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NAUTICAL INTELLICeNCE. • PORTSMOUTH, MARCH /. Sailed the LEOPARD man of war, for Chatham. Went out of harbour the AmPKION and CAMILLA frigates. Wihcl Well. FROM LLOYD'. LIST. MAL, MARCH I —Remain in the Downs his Majefty's Clips as per !aft, and feveral outward•bound veffek—Wind W • • GR AA rAA ND, MARCH I•—•Paffed by the Jafon, Gourly, from Antigua ; indefat4able --, from Sa ioe; Nancy, Potts. from Barcelona; Earl t. Vincent, Warren. from Zatit ; Diligent, Pike, from Leghorn ; and Mary Ann, Briftow, from Sailed the Haidock, Redman, for Trinidad; Pleafant Hill. Thomas. for ft:lrv-lona ; Trial. Lee. for Carthage na ; Martha, Newport, for Waterford; Benfon,Smith, for Harnburgh , and Maria, Apple, for Califs. ARRIVED. Off Dover, Martha Walhington, from Batavia; and Port-au-Prince. Hall, from St. Croix—At Briftol, Wellbury, Sims, from Meffina; John, —, from Liftion and Britifh Queen. Ball, from Bare lona—At Clyde, Ids. Forbes, from Marfeilles; Rofamond. Cafticman ; and Sufannah, Walker, from Chirleftton—At Dublin, Vulcan, Greg, from Cadiz— At Havre, South Carolina, from New York--At Bout , deaux, Minerva, —, from Virginia—At Moe, Bcllifario, Mews, from Briftol—At Halifax, Swan, Chritchill, from Clyde—At V rginia, Mary Ann, Anderfon, front Clyde—At Charlefton, Jofeph and Ifabella, —, from Bourdeaux ; and Dragon, —, from (Mend. LORD SOMER PiLLE's SHEIr OP C4TTLE. SECOND DAY.—Yellerday morning Lord So- I MERVILLE, and a great number of Agriculturifts and Breeders, again affembled at Longhorn's Re politory, in Barbican, when the judges proceeded to examine the merits of the oxen and fheep ex• hibitcd far the prizes offered by his Lordfhip. great number of improved implements in agricul ture were exhibited, among which was Lord Swot: RVI Lt. e's Patent Plough. At three o'clock the Mating adjourned to the Freemafons' Tavern, where his Lordlhip entertained in the moft liberal manner aho u t zoo Gentlemen. About fix o'clock his Lordfhip took the Chair in the Great Hall ; the Duke of BEDFORD being on his right hand, and the Marquis of Swot:, on his left. After dinner his Lordfhip gave— The King, and thanks to him for the honour he has done the Society. (Alluding to his Ms jelty having fent two oxen to be exhibited.) The %leen and Royal Family. The Judges, and thanks to them for their kind attention. Farming Societies in every part of the World, not forgetting thole in Ireland. Good grazing, and a ihort time to etredt it His Lordfhip then addreffed the Meeting in a neat and appropriate Iptech, refpeeting the diffe- I rent candidates who offered themfelves for his prizes. He Rated, that the Umpires he had ap pointed had paid very great attention, and had (pared no pains to invefligate the merits of the dif ferent oxen and Bleep offered for the prizes. They had adjudged For the btft yoke of fat oxen, who have laboured a given period to provide corn and other food for man, but never once confumed it, to the Duke of Bedford 30L Fer the fecond el fs, or feconl.heß yoke, to Mr. Edntoods, provided his oxen do not exceed the limited weight ; if that mould be the cafe, that the prize to he awarded to Mr. Martin. For the belt ewe bogs, or one year olds, not in lamb, to Mr. Edward Sm th, 301. The fecond cilia, for the belt fat waiters, four or fix tooth weep, to the Duke of Bedford acL His Lordship faid, he hoped thofe who had not been fuccefsful this year would not be daunted, but that they would be more diligent in their e - er t ions to excel another year. His Lordfhip then gave, Improved Hufbandry, and enereafing commerce, and long may their interefts be ideparable. The Duke of BEDFORD propofed the health of his Lordfhip, which was drank with great ap. plank with three times three. Lord SOMERVILLE faid, he felt bimfelf extremely flattered by the manner in which his health had been drank, and thanked the Gentlemen for the honour they had done him by their attendance. His Lordfhiprofe again, and informed the meeting, that he had not only a will; to improve the carcafes of (beep, but likewife the wool; he had, therefore, procured the affiitance of fome of the fira judges of wool, as well as manufadurers, to of ft the judges in their determination of its worth, and their decifions were— LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY S. Aimee tt—The Union, Kingfton, from Penzance at Naples; the Race Ho-fe, from hence and Leghorn at do the Northumberland, —,from hence for Newcaftle at Shields; the Jane, Henderfon, from do. for New York at Rhode Illand ; the Apollo. —, from Valencia at Hoylake; the William, Hain, from hence at Gambia. 24th oElober ; the G..orge, Woodltnek, from hence at Africa : the Ainfley, Kendall; the Triton, Barrow; and the Cotton Planter, hl'eaw, from hence a t do. the Speculator, Ward, from he ce at do. in 28 day, ; the Ceres, Cudd, from hence at Liflaon the William, Eames, from hence at Rouen. A letter from an Officer belonging to the Ex crt.Lsor, dated Batbiidoes, Dec. 23, rays, "We have jtift anchored here, where we found the thyssts, Commodore Hono. We expeft to re main here come time longer, but our Commodore (the Hon. Captain STOPPORD) goes home in the CASTOR, and will fail in a few days. Mr. W. NASH is appointed Lieutenant of the fhip, in the room of Lieutenant T. CHURCH, who is promoted to the BUSY, vice Capt. Co•st sIiLAYHE deceafed." A melancholy accident occurred nn board the Hoop Nonpareil, on her way from Black River to Port Royal, Jamaica, about ten o'clock on the night of the 3oth December lad. As Capt. Wm. Willi, who commanded her, was heaving the lead on the larboard fide of the quarter deck, in order to try his foundings, when nearly abreall of Pedro Bluff, he unfortunately fell overboard, and was drowned. The St. Nicholas, alias Diligence, BARDT, from Malaga for Vera Cruz, was drove on thore near Algefiras on the 3 t ft January. The Archduke Cumuli is raid to have experi- m e r.Chsc r an's. to 6d per lb. Mr. El!mates, 25.34. The enced a relapfe of his diforder, in confequence of The :be of Bedford's , (1.17 f rom ni t auFer, Wobatn, is. 'id. which a Courier bad been difpatched to Milan, for Bectforantire, as. Id. Mr. St imazi . :, i oFfirVin, at Mauldin , a& 11. the famous Phyfician MOSCATI. Mr. South's. so. sd. In the French ferrite, according to the prefent Lord Sore titytt,Ls gave a long Ratement of the arrangement, no General Officer can have a re- improved Rate of wool, and the prices fince the giment.—Thrife Generals who have deferved well year 5792 • and his Lordfhip. contended, that al of their country, are provided for in fucceffion, by though a few pence in a pound may appear mit being appointed to the command of Dillridts ,• or, _ling, yet in fifteen hundred (beep he had known as they are now called, Military Divifions. Of 300 it pay the rent of the farm ; and in his Ratements Generals, 75 are provided for in this way ; many he was confirmed by an eminent dealer in wool. nave have the command of garrifons, and are em. His Lordfhip again rofe, and laid it would be ployed in the infpeaion of the troops, Rotes, tec. great fatisfaaion to the public to have a confider. Others are employed in the civil department, on able competition. The merits of thofe who had embaflies, in the colonies, Sec. not been fuccef.ful were fo great, that he thought A letter from Havre, dated Feb. ar, rays, " Our of a method of rewai ding force of them. although, Theatre is crowded molt nights; Lift week Owen, he coddled, inadequately, in addition to the a noted pugilift, and another perfon from London, I prizes he had publicly offered ; he had therefore difplayed all the different attitudes known by the I feleaed the two next belt Candidates, for whom he connoiffeurs inboxing.on the Rage, three flicceffive offered a filver cup. He feleaed Mr. Hamar evenings, for which they received a third of the Cotes, of Somerfetfhire, and Mr. Mitexe's oxen ; profit, which was very confiderable." !and the method his Lordfhip propofed to decide which of them fltould have the cup was, by putting Letters from Dunkirk, Rate, that the epidemic malady, which prevails there is fuppofed to be the their names into it, and his Lordfhip prefented them to the Marquis of Sewn, who drew Mr. Mu..yellow fever, imported in Tome veffels which Tome them time ago arrived at that port from St. Domingo. at. His Lord(hip then prefented the cup to Mr. Three fourths of the people of the town are ill of WH lima, Mr. Mit ties falefman. His Lord this difeafe, and fourteen or fixteen die of it daily. fhip propofed he other cup between BTNG and Mr. :the cu Sac Mr. ROBERT evrees drew The French have quarantine laws, but they are the names, and the cup fell to the lot of Mr. Beach unfortunately ill enforced. Whether this malady Hi. Lordfhip then read a letter which he had re he or not the yellow fever, or a modification of it, ceived from Mr. NICHOLS, who propofed. that it teems fufficiently proved to be epidemic; and to poffefs no little degree of malignity. This being a depot &mild be opened, under the manage- meat of a Committee of Agriculturias in Loa the cafe, we hope our Government will, as has always been its mode of procedure hitherto, in Rant- don, for the reception of all improved imple ly enforce fuch regulations as may prevent its im- menus in agriculture, and every improvement portation from France. The nearer the evil, the relative theieto ; likewife for a library to be more flrialy fhould they be enforced. opened, where every publication relative to Agri culture (hould be kept; and that Leaures on At the Parifian Carnival in the lag year, there Agriculture fhonld be delivered at Rated times, were not lefs than 70,000 marks on foot in the which he would himfelf undertake to deliver, with flreets. This feafon there were not Soo. This !out any remuneration, provided a better could not " falling off" in French gaiety is accounted for be found. His Lordfhip paid many handfome from two caufes—the fatal ravages of the diforder compliments to Mr. NICHOLS, and allured him all I. grippe, which has put nine families out of ten into d ue attention would be paid to his propofal, which mourning, and the increafed price of provifions, had his moil hearty concurrence. which has been nearly doubled within the IA fix month., and excited of courfe a confiderable (hare 1 Mr. hitcwoes returned his Lordlhip thanks for of difcontent amongli the lower orders. ! the flattering manner in which his propofal had A letter from Cracow, dated Jan. 29, rays been received. He added, that Gentlemen engag : The celebrated Polifh Chancellor ROLLONTAY, ed in agricultural purloin frequently went to in detained hi the Aultrian prifons fince the coalition fpea improved implements that were to be fold in London, and found perfons completely unqualified war of 1794, has at length been releafed. He was ' to explain how they were to be ufed, by which ercorted to the frontiers of Pr Alan Silefia,and there , means inflruments of great merit got into dif fet at liberty. He had requefied leave to fpend : repute. Many Gentlemen, he further obferved, fcme time in our city, but could not obtain it; but retitled fix months in the year in London, who at Ereflati, to which he repaired on an invitation were were engaged in agricultural purfuits ; if fuch an from the Pruflian Minifter de HOYM, he met with n eftablilliment was formed, they would have an op the moil diainguiffied reception. He thence pro- I portunity of frequently meeting, and when Gen c ceded to Warfaw, where he received from the Em- peror of Ruffi i tlemen and farmers came from the country, they a an invitation, which he accepted, in t would know where to refort to for information. purer to pay a v ifi t to Peteriburgh. M. Ju Liam We noticed among the perfons of dißinaion Matt ea swivz, the companion of Kasciouseo,hasl prefent, returned from the United States, where he his accleired a confiderable eflablifliment. He has 1 The Duke of Bedr^r ' l ' Nlir q ui ' SU P' 1 " d Sack ‘ ine • 144 , c.e Lord Wl4lll R cfrell, the Hod (Scow wawa, arrived here to fettle his family affairs. He has Sir Tho mas 11 Carr, Mr. Coke, Mr. Northey, air. fle. Mr. alto received an invitation from the Emperor . Ellroan, Mr. TartcrfalL Mr. Runciman, and Mr.Garrant.the ALIZANDIS, and it is' believed will proceed to celebrated Atc.!eller. Peter:burgh." 1 About nine o'clock the company reparated. DUB! Ar, FEB. 28. At the Commiffiln on W e an c id A y, Darby Neale and Th. Neale, a yrutth of 12 years of ate, were found guilty of robbing the Ennitcorthy mail.-- The latter was recommended to mercy. On Thudlay, Patrick, the fn•, of Darby Neale, wa• ' found guilty on three inotaments, for robbing rt,• mail, taking money from the driver, and part of the plunder. This robbery was cr-^--th. ted at the Dublin fide of DonnOr,ok. Yefferday John Fcrral was tried at the Ci:m million on two indiftmenr<, one' for the wdi ii murder of his father, end the fecund for tl.e nine. der of his mother, at Tallagh, on the 2d inliaitt. Upwards of twenty witnclfes were examined. The trial tailed near la hours, three of which Judge DowNrs occupied in funiniing up evidence and charging the Jury. He took occafion, at various intervals, to advert to the candid proceeding of the Counfel for the Crown, Meths. GENE and RIDGEWAY. The Jury returned a vcidia of— Acquittal, without leaving the box. Lail Thtirfday night, as Alderman PEMB varow was returning to town with his fon, in a coach, he was flopped by two footpads, who prefenting pif tols, robbed him of one guinea and a halt ; on finding who he was, they wifhed him a good night and made off, after civilly (hutting the windows of the carriage, which they had opened. In the parifh church of Sheffield, on Sunday fait, 37 children were baptized, and on the follow ing day 19 couple were married. A niggardly farmer of Croflock, in the parith of Working, Surrey, had flared up fn great a quart city of wheat in an old granary, that a few days ago, it broke down with the weight. A very con fiderable portion of it is IA to him and the public, by being mixed with the ruins of the building. He was forewarned of the danger, but from the hope , of a tying markt, he kept platting in. Baron DE of ceconomieal memory, had every apartment of his houfe filled, when he died. with the various articles upon which he fpeculatcd; even his bed room was flared with coffee, till oily a pottage, large enough for him to creep through, was lett to his bed. Dying without a will, his immenfe wealth goes to a daughter, whom he has long entirely negleaed. A fervant to a Captain SPARROW was yeflerday charged by that gentleman, at Marlborough lireet, with alraulting him. The fart was proved to the fatistidion of the Magiflrate, who ordered the man to find bail to anfwer the affault. The worthy Captain diced the Magi(lrate what bail was ne cefrary, and was anfwered two perfons, " why, then," Paid he, (wilhing to kill two birds with ont lone) ‘4 I'll be one of his bail, and get another !" —The Magiftrate feemed aflonifhed at his conduct, and difmiffed the complaint. It is one of the little fingularities of there mb dern times, that the oftener you hear of a Lady being at home, the lefs domeltic is her charafter ; and that the wider the opens her doors to her ac• quaintance, the more impenetrably barred are the) to her friends and her tradefmen. There is now in the Callle-yard of Chaille, in the department of Deux Sevres, in France, a Linden tree in blotfom, whole trunk is forty-five feet in circumference, it is 61 feet high, and has fir per feta horizontal branches meafuring 43 feet, fo that the tree covers a circle of 3 t 7 feet. Yeflerday, at t: o'clock, the remains of Colonel DESPARD were taken from his houfe, in Mount ftreet, Lambeth, accompanied by three mourning coaches, in which were his private friends. The proceffion, accompanied by a vall number of fpec tators, proceeded to St. Paul's. The whole paired off with the greateft order. The body was inter red on the North fide of the Church-yard, a little diflance from the principal entrance. Colonel 1112 PAID was of a very ancient family in the kingdom of Ireland. The family feat, where his eldeft brother refides, is a moll charming place, having an elegant manfion, f mounded with beau tiful gardens and groves. The feat is called Do fore, within three miles of Montreath, Queen's County. Moftly all the males of the family have commifflons in the Army. Saturday Mary jobnfon, indiCted with Captain Pierr, for Mooting at Cobb, the butcher, was dif charged from Newgate, the having given bail for her appearance at the nest Seilions. Saturday Colwell, who was found guilty at the IA fellions for attempting to commit a rape on a child thirteen years of age, flood in the pil lory purfuant to his fentence,one hour,at Ratcliffe crofs. A great number of perfons attended, who were prevented by the conllables from pelting the culprit. A bale of India muffin check handkerchiefs, containing too pieces, value near :dol. and in tended for exportaiirn,was fome nights fince from a Chip lying at Middle Tier, Horticydown, by thieves at prefent unknown. A big-boat, wi , h 37 quarters of corn, was flolcn from among the craft near the Culiom.hottfe, and has not yet been found. AP On Saturday morning, a girl ibont 14 or is years of age, was unfortunately thrown down in Park-lame, Liverpool, by a boy that was palling ; at that intlant a cart was going by, the wheel of which went over her head, and killed her on the fpot. Lan Thurfday a boy was taken up and corn. mined to Maidllone ga , l, charged with robbing the mail which he war. curtailed to convey from the above place to Tunbridge, of a letter contain ing a NI. bank note, which he tendered for cant to a perfon in that neighbourhood. It is w , r.hy of remark, that the above boy, about three years ino, when he was in a fimilar employment, charg ed a man with robbing him of the mail, who was tried for it, and on his evidence 210111: convicted. He fuliered on Pennendon Reatly and war after wards jibbeted in chains, where Apart of his Ihcle ton is Rill remaining. The unfortunate man, in his la* tooseath aloft folcmaly declared hW in. OCCUM. CORN MARKET, MARK LANE, MARCH 2. There have been no fince Monday and the rew Sales which retti.tin wi,h out aiiy alteration. ASSiZr • - ••F BREAD.-- Yeit:TTIV L"ll3:\t*.Y ordered the price of the t•te:a i.e re duced rher an z!rze, or 11 •::e 71; 1.. , 31, :0 take place to-morrow, tLe ..f the )aartern Loaf of 'Wheaten will b: !.; 1. .inl the I...tile:lold ;id. At Gltildi , rd-mill on 6,1—0 r 11.-'i : zht, the challes of it young Tll.lll :II l% ,:k entaii4led 1.1 tl tackle, by which Le in 4111011 g the clothed to death. A floe boy, about f:ven rars of age, fume days ago attempting to roll the root of a 110411 tree in to a pit at Mordiford, in flerefoidtbire, one of the brandies caught hi, clothes, and pr..cipit ttcd him likewife into the pit, and cruflied him to death. A gill, in Moor areet, Birmingham, fix years °rage. (landing near the fire, for the purple of drying her frock, which the had wet by fume acci dent, it caught the flame, and (he was burnt to fuch degree, that after (offering extreme torture for three days, fhe died on Tuefday fe'nnight. The following lamentable mortality lately hap pened in the family of Mr. Ws LLIAM sow, of Gring ley, near Gainfborough :—On Monday fe'nnight one of his children died; on the fucceeding Wed nefday another, and the following day, from grief, his wife, who was in a flare of pregnancy. They were all buried in one coffin. Thurfday about eleven o'clock, a boat with four men pallingers, going down the River, ran foul of a (hip's cable near Limehoufe, by which acci dent the boat was overfet. Three of the men were fared by a !hip's boat, the other poor man was unfortunately drowned. A few days fence a young man and woman, of genteel addrefs, went to the honk of Mrs. am t. m, hair &tiler, of Newmarket, and engaged an apartment for a Ihort time, under prete;xe of awaiting there until the re•arn of their father from Norwich, %horn they affected was gis!!e to that place on important bufinefs. However, fe.arce two days elapled before thefe gentry thought it mutt advii.sble to decamp, leaving the hollers minus va• lions articles of plater a pair of fileets. &tc. and the lio:lefs's daughter a black filk cloak, mu flin fhawl,&c. On Sunday night a foldier of the 83d regiment of foot flopped a farmer near Chelmsford, and drawing his bayonet on him, demanded his money, of which he robbed him to the amount of Bs. The foldier, in running away, dropped his bayonet ; the regiment was mußered early neat morning, when it appeared that this culprit had deferted s feveral parties were immediately fent out in fearch of him :—fcarcely a night palfes but a robbery is committed in the neighbourhood of Chelmsford barracks. On Monday evening one of the mail carts, driv ing in the ufual mad manner along the Strand, run againff a Gentleman's carriage, and was over. turned ; a man was thrown on the pavement, and was moil feverely bruifed ; the Gentleman's car. riage was alfo injured. The fellows who drive thefe vehicles call themfelves his Majay's femme: a hut they have no confideration for the lives of his Majelty's fu6etb. On Tuefday fe'nnight a poor man in the neigh bourhood of Kilbrue, in Ireland, had four fheep nolen off his ground, almoft the whole of his little (lock ; he traced them to a field near the Crofs- Guns, where they with fix others had been left by one Kelly. On application being made to Mr. Juflice GODFR EY, he caufed fame of his conftables to watch the thief, and when Kelly came for them to drive them to market on Thurfday morning, he was, after a very clofe purfuit, apprehended, having ran nearly a mile acrofs the country.— On his perfon was found a quantity of Bank notes, of which he refufed to give any kind of account. He has been committed for trial at the next Com• On Saturday fe'nnight the body of a man was found upon the ebbing of the tide, near the en trance of Leith harbour. It proved to be the body of a young man from the weft country, one of the labourers employed st the New Balm $ who, on Saturdayfc'nnight, left his lodging in North Leith, to procure fome necefraries for himfelf, but did not return back again. It is fuppofed he had miffed his way in the dark, and had fallen into the harbour at the entry to the draw-bridge, as the body ap peared to !rase been fome time lying in the mud. A letter from Torryburn, dated the a :ft ult. Pays—" Early on Saturday morning, a man was found dead at the toll.bar,a (port mile eaR from this place. The body was depofited in the church, aul lubmitted to the infpetlion of two medical gentle men ; but nn marks of violence appeared to lead to the firfpicion of his being murdered. The de cealed was in the habit of travelling the country with a fhow boa, amd is fuppofed to have been an Irishman.' He had upon him when found al. t ts. in filvcr. It is conjectured he perilhed through the fere, ivy of the night. He was decently interred in the church yard here, on Sabbath." A laughable circumflance took place very lately at Th ornhill, near Wakeheld :—an artful girl de termined nn having a hufband, or on making as much of her lover in a pecuniary way as pante, pretended to be pregnant. The deception was car ried on till the lady was in the/ram, and produced, as (he reported, a dead infant. A funeral in conk qucnce took place in open day ; but the lying in being condußed with great fecrecy, and nobody but the motlwr's immediate atiociates permitted to the child, the parilh officers imagined, and rea: funably enough, there had beer, fume foul play an ingot+ was accordingly taken as loon as poffible, and the coffin: dug up and opered, when lo! the arbirlithad jurors diicovcred, of an in fant, the coffin was fitted with rabbi/b only ! It appeared the girl had never been a (bit,' an th.itigh the had f dinl e • principal aim, &else I contrived to iwindle her imam. aro uut IA • .ar s e Cum by way ot h•fh mow, /