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captured wool. ItMUFICAL LVTELLIGENCE. Came in, the' Sally, Captain Nicnoi., from Vera :ruz, with specie, sugar, and coffee. The polacre ig Divina Providencia, bound from hence to Lon don, in ballast, is ashore on the rocks at Love's Hill, near the Hooe, and it is feared will be wrecked : the people employed are endeavouring to save the stores, vhich it is expected they will effect. Arrived, a Ipanish schooner, laden with rozin, prize to I'Aiglec 36 guns, last from Falmouth. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6. Arrived his Majesty's ship Star, from a cruize ; John, Captain, Spring, and William (transports), part of Sir CHARLES COTTON'S expedition. Sailed the Linnet, on a cruize ; and the Sharpshooter. with a convoy for Guernsey and Jersey.—Wind W.N.W. YARMOUTH, JANUARY e. Sailed the Vixen gun brig. Arrived l'Amiable fri gate and Oberon sloop of war. Remain the ships of war as per last.—Wind W. N. W. light breeze. DEAL, JANUARY 6. Came down the Goshawk sloop of war, from Sheer ness, also from the River, the Orion, Ross, for De-. maraca ; Brilliant, Gummi., for Rio Janeiro , Prin cess Mary, Glum, for Gibraltar ; and Fly, ASPIN.• ALL, for the Cape of Good Hope, with several coasters, and remain in the Downs with the ships as per last ; also the Carmarthen, Ross, from Bombay. —Wind W.N.W. GRAVESEND, JANUARY 6. Passed by the Bedford, WANHAM, from Jamaica ; Mermaid, THOMPSON, from Lisbon ; Two Sisters, HALLACUAM, from Quebec, and the Eliza and Grace, ARBER, from Waterford.—Sailed the Orion, Spurt mu., for Demarara ; Success, WALKER, for Guern sey, and the Ceres, GODFREY, for Dublin. &PEI:41110N TO SOUTH • TOltittn AMERICA. zenera ny re ported amongst the best informed C , 'polities circles, that General MIRANDA has Cra an importan t proposal to the British Ministry, brig are in At the Ministry clined to give it not only don ; neat 'An b ut e x ecution. general substance of this prop osal is said to be, p eoi -f rom ree to four sail whi B r i t ish naval rorce of to con- of Spa should be sent to the Spa th nish Main, and c onvey a land force of about seven thousand of Immediately upon effecting a landing, it Is to proclaim the independence of the Spanish J ;noes, and to invite them to form themselves into Joh Republic, under the protection of England par gthe prese nt war, and under the direct pledge Lir engagement that the British Government should con ree - the acknowledgment of their independence i n trea ty which might ensue for a general peace. ractocability of this scheme, we gat t it] , res pect to the p scarcely any doubt in our own mind that it will wa lowed with success. The Spanish Americans as a nxious for independence as they are l ink e d • is t f ore ign conquest. The attempt of Sir HOME net Ho , and the expulsion of the English from La ma ter, have flattered the natural pride, and animated tees patriotism of the whole Spanish nation. Every Al. opt of conquest, therefore, will have to encoun- co 4 wit h t hi s spirit. Every man will fight in imitation pc' emulatiosi of the brave defenders of Buenos Ayres. r y one w ill expect the same success , and therefore ry one w ill make the same efforts. A people thus mated are invincible, unless overwhelmed by a M t su periority of force. But unfortunately, the H super iority of force, as well as the patriotic en- B must be on their side. England can never 'RP • , s uch an army as would be wanted against the se: .nirs of La Plata. The conclusion, therefore, is too evident to require d e tailed deduction. South America may be ren FI - i n dependent, but cannot be conquered — she to h e an Ally in her own subjugation. Proclaim sat R e ty—invite and assist her to form that federal fo . which she has so long seen to exist on the to . part of the Continent, and she will hail of stan dard as her own, and expel those indolent of oppressive vermin which are daily sent from t h to devour the harvest of others. *Ca So fir, therefore, we cannot but anxiously express fr *idles, that Government may forward the views " Geeral MIRANDA. It is incumbent upon the • d England to wipe off the disgrace of her late in La Plata, and this is the only means by s. sa " . she can obtain a lucrative and bloodless u i , To attack the Spaniards in Monte Video B Buenos Ayres, after our late disappointments, rel P to say absolute defeats, would be seizing the bull the horns, or running madly into the midst of the at a which the late alarm has collected in one em- • -. phalanx. Our future efforts must be directed fr another quarter. The independence of South America, moreover, 21 • d weer the same purpose as the Conquest of it. ' O l l e , America, as an Independent Kingdom, would t i a boundless Mart for our Commerce, from which fo is now effectually excluded by means of that Iron a oop of Monopoly, within which the Colonial Policy is the Mother Country confines her to herself. South 'ea takes nothing but through Spain, and, in ▪ , uence, pays s uch an e n or m ous price for English F ufactures, that she can buy them but to a very 7 ▪ .w extent. Few can buy at all ; and those few t be buy very little. But the great view of manufac- ▪ , • is the general consumption. The Spanish Co.ltits, therefore, consume scarcely any thing of Eng- . manufactures ; because the pricer at which such sz modifies can reach the markets, through the ex- :ions of monopoly, and the reduplications of profit, e.%0 infinitely above general ability, that they cannot brought into general consumption. o' The independence of America would remove this. Compare what is taken by North America, and • 't is taken by South America, under an equal 11 'lllation, and the result will prove the difference • een the consumption of an independent country, • that of a people under the restraints of monopoly— • other words, will explain the advantage of the inde- r•ce of South America. Our Readers, we are confident, will do us the jus- ' to believe that we are not influenced by party adice, but by the best wishes for the prosperity' of s-uonEry, in giving it as our well-weighed opi- " that the Isot :twine:see of South America is at Practicable and expedient—that it is the means c m(luest, and may extend the commerce of the r it Nati) . to its farthest possible limit. o Bya vessel which arrived yesterday from a fpanish . which it left on the 24th ult. we have received genre, that a sma ll F re n c h l ugger privateer, t off 4O th rt e len and 6 or 8 pieces of cannon, was ch_port, for the purp ose o f searc hing vessels • as - came out, and capturing such as there all Pound to suspect of being bound to Eng- . Such privateers are, we understand, to be etuizing o ff a ll t h e commercial ports on the ent. A vess el sup Posed to belong to Bremen, and to be by Captain VAN SLARTEN, has been 1. Coming out of the port of Bilboa, by a French u gget Privateer, which has be en some time lying at tra Bay. It is said, th a t in consequence of this iC several vessels which were ready to sail from seten' afra id are is stated to venture out. The captured to have been loaded With wool. ' . . LEITH, JANUARY 4. A singular circumstance happened in the Frith of Zorth on Saturday forenoon : A large ship, supposed to he the Mary, of this port, was observed coming up the Frith • when nearly opposite Inch Keith, she suddenly altered; her course, and went down again be fore the wind. This unaccountable conduct gave rise to a suspicion that all was not right ; in consequence of which, the Lutine, Ringdove, and Fancy ships of war, and Mary tender, slipped their cables, and went after her. A number of conjectures are formed on this subject : the most probable is, that she has been 'captured by a small lugger privateer, supposed to be from Dlinlirk, as a suspicious sail was seen in the Frith on Saturday morning. GREENOCK, JANUARY 4. Arrived, on Priciay, the American ship Mary, ;mugs, from Virginia, after a very tempestuous pas sage of 26 days. Inn very heavy gale, on the 18th I ult. fell in with the brig President Ince, Captain BOWLAND, from Barbadoes, bound to Cork, with her mainmast gone, and in a very distressed situation, and remained by her till the following day, when Captain STOKES took out Captain BOWLAND, his crew, and Captain ELLIOT, a passenger, as the vessel was then in a. foundering state. The President Ince sailed from Tortola on the 16th November, with the Leeward Island fleet, consisting of 31 sail, under convoy of the Alexandria frigate, and parted company on the 17th ult. at the commencement of the gale, 18 sail of them only together, the rest having separated at different times in bad weather, except the ship Otter, of and for Liverpool, from St. Kitt's, which sprung a leak, and on the 10th or 12th ult. being unable to proceed was abandoned and set on fire. DUBLIN, JANUARY 1. Yesterday, in a very heavy gale at South, accom. panied with excessive rain, the Augusta, from New York, in '2O days, got on the North Bull and sunk. The ship and cargo are lost, and it is feared most of the crew have perished. The Captain and Mate, and two boys, saved themselves it the yawl, but the long boat, with the rest of the crew, are missing. ABRIVED. _ _ Off Dover, the George, Price ; and the Cora, Emson, from Su rinam—At Plymouth, the Adverture Simpson, from Quebec — At Poole, the Active, Ayr, from New foundland—At: Cork, the Chatty, Scatter ; and Mary, Brown, from Newfoundland—At Surinam, the Eurydice, Compton, from London. The Adelaide, FENWICK, from Quebec, was cap tured off Dover on the 21 7 th ult. The Etty, HESDPABON, from Berbicc for London, is put into Grenada leaky. The Renown, TIBRALD, from Cork bound to Swan sea, is on shore at Tenbv. The Commerce, Moscoun, from Demeraw, is put into Cardiff, with damage. The Augusta, SIMPSON, from St. Kitt's, is put into Ramsgate, with damage. Lord GARDNER has struck his Bag, and has been succeeded, temporarily, in the command of the Channel Fleet, by Vice-Admiral Sir J. T. DUCK WORTH, K. B. Yesterday a Court of Elirectors was held at the East India House; when Captain PETER CAMPBELL was sworn into the command of the ship Lord Keith, de. stined for St. Helena and Bengal. Private letters from Curacoa, dated 27th October, have been received, that do not mention a word re specting the hurrhane said to have taken place on the 16th of that month ; we are therefore disposed to be lieve, that such an event has not been experienced, or that the American Paper has made a mistake l l in the date, as it is not to be conceived a disaster of so serious a nature would not have been mena l ..aews tioned with every particular. The government of the island had devolved on the Deputy-Governor, Captain MALBON, the Governor having proceeded for Jamaica. The 18th Regiment had been rather sickly ; a few men had been lost, but a favourable 'hange had taken place, which had removed all ap prehensions of danger as to the health of the rest of the men. The crews of the chips on the station were heilthy. A large American ship had been detained by the Hebe frigate, with a valuable cargo from the Spanish Settlements, which it was expectu4,l= turn out a good prize. It was rica was to declare war against 1 1 11 4 14 .4. bad been received frail ... il ,-. 11.: • • - Meeks. ivErmourn, JANUAKr . . The restieiiiiis Of . the season ita:vitlibeektAlblefotitt a here witir . greut mirth iraidiY, coonnieitoing . *Mt m y , a ball tin-thu Mioter of. e Cerentonieu,-vehn*a.uot ,t . lately been alik to. e at our .winter asset:o4mi, ~. from sevgC • indisposition • on which account `"Si GEORGE . PRP.SCOTT4 Major -General COTTON, DOCIoi %AM, Mr. WARM, and Mr. BEAVER, very peilitely• acted as stewards; with a degree of zeal that could not fail to produce a good night's receiut,aad a most respectable assemblage of beauty and fashion, among whom were alniost all the naval and . military Officers, the Nobility and Gentry of the town and country : it was the first tienefit ball that ever took place at this advanced period of the season, and was supported with unusual liberality. The band of the German Legion formed the orchestra,, and during tea and supper, per formed several martial airs. The company danced to a very late hour. The performances at the Theatre followed on Tues-, day evening : they consisted of The English . Fleet of 1432, and Ways and Means, under the sanctio n of Ma jor PUSSES and the Officers of the King's Hanoverian Regiments of Light Dragoons. The house was well filled in every part. . . The first Weekly Concert was brought forward the next night at Hmtvev's Card Assembly Rooms, and was most fashionably attended. The bandV'the German Legion were engaged, and played several Overtures in a stile of execution far surpassing every thing of : the kind ever heard here. Several amateurs assisted, and Colonel AErEN, of the Gerniah' Legion, led with wonderful ability on the clarionet and violin, performing a concerto on each, with unbounded ap plause. • - - The old year closed with a most elegant ball and supper, at RussELL's Royal Hotel, Glo'ster-row, given by the Officers of the German Legion, to the Nobility and Gentry and Officers of the Garrison, and (i 4 2d Regiment, preVious to the latter's marching from i hence to Axminster. It most genteely and nu merously filled, and the supper consisted of every de licacy the season could afford. The wines were most choice, and the evening's entertainment was conducted in a stile of magnificence suitable to the taste and li berality of it tounders: The extraordinary temp*stuous gales that have pre vailed in the course of the last week have caused our rides and walks to be nearly deserted. The Libraries have also in some degree felt the ef fects of rude Boreas. Private parties, both "turning and evening, have in consequence much increased. Mrs. BrA m, on Friday evening, entertained a se lect circle of friends, with tea, and a private concert, which she generally gives once a week, void of every ostentation, but truly gratifying to the amateurs; who have the pleasure of her acquaintance. Mrs. RICHARWS weekly card party was on :Satur day evening also quite select. The same.night's per. formances were at the Theatre patronised by Colonel Bisiainsi, and the Officers of the 53d Itegiinent.L:— The House was respectably attended, although-it svi.s one of the most boisterous and rainy nights ever ex , perienced. There is such a conjunct, or rather such a conge. nial interest, between the present State and City Lot teries as must obviously engage the attention of all Fortune's Suitors, who , wish to obtain both. Money and a good 'House. Hence it may easily be accounted for, why by far the greater majority of adventurers are now solicitous- to possess Tickets and Shares in each of these important Schemes. Lately was shot by George Pringle, at Staingate, near Danby-Lodge (the sporting scat of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dowse., Yorkshire), an eagle of the following remarkable dimensions : its breadth, between the tips of the wings, two yards ten inches ; the length, from its beak to the tip of the tail, thirty eight inches ; the extreme breadth of the tail, twenty five inches. When placed in an erect pcv,ture, its height, two feet seven inches ; its weight sixteen pounds two ounces ; the colour a mixed brown and white, the back almost nearly white. This extraordi nary bird has been put into a state of preservation by Mr. FRANK, at Danby Lodge. An estate called Cradlehall, in Scotland, consisting of 90 acres arable, 57 acres young planting, and nine acres pasture, lately advertised for - sale at the upset price of 4,2851. 10s. has been purchased by Clittauls ' GRANT, Esq. M. P. for 7,9.501. This property was originally a pendicle of the lands of Castlehill, which were purchased in 1788 for 90001. and it may not be unworthy of remark, that the whole, except two lots, valued at P 2,0001.. has been sold for the sum of 41,0001. so that this estate, without having undergone any material improvement, has been enhanced up wards of six times its value in '29 ; ears. An old man, 75 years of age, ran a foot-race in Hyde Park on Tuesday, with a young man, who gave fifteen yards. The former unfortunately put his knee out. BON MOT.—A young lady of family, who intends marrying a gentleman in trade, a few days ago said to a female friend, who disapproved of the match, as too degrading-4 , I hope you will persuade your relations in London to deal with me."--4 , Yes," replied the other, my relations shall deal, and I will cat with you." HINT TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD.—We feel OUT selves happy to announce a most -useful Publication, entitled, The Fashionable World Reformed, by Philobos mos, price 2s. 6d.—The remarks are the suggestions of an intelligent and active mind, and we hope the Fashionable World will attend to our author's observa-, vat ions, and 44 reform" it altogether. The intention of this little work is to recall those who plunge too widely into the pleasures and amusements of the day, to a sense of religion, which will teach them to taste those enjoyments with innocent moderation, and to thew the bigots who shrink from the very shadow of worldly pleasure, that it may be courted without guilt. Such an intention deserves our praise ; the' manner in which it is put into execution promises suc- ! , cess ; the styleis simple, and the ideas just, and the advice good. It is destined to elucidate the most in , teresting and elevated subject that ever can fall under the eyes of man. This valuable little work may be had of EFFINGHAM WILSON, opposite. .the Chapter Cadre...house, St. Paul's.—See the Cabinet ,or Notabl y '2. Polite Literat ure , for the above rocoanntendation,, tre of Merthyr Literary Recreatiew for Ocrolyr 1807. XaLMT-2. - fl'3.si4lifoOst-b2sifteaw4giiihe.inAil from Athlone to Ittfacktritrion, was. attacked on the night of the 30th :221t-.lwritliran armed with a knift:, who robbed him of bags.ofletters which weave dispatched from the Ge ' neralPOst OffDtAbliacon Tuesday last, for the fol ' lowing Castlerea,* Mbarit'llalbt4and .RoscorMixiin. . The post boy conveying the mail from Edgworths• . town, was attacked about tvne o'clOck on Wednes day right, within half a mile of Miillingar, by two Men armed with pistols, who robbed him of the bags of letters which should have arrived at*. the Genera) Post Office, Dublin, on the 31st of December, from the following post-towns, viz. Boyle, Ballymote, Car rick-on-Shannon, Colooney, Dronmore West, Edge worthstown, Elphin c Granard, Longford, and Stokes- Saturday last, about seven o'clock in the evening, a number of men armed with pistols broke into Stack allan House, (near Navan), and having secured the servants, proceeded to the parlour, where four Gen tlemen Were sitting with Mr. Mitchell, (of DOminick street), and immediately fired several pistols loaded with ball, by which some of said Gentlemen were wounded, and afterwards robbed of their watches and bank notes to a considerable amount. Danav-LA'e.—The Tragedy of The Earl of War wick was last night revived at this Theatre. This play is but indifferent as an original, and it has not gained much by translation. As a poem, it is con temptible : besides, it is full of improbabilities. Of the performance, we cannot speak much in praise.— The impetuous Warwick was not what we expected in the hands of ELLISTON : he was too tame, too solemn. —The gusts of passion by which that great “ king maker' of his day is hurried to retort upon his Sove reign insult and menace, were but feebly pourirayed. Mrs. Fower.r. played with consitiernble force ; but she was deficient in dignity. Mr's. IL SIMONS and PUT NAM acquitted themselves well in the little they had to do. The audience were not very profuse . of their applause : even the famous scene in the third act, so popular among our juvenile declaimers, made but lit tle impression. The Earl of Warwick is not likely to prove very attractive. The pit was little more than half filled at the best part of the night. COVENT GARDFN.—Last night MT. KIMBLE per formed his favourite character of Prttraddock, in The llthev' of Krtunt. This is one of the pans in which he appears to the . highest a&aritage, and the perform ; ancc is a complete and masterly one, both in the minor and more prominent features. Miss NORTON has exactly -conceived the character of Es,il Tempest, and represented itiri the most easy and fascinating manner. A disturbance took place at the close e f the Opera on Tuesday [night, between a Mr. Ca - h ichael, who resides in Wigmore-street, and a man balked in a bear4inea'surtout, and in other respects sufficient to presume that he was a man of rank. The latter con : ducted himself so intemperately, at the former refu sing . to givehis card, that it was deemed necessary to give him in charge to a watchman in the Hay market, and he was taken to the watch-honk. It turned out yesterday morning, that this gooks:sax was a gentleman's gentleman in Wimpole-street, who, during the absence of his master, dressed himself in his gar ments, and assumed the man of fashion. On being [ taken before a Magistrate, he begged forgiveness ' for ; his frolic, which however took a serious turn, as he [ was sent to - prison for want of sureties to keep. the Ipeace. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday se'nnight a melancholy accident occurred in the Distillery in Bel fast. When the fermenting vat was to be cleaned, though the men had been always strictly enjoined to have a large cover removed the preceding night, and also to put down some burning coals, and wards to throw in a quantity of water, in order to expel the new air, yet from mere negligence, one of them, without even trying the simple experiment of salchow down a lighted candle, rashly descended into the vat, and was suffocated in a moment. His companions hearing him fall down, one of them hastily went to his assistance, and though others who were present insisted on his tying a rope round his waist, he, through over anxiety to save his comrade, in st antly descended without it, but had scarcely reached the bottom of the ladder with a rope in his hand to fasten to the other man, when he himself was so affected by the air that he could only give some tremulous shrieks or cries, but being totally, unable to help himself; he also fell down. Immediate exertions were then made by all present, and another man having fixed a rope round his waist descended, but before he could lay hold of either of the other two persons, he was also so strongly affected that the people above instantly drew hint up again. For some minutes he was strongly convulsed, and appeared like a per-;on deranged, but on being taken to the open air, he immediately reco vered. Notwithstanding what he had experienced, his humanity prompted him to make a second at tempt, in which he succeeded in throwing a noose ,over one of the men's legs, and he and that man were both drawn out. Though very much affected, and greatly exhausted by this second attempt, he in sisted on going down a third time for the other man ;.* he did so, and in a similar way accomplished his ob ject. Having been rather longer down this third time, when drawn up, he was very seriously affected, but for tunately soon recovered. Medical assistance being hr.- mediatcly called, every e):ertion was made by two professional gentlemen to recover the two men who first descended, but though the one had been only 15 • minutes, and the other only 10, in the vat, yet every i attempt to revive them proved ineffectual. We are a sorry to learn that eath of them has left a wife and r, several .children. The following observations were to made on this occasion by one of the medical gentle to men who was called in : of " Death in this instance was produced by a quantity of fixed nit air, or, in the It:linage of chemists, ' Carbonic acid gas,' reipain ing in the vat, which air is produced in all places where ishae, v" beer, or pi rter is In a state of fermentation ;it is readily detected tic- by putting a lighted c.:ndle down to the bottom of the _vend, and the as ' , oats as it comes in contact with the fixed air, it is imuntil ea t i n = tinguished, and in every instance it may be consideredgt t w e het, tder ever air is ' incapable of supporting combustion, will be be incapable of supporting animal life ;it can verytiosily ha discharged r from whatever vesiel it may be in by .having en aperture at the ipter bottom, by whiehsvithen opettedkthe fixed air will Sow out,an se w/du count of its gravity being much, greater „titan that of atmospheric r„„;: 7 air; o ora %amity of water may be" thrown in with which it redly .comildillit„and•the water ririt•hhhitittlitiittitaribrorigia the spe;,.• " i "* tats:dtillebotjainZ, • " mg: •••,!. eq.) •.• • • • •- • •