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FRENCH 40VRNALS. p a is papers to the 81st ult. were received in town th i s wing• The following are the only extracts *lick our time and limits have permitted us to make from Clem VIENNA, JANUARY 16. W e l e ant that the English Squadron, which sailed a bout the 15th of November last,,, with from 10 to 1 ,,300 troops, is arrived in the Archepelago. CoNsT4NTINoPLE, DEC. Is. The Ottoman fleet, which entered this port on the (thing. consists of two ships of three decks, nine sail of the line, five frigates, and a brig. On the sth inst. the Captain Pacha (Seid Ali Pa din) paid a visit to the Ministers of the Porte ; and on t he 7th had an audience of the Grand Seignior, when his Highness made him a present of a rich pe live a nd an aigrette, and bestowel on him the title of.Galtzi (Conqueror of the Infidels). The Captain Pacha lost three fingers in the last action which was f o ught near Tenedos ; in the war before last, he had hisloseer jaw carried away towards the close of the ad o which was fought in the Black Sea, when he , cut t hrough six Russian ships of the line. ig,For some days past a North West wind ron aed, which has obliged the English fleet to l e ave the Straits of the Dardanelles ; the masters of so me Levant assert, that they have sustained such considerable damages, that they will be compelled to seek some port to repair them ; but the English have e el port nearer than Malta ; already have several s hips coming, from Egypt with provisions, taken ad vantage of their absence to enter the Strait, and have arrived at this capital.—Noniteu . r, Jan. 29. MILAN, JAN. 17. Great preparations are making in the Arsenal of Venice for the construction of a considerable number of ships of the line and frigates ; several are already on the stocks. In a few years that city will have in its port a formidable fleet. TRIESTE, JAN. it. Yesterday our town witnessed a very unexpected sight—all at once appeared a Russian fleet of 15 sail, which anchored in our road : amongst the number are three ships of the line, two large frigates of 50 guns, and several corvettes, &c. It seems that this naval farce will pass the remainder of the winter here—their visit will be doubtless aL:vantageous to this City, to which. the Russians will insure a defence against ;Ingland. • .‘ BAYONNE, JAN. ift This town, in expectation of petsessing within its ties, his Majesty the Emperor 'and King, during his journey to the Southern provinces of his Empire, Juit formed a guard of honour; bOth horse and !:oZ)t,: • The ne plan for the re-organization off' tie, `air):4 - • shas bon pablished ; the cavalry is to amount to MOW' aud,the infantry of the line only to 3:5,060...T If will be•possible, in a few months, nearly to complete ••• the latter force, but we mint proba • bly wait a Icing time for the formation of the Horses, money, and men are wanting. They write from Riga, that some merchants or commercial agents, having • attempted to carry off some English commodities which were in the ware houses, the goods were discovered and seized, and the concealers arrested. Besides being condemned to pay a fine equal to the value of the nurchandize confisca ted, the delinquents were bani shed into Siberia. COPENHAGEN; JANUARY Is. A corps of 20,000 Ruiiians, with 144 pieces of cannon - , is to be assembled on the frontiers of Fin land. These troops re sell in their cantonments, waiting further orders. • Accoiding to accounts from Sweden, travellers passing through that country fro n Norway, are for bidden in any manner to leave the main road. We are assured by travellers, that an English ship of war, a brig, and two cutters, are cruizing off the coast of Norway. Letters from Cottenhurgh speak of changes which have taken place at the Court of Sweden. M. de Locwenhaupt, Cr: nd Equerry of the Kingdom ; and M. Tawast, .Chamberlain, are dismissed; and Liestenant:Cenetal Wrede has asked permission to reign. There are a great 'limber of English mer chant-ship's in the port of Gottenburgh, and the town' is crammed with English merchandizc. The Middlesex Grand Jury on Friday last, found a true hill for a libel, against the Author of the Palm-41- let intitled, " The Red Book, or the Government of Froo:is 1." A very numerous and respectable Meeting of th, inhabitant* of Lynn, was held at the Assembly Room there, on Monday, the Sth instant, when* Lecture upon Education was delivered by Mr Jo :•11211 LANCASTER •, and it was unanimously. Resolved, that the thanks of the Meeting should be presented to him, for his disinterested and successful exertions in behalf of the riing generation, and 'os. the I-ecture . then delive re d, Also, that a Charity School for boys , should be immediately established in that town, adopt ing the improvements introduced by Mr. LANCASTER CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, FIER: 15.—The supplies of Wheat today are large—Prime samples hardly fetch Friday's currency, and other qualities ate lower—Barley in full plenty,: .and, excepting cheaper—White Peas are higher—Gr.,y, and beans 0 1 both sorts, at little linetaation—There are like wise large supplies of Outs come - to 11-.1n:4-and that trade is quoted lowei—ln I lour•but little rariation. . • igoland. gAPARTE ig a ma; lined to are 4 0a , iiich nine otterdana rs, there .e are on in May . At Ant for ship. ied in th e ps in th e the notice an papers Mr. R AN . 4f General received a G eneral .41 at New gair.st the long de sent, but a I.—lt was quiry upon 12th under con. CLARK had deaf ear to -ould result. DENT would against it." tad been made ! He had nown to the d not under• hands of the oN, says an full blare of mcaping—be e Spaniards; cn in a cons- RANDOLII4 send for one kmera i . ,, A cen place be- eft town fur !CART =rived. his MAJESTY his MAJFar, ~ and MART, ady ALM:4IA pent to Saint s preached by ati hew, chap. o the P.l ice. sr, and Rear mma.nd cf the to it, has, we , to take the apt. DAWI4 is vith dispatches From the Ad •: fling of his aytahl to come Is on the Home the Captains Of nployed in that l by others now e depended on, The last lett ers .? , d his intenti on less during the alter his deo. he arrival there It in by the Ge• Nth ofJanutri , fleet cf larg e distance to dn. ning he saw one standing to the an lately arrived end whit Public G o , ( re plied his will be ravished —Go to the Cos. iimest scenes the MARTIN'S Elul' 'OU will behold Id, an tutri 73ll '. and w ithout ion, b een stopPec i l ky Noblemen sa'ol ri to see it """ 0" ['Lis may , Ith Century. NAUTICAL lATELLICTATP. TO CAPTAIN SENNETT, OF HIS NIAJFSTV'S 811IP VAMP, 1$ A I NSWER TO 1113 LETTER, DATED OYF CADIZ, DEC. 20, 1807. Sir—As the friend of Mr. Rooms, (Acting Master of the Windsor Castle packet), allow me to retOra you thanks, for your liberal donation of 20 guineas, addressed to the Masters of Lloyd's Ceffec •house, which those Gentlemen have paid into myiumitill; n which shall be distributed as you direct. I ha'e the , . honout to be, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant, ,lAME2I FALMOUTH, FEB. 12. Arrived the Fortunie frigate, from Cork.—Wiud N. E. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 13. 4 1 His Majesty's ship Amphion, with her convoy for the Mediterranean, is getting under weigh. His Ma jesty's ship Paulina has gone to Falmouth, to collect the trade lying there.. Sailed the Mediator frigate, on a craze. Yesterday morning the Matilda, Capt. Knot, from London, with bides and tallow, was stranded on St. Nicholas Island ; the vessel is bilged, and the cargo is unloading ; but it is feared the vessel will be lost. . • PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 14. Arrived a fleet of outward-bound vessels from the Downs, among them are the following, viz. the Vicissitude, GOODSON ; Letitia, Dorms ; Latoni, M'GRATII ; Joseph, DICKINSON ; friends, RICKLTTS ; David Shaw, BARNETT ; Lady Mackworth, LEE ; Perseverance, !BEETS()); ; Trent, CARR ; Samuel and Jane, ; Lively, --d-- ; Hebe, Zephanus, --, Chancellors, —; Kingston, BENSONI Nile, DUNCAN ; Expedition, PINDER ; John and Thomas, WILSON ; and the Lune, YorNG ; the five latter with the loss of anchors and cables. Sailed his Majesty's ships Medusa and Whiting, on a cruise ; Ruckers, SOPER, and the Latona, M.Gnicrit, for St. Domingo. The Ocean, Captain J. J. Williamson ; Ceres, Capt. nDu sford ; Canton, Capt. Lochner ; Dorsetshire, Capt. Brown ; Alnwick Castle, Capt:-in Prescot ; Da vid Scott, Captain J. Locke, Jun. ; and Exeter, Capt. Meriton, East Indiamen, for Madras and China, ar rived here on Thursday from the River. The Lien, of 64 guns, Capt. Rolles, is appointed to convoy them. The Polyphemus, 64, Captain Heywood ; Salcette, I Captain Bathurst ; and Daphne, Captain Mason,.are in Dock at this port. The Blenheim (late Christian the 7th), is to he fitted for commission; San IldefonSo, to be fitted fur a victualling depot at Spithead ; Tigre, 80, Captain Hallowell ; and la Chiffonne, Captain Wainwright, to,be repaired, are to be taken ineln the • course of the next week. Wind N. N. E. : . RVE, (Isleof Wight) FEB. 12. '''Phfee Vessels are sunk and four on shore off' thit illaer 'pawn the-latter is the Little Jane, bound- tO OrGood. Hope: • 003/FR,..FEERUARY 12. • Arc a nd, at, six o'eldck this morning, shifted via jdinitltti the:NorthEast, and has blown all the ,day . _ excessively.. hard, attended with heavy showers of Snow.• A great number of vessels passed heridizring the day from the Downs, under their bare poles; :and apparently With the loss of anchors and cables.. , Be tween two and three this afternoon an East India ship went past here, with the loss of her main top mast, and sai4. torn ; one of our boats went out'after her, to offer. assistance. It is' much appiehended.that 1 the shipping must have suffered very severely in the Downs, the wind blowing right through that Road sted. The sloop Brothers, of Hastings, came for this harbour this morning, but unfortunately could not succeed in getting a sufficient way in to shelter her from the sea, which ran very high, and which beat her against the Sloth Pier Head so violently, as to liender her unfit ever to go to sea again. The Nymph hired armed cutter, and the brig Henry, of Hull, in ballast, came in this morning, having both sustained the loss of an anchor and cable in the Downs ; the latter has likewise received damage by getting foul of the sloop above mentioned. Six o'clock, the wind is, thank GOD, now more moderate. . • DEAL, FEBRUARY 12. The Pidgeon schooner has lost her bowsprit, and run to leeward ; the Harmony victualling transport cut froM her anchor (to prevent a vessel coming alongside) -and ran• to, leeward ; as ..oso the Mutine, Avenger, Eclair, Humber, Bold, and Wrangler.— There is a report•in circulation, that.a vessel is lost on the Sandwich Flats, and with her the crew, but which 1 hope will be contradicted. Some of the Deal boats, which have been prevented by the heavy surf running on the beach, have just launched to such vessels as might want assistance.—Wind /4.)alows*Verfhard. • FEB. 14.—Sailed his Maje s ty's ship Seagull, on a cruize. Sailed through the Downs from the River, several outward-bound vessels to the Westward. • ' MARGATF, nit it . The Perseverance, h.LLfOTT, 'from Cork . ; , the Clyde, JAcxsoN, from Halifax ; the . Thomas and Ju dith, -----, from Portsmouth ; and the Benjamin, 'of Tenby, MADDOX; from Waterford, all for London, are on shore near this place'; the crews -of 'the two latter are drowned, and four of the Clyde's. crew.— The Countess of Elgin cutter is on . shore.iii our bay, also one of ow hops, called the Governuc. ~Two Jug gers belonging to this place, in standing out of the har bour list nightjor the purpose of answering signals: of distressl.ran foul of each other, by means of which' •one of them slink, arrA two of her Crew were drowned: The sloop .Unity,- of Gosport, Mormst Master ;:and the Williartl,4 POW**, for LendOn; ire brought into this harbour with z loss of anchors and cables ; also the brig Tiber, of Yarmouth, from Cork, *or bondon, having upset her windlass. The Mariner - • g_tv? brig, and the Haabett, . —;'frOitiolante, for -London, received mach damage! n. our roads yes. •terday„ 2 The Neptune, Urruk,' rota Chatham, for Chepstote,*g. driven'on shore •n * erar kings gate, and •is ilium ;!burnt. :rbc. Apollo,' \Visit's.= ; and the Emily, TA?LdJt, fibril London, for the West Indies, have put' into agate with dani l ige. The Meaburn transport, from Moeite Video, is got into Dover, with the•loss of masts, YARMOUTH, FEB. 12. • Early this morning, during a heavy gale irom,* the Northward, with snow, five vessels were driven on our beach, viz. the Martha, of Wakefield; and the Mary, of Blyth— , -the other three names are unknown. All the crews are saved. The Custom and Excise revenue cutters have cut their cables, and are gone for. Harwich. It is feared much damage will be done on this coast, as it still continues to blow a gile. FEB. 13.—Last night we experienced a tremendous gale from the . N.B. and N. accompanied with a heavy fall of snow, and this morning four ships parted and came on shore on this Beach, viz. one brig laden with timber, and three sloops, one With a general cargo; the crews of which are Ull cived except cne man— the ships are also expected to be got off, 'and the prin cipal part of their cargoes. saved. ' Three ships are on shore at Lowestoft, and two at Cromer, and I fear many others, as the gale still continues. The ships of war are all riding safe, with their yards and top masts struck. One, P.M. A brig has now cut, and is come on shore, laden with fish, , the crew of which were saved from a watery grave by means of a line being fixed across the ship, from a 'carriage gun. Capt. Manby, who is the inventor of it, attended, and gave the ne cessary directions. Great praise is due to Captain Manby for his invention ; find also for the readiness he manifested in attending to rescue the crew of the above vessel. Captain M. is Barrack-master. . • 4,75 . 2 - •• .. • . STATE OF THE ROADS.—The heavy fall of snow on Friday . has in many parts rendered the roads wholly impassable, and so generally imp e ded the pro gress of travelling, that the letter earners were Sa turday delayed nearly five hourcafter their usual time of being dispatched, and at that time the Worcester, Gloucester, Norwich, Ipswich, and all the northern coasters had not arrived. The. Exeter mail coach was unable to proceed • beyond 'Overton, where the passengers stopped. • The guard with great difficulty came forward with the mails over fields, &c. The Gloucester and Worcester.fnail coaches were stopped ;vita miles beyond Benson; the snow being drifted in parts of the • *road to the depth of ten. feet. The guards brbisglit for si rard the Mails.,on.borseback. The Bristol Mai I Was twice dug . ittiC9f-she snow. The Liverpool guard reapl;ed town abatit fiVe o'clocron Situiday with the l etter_ hag,9l) . horseback, the coach being unable ta came , .ori-sit-4halk-hill ; the .snow. lay in drifts qit'inif twelve -feet:deep, and the road in other parts'svas iiiipasulile.:hy' a varriage. The heavy Liverpool, which left 'London early on Friday morning, did not reach biford till eleven at night. The fill of snow on thelklorth road was particularly heavy, and in many pldeei it was forty or fifty feet', deep. In the vicinity of .Biggleswade the Newcastle coach, and other coaches, were stopped, and so com pletely involved in snow, that a great number of hands were necessary to extricate them. The gale was not so severely felt to the Westward. The following Mails of Saturday had not arrived yesterday noon :—Yarmouth. .Wisbeach, Leeds, Ho. Iyhead; and Cambridge.- The 'Dover and Ports mouth were the only Mails of yesterday then arrived. The latter coach lost its-way, and was nearly over turned. Two female passengers were frozen to dc:th On the outside - . Thursday night, a Wing of the house of Mr. Wm.- roLe, at Ladon, 14.eits; was blown down, and Mr. Baum, a servant maid, and a boy, were buried in the ruins. The former was dug out a corpse, the child ' died on Friday, and the servant was dangerously bruised. Mr. Bettis was a resident of Hampshire, and had only'slept in the house two nights previous to the accident. The child was the nephew of Mrs. Walpole. On Friday morning, during the storm, a considera ble part of the Prince of WALEs's wall in St. James's Park, near the centinel boxes, was blown down. Se veral trees, in the Quarles -garden, were blown up by the roots. • A man of decent appearance was found frozen to death under the Park-wall yesterday morning. He appeared to have been drinking, and in. his pockets were found about two pounds..in money, but there were no traces of bit' abode. SOUTHAMPTON, F. 13. 13.—This morning the Sa lisbury coach was so much delayed on the road to this place, that it did not arrive till half past twelve, in stead .of at six—occasioned by the tempest yesterday morning, "and fall of snow. Trees were blown down and fell across the road, which impeded the coach, till they were sawn asunder. Itching Ferry was impas sable, owing to the violence of the gale ; a circum stance that has not occurred for many years. Strascx, FEB. 13.—Tbe severity of the weather was never before felt in such an extreme degree as it was yesterday morning. The wind blew tremendously, from north west, the snow at the same time falling with much rapidity: The London coaches set off at' the usual time from Brighton, but were all compelled to return before they had proceeded but a short dis tance. A child belonging to A soldier of the 51st re giment, perished on one of the baggage waggons, be tween Brighton and Lewes. lir the dreadful tempest of yesterday morning i cliimrey fell upon .the roof of a house in Chichester, and beat in a rafter, which fell on Mr. Willi*x.Mit chell; who was sleeping in the room, by which he was instantly killed. He was-a young man of quiet and inoffensive manners, - and possessed of considerable abilities. - . , TRtAL OF OF.NERAL WHITI.LOCKE. PIFTEE.NT/I DAT., Colonel ToRRENS was again called in the. morning, by his own desire, to add some expboreoions to his for mer evidence. After he had retired, Captain SQUIRM, the Commanding Officer of the engineers, WAti called in, and he continued under examination at tv.'elve o'clock. of The Court . is thinly atteded, in consequassai n thie inclemency of the weather. Saturday morning, Lieutenant-Ger.eral S;r G sotto* PREVOST, Batt. Lieutenant:Governor of Nova-Scotia; Capt. PREVOST, Aid-du -Camp ; and Major LIORRT• WOOD, Secretary; embarked on board the Penelope frigate, Capt. DICK, and sailed for Halifax. The 7th, Bth, 13th, and 23d Regiments, sailed with" Sir GEORGE. Brigadier-General Hosulfrotr, and suite, went in the Banterer, Capt SIIIOARD. The Un daunted frigate, Capt. MALING, sailed to escort them as far as Madeira. This force will be joined by the 98th Regiment, from Bermuda; 99th, 101st, and 10th Royal Veteran Battalion, at Halifax. The Staff of the Army is already in Halifax. - The expedition under General SrpccEn still re mains at Falmouth. It amounts to about 6000 troops, and waits to be joined by the troops which have been some time embarked at • Portsmouth, :(mounting to about 5000 more. General SPENCER has with him at Falmouth Generals MACFARLA NS and NIGHTINGALE. The officers are permitted to take their wives with them. • It is supposed that Sir JOHN STUART will immedi atel:- proceeed to take the command in Sicily. Nei ther of' these excellent Officers Generals SPLNCER or S II F.RBROOK come home on Sir Jotm STUART'S going out. He, it is supposed, goes with the brevet rank of : Major-General CARTWRIGHT has gone to commit(' the Cavalry, and the Hon. Major-General Omuta . HOPE the Infantry brigades, at Canterbury. In order to make room for the accommodation of about 600 recruits, which are daily expected to join the 2d West York Militia, in the Isle of Thanet, the Royal Denbigh Militia marched from Margate on Tuesday last for Brabourne Lees, from whence the -Royal Surrey have moved, to occupy the barracks at Reading-street. The '2d Battalion of the 6th Regi ment also moved from Maidstone to Ashford ufb Monday. Wednesday last, the 51st Regiment of Foot, marched in two divisions, from Silver-hill Barracks. on their route for Gosport, and was followed by the 2d battalion cf the 89th on Friday, for the same destination, from whence it is expected, they will embark for foreign service. In consequence of the extreme severity of the weather on Friday, the Ist division of the 51st, which was to have halted at Shoreham, by the direction of the General command ing the district, has been stopped at Brighton. Monday morning upwards of 50 recruits, forming the 3d Division, for the East Kent Militia, marched from Canterbury, on their route to join 'the regiment at Gosport. The 2d Battalions of the 35th and 50th, and the Ist Battalion of the 88th, are at Ashford. The 20th and 97th Foot, occupy the barracks at Brahourne Lees. Friday 258 recruits for the Oxford Militia, now at Falmouth, marched into Truro. they are mostly young healthy lads, and appear to be the right elf to make good soldiers of. Monday a detachment of the 2d Soitierset Militia arrived at Southampton from Salisbury, to do duty. LAW INTELLIGENCE. .5:•.:* COURT OF KING'. BENCH, FEB. 13. SPYLEY v. HIDE. The plaintiff in this case was a hatter, - who sought to recover from the defendant, an apothecary, the sum of 111. being the amount of an account of fur nishings to the defendant, and to his son, a Surgeon in the Navy, while he lived in the family with his father. The account was proved, and the plaintiff denied that he had any knowledge of the young man's being of age, or that he was nut to look to the father for payment. For the defendant it was argued, that the son was completely emancipated from the jurisdiction of his father long before the date of the furnishings in question. A younger son was examined, who stated that he was present in October 1805, when his father settled an account with the plaintiff, and informed him that his eldest son was then of age, and that he must look to him in future for payment of any ac count he might contract. A tender by the defead ant of the proportion of the account due by him, and an offer on the part of the son to pay his account to the plaintiff, were also proved. It appearing, however, that the offer tioned was not made till after the present brought, the Jury gave a verdict. for Dama6es 111. • COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, rizwAßDs v. DFALIVIC. Serjeant Bur stated this to bC an against Mrs. Berry, the widow of a gatherer. The sum in dispute was $l. proved had been paid to him, and not credit. Serjeant Cocgrtx, on the other side,, the money was due, and the debt was _ the life-time of the hpsbescip, and there} point of klw the executartr administr: be sued; whereat thii Lady was sued proper person, as for a debt of her own Sir JAMEs MANSFIELD delivered his roint of law the plaintiff could not action against Mrs... Berry. The Jury found for the defendant. • 1 11 1'? i , I . 1 • 1 , I i I 1 • I I , I , , , i 1 ' • i 1 - I 1 i f a 1 i r , . I . >f in le )is he , ks ;i•• an 1 ot, 1 . Ics. i :he me 611 l e st t at wirer last num- tut action was the FER.is. action brought 1, deceased tax. 1. which it was we placed to his le, proved that s contracted, in lerefire that in sm:.or ought to ied in her own n contracting. opinion, that in, t recover in this; OCR. 64t. rn. 2i. die.