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t iered to be printed fot the use of the Momberi, and to be refereed to the Sections. New ydrk Paperi arrived this morning to the 2d of December. 11AVAtilistAll, OetbßEß 31. . • 'ROM TRY NEW Topic GAZETtE, OF NOVEMBER'S PRIVATZ LIMA. o ur c rop Of coffee is very poor this year ; I had vgaviously calculated the general average to be about w e half of the last year's crop. N ov , 6.—The Spanish Main, from the Orenette to t he Mexican Gulf, is all independent. Porto Cabello, in o arac cas, and the fortifications of St. Juan de w oo , are the only two places in the hands of the i tor di t 3. Mexico has surrendered ; Vera Cruz is ri ghtly deserted, and the troops retire to Ulloa. liov.T.—l confirmed to you by my last the taking of Mexico, all that kingdom is now independent. • Extract of a Proclamation from the Captain-Ge offal of the Island of Cuba, dated 6th November : a By the Royal Order of the 22c1 September of last ear, it is ordained and provided in what manner E s i g ra as, as well subjects of Spahr as foreigners, coming to settle for their own good and that of the I s l a m), are to Le hereafter admitted, I have resolved on establiling the following regulations: u Article 1. Every foreigner who may arrive, with or without , /mav en, shzu present a Memorial to this Governman, sub jsenbed with his name, and that of his security, who will be an i r eferable for his conduct during the whole period of residem• t e c h may be allowed him ; as without this necessary requisite, e he Captain who may• bang such foreigner shall be obliged to ulte him away, under a penalty of 200 dollars. " 9.. The said 2driuori.d will be examined atthe Secretary's " S. The Recorder to be appointed shall keep a book in which le must distinctly enrol the names—that of the vessel, the port departure, date of at rival, &c. “ 4. Official notice of this Order to be served on the Collector. "S. The Officers of the Revenue must make known to a'l Captains of foreign Yowls, that their passengers cannot Wed without brat complying with the formalities. (ffl3ned) " MAHY." PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 2S. We learn from a Captain, who arrived yesterday from the City of Domingo, that it was very sickly at that [Lice, and also oa the Main. Two hundred thousand dollars in specie, were yes terday transported from this city to New York, for the American Bank. Fenn the Gazette of the 2Sels of November.—The Prcident of the United States has issued a Proclama fon, date] the (23N.1 in,tant, 'declaring that all defi• cits:cies, or countervailing duties between the Duke dom of Oldenburg and the United States have ceased Um the 11th of May last. CHARLESTON, NOVEMBER 23. (FROM TH E CHARLESTON PAPERS.) From the Havanna)), by the brig Comet, arrived yesterday, we have received regular files of Haven uh Papers to the 13th inst. inclusive. From them it 'appears, that the information received the day previ ous by the Anna Maria, of the poisoning of the Vice roy of New Spain, was not quite correct. The fol. lowing letter is from a Correspondent at Havannah, dated November 15; " On the 11th instant a Spanish line-of-battle ship arrived from Vera Cauz in 430 days, with specie; she brought the Viceroy Apodaca, id' Mexico, who, in passing the Mero Castle, refused to salute ; he like wise told the Officers of the Governor, who went on board for news, that he had no news for them, and treated them very unpolitely ; he disembarked the by following, and went to Gananaboca, where he still remaius without having visited Havannah. " Yesterday arrived a corvette from the same place with another Vice-King, Novella, the successor' of Apodaca, by which we learn that the city of Vera Cruz was at present completely independent; that in the Castello there u ere about 100 soldiers, and two months supplies, after which it must be given up." The last accounts received at Havannah from Spain, state that Count Montezuma, a descendant of the Emperor of Mexico, had clandestinely left Ma drid, for the purpose, it is said, of proceeding to the New World. NEW SPAIN. In a Havannah Paper of the 14th inst. we find a pompous account of the entry of the Imperial Army into the Mexican capital. The Imperial Chief, at the held of the Army of the Three Guarantees, come posed of 8,000 infantry, and 10,000 horse, en tend the city of Mexico in triumph—" A triumph," says the Imperial Gazette of Mexico, " which Rome, in the days of her glory, never saw." FROM TILE CHARLESTON PAPER OP N0V.23. We regret to learn that the sickness at St. Augus tine continues with unabated violence: we regret it the more because several Officers of the Army now in this city and Savannah are said to be under orders far that port, to sit on a Court-Martial. Extract of a Private Letter received this morning from New Weans, dated November 7: * About two bales of cotton, of the second crop, have been brought to market, and a large proportion of which is already disposed of at 18 to 19i cents. The brig Aristides, from Liverpool, which was cap tured by pirates, and run ashore near Cape Antonio, is reported to have bilged, and a large part of her cargo, which is very valuable, is expected to be lost. The brig Ann, of Liverpool, has met the same fate• Should this be the case, British goods will be ex-1 timid) , scarce; indeed, we sold some linens last week at upwards of 100 per cent. advance. In consequence rt the demand for bills on England, the exchange has lose to 11 premium, and is expected to advance to lt per cent. This certainly thews thehalanco of trade' in favour of Enghtnd. At a late hour last night, we received German Papers to a recent date. The Nuremberg Correspon. dent has the following account from Constantinople, of the 10th November: " We here enjoy apparent tranquillity; but in re- 1 mote quarters and suburbs matters have been worse' again for some weeks , . The fanatic Turks who live there have considered two great fires which we had as bad omens, and say the Prophet requires victims. They have therefore massacred some Greeks and se veral Armenians, and only the armed force could check their excesses, in which the dissatisfied Janissa ries favoured them. The accounts from Armenia are alarming. The Persians have gained considerable advantages over the Tusks, who have, however, op posed a brave resistance to them. The force of the Persians has been very much exaggerated:, it con sists, according to Turkish accounts, of about fifty thousand men, of wham thirty thousand advance against Erzerum, and the rest 'against Bagdad. The Crown Prince is with the first. The Turks are infe rior in force in those parts. It is generally believed in Constantinople that the Persians, supported by the discontented Armenians, may make peat conquests, without encountering any considerable obstacle. All' the Persians here, and many Armenians, have been thrown into prison. The changes of the Ministry an.: of the Pachas chew sufficiently tle embarrass ment of the Divan." The following are further extracts : VIENNA, DECEMBER tr. The Greeks have taken Patras by storm. This affair has cost them 700 men; but they have made 6,000 prisoners. A letter from Constantinople, of the 16th Novem bar, expresses fears of a rneral mutiny of the Janis saries. It seems that this turbulent soldiery is in -Ifluenced by the party which is in favour of war: the Janissaries, on their pan, vow nothing less than to exterminate all the Infii:els. The return of the Ottoman fleet has been marked by executions, and not by rewards. The Sultan has had seven of the principal Officers beheaded, and some others thrown into prison: Of the four large ships which the Turkish Government had, only one ha. returned; the three others have been burned by the Greeks. . _ Accou::ts from Frankfort say the affairs of the purchasers of domains in the former kingdom of Westphalia will probably not be brought any more before the Diet at Frankfort; because, as we are in formed, the Elector of Ilesse Cassel is willing to ac cede to their proposals, and to grant them an indem nity of thirty or forty per cent. It i, also believed, that one of the first affairs which will be finally regulated by the Diet will be the termination of the differences between this city and the Jewish inhabitants; and some steps are thought to have been lately taken which will lead to a favourable result tor the latter. TRIESTE, DECEMBER 3. Several vessels have arrived to-day from Corfu. They bring the news, that besides Coron and Modon, the important fortress of Napoli di Romania has sur rendered to the Greeks by capitulation. If this news should be true, .the whole of the Morea would be conquered by the Greeks. In j i b e lonian Islands, the operation of disarming the inhabitants, commanded by the English Govern ment, is said to have been everywhere attended with resistance to the troops, in which blood has been spilt. In some of the islands the armed peasants retired into the mountains, and maintained themselves in full insurrection against the English. NUREMBERG, DECEMBER 15. Private letters from Russia give the assurance that under no circumstances will Russia sacrifice the Greeks.—They also state that, according to a report , circulated at Petersburgh, the Emperor would shortly set out for Kiow, and proceed from thence to Odessa and into Bessarabia. MADRID, DECEMBER 10. On the evening of the Bth instant, an extraordinary courier arrived from Cordova, with the intelligence that two regiments having met in the vicinity of that place, one commenced shouting, 6 ' Riego for ever r which the other answered by " The King and Con stitution for ever !" A bloody conflict ensued, in which many officers and soldiers fell victims. The garrison of Pampeluaa continue shut up in the fortress. Several partisans of the Throne, belonging to the local militia, have left the town and joined their Royalist brethren at Sanquiza, Ulite, and Taffala, and have demolished the Pillar of the Constitution in various Communes, amidst shouts of 66 Religion and our King for ever ! Down with the Jacobins !" Saturday a Meeting of the Body Corporate of Bath took place at the Guildhall, for the purpose of presenting the Right Hon. the Earl of LIVERPOOL with the Freedom of the City of Bath, in a gold box, as voted at a Common Hall, held on Friday, the 14th instant. His Lordship arrived about one, and busi• ness immediately commenced. The box, containing the Freedom of the City, was presented to the Earl by WILLIAM CLARE., Esq. Mayor, accompanied by a neat and appropriate Address. His Lordship, on re ceiving it, in an energetic speech, passed the highest eulogiums on that City ; which, he observed, might justly be considered the metropolis of the West of'', England. The gold box is of an elegant oblong form, surrounded with a beautiful green and gold oak wreath border, the top enriched with exquisitely co loured gold, chased scrolls and lions, in the centre of which is a medallion with the City Arms, encircled with a laurel leaf border. In the inside of the top is the following inscription : Guildhall, Datb, December at, 1821. Presented to the Right Hun. the Earl of Liverpool, K.G. with' the Freedom of the City, By the unanimous Resolution of the Mayor, Wm. Clarke, Es" Aldermen. and Common Council, In Common Ball assembled; In testimony of the high sense they entertain of his Lordship's Public Services, During a long and trying Period, No km distinguished by unparalleled Difficulties, than by the Wisdom and Energy of Measure% which, under his Lordship's auspices, Not only ensured the Security and Prosperity of the Uhited Kingdom, But protected and preserved the Imlependenee of Europe. NAVAL INTELLMBNCE. We yesterday stated that the Dungeness Light= House had been materially injured: It was on Sun day morning, soon after ten o'clock, that it was struck on the north-west side by lightning; intl has ]een so much injured, that it is espected a new one must be erected. The electric fluid in its descent from the balustrade !plit the tower down to the first floor, in which Mr. EDWARD ADAMS, the light keeper, with his wife and four children, JAMS SMITH, his assist . - ant, and ELIZABETH WaLic..a servant, were assern4 bled at their devotions: the sashes and frames, doors and door-posts, were tom out, a looking-glass shivered to atoms, and the furniture thrown in all directions, but most providentially no person was injured. An infant of three or four months old, which was asleep in the second floor, was found surrounded by the bricks and rubbish forced from the building, but hap pily it had sustained no injury. The fluid, after its escape from the tower at the first floor, entered the roof of a wash-house just by, split a stone sink, and finally expended itself in the earth, tearing up the pavement. By the great exertions of Mi. S. Tanttv, of Lydd, inspector of the Light-House, and proper assistants, a temporary light was exhibited, in the evening, which will be continued till the former one can be re-established. Extract of a letter from Messrs. Goonwaw, Conine), and Co. Agents to Ltorts's at Deal and Ramsgate, dated the 25th inst. " Since our last, the account by the Semaphore off Dungeness, communicated by Captain lidiCuLtocu, of his Majesty's ship Sevens', is, that Lights are shewn from Dungeness Light house with difficulty.' Referring to our last for the effects of the lightning, we have to suggest to Owners and Commanders of ships bound down Channel, under the difficuky and uncertainty of the Light et present bring distinguished, or of the further consequences of a gale to the building itself, that the most vigilant look-out be kept, as, under muting circumstances, reliance cannot be placed on the Light. We have sent printed circulars on board every ship in the Downs, which we trust may prevent any acci dent to ships bound to the Westward." A vessel is stranded in Salcomise Bay, having been previously dismasted, as it is supposed, with no person on board ; part of the wreck has been picked up, as well as part of the cargo— knives, scissars, thimbles, &c. From what has beta learnt by the ship's papers, she is the London, from Loudon. FALMOUTIS ' Dec. 24.—The wind has shifted to the Eastward, and the whole of the packets and outward-bound are preparing to sail. Arrived the Echo, Isl'Leau, from London for Odessa; Eunice, Rice, from Antwerp for Salem, with damage • and the Dispatch, Howtasr, from Trepani. The Reward, damage; lm shifting her birth last night, ran on board of the Henry, Jana- KM, and sprung the latter's bowsprit, and some other damage. I'Lirmostru Dec. 24.—Wind N F.—Sailed, four ships, seven teen brigs, and eight schooners, of the outward-bound lieet and the remainder will sail to-morrow if the wind keeps favour able. Mat, Dec. 25.—Wind W. and moderate.—Came down from the River and remain, the Aurora, Howie • Ida, Pass 'soar; Edgar, Born; and John, STMICZ, for Jam aica; Warre, Furze for Honduras • Pelican, EowaRDS • and Levant Star, Dwain, for Dublin; Batavia, FowLza, for Cadiz and Teneriffe; and Mary, Baum, for St. Thomas's. - - Cowes, Dec. 2.s.—Arrived the Selina and Jane, Dazw, from Rotterdam for St. Übe's. She picked up the Master of the Palemon Cassano, from St. Thomas's for London, by which means sh e lost her boat on the ima Instant off the Lizard. The two remaining crew of the Palemon were afterwards taken out by a Dutch East Indianian : she was then , abandoned, being nearly full of water. 7. 0118111•14, Dec. 23.—The BANN has undergone A considerable repair, and will be put out of dock on Wednesday. /Limes, Dec. 25.—Arrieed. the Vansittart packet; with a Mall from Holland; also the Thelma's, Sot, of Welk., with loss of anchor and cable. It baa blown very bard all night, and now blows strong from the W. by N. Taamourn, Doc. 2S.—The Regent, CALLIDIDIII, struck on the Kentish Knock on the 2.1 d Inst. and unshipped her rudder, but arrived here last night. Captain Catxzenza saw a large vessel on the Knock about two miles from him, her main-mast went by the board, but be does not know what became of her, as he had drifted oat of sight of the vesseL Arrived, the Trent, Haar, with loss of anchor and chain-cable. The Elizabeth, Kiaouoar, lost her bowsprit last night; and the Master says, a vessel, about 400 tons and Hull built, passed him about seven or eight o'clock last night, without anchors. The East Indian is now sunk nearly to the tops ; a few logs are washing ashore from her. The /lumber, of Hull, bas been supplied with an anchor and cable, having been on the Barber Sand. l.rszaroox 24.—Arriv,ed, the Elsa, Frustts, from Quebec, wi th loss of boats and bulwarks, and mainmast sprung. PORTSMOVIN, Dec. 4.s.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Mien, Barron, from Jamaica, with has of sails, bulwarks, &c. having experienced very severe weather the last four weeks; also his Majesty's ships Nawcassza and Bati.xxis, from Halifax. Sailed the Fort William, Girls, for London ; and his Majesty's ship Ramon, for Ch atham. PAnerow, Dec. 23.—Arrived the Hazard, HOWAIP" from Lisbon for Loudon, with loss of boats, and sails split. Poole, Dec. es.—The Love, Wuxi, arrived yesterday, lost via anchors and cables in St. Lawrence, and one yesterday in Steediand Bay. Btozroan, 24.—Arrived the Mary, Fun, from Yarmouth for Genoa, with loss of bulwarks, having been out 22 days. Stratums, Dee. 25.—The Lord Cranstoun, Davis, from London fur Jamaica, has lost an anchor and cable and drove on the Moplin Sand, where she has received damage.: assistance has been sent to her, also another anchor and cable. As the weather is moderate, it is hoped she may be got off at high water. Cotenasssa, Dec. 25.—A vessel running down the Swin yes terday saw a very large ship on shore below the Black-tail Bea con, on the Moplin Sand. There were several smacks round her, and as the sea was breaking over her, it is feared she would be wrecked. The following occurrence took place at Romney Warren, on Saturday night last :—Messrs. DONNZTT and litcorNsosr, Admiralty Midshipmen, stationed at Little Stone Watch-house, discovered a large tub-boat near the shore, between nine and ten o'clock, and in stantly detached their petty-efficsr to summon a re inforcement ; the boat, however, came in almost im mediately, and, upon touching the beach, was boarded by Mr. DONNiTT in the bow. Mr. Hroctusos waded in the water, and attempted to cut her hawser with his cutlass, in which he failed, and Mr. DoNtrirrT's pistol missing fire, he was thrown overboard by the smugglers, and instantly fired upon by them ; at the same time Mr. HIGGINSON was struck by an oar, or butt-end of a musket, and immediately two Ironies were fired upon them from the full of the beach : the boat immediately hauled off; and Mr. Dormarr being wounded and in the water, and declaring his inability to swim, Mr. HIOGINSON immediately waded and swam to his assistance ; when the .blockade parties 1 arriving in considerable strength, had merely to wit ness the escape of the smugglers, whose object was completely frustrated, and the retreat of the das- , tardly smugglers who had fired from behind the I beach, not one of whom could be seen. Mr. } hos GINSON succeeded in assisting his companion, Mr. Dosxzvv, to the shore, who has received three balls in the left thigh, but is likely to do well. Mr. Hip . *lissom is slightly wounded, but both these Officers have received several shots through their bats and clothes. On this occasion the object of the naval blockade has been decididly carried into effect, by preventing the cargo frogibeing landed. ..~.. 2',IE ARMY. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. WAR-OTPICR, DEC. 24, 1821. 4th Reginient of Light Dragoons=-Lietttenant-Colonel James Ihy, from half-pay 16th Light Diagoons, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without isurchase • Captain Titania' Jarmy, front half- pa y Cavalry Staff Corps, to be Captain . , without patella*. To be lieutenants, without purchase;—' ()tracts Tholnas son and Arthur Sfllivan • Lieutenants Robert Robison, Rim half-pay 22d Light Dragoons; John William Murrar, front half-pay 11241 Light Dragetons; *Mimi% Thomas Loftus, froth half-pay 24th Light Dragoons; Edgar Gibson, from half-pay Cavalry Staff Corps; William Henry Bingham Lindsey, from the 17th Light Dragoons; Robert Rao Gillespie, from half. pay 20th Light Dragoons; George F. Clarke, from the 17th Light. Dragoons. To be Cornets, witimet purehiselohn Somerset Smith, Gent - . vice Harrison; Edmund Knot, Gent. vice Sullivan. To be Adjutant and Cornet—Cornet James Lyon, from half- pay fist Light Dragoons, vice Daly, who taigas the Adjisl• tantey only. To be Assistant-Surgeon—Assistant-Surgeon Francis George Walbran, from half.pay lit Royal Vettian Battalion. 16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—John SoeYd Ramsbott)nno Gent. to be Cornet, bipitrettati; vice Montgonsery, promoted: Tte appointment of Lieutenant the Honoerable Robert Ring s from half-pay 60th Font, to he Lieutenant in the 69th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of 221 instant, has not taken place. Deputy Assistaot•Cummisary-General Wetherman, lately 6 charge of the Commissariat Department at the Rahantaa, Laing failed to pay over to his superior the whole of the balance of the public money which ought, according to his accompts, to have becn paid over, has been dismissed from his Majesty's service. Deputy Commissary-General ♦aux, having executed the du ties of his office in the Peninsula, in a mode which has subjected the Public to great loss, and himself to amide-able surcharges, has been dismissed from his Majesty% services PISTURBANCES IN IRELAND. KILKENNY, DECEMEEE go. The posting of illegal notices is now very general throughout a considerable portion of the County,. These are principally directed against the levying of tythes, and the re-letting of surrendered farms. 3e4 veral instances of this lawless interference have been communicated to us, on unquestionable authority. On the night of Wednesday last, the houses of three farmers, resident on the estate of the Earl of Ott- MOND!, in the neighbourhood of Killamery, were visited by an armed banditti, who, after having very severely beaten these unfortunate people, gave them positive orders to abandon some farms which they had lately taken " over other men's heads," as the miscreants expressed it. One of the individuals thus maltreated has been badly wounded.—Aloderator. ATIILONE (ROSCOMMON), DECEMBER 21. A party of the Roscommon police have been lands• bly employed this week, in visiting several houses in this town, that were in the habit of vending gun• powder, and have lodged all that they obtained in the search, for the better security of it, in his Ma• jesty's magazine. Monday last Patrick Shannon and Thomas Loses► charged with being concerned in the murder of Bridget Feely, near Boyle, were committed to Ross common jail. Sunday last a notice of a highly inflammatory and illegal nature was posted up on the Queen's Arms,fn this town, calling upon the inhabitants to form themn► selves into a body, and break open the lock of the Canal. Our worthy Chief Magistrate being informed of the circumstance, instantly ordered a posse of con. stables to the spot, and issued a Proclamation, offer ing a reward of filly pounds for the apprehension of the author or poster of the notice. I - - CAVAN, DECEMBER 21. We regret to state that a very tragical occurrence took place on Wednesday last, at a place coiled Lur. gan, between Virginia and Ballyjamesduff, about two miles from the latter. A revenue officer, with a party of the military (we heard the Royal Meath Staff), proceeded from Virginia in pursuit of a private still, against which information had been sworn, and when they arrived at Lurgan, they saw a man named . Lynchy, making off with the still ; he was pursued, overtaken, and the still taken from him by one of the soldiers, who had occasion to lay it down on the road ; while stooping, Lynchy seized the opportunity, snatched the musket, presented at him, filed, and shot him dyad, and then fled with,the musket ; an other of the party levelled his piece at the murderer, and with a well-directed aim also shot him dead.--+ There was no riot, .no tutnultuous assemblage, nor no appearance of opposition to the military. It ap pears to have been the rash and infatuated act of an individual possessing a violent and sanguinary dispo sition, or under the influence of uncontrouled passion. —Clare Journal. The Hon. Captain GORDON proceeds in a few days to India, to join the Bombay Native Infantry. Such is the abundance of money, that in Glasgow, at present, it is next to impossible to get money in vested on satisfactory security, either heritable or per sonal, at 5 per cent. Several thousand pounds have been lately lent on personal bonds, bearing only in terest at 4 per cent. and there is still much in the market, at the same rate. The 17th inst. the sloop Speculation, of Rye, was seised in the Swale, and carried to Rochester, under charge of the Revenue Officers. It appears this ves sel was working her way up to Otterham Quay, when she was boarded by a Preventive boat, the Officer of which, upon boarding the sloop, found SOO casks of contraband spirits, and 20 bales of tobacco, con cealed beneath about 30 chaldron of coals. The barometer, for the last five or six days, has been singularly agitated by the tempestuous state of the weather. During the hurricane of Thursday night, the mercury sunk to 28 inches 5-10ths; and such was the elasticity of the atmosphere, that ere noon of the following day it rose to 29 inches 5-10ths. Since then it hasbeen again deprOssed, and onSunday morning had sunk so extremely low as 28 inches 2-10th,, the point nearly indicative of a' Stormy."— At the corresponding periods of the last three years, the mercury was as singularly high, having in the last week of December reacheJ 30 inches 7-10ths, and in , one instance 30 inches 8-lOths; so that the difference between the present and former periods is 2 inches 6-10th,. Cons E' cease, blaux-talre, Dec. 26.—We bad scarcely any business doing at our Market this morning, having bad no fresh arrivals since Monday ; and prices of an Grain may be considered the same as on tbat day, for all tbe consumers ki4 of purchasing until the arrival of the expected &et from tl►e Norfolk and Suffolk coasts, which will be very cOnsidotablhe when the wind changes. . • 111 1 1 14 1