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ORDIR IVA A SCig2LED CARDNAt.i The following is a literal copy of an order sent lately I for a scarlet cardinal : you please to send me a Scarlet Cardinal let it be full yard long, & let it be full, it is fora large w o o, they tell me I may have a large one, & a handsome one for eleven shillings, I should not be w illin g to give more than twelve, but if you hails asy as long ak that either Duffle, 'or Cloth, if it is c h e aper I sbould like it as well, for I am not to give c ore than twelve shillihgs. I ,beg you Sir to be sak i good as not to fail me' his Cardinal by Wednesday without fail, let it Le full yard long I beg or else it Rill not do, fail nqt on 'Wednesday, & by so doing, you will very ranch oblige M. L. I p. 5. I hope you will charge your lowest price, & if you please net to:send me a - Duftle one, but a Cloth, m d full yard long, fail not on Wednesday, please to seod itto Mr. Field the Waterman who tomes to the Bee hi r e—Tray, dont send a .Duffle one but a cloth one. I have altered my mind, I should not like it idle, but Cloth, let it be full yard long, & let it be c i al ls,k not more than eleven shillings at most, one of the ,bripest yOu .have & full yard long, send two, bath afa length, & both large ones full yard long, .b ot h of a price, they be both for one Woman, they no g be exactly alike for goodness and price, rail - d on not et Wednesday, & full yard long. imtwcia LAITE LthiNCE- MAILS.—*Isd S. W. •nil. DUI. Atk. ittl. mi n 1 0 Cottenburgla • $ tratatta 1 1 I . l. f eeveard hinds 0 0 TOP MY, APRIL 4. T dai irrired hii Majisty'l ships Ville de Parli, Irigestiought, .Afnetophir. Sfsencer, Valiant, and O A front off Brest—Wad S. W. blows hard. . . Vl. 4 l24b‘rrH. AlitOa 4. 'c.s4e in the Swedish ship Maria Christain, from Me Mediterranean, recaptured by the Mediator, of 56 guns, last from Falmouth ; Susannah, Captain THOUPSOY, from the Mediterranean, one of the ships - . that !ailed under convoy of the Sirius frigate—she iris taken by the Prince d'Asturiat Spanish privateer, and retaken by the Pomone, of 42 guns—she brings r account of the capture of the Caroline privateer, of this port, by the Prince d'Asturias, on the 16th ult. after a smart action, in which Captain JoNt..s, of tht Caroline, the First Lieutenant, and several men. *1 kilted ; also came in, the Leyden, of 64 guns, from off Lisbon ; two French chasse marees, laden with wheat, captured by the Diana, of 36 guns tttere are five others captured, but are not yet arrived. The Diana fell in with a fleet, consisting of 50 sail, Bourdeatix, under convoy of several gun-boats ; the latter engagecl the Diana, and killed one Ulan, ad wounded several others ; but they all escaped to either with the fleet, except the seven captured and tiro sunk. The Diligente store-ship was yesterday Wen 'eta few hours, with stores of every description, for Malta, and will sail the first fair wind. PORTSMOVII-1, APRIL 5. Arriettl the I?anisl,ll7rig ntedoni, from MN/adore, sent in lay his Majesty's ship Unicorn; also arrived the Hope Well, Wittrams master, of and frost 1 Beaurnatis for London e the was captured yesterday off the Needles by a French privateer, and recaptured by the Vieduh frigate. All last night and this day it bas blown a heavy gale at S. W. The John, Cox los T.... Albion, HAMILTON t—and Good Intent, %minx, bound to. the Mediterranean, are driven on sithie. The Essei,i3 arcs t and the George, Wsusa, for Gibititari have also received damage% tOWLS, APRIL it Sunday evening iast, at six o'clock, a French lug pr privateer froth Dieppe called l'Attif, of forty tons, and four carriage guns, tell in with a large toasting cftvor, widiih a league of the Needles, and taPhited the Ann sloop, of Gweek, laden with po- Wu. The prite being run fool of by another vessel, she sprung a leak, and with difEcteay the crew on board made Pentnor, On the back of the Isle of Wight, before she sunk. The Prhe-master and thhe Prenclinten took to the boat to rive thettselv'es, and just as they reached the beach, Mr. ROBEY / Surveyor of the hiding Offiters, and Ik/tr. limes, SCYDDER, Constvraiter of the Ctistrens at totves, Vitro had been witching the motions of some shingglers that night, laid hold of and secured then% till a inilitiry guard arrived, when they were taken beforelomniszommos Esq. a Magistrate at Newport, who committed their to prisait, under the Alien Act, until the order of the Secretary of State is sent down for their further disposal. Much praise is due to the Revenue Officers for their vigilance and exertions: DEAL, APRIL S. Arrived i'Espeigle sloop, from Trelattd; Fly blobP, from a cruise, Last night and this morning it blew very hard from the S.W. which still continues With great violence. The Union East India ship has par ted from all her cables, and drifted out of the Downs, Without any pilot on board; she is supposed to hare drifted iota the North Sea. A transport, (letter II) Parted her cable, and drifted on board another trans- Port (CX), and obliged her to part; they fortunately got clear, and brought up again. Several vessels have likewise parted their cables, and others with sig h z.‘ of distress flying *; the Deal boats have launched to their assistance. I fear there will be much other d:unage, there being newly five hundred sail of ship ping ;tithe Downs. P.S• A large ship is Itsst gone on the Goodwin Sandi. Loh by THE ttAtIDONLI. • " • , • i •,. •l• • • Aberasip s Alit 2. . The following ar e the particulars of the loss of the smaii4 21851() ** 1 " , Wzitula li.t4T, of and from this place tcx Londcui. The Caledonia sailed from Abel.- deen on ThurSday the 17th tilt. and, after encounter ing very stormy tveather, was put into . the ,Frith of Forth, whence she again proceeded on her voyage the. 25d ult. antat eleven o'clock on the night of the 266; hi a strorikgale froth E. S. E. when midei the try-sail and storni-jib, unfortunately struck a reef of rocks called Redcar, about three miles south of the Tees, on the Yorkshire coast. The cre* and passer. gers, to the number of twenty-three persons, betook themselves for Safety to the rigging, the tranendons sea then on the Coalt, breaking half mast high over the vessel. In this very distressed situation, the Cale donia beat upwards of a mile over the rocks; during which time, Captain Jowl - Boons, a pavenger, being exhausted with cold and fatigue, fell from the rigging and was drowned. Soon after this awful period, the mast went by the board, when, melancholy to relate, sixteen unfortunate sufferers were swept into the mer-, ciless ocean. Six men, with the utrr.nst difficulty, re gained the wreck—and, after enduring the greatest hardship, were bs%ught on shore by two boats, at seven o'clock next morning, in a very exhausted state. Several gold and silver watches, part of the Mar quis of Hulyrrit's plate, with a considerable part of her valuable cargo, have been saved, but the vessel is a total wreck. The following is the rnost accurate list we have yet been able to obtain, of the survivors and unfortunate sufferers : SAVED FROM THE "AWE: Alexander Rollo and Gilbert Mowatt, seamen ; Peter Milne, John Ward, George Leith, and Joseph Clark, soldier, paeseagers. DROWNED. Captain William Heley ; J. S. Mate ; James M'Kay, John Rtinee, George Robinson, James Geddes, and two boys, names unknown, seamen ; Captain John Eooth, Mr. Mather, Mr. Bur nett, Mr. Dawson, Mr. Hendrie, two boys, names unknown, and two soldiers, passengers. The bodies of Messrs. Mather, Burnett, and Hen drie, as also of Captains Heley and Booth, with the Mate and four seamen, have been found. BRIGHTON, APRIL 4. A collier, which had just unloaded her cargo of coals, was, yesterday afternoon, dashed completely to pieces on the beach, opposite West -street, in her attempt to put to sea ; and two others had very nearly shared the same fate ; they were, however, got off, but not without considerable damage. The wrecked vessel was an old one, and, consequently, will not prove a loss of very great consequence to her owners. CORK, MARCH 30. Arrived at Cove his Majesty's ship Dryad, Captain DRUNIMOND, and her prize a French brig privateer of 14 guns, and 93 men, from Bourdeaux. Sailed his Majesty's ship Helena, Capt. WORTH. The American schooner Mohawk, FREEMAN At mNs master, laden with barilla and fruit, has been forced into Kinsale by contrary winds. She came last from Torrovecca, a small creek near Alicant. Ohd has consequently been placed under quarantine. She left Alicant on the sth instant—it was known at that port that the squadron which had sailed from Cartha ger.a had put into Majorca; and it was added, that the gala of wind which had drove them in had dis masted several or all of the squadron. The Hibernia, an American vessel which had arrived at Alicant from Bristol in ballast to take in a cargo, had been seized by a French privateer lying in the former port, for having been visited on her passage out by an English cruiser, and immediately condemned. The master of the Hibernia is a passenger on board the Mohawk. On the 9th Instant the master of the Mo hawk spoke the Bulwark, 74 guns, one of the squa dron blockading Cadiz, under the command of Ad miral Pumas. The Admiral had then with him 13 line of battle ships. It was corrittinnicated to the Mo hawk from the Bulwark, that a fleet of merchantmen from England, bound up the Mediterranean, had arrived at Gibraltar, under convoy of a frigate. The Mohawk reports nothing of the English squadrons at sea. EAST INDIA The ship Clyde, Captain BURNSIDE, arrived at Madras, the 19th of October, from Calcutta, with in. telligcnce of a violent storm having been experienced in the Bay, by which 18 sail of vessels had been lost ; four were country ships, captured by the enemy. The iedMontese was in the Bay, and had made the following captures, viz. —Caroline, Captain FA oi.EzrorrE ; Sarah, Capt. HENDERSON ,_• Maria, Capt. 3AstEs; Eliza, Capt. SPARRES ; llclny, Capt. WATERS; Damsbeurg, Capt. WINTER; Highland Chief, Capt. The Revenue, Captain Suncovvr, had taken the ships Hunter, Trafalgar, and Mangles. The frigates l'ltalienne and le Sultan were expected at the Mauritius from France. Passengers in the following ships, viz. PASSENGERS TER BARING—MUMS!, Mathews anal Jones; W. C. Smith, Esq. Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant Williams, 53c1 Regiment, M. Lane, Mr. G. Jones, and Master Brightman. PASSENGER TER ADMIRAL GARDNER—Mr. Lister. PASSENGERS era TOTTINIIA hi—Mrs. Hedger, J. itoutiedge, 'Esq. Mr. Graham, Lieutenant White, Bth Dragoons, Lieutenant Hervey,Lieut. Norton, 22ti Rob, Masters E. and W. O'Brien. PASSENGERS rza Dzyzy rs—Mrs. Graeae And Children, Mr. Frazer, Matters Harringtons. PArszreozas rya Unto)—Mr. Kerns, Lieutenant Hunter, Major Lennon, George Thompson, Esq. Mr. A. Hunter, Mrs. Walker, Mn A. Munro, Masters Hedger, Smith, Da v id son , an d Finglass, Ensign William son. Wednesday last the tatoni, Tianntsow, of Aber deen, sailed for the Greenland Whale Fishery. The Providence, SKiTit, from London to Madeira, was blown out of the Downs in the gale of the 12th of February, and had not arrived on the 4th of March. The Medusa frigate hat taken a French privateer, and sent her into Portsmbuth, and detained the ship Alexander, of Boston, Howsza. master. The Clyde, GnasAnD, bound to Malta, is put back to the Clyde in distress. The new ship Doubt, TeAsturit, sailed from Que. bec on the 10th of October, bound to London, and has not since been heard of. ,f- • • . ,•• CHILPERS x,OOP OP . WA. • • The Mowing ls Captalp Dtts.oet's.statemont to the Adtniralty, who have signified their high antrohation of his conduct is well as of that of all . efficeis end erew, b official letter, and coni2 2 Y furred on him the fineof Past : . '• , LEITH, MARCH isi • " Sir, I have the honouy to acquaint you, that on the 14th instant, at 4 P.M. when standing in for the coast of Norway, a sail *s. .discovered in shore, and on seeing us appeared to be seeking a prt in, safety. We 'instantly gave cliace with a fresh breeze from the Eastward. As we neared her, she was hauled out of our sight amongst the rocks, to take shelter in the small port of Miclbe. Immediately a number of boats came out to her assistance, I suppose, with the intention of removing her cargo. I dispatched Mr. Wilson, Acting Master, accompanied by Mr. Knight, Mate, with the cutter, well Armed, to bring her out; the jolly-boat was also sent with Mr. M'Nicholl, Gunner, and Mt. Le Neve, Purser, who volunteered his services. This duty was performed by Mr. Wil ion with the utmost, gallantry ; for when mixing with the boats, they were dispersed in all directions, leaving him at liberty to board the vessel ; . in doing which he was opposed by the inhabitants with muf quetry, whilst others hurled down stones upon our men, from the top of the precipice, under v. hich she lay secured : however, she was carried without any loss, to the astonishment of an increasing multitude, who Cririvded 'together on the surrounding heights.— She is a galliot, (name unknown) her crew having deserted her, with only part of her cargo, consisting principally of oil and fish. Scarcely had the galliot hole in sight from un der the rocks, when a large brig was observed coming out of Hitteroe. He bore down on us w i t h confi dence, indicating a vessel of force, and apparently with the design of rescuing the prize. About 6he got upon our weather beam, and judging him to be within the reach of our guns, I sent a challenge, by firing a shot over him. He hauled his wind close, and kept in shore. Finding he would not join us, I made sail, for the purpose of bringing him to action, which soon commenced at half gun-shot range, dis tant from the shore half a mile, passing each other on different tacks. When he received our first broadside he caught fire forward ' • and had we been closer at the moment to profit of his confusion, I have no doubt of the result. He kept so near the land, that he was held &ohs our view, so that we could only be guided in our fire by the flash of his guns ; and were alsO, from this circumstance, prevented weathering him.— We continued engaging him in this manner for three hours, but found he had a decided advantage over us. The Dane was a man of war, well appointed in every respect, carrying long 18-pounders, and seemingly had taken fresh courage after a few of our broadsides, as if aware of our inferiority to him in point of metal, the Childers bearing only 12-pounder carronades.— Latterly his guns were so well directed, that every shot did us mischief, particularly between wind and water. Observing that nothing could be done whilst he kept so near his own port, from whence he might at pleasure draw fresh supplies of men, I conceived the plan of enticing him out to sea, where the contest would be more equal, by giving us an opportunity of forcing him to close action, which he had hitherto so repeatedly avoided. In order to effect this, I stood out, under easy sail. It was some time before he re lished the idea of following us ; but in the end he did. so. At eleven he was about three miles off the land. I set the courses and tacks, intending to weather him. As we approached, the wind unfortunately headed us, and foiled our attempt ; I. therefore passed under his lee as close as it could be done without touching, and poured round and grape upon his decks, which I imagine did the Dane much damage, for we dis tinctly heard the stoans of the wounded ; his guns also did us material injury, most of his shot taking us between wind and water ; and wiien on the point of renewing the battle, it proved impossible. In the mean time, the enemy tacked, and made sail to re gain the shore, and we shortly after lost sight of him. I was mortified that our situation would not admit of our pursuing the enemy. We had five feet water in the hold, the magazine afloat, the lower masts wounded, bowsprit and main-mast badly, and the pumps increasing on us in such a way as to make it doubtful whether we should be able to prevent our vessel sinking under us. In this position, we bore up to secure our prize, with the only satisfaction left us of having drove a man of war, of much superior force, off the field of action, which we kept during the space of sia hours, in the very entrance of his own harboar. gi I therefore trust, thtt when the above particu lars are seen in their limper light, it will be found, that, although not successful in capturing the enemy, the Childers has supported the glory of the navy, and the honour of the British flag. 44 I am happy to have this opportunity of testify ing tite spirited conduct of my First Lieutenant, Mr. Edmonds, as well as the other officers and crew, who on this occasion behaved with that determined courage which at all times distinguishes the conduct of English seamen. Mr. Drummond and Mr. Gor don, Pilots, deserve much praise, for the able man ner in which they conducted us among the rocks. The Acting Carpenter, Mr. Mason, has rendered himself worthy of his appointment, by his ability in stopping the shot-holes. Not being able to keep as sea, from the nature of our leaks and wounded masts, I could not put into execution the remaining part of your or. ders • have in consequence judged it proper to return to th is anchorage with my prize. I am, &c. " Rear-Admiral Vachon, &c. W. H. DILI.ON." " P. S. We could not ascertain the number of guns on board the Dane ; but having measured his length, in which he had considerably the advantage of us, we are all of opinion that he had at least nine ports on a side : the shot on board us weigh 20 pounds. Inclo sed is a list of killed and wounded, as well as an ac count of the damage we sustained during the action. A LIST or KILLED AND WODNDED--on board his Majesty's ship Childers, in the action with the Danish Wig off the Naise of Norway, on the 14th day of March, lees. KILLED—Mr. Roberts, Captain's Clerk, shot thiough the body; W. Jones, Boatswain's Mate, through the blelly; the left leg and arm off. Wovisnen—Captain Dillon, badly, in both legs ; his arm and shoulder very much contused; Mr. Batters, Midshipman, slightly on the thigh and hand, by a splinter ; Mr. Parker, Mul shipman, slightly on the belly and right arm; Corporal Allan du`, of the Marines, slightly on the head ; John Holding, sea man, badly on the hand, lost one anger; Dennis Burke, sea- I Man, badly en the face and head; John Constable, private Ma. rine, slightly on the forehead; John George Marshall, boy, I slightly, on the thigh. r •IVA 0 MR. AMC i, .. -...-. ..... . WEXFORD, MARCH U. •. This morning, shortl7 after 11 o'elock, ' tOart sat, god William .Congre-ve itkoci, .and breo,3ll 1 were to. the bar • the former indicted fcr the ' murder of :John Colclough, Esq. and the latterforaid al= ing and assisting inthe committal t:f the said murder. After a number of cheler.ges cc both sides, the fol lowing Jury were sworn : • • Trancia Leigh. Ahnstrong $(01V71. Waiter Hoare, • ' Barth. Sparrow, Wm. A. I.ahunte, Wm. Blacker, R. French - Janus Goodalf, George Iliadlty, G. W. O'Neil, and Rickard Bookey, • Tl.omas Jor ei, Esqrk .Sir J. BARINGTON, S s Couniel for the Crown, stated the case at considerable - length, and with much ability. He began bv suggesting the abeo-' lute necessity there was for bringing forward a pro secution in the present instance--it was, he .said,' most material for the satisfaction of the friends of him who hadfallen, as well as for the. frkeds.of him who survived ; the present case was not that of a fair duel in consequence of a previous quarrel) qUite the reverse—it was one party in the county takipg away the life of a man who was beloved by an opposite party, merely fur the puspose.of preventing the as cendancy of that party in the county. The private enquiries of Mr. Colclough's friends convinced than that they would be deeply celpable if they did not prosecute—they were con% inceci that Mr. Colclough was the man insulted, and that the duel arose tot in consequence of injured honour, but from a pre determination to convey the arbitrary views of a patty into effect, at the risque of the life of one or both of the combatants. The guilty peer, he said, must sink into the grave as well as the guilty peasant : so that let the character of the gentleman at the bar be what it might, it was incumbent on the jury to decide accor ding to the evidence, and to bear in recollection that they had at stake their own characters, and the jus tice of the country. The duel did not i erise in conse. quence of any thing that passed in a moment of irrita• tion, but from a very distant and stale cause, and in laying before them the circumstance, he would have occasion to draw their attention to a very remote period indeed. He then went into a statement of the different contested elections which had been within these few years in the county of Wexford. A- party had grown up in the county, it had taken root there, and like a great tree, extended its branches so com pletely as to cast a shadow over the entire county.- - - Mr. Colclough, had, he said, come forward to free his native country from the bondage in which it was held ; he put the axe to the branches of this great tree, and lopped them off ; be put the axe to the root but stopped short, for when it was found that his suc cess on the election was certain, his ruitrwas &tenni- • ned, and upon the part of Mr. Alcock it was avowed% For this reason alone, Mr. COlelough lost his life, and it was reserved for the said county of Wexford to hold up to thi United Kingdom the melancholy spectacle of their Representative being called to the bar for the murder of his fellow candidate, while in the ac: of receiving the suffrages of his fellows. - Sir Joieen BARRINGTON then went into a statement of the facts of the case, which were to be aiterwards proved. A Gentleman of the name of Pierce Newton King bad, he said, on the first day of the election, declared- in the presence 9f Mr. Alcock, and being, at the time, one of his Committee, that if any nun should receive the vote of the tenant of a gentleman who did not es pouse the cause of the candidate so receiving the vote, it was to be made with that can(lidate a perso. nal matter, and he was to be personally liable; this principle, he said, was avowed and acted 'on; for when the tenants of Mrs. Chumley determined to as , sect their independence, and to vote for Mr. Col. dough, contrary to the direction of Mrs. Chumley, Mr. Colclough was then called to the ground, and there forfeited his life because he would not give up the votes which had been so voluntarily given to him. Sir JONAH went into statement of many othe r f acts which appear in the following evidence : Mr. W. H. Carroll examined. Q. Do you recollect the peri o d o f t h e l ate e l ect i on in this county? . I clo. Q. Who Were the Candidates i—A. Mr. Alcock, Mr. Col dough, Colonel Ram, and Mr, Sheridan. agent to Mr . Were you an ugh agent on digit eleedois ?—A. I was ; I was Colclo. Q. Is he living ea. dead ?—A. He is dead : I was present when a duel was fought betweed him 'and Mr. Alcock, in which Mr. Coldough was tilled. Q. Who were the principals add who the seconds ?—A. Mr. Alcock and Mr. Colciough were the principals ; a Gentlemen who I heard was Mr. Perceval, was seccnd to Mr. Akock, and Mr. Henry Colciongh Was second to Mr. Colclough. Q. Did Mr. Alcock wear spectacles, and of what d escr i pt i on 'were they ?—A. He did ; th e y a p peare d to be brown mounted. Q. Did you hear ant thing said about the spectacles ?—A. I heard Mr. H. Colclough strongly remonstrate against Mr. Al. cock's wearing them. Q. When did he remonstrate ?.—A, The first remonstrance was in Arkandrage House while preparing the pistols, and was addressed to Mr. Perceval, Mr. King, and Mr. Derensy. Q. What answer was made T—A. Mr. Perceval stated, that for his part he had no objection to the spectacles being taken off, but could not answer for it, and would consult Mr. Aleock. Q. Was any thine b more said T--A . Mr. King sa id h e did not believe Mr. Alcock would take off his spectacles, and pledged his honour it was his belief Mr. Akock could not see four yards. Q. Had any agreement been entered into about then' I—A. Previous to this it had been agreed that there should be no spec tacles worn. Q. Did any thing else pass ?—A. After some further conver sation Mr. H. Coldough put a stop to the discourse, by saying, that Mr. Alcoa should not wear Spectacles, as on a former or. casion With Sir John Newport he had not worn them. Did you see Mr. Derensy do any thing when the piitoli were loading I did, he was busy scraping the balls. Q. Was the application to take off the spectacles again made ? A. It was made after the ground was measured loud enough for Mr. Alcoek te hear it, but 1 did not hear any words immediately addressed to Mr. Alcock. - Q. lie so goad, Sir, as to relate what you heard after the gromid was measured.—A. Mr. Percival came up to Mr. H. Colclough, and told him he believed Mr. Alcock would not take• off his glasses. Dlr. Henry Colclough lamented A very much, and said aloud, " If' sou do not take off the spectacles, I withdraw the pledge 1 have given that there shall be no prosecution ; so I' any thing unpleasant occurs, Mr. Alcock must stand the prow:cut:on." Q. Did Mr. Alcock hear this ?—A. He did, he took notice of it, and bowed. Q. Who placed the parties on the ground ?—A. Mr. ?ereeval and Mr. Derensy placed Mr. Alcoa, and Mr. H. Colclough alone placed Mr. Colclough. Q. Who gave the pistols to the parties ?—A. Mr. Perceval gave Mr. Alcock his pistol, and Mr. H. Coiclough gave Mr. Col. slough his. Q. How were they to fire?—A. After the wards one, two, and at two to fire. Q. After the pistols were given to the parties, did you see Mr. Derensy do any thing ; but before the pistuls were given, Mr. Derensy, not approving of - the manner in which Mi. Akeell. stood, made him alter his position; this was after the ground weir measured. . tram sews' J ,