The Statesman. — London, England, 1812-02-10 00:00:00

Fran the LONDON GAZETTE, FEs..4. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 6th of Fe bruary, 1812, Present, the Lords of his Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council. It is this day ordered by their Lordships, that tilt reading the Form of Prayer to Almighty God s which was prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in pursuance of the Order of this Board, dated the sth of November, 1810, for the restora tion of his Majesty's health, be discontinued ; and OWN.; Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a new, Form of Prayer, to be used in lieu thereof. , And it is hereby further ordered, that his Ma jesty's Printer do forthwith print a competent num ber of copies of the said Form of Prayer, that the tame may be forthwith sent round, and read in the several churches throughout those parts of the United Kingdom called England and Ireland. JAS. BULLER. Foreign-Office, Feb. 8. nis Excellency the Duke del Infantado has trans mitted to the Marquis Wellesley, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a Copy of the Decree passed by the General and Ex traordinary Cortes of Spain, on the 22d day of Ja nuary last, constituting a Council of Regency of Spain and the Indies, composed of his Excellency the Duke del Infantado, Vice-Admiral Don Joaquim Mesquera y Figueroa Don Juan Maria Villasi eencio, Don Ignacio Rodrigues do Ribes ) stud the Conde de la Bisbal. -rim.-- MILITARY PROMOTIONS, Commissions in the Roval North Gloucester Militia, signed by the lord Lieutenant. Call/tin Edward Lord de Clifford to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Ilouard, resigned. Dated Jnly 1, 1811. Lad William George Ilenry Somerset to be Major, vice Adey, resigned. Dated Dee.l, 1811. Southgate Anstiti, Esq. to be Captain, vice Lord tie Clifford, promoted. Paten J illy 1, 1811. Commission in the North York Militia, signed by the Lord Lien tenant of the North Riding of the County of York. ---- Wrightson, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated January 20, 1812. Ceauni-sion signed by the lord Lieutenant of the County of Norfolk. 2d r astern Regiment of Norfolk Local Militia. Emign Thomas Prescott Oxley to be Lieuterant, vice Squire, rrstzned. Dated Jan. '2_1812. John - ,nit G ent. to be Ensign, vice Blake, resigned. Dated as above, Jain.-- 11. ury Utting„ Gent. to be ditto, vice Wainscot, pro moted. Dated as above. td Eastern Regiment. Chat*. Da. id Toline, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Barker, pro mo. d. liatest Jan. 2, 1812. BANKRUPTS. Benjamin Bilsborongh, St. Anne's, Middlesex, stone-mason, to surrender Feb. 11, IR March 21, at Guildhall, Loudon. William Slade. Paddington, common-brewer, Feb. 11, 18, Dlarch 21, at Guildhall. William Anderson, Bolton, Lancashire, druggist, March!, 2, 21, at the Globe 'Tavern, Joba-street, Liverpool. Joiin Latby, Honivon ' Desouehire, mercer aad draper, Feb. Marzli 11, at the Dolphin Inn Bonito!). Daniel T0,,1n :sad Bewjainia Jones Mitchell, Limebouse, ship chandlers, Feb. 13, 22, Marsh 21, at Guildhall. Richard Underwood, lloandsditch, builder, Feb. 15, 21, March 21, at Guild:AlL • Sa bad Ballard. jim. Bread-street-hill, baganakee, Feb. 15, 21. March 21, at Guildhall. Daniel Butler, Priest-court, Foster-lane, Cheapside, ribboa- Weaver. Feb. 11.22, March 11, at Guildhall. Benjamin Hodgson, Queen-street, Cheapside, skinner, Feb. 12, 24, March 2i; at Guildnall. Joseph Caswell, Greenhill's-rents, St. John-street, bakee,l tab. 11, 18, March 21, at Guildhall. Simon Joseph. Portsea, slopsellor, Feb. 11, 25, March 21, at Cavildball, loodom Richard Friday. jun. Islewortb, Middlesex, coal and corn dealer, Feb. 15,15, March 21, at Guildhall. Tomas Gadwin, Pall Mall, linen-draper, Feb. 111, n, March 21 at Guildhall. William Field, Wandsworth, Surrey, sho--maker, Feb. 13, V. March 11, at Guildhall. James Sloane, Liverpool, !merchant, March 4,5, 2 1 , at the Globe Tavern, Liverpool. John Lewis. Stourport, Worcestershire, a ins and liquor mer chant, March 3 4 1 'PI, at the George Inn, Bewdley, W oreester- shire. John Mayor, sen. and John Mayor, jun. Leadenhall-street, insurance-brokers, Feb. 13, 'II, March'. 1, at Stephen Crandley Gregory, Souttmeipton, hail-maker, Feb. 14. 15, March 11, at the Blue Posts, Poi tsom , :tll. Thomas Ansel', BitOliUgham, ba ker, Feb. :70, '2l, March 21, at the Week Swan Inn, Marwick. Js aes Sly ith, W hitchurch, Siinvshi re, victualler, Feb. 24,,'15, March 21, at the White Lion lam, Whit, hurch. Ownwell Baron and R. Pearson, Kingston-upqn-Hall, tim- Av.-mese:lams, Feb. 14, 18, March 21, at the George, Kingston apon.lfuil. DIVIDENDS. Feb. `.'9, James Wißism Drink water Guest, Kingstno-upos- Thanks*, Surrey, grocer-Feb. 29, William Bliakhont and Jolur Alusgrave, Foster-lane. Citeapside, merchants-March 4, pew ja.ain Polack, Sheffield. watch - m aker-March 4, Daniel Bur gess and Mary Lord, Rochdale, Lancashire, cotton - spinner s - Feb.l7, John Urackenbury and Charles Brackenbury, Ba _Ely, Cambridgeshire, bankers-March i, Joseph Pickering, rn well, Lancashire, and Edward Phut, Little Bolton, laneashire, en totospinners-Feb. '29, Peter Francis l'apillou. Neckinger, Bermondsey, calico-printer-Feb.l9, Thomas Downey, Wisp pug-street, Wapping, glazier and painter-Feb. 29, Willistin Ford, Beck ington, Somersetsbire, maluter- Feb. WI John Na pier, Biteklersbury imerchant-Feb. 18,2nmes Champ, Cliches ter, money-scrivener-Alan% John Hill. Itutherhithe, tars chant-March 17, William GOddru, Cranbourn-alley. liurn draper-March i, John Price, Ratbbone-place, Middlesex, tai lor -April- IS, finhert Wallace, Bath, linen-draper- March '2, Willia Carpenter, Weitufatting, Carabridgeshirt, horse-dealer -.Larch 7, Mary Hutchings, '1 elcote Devonshire, spinster- Feb. 29, Joseph Masen•Guest, Birsdiseisan, meraisant-Feb. 29, John Dawson, Liverpool, merchant-May 1, John Cross, Plymouth, butcher-March 14, Henry Cooke and John Her bert, Birchin-lase, merchants-Feb. SA, Simon Bloomfield Wil- Aussie-friars, merchanias-Feb. 29, Jams Reed, South • l•sokex,ship-oliner-Ntarrb Walter Post, Bristol, car ver and g bier -Slareb 1. Thomas lanan , Bedate, Yorkshire, wine and spirit-merchant-Feb..29, Ralph Noble, Clarkel-ter r ten, Cannon-street-rosil. snerelant-March 4, Joseph Smith, Bristol, carpenter-Feb, 29, Isaac Baker, Dudley, Worcester elif.l, linen -draper-Feb. 29, John Underhill, liSirtainglsam,ner chanr--Feb. 29, James Elkingtms, Binninram, ivory -box-ma- ker-Marsh 5, John Crowther, . Bark island , Yorkshire, corn dealer-March 2, John Germain.. Harts:teat, Yttekshire.. mer chant-Feb. 29, Henry Fourdrialer, Caarionsareet, and Sealy Fonrdrialer, Charing-cross, paper-maaufactareirs. CER TIFICATES—fristp. Thomas IlerelvToTtti,Vorit,geoc er.—Williaan Newman, Bock tug, Eteer.'ailk-ihrowster.—linbrose Cutler, Newington, Our. fey, paiuter•stainer.--James Henry Clough, Jorhua Salida.= Wilkey, and James Butler Clough, Liverpool, merelsantr.— JIM Whi 'lyre Worcester, draler.—Cisarler , Laing, Wapping, ship-chow:l Crokatt, Lloyd's Collee-bositte ' Lim- mare-broker. —Joltat list:niter, Rochdale, Lancaster, tea-dealer -Titosnas Kest, London-street, mealtnaa.—William Lever, ; • llaltaie Lav , •r,Lanramer, muslm-anannfacturer.—W idiom (taunt, Tutteitharn Coart-road , Burg: on.--'terry Sherrington, (korge . Cooper, Leonard Copper, awl John I'm rig, Heapy, banrarter w tbstori.—Tbritas Motley, 'lsaac 'lardy, and William Heard , , Bri• 01 ironnwingrts,Joarph Coarstnart, Corr:wail.— , 'l'h . -: is Cotton, RENapigatedr to ro reet, incur ILirria, St. CJAharle's, plovision-uterebaat, ' PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. mut IL. Itrwitt—S. and C. Vowel!, Colensares-yard, Bee enond4)..tvert. fell.riongers--M. Liddell and A. liarvey, Got fist,ex-Are*-maker.—W. Mattliesoo and J Tiarreig Flow erg. LeartruZall-otreet a tailora—E. Treffry and T, Coneys, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, areititeeti —.T. Wilkes. H. Wilkeg, T. ~ Wright. mil E. B.gisall. Titidaio Calliery Stafford real-rnmder•—T. Listei and .t. itar-o:a,tle Bre Iford,Vork, mon, Isle of Wattley, Latteloiti-s, millers mill-re -8. Taylor and n. wood, tik org. street, Bloomsbury, pwi t g - J, OsJeti, rrn. mil J. and t; S . kyr; nhol- 0, th- 4 4. Raltgert—td, 64 Si ftick, stouriaril Waccstershirtli I • • . • r , • • s ...11 • • • .0 . k THE STATESMAN. slaters—J. Haigh and J. Crosland, Lindley, Yorkshire, tanners —J. and W. tireen, Sheffield, table-knife-manufacturers—W. Dawson, J. Bartell, D. Gaskell, and .1. Burrell, jun. Walte r field, merchants —J. J. Cherry and E. !Jester , ° Birmingham, ! brass-founders — W. Brown, W. Dra y ton, anddl Brown, Lei• cater—J. and W. Ricketts, tssez, farmer — B: . Parker and C. 14r o nlay, Upper 'Thames-street, ale-merchants—T. Gales, T. n, and S. fdawey, King's Lyan, Norfolk, bankers—G. .1111o*en and G. Morant , New Bond-street. paper-longing-deco -1 rktors-3. and E. Parrish, Beckington, Somcrsetshire, dyers R. Rinks and C. Foster, Kingston-upon-Hull —J. and Collier, Shiflett), Shropshire, ironmongers. I. The Average Pr ice of for the Week, ending Feb . 5, is 445. Sid. pe Ir Cwt. Average Prices of CORN of ENGLAND and WALES, per quarter, from the Return, ending February 1: I Wheat. I Rye. Barley. I Oats. I Beans I Pease. I °atm. s. d.c. d. c. d. s. d. s. d. .r. d. +. d. 104 0 55 0 31 4 31 2 56 4 64 8 50 8 • The Proprietor of the STATEsmex takes this op portunity of addressing himself to the advertising part of the Community, many of whom are little acquainted with the nature and extent of the eir-1 cola {ion of Newspapers, and who, from long habit or otherwise, often prefer those of small circula- I lion, to others that are very extensive. It would be a painful task to point out the exact number of each Journal printed in London, but it might be advantageous to those who hare property to dispose of, either by PUBLIC S'ILE or PRIVATE Coln TRICT, to make themselves acquainted with it. Of late there has .b.een a complete change in the system of Newspapers. During the last ten sears the Evening Papers have obtained great cirAdcitton, and, tn many instances have sap planted the Mousing Papers; they are, in fact, now generally read, both in Town and Coun try, especially in Reading-Rooms, Hotels, Cof fer-houses, and Public-Ilouses, where the STATESMA - N is almost universally taken in, and, upon a moderate computation, has not less than Twenty Thousand Readers in London, exclusive of the Country. Arr. Mang. - g 1 " 0 0 ......... .... ... Jerzey --I I 1 . Anholt ... 0 1 Dee. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. _ _ _ Bank 3 per Cant. Cons. G-2 3 per Cent. lied. 6`2.ii 4 per Cents. 7811 5 per Cent. Navy 93k1 Long. Ann. 16* 5-16 India Bonds 17s. IN. pr. Exchequer Bills 3d. Ditto 50. 5 7 pr. Orrininia Con:ols for Acct. 62* Lottery 'rickets THE STATESMAN. LONDON: SONDAY, VEBRCART 10, 181% • • THE RING. KING. The following Bulletin was yesterday shown at St. James's Palace:— " Windsor Castle, Feb. P. g His MAsurrir appears to be nearly in the same state la *hick he was the last week. • Th.T.F 4 ORD, " M. RAILIAE. " W. ITE.HF.P.MN, J. " R. WILLIS." An Anholt Mail arrived this morning, bringing the important intelligence of the French troops having, to the amount of 6,000, entered Stralsund on the 26th January. We expected little else from the complexion of the Address lately made by the Crown Prince, BERNADOTTE, to the King of SWEDEN, on the latter re-assaming the reins of Government. It will not surprise us if it turns out, that this re assumption of the regal power, has been the result of some plan in the Swedish Councils, to overthrow the power of the CROWN PRINCE ; and that he has, in consequence, given information of this to Berck. PARTE, which has led to the occnpation of Swedish Pomerania by his troops', and which, we are per sitadrd, .N.tror con will not be induced speedily to withdraw, until his favourite General be restored to his former dignity, probably until he be invested with Sovereignty. " STOCK ROLM, JAW. St. " On the 26th, 6,000 French troops entered Stralsund, having given' "notice on the 25th 'that such was their intention, and desiring quarters might be provided for them. This•eircumstance has given rise to various conjectures ; we are, however, sa tisfied BERN IDOTTE is our true friend." VTOACT Or A LETTER mom VILNNA ) DATED SANTIANT 15. gg *e learn that the Austrian Court will furnish the Illyrian provinces with several million, worth of grain, agreeably ..to a convention lately concluded between the Courts of Vienna and Paris, " We know nothing positir relative to the nego tiations at Bucharest." " COPENHAGEN, Saw. 12, gg A number of dead bodies lave been found on the kea-shore, between Osbye and .Nyernandgat, in. Jutland, probably from the English ship of the line, wilich was wrecked there a few days ago; among them are 21 women, two negroes, 77 men in sailors' dresses, IL in soldiers' dresses, one officer, and a man in an ordinary dress. Ills Majesty has ordered that all the bodies clothed as officers, which are found on the shore, shall be buried with military honours; and that notice , shall be taken of their persons, and any particular marks they may have about them, 12y which they •may be known."—(Correspoodent, Jan. 25.) "RtBE, JAN. °l. gg The corpse of Commodore ATKINS has been taken out of the grave in Fialtring church.yard, where it had been deposited, and from thence car ried to the 'church at Uusbye, where it was depo sited in the sacristy with due military honours. The resident clergyman, Mr. Seiersted, of liusbye, on this occasion held a discourse, which was heard with west approbation."—( Dagen, Jun, 27'5.) ••••••••--_ • EbeINEUR, JAN. 35. 0: Towards evening, on the 23d, a brig and two sloops arrived here, from the Northward, and en the following day proceeded to the southwaid. Articles of house-keeping continue to adventse in price; 42 rix dollars (81. 4s. sterling) were this day paid in the market for a fathom of fire-wood; and from se ven to eight rif dollars '(2B to 3 4 2 shillings) for a lis pound of fresh porter. Although that the wind i is from the southwest', the frost still continues, but we have no ice, either in the Sound or in the liar bonr."—(Dagen, Jan. W.) " TRIESTE, JAN. 4. " The high road which is making from Carlstadt to Fiume, and which is called the Louis Road, in honour of her MAJESTY, the Empress of FRANCE, is now completely finished ; and notwithstanding its being in many places carried across mountainous si tuations, yet will have every possible convenience attached to it: care has also been taken for having good inns established along this road."—(Correspon denten, Jan. 25.) The Dublin papers of Thursday, which ►ve received this morning, state, that Mr. K►RwAN was brought• up that day for judgment in the Court of King's Bench, and that, after a long address by Judge DA y, he was sentenced to be lined one mark, and then discharged. If a true judgment may be formed from the public Papers, and from the transactions in Parliament, the.late naval losses in the North Sea have made a very slight impression on the nation. Questions have been asked in the House of Commons, and answers given, which appear to have been deemed perfectly satisfactory. The loss of three capital ships, with their whole crews, amounting to more than 2000 seamen, have been placed to the common account of sea-risk, against which no human foresight can pro vide •;. and, with this statement, the guardians of the public welfare seem to be perfectly satisfied. But is a lawyer a gardener ? Is a physician a sLoemaker ? 15 an architect an astronomer ? or a bricklayer as ana tomist ? Certainly, the knowledge of almost all pro fessions have something peculiar to each. Is the 'kill in naval affairs then, exempted from this general role ? This is very far from being 'certain. So long ego as the reign of A UGUSTUS Cesare, the Romans were of opinion that naval tactics was a s) stem pecu liar to itself. Yet, in these =pre enlighted days, when sea knowledge is ten thousand times more com plicated, it seems to be supposed that naval skill is intuitive. But has this intuitive knowledge suggested, that ships of three decks, and dten those of two decks, may be driven from one coast of the narrow parts of the North Sea to another, by gales of wind very fre quent there in the months of November, December, January, and February ? Those gales are of very long continuance, accompanied ai' thick **ether El the days are short ; the tides are strong ; and the shores bordered with dangerous rocks and shoals. This is something worth consideration. There is• still more. Does intuitive knowledge suggest at what rate, and, in what direction, a three-deck s!.lp is driven, when the force of the wind obliges a seaman to furl the topsails? Does chance point out the difference between so large ships and those of two decks? And again, between those of two and thoseof one deck ? Or has intuitive skill only a confused idea l of those material points ? But, admitting that the transcendent talents of some men.may be beyond the conception of a common understanding, still it re- 1 mains to discover that, in the North Sea, most in. tense frosts are frequent in winter—the ropes . become pieces of ice—the sails are plates of frozen snow, all unmauagable by the benumbed hands of meu.— In such situations, who can guide ; who can direct the motions of an immense machine, difficult even when man possesses all Lis powers ?- Between the dangers of the seas where it never freezes,. and, those where cold arrests the strength of men, the difference it beyond the conception of the most clear-sighted intui tion. These being facts, the consequences of trusting to what is called transcendent abilities, may be esti.. mated. In sech situations, it is taken for granted that nahuman foresight • could have prevented' the loss of so.rivany valuable men's lives ; yes• every sea- Man, acquai — nted'irdh that sea, and with the of ships of differept rates, could have foreseen, and many certainly did *este, the imminent danger' Us] which three-decked ships are at all times exposed iu the narrow parts Of, the North Sea ; and that nothing' short of the last degree of necessity, could justify j keeping even two-decked ships in the Baltic beyond the end of September. If these be facts, the neces sity of some practical knowledge may be requisite in the disposal of ships of war, otherwise a whole pro tecting fleet may be wrecked in 24 hours, and 20,000 men lost to their country by defective knowledge in those who have the most earnest desire to serve that country with fervent zeal, and are possessed of the most tender feelings of humanity. • A letter from Palermo, dated January 1, states " the news of this day is, that Lord Ww. BENTINCK it to hare the command of all the Sicilian troops, and a seat in Parliament at Palermo ; the banished Princes are to be recalled, and all our e roffered terms are agreed to; which the Sicilians are heartily glad of. The Neapolitanskare all the will to be our enemy, but have' not the means. Mr. N►cr., the British Minister at Sardinia, is hourly expected here in L'Espoire." Three French Officers were brought by► a Messen ger to the Secretary of Slate's office, en Thursday, from Plymouth Dock. The cause has net trims -I'i red. The Conn-MA.Yott wilt hold a Court of Common Council to-Morrow, to consider a motion, " That the sum of 5001. be presented to the National Society for promoting the Education of the Poor in the prin ciples of tho Established Church, as the gift of this Court," and other business. This morning the twelve prisoners charged with high treason, in joining the French forces in the Isle of France, were put upon their trial before the Special Cc - ntnission, at the Court House, in horse. monger-iatte. On Friday the Lords of the Council met at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, to hear and determine Plantation appeals. The Judges - LAWRENCE and CuAssanE continue both so much indisposed as to' be unable to go on the ensuing Circuit. tierjeant Runt;txcrrou is to fill the judicial situation of the former. We are assured 'that Mr. limn.! has been oft ., :re t l 6001. sterling, to perform in New York for smuts' _ • nights. The Army .Eetimates for the present year laid h:'. fore the House of Commons nee for 370,434 mea, anti ticductinethe 48,161 for the Regiments in tko territories of the East India Company, there remain 342,€273 to be provided for by Parliament. The ex, Peusetfor this force, and other disbursements of the Military Department, amount to 15,893,0911. 35.9 ( 1. The number of embodied MilitiaA . 93,2l2. The ez. 'sense for the Local Militia is r20,075i. . In the list of the division on the Cetholic Question, we aright to have included I,,ita FORBES, who pair. Led,off with Mr. FORRESTER. In the list of the Majority teethe Reversion Lee s M. Roamors, Esq. and J: Rolm:sox, F.s4. did not vote. Lord CLlvn Lord BacemE, and Gen. Gas• comer ai4 vote. The Reversion Bill is again thrown out,lw a me t jority- of font: The history df this . Bill is siege:al. i It has been moulded into every possible shape, till it would appearaey thing, or nothing. Sometimes it affected two much, and sometimes too little. It was either intruding on the Prerogative of the Crown, or doing nothing for the People. In the one case it Iwas dangerous, and the other of no setvice. It has been read in almost every stage of legal progression; its - pi ogress has been connived at till the last hour, ; and then ,Mr. PERCEVAL, or some other, suddenly discovers that it will no! be ;Wended with any effect, and it is laid in another six month? grave. It Ins been cut, and pared, and swollen-out, and reduced, just as though the mover were taking wave of ! every man's vote ; till It has become insipid to one party, and indifferent to another. This is the pre. I gress that the House mike* in Reform. • It is round the House, and round Me house,' sad round the I House, but never enter the House. By letters from Gibraltar we have received the dis agreeable intelligence that his M r eresee's ship Con queror, of 7.1 guns, Captain FELLOWES, had unfor tunately been becalmed ender the guns of a French battery near Toulon, and could not be towed out from that perilous situation until one hundied and seventy of her men were killed, and a proportionate number wounded. Also; that La Franchise frigate, .Captain F. J. ALLEN, bad been struck with light. wing, .by which fatal accident she had lost several of ' her crew. The Conqueror is hourly expected to at. rive in England. The CLEROY.—Our Readers will . rejoice to hear, that the neglect and wretched situatiou of the lower orders of the Clergy, so long known and lamented by every sincere friend of the Established Church, is likely, at last, to tix the attention of the public. — The Curates of Cornwall , Diocese of E xe t er , have . prepared and signed a Petition to the Commons o f " Great Britain, detailing their necessities and submit ting them to the consideration of the Howes; and se doubt not, that their example will be followed by the Curates and Incumbents of small Livings in every Diocese of the kingdom. We would not insinuate that the, great watchmen of the Church have been meglectftil of their labouring brethren ; but we can. not believe that there must be something radically de fective in a system which has reduced a body of mon, from the enviable satiation of administering to the temporal,, as well as spiritual wants of. their neigh. hours, to the miseries of poverty and dependence: leaving them with stipends " less than many of the servants of the Members of your Honourable Muse demand and receive ai their yearly wo.ges."—(Stai• fordshire Advertiser.) • The French Assistant Clerks in all the DepSts oe shore and in Prison Ships, have been discharged ifrom employ, by order of the Transport Board. COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS :AND TEAMS SHILLIVI PlEcEs.—The public ought to be on their guard in taking these pieces, as couoterfelts of them are in a. tensive circulation. A eimpla and effectual check is, to weigh them against pod ones, when they will be found uniformly lighter: • . Francois Goyette, tbe French prisoner, lately liersl6fedess a . servant evriesard the Pagese Hospital Ship, has been released and sent to Frauce by the Transport Board, as a • reward for his exertions is jumping overboard to the rescue of the Cook and Boy of the Hydra frigate, when upset in he! boat in l'orchester Lake. . . . .‘, Potatoes were first impelled into Europe, in 6 " year 1565, by Hawkins, from Santa Fe in Spiel' America ; they were planted for the first time ••' Ireland, by the great Sir Walter Raleigh, elm A an estate in that kingdom.. The natural history":if the potatoe was : .scs little understood, that a tote! :g• norance of what part of the plant was the food had nearly ruined any further attention to its cultivation—for perceiviug green apples A .:'tar upon the stems, these were first supposed to be the fruit, but upon being boiled and finding them uni'" ll 7 table, or rather natise,ous, Raleigh was disgust ed eio his acquisition, northought any more of cultivating Ps' tatoes..Accident,however,discovered the real fruit,o ing to the ground being turned over, through necessity, that very season, and to his surprise a p l e ntiful crop , en was found under-ground, which being boiled prov nourishing to the stomach and grateful to the taste. The utility of this plant being soou known, render ed its cultivation pretty universal throug h Irelan d , whence it found its way to this kingdom, by mere sic' dent, w here it was first planted upon the western coast, owing, as it hereported, to a vessel being shipwret ed, which cipstained some potatoes, at a village BRI Oil M Firmsby, in Lanoashlea ; a plate still famed faf excaent vegetable. p 1