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- ' 1 - .lt very strong pile works, close thickets, and exten- 1. tire marshes, which, in the present season of the year, ate entirely unfordable. Having thus, for three whole days, bestowed in vain every 'possible endeavour to 7-ing the enemy to close combat with' our troops, thereby to come to a decisive conclusion of the affair, ve were fully convinced of the impossibility thereof, and that, in the already advanced prevalent rainy season, ni-thing more to that purpose could now be tndertaken with the least hope of success whatever; in consequence of which, the whole squadron on the icth of October, dropped down again into the Soen sang, where, on the 4th instant, we arrived. "The ships of war will, it is said, remain there to blockade the river, whilst the transport ships are to carry back to Java all the troops that are not abso lutely wanted there, in order to refresh themselves at Java, for which there is no convenience on the Island of Banca. " The Rear-Admiral, Walterbeck, praises much the courageous conduct of the troops under his com mand during the Expedition ; that neither the exces sive fatigues which the men and ciews were obliged to endure, myr the diseases prevailing amongst them, were able to diminish, but for one moment, their courage, and that the only complaint of the soldiers was, that they could not engage with the enemy, and attack them in the interior of their very entrenchments, as had taken place at Banca Cotta, where they were led on by Captain Laenibin. " During the heavy exchange of firing, which, for more than three hours, our ships kept up with the batteries of the enemy, some of our vessels suffered much from the fire of the latter; amongst which are principally his Majesty's frigate Willemine, and the corvette Concord. Both ships received much damage in their hulls, as well as in their rigging ; some of cur troops were also killed and wounded in that en eagement. Amongst the first, we have greatly to lament the loss of the First Lieutenant and Aid-de- Camp Be Bonin, who at his own request had volun tatily accompanied the Expedition ; that of the First Lieutenant of Marine, Fabricies, First Officer of his Majesty's corvette Concord ; an:l the First Lieute nant Rey nst, of his Majesty's 18th Re , iment of Foot. Amongst the wounded Officers, the Captain of Ai - finery, Vander Veen, is mentioned. " We may view the advance of the season, and the' delay which the Expedition met, 'on account of the bank in the River, as the proper causes why, for the present, we were obliged to put a stop to the fusthet operations of war. Had the Expedition, immediately on their arrival at the latter end of August, been able to proceed into the River, they would now, to all pro bability, have obtained their wished-for aim:' A letter dated Curacoa. October 4, says :•••• 44 The schooner Maria, from this port to St. Martha. was taken by Brion's squadron, and carried into Sava nilla ; and, on her return to this port, she spoke the Spanish fleet which passed this harbour: by her we learn, that a brig of Brion's squadron had gone ashore at Savanilla, and was lost. The whole naval force consists only of five vessels. Bolivar is stated to have increased the import duties from 25 to 30 per ceiit." The Jamaica House of Assembly met on the 31st of October, and, having' chosen the Hon. JAMES LEWIS, as Speaker, his Grace the GOVERNOR opened the business of the Session with a speech, in which he says to the Gentlemen of the Council—" Let me earnestly recommend you to proceed to the discharge of your public duty with a sincere disposition to pre serve the greatest possible harmony among your-, selves, an object which I shall ever be most anxious to promote." The House went into a Committee on the Rules and Articles of War Bill. It was stated in the discussion upon the Bill, that by the latter part cf the 6th Clause, persons were subject to be tried under this Bill in the same manner as if martial law were in force, which placed too much power in the hands of Governors, it was therefore moved that the fonawing should be omitted—" Or when on any gt.rril or duty ordered by the Governor, or person exercising the functions of Governor of this Island," mhich was carried by a large majority. SUFFERERS AT RIO DE LA HACllE.—Twenty-five of the unfortunate sufferers who were taken at Rio de lit Hache, and confined for some time, but after wards released, and who had arrived at Jamaica in the BANN sloop, of 20 guns, made their appearance at the Court-House in the most abject and wretched state imaginable. A letter from the Surgeon of the BANG was read before the Corporate Body, giving an account of o:eir miserable condition, and solicit ing that they might be sent to the Public Hospital.— An order was accordingly issued, that they should be received into that Institution, until his Grace the Governor's pleasure should be known. Out of nearly 340 prisoners, marched to Panama, only 113 have survived the labour and misery of their situation. About 40 Officers were sent to Cheman and Darien, fifty leagues along the coast of the Pa cific ; 14 of them were shot by order of the Govern ment, most of them British half-pay Officers, Cap tains and Lieutenants. Of the others, eight only sur vived, the rest having, as it is stated, died of disease. Forty more of those who had remained at Panama 'were to be sent to Chagres as soon as another vessel arrive,' there for their conveyance to Jamaica. No thing, it is said, could exceed the kindness of the Feopie of Panama to the British prisoners. ENOLIAI SPIRIT.—At Newark, a party gave um %rate to the u powers that be," by the manner in which they celebrated the triumph ofthe QUEEN, and three %vete committed to prison. On Tuesday last, these men were liberated, and while passing through the yard, mete pointed out by the keeper to several Gentlemen as the RuzEN's men. One of the Gen tlemen addressing them, said, " Well, my men, you Kill be King's men now, and sing GOD save the King." To this, one of them nobly and sensibly replied— " Sir, if I were confined for fourteen years, instead of fourteen days, it would not alter my principle, and a prison is the wrong place for heform, it makes gate n' , -/s bad, and bad worse . 1 " On gaining the outside of the prison wail, they g ave three huzzas, and shouted . 4. .4.)D save thf. Queen. • , 40, G * • • 4 0. St, • •Ne• THE ARMY. Friday, the Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry were inspected at Bothwell Castle by Major-General liar- , NELL, who expressed himself to them in strong terms of approbation. He gave them the highest credit for their appearance in the field, the regularity of their movements, and" the neatness of their uniform and appuinto ents, and assured them that it was his in tention to report the same to the General command ing the Forces in Scotland. After the inspection', the troop received refreshments from Lord DOUGLAS, and giving the General three cheers, they drank the health of their Officeis with the same token of e,teem, and returned to their respective homes highly de lighted with the very flattering encomium passed on them by the Major-General. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Saxony, Jonosow, from Hamburgh for London, was on shore at Lowestoffe on Tuesday, and full of water. The Arahe; ',llourrent, from Marseilles to Para, was wrecked near Matanham, previoui to the 4th ult. A small part of the cargo caved, The Victory, AY RES, from Kingston (Jamaica) to Chaste', was totally lost on the 21st of September, near that place. The Henry Lovett, Comaato, from Jamaica to Arnapolis, was wrecked the end of September, on the Isle of S'ache.— Crew saved: The Sophia, BARNES, front Jamaica to St. John's (N. 8.), , was wrecked in October, on Mayaguana. Crew and part of the cargo saved. The Fame, Herwoon, of London, from Liverpool to New foundland. put into Limerick on the 21st ii st. leaky, with both masts sprung, and other damage. The Neptune, Miststacn, of Wisbeach, was on shore under Dunlington, on the Yorkshire coast, on Monday, and it was feared would be wrecked. The Dandy, from Liverpool to Smyrna, ran on the rocks, off Holyhead, on 31onday, but was got off. The Coaster, W.sautri, sailed from Riga about the 24th of September, passed the Sound on the 10th of October, and has not Since been heard of. The British ship Neptune ran on shore on Florida Reef, in October, but was got off with loss of her rudder. Friday week the smack Lord Collingwood, of Penzance. Hewer, Funce master, bound from Cork to Portsmouth, was wrecked tin the eastern part of Whiting Bay, and every person on hoard perished. The bodies of two of the men and a young lad were washed on shore, and buried in Avamore Church yard, county of Waterford. Saturday se'nnight, the Helena, of Workington, struck on the rocks of Ballywater, near Donaghadee, and immediately went down ; the whole of the crew Perished• The Grimsby Custom-House boat (having brought to Hull Mr. MA &SHALL, the Collector) left that port on her return to Grimsby, on Wednesday night week, and has not since been heard of. It is feared that the boat has foundered in the Hum ber, as the wind blew strong at the time. There were six men on board, all married. As Captain Wu.soo, of the sloop Harmony, was coming up from Grimsby to Hull, on Saturday evening, while the wind was blowing fresh, he was precipitated overboard and drowned. Fm.stotrtm, Doc. 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Two Brothers, LAUDER, from Newfoundland; and Brothers, Jimenss, from London.—Sailed the Catharine, RICHARDS, for St. Michael's. DEAL, Dec. 27.-11 ins E.S.E.—Remains in the Downs, his Majesty's ship SEVERN. YARMOUTH, Dec. 27.—The Saxony is hove rather higher up the beach, but owing to the bad state of the weather there has been but little progress made in landing the cargo. Roseorv, Dec. 18.—The sloop Two Brothers, Mar, ot Queensberry, from lii.boa for London, foundered at sea, of Pea. mark Point, on the 14th instant; it is supposed she struck on a wreck. Crew saved by the French brig Le helm, and landed here. Cos-roll-House, Dec. 27.—Ships Entered Inwards: Triton, front Quebec ; Commercial Packet, front Antwerp ; Lady Pop ham, tram Jamaica ; Westmoreland, from Demerara; Malabar, from New south Wales.—Cleared Outwards: Lovely Ann, tor Constantinople; Phoebe, for Londonderry; Perseverance, for Belfast ; Daphne, for Gibraltar. A R RIVED—At Bergen (leaky, and with loss of main -mast, &c.), the. Pollux, Stemming, from Liverpool. At Jamaica, Edgar, Switiey, front London; Amity, Vaughan; and John rowther, Morrison, from Liverpool. At New Providence, Highlander, front London. At Nassau (in distress), Mother Duckett, from Bermuda. At Bourdeaux, Averick, Moore, from Plymouth. At Filial, Isabella, Henderson, from London. At St. Michael's, Endeavour, Wood, from Liverpool; Three . Brothers, Dug dale, from Dartmouth ; and Bustler, Mudge, from Topsham. REPEAL OF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY ON MOONE,SETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND MIDLAND. Treasury Chambers Oct. 27, 1820. Gentlemen—The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Trea sury having had under their consideration the subject of the ex pediency of repealing the Countervailing Duty on Books im ported into Great Britain from Ireland, or into Ireland from Great Britain, while a corresponding drawback is paid in the country from which they are exported, I have received their Lordships' commands to direct you not to charge the counter vailing cinty, or to allow drawback on Books, Maps, and l'rints, belonging to, and removed for, the private use of persons changing their residences, or passing and reprising from one country to the other, certificates being in every case produced that no draw back has been allowed on their shipment. S. it. Lussuaoron. To the Commissioners of Customs. Orders were sent to Outports in conformity, Nov. 2,182 d. asriticTioN or THU DUTY ON CASTIIL-11=0. Treasury Chambers, Oct. 28, 1820. Gentlemen—l am commanded by the Lords of his Majesty's Treasury to authorise you to deliver any Caster-seed now re maining in warehouses under the King's lock, or that may be hereafter imported, until the pleasure of Parliament shall be known, on payment of a duty of 4d. per pound ; the parties giving bond, however, for the payment of the full duty of Is. per pound, in case Parliament should not sanction the reduction pro posed. S. R. Lusumamo. To the Commissioners of Customs. TUE HOUSELESS Pooll.—At a Meeting of the Ge neral Committee for affording shelter to the House less, held on Saturday, the fl3d instant, pursuant to the Resolutions passed at the Mansion-Heuse, it was resolved that a Committee of Eighteen Members be chosen to carry into effect that part of the Report which relates to the preparation of a proper place for the reception of the Destitute, if the weather should prove severe, when- Mr. HACK stated, that in fur therance of the abject, he had moved in the Com mon Council that it be referred to a Committee, and that until the Report were made, it would be de sirable that the London Workhouse should be lent to the Houseless Committee as a place of temporary refuge. He selected that Establishment, because it had been fitted up for a similar purpose during the' Mayoralty of Mr. Alderman WooD, and because both it and Bridewell were originally intended for the same object, though from change of times and the Poor Laws, the original destination had been altered ; he, therefore, proposed, that a Deputation of the Committee be appointed to confer with the Corporation on the subject, and report the result. Yesterday, a poor Irishman made his first ascent as a bricklayer's labourer, to the top of a house, in Sid mouth-street, Spa-fields, when, on looking down, he became so giddy, that all the rhetoric of his fellow. workmen was insufficient to induce him to descend. The poor fellow laid himself down in a gutter, till he was nearly frozen ; and there being no entrance to the house front the roof, a rope and pulley were procured, and a handkerchief being tiJci over his eyes, pour Pat, to his unexpected joy, once more reached terra firma in safety, when he expressed his determination to seek • some leas aspiring profession. •y' 4 .61. • 4 Y I • ~!* L . • i s7:CORRESP(MWENCE IIitTWZIN THE REVEREND MIL BERESFORD, • ' suctos..or sr....massw,sroLsosir t AND ME. ALDERMAN WAITHMAN. • • LETT6a FROM MR. BERESFORO io Mn. WAITUMAN. " &. Andrew's -court, Decendwz " have heard with the deepest concern; • at the privilege, assumed on the ground of ancient usage, of holding a Wardnlote, for the Election of Common Councilmen, in Si.'Andrew's Church, was, on^the 21st instant, outrageously abused, by the in troduction of much scurrilous and irreverent decla mation, and the recital of a blasphemous Parody, in 'derogation of the sanctity of the place, and irrelevant to the occasion of the Meeting. 44 It might have been presumed, Sir, when the ac customed offices of Religion had been suspended, for the purposes of your Temporal Court, that you, as President, would not have quite forgotten where you were sitting, or have been negligent in restriining discussions which would have been highly offensive in a less sacred place.- " I lament, Sir, for your own sake, and for the sake of all to whom the influence of your example extends,. that you have not more reverence for the sanctuary ; and I sympathize with no small number of my parishioners, whose feelings have been wounded by an act of gross profanation, which, if you did not promote, you certainly took little pains to prevent. 1 remain, Sir, your obedient humble servant, (Signed) " (MST. BERESFORD." ALDERMAN WAITHUAN'S REPLY. " Bridge-street, December 26. " Alderman WATTIIMAN acknowledges the receipt of a Note from the Reverend GILBERT BEREsFonD; and begs to inform him, that while he is ever ready publicly to vindicate his conduct and opinions, he does not consider himself bound to enter into any ex planation of his public conduct, with any individual who may choose to consider himself warranted in privately addressing him; nor does be admit the authority assumed by Mr. BERESFORD, of reprehend ing him, in the exercise of an official duty, as Pre siding Officer of the Ward of Farringdon-Without.— Instead of Mr. BEREsToRD venturing to impugn his conduct and 'motives, and those of the Wardmote, he should have attended the Meeting, where he would either have had the means of substantiating his charge, or have received a refutation of the un founded assertions ccntained in his Note—as well as of those aspersions which appeared in a recent De claration, arrogatiqg exclusive loyalty, to which he had affixed his name. Indeed, all those calumnies have been indignantly repelled by the great body of Householders of this Ward, as well as by those of the most populous Wards of the City, who have re placed their confidence in the Members who sup ported the late Address of the Corporation, and in other cases selected and returned new Candidates— advocates of the political sentiments contained in that Address. 44 Although Alderman WATTITMAN is in no way bound to correct the errors of Mr. BERESPORD, yet, in courtesy, he condescends' to inform him, that there was no recital of a blasphemous Parody, in derogas tion of the sanctity of the place, and irrelevant to the occasion of the Meeting; nor any act of gross pro fanation ; much less could any such act have had Alderman WAlTHallas sanction or permission. " It is true, that when a candidate was brought forward by certain persons, who, with Mr. Banes roar', had signed the pretended Loyal Declaration, an inhabitant of the Ward did produce the Parody thus described, with the sole vie* of chewing the unworthiness of the candidate by whom, for his own benefit, it had been edited and published, and of ex posing the inconsistency and hypocrisy of these pre tended Loyalists; but when only a few lines of this Parody, containing, he believes, twenty stanzas, had been read, Alderman WAITHMAN then, perceiving its tendency, requested the Gentleman not to pro ceed, which request was immediately complied with. Notwithstanding this exposition, the Loyal Declarers continued to support and vote for this very candidate! " Alderman WAITHMAN further begs to state, that this Wardmote, the largest ever before known, was conducted with as much order and regularity as ever had been witnessed, exhibited no ordinary display of talent, and every person had a fair hearing. He like wise informs Mr. BERESFORD, who, he believes is only a recent inhabitant of this Ward, that the Ward motes have been immemorially held in its respective Churches ; that the annual choice of Common Coun cilmen being an important trust, it is highly neces sary that the electors should have a full opportunity of investigating the conduct and pretensions of the candidates ; that it is the duty of the Alderman, as presiding officer, to hear every person with patience and impartiality ; that the right of discussion has ever been freely exercised on such occasions ; that it became more imperiously necessary at the present moment, as the Loyal Declaration, to which Mr. Beiteseoan affixed his signature, had charged the Members of the Common Council with supporting an Address to his Majesty, disgraceful to themselves and the City at large, and breathing the most malig nant spirit of hostility to every distinct branch of the Constitution. It therefore became incumbent on the persons making such atrocious charges, publicly to stand forward at the Wardmote to substantiate the same, and upon the persons so charged, to vindicate their character from aspersions so foul and so infa mous, aggravated as these charges were by the sal crecy of their manufacture, and the ostentatious publicity of their circulation ; printed and circulated too, as these Loyal Delarations were, on the Sabbath Day, when they themselves had so hypocritically denounced the publication of Sunday newspapers I " As Mr. BEREsroRD has volunteered himself un necessarily and unasked, Alderman WALTIIPAAH humbly submits two or three interrogatories for his calm reflection. " Is it not the duty of a Minister of GOD to avoid worldly contentions, to abstain from branding his fellow-subjects with opprobrious epithets, tending to excite and inflame animosities among them, and to become an example of kindness and forbearance, by allaying and softening their asperities " Is it consistent with the Christian spirit to meet in secret places for the purpose of framing and pub licly circulating aspersions upon the conduct of others, imputing bad motives for that conduct, and thus depriving them of the means of explanation or. vindication ? $‘ flow can Mr. Saileevoini reconcile to his duty' • •• • • Itv • as* Christian teacher, the signing of the, Declaration, charging the great body of his 411bseLeitizehs wi l th breathing a malignant spirit of hostility to the Cor= stitution of their country?' and upon what principle of Christian feeling or common justice would he at tempt to restrain them, when assembled in Ward mote, from defending emeelfres against the scan. dalous imputations contained in the said Declaration? "If in that Loyal Declaration which he signed he complained of blasphemous publications; by what other name than gross hypocrisy and contempt of the established religion wail he designate the conduct of his brother Declaratinnists, who brought forward, and voted for, the canciiiiate who edited and pub lished a parody, which he in his letter has termed , blasphemous ?' On the contrary, does it not be come his duty .imMediately to reprove, admonish, and exhort. his brother Declarationists, rather than discover sorenexs and exasperated feelings towards those who presume to entertain political opinions dif ferent from his own? , s i • 6 Alderman WAITHMAN would humbly submit, whetherthe E.tablished Church has not been severely injured by the dormant claim of Qs. 9d, in the pound for tithes, recently set up by the London Clergy? and, finally, he would with great deference inquire whether Mr. BERESSORD has not contributed in no inconsiderable degree to this injury, by the notice he has recently given to his Parishioners, with whom he has only been connected about eighteen months, that he shall enforce the payment of this enaction? " Alderman WAITHMAN would earnestly recom mend Mr. BERESFORD seriously to reflect upon these subjects, and to consider whether, by endeavouring to wean his affections from the perishable things of this world, and devoting his whole attention to those spiritual duties by which he can correct the errors of others, he would not best maintain the Christian cha racter, and essentially promote the true interests of religion ? • " Alderman WAITIIIIAN would finally recommend to the consideration of Mr. BERESFORD, whether his vehement fulminations from the pulpit, on the last Sabbath, were in conformity to are admonition of the Apostle (2 Tim. ii. 24, 25), that the servant of the LORD must not strive, but be gentle unto all men— apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves. " Yesterday evening a Meeting of the United Friendly Societies of the Metropolis was held at Mitchell's Rooms, Portsmouth-street, Lincoln's Inn• fields, for the purpose of addressing her MAJESTY. A series of Resolutions, and an Address to the Quezw, were unanimously agreed to. The Sheriff of Hants has consented to call a County Meeting, for the purpose of petitioning the two Houses of Parliament on the subject-of the late im politic and di.sgraceful proceedings against the QUEEN, and praying them to take such steps as may appear 'wisest and most effectual to remove every obstacle to a final and satisfactory arrangement, as well as to prevent the renewal of any measures whatever against her MAJESTY. The Requisition is signed by— ' The Earl of Carnarvon, the Hon. George Herbert, the Hon. Newton Fellows, Sir H. Tichborne, Bart. Sir Charles Mid, Bart. Sir W. C. De Crespigny, Bart. M.P. Wm. Chamber layne, Esq. M.P. H. Baring, Esq. M.P. John Carter, Esq. M.P. W. Powlett, Esq. Henry Bonham, Esq. John 1111118, - 13aq. A. Atherley, Esq. and several other Gentlemen of the county. „ . A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Hawick was called by the Magistrates, to be held in the Town Hall on the 21st instant. From the numbers who attended, the Meeting was adjourned to the Church, where a Loyal Address of the usual Ministerial cut was pro posed. An Address to dismiss Ministers was then moved. Ten or twelve of the most violent Tories opposed the amended Address for the dismissal of Ministers, and then left the Meeting, when it was voted unanimously. The numbers present were greatly above one thousand. We have already informed our Readers of the re- - fusal of the High Sheriff of Northumberland to ac cede to the Requisition for a Meeting of that County, ” for the purpose of taking into consideration the measures lately pursued for the degradation of the Queen, and the propriety of presenting an Address to his Majesty, and Petitions to both Houses of Parlia ment, praying that they will take such steps as may effectually tranquillize the public mind, by prevent ing the further agitation of a question which has al ready proved so injurious to the interests, and may in its continuance be attended with the ( greatest danger to the peace of the Country." The following is the correspondence on the snbject, which has passed be tween Sir C1:141111.113 MONCK and the Mon SII2FtIrY " Benton House, December 21, 1811 D. Data; Sta—To 'the subject of our interview of yesterday, I have endeavoured to give every due consideration, and regret exceedingly to stete, that I cannot feel warranted in acceding to the wishes of the Requisitionists.—l remain, dear Sir, with peat respect, your most obedient arrant, (Signed) , WM. CLARI, Sberalt 4 To Sic Chas. M.• L. Month, Bart. Bebay Castle:" • Belsay, December 21, 1820. " DWIL Srsrl am surprised and disappointed at your refusal of a County Meeting, to,the Requisition which I had the ho nour of putting into your bands yesterday; and bing left by your letter uninformed of the ground of your refusal, I feel it my duty to those who charged me with the application, to re quest that you will make me acquainted with that ground. " If the purposes of the Requisition are deemed by you un constitutional, then the point is at issue between you and us the Requisitionists: if the manner of the Requisition only has been deemed exceptionable, I have no doubt that the same Gentlemen would authorise me to make a second application to yourepon any other form which would admit the same propositions.-1 have the honour to remain, dear Sir, your very humble eervaiet, "CHAS. MONCIi. - " To Wm. Clark, Esqt Benton House." " Benton House, 22d December, VW. " Hui Sin—l have this moment received your letter of yes terday's date, requesting, in the name of the Requisidoniib, to be made acquainted with the ground,' Ste. itc. on which I de clined calling a County Meeting. 1 6 In reply (though entertaining the highest respect for the private worth of a very large proportion of the Noblemen anti Gentlemen whose names the Requisition bears), I cannot son. shier rnyrelf bound either to answer the interrogations that are put to me, or explain the reasons which influence me in the dis charge of my public dudes. - " Our sentiments dm this occasion being so unhappily et Irl_ riance, I fear we shall always be at issue on the points to width you al lude; I must therefore, beg you to consider my answers to the Requisition through you as finaL—l remain, dear Sir, vire respectfully, your most obedient Servant, WILLIAM CLARK, Shed,. To Sir Charles Moak, Bin. Beissy Castle.. • _. ,: