by the carelessness of a boy who had left a fire burning near some shavings) ; it had at tained such force before effectual assistance could be procured, that the whole building was speedily re duced to a mere shell ; and the adjoining houses were only prevented sharing a similar fate, by the activity of the workmen, and the inhabitants of the town, who ' resorted to the spot in great nombers, at the moment of alarm. Tuesday evening an alarming fire broke out in a house at the bottom of the Abbey-Green, Bath, owing to a stove-flee being improvidently placed near some lath and plaster ; but it was extinguished with out much damage, by the prompt assistance of the Firemen belonging to the Bath Fire-Offices. Wednesday morning last, about nine o'clock, a fire broke out at the village of Littleworth, near Wheatley, which consumed seven cottages, belonging to labourers, some of whom have large families, and have lost every article of furniture, and almost the whole of their wearing apparel. The accident was occasioned by a child, udder three years of age, who, in the absence of its mother, carried a burning stick 1 into an adjoining wood-house. - An explosion of what is terminated by colliers the wild-fire took place on Wednesday last, about three o'clock, at Golden-hill Colliery, near. Lane-end, in the Staffordshire potteries, by which six men were de prived of life, and two others so shockingly injured as to be left without hopes of recovery. Tuesday last as a son of Mr. Cotteral, of Brocking , ton, was at play at a neighbour's house, with other children, in throwing leaves on the fire, the flame caught his clothes, and burnt him so dreadfully, that he survived only a few minutes. A few days ago, as the workmen employed in making the new turnpike road on Odd Down, near' Bath, were cutting through an embankment, they discovered a heap of human banes and skulls, some of I the latter with teeth nearly in a perfect state ; sup , posed to be the remains of people slain in the Crom . I Crom wsllian wars. 7 I