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.„ .. .... (iscl irging the geren---..- -- ; ------ " Yal lion to Its b e . Secretary had. VIE - BarllBll PirESS , should run to - -----,---- -- Iy inconvenient .. LONDON, next day, h e I motion to an FRIDAY, rill/ADA/41 S. ----oww-..-- lad fallen from It was confidently reported yesterday in the city, own intended nion that th ere that the Dutc h s q uadron, under Admiral HART- :der fir a SUM. RINCK, had taken Prince of Wales's Island, formerly a already stood Puloo-Penang, in the Straits of Malacca, with se- iat day. Wi t i, he conceiv e d i t vent English Indiam en at that p lace, su pp osed to if business t h at be the Canton, Marquis of Ely, and Brunswick. Af- ire discussion of ter the most diligent enquiry, we find the only et the sense o f foundation for t he re p ort is, an article given, ex- no mutioa for chord'', in this Paper yesterday, under the head of but con,..lited 4, Cape of Good Hope," containing a statement to Id, on th •• ... dos ~ that effeß. We added then, as the fan is , that we tar with Sti...n. Lordship'. sr... copied it from The New York Chronicle, of the sth ,U112t1 , .NH.q.., ti, „ , of January, where it is given as part of the commit. JiwAly. nications of a Gentleman, lately arrived from the rusit:ess, an ..3. Cape of Good Hope. The last accounts received S. at the India House , fr o m Prince of Wales's Island, lack Rod su m - are of the 9th of August; and, upon reference to the owls C mo os - article copied from The Ne w Y o rk Chronicle, it ch was ie mi. ils. would mcm to bring down the news from the Cape, n his return. in. to the latter end of September, at which time the had been oir e ca pture of the Island, subseqUent to the gth of ['erosions DU is tit a Hills. . August, if any such event had taken place, might Chief Secretary have been known there. There is nothing, there- uant to order, a fore, in these dates, inconsistent with the report ; Correspondenc e lets of Custom s but, on the other hand, the Editor of The New standing, which " York Chrouiele, who must be presumed to know his were also an Ac. au thority, does not appear, from' the manner in rsements of the Port of the pro. ' which he notices the report, to lay much stress upon it ; and we do know that not the least credit is at. ORPUS ACT IN tached to it at the India House. Tke report, how. eof Mr. Foster) ever, though it should prove true, will not retard notice, that his the preparations making for carrying the proposed )crow, move ler establishment En: that. Island into effect, as the uspension of the Company anticipate its recapture as a certain and TRADE. speedy event. lotice, that, en .—.—.... r leave to brig . At a quarter past six o'clock, yesterday morning, ave Trade. fie the Purser of the Ecrl or clbergavenho (Mr. S rOART) [Mr. Windh on) arrived at the East India House, with the melon- e his motion rt. choly intelligence of the loss of the Earl of Aherga- , Country, to a do so, it could ,enny East Indianian. Intelligence was immediate- lotion respeain: ly given to the Secretary, Mr. Ita stscir, who resides no debate likely at the India House; and before ten o'clock, all the us frequently tr. it quest:on : a::1, avenues, leading to the Secretary's office, were , there would b: completely blocked up with enquirers on this unfor- wought fur w.u-J. innate circumstance. Mr. STUART, the Purser, was it all the delays ssion of his Mo. the first person who arrived at the House, from the as he had given ship; after him, Mr. TAYLOR, a Cadet: and Mr. iy of the Session. ' GILPIN, the fourth Officer, from whom the follow- !rich he had been ing particulars of the unfortunate loss of this vessel, ~ hi coasicieN- ment seemed to and the principal part of her crew and. passengers., panish business.) s were communicated to the Court of Dire/6-s : fight, perhaps, be " On Friday last the Earl of clberienvenny, Captain more discussion Mr. Wilberforce) WORDSWORTH, sailed from Portsmouth, with the be very inconve. other outward-bound East lnd;amen, under convoy which his Motion of the Weymouth frigate. The weather being un- i so soon by ano- t wish for time to favourable, and the wind strong against them, in- !fore, if the Mi. duced them to run into Portland Roads. The Wry- is Motion on the ,north frigate separated the very first night. The a future day, he We.rford, Captain CLARK, being the oldest Cap- ke place then, as t to be informed tain, and of course Commodore, made the signal ipposed to be so for the ships that had pilots on board to run for port. there; but, being At about 3 p. ,n. .on Tuesday, having got a pilot no particular rt 2. lined not to delay on board, the Earl of Ab:rvagenny bore up for Portland Roads ; but the ebb tide setting in fast, :hancellor of the and slack wind, she drove on the Shambles off undertake to give the Bill of Portland. In about an lour she Hon. Gentleman it it would be es- cleared the rocks, and signal guns of distress were debate upon the immediately fired. At 4 p. ma. she made much panish Papers tea water, and gained fast upon the pumps. The ns upon this !:.:- crew endeavoured to bail her at the fore hatch- was agreed, tit it way ; but all their endeavours to stop the leak, or re . present, sr.i:of keep the water under, were found to be in vain.— ainish Pape , , *ht ig the Addit o it i . rom that time to dark, and till eight o'clock, the we Trade on I" situation of all on board was dreadful in the ex- treme; it was impossible to save the ship, which rn of the r ecruit* resterday ), whi ch was eventually sinking fast and settling in the water. d to be primed. At eight p. no the guns of distress were fired Meet- :opy of the cam- santly for boats to come off to save the crew, pas. rr regulating the disposed of in the sengers, and King's and Company's troops on board. The Purser was dispatched at eight, in one of the a ship's boats, with the Papers and Dispatches in order If into a Conytnio- a s relatiog to the to save them. The Third Mate, Mr. Woaos- in the Chair, put - lemma, a cousin of the Captain's, accompanied the Purser with about six seamen. One boat it persons holding l 51. per Cent. of came off from the shore ; which took on bo ar d e sth of July, I )40.% Mr. Evans, Senior, Merchant, and his daughter, of 51. per Cent. I Miss JACKSON, Mr. ROUTLIDGE, and Mr. TAN'- ,nd . nfa-half Cent. di. per Cent. Los, a Cadet, all passengers. About ten p. on per obliged to sir:riff the water had got above the orlopsaleck, in spite .51,,rs of the !Sant of the most unremitting endeavours of the Cs& tions were a greed sere and crew, who behaved in the most cool, exem. rceivetl to-morro. ratory to his Me- Nary manner. In the mean time, all on board were Trade, nu'lved for anilously looking out for the boats from the shore. between the Seat. thitortunately, in the general distress and agony of of the West India .o the 30th of Feb . :he moment, the ships' boats were not hoi s t e d out . At lI p. ms. the ship gave a surge, and went down Bill for allowing almost instantaneously, in twelve fathoms water, ad Fishery to c om- rtain times an d ii two miles f rom W e y mout h B eac h . A s s h e was linking. the crew and pas.engers ascended the tops . II t .. 1 . of the mans, about eighty persons in the whole. ' There were on board altogether nearly 400 ; of the ship's crew werel SO ; between 60 and 60 passengers ; and the rest King's and Company's troops, the latter of which amounted to MI Some Chinese were also on board to the number of thirty—all but those who had got up the shrouds and into the long boat, whit* , lioatel, and who were at the op of the wreck,4#e„iost, to the number 4300. About half-past II p. tor. boats were seen coming off the shore, and approached near enough to be hailed; but they could not save those who were still clinging to the shrouds and wreck. About twelve, a sloop came to an anchor, close to the ship, sent a boat, and took off most of the persons we have mentioned as la, ing above water, and carried them to Wey mouth. Not a single article of property, or cargo, which was to an astonishing amount, was saved. She had goods on board, on the Company's ac count, about 100,0001. and 250,000 ounces of silver, on private account; besides goods to the value of half a million. She is supposed to be the richest ship that has sailed for India for some years past. As soon as the ship was going down, Mr. BAOOOT, the Chief Officer, went to the quarter-deck, and told the Captain " all exertions were in vain; the ship was rapidly sinking." Captain Woanswoaan looked him in the face, and, with every appearance of a heart-broken man, answered, N Let her god!" From that instant the Captain was motionless: as the ship sunk, however, many who had climbed the shrouds descended to save him, but to no ef fed. In this exertion Mr. GILP I r 4, the fourth Mate, was foremost; and those who have arrived in town from the wreck, unanimously agree, that this gentleman's name deserves to be written in gold for his endeavours on this occasion. The exertions of Cornet Boaooy err, and the officers, were most exemplarily gallant ; they did all that human nature could do, at the hazard of their lives. The ship was of the largest tonnage, above 1500 tons, and, was destined to Bengal and China. She was laden to Bengal with the most valuable ar ticles, and crowded with passengers ; 40 sat down daily at the Captain's table, and above 14 at the third Mate's. The first and third Mates were en shore when she left Portsmouth, and paid 40 gui neas for a boat, which enable I them to join this ill fated ship after she had weighed anchor. Captain WORDSWORTII was a man of rermukagily mild., manners ; and so temperate was hi. disposition, that he was known among his shipmates by the title of " the Philosopher." The state of those of the crew and passengers, who, were able to climb the tops, was frightful be yond : all possible description ; the swell of the sea was dreadful, and every moment they perceived some friend floating around them for a while, then sinking into the abyss to rise no more. The sloop that came from the shore, after having taken most of the people from the tops, was scudding with all the sail she could carry for the shore, when Mr. BAGOOT, the chief Officer of the Lent of Aber gavenv, was discovered close astern of the ship. The sloop immed:ttely lay to for him ; but this noble-spirited young man, although he had a rope in his hand, quitted his hold, and, disregarding his own safety, plunged after Mrs. BL Ate, an unfor tunate fellow passenger, whom he perceived float ing at some distance. lie succeeded in coming up with her, and sustained her above water, while he swam towards the sloop; but just as he was on the point of reaching it, a terrible swell came on, and his strength being totally exhausted, he sunk and never rose. The unfortunate Mrs. BL AI a sunk after him, and this generous youth thus perished in vain. —lt is an extraordinary fad, that Captain %Cos ns woes ti felt such an unaccountable depression of spirits, that he could not he persuaded to go through the usual ceremony of taking leave of the Court of Directors on the day appointed ; and it was not until the Wednesday following, which was specially fixed for that purpose, that he yielded to the wishes of his friends, and reluctantly attended the Court. Fie had been two voyages as Commander, and expelled that this his third voyage would make his fortune. He has left a wife and a large family. It was supposed that the ship's bottom had been beaten in exactly under the pumps, and that, therefore, they could not work with effect. During the two hours the pas sengers remained in :he tops, the ship had gradually stink seven feet, from whehce it was supposed, that she had struck upon a mud b sok. The boats that saved the people in the tops carried them to Wey mouth, where they received the most liberal and hu mane attention from Mr. WcstotS, a respeCtable Merchant of that town. Thus East India Company will not fail to reward him as I e deserves. At eleven o'clo.:k Tester ty morning, Cornet Bus colts', of the Bth Dr °ens, appeared in the 0 ! passages of the India House. He was instantly surrounded by the amides friends of the se= veral persons who had embarked in the Earl Abirgaaenny. We are !happy to state, that this Gentleman, though so severely ailliAed from this misfortune, as to loss LS: use of his right leg, was • • T A• • . , • yet able to give story estisfAion required to the friends of t h e parties; aid from him and the other officers who arrived•at the India House, the Secre tary was enabled to issue the following Ike of per sona eased from the Wreck OFFICIAL RETURN OF THE PERSONS SAVED. East holm House, Feb. 7, Two n'Clock. Lists, of Persona mired from the Egrl of Aberga- Dew*, 6tb February, I SO5. Menus. W. E. G. Stewart, second mate; Joseph Word-- worth, third lAto ; Thomas Gilpin, fourth ditto; John Clarke, fifth ditto; H. Mortimer, sixth ditto; John Davie, surgeon; C. H. Stewart, purser ; Thomas Abbott, gunner; John Ad• water, carpenter; W. White, midshipman and coxswain ; Edward Pitcher, eildshipman ; George Room, ditto; Benja. mie Yeatei, ditto; John Barnett, ditto; William Akers, ship's steward; William !veil, boatswain's second mate; Charles Dunn, gunner's first mate; Joseph Williams, ditto, second mate t Ambrose Barnett, quasteu•naster; Charles co►d, ditto; J. Palmer, ditto; Daniel Lundie, baker ; James Parsons, sea. Mac. dercitarg•d at Portsmouth; John Swinney, ditto ; Geo. Thompson, quarter-muster; John Thompson, ditto; John Thompson, Chinese servant; Michael Routh., seaman; Thoeaas Evans, Esq. senior, merchant; Miss Evans, Miss Jackson, Mr. Rattled'', Cornet Burgoyne, Bth Dragoons; Dr. Maxwell, MCrill. Evaitas black servant; &Lillie, cadet Grarnstiaw, Onto; C. Taylor, ditto; Thwaiter, ditto; John son, ditto. F.sclusive of the • abovementioned persons, about 20 soldiers, and 40 to 50 of the petty ?fficers and others of the ship's company were caved, whose times arc not yet ascertained. Total number saved about 90 to tOO persons_ . •- • In addition to the above particulars, we are en. abled to subjoin an accurate list of all the Passon gers who embarked. corseted according to the latest accounts received last night zt the East India House. Saved—J. nraiter, J. Johnstn, C. Taylor, R. M. 0. Graraittaw„ C. Darir, Cornet Burgoyne, Dr. Maxwell, Mr. John Routledge, sea. merchant ; Mr. Thera! Enna, mi. merchant; Mos Emilia gram, Mire Rebecca Jackson. Drwwnicl—Mrs. M. Blair, Mr. A. Grant, writer; Mr. Hinny Durant, Assistant Surgeon ; Me.srs. T. D. LlZA bevmr, Pynsent Lane. W. Craig, E. Bellew, li. R. Baru-11, R. Manack, 11. J. Glover, C. J. Stewart, A. Wight, W Grahatn, J Gate, J. FOTIN4, C. Rfthilllo/1, W. &tithe, Rice Price, C. Taylor, J Johntten, J. B. Manson, A. Inner, J. Deat, R. Dent. sod J. Rutherford. It will be seen in our Stock List, that the Funds yesterday suffered a farther depression. The weight of the new Loan is considered the cause of this un favourable change. It is now known that the Mi nister will want a much larger sum than the public expefted. Sonic speculate confidently upon the amount, as not less 'ban "rwknvir-s ivs Mi GLAD:4s. On Wednesday morning the 1) ANIS/I Alf 0 AS- S/lunit Wan audience at Lord M111.011••10F. Office. ... 'elle Prince Ernest packet, from the Leeward Islands, was spoke with on the Ist inst. about eight lesgues from Scilly. The American ship Tardier, KILLiNR Y, from Baltimore, arrived at Cowes, was boarded on the 3d instant., off acilly, by the Bonaparte privateer of 40 guns. The Lerel Nee ac , *Gin ra ts, from St. Thomas's, is arrived at Liverpnol, after beating off a pri vateer. The Nymph, —. from Si. Thomas's, fir Liver pool, is captured by a French privateer of 20 guns. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was holden in the Chamber of Guildhall, but the LokD MA VOA being very unwell. appointed Mr. Alder. man Li Mcsumet as Lelllfi renew: there were present seven Aldermen, and a great number of Commoners. The Court filled ,up the Irish Society, and the Committees for the year ensuing. A. Report from the Committee of City Lands was brotight forward, in relation to the improving Smithfield Market, which was ordered to be printed, and a Special Court to be held for taking it into consideration. The plans of the Market are di retied to be kept in the Office of Works, Guildhall, for the inspeaion of the Members of the Court, and all persons who may be ireettsted therein. Several Petitions were presented to the Court, and read, and referred. The Committee for General Purposes made a Report to allow Mrs. Sane Stevens, widow of the late junior clerk in the Court of Requests, fifty pounds to relieve her in her present difficulties, and forty pounds per annum during pleasure, to com mence from Christmas last. In the course of the business of the Court, a very interesting and long debate took place upon a mo tion, " that the DireElors of the West India Dock Company, Members of this Court, receiving sala ries, should, be ineligible to be eleiFfed upou any Commission or Committee by this it ourt." The arguments were very.ably supported, on both sides, by Mr. S. Diner; Mr. WA t I KM AN, and Mr. Ac- Lea Pane Imo, for the question ; and Mr. Scapa. Mr. Deputy /3: lieu. and Sir CH A LIS against it. Upon the division there appeared, for the ques tion- -1 Alderman Against 4 Aldermen 39 Com ninnera 'al C•mmunerr I Teller 1 Teller 41 .55 The question was negatived by a majority of 15. The doarine of chances seems, through the In- Risence * dame Fortune, to be considerably un hinged in the present State Lottery ; for. most ex traordinary to say. three days dra'ving of the ten are decided, and yet ALL the CAPITAL PRITCII are still in the Wheel. There can he only one cir ctfmstanee that can prove equally .extraordinary, and which is, that any Ticket or Share. under so singular and important rn event, should remain un disposcd of. .. THEATRE. COVZIKT-GA SUM The T 0,,, ,: knelt,* performed Romeo 'at th Theatre, last night. Those who have not seen hn in Athmet, Frederick, and Norval, must have bee astonished and &lighted. Those who have seen hit in! these eharaaers, must acknowledge his Rome considerably below them. His Aaion was graters and his conception of the chdifteer just, but h could seldom make the audience feel him. Indee in Aehmrt, the love scenes were those in which hi excellence was least cansp!cuous, and hence ci ;sedation ought not to have been too sanguine c extraordinary success in Romeo; a rharader mad up entirely of love materials, the most rertraiyit tender, and delicate. In our former observatiar upon this astonishing boy, we stated, that fili. piety, courage, generosity, and pride, were feel ings all congenial with his years. A few mot are, perhaps, necessary to bestow upos hi voice all the modulated harmony essential to th romantic lover. At present his voice wants ever and variety. In the two first AEI; he did not titter tone that was not familiar to those wh3 had I I in Young Norval. Uatil a nmt'srer age, ! • •• tia wisely to avoid the class of love sick • They will exhibit him only as an astono.,:. boy. In Norval, Achmet, and Fn.terek, he foil ii rival up-in the stage. The Youv. ROnthiS had rr last night a mistress like Mrs. Sr.. Lanett's fib ronihe, a figure neither men nor woman. He ha all the advantage of a most interesting Juliet in th person of Mrs. H. Sionnt4o. We are happy in being able to announce Eh MAJESTY'S restoration t o health. Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, Her MAJNIT' and the Nisei:sus, with several attendants, took a airing over Fulham Bridge in the :1601,nm-boo of Clapham, and returned over Westminster Brigs Yesterday, at three o'cloCk, His Royal Highnet the Prince of Whit visited Her MAJ EsTy. Yesterday, at half past one o'clock., His MAJ try arrived in town from Kew. In the evening Tbsti Marzsri ES had a sileft party. Cards of invitation will be issued on Monday Ift der the diredinn of Mr. Dessaow, by command c Her Majesty, for a grand Ball, to be given at Wins sor Castle, on Monday, the 2.5 th inst. which, it is saii will he one of the grandest known at the Code lc many years, as each Gentlenian will be dress-d - •I the Windsor uniform, with the whole of the L3:4 in the Court evening fancy dresses. • The Prince of Wa I. es paid a morning visit r. terday to the Duke and Duchess of Dnvoa at their house in Piccadilly. His Royal Highness the Doke of Yoe', Gi Wymyartn, Captain ()tiros, and the wholc ul 1. Royal Highness's equerries, dined, on We...lnes-1i evening, with Mr. GREENWOOD, at his bouts Audley-square. The last Bath Arrivals are, Duebevs of Dorset, Earl of CarSanspten, Lr•rd Gird it , vyston I.OIA Whiswnrsh, Rishv;.l , I..adv E:ean Dundaa, Nay kolmrt and Laxly Gore B ;n th , S.rJ4ttaCaidvre Sir Eyre Edgevrori N , Cal. Gordon. Cot. Bayard, Li..tt Cod ir Mrs. Howler, Lieut.-Coloael Vaughan, Di. avai Mei. age laicise, and 11.:Y. Mr Davis. . . The Doke and Duchess of &ornate, after p s i ing a few days with Mr. WHITBREAD. at Salt-hil returned to town at a late hour iast night. The Middlesex Freeholders Club, in the favqllle Sir F. B , diced resters's" at-thit l ow Anchor Tavern, iri the Ifiritid: On Sunday last arrived at WA L are! Hotel, MU burgh, their Graces the Duke and Duch: , ! of Ger fort, and Lord FRANCIS MONTAGUE, from Gordc Castle, on their way to London. Arrived at d same place, the Right Hon. the Earl of Kent.' from Fife; on his way to London. Set off' from the same place, the Right lion. ti Earl and Countess of B MCA DA 1.8.M11 and family, c their way for London. On Wednesday evening Mr. KEENE gave nn el Rant dinner and supper to a large party of faxhioi ables,at his house in Charlotte-street.Berkeley-squar Mrs. SN' a L'E Len gave an elegant Rout and Sal per yesterday evening, it her horse in Lower Gro venor-street, to a large party of fasbionables. Among the last arrivals from Ireland are tf Right Honourable W. B. PONSONEY, Earl of Li moss, DENNis B. DALY, and the Hon. Cot CYCaI LAHAN, at the Bath Hotel. The fascinating Mrs. tV INDHAst gave an Begat Route on Wednesday evening at her house I Portland-place, which was attended by the princip, persons of fashion now in London. Among company, we noticed Lady LANGFORD, Dow„,:. Count, ss of AL BISSAU. Viscountess CAR' • - •.1. Lady l'cansis, Mrs. !Viol - HUI j'ANIIOI'L. '•:s. . LASCF.II.r.s Lady WILLOGGHSY, •,1(-; Mrs. WYMN, Miss GRAHAIIi fllrl. BALI and MisiGr uses. We are authorised to say, that MT. B ; ; to his son's returning to Covent Gard• for twelve nights after Ester, wider ah • in,p, that the Proprietors of Drury-lane 11i-atre object to it ; that, .t sad, f rdory explanation ing now taken place, it is ag, eed that Masser den shall perform at Covent Garden Theatre, as ads-, tised. Dunmore Castle, is the county of Roscommr the seat of ST. GILOROE CADLEHILD# Eqt. has t'i' a scene of 1 - e , tive gaiety this last Chriniu.s. I pendant ir a large party stationary at the C.i.l Mr. CAL. LelaLo has had frequent paries or neighbouring gentry to partake of his hospitaliti Mrs. C hut, lire's Ball, on the 14th last, s one of the most splendid ever given in that count The compaiiy, which consisted of all the families rank and fashion for nri.7y miles around, begat assemble about eleven o'clock, and the danci commenced before twelve; a military band stationed in the entrance-hall, And entertained i cnmpany with several far.urrite airs between s-ts. The elegant hostess and her sisters, the 14c Mrs. MAITLAND and Miss CROTTOI4,.MIst be lowed ED have had superior claims among the bea ties, though they were not without serious cotrq titers in the persons of Lady CDARLOTTE CR( • lON, the fascinating Mrs. Cussa, blip Mom 'RCA BLAKE, &e. SEC. At two o'clock supper w announced, when upwards of seventy persona down ; the supperteonsisted of every delicacy season cold aford, and was served entire.y plate. Soon after three the dancing recommence and Lasted to a late hour in the morning. [For interrifirg LEW Intriligeace see th 4 last Page.; -