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TUE EXPEDITION TO PORTUGAL. PORTSMOUTH, Dic. 25. 5 1 3fd 3lajvsty's ship Staamsea, and the transports Helen, Crown, Chriitopher, Edward, and Regulus, with troops and bones for Lisbon. FROM Til II DIM/MOW! TILIGRACIII. PLYMOUTH, Die. 23. _ . . About two o'clock on Monday morning, the different public departments here were put into motion by the arrival of a Nlessenger from town to hasten the em barkation of troop , in the Windsor Castle, Captain E. D. King, and to expedite the departure of that ship. The troops, consisting of the Ist Battalion of the 60th, and detachments of the 23d, 43d, and 96th Regiments (the whole about 600 in number), went on board without loss of time. The Windsor Castle sailed on Tuesday at noon, and the wind having settled about sunset at S. E. there is every mason to suppose that she got well dow n Channel. The following general order was issued previous to the embat k..tion of the 60th : The Ist battalion of the 60th Regiment will embark tbis morning for Lisbon, in his ;Majesty's ship the WINDSOR CASUAL The in terior system, producing uniformity in the appearance of this bat talion, and regularity in the conduct of the soldiers, affords un• equivocal proof of the zeal, assiduity, and ability of Lieutenant- Colonel BUNsURY, Wile commands, and of strict attention on the part of the Officers under him. It has acquired, though re cently recruited, great precision in the field movements, and is not less commendable for steadiness under arms. AlajorGeneral Sir Joss CAMIRON has, in consequence, much pride and satisfaction In being able to detach on foreign service from his command, a battalion of such excellent promise. The thanks and best wishes of the 3li.jor General attend the Officers, non-commissioned Offi cers, and private soldiers of the Ist battalion of the 60th Regiment." It is repot tett, but we hope without truth, th..t Colonel l3unhury, during the hurt y of ember king his Regiment (the 60th), on Monday last, was robbed of 340 sous. THE ARMY. The Depot of the 21st Regiment has marched into Albany Bar racks, the 69th having previously left for Portsmouth. . . . _ . Wednecday night a Detachment of the 32c1 Regiment of Foot ar rived in 31apchester front Halifax, of late their bead-quarters. When the whole that .re expected shall have arrived, they will muster %O strong; they are intended to supply the place of the Grenadier Guards, that have lately left the infantry barracks in Salford, to em bark for Portugal. LIMEKICK, Orc. 16 —This day the Noncommissioned Officers, and entire Band and Bugles of his Majesty's 24th Regiment, dressed in the new military clothing, beat up for recruits through this city, to replace a few men lately discharged on handsome pensions.— This Regiment is considered so favourite a corps, that before it reached the '.ridge nearly the number required offered. The first division of the 10th Regiment of Foot, three companies, under the command of Major Gatsva , marched fur liattevant, pre •vious to embarking at Cove for foreign service. Four Companies of the 66th Regiment, from Bier, marched in here yesterday, under the command of Major Baird. They will occupy the Castle Barracks. • The Depot of the 86th Regiment, under Capt. STUAaT, marched :hence, for Roscrea, on Monday, to relieve part of the 66th Regt. Captain W. kl`l.sasic, and Company 65th Regiment, marched -from Cashel yesterday morning for Dublin. Denis, Dm 22.—The 58th ib detached at Wicklow, Carlow, Athy, and ?.iaryboruugh. _ __ _ The 17th Foot have left Mullingar for Trim. A Detachment of WO men from the depot of the 33d Regiment, at present in Boyle ' marched Inc Newry, on Monday, preparatory to embarkation for Jamaica. This detachment will be accompanied by the following Officers :—Captain O'NEIL, Lieutenants NUATON, FI , K, ROBINSON, NIAKKII, and Doctor KING. The 73d :sr to be stationed at Waterford, I)uncannon Fort, Wexford, and Kilkenny. The Recruiting Establishment in the County Mayo is broken up. and Lieutenant SADLIER, nth Regiment, has been removed to 'ruler, to replace Lieutenant Br emus, 39th, who is ordered to join his Regiment. The Castlebar Subdivision has been joined to that of Tuam, and both are now under the . superintuxlance of Lieut. 13. a itiiiraxt, 15th Regiment. The 15th Foot, in Galway, and 15th Regiment, in Castlebar, are reported for inimeiliate service. TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES. FROX • 111%. YORK PAM. It is not generally understood that British •essels, which may enter the ports of the United States after the Ist 01 December next, from any of the ports in cluded in the late Order in Council, will be liable to be confiscated. The Act of May the 6th, 1822, gave authority to the I Presidt nt to open our ports for British vessels from the colonies on principles of reciprocity; but the 6th Sec ti,u of the Act of March the it, 1823. says, " that if at any time the intercourse between the United States and any of the above enumerated British Colonial ports should be prohibited by a British Order in Council from the time the same shall commence to be in force," the Act of the Ist of March, 1823, shall cease to °pea , rate in their favour, and the Act of the 18th of April, 1.318, shall revive and be in full force. Toe Act of the 18th of April, 1818, which is thus virtually revived by the late British Order in Council, is very positive, declaring " that the ports of the United States shall be, and remain, closed against every vessel owned wholly or in part by subjects of his Britannic Majesty, coming from any port or place in a colony or territory of his Britannic Majesty that is, or shall be, by the ordinary laws of navigation, closed against ves sels owned by the citizens of the United States." And furthermore, " that every such British vessel entering one of our ports, shall, with her tackle, cargo, &c. be for feited to the United States." COPENHAGEN, DECEMBER 16.—The Commercial Ga zette states that the ship F.rtuna, of Apenrade, which sailed on the '2d of February from Gibraltar, for Buenos Ayres, knowing nothing of the blockade, was obliged to put into Mald.rnado on the 27th of May; but that on the 1101 of June it was taken by force frotu that harbour by the Brazilian fleet, and carried into Monte Video, and on the 29th of August, to Rio de Janeiro, to say nothing of the ill-treatment experienced by tire crew. According to the American Papers, Boliiir was not only unpopular in Lima, but in peril of his life from the disaffected Peruvians, who now that their liberty is secure, look upon the Colombians with much jealousy. Saturday night Mr. Nixon, the Ward Beadle, seized a quantity of meat in Newgate Market, which was absolutely carrion, and which a vendor was retailing to the poor at Id. per A very sanguinary contest took place on Wednesday oi g lir, on the grounds of Mr. Bradshaw, at Worsley, L ocashire, between some poachers and the game keeper and a,sistarits. It seems that the gamekeeper was on watch along with some other men, and that they fell in with several poachers, who tirade a desperateae sistance to the r flogs which. were made to take them into custody, during which the gamkeeper was shot in, the groin, and one of his assistant, was much hurt by a blow on the head with t. e Out-end of a musket. The poachers effected their escape, but we understand that the man who shot at the gall ekeei er is known, and that an active search is making for hum. The gamekeeper, whose n.me is Peer Beery. lies dangerously ell. A Grntlem or in Mai Chester as, for a bet of 201. unerrtaken to walk backward 20 miles in five successive hours, iVr h.df-mile piece aground on the Salford road. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. IMPORTANT TO MASTERS OF VESSELS PASSING THROUGH THE DOWNS. Extract o n a letter from D ea l, d ate d D ecem b er 40:— " The Of fioer in com b and of the Ramillies guard•ship, in the Downs, will not allow any vessel to pass the ship without hoisting her colours; and if they do not, small arms are fired at them, and if out of reach, then great guns, until they hoist them ; and several vessels have been brought to, without knowing the cause of it. This morning, a schooner had nearly twenty small arms fired at her, and then three great guns, and was forced to run back, when a boat from the man of war boarded her. If there is an order for all vessels to shew their colours, the Masters should be informed of it when they clear out." Feiseounr, Dec. 2.s.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived the Argus , V,pearse, from Miramkhi. Sailed the Marchioness of Queensberry plcket, HANNAN for Vera Cruz ; an d t h e E mu l ous packet, Cisme, for the ieeward Islands. Nimmons+, Dec. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the Rising Sun, Bona, from SeviUe ; and March, Rosealsosi, from St. Mi- chart's. The squadron of experlitental ships will not be ready for sea until the middle of March. APPOINTMNNTS.—Capt. F. T. Mitchell is appointed to the Rifle man, 18, at Plymouth ; Lieut. R. Fegan to the Pincher schooner. building at Bermuda • Lieut. G. Mannin g to t h e Sp art i ate ; Li eut . E. Knowlton to the Windsor Castle, vice Hamilton ; Lieut. Hugh Goold to be Agent of Transports, in the Hope; Lieut. Pike to the Semaphore at Lumb's Fort; Lieut. E. Webb, of the Asia, to the Sybille; Lieut. James Barlow to the Ramillies; ',lents. Joseph Hyett and Nlacnamara (of Gosport) to be Agents of Transports; Lieut. Edward St. Ledger Cannon, and :Or. John Hodges. Mas ter, to the Wolte ; Lieut. Melina, and Mr. It. Dunn, Surgeon, to the Challenger; Mr. Retalick. Master, to the Aracbne. Mr. JAMILS STCWART (a), Surgeon, R.N. has received from the Hon. the Commissioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, the appointment of Surgeon and Agent for the care of his Majesty's sick and wounded seamen and marines at this port. The Ci.stizeit, Lieut. hbersom, is fitting in the harbour, for the Coast of Africa station.—Lieutenant ili;vcnieson commands the naturists, which sailed with the GALATEA, w.th sealed orders. During the time his Majesty's ship NNIMICN, Captain WALL', lay in Boston harbour, not one desertion took place, although the boats belonging to the ship had the s..nie intercourse with the shore as if she bad been at anchor in an Ettglidi port. This fact reflects equal credit on the Officers and seamen of the ship. DEAL, DEC: 25.—Wind N —Arrived the Navigation, SCOTT, from Sierra Leone. Arrived and sailed, the Vittoria transport, from London to Lisbon. GILAVILSEND. Drc. 23 and 24.—Arrived the Endeavour, Fanny, Thistle, Don, X L, and Commercial packet, from Sr. Petersburg ; Amethyst, Tnostriott, from Quebec; and the Julia, blautt, from Tunis. Sailed the Seppiugs, Lomita, for Ceylon ; Duke of York, blooms, for Lisbon; Favourite, Royal., for the Havannah; Ann, Krm, for Pernambuco; Tropic, ANDERSON, for Jamaica; and Sir D. Ogi!by, SAVAGE, for Naplte. Livrarooc, Duc. 23.—Arrived the Peru, from New Orlean.; Princess Charlotte, 34•Krasi, from Calcutta—sailed 4th July; and the William Young, NloaarsoN, from Calcutta. The Rival. WHtva , from Liverpool for Boston, was driven on shore near the latter port—would be wrecked, and cargo much damaged. FURTHER OUTRAGES AT OLDHAM. We regret to state that another most audacious and violent outrage has been committed by the turn-out spinners in the neighbourhood of Oldham, under cir cumstances more extraordinary even than those of the acts of violence we have already enumerated. About a fortnight ago, the spinners of Mr ; Daniel Nield, of Shaw Edge, about two miles from Oldham, demanded an advance of wages, which Mr. Nield refused to give, alleging that he gave as much as the other masters in the neighbourhood, and could not afford to give more. The men, not satisfied with these reasons, left him in a body ; and Mr. Nield, not being able, from the system of intimidation resorted to by the turn-out spinners to procure other spinners, set several of his own children to work upon part of the mules, and was thus enabled to keep those machines, and part of his other machinery, in employment. The turn-outs, however, the very men who, a year or two ago, were complaining that they were precluded by the Combination Laws from having a fair market for their labour, did not, it seems, choose to arow a man to employ his own sons and daughters as he pleased; for on Tuesday evening last several hun dreds of them assembled at a public house at Green acres Moor, and of these, sixty or seventy proceeded to Mr. Nield's factory, into which a number of them forced their way ; some of whom secured the door of the card-room, which is on the ground floor, whilst others went up the staircase into the spinning rooms, and there abused every person they found, and drove them all from their wark. They more particularly ill-used the piecers, in order, we suppose, to deter them from -coming again to their work ; threatening, if they did so, that they (the turn-outs) would return, and treat them so that they could not work. The greater part of the men who went into the mill were armed with bludgeons; and all the workpeople who did not make their escape another way, were obliged to go down the staircase, and face the crowd of turn-outs at the door, where they had to run the gauntlet, and were very severely beaten. Besides ill-treating the hands, the turn-outs did some damage to the machinery, and several lighted candles were thrown under the mules, and left blazing on the floor. In their retreat from the mill, they took great precau tions to prevent any one from recognizing them. Se. veral persons who were in the road with lights, were ordered to extinguish them ; and one person, who did not readily obey the mandate, was pelted with stones, but fortunately did not sustain any injury. We are sorry to add, that these precautions were but too suc cessful ; none of the rioters having been identified, either by Mr. Nield's workpeople, or by the people of the neighbourhood. On the following night, ano ther outrage was committed by some of this party, on the person of a man employed by Messrs. Col linge and Lancashire. lie was sitting in his house, after the mill had stopped, when seven men, armed with bludgeons, suddenly entered, one of whom immediately commenced striking him about the head. upon which the man seized the fire poker, and by its assistance, together with loud cries of murder, he suc ceeded in getting quit of the men, but not until he had received some severe blows.—Manchester Guardsan. At a General Ordination of the Lord Bishop of Cut- CHESTER, held in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, on the 21st inst. the following were ordained : PRIEST/S.—David Robinson, M.A. Queen's College, Oxford; Richard Green, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Henry John Eliman, S.C.L. Wadham College, Oxford; John William Henry Marshall, B.A. St. John's College. Cambridge; Thomas Hornby. B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; Edward Langdale, 13. A. Jesus College, Cambridge; Nath. Best, B.A. Balliol College, Ox fbrd ; Thomas Moore Foskett, 13. A. Exeter College, Wend ; Jar. P. Rhoades, B.A. Wadham College, Oxford; and Wm. Hall, St. Peter's College, Cambridge. DILACONS• Henry Fearun, B. A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Cecil James Green, B, A. Pembroke College, Cambridge; George Wells, B.A. Magdalen College, Oxford; William Sergison, B.A. Brasen-note College, Oxford; John Littler, M.A. St. Peter's College. Cambridge ; and Charles Hardy, B.A. Christ's College, Cambridge. Sunday se'nnight, the Archbishop of York ordained 14 Priests and 15 Deacons. at his Chapel, Bishopthorpe. The Earl of Oxford has presented the Rev. William Bowne of Kentchurch, to the Perpetual Curacy of Kenderchurch, Here fordshire; vacant by the death of the Rev. Mr. Griffiths. The Bishop of London has presented the Rev. Thomas Atwood, M.A. Trinity College, to the Perpetual Curacy of Hammersmith. • CHRISTMAS. THE CURIOUS AND ANCIENT CEREMONY OP THE BOAR'S HEAD AT CHRISTMAS. At a time when fresh meats were seldom eaten, brawn was considered as a great delicacy. It is well known that the boar's head soused was anciently the first dish on Christmas Day, and was carried up to the principal table in the Hall, with great state and solem- nity. HoMashed says, that "in the year 1170, upon the day of the young Prince's Coronation,King Henry I. served his sonne at table as sewer, bringing up the boar's head, with trumpets before it, according to the manner." For this indispensable ceremony, as also for others of that season, there was a carol, which Wynkin de Worde has given us as it was sung in his time, with the title " A carol bringing the boar's head :" Caput apri defero Reddens lauds Domino. The boar's head in band bring I, With garlandes gay and rosemary. I pray you all sing merrily. Qui estio in convivio. The boar's head I understande Is the cbefe servyce in this lande; Looke wherever it be fande. Senate cum cantico. Be gladde, lordes both more and lease, For this bath ordaysed our stewarde, To chore you all at this Christmasse, The boar's head with mustarde. This carol, says Mr. Wa:ton, is retained at Q College,Oxford, though with many innovations: There is, indeed,in theCollege,an old legend that a wild hoar,which nfe•ted the neighbourhood t f Oxford, was killed by a Taberder of this College on Christm..s Day, as he was going to serve at Church, and that he killed it by thrust ing his Aristotle down the throat of the animal, pro. testing his arm in the eencon r with some part of his gown. This story, it is pn.bahie, may have contributed to the continuance of the ceremony of the boar's head at Queen's College longer than any where else, but the song has no allusion to it. That simply states that the boar's head is the "rarest dish in all the lande, and that it has been provided in honour of the king of bliss."— There is, however, a song on this supposed feat of the Taherder, written by Dr. Hatington, of Bath, and printed in the Oxford Sgusage, full of wit and humour, of which the following is a correct copy, as printed : A SONG, IN HONOUR OF THZ CELEBRATION or THE BOAR'S -HUD, AT mimes COLLEGE, OXFORD. Tam Mani quans Mercurio. I sing not of Roman or Grecian mad games, The Pythian, Olympic, and such like bard names; Your patience awhile with submission I beg, I strive but to honour the feast of Cole Reg. Derry down, down decry down. No Tracian brawls at our rites e'er prevail, We temper our mirth with plain, sober, mild ale ; The tricks of old Circe deter us from wine, Though we honour a boar we won't make ourselves swine. Derry, &c. Great Milo was famous for slaying his ox, Yet he proved but an ass in cleaving of blocks; But we had an hero, for all things was fit. Our motto displays both his valour and wit. Derry, &c. Stout Hercules laboured, and looked mighty big, When he slew the half-starved Rryntanthian pig; But we can relate such a stratagem Taken, That the stoutest of boars could not save his own bacon. Derry, Stc. So dreadful this bristle.back'd foe did appear, You'd have sworn he had got the wrong pig by the ear; But instead of avoiding the mouth of the beast, He ramm'd in a volume and cried Gracum est. Derry, &c. In this gallant action, such fortitude ,hewn is. As proves him no coward or tender Adonis ; No armour but logic, by which you may find. That logic's the bulwark of Way and mind. Derry, &c. Ye squires that fear neither hills nor rough rocks, And think you're full wise when you outwit a fox ; Enrich your poor brains and expose them no more, Learn Greek and seek glory by hunting the boar. Derry, &c. Archdeacon Nates has pointed out a curious narration of Christmas revels in England,to be found in Miscellanea Antigua Anglicona, published from an original manu script in St. John's College, Oxford ; and yet another is given in Gerard Leigh's Accidence of Armory, p. 119. The dishes most in vogue were, formerly, for breakfast and supper, on Christmas Eve, a boar's head, stuck with rosemary, With an apple or an orange in the mouth, plum porridge, and minced pies. Eating the latter was a test of orthodoxy, as the Pu ritans conceived it to be an abomination; they were originally made long, in imitation of the cratch, or manger, in which our LORD was laid. The houses and churches were dressed with ever ' greens, and the former especially with misletoe, a custom probably as old as the Druidical worship.— Fosbrooke, in his Encydoperdia 4 Antiquities, p. 587, speaking of various local customs, mentioned that the servants of Hamburgh had a carp for supper cn Christmas Eve; and Waldron, in his Description of Me Isle of Man, p. 99, among miny other curious particu lars, relates, that at this season parties sat up all nigh', went to Church at twelve, and, after service, hunted and killed a wren, which they carried on a bier to Church, and there bur led with dirges and whimsical solemnity. " Of Chrismas Husbandry Fare" honest 'fusser fur nishes us with a genuine picture, which is interesting, as descriptive of the mode of living of our ancestors three centuries ago. The different viands enumerated are still known by the names which they bear in the text, it we except shred pies," which appear to be mince pies, as they are now called. Butcher's meat, poultry, native fruits, and home-brewed, were then thought amply sufficient. Good husband and housewife, now chyfiy be glad, Things handsome to have, as they ought to be bad, They both do provide, against Christmas do come, To welcome good neighbour, good cheer to have some. Good bread and good drink, a good fire in the hall, Brawn, pudding, and rouse, and good mustard withalL Beef, mutton, and pork, shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, and capon, and turkey well dress, Cheese, apples, and nuts, jolly carols to hear, As then in the country is counted good cheer.—Time s Tdes. Saturday morning a fire broke out in the stove be longing, to Mi. Buckley, dyer, Union•bridge, Colly burst, Manchester, which was entirely destroyed, to gether with upwards t f 300 pieces of goods which it contained. ROYAL SOME CY. At eieMeeng on Ft Way even Ing,his Royal Highness the CROW, PILINCt of ::strznaw was proposed as a Member, ballotted for, and elected into the &wkly. A paper was road by the Rev. W. Riveitte, nn a new diffe•red.. tial thermometer. This consists of two air-tigh• tin cy i• d rs, in stead of bulbs, connected by a bent tube. containing cull:Harr •Iquid. The ends of the cylinders m y he coated with various substances for trying their radiating and observing powers. A series of expe riments was subjoined, the only novelty of which, consisted in the establishment of the law that radiant heat acts inversely as the square of the distance. —The Society adjourned to the lith of Jan. K 1/•I(Z ES. Joseph Woodhead stood capitally indicted for bnr. gloriously breaking into tl-e duelling -house of John Leach Bennett, Esq. situate in the parish of Wim bledon, on the morning of the 26:h of August. Tire prosecutor is a Gentleman 4t Mer ton, in Surrey. On the night before the robbery, the family retired to bed. About hall past three in the morning, however, he was awoke by the tinging of an alarum hell. He rose from his Is-d, took up a fowling-piece in his room, and on opening the window, saw two men crossing the lawn, whom he fired at. The piece was loaded with buck shot, and a common charge of powder. The robbers, at the time he fired, mig!it be from fifteen to twenty yards distance. Prosecutor went down stairs, raised an alarm, and discovered that the shutters of tl - e kitchen had been forced by means of a centre-bit, and the pannel completely broken. Oo examining the pre mises, a watch belonging to his cook was missing, also two table-cl.ahs, his property, and several artic es of linen were on the dresser. At day-light, on proceeding across the lawn, the footsteps by which the robbers escaped, were traced to a hedge that divides the prose cutor's premises, and there was found a dark lantern. William Herring, a tinman, in Dacre•street, West. mirister, had known the prisoner for five or six years, and often done jobs for him. About three weeks previous to the prisoner being examined before the M Tistrates at Queen-square Office, he came to his sho t , to have his lantern repaired and soldered, which he identified as the same found on the lawn. Witness's wife confirmed this evidence, adding, that he recollected the prisoner corn ing for the lantern, to whom she gave it, and he paid her threepence. The prisoner was apprehended on the 28th of August, on a warrant for threatening the life of Sophia Sur gey, a witness who gave evidence against an intimate acquaint. ance of the prisoner's at the last Assizes at Guilford. for which offence he was committed toTothill- fields prison. Two or three days after his confinement, being un well, he was attended by Mr. Lavies, the surgeon, and, on exami nation, found three wounds in his beck ; tw r were grazed and the other a lateral wound, about an inch and a half, running downwards from the left shoulder towards the spine; they had previously been dressed. He had probed the deep wound, but could find no shot. The prisoner told him he had been accidentally shot by a Gentleman while shooting in a field, in consequence of his crossing it. Oa this being mentioned to the officer, he pro cured It's waistcoat, which contained three soot-holes. He, with another officer, ascertained that two men had been shot at in committing a burglary, at Merton, in Surrey. Oo Pople askingliim how the shot hole, and stains of blood came on his waistcoat ? the prisoner said he had done it himself s sm.:time since; also that the waistcoat was made for him while confined in Horsemonger-lane gaol. • Joseph Cooper stated, on the prisoner being brought from the watcbhouse on the 29th of August, he noticed him lame in his left arm, and he seemed in great agony. After his examination before the Magistrate, witness asked him what was the matter? hen-he said he got Lis arm hurt by a fall. On questio:ing how long it had been done? he replied on Sunday morning. In a few day; after a dark lantern was handed to him, on ex aminibg which he found it had been recently mended; and alter a diligent inquiry, ascertained that Mr. Herring had repaired it for the prisoner, whom he knew for several years as the butcher's boy. Mary Short lives servant to the prosecutor. She was mused from her sleep, soon alter three o'clock on the morning of the robbery, by the ring•ng of the alarum bell. She went down stairs with her master, and from the kitchen missed her watch, which had been taken out of the dresser-drawer, where she saw it at six o'clock the evening before. A variety of other things were re moved from the drawer and laid no the dresser. The Jury pronounced the prisoner Guilty—Death. The sentence was then recorded, and an intimation given to the prisoner that he must expect to leave this country. Colonel DALTON, of Homingfot d Hall, Yorkshire, at his rent day, at Summer Castle, last week, returned 20 Fee Cent. to all the tenants ou his property. The Now York packet ship Canada, Captain Rogers, was seized by the officers of the Customs at Live:pool, in consequence of the discovery on last Wednesday seinnight, the 13th inst. that 10 hogsheads, purporting to be filled with Quercitroil bark, which had been landed from that vessel, contained a quantity of tobacco and snuff. Jeremiah Platt,. the consignee of the h gsheads in question wai taken into custody on the 'Chins'. and detained, under a special clause in the Act of Parlia ment, "in order to give time for pri paring the infor• mations against him." The case having, in the mean time, been reported to the Board of Cu stoms : n L o ndon, l orders a ere sent down to pros. ed against tt e defendant, upon an information forwarded from the Custom-house in London. Accordingly, on Friday, Mr. Platt was plated at the bar in the Town Hall, and the k formation charging him with illegally unshipping and landing, or causing to be unship,ied and landed, certain tobacco and snuff, from the American ship called the Canada, having been read, the investigation proceeded, and terminated in the Magistrates convicting the defendant in the penalty of 1001. The schooner Finny Voase, to which we alluded in our news from Portugal last week, is n.)w at Dover. The Master states, that he was lying off Oporto a fort. night after the rebel force entered the counts y. Reports were vague; but no sooner ee as Braganca pillaged, and Oporto threatened, than he prepared to put to see with out his cargo. Several British residents availed them selves of the opportunity, and hastily took their tote with him. The name of the 13i sk i p mem:l4l.c whom tl.e Courier states to have stiff red . so much, is, he sap, Adeworth, and he is a brotlitr of General Ashworth. The Master represents the lower older: at Oporto, as we fear they are in Lisbon and other towns, unfavourable to the establi.hed Govern ment, which they attribute to the British, whom the priests represent as destroyers of their religi 'n. This kind of influence is certain of success, ul.on minds so indisposed to think and unable to judge for them selves as the commonality of Portug al. Just before the schooner sailed, a re po rt came rom 13raganza( f the determination of the rebels to 11141 Th upon Oporto, and, upon arriving, to destroy every pipe of wine of British property. :~,'