The National Register. — London, England, 1808-12-18 00:00:00

PEC. 18. THE COURT, • Wednesday the King arrived at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, where he held & private Leide, and the follow in had the honour of being presented to his Majeity ; Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, on bring appointed an Ad miral of the White, and upon his retort! from the Baltic. Major-General Spencer upon his return fro* Portugal. Capt. Dulidas of the Royal Navy, upon his being appointed a Commissioner at Bombay, Capt. Inman, of the Royal Navy, upon his being appointed a commissioner at Madras. Colonel Drinkwatcr I4id before his Majesty the Seventh Report of the Commissioners of the Military Inquiry. His Majesty held a Privy Council, at which a Proclamation was agreed to be issued, for further prorog uing Parlia ment from the 16th, to the 19th of January, thou to meet for the dispatch of bushiest': EAST INDIA AFFAIRS, On Wednesday a Court of Directors was held when the farming. Continanders took leave of the Court previous to departing for their respeetiYe destinations C. - ipt. A. We!bunk, Cutlnells, for St, Velem, Eencocileu, and Capt. J. Loch, Scaleby Castle ; Capt. a. Bonham, TfuLt ; atid Capt. P. Wedderhurn ' Cumberland, for Bombay and China. Capt. J. N. Whyte, Lord for Madras :ILA Bengal, Thp under-rneutioned Captains were sworn into the Com mand of their respective ships, &c. Captain IM.lsacke, 'Metcalfe, and Captain .T. A. Cumberlege, Surrey, for hladras and Bengal, In consequence of the general tranquillity in India, and the few casualties in the civil service, the nominations ot . Cadets anti Writers for that country in the ensuing season will be o” a reduced scale. The Court adjourned, at Skx o'clock. Friday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the stations of the fpllowing ships wcie thus altered, viz. Dover Castle, Captain --, for Bombay direct, instead of noir:v. nod Bengal. Devonshire, Captain J. Murray, Madras and Bengal, instead of the Dover Castle. Martini, Wellesley, Captain Le Blnnc, Ceylob and Bengal, instead of Bombay, in the room of the evonshire. The Court voted the sum of 1,000/. towards the sub 3cription for the relief of the Spanish Patriots. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till Wednesday next. The WormOer and the extra ship Sir William Pultenev. rapt. Christopher, arrived off the Isle of Wight, the I lib instant. The Worcester, with the Sir William Pnitenev. Captain Chris:opher, and Union, ('apt. Gaillard, no der convoy Of his Majesty's ship St. 1. iorenzo sailed from Bombay the 14th July last. The Wexford, Capt, Barnard, sailed from Bombay for the Persian GtOph, the 24th April, and the Royal George, Caw, Gribble ; Warley, Captain Montague ; and the Com pany's new ship, Thomas Grenville, sailed from Bombay for China the 15th May, under convoy of his Majesty's Dedaig neuse. The Vphinstone, Capt. Craig; Winchelsea, Capt. Moffatt.; and Exeter, Capt. Nisbctt, arrived at Bombay the 28th of :this., all well, and were to sail for China the V3d of July. Worcester, on the 29th of July, fell in with the Borsetshire, Capt. Brown, in lat. 0. Ai south long. S 2. 47, East, having parted from the fleet bound to Madras off the Cape of Good Hope. The Worcester arrived at the Cape the 19th of Septem ber, and found there the Europe, Capt. Gelston ; Lord Cast le r""gh, Capt. Kvmer; and Lord Keith, Capt. Gampbell, whieh ship sailed for Ceylon the 29th the same month. ( "rgiana packet, Capt. Leigh, arrived at Madras the 3d of March, and sailed from Bengal the bth of the same mouth. THE NATIONAL RZGISTICIL t;tl' The David Stott, Captain Locke, And Alnwick Castle s Captain Prescott, arnvedat Madras 25th June. The Indus, Capt. Weltdon, put into the Cape of Good Hope on the 3d August, to repair her damages sustained in $ gale of wind, and was on the 18th of that month ready to pursue her voyage the first fair wind. PA {SENORES PER WORCESTER.—Major F. Pearce, CAM: Whitfield, Mr. Wynne, surgeon, Captatu Ile Burgeon, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Cassen. PA SSENGERS PER SIR WILMA M PP ENEY.—Colonel Speers, Lady and two children, Capt. Watcon and Lady, Capt, Bannerman and Lady, Mr. Malcolm, Lieut. O'Brien, Mr. Wipond, Mr. Bungan, Capt. Burns, Mr. Fancourt. • • PA SSENOERS PER. WA LrotE.—Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Carnegie, Lient.-Colnnel and Mrs. Wynyard, Lieut.-Colonel Robert Turton, Lieut. Douglas, Ensign 'T. Kennaway, Mr, Charles Dnlton, LIST or PASSEVGERS WHO HAVE TROCERTIF:D VAOSI nom- EAT TO CIIIN• I All) EV ENTVALLY TO EUROPE. PAssourmas PER, ItoYAL Cato rtoc.—Major Young, of the Infantry, and PASSENGSRS PER, WAR' E I;Oes and family. Prutenani 'fliomits Ince, of the f•litriaes, Mr. William Stedman, of the Civil Service. PASSENGERS UER COUNTRY SHIP CANTON.—Captain and Mrs. Manglean. PASSENGER rra COUNTRY SHIP WlNDMAM.—LieUlenant Pearch, of his Majesty's 65th Regiment. PASSENGER PER coutmlY SHIP LOWJEZ FAMILY:* Lieutenant George A. Farquharson. PASSENGERS PER Tito MAS Oakes and family, Dr. Scott and family, I.ieut. ltoye, Marine, Lieut., Edwards, of the Royal Nov,ti Dr. Bayer, of the 78th Regiment, Captain Andrew Scott, of the country service. We learn from private letters received by the Walpole that the Georgian°. packet bad arrived at. Bengal trout Madrat to the sailing of that ship from thence. POPULAtt PREACHERS. No. XIX. Praise from the riveted lips of toothless hald perripitude, and itt the looks of lean And craving Poverty. and in the how Respectful of the smutched Artificer, is oft too welcome and may much disturb The bias of the purpose. How touch more, Poured forth h Beauty, splendid and polite, lot language sat adoration breathes? h, spare your idol !--Co PLAI. REV. WILLIAM HbNGO COLLYE.R, OF PRCAII.4.U, SUFM r. ciluncumEN seem not to have formed an adequate conception of the value of evangelical influence. De scribing and depreciating the growing ascendancy of their antagonists, and too witch iilVecting to despise the cha. racters of their leaders, it is seldom that they properly consider the advantages which these possess, or the incite- , meats by which they are reasonably, as well as power fully, stimulated to exertion. Evangelism, let it be recol lected, is now no ordinary vocation. To be an evangeli cal, or methodist, preacher was formerly, owing to various .causes,_ something very different to what it has become ii these days. Look to the history of the founders of evaugelicism and methodism. Fatigues. privations, scof fings, insults and reproaches and peltuig,s, occur in almost every stage of their career ; every where are they reviled, resisted. and haffied. Now different is the lot of their successors—how propitious their present prospects! Is there a veteran among them ? he is caressed, and treated. and reverenced ; communities submit to Isis opinion, fimi lies solicit his interposition. and individuals, though they do not presume upon his absolution, entreat the beeetit of his godly intercession I Rises there up a promising cham. pion of their common cause ? he is directly distinguished- 1