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NAVAL INTZZLICENCE. daring intrepidity up to the walls of the fort, under' a heavy and most annoying 'fire of musquetry ; find ing himselfainable, after repeated attem ts, to force an entrance by any means, and considering that all farther efforts would be tinavailing, and only tend to increase the great 10-,s which they had already sustained, he felt himself under the necessity of re treating to the boats ; which operation was covered in a very handsome manner by Mr. Charles Napier, Master's Mate, and Mr. Francis Sewell, Admiralty Midshipman, in the barge and launch of the Topaze. When I remark to you, that every Officer disem barked on this service from the Topaze was either killed or wounded, you will be able to appreciate the gallantry and devotion with which they led their men to the attack; and though it was not crowned with tl.e success it merited, their conduct deserves the highest praise. Amongst the killed I have to regret the loss of Lieutenant R. G. Atkinson, of the Royal Marines, a most gallant and meritorious Officer ; Mr. C. P. Gill, who had conspicuously distinguished himself; and Mr. F. S. Burnett, a young Officer of the highest promise. In the number wounded are Lieutenants Wright and Moriarty; Mr. Alexander Morton, Boatswain, a most zealous Officer; Mr. William Stephens, Ad miralty Midshipman, and who has served long and with credit, and whom I beg leave to recommend to your protection ; and Mr. Robert Ward, Admiralty Midshipman, mortally, since dead, a deserving and gallant Officer. The skill and attention which has been shewn by Mr. James Foy, Surgeon, and Mr. William Porteous, Assistant-Surgeon, towards the wounded, merit my warmest praise. In the evening I had ordered the Benares and An telope, cruizers, to shift their birth, abrea , t of the town, to protect the bomb vessel, which had been throwing shells half-hourly during the day. The precision with which the mortar had been fired was, at nine o'clock, mat ked by the breaking out of the flames in the town. It continued burning until SO minutes past three in the morning. The conduct of Lieutenant and Adjutant Jacob, of the Artillery, was highly prai,eworthy, and claims my grateful acknowledgments. He speaks most highly of the de tachment of artillery under his command. On the morning of the sth, at thirty minutes past seven, the enemy again hoisted a flag of truce, and in consequence of the Dula having delivered hos tages to ensure their compliance with cur demands, I consented to a truce of fourteen days, and have every reason to conclude that everything will be sa tisfactorily settled as soon as the courier who has been dispatched to Senna can return. During the whole course of the operations at this place, rendered extremely arduous from the violence with which the wind has blown, and the consequent difficulty of carrying them on, I have derived from Lieutenant Wilkie, First Lieutenant of this ship, all the assistance which I could have anticipated from an Officer of his abilities and experience. To Captains Faithful and Robson, commanding the Honourable Company's cruizers Benares and An telope ; Captain Jones, commanding the Ernard, Company's store-ship ; and Lieutenant Elwin, of the Thames, Company's mortar-boat, I am highly in debted, for their zealous and active co-operations. They report most fully of the conduct of their crews. In calling your particular attention to the distin guished conduct of Lieutenant Moriarty, I feel my self quite unable to render justice to his merits, and I therefore take the liberty of requesting you will be pleased to recommend him to the Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty. (Signed) JNO. R. LtimLEY, Captain. To Rear-Admiral the Honourable Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart. and K. C.B. tee. &e. His Majesty's ship Torre, off Mocha, in the Red Sea, January 20, 1821. SlR—ln continuance of my letter of the 13th ult. I have the honour to congratulate you on the success which has since attended the exertions of - the squa dron under my command, and the satisfactory termi nation of its labours at Mocha. The anticipations I had indulged in, of being able to adjust amicably the differences subsisting between the Government of India and his Highness the Imaum of Senna, and which I had been induced to form from the apparent anxiety expressed by the Dola to coin cide with all our wishes, gradually 'dissipated before the evasive delays by which he endeavoured to pro long the term of the time, and which, out of a spirit of conciliation, had drawn from me a concession of five days beyond the stated period. Sufficient having been done on my part to evince the friendliness of our disposition, it became my duty to strew that we were not to be made the dupes of Arab cunning, and everything being prepared for re suming hostilities, should it become necessary, at four o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th, I ordered the Bag of truce to be struck, with the intention of re commencing the attack as early next morning as day light would permit. The interval of the truce had been well employed in ascertaining the best approaches, and on the 24th the Benares, Antelope, and Thames mortar-boat had been warped into the channel, round a spit project ing from the north fort, and placed on its rear face, forming a battery of five long eighteen-pounders and an eight-inch mortar, the distance from 950 to 450 yards; his Majesty's ship Topaze was likewise warped as close as her draught of water would per mit, bearing on the sea face, with a battery of sixteen long eighteen-pounders and eight thirty-two-pound carronades, at a distance of 700 yards. Thus prepared, on the morning of the 26th instant Mr. Russell (Master), with a party of seamen to work the guns of the Thames, the launch, and barge, for the purpose of enfilading the beach, and at ten minutes past six, A. at. the squadron opened its fire against the north fort ; it was instantly returned from the north and south forts, bunda, five-gun, and north gate batteries. The peculiarly destructive effects of cross fire were in ten minutes made manifest by the silence of the fort, and by ten o'clock compelled the enemy to abandon it; they retreated, to the number of 150, exposed to a most galling fire of grape and cannister from the in-shore squadron, under which they suffered severely. At twenty minutes past ten I went in-shore on board the Benares, and Lieutenant Jacob having re ported that there were two practicable breaches, I made the signal for the boats, and sent them with the detachment of marines, Bombay artillery, and se. pop of the squadron, ender the command of Lieu- Th e Ganges East Indiaman sailed on Wednesday morning from the Motherbank , h avin g on beard 300 passengers, agroat om " - •en of whom are females. The vessel has been detained two ma y, by contrary winds between hence and the Downs. The ROSIARD, 10 pas, Captain W. Gao. MARTIN, will pro. ree d f r om Portsmouth to Jamaica on Wednesday, by way of D ar badoes. Sunday se'unight sailed from Portsmouth the HIND, Captain COAILm, B ega attn, on a cruize : on Monday the ALLIGATOR, el, Captain W ILS I E , for Woolwich; and Lim, Captain BLACKED, for Cork. Captain Rem, arrived at Portsmouth on Th e Dawes, 18, Thursday, from Leith, to be paid off. The keavaaus, 4u guns, fitting in Portsmouth harbour, is ordered to the Mediterranean: Captain Curroso will COIII• Nand her. The Coartamx, 18, bas been commissioned, and L fitting at Deptford for the Portsmouth station. The Puarrox, 46 guns, Captain W. A. Motr ra nue, is also placed under the orders of the eornmander.in-Chicf, Sir JAMES WHITSUED, K.C.B. The Diem an, Hon. Captain DUNCAN ' will be paid off at Port smout h about Thursday next, and will be immediately re c°anaisaioned by Commodore C. GRANT, for the East Indies. The GSECIAN schooner, Lieutenant Moartx, will be paid off at Portsmouth on Wednesday. The Fraser sloop of war, of 10 guns, was launched on Fri day at Portsmouth Duck-yard. The station of the GILEYMUUND revenue cutter is transferred from Weymouth; and that of the Lion revenue cutter from Jer sey to Plymouth. Friday, his Majesty's ship Nrwann, Captain Netsow, brought into Greenock the American schooner Vulture, GREEN, from Cents A m boy, captured after a chase of five hours and a half, off Insterhull. She had but one hale off tobacco on board when taken. The crew were to-day lodged in Bridewell. af ollt hy the Barn, 't) guns, Captain BLOIS, arrived at Ports mouth trim Jamaica, from which she sailed on the 13th August. Ilse Baas touched at the I lavatinah, but being there called upon to perform quarantine, in consequance of not having been at sea e ighteen days, she had no communication with the shore. She mod from the Ilavannah on the 2d of September, for New York; from whence she proceeded on the 14th for England. The &nor, Captain J. R. Jitmaar, was taking on board a freight at V e ra Cruz for Campeachy and Havannah. The NAUTILUS, Ciptaio CHAPMAN, was fitting at Jamaica for a three months e mu. 'the TAlNflity Captain Wit.Loccootr, C.B. was at Porto Cabello, The PAUTIIIAN, Captain Itorn, sailed on the 4th of August for Minim as, and was afterwards to return to England. TiteTanalt, Captain Sir Was. Wiss:MAN, had sailed for Sava cilia. The liatrtcsr, Is, (.'apt tin BLACKMAN and the °STALIN 18, Captain J. Lauor, were to proceed to England on their ar tied at Jamaica, where they were daily expected; the former from Cahellootutt the Later from the Nassau station. The BANN sailed ea Friday for Chatham, to be paid off. °coma I‘2.—A t rived the Andrew Mat vel, from Da vis' Straits, with 18 fish, 550 butts. A letter ceceived here this morning front .Ibercleen states that the Achilles had passed. that port, from Davis' Straits, for Dundee, with 9 fish, and gave the following accoont :—.lurura, lust 27th August, with 10 fish, crew saved; Albion, full; Aril, 9 fish; Egainton, 5; Friend ship, 7; Ingria, 27; Kirkelk, 6; Kiero, 4; Lee, 12; Lord Wellington, 16; Mary Frances, 1.51 Margaret, 7; Progress, 8; Royal George, 9; Thomas, 9; William, 12. The Dexterity, of Leith, was lost the 27th August, with 22 fish, crew saved. humeri', 13.--Wind N.—Arrived yesterday the Anise, CNA ALTON, from London tot- New South Wales. Sailed the Prince Ernest packet, with Mails for America ; and Trafal gar, Wawa, fur St. Many's. Sailed to-day, the Sophia, Hoorea, for Faro; Duke of Kent packet, with a Mail for Lisbon; and the Linnet, WADDELL, for Waterford. Patuotau, OUT. 13.—Wind E.—Arrived the Hero, % 1 / 1 1/. DWI, from London, and sailed for Waterford ; Chance, Nauss f r om Malden ; and Francis and Ann, Tooxas, from Calibar, in ton weeks for London. A fleet of coasters and colliers are cow coining in. Poarsnoorn,Ocr.l4.—Wind S.—Arrived the Ceres, Timmy sou, from the Downs, and sailed for Africa ; also sailed the Ceres, NAISMALL, for Sierra Leone. Drat, Ocr. le.—Wind W. - Arrived yesterday =id sailed I for the River, the Am Dorms, from Trieste,—Came down from the River and sailed, the Lucy Davidson, Goonwrie. for • Jamaica; also sailed the Louisa Wilhebnina,Tairrox, for Oporto; and Nicoktte Jeanne, Koos, for Surivam.—Came down from the River to-day and sailed, the Kelly, Rotatreo. for Honduras. Doves. °cr. 13.—The crew of the Hope, BLAND (stranded en the 6th inst. between (staples and Boulogne), have been landed kte to-day from Boulogne. The vessel has become a total wreck. %OLDS, Ocr. 13. Arrived De Jong Jacob, Saw Aleru., from Vleurdingen, with the crew of the Nestor, Dame ' from Liver pool to the 13altic, which vessel sunk in the North Sea. Ocr. i 3.—Ships Entered Inwards: Atalanta and Ant, from t latuburgh ; Magnet, from Almeira ; Julie, from Calais; )Isrlicini, from (het ; Tom Cod, from Malaga; Steady, from Campeachy. Cleared °awards : Alfred , for Trieste ; Semui, for Tobago; Richard, for Demerara; Emerald, fOr &Hag; Express, for Gibraltar; Neptune, for Ostend; Julius friar, for Honduras; Baptista, for Bilboa ; Duke of York and Prince of S .xe Coburg, tor Rotterdam; Prosperous, for Calais; Lady Backworth, for Honduras ; Nelly, for Lisbon; Hero, kr Seville. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, OCTOBER 9, 1821. Reai-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's ships in the East Indies, has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. two letters which he had received from Captain I Lumley, of his Majesty's ship Topaze, dated off I Mocha, the 13th of December and '2oth of January ' last, of which the following are copies : Ills Majesty's ship Topaz:, oil Mocha, Dee. 15, 1820. Ste—l have the honour to inform sou, that having I received the communications of the Honourable the , Governor in Council at Bombay, for the guidance of my conduct in demanding satisfaction for insults and indignities offered by the Government of Mocha to the British flag, I sailed from Pombay on the 19th of November with the expedition which had been equipped, and of which I had assumed the command. On my arrival here on the Sd instant, I imme diately communicated with Mr. , Bruce, the Honour able Company's Agent, who had been appointed to assist me in this service, and finding from his repre sentations that he had abandoned all hopes of paci ficatory arrangement, and that none but coercive measures would have the effect of inducing the Go vernment of Mocha to accede to the demands of the British Government, on the receipt of his letter, re commending the adoption of those measures to me, and considering that it would tend to the benefit of the British interests, I lost no time in placing the squadron in the best possible position ; and through the assistance of Mr. A. J. Russell, Master (of whose professional abilities I cannot speak too highly), in laying down buoys, I was enabled on the same after noon to see the squadron advantageously disposed of, beyond my most sanguine expectations, off the forts and town of Mocha. At forty minutes past seven on the morning of the Us, I commenced action, and kept up a spirited and well•directed fire against them until thirty minutes fast twelve, when the enemy sent off a flag of truce ; then ceased firing, and gave Fukee Hassain, the Dols, two hours to consider of the terms that had been proposed ; at fifty minutes past two, the terms snot having been answered, I recommenced action, and the enemy having abandoned the north fort, I directed the boats of the squadron to be manned and armed; and at five o'clock they left the ship, under the command of Lieutenant William Moriarty, of t. Topaze, for the purpose of spiking the guns and blow sag up the north fort ; before, however, the boats could reath the shore, the enemy succeeded in teposscs,ing themselves of it, and occupied it in force. Lieutenant William Moriarty, notwithstand ing, proceeded to 140 d, awl advanced with the most I'HE ARMY. tenant Moriarty, to take possession and destroy it :1 the whole fire of the enemy was turned on our people offi a c y er nes i t .u th li e 17 d th instant, viz. i littatta.:hed Pay of Ge neral employed on this service, but the feelings which The undermentioned services will be in Course of payment an gave energy to their conduct were not to be impeded by any difficulties; and the celerity with which they nwerell Adjutants of Officer s, Full anirl o L t • rq. Pay of pulled to land, the cool, deliberate style in which The Loyal Briton transport, Lieut. J. W. am n i;,, Lib . :A ge n t , they formed on the beach, and the steady order in arrived on Friel.) , at Portsmouth, from Malta and Gib-al:at:, which they marched into the fort, in two divisions, with detachment- of the 18th, 26:h, 35th, 64th, sods, and 90th by the different breaches, excited my warmest admi- C a roline ß ll,7"t'an d lntegrity transports with three companies ration. lat noon enjoyed the satisfaction of witness- of the s•ah ltc giment. sailed from Portsmouth, on Tuesday, for waiting ing the display of the British flag flying from the Plymouth ; the remainder of the Regiment is at Gosport wai • battlements ; at three our people again embarked, for conveyance. having spiked all the guns, destroyed the carriages, wa lh r u e rsda w y e . d a o sq n na n dron s of d the Bays, or 2d Dragoon Guards h w altetYvlt formed and sprung three deep fougasses, which at F Orrit A i l i; .....S.2IERSC I T e . The troo p s t w a ent , th n ro ea u r g twenty minutes past three burst with a dreadful ex. evolutions with a promptitude and precision that called forth a plosion, reducing the whole to a complete mass of warm compliment from the GeneraL Lancershlonday last, Lord EDWARD SONCeni inspected the 16th shapeless ruins. The Thames was employed this whole night throwing •shells, with an effect torte- ftwittolaztienhgesmtero,rapiringorretovitheir d ewed t er s rt f la n r e e stay next, g the a sponding to the precision with which they were. pro- Ouse-End. Two Troops of this gallant Regiment marched into jetted. The demolition of the north fort having been York on Friday last, from Leeds, and are to remove into bar. thus accomplished, it became my next concern to ra f ck h s on Weiresday, after the departure of two other Troops turn our force against the south one , b u t th e ex- The sa S tn sse u a . ft t e r g n i en m t en fa t r of f Militia having completed its term of treme violence of wind prevented my getting the training, was disembodied on Wednesday. by the Colonel, his vessels into position before the evening . of the 29th, Grace the Duke of Ru:tissoan, in the llroyle Barrack-yard, and and the depth of water would not admit of the To- the men returned to their respective homes. The high state of discipline which they attained in this short period, and their uni paze's being hauled sufficiently close to batter it with form good conduct when off duty, are themes of general Sodas advantage ; her fire was, however, useful in keeping and . in check that of the enemy from the different batte ries in the town ; and the brisk one preserved by the cruizers required no addition to obtain the desired end. During the days of the 27th, 28th, and 29th, we had been partially engaging, an I on the 30th at sun rise again opened our cannonade with effect, an swering in description to that practised before. It was returned from the south fort, bunda, five.gun, and south mosque batteries. At thirty minutes past nine the enemy, to the number of two hundred or three hundred, were constrained to retire, as formerly, under a galling fire of grape. The different detachments were again landed un der the command of Lieutenant Moriarty, whom I sent on shore for that purpose; and at thirty minutes past ten, by hoisting his Majesty's colours, I observed he had gained possession of it. The work of destruction was once more proceeded in, and perfected a faw minutes before .one, by the explosion of five fisugasses which had been sprung, reducing the fort entirely to a heap of rubbish. The Thames was employed throwing shells (in conse quence of Lieutenant Jacob having been severely wounded), under the superintendance of Mr. Russel; On the morning of the 31st the enemy commenced firing from all the town batteries at the squadron, and a partial engagement was sustained. As I, how ever, had no longer any object in exposing the squa dron, I ordered the cruizers and bomb out of range, and in the afternoon shifted the Topaze out also; The submission of the enemy relieved me from any embarrassment as to my further proceedings. Ameer Fathullah, who had been particularly deputed by the Imaum to treat with us, arrived on the 26th and as sumed the Government of Mocha. Having evidenced the inutility of opposing us, and foreseen the ruin impending over his country, through the removal of its trade, and the interruption of its supplies, he be gan to consider it wiser to adopt every means of re gaining our friendship, and with a view of obtaining this end, sent off, on the Ist inst. a deputation of mer chants to entreat a cessation of hostilities, and at the same time to say, if acceded to, he would himself come off the next morning to wait on Captain Bruce and shew the powers under which he was autho rised to act. The returns of the killed and wounded you will receive herewith. I rejoice to say they are not so severe as might have been expected from the oppo sition we experienced : and the wounded, through. the skill and attention of Mr. Foy, surgeon, and Mr. Porteous, assistant, are all doing well. I have great pleasure in acquainting you of the cordiality which has subsisted between Captain Bruce and myself, and the great benefit the public service has derived from his aid. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) J NO. R. LU M LEY, Captain. To Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, Bart. and K.C.B. Commander-in-Chief, &c. &c. Bcc. A Return of the KILLRD and WOONDED on board the Ships and Vowels of the Squadron employed on the Espedition under the Command of Captain JOHN RICHARD Luxter, of his Ma jesty's Ship Topaze, in the Attack against Mocha , on the 4th of December, 1820. Torese—Killed—Lieutenant R. G. Atkinson, Royal Marines, Mr. C. P. Gill, Master's Mate, and Mr. F. S. Burnett, Mid shipman. Wounded--Lieutenant William Moriarty, Royal Navy ; lieutenant C. M. M. Wright, ditto; Mr. Alexander Morton, Boatswain, ditto; Mr. Robert Ward, Admiralty Mid shipman, severely, since dead; Mr. William Stephens ditto, wounded; William Neil, Boatswain's Mate, ditto; John Bren nen, Quartermaster, ditto • William Stewart, ditto, ditto; one seaman killed, 10 wound ed; five severely, two of the latter since dead. East India Company's Cruisers and Artillery—Two seamen, two of the Bombay Artillery, killed; one seaman, three quarter gunners, one private of Native Artillery, four sepoys, wounded. —Total, a killed, 27 wounded. Additional Return of KILL= and Wonsan on board the Squa dron employed as aforementioned, in the Attacks which took place between the 26th and 51st of December, inclusive. Torsze—One private marine killed; five seamen wounded. East India Company's Cruisers and Artillery—Lieutenant H. Wilson, of the Company's Marine, wounded severely ; Lieute nant William Jacob, of the Bombay Artillery, ditto; three isea men wounded.—Total, 1 killed, 10 wounded. The gale, which was so violent along the west coast on Thursday week, was a perfect hurricane along the French northern coast. At Havre, parti cularly, it was Co tremendous that the inhabitants rose from their beds, supposing it was an earthquake. A large Swedish ship foundered on the coast, and other damage Was done. An experiment for saving lives from shipwreck, on Mr. TREGROUSE'S principle, which promises to be of great utility, has been tried with success in Yar mouth Roads, by Rear-Admiral SPRANGER. It con sisted in throwing, by a rocket, a line from the ship to the shore, and when the, communication is once established, binding to that a deep-sea line, or any of the running rigging, and when these reach the shore, a larger rope, sufficiently strong to bear four men in a chair, which is pulled on shore by means of the small rope, and returned empty to the ship for a fresh cargo. The chair was on shore in five minutes after the firing of the rocket. The " Affair of Honour," near Hornsey wood, be tween two Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, which appeared exclusively in an Evening Paper of Satur day, and has been copied into all the Papers of this morning, is, we are assured, an entire fabrication.— Travelkrs have a license to tell strange things: the 'Walking corpse of Chelmsford, and this a unfortunate business" are quite of a piece. GENERAL ORDF.RS. Hoasz-Guaans, Ocrout 10, 1821. The Commander-In-Met Is pleased to approve of General Officers commanding Districts in Great Britain granting Letre of Absence to Officers, and Furloughs to Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers, under the following limitations and re. strict:lankris._ _ _ 1. The leaves of absence, granted under this Order, to Officers, may commence as soon as the half-yearly inspeetians shall have been made; the furloughs granted to Non•commissioned Offi cers and Soldiers may commence tram the 25th of the present month. 2. 'These indulgences are to terminate on the 10th March next, when, in conformity to his Majesty's Regulations, all Officers and Men are to be present with their respective Regiments. 5. One Field Officer, ' one half of the Captaint and one half of the Subaltern Officers and Men are always to be present with their Regiments. 4. No Officer (except in the performance of duty or for the purpose of joining his Regiment) is to 'nit the United Kingdom, without having first received his Majesty's special pertnis ion. 5. The Officers employed on the Recruiting Service, or upon the Staff of the Army, are not to be intended in the number hereby fixed for the constant duty of the Regiment of Botalion. a. The applications for leave for Regimental Paym.sters, and Medical Officers, are to continue to be made in the mode prescris bed in pages 52 and 53 of the General Regulations of the Army. 7. In case of short leaves of absence being requested by Ad jutants, Riding -masters, Quartet-masters, orVeterinary Surgeons of Regiments, it will be necessary that a special report should be made as to the mode In which their duties are to be performed during their absence. 8. The proportion of non-commissioned officers, trumpeters, drummers, and private men, to whom furloughs may be granted, is not to exceed ten per troop or company. In the event of Regiments or Battalions not being stationed in Garrisons, or in Military Districts, the Officers commanding are at liberty to use their discretion in granting the indulgence of leave of absence, undrr the foregoing restrictions, to the Officers and men under their command. _ _ _ _ ibis order does not apply to the Officers and Men doing duty at the Depots 9f Regiments on foreign service.—By command of his Royal Highness the Commander-hi-Chief. lIENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-Gen. Thursday evening, the Isleworth coach, on its ar rival from London, was driven into the village for the purpose of setting down, at their respective habi tations, two females, one an inside, the other an out. side passenger. The coach having arrived at the 'house of the former, the driver got down, leaving the reics upon the backs of the wheel horses, and before the Lady could alight, the whistling of some mis chievous boy set the horses off: they ran through the village with great speed, turning the sharp corners of the streets with the same exactness as if they had been under the guidance of the moft skilful coach man, but the vehicle was at last thrown over, and the unfortunate female on the outside so dreadfully injured, that she expired at one o'clock on the follow ing morning. One of the horses was also killed. The inhabitants of the pleasant village of Hamp ton, have been recently kept in perpetual terror by a gang of ruffians, who have scarcely permitted a night to pass without committing a robbery of some kind or other. Not only have dwelling-houses been en tered, but out-houses, stables, &c. have been plus-• dered, and everything portable indiscriminately car ried off. Application having been nude at Bow -street, two or three intelligent officers have been sent down to look after these nocturnal desperadoes. HUNTING. His Majesty's Stag-hounds will meet on Friday, at South Hill Park. Lord Yarboroogh's Hounds will meet on Wednesday, at Irby Dales; on Friday, at Norwoods; and on Saturday,,at Wootton House. The Brighton Harriers met on the Race-ground en Wednes day but ; the day was fine, end thereevas excellent sport. There were upwards of 100 eque strians, and many pedestrians. Among the latter was John Richards, a blacksmith, who regularly at tends the hunt on fuel. He Is now in his 89th year, with all Me faculties still good, and can walk with ease twenty miles in a day. The Brighton Harriers will hunt regularly on the following days: Wednesday, near the Race-course; Friday, near the Dyke. After the 25th of December they hunt four times a week, viz. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Earl Fitawilliam ' s Fos-hunds will meet on Wednesday, at Mexbro* Whin. The Hatfield Harriers meet on Friday at Woodhouse. GOLFING. Wednesday se'nnight, the Montrose Gulf Club's Gold Medal was played for there, and after a keen conttst, gained by Mr. sittnaaw %mesa, merchant. CORN Bacisaxos, MARE-tape, Ocr. 15.—We continue to be most abundantly supplied with Wheat, yet the major part alibis year's growth being exceedingly damp and grown, what few samples appeared of fine quality obtained last Monday's prices; but all other descriptions are nearly unsaleable, and prices almost nominal. The arrivals of Barley, both old and new, have been vety large, and the demand being only partial, a very consider able reduction has taken place in prices, which are from 6s. tp 9s. per quarter lower than on this day week, and 2s. cheaper than on Friday; the quality is very inferior. Oats and Beane are 2.5. per quarter lower, and dull sale at that abate mentr--Cur rent prices as follow : sxor wt. Small Beans 1561 Wheat, Kent and Tick ditto 32a 36s &sex New 40s 565 Old 60s Oats, Potatoe Us 30e Suffolk .. New 405 56s Old 60$ I Poland 244 sea N0rf01k...........01d 4os 561 F ee d . 19s NW Rye 28s 34s Flow, per Sack... ...... 60s 115 s Barley ...... 26s 30s I Rapeseed, per Last £3l £33 Malt 6os 70. FOREIGN. White Peas sos 34s 'Wheat, . Os Os Boilers 36s 38s Baltic Red, Hambro or Grey Peas 28s 30s Brabant red Surmnrus 11/lAusarr, Ocr. Slarket was abund antly supplied with all descriptions of Cattle this 'morning, in consequence of which the prices are lower of every kind of meat.—Current prices: Beef, Ss. od. to 4s. Od. per stone of Sibs.; Mutton, Ys. Bd. to 4s. Od. Veal, Ss. Od. to Ss. Od. Pork, Es. Od. to 48.10 d. Cattiest Markat Beasts, 2920; Calves, 210; Sheep and Lambe, 21,960; Pigs, 200.--)Clay and Straw per load, Hay, Si. 10s. to 61. Clover, 41. Os. to 54 Ss. Suaw, 11. Bs. 14 16s.