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NAUTICAL ^7 iLLIGENCE. It it with pkafure we announce the fare arrival of she Leeward Wand fleet. confifling of upwards of sou fail. under convoy of the Aomaamaor and two Wyk.. GREENOCK. SEPTEMBER 24. The Ariadne, WATT (a running (lip), arrived here laR night from Demerara, failed thence on the 19th AlignlF, in company with the Harriet, THOIIIOII, of and for Lamatier, parted with her in lat. 0. long. 38. all well. The Europa, Oaa, of this port, arrived at Demerara three days previous to the Ariadne's failing : Spoke thebleaosato frigate in lat. 3t. long. 53.48. all well. Captain WATT palled through the Leeward bland fleet, on Wednefday laR, in lat. p... long. 24. 14 all well. Saw a French frigate, and alto a corvette, on Thurfday, in lat. 54. 6. long. at. The •rvette gave cline to him, for a few hours. 'FALMOUTH. SEPTEMBER s 4. Came in the GANNETT Soap of war, from Ply mouth, to give inftruaions to the wails bound to the Mediterranean, &e. and failed with the Phoenix, Sumo, for Smyrna ; Fox, Laarry, for Gibraltar; and feveral other edits, to join the ROTEL Gwaos, of Ito guns, Vice Admiral Sir J. T. DUCTWOILTN, who paired this port to-day with the outward bound Lisbon, Oporto, and Mediterranean fleets. Wind N. TORBAT, SEPTEMBER as. This morning was landed here by one of the Tor• bay Sating boats, a Gentleman and family frum the Nip Boddington, Capt. SOIL, who left Tortola on the td of Aoguft left, with about two hundred fail of flaps, under convoy of his Kijelly's fhip AOll.- if 11111011 $ all of whom had arrived Cafe in the Englifb Channel, and all in pedal health. PLYMOUTH. SEPTEMBER SS• Came in the Trafalgar privateer from a eruiae ; Itellona, &situ, from Porfground ; Norway Lion, Ivaasow, from ditto; (Dane) Haabet, Capt. Swain- SON, from Alieant, bound to Tonningen, with bran dy, detained by the Indefatigable privateer. Sailed the Hamburgh 4hip Dido, Captain Mota.sa, from i4amburgb, to St. Thomas's, liberated from her de tention. Game in the (Ruffian) Zandainir Welfaart, Captain Gaoana °Liao'', to Riga, with fair, detain ed by the Indefatigable privateer; Hoffnung (Olden burgh) Captain Diasa Pass...ans. to Varell, with taly detained by the Hero privateer ; Benniniob, (Bremen) from Bourdeaux to Tonningen, detained by the Trafalgar privateer ; Johan Margarette ( Bre- Men) Captain Dates, from Bourdeaus to Peter!. burgh, with wine,detalned by the Trafalgar privateer. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 26. Arrived the Greyhound revenue cutter, R. Witt's- . Son Commander, from a cruise ; Rover packet boat, T. (ty as, from Jerky and Guenafey, with mails and parengers ; Nelfon pilot boat, J. Somme, from off Portland, and paffed throegh the Weft India fleet laft night, and landed here Sir J. Glass and Mr. Wit.- saga, taken out of the Renewer, Captain Owns, s a tr, from Barbadoes ; his Majefty's gun brig Locusr , Lieut. from a cruise. PORTSMOUTH, SEPTEMBER 16. Arrived the Qyace fchonner, from Chatham ; Valor frigate, from Plymouth; Concordia, Paco' ; Hannah, STMOVDS, and the Swift, SALM, from Pe terlbutgh ; Charlotte, PURDY, from Archangel; Fly, STA.TOU, and the Hardy. —, from Riga, all for this place. Came in the Hoop Egyptienne, Pace. MAK, with palfengers from the Phionix. from Tobago, and ten others, under convoy of the AGAIIIIIIIOII man of war pared by—they report the remainder of the fleet to be about to or 12 leagues behind. DOPER, SETTEMBIR Paired by this day the fhip AnguSur, How a, from Norfolk, with tobacco, bound to London.—Sailed the Mosel:ma, CaLyrae, and Srrrnaa Hoops of war, aed the BUSTLIII and Acura gon brigs on a cruise ; alto the Swedifb frigate Tjapman, with five fail of weals under ber convoy, with cargoes of fah, from Alicant, bound to Gothenburg and Stockholm.— Wind S. W. and moderate. DIRAL, SEPTEMBER 26. Arrived the Taowrausa floopof war, from a eruize. rend failed for Sheenier,. Arrived and failed for the River, the Flora, STODDART ; and the Diamond, SAMPSON, front Grenada. Sailed the VIIIITAL frigate, with fevers, gon brigs, &e. for the French mail.— Arrived the hfongsv gun b►ig, from off the French costa, with difpatches from Commodore Owes, and remains in the Downs with the reit of the Chips as per lei. Wind S. W. ARRIVED. qg Dryer s the Diamond, latnefoo. from St. Lucia—OfSea ford-, Flora, Stoddard, from Crrnada—Of the Land's Pod, Thames, Black, from Grenada—At &Mot Safer, Bailey; and Ipen, from Grenada ; Atlas, p r tr e , e ,,p,, e , e s ; s e . ' c ern, %Valor+ ; and the Hope, Gibbs, from Darbadoes; Britifh Queen, Psffmnre, frosn Deinarara ; Kingftoo. Dove: Ave.. Pal& ley ; Pollard, Withers; and Ann, Gilbert. Irani Trinidad; Suri nam, !Ilya, from Surinam; St. Vireenes, Bell. frau St Vin cent's; Mervin, Amery, from St. Kitt's; Rants, Corey, (men Nevis: and Commerce, from Demerara—At Cowes, Ay re,n, wirbyerunbe, from Virginia—At Newfoundland, Kangaroo, Muldrik ; and the Dale of Kent, Soper, from Liverpool—At Dancrara,goetn, Naves, from Liverpool—At Campvere, Alby and Sally, from Now Providence--Off Portland, Governor Watfon, from Tobago. It is reported that the Backhouft, from Demerara, and another of the Agamemnon's convoy, foundered at fea. The Doris, Pis a, from Charante, is detained and fcnt into Yarmouth. The church of St. Paul, Deptford, was broken into on Monday night, and robbed of many of its orna• rn ents, filch as velvet culltions, velvet pulpit cloth, &c. ss..h gold fringe. W.R3T3171i :TER MEETINC. Yenerday, at one o'clock, a Meeting of the Elec tors of Weatninfler took place at the Crown and Anchor, purfuant to the adjourninent on Thurfday fe'nnight. Mr. GIBBONS, after flintily Sating his reafons for propofing the former adjournment, propofed that Mr. Wifhart &mild refume the Chair ; but that Gentleman not being prefent, Mr. Maddocks was voted into the Chair. After the Refolutiona paired at the laft Meeting had been read, Mr. PAULI, then rofe and fsid, that before he Mould take the liberty of propofing any perfou to the Meeting, he withed come Members of the Committee appointed at the 'all Meeting would date why they had fo thamefully betrayed the crud repofed in them, and the liberties and independence of the City of Wetiminfier. After a thort fpeech upon the point of regularity from Mr. FROST. the CHAIRMAN wilted fume Gentleman of the Committee would Rate the relish of the deliberations of the Committee. Mr. GIBBONS immediately role. He had been one of the Committee, and the objed of the tall Meeting being fruArated, he role to exprefs his indig nation at the joggle. Sorry he was to perform a talk fo painful, but he could no; (brink from his duty.— He would explain eke underhanded and formidable confederacy which had been entered into to trip up every objet of the Meeting. At the firft Meeting of the Committee, be had been called to the Chair, and it was refolved that an application mould be made to Mr. Whitbread, 'equaling him to come forward, and give the Eledors of Weflminfler an opportunity to Phew that they would not be the tools and 'af fair' of any Adminiaration—(4~). This appli cation was accordingly made, and Mr. Whitbread's anfwer was, "That, confidering he himfelf had been returned three times, and tome of his family four times, by his prefent Conflituents, this eircum- Rance. as well as tome other reafons, both public and private, prevented him from doing himfelf the honour of availing himfelf of this flattering MI6. cation to Rand as a candidate for Weßminfler." A letter was then addreffed to the Committee, from Mr. Maddocks, of Lincoln's Inn, Rating, that if no one elfe would give the Ele&ors an opportunity of vindi cating their independence, he would— (load opplaufe.) —The Committee accordingly returned thanks to Mr. Maddocks, and thought his offer worthy of the moll ferions ecnfideration. Another Meeting was appointed to be held at Leven o'clock in the evening : and when he (Mr. Gibbons) came there about halt pan, he found that the Chair had bees taken by ann. ther Gentleman, and that the legal advifer of Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Burgett, who was not one of the Com mittee, was ailing as Secretary to the Committee.— A Refolution was moved and approved of by that Gentleman particularly, for maktog an application to Sir Francis Burdett ; for, as Mr. Burgers *Cured him (Mr. Gibbons), "they walled to come forth and op. pole the boy." (meaning Lord Percy). Mr. Burgefs feconded the motion about Sir F. Burdett, and prof fered his Cervices to go with others of the Committee to Sir F. Burdett's hook. They did go, and as I was forced to go out of town they left the refult at my hook, which was (and a perfon at my houfe took it dodo in writing), " That they had applied at the houfe of Sir Francis, and were anfwered that he was inacceffible, that he was out of town, had ordered De letters to be fent to him, for that he declined coming forward againit Lord Percy."—"My fufpicions, (con tinned Mt. Gibbons), which had been routed before, were inereafed. and I went myfelf to Sir Francis's houfe. Sir Francis's addicts was given me very reedit y —he was only thirty miles from town, and this was on Tuefday. Was this tripping up the objed of the Meeting or not E—l now come to the file fr of the fubfequent Meeting—it was fixed for eight. I ar rived at half pall, and I was told that a Refolution had been already paired, Hating that the Committee had applied them elves rftligew?,—(Lesteesr)—to find a proper perfon ; but not being able, they were unani• I aloofly of opinion, out of regard to the tranquillity of Welimintler, as well as for the reafons urged by Mr. Sheridan, and for other important reafons, to join in fupport of Earl Percy—(lfifteg).—(And, Gentlemen, I found that this Refolution was pre pared by this very• Mr. Burgefs, and was corrated by Mr. Sheridan ) At this very Committee, which paired a Refolution fo contrary to the views and to the intentions of the Meeting who delegated them, I few a number of ((range faces, perfons who neither attended the fir fl nor the fecond meeting of the Com mittee, yet came upon this occafion to vote for the Refolution fo drawn up by Mr. Burgas, and correfted by Mr. Sheridan. Notwithflanding that they thus came to a Refolution, recommending you to fupport the man, who, by your almoß unanimous vote, was declared not to be a fit perfon ; yet when I expreffed my furprife at their orange Refolution, molt of them anfwered me, " What are we to do, Mr. Gibbons ? You fee nobody will Rand !" The very propofer of the Refolution laid to me, if anyman will Rand againtl Lord Percy, or if you will Rand spina him, by G— I'll fupport you. I am, Gen tlemen, an humble individual among(( you, and ne ver entertained the prefumptuous thought of being a Candidate for Wellminder. This cireumftaoce, however. will Thew you upon what principles, or ra ther upon what want of all principle, the major ity of the Committee proceeded. At the fame time that they are telling the Electors of Wellmintler that Lord Percy is a fit and proper perfon to reprefent them, they tell me, in the Committee-room, that if any man could be got to oppufe him, if I rnyfelf would Rart againll him, they would then fupport me or any other perfon in oppofition to him. You there fore fee into what inconfittencies and abfurdities they have fallen, who, after entirely departing from your inftrudions, take upon themfelves sow to recom mend Lord Percy. As for that Nobleman, I have very little to fay—he is a young man unknown to me, as I believe he is to the greater part of the Eleaors of this great city. The Committee, how ever, although they at hat refolved that Mr. Mad docks's letter was deferving the moll ferious con& deration, afterwards appeared to have paid no man ner of attention to it. As for myfelf, 1 mould much prefer Mr. Maddocks to Lord Percy, if it were only for this one reafon Suppottos we return Mr. Mad docks, and afterwards difapprove of his condutt, we can get rid of him upon another Elation but if once we null return Lord Percy, we will never be able to make hiin off Mi.. Mahone concluded b interns-' ing the Meeting that he linderftood a Candidate I would be propofed for their nomination. the grin-' cipal nbjeB of his riling was to free himfelf from the charge which he thought the majority of the Com mittee had incurred, by departing entirely from the duty and the troll that were repofed in them. Mr. HENRY MADDOCKS, jnn. then rote, and I Rated his wills to become a candidate on the pre. • feat occafion, merely to flimutate the people of Well- i mintler to alert boldly and refolutely their rights and privileges, againfi the powerful interell of family I connalions ; and having taken a general Purvey of the perfons who conspired His Malay's Council, at this moment, he eked, could it be expelled,: that men, guided by fuch principles as situated a Grenville, a Sidmouth, a Howick, a Petty, and an Erfkine, could it be foppofed, that fuch an Admi. (filtration would interfere in the prefent comav whole principles had ever been the free and inde pendent reprefeatation of the people in Parliament ? He could not fuppofe his Malefic, who was the very head of the councils of the Empire (and whole pri. vats virtues had done fo much to turn afide th: Teets. 'lnfirmary torrent from this country) would interfere at all againft the freedom of elation. [Mr. M. here paid an elegant compliment to the virtues of Lord Sidmouth, who, during his adroinitirstion, newer de. graded himfelf by interfering in Elections.] He did not mean to fay that Lord Percy was unfit to reprefent them becaufe he was the fon of a Duke—he knew there mull be diftinBions, ranks, and gradations in Poch a fociety as this nation ; nor would he qualm ) ' that this young Nobleman might be poffeffed of all thole attainments which could reafonably be expelled from a young man of his time of life ; but he mull obferve, that when the queflion lbould come of lay ing taxes upon the fubjeft, it was always natural to , fuppofe, that a man wallowing in wealth which he had acquired without pains or labour, would be more , prodigal of the public purfe, and more carders of the burdens impofed upon the people, than a man in more moderate circurnßances might be toppeted to be. Adam Smith had obterved, that Noblemen were generally inclined to confider Commoners as an , inferior race of beings. The Northumberland Family , had already confiderable influence in the Houle of , Commons. Lord Percy's father fent five Members to Parliament, and he hind - elf was already a Member brought in by the Marquis of Buckingham. He , thought fuch influence might have contented the fa• , mily, without endeavouring to carry Weßminner alto by mere power and family and Minifterial influ ence. At prefent, Peers returned to Parliament 24a Members ? individual Commoners fent tsn, and the Treafury 22. When, therefore, 423 were fent in by private patronage, he thought thole great families might have been content to have permitted one place in all England to exercife that privilege to which it had long been aecuftomed, of chafing one of its Re prefentatives. Mr. MADDOCIIB then declared, that his principles were thole of Lord Somers, Sir Jofeph Jekyll, and thole who penned and fupported the Bill of Rights—that, if elated, he fhould never lend his feeble aid to ftrip the Crown of any of its legal pre rogatives, but that be thould fupport, as well as he was able, the glorious Conflitutton of this Country apioß any innovations, whether monarchial, antic crancal, or democratical. He declared, that if elat ed, he ffinuld never accept of any office or flirtation under Government, without their preview:- content and approbation. He had, however, only declared an intention of being a Candidate in the cafe of no other man venturing to Rand forward. An Honour able Gentleman (Mr. Paull), who fat near him (and who had great merit in bringing Indian delinquencies before the eyes of the Britifh Nation), was prepared to propels a Candidate, who he was certain would be approved of by them. Mr. PAULL began by taking notice of the con di:la of the Committee, which he thought to highly reprehenfible, that he conceived it the duty of the Meeting to pats a fevere cenfiare upon them. So far from fuppofing that there was nobody to be procured to Rand forward to defend the liberties and indepen dence of Wetiminfler againa the confpiracy which now Alined it, he would propofe another, and ano. titer, perfon as fk to be put in nomination, until he Ibould at length come to tome perfon who would have the refortnion to Rand forward. The per fon who appeared to him to be the moll proper to chafe as a fucceffor to Mr. Fox, was one connated with him in friendfhip, and who bad devoted his life to the carafe of independence, who would always in future, as he had done heretofore, Rand in the gap to contend with that corruption which threatened to overwhelm the country. If any one could check the profligate expenditure of the pub lic money, Sir Francis Burdett appeared to him to be the man. If any man more than another had (hewn himfelf a fincere friend to his country and its liberties, he thought it was Sir Francis Burdett : he Ibould, therefore, propofe him firft as a fit and pro per perfon to he returned (loud eht)(antii). If. how ever, Sir Francis refuted to be a candidate, (which was not improbable) then he thould propofe a man of the moll extraordinary and fplendid talents, who was alfo connelled with Mr. Fox, both politically and in private friendfhip, he meant the Right Hon. Phil. pot Curran, whole talents, though exerted in another part of the United Kingdom, were well known to the world, and univerfally admired, and whole poli tical life had been (pent in refilling corruption and oppreffion, and in fupporting the juft rights of his countrymen, (app/wafes). Should they be unfuccefs. hil in this quarter alfo, Mr. Maddocks had in the moll fpisited manner offered himfelf to their choice. It appeared to him abfolutely necelfary that the Elalion of Lord Percy mould be refitted, and that the Grenville family Ibould not be permitted to dictate to Wefiminfler. What merit could that family poffefs in the eyes of independent men ? Was not Lord Grenville fur near twenty.five years connated with the calumniators and enemies of Mr. Fox, and thole who had walled the blood and treafure of this country in foolifia and ill conduffted wars ? Was it not be who was the principal author of thole bills called Treal.n and Sedition Bills, and many others which went dire Elly to take away the freedom of the people of this country? It was the Grenville% alto who were now luppoled to be the powerful protectors of Indian delinquents, wh .m lie had laboured to • bring to jultice. Under the anlpices of Lord Grea t Title, a young Nobleman of twenty-one was now F brought forward, and it teemed to be expelled that be was to walk over the courts without an oppo near. When he was told of e Iteredlerg prineiirtri of Lord Percy; he need only obferver; that he now fat in Parliament for the &trough of Brickirighatii and that therefore there could, be no &WA 'hit it was his intention to (import in Parliament rhote 'this brought him ;molt. For thi. rkafon be fie tali think him a very improper Reprefentative. He then pro. poled Sir Francis Burdett as a fit and proper Feriae to be their Reprefintativ: ; bcr contloded by that unlef. the Committee were centered fir their improper condo/It, he th•aight it would be in vain i• propnte Sir Francis, Mr. Curran, nr any body elk Mr. HF 1V LINS, in a very animated (perch, plimeoted Mr. Paull highly for the part he had taken upon the prevent and upon Comer recafi nit, and thought that he would be as fit a Reptile: t oh , ' as the City of Wellminner could chute. As to Lord Percy, he thnugbt that ms man could be more unfit. He had attended the Meeting at Willies Rooms, and had heard the Noble Lnrd attempt to (peak. The matter of his (*melt, and the manner of its delivery, was only worthy of an idiot. A perfon who had made no greater proficiency at twenty-ose, could never be expelled to be a fir Member forWeeminiler. As, however, he had heard to much about the great family of Percy, and their hereditary principles, be Ibould (Verve, that all he had ever seed or heard of the family, was that they were an ambiti famUy, always grafping at their own private advantage in. (lead of the public g_ritel. If he were forced to go back to the time of Hotfpur, he would afk what was the Houte of Northumberland then? 1111 Arabia's's, Houle, who, to gratify their private potpies, belled again(' their King, Richard 11. and put Bo lingbroke in his place. After having dethroned one King, they rebelled again again* the one that they had yet up, and not from the flightell pretence of public good, but merely for private ambition. They divided the kingdom among thesefelves be fore they fought the battle that had conquered it ; and thefe were the famous Percies and Norrhumber. lands that were fo much fpoken of in ancient Rory. It would be Paid, 0 I but the Percies now are a very different rice I That might be very true, as the blood I f the Percies had been eroded and mixed as much as any other family in the kingdom. But, he fhould alk, what was the patrintifm of the prefent Duke? He had (opported Mr. Pitt's Adminillratioo until he was difga Red by not being appoi nte d L or d Lieutenaut of Middlefer ; then he went over into Oppofition. and was afterwards confidered a Poiite. So much for the hereditary principles of the Houle of Nor. thomberland. Mr. Hewlins, after tome fevere obter• vatinns on thole under whole aufpices this young Lord was brought forward, concluded by propofing Mr. Paull. The CHAIRMAN nbferved, that as Sir Francis Burden had been fit fl propofed, he tuna left p-t the queftion on his being appointed as a fit and proper perfon to reprefeat the City of Wellatifter. On the motion of Mr. PAULL. the Meeting. (prior to the decifion of that 'tuition) refolved, that Mr. Gibbons was entitled to the Thanks of the meet ' ing ;btu that the majority of the Committee were not entitled to their thanks.—The Refolutioa approving of Sir Francis Burdett's lamination, was agreed to suanimoully. and with loud applanfe. It appealed to be the fenfe of the Meeting, that Osould Sir Francis Burden decline to be a Candidate, the Committee fhould invite the Right Hon. Philpot Curran to flandfor the City ; and that amid he alto decline it, that Mr. Maddocks Mould be propofed. A vote of thanks was propofed, and agreed to, to Mr. Maddocks, for his fpirited and manly offer to Rand, if no other fit candidate mould come forward. The Meeting was then adjourned till Tuefday next. T , Coverer Gaansa.—Cali night a Gets. tleman from the York 'theatre, of the name of Met.- via, appeared on thefe boards, for the first time, in the character of Waster, in the comedy of Laugh Whet Tea Cert.—Though he had to follow fn great favourite as Lavers, he perfectly fecceeded. Mr. Msg.- via is rather below what is called the middle Nature, but well formed, and he poffeffes an animated fat of features—his voice is clear, and his utterance, occa• fionally, extremely rapid. He, like all provirciallp bred aftors,exhibitsfome antickc, which may require corretction, but they ate all his own. He war g•catly applauded throughoor his perf ',mance of Clare ; as alfo in that of Michael, in the Farce of the Arisptati Cba—On the opening of the doors of the Theatre, a bill was circulated, fignifying that Mr. F•WCIITT being indifpofed, the part of Sara°, in the Play, had been undertaken, at a !hurt notice, by Mr. Bs T. This difappointment WAS the occasion of lone little clamour, foon after the riling of the curtain, which was nor fubdued by an attempt to explain the caulo of Mr. Fawcarr's indifpolition made by Mr. CL•RII. le' , llT. who Allred ;he audience, with a face of mofk longitudinal gravity, that Mr. Fawcarr cooldnotfwl Laughter and frilling put a tt. , p to any tor fur ez-r. cite of Mr. CLARI. NV sr's oratorical powers, and the Play went on. When on Mr. Br vet Lk Y'S fecond api pearance he allured the audience, that as he had un dertaken the part merely that no difappointment fhnuld take place on the night of a frji appearance, he hoped he fhnuld experience their indulgence for the attempt. This fpecch was loudly applauded, and Mr. B proceeded through the char after in a very relpeaable manner. The perfm mance was throughout well received, by a numerous audience. EXTRACT or • LATTIiI TO • Lorne. 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