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ed the 2d reading of :Meth. Bill, which he con. rate extremely to the said this would be a is opinion it ,would be ld operate in a man ise p.tsons who had by opening a door. urn of s4ci.riy, drawn id every where.—(4 passing this Act; in to the mechanic, as ensures, and thus do tte would pause—(4 away the necessity of ue, and thit at a time tuation to throw away a Bill whjch had filled min: with anxiety.— however, he stould e trouble on this novel .er a lapse of '2'2o ea That it be read a 2cl. the Bill, which went h apprenticeship to re ed to the pleasure in a respect he was upheld and Sir Wm. Bl,clc. • vetatious prosecutions ; but, nn ►nquiry, he .iot twenty years, there ti. If apprenticeships i satisfied that combitia d abnost entirely be put e to lower its attention tey would there we the beholding careful vho, in- addition, were ling, while their morals e harpy that the present se measure unaccompa ! introduced. ; - t not disgu ise tioto him vas attendei With many tedly be of great advan. It the present law should tstraint should Le remuv. 6 Supposing a person for which, from his con ; he to be excluded frora r occupation tshatever ta makers., which was a tway, or of gun-makeve, ight in a few months be wad is to be held that xcupation, but must re 6 annunity ?" The more he ure a the more he w a s sa, lained that hR cmild wish Le system. any one measure more to involve the general . sent was that measure,- tal right of the iniiabit,uits fat energies of their mind hemseives pleased 2 And flued by which men were undoubted right, it seem >se who contended for the ricrion to spew 011 what It Gentlemen attended to. in question was passed, s a period in which many been granted, and one in. at subject hid been made on the impobcy of such a a much attended to. No ad contributed so much as k the progress in our arts on the part of his consti: rf Birmingham, was strong t repeal. It the law, as it ce, at would have the effect possible . letters upon inge- Led the law totally repealed, oso far. The present law vy day. It was clear, that d to evade it, when they case of two men, who were for sawing a piece of Nood; iad b.tker in the same town, that the good one had not eship, had !Lim turned out, all his neighbours with his lame years ago the printers ifficulty in getting even the nted. Let those who chose apprentices ; but let not the same. Instances of the ad be innumerable. it was !! of it, which the worthy Ba. in factisupperannuated, and way to let it die quietly, and 3oth in this country and in )rd Ellenbornugh got the rape ingeniously enough., heel-makers; but his Lord uld not have been known in Queen went to Parka/lent t this was an extremely dif. not consent that the sysc rn dbe put :in end ; but ii ze such atter:v.lms might emovek the •iturctions he, at the Learner le int. He id improve the stri agree to tins unqualified s astonished at the partiality aronet (Sir F.• Flood) to tint led, the more par •iculArly as of the law of lrelaiid. On Ile was decidedly of n;on Sir SA. cn the subject of the present Bill, by the constituents o! two Honourable Gentlemen who had already de livered their sentiments on the measure this night (Messrs. Protheroe and Davis). He felt the highest respect for the Gentlemen who had so applied to him on the subject of the present Bill ; but his opinion ot the measure being decidedly opposite to theirs, he thought he would not be acting a manly part were he either to abstain from voting on this ,Bill, or were he to content himself with a silent vote on this occasion. He was satisfied that there were reasons sufficiently strong to support the system . of apprenticeship in those trades in which a number of years were requisite to the acquiring a knowledge of them, without the assis tance of the law as it now stood. This law, which vent' o prohibit a man from the exercise of that trade for which he was fit, he therefore thought ought to be repeTilech For what was it but to take from a poor Man the only property he possessed—his genius and industry—and to drive him into a workhouse ; or to force him to abandon his country, and to forsake his %site and family? These were the moral consequences s c hich the House was to look for from a perseverance in the law as it now stood. 6ir F. FLOOD agreed to withdraw his Amendment.. Mr. Alderman ATKINS wished that some encou ragernentmight beheld out to regular Apprenticeships. With an alteration to this effect, the Bill should have his support. Mr. CANNING thought the present a question of considerable difficulty. By doing away some of the most gharing absurdities of the present law, however, and by holding out encouragement to the system of Apprenticeship where Apprenticeships were neces sary, he trusted the evils now felt would be remedied without injuring the morals of the rising generation. i Mr. Serjeant BEST stated it to be his intention in the Coramittee;to propose a clause for thevncoutags ment of Apprenticeships, and by which the parents might be entitled to some of the advantages arising from the labours of their children, during their Ap prenticeships, the profits of which now went to the It. masters. W. P. MOORE Opposed -the Bill, because he thought that its enactment would operate seriously to the prejudice of our manufactures both in Skill and reputation. Indeed such had been found the effect of the partial repeal of the statute of Elizabeth with respect to the woollen manufacture. For although the Yorkshire tog had formerly been a sufficient re commendation upon the Continent, yet since the re peal alluded to, our pieces - of woollen manufactures were examined yard by yard before they were pur chased. . Mr. LOCKHA RT expressed his opinion that this Bill, if enacted, should only operate prospectively ; that is, that it should not become effective until a certain peribd, so that those mechanics who had meta apprenticeships upon the faith of the existing law, - should not be injured by its operation, by being thrown out of employment at a period of life , when they could not devote themselves to any other pro fession than that to which they had been reared. Mr. B. SHAW deprecated the idea that morality was likely to be endangered, or our manufactures in jured, .. by the enactment of the Bill under considera tion ; for Scotland, td which the Act of Elizabeth never extended, was never found is any degree infe rior in morality, or skill in manufacture. Mr. W. SMITH observed, that he never heard of any proposition of reform which was, not likely to be inconvenient to tome persons ; and therefore he was riot surprised at the assertion, that the adoption of the • Bill before the House would operate to injure the in terests of particular persons. The apprehension of such injury was, however, in- his judgment, un founded. But still thCse who expressed the appre hension were entitled to attention ; and the objections . which certain Petitioners urged against this Bid,' would, he had no doubt, meet all due' consideration in the Committee. The tact was, as to the Statute of Elizabeth, that its existetee served to create certain monopolies ; and the effect of those monopolies was, that when the demand for an article was large, the price was enhanced to the public ; while, when thetle viand became small, many workmen were thrown out 4' 4.- oftmployment. Therefore, the repeal of that Statute would tend to serve both the public and the workmen. As to the argument advanced in support of the Sta tute of Elizabeth, merely in consequence of its anti quity, he could not admit that' it had any force. — lie declared that his ears were quite tired of the phrase Is the wisdom of our ancestors," which phrase was in fact calculated only to impose upon the super. ficial. For, alter all, what did this phrase mean ? The world was younger .in the time of our ancestors, although they were older than us. Time, s.ii:h Lord Bacon, was the greatest innovator ; and if, at this ad vaneed tira2 of the world, after all our experience, we could not improve upon the system of our ancestors, our Intellects must be what would hardly be asserted, slot only quite unequal to theirs, but infinitely inferior. How then could it be pretended that the same legis lative arrangement applied, in the reign of Elizabeth, when the trade of the whole British empire was not equal to that of the Port of London at this day, was, strictly applicable at present, and suited to our int- 1 , proved situation ? as .. Mr. Serjeant ONSLCW replied, and, observing upon the Petitions on the table against the Bill, ex pressed his conviction that they were not the unsoli cited acts of the Petitioners, as indeed appeared from the several placards about t..wn inviting signatures to such PetitiOnt, and those Petitioners, he meant especially the journeymen mechanics, would find the repeal of the Act of Elizabeth eather materially ser viceable, than in any degree injurious to their interests. The Bill was read a second rime, and ordered to be committed on Tuesday.—Adjaurned. An account of the extraordinary expences of the Army incurred, and paid by the P.iymaster-General, from the 25th of December, 1812, to the 24th of Le. eember, 1813, has been printed. The total amount is X 21,900,312. 13s. 10d. towardi which has been applied the provision granted by Parliament', amount ing to 5C15,550,710. 9s. ,so that there remains to be provided for a sum of R 6,350,132. 4s. 184. I%.:Welt PRICIs 3I OCKS "1 HIS DAY A TWELVE 6 Reduced 65Iiii—Cons. 66in—for acc. 67 664 f 4 per Cc. 111i —S per Cent. Navy 115-iii—Ownicm, 19 Bank Long Anal. 13 15-16ths 16-..ladsa Bonds 71.8+. prep. Ischcquer Bale Ss. ta. prem. • SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1814. •••,1 This day - we received the Mcmiteur and other Paris Papers of Wednesday.. The official journal contains a Royal Decree, making some further arrangements, for the mutual accommodation of the inhabitants and of the allied troops, until the latter quit France : also a similar Decree, still further alleviating the oppres sive method of levying the droll: reunit. The llfoni teur is again filled with Addresses from the Civil Authorities, and acts of adhesion from the Army : PARIS, MAY 46 Yesterday morning the Emperor Alexander paid a visit to the Duke de Berri, in the Thuilleries. 44 The Emperor of Austria visited the Metropolitan Church, where he was received with the respect due to his rank. His Majesty examined the treasury of relic: with great attention, and kissed with much devo tion the relic of the ratted Crown of Thorns, which was presented to him - by a Priest in his robes. His Ma jesty's example was followed by all his suite. The Keeper of the Relics, in shewing his Majesty the Crown of Charlemagne, which was formerly at St. Dennis, observed, that many persons thought that this Crown was taken from Aix-la-Chapelle ? I can resolve this laid the Emperor : 6 The Crown of Char• lemagne, which was at Aix la Chapelle, was carried to Vienna by a Canon of the above city, and I have it in my palace.' 46 The four Commissaries of the Allied Powers who accompanied Bonaparte to Elba, have returned to Paris. 66 All that we have said on the subject of his fright and his various disguises, has been confirmed in its fullest extent. 44 He wept vihenever he saw a crowd gathering : his countenance changed, and he confessed that he was afraid of being killed. If the tumult increased, he shed a torrent of tears : when he thought the dan ger past, he affected an.air of serenity, renewed the conversation, and talked with great volubility, but his ideas were incoherent. It appeared as if his head became daily more and more dersnged. He conti nually expressed a desire to go to England, but never testified the least. regret at quitting France. Lord Wellington leaves Paris to-morrow or next day, for England. 66 Crouds of indigent persons having teased the Emperor of Russia for charity, and his Majesty not .being able to ascertain their respective merits, and wishing to distribute his bounty in a proper manner, has entrusted every curate in Paris with a handsome sum, to be given to the poor of their parish. 1 , The Duchy of Parma, with its dependencies, given to the Archduchess Maria Louisa and her son, contains about three hundred thousand inhabitants.— The revenues are et timateclat four*sillion; of francs. It belonged, before the - French Revolution, to Aus tria. In 1801 Bonaprte, then First Consul, and the King of Spain, insisted that the Duke of Parma should cede it to the° French Republic. The Duke obstinately refused. A violent cholic . put an end to his life on the Bth 01 October, the same year, and the Duchy was annexed' tcrthe French Republic." • OFFICIAL . DOCUMENT. PARIS, max 9. The Allied Sovereigns having learned with dis- pleasarc, that the surrender of the Administration of several French provinces occupied by their armies, stipulated by Article VIII. of. the Convention of April 23d last, has experienced some difficulties, in consequence of a false interpretation of the reserve contained in that article, have ordained that the fol lowing Order should be made public : " Article Viii. of the Armistice having given oc casion Tor falsg interpretations, on account of the re serve contained iii that Article, the most positive or ders are given to the Authorities of the Allied Powers established in the French provinces, indicated in Ar ticle 11. of the same Act, to surrender immediately, the Administration of these provinces to the Com missioners nominated by his Majesty the King of I France: " BARON STEIN, " Chief of the Central Department of Administration of the Provinces occupied by the Ailted Armies." LOUIS, BY VIE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF FRANCE AND NAVARRE, SCC. " In remounting the throne of our Attestors, we have found again our rights in your love; and our heart is open to those sentiments which Louis XII. the Father of his People, and Henry IV. that good King, formerly manifested. The same constant application to the happiness of France shall mark our reign; and the dearest wish of ,our heart is to leave some recollections wor thy of being associated with those of these Kings. " Amidk these alienated ant affecting acclamations which accompanied us from the frontiers of our kingdom to the hurt of owr capital, we did not fail to turn our attention to the Mate of our Provinces and of our brave Armies. The oppression by which France was overwhelmed, has left behind many evils, which have caused.us great affliction. Onr grief is, profound, but the weight will be every day lightened. Our cares shall be devoted to that object, and our happiness will increase wils that of our People. An Armistice, concluded upon the basis of a wise and moderate policy, all eady makes us feel, by anticipation, the blessings of Peace ; and the Treaty which will fix them in a du rieble monster, Is the most important of our thoughts. " In a short time the Olive (the pledge of the repose of Europe) atoll extend its s'sade over all the Nations who wish for it. The march of the allied armies towards our frontiers has already com menced, and the august Sovereigns, who kart acted so generously towards us, wish to draw closer between them and us those bonds of friendship and of mutual confidence which can never be shaken. We know that some abuses bave been committed, and some of the departments have been oppressed with contributions since the conclusion of the armistice. Bet the just and liberal decla rations which the Allied Sovereigns have made to us upon the subject of these abuses, authorise us to forbid our subjects to comply with requisitions which are illegal, and contrary to the sr/plastrons of the arntistice. Nevertheless, our gratitude an!. the ages of war require, and we order all the civil and military au rhorities to take the utmost care that the valiant armies of the Allied Sovereigns shall receive with exactness, and in abundance, whatever is necessary to the subsistence and wants of troops; all demands beyond this are null. " Frenchmen! you bear your King; he wishes that your voice in turn should reach him, and that it should explain your wants and your wishes. The largest cities, the most obscure villages, every part of his kingdom, are equally under his care; It impossible that his paternal sentiments can be too strong for a people whose worth, whose loyalty, whose attachment to their Kings have for many ages formed their prosperity and their glory. (Signed) , • " Lotus." The following extract of a Private Letter gives an interesting picture of the present state of the Parisian manners and sentiments : • • " At the Dalt at Sir CHARLES Sr Ew ART'i, was assembled the most remarkable collection of persons, that probably ever met before in the same room. In one part there was Lord WRL LINOTON, conversing with BLUCUt R and PLATO?? ; In another, - the Emperor of Russia, dancing with the wife of Marshal NET • 14 I was at St. Owen, a league from Paris, where the King slept the night before he entered. The room was filled with Ladies, principally of the denim regime, to receive the King. The scene was of a nature you may conceive most affecting: When the Prince de CoNDI arrived, some few minutes before the King, the tears came even Into my eyes, to see the poor old man, the last of his name, come into the room, with his understanding •apparently wandering; looking about him as if he knew not where be was, but with an air of kindness , th at was to the bst degree touching. Not a person in the room seemed to feel it but myself—they curtsied to hint with respect, as in old times, and pressed round him with a little sort of curiosity, but no other emotion of any kind. Some time afterwards, when the King ar rived, the Duchess D'AsoouLtate passed through the room, and what do you think was the only observation I heard I Ne t a word of the change in her looks, of the expression in her coun. teuapce, or any topic of that kind—the first observation I heard was' Pipit, elle ale petit e4a prate.' " To understand this, you must know that there is a great warfare here between the French and English on the subject of hats—the English wearing them, as you know, small and fiat, the French, on the contrary, have them as high as the elocAer of a cathedral, and covered with flowers, but with flowers enough to furnish an ordinary sited garden. " There are three Royal Marriages to take place forthwith: the Duke de BER a t marries the Grand Duchess Anna, the King of PRUSSIA the Duchess of• OLDlNrek:iu, and the Hereditary Prlilce of PRUSSIA an Austrian „Princess. " Never did any map play his cards so badly as the CROWN Palace of Sw noels—never was there seen a more striking ex ample of the instability of fortune. His want of decision in one critical momemt, has lust to him for ever the fruits of all his pre eloui labours : by halting to make an arithmetical calculation of the chances, instead of being the person to head the allied armies in their erttlr into Fraice; and being regarded in history as the Conquerer of BONAPARTE ; he has now slunk back to Sweden' without drum or tiumpet, after having lived a few days in Paris, unnoticed and disregarded. " I am told that a sad accident had nearly deprive! us of our illustrious WELLINGTON. After the great review of the troops, where the Hero was the only General Officer out of unifu.m. dress in a plain blue frock and a roundlet, but well mounted, the Emperor ALSICAN inn was requested to chew in what man ner the Cossacks charged. He complied, and gave the order- 1 in an instant the body of horsemen set off—not in a line—but breaking off in separate masses in el sErect;ons--belo-r shelter— by which a rr.ctr.cwsry confusion took place, and several per sons were rode over. Lord Wer.Lincrrotes horse fell, but tlst Noble I.orti happily disengaged bin:seir without injury. • In consequcree of the many fatal quarrels that have taken place at the low Tripots and Balls in the neighbourhood of the l'alace Royal, a temporary stop has been put to them aIL . • Last night Mr. Sctjeant CNsLew's Bill for the re peal of the s:h of Elizabeth, respecting Apprentice ships, was read a second time—the amendment, by which it v.•as proposed to put off the second readir.g six months, having been withdrawn. This law has too lung di.3;:raced our Statute Books—lt is an outrage on common sense. It does all chat a Statute can do to compel'uten to become either thieves or paupers in The event of the article they have been taught to manufacture gettiag - : Out of fashion and consequently out of demand. Yesterday Sir THOMAS TYRWHITT arrived at Carl-I ton-house from Wnrtemberg. Sir THOMAS had an audience of his Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday the Russian Ambassador, and Lords LivaneooL and BATHURST, had Audiences of the PRINCE REGENT. Wednesday morning the Prince of WURTEMBERG was introduced to the Duchess of OLossuuno at the Pultency Hotel, on his arrival in England. Thurs day morning a Russian Prince and a Cossack Gene ral were introduced to her Imperial Highness at the same time. On the evening of the same day a Cou rier arrived, with letters from her brother, the Em peror ALEXANDER, in Paris. Yesterday the Duchess of OLDENDURCIfy accompa nied by GeneralTurtrasa and suite, visited Coldbath fields Prison. Orders have been issued for preparations to be made at Portsmouth for a naval review on a large scale, at which the Empefor of RUSSIA, the King of PRUSSIA, the PRINCE RF.OVIVT, the Lords of the Ad. miralty, the Cabinet and Foreign Ministers, &c. will be present. Yesterday twenty waggons belonging to the wag gon train proceeded with money from the Bank of England to Portsmouth, for the purpose of paying off a certain proportion of the Navy. A French Officnr, at z.t:,:e at a tlataurateur's, sat opposite to a Russian : he had several crosses and other badges of distinction on his breast. Pointing to one of them, he said insultingly, 4, This •I received at Vi enna ;" to another—•" This at Moscow." No notice was taken at the moment, and he repeated the bravado. Still the offence passed apparently unobserved; but at length the Frenchman rose to depart. The Russian followed him to the door, and struck him violently, first on one cheek, and then on the other, saying, 44 Take that for Vienna, and that for Moscow."— The people present applauded this act, and the conse quence was an immediate meeting with sabres ; its five minutes the French Officer was a corpse. The small sword is not much resorted to in the adjustment of these affairs, as the French enjoy in general a consider able superiority in the use of that weapon. Oat the subject of this country was entitled to the free, e Ncrcise of his talents, ingenuity, and industry, in TUE EV ENING•S r fAR. ire a final determi. s..ratever way he wished to employ them. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY had been applied to L ON DON • agreed to, and a Bill cn the subject of the present Bill, by the constituents , )ught in. The Re- o! two Honourable Gentlemen who had already de. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1814. Lo further conbideta• livered their sentiments on the meavare this night . . the Mtutitrur and other Pal BILL. THE AR MY. The following Officers came passengers in ;be Ltobr, of 64 guns, from the Car of Good Hope : Colonel ADAMS, 24th Light Drazoons ; Colfwel JOIINISTONE, 951 Regiment ; 'Colonel REYNELL, 71St regiment ; Captain CARDEW; Engineers ; Captain KELLY, 80th regiment; Captain ALEXANDER, 83i regiment ; Lieutenant TAyLott, Mariaes ; Mr. FAL CON, Paymaster-General at the Cape ; and Mr. CNA- DOCK, junior. Friday se'nnight the Sd West York marched into Cork, from Midleton, under the command of Major BROOKSJANK ; and embarked on board the transports intended to convey them to England. Saturday last, the Kerry Reviment of Militia, which has been stationed at Chatham hart- icks for nearly twelve months, marched in MO diVisiOUS for Portsmouth. Monday, the Kildare Militia marched from Can terbury on their route to Portsmouth, where they will embark for Ireland. Monday and tuesday the Kilkenny Regiment o f Militia marched from Harwich for Gosport, and are replaced by part of the Wexford. • Yesterday a Traci) of the Queen's Bays marched from Ipswich for Manchester. • _ The sth Regiment of Foot is expected at Chatham from Windsor — . By the latest advice: from Java, we learn that Major-General Gluesera, commanding the forces en that island, had applied for permission to relinquish his command ; and that, in consequence, M .jot-Ge neral NIGUTINGALR had been appointed his aucaessne, and was daily expected to arrive at Batavia. The departure of this excellent Officer well be felt with regret by the brave, ,troops, at whose head he has achieved the most brilliant public services. We have daily occasion to lament and execrate the criminal conduct of the Prefects and Post-masters in France, who retarded the couriers and letteri con rey ing to the different armies the accounts of a cessation of hostilities at Paris, on the Slst March. beaten irt. Colonel COLLIER, son of the late Vice-Admiral Sir GEORGE COLLIER, and Captain Buartovorth only son of Sir Wrwast Boattonous, one of the Judge , is Bengal, both of the Coldstream Go Ards, were severely wounded in the sortie from Bayonns, on the 14111 of , April. Accounts are just received of the death of the gallant Captain ; and Colonel Cowes has suffered amputation of his right leg, and had a ball extracted from his left foot ; this gallant Officer has been in many actions in Egypt, Germany,Copenhagen, Spa'n, and Portugal, and in all which he distinguished him. self, and was twice r ounded, but never till now suf. fered so severe a znisTortune as the present. liitrelL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS. ARR. DVS. t 1 Corvrna O S liellguland O 0 I Brtmea - 1 0 I HoII:nd - 0 0 Ggerriey I 1 0 Jersey FALIAIDOII4, MAY 10. Dublin - - ‘3",acrford - Gottenburgh - France Cadiz Malta ARE. DM O 0 O 0 O 0 0 1 0 - 0 • Arrived the Grace Packet from Cadi , .. in c days, and in sewn days from Corunna. Also arrived the Von, Hlcas, and the Rapid..Jacac, from Messina, and the May.flower, Fax, from Malaga. Sailed the Swihsure Packet, ith a Mail for Jamaic.t. Three French skips, supposed frigates, having the white Bag flying at the peak, p i ssed !bilk port to the Eastward this morning. MAT 11. 4 Arrived a sloop of w:►r, name and particulars un known, The Nicholsos t .TULLOCE. for the Brazils. put back to-day, but has sailed Wind E.S.E. PLYMOUTH. MAT 11. C am e i n the St. William. lArtirr, from• Gibs, bound to London.—Wind Easterly. • MAY 12.. _ _ Nothing arrived or sailed to-clay.-The Mediterra nean homesArd.boUnd fleet, under convoy ot his Ma. jesty'. ship bos, consisting of about 20 sail, are still detained here by the strong eastern► winds. Wind E. PORTSMOUTH. MAY It. Arrived the Pickle schooner; from Guernsey with British prisoners. The Allies, --, from Havregle grace, and two Colliers.—Also arrived I rom the Me. diterranean, three transports,, pin or the REPULSE'S convoy, viz. the Juliana (No. 671). the Mercury. and another, name not known they are placed ander quarantine. His Majesty's ship SHARP lIOIITZR Will sail this evening for Guernsey And Jersey. with sic 'sail of transports, amongst which are the R:gent. Harriet, Adamant, and the Lord Melville. Sailed his Majesty's ship ONYX, on a cruise. His Majesty's ships DUAIITATION and METROR (bombs) will take charge of the transports for Bourdeaux. and wiU sail to.morrow.—Wind Easterly. HARWICH. MAY It. Came in the Lady Nepean Packet, from Gotten. burgh, and the Beaufoy Packet, from Holland, both with Mails. PENZANCE. MAY to. Arrived the MARTIA6 gun brig. with the Lard Wellington, Suffolk, Sceptre, and another transr, name unknown, with English prisoners from Dour deaux, bound to Plymouth. COVE OF CORK, MAY S. WICIIT INDIA COSIVOY.-His Majesty's sliip Has. xsam., 74 guns, Cruxes frigate. FAsstv ship iff war, and SATELLITIbrig, of 18 guns, pot under weigh yesterday, with the ships bound. to the We.t Indies, about 100 sail, with a ine stiff breeze, and soon cleated the harbour. MAY 9.—This morning an attempt was aul.'e to sail by the VIRAOO 9 Lieutenant Primal', and Cols• STANT, Lieutenant Srowss, with a fleet for Buse. deans, amongst which were the Union. and two or three other empty transports, to take troops on board. His Majesty's ihip Cygnet, Capt:tin Ruasst.L. has made signallo weigh, ant will proceed to &Iliad with the transports having the 3d West Yo: k on board. COVINT•GARDSN THEATIt F..•••• MY. Y O LICO sir pea Tr t! last night, for the first time, in the very arduous patt of Igo. His conception of the character was good, and his esecutioa throughout was notified to much praise. Mr. CONWAY in Otlstao, merited and received loud plaudits. The :thee characters were rellpettAbir filled. i I .1 • I. • ; th , V ■