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PO E 7 R T. • 1 LORD NELSON. " Where is the region on this rolling ball. But kni,w his Glory, and regards his fall t The geteriint Dane, his ,ncrcy lor'd to spare, Hanes O'er the tidings with a odd• ,,d air. The Torts, far plaro.lbeitrath Egyptian skies, Titles to /00.04 W, misstate ►ay, and sighs. Er's) on theday, uhen weeping Britons bore nig , Offe, in me:ireful :romp, to Albioel shofV; Ev'n then, perhaps, Sicilra's threaten's, Lard Brenth'd the warm wish for hie protecting sword And, where the Suinnier's reheat fruitage smiles Far in the %Vest, amidst Columbian isles, The tawny India , Ilia across the main, And sent up vows for his return, in yam ! . 4 Ant vast the Muse, on many a di.tant day, the all vises, on the wat'ry way, Beer (rum the realms of merit to British Cloves Qoiaondis gents, and I.ha's v e le!" 'torus; As o'er the seas in .Itatinsry pomp they sail, And the long streamers play before the gale... If, 4 , CTI (Mill far t Thsfa:gar's suatnnts gleans Woh the guild r.thanee of the etentng hem% Tie p pint Ol to the ty.t,shall tell, • • ,':' There Nese , n conqueett.w.a.til there Niit.sow fell I A pessi , ,c look the vecid*ring eye shall turn, Ao.l the lair sernei of glory, hirn ! (;012 of the wort'', by whose divine deeiee Britandu.'s cross, in conquest, rides the ries.. Our voire, in this triumphant hour, we s ai v., t•touiri , riz, hear our prlkr ' r j ereeiit one pr.,,ue! Be th , l,e Ut« c my, that his eonq'ting prow So ott' float e iinbat bort thr c.lptiVe fiie And 'in iner,11,11 , 145, thy hIOIICOITMIMILI, 11.14 m other Net.seas to protect our land!" Her Royal Highness the Princess Cliaittorrs of \Votes took ar. airing. yesterday, attended by the Dowager Lady Da CiArroao, along the King's road. Count Du Potosi- gave a grand dinner, yester day, to the PORTVOIttSC Asersassaoon, and several foreign Nobility, at his house, Thayer-street. Sir AIIAHAN /iv sae gave a grand entertain ment, yesterday, to a lug* party of relatives. at Wormlyhury, Herts. The Archbishop of CANTER/11.AV gave a grand family dinner, yesterday, at his house, South Aud ley:street.. The old English charter vets kept up, yesterday, =alike the servants of the Poi T unease st ASS.I4 not ; his Excellency having ordered an ample din ner for them and their friends, and many a bumper welt round to the health of their hospitable master. The Earl, of Ds seat, who, we are sorry to state, is indieposed, left town, last Fiiday, for Bath, stzompanied by Mr. Jowl Mese:cis. The Marchioness of Le Nfoowtie Is 'ohs presented to Her MAJesT v by Lady Letitia MAs...t:R - .. Lady HAWKESIIIIR I' left town, last Friday, for lath. The Earl of Five dined. yesterday, with the Duke and Duchess of S 1 . ALDAN% at their Louse, Strati°, d place. The iriv/4 estates of a certain noble and dating Viscount, who boasts among his ancestors, Princes of the Blood Royal, not only of England, but of Old France, have, to the salmi:it of S.eool. a year, come to the hammer. A certain Bond-street Auc tioneer takes a trip to Dublin for the purpose of the sale. It was reported ouTuesday, that the beautiful Mrs Derr had died a few days since, at Edinburgh. The report is not correet ; but, we are cm cerned to state, that her friends have received letters, which state her so ill, that no hopes are entertained of her recovery. Mrs. Derr is the second daughter of Lady Louise Ma PUS, and sister to the Duchess 61 St. ALBA:es. His MaJEsTY always entertained the highest per. *roe' regerd fir the present Lord H teen, lELD, to whom he has presented the geld stick. lately hell by Lord CAT HCA , T, as well as to his father, the late celebrated General ELLIOTT. On hearing the dis patches read, which described the unexampled, gal hnt, arid successful defence of Gibraltar, by that Governor, I lis MAJLSTT, is said. under the impulse ref the moment, to have exclaimed, tt 0 1 if I had lOTT here, I could bag bin) I" Puff extraordinary and preparatory—from an Americas Pai et. received yesterday :--tt A recent letter from Lon.lon, stater, that Master Berry (the Ferret (i'.oKato) es engaged at Drury-lane Theatre, fur the present season, at 100 ~tiiiteas per night, and a benefit, insured to produce 120') guineas. It is stated, that 3 , ./.000 guineas have been offered for his receipts from this tone until be become of age, but the Managers have given it as their opinion, that he will net, digriN Mat pried, from 15 to 20,000 :omens pi,. annum.' ('he Society of Schoolmasters held their Annual Diorite, on Tuesday, at the Crown add Anchor; President. the Lord Bishop of GLoticesTse ; Vice- Presidents, the Dean of Wes-Emmert% and Dr. Pee. After a very lib-rel subscription, many ap propriate toast: were given, interspersed with some beautiful songs, glees, &c. by DiouuM, and others of the first celebrity. At Peasemore, near Newbury, the baptism of a child was attended with the following singular cit.. • cumatance sei-John James, the son of James and Elisabeth Mitchell, was baptised on the same day on which his father came of age. The child had the same godfathers and the same godmothers as his father, who were also his great.grandfathers and a The Glee Club, tin &swishy last, held th-ir Se cond Meeting this seas , m, wh.ch au. very nume rously attended. Sr puts GRUnhe nue, Esq. the President, in the ChAir ; CrIA2I,La W 61014 T. r.srt. Vice President. Mt. PA OE aett.l Crit,..ltietor, it the tbsence of Mr SAIL, wbo coutJ 140 i attend, titrouilt indisposition. AMIRkA. sew-roes, mar. 11. General Moaeav, it is said, attend the review of the troops, in th•s city. on the 25th isst. The Honourable Roarer R. Liviseseots, late Minister of the United States at the French Court, arrived in Washington an Monday last. It is said, in 'Ha adrimgre Alferal Gaulle, re ceived on Saturday morning, the. Another report of a Declaratiosa of WALT, by Spain, has been received from the Merrnrid, spoken with at sea on the 28th ult. Her intelligence is said to be several days later than even that received by Mr. Seim' IN. The continual depredations upon our com merce, by French and Spares!' cruisers, call aloud tar the interposition of Goverument. Scarcely a single vessel, let her destination be what it may, that falls in with a French or Spanish privateer, es capes without being captured or plundered. Letters by the Hantmh, from New Orleans, are to the 20th tslt ; they continue to state seeoral oc crarences which lead to a suppi.sitio.i. that a state of tranquillity cannot be king ma.ntaiiied. The Mar quis De. CAS , A s'eevo 14d lest Nev Orleans for Nachitoche, which occaOo ed vary us conjedures. It was very confidently asserted, that a very coil siderable body of cavalry had arriv I on the western frontier, either waif a vtr w of crossing thence t o :he Florida,, or to remain there ready for any sodden emergency The f • igate Puffeenahad arrived at Pen sacola, and landed 400 men. T:inse it is added, very naturally awake., ci us strong ap prehensions of the continuance of peace "—(t's'. "few.) The brig Framattit tsitic:.ed at tlsdeira on her pas. sage from Gibralter. A -Selfish fleet, of 160 s 61. including 15 we sets of war. of witch thre were of the lint., .? trim Liladtara tan the 14th Septem ber, to the soutr.ward. We understood the United Saes frigate, ten pre'', Captain Decatur, in consequ rice of orders from the Secretary of the Navy, tas returned to Wampton Roads. Orde, s, we are told. Ale lodged for the other Commanders of the C need States ships of war to remain in Hampton Roads, and not to proceed up to Washington AS nrigonoly i-tended. It is to be 'Memo from these ci cu rist.ii.ces, hat there is An expeasoon that these shies will be weld ed for immediate service. The l'uoisi n Anthase sador, and his suite, proceeded to Wash . gem in a packet. Just as our paper was putting oto pies:, we were informed, f-yam undoubo el authority, that :he rev grecs frigate is oruered out upon a cruise same diatoly. Some tinter,, it is also tt.ttd, ate sent to Captain S e.vart, of the Canso/Ones .—(Nor. Lei ) Yestel day, came up from toe Cenerers fri gate, in Hampton it ads, his Excellency Sidi Sul,- man Melons'', Ambassador tr the Be, of Tunis to the United States, attended by his two Secre taries Ihey visited Fort Nelson, on their way up, by which they were saluted upon I,,nding. After wards they proceeded to town, ;mod dined .eith a se. led tatty. at flainbridge's Motel, accornosniesi also by LaptainDesAtur. and several est his officers. In the eeeeing, the May i, an several respea able geotle nen of the toe. u, visited the A ruleosa dnr, to whom they were p..esented by Captain De catur ; and this morning. aceomranted ley Sts two Secietanes, he returned tie visits t r the Mayor and some m her gentlemen. We ato ant know wheu they leave town, but understand they only wait fur a fair wind, in proceed in the fogate to Washrngtou. The novelty et their Appearance. ale! their magni ficent requite, in the true Forktsh stile, attracted more attention than comported with good breeding ; they did not, however, appear displeased, but scented to attribute it to a viebt cause. ['he Ambassador ap o• art turned of fifty years of age, of a grave. dig he I deport meet. liy the ..iris of the Sw,P, yesterday morning, from the tiara .1144, we are informed, that shortly before her sailing, a frigate with 500 troops on hoard, h. , cl been sent over to Pensacola; And that the schonner laalitia, Frankliii, of this port, cap tured by a Spanish privateer. CI her voyage to New Orleans, had arrived there, and tin proceedings had been adopted. in consequence of the captain of the privateer being at Maria. The Intendant, how ever', had sent for him, and it was extolled her case would be immediately considered. No pretext is assigned for her capture. It was believed at di vannah, that she wield be liberated, but net without long detention and serious loss .—( Nil. True Am.) Arrived at this port, the brig tbaiaii, of r ila delphia, in 22 days, from N w Orleans. Came passenger, William Ketteltas. Esq. of the cite nit New York. Mt. K. lett the state of Vele York, the 18th of June, for St, Lewis, the northern route. by way of the Lakes, Green thy, the Fox. and Ous eonsing Rivers, entering the Mississippi 666 miles above So Lewis, the Indian traders' route from Nlrmtreal, to the numerous tribes of Indians to th • West, with whom they exchange certain English manufactures, adapted to the India trade, for furs of great value; and ever whom. by this commerce, they have an ascendancy of a commanding nature, so meth so, that Mr. K. being alone, was advised to pass as an Englishman,for his vilely, as some tripes through which he was to pass, were disposed to go to war with the United States. Mr. K. however, met with no difficulty, without pretising tins hu miliating dissimulation, preferring to hazard his life than to differ from himself. Mr. K. after spending one month at St. Lewes, descended the Miss;inippi to New Orleans, arid returned by way of the ocean, as intended when he took his departure. Having travelled, in ninety days, upwards of 5000 which may be performed from and to the city of New York, by water. with the exception of thirty six miles land-carriage, divided into fire postage: t if by Chicago, with less land-carriage. Mr. K. we presume, is the only gentleman, from the state of New York, or perhaps in the United States, who ever took this route. GENERAL EATON We have the pleasure to ansounee the arrival of this gentleman (say. T.v Nerfo.k Wier ;) he came pa‘senger in the brig Franklin, from Gibraltar. Ge nerAl ii :ton land d At I lampton yecerday. and proceeded this m , raiag to Washington. Ufa ioUS RELICS . Near the great Island, on the West branch of Su•quelsarn .h, there has lately been discovered a depository for the dead, cottisting of ••veral lengths of Imam body ; the hole is is a ruck. shich pro- - Os from sear the lop of as Lip, towards the South , west, so as to have a hot elfilegat daring the sum mer season, and a dry situation at all times. The contents of these chambers have gone nearly to decay, excepting only one pair of feet and legs, and the upper part of the head; the skin, hair, nails. colour, andraturel a,ipearance of these, &rein a state of preservation. So hard and entirely dive moisture, /St° be esAy secured trom change by andoftime. They have been forwarded to a gentleman at Geo-ge Town (Potomac). and are .uppnsed to be the remains of a young Indian female, of some of the Paspages, whose family had cf-positesl her there with much care and attenti tier apartment was furnished with suitable trinkets, changes of clothes, eau brass kettles, fora long journey; her feet were in two pair of moquesons, one biw, the other pro bably the last she had worn. floe oldest white inhabitants there have no rem-- I.!aion of any Indian or other account of such bu rial. Only one of the above me..tioned Itgs, with its foot ?Ad moquesons, part of uh • clothes and some trinkets, were sent to this place We have seen them its the possession of the Rey. I.) Wiley, at the Colitaibtan Academy, the Gentleman to whom they were sen:. The sh ,, rt description we have eztraft ed from The Ayr re appears to be pretty cortett. Such ore.ervations of the human body, without the intervention of ar, are not uncommon in the Eastern Ctlittnen , ; hut it is believed, that this is one of the fi-st of the kind that has been discovered it this country. A more complete accitint tithe depoatory and its contents, will probably he given in a short ti:ne. Work. Fed./ • SIR ROI3FRT C. 4 ',DER'S ACTION. on rmi Y21:0 JULY. We have been favoured with a letter, dated Vigo B.y, July 48, and written by an Officer of high rank, in the Spanish division of the Combined Fleet. Although the date be old, the letter derives an in terest, from the circumstance of the aaion alluded to. being at this moment the subjeft of judicial in sluiry. it states, that the Spanish ships suffered very mute, and would all have been taken, had it not !nett for the timely assistance liven them by the Pluton, whoge brave Captain, L:01111:110, must be exempted Tom the general charge of cowardice, so justly brought against the others; that the whole of the 231 of July passed in a state of uncertainty ; and that it was not till late in the evening of that .lay, that Villeneuve sent notice to the several Corn. ' manders, id his intention to renew the engagement on the morrow: a very material circumstance, which is in diret opposition to the assertion in the official accounts, " that the 23d was spent in un ,sailing exertions to overtake the English fleet ;" that they herd at the SAMe time, of the Firm aid the San Ropri, having fallen into the hands of the enemy; thong's so late ae the oth, the Commander in.Coief " could not yet trlid.ts• and how these ships happened to be missing," that the conduet of the Ftench division in the ietion, was a disgrace to their nation; that they hurried the Spantards into an engagement, and, after exposing them to the must imminent danger, left them to shift for them selves. Here the wt iter confidently appeals to the French themselves, to hear witness to the condua of his countrytn-n, place in the van, with s ix s hip s badly send. unequal strength. and she crews of which were ex usted by excess ye hsonur, hunger, and thirst ; that the whole of 130 holes of coined silver, found on board a rich Span's', ship, recap turt'd by the Combined Fleet, bad been conveyed on hoard Villeneuve's flag ship. as well as the re mainder of he, cargo; and. finally, that the French Admit al was expelled soon ta be removed tram his command. AS one of the Emperor's Aides-de.Camp, who went with the fleet to A ive a private account of its operations ro his master, had written him word. that the Spaniar is alone ha•l 'one their duty. The Rep.lire packet, -re, froin Spain for Lon don, is las, IMO' al -nci I The P sgv. from Cork to Falmouth, is lost near Portsmouth. Captain 8/sootiest it LD is appointed to the com mand et the S a Pencihles, at Maidstone, vice FraLriteo, appointed to the Minerva frigate. I'tie thirs, MITCHELL. from Liverpool, with 100 slaves on board, is captured in the river Gam bia. A letter has been received from Cuxhaven, dated Cie 14th instant, which agrees, in its general com pletion, with the accounts brought by the last tiam ou• els Mail. It was transmitted by one of the transports, belonging to the first Expedition, which hat returned to the Downs. The following is a copy of that part of it which relates to the atmies •• We have jltt now received a further account of th.• ope• ations of the allied armies against those of ranee; the fighting lasted tour days, end the Preach were beaten with the loss of thirty-five thou sand men. The King of PRUSSI a has declared war, put himself at the head of his army, and I= abso lutely marcaed against the French." 14. l'Abhe Sic • II I), the ins riiiitorief the deaf and dumb, at Paris, being overwlitlmed with letters from all countries, winch have no o.her iibjedt but commissions tit every kind lomign to his innitetion, and which it is impossible he can execute, informs the public, that, for the future, he will not resolve any letters which are not franked. M. Bw's•emse. the present French Ministry in Holland, wtoi is stated to have received the iatennt- i g and areurate accounts t4orn the Grand Army, was privily Secretary to the Corsican Usurper, on his expedition to li.gypr, and Admitted to some de gree of confidence. The luckless Secretary, how ever, after his Master had usarped the Sovereign power of France, under the none of Comsat. thought prnper to compile en imprertel Red Hook (bore Rouge) in which were specified the va rious sums appropriated by Bomar Aars tor the various branches of the Consular Court and House hold ; and, Above all, the allowances And doareurr granted to the relatives and ditferent merroers of the family of the FIRS I CONSUL, This closure irritated the Corsican ; the Secretary was. of course, out of his Li.mlcs," A.l.i a temporary incarceration in the •l'emple ensued. Farmer re. oileasesss. however, prevented his immolation. and the Usurper, stilt wishing to avail himself of the Ex-Necretary's ser vices, employed him in the di.'lorn lac haa, and as i.e of the Dwedioes ti the Secret afreeep. !• FRENCII Pk/SONEAS. The last divi.iod of the French prisoners freemi Portsmouth, slept at Epsr.m. ott lheisday each party consisted of 251, is all lOuCl; they atilt they met with better accommodasirms sa Eputait t than any where on their march. Detachmesus at the guards met them ' escorted t' thence to Chatham, commanded by a Cult attention were shown fed, and eomfurtabl. gratitude. On the • palsied through Er in a cart and a w, sole sarits. V 1 i sonars, there w• tontions site was I killed in the eng,r) sea' with his pat;. s.„.,hting with the well in her 'ad at' diously conceale. port, that sl.e her bean to a g, through a neighbouring him tn disguise; .4 lair. he had pas.ed;" pity him." OXFO On Saturday, Lewthwaite, M. ted Bachelor of of Queen's C. liege ; Wright, of Won, Masters of Arts. Queen's College; Jones, of Christ' , of Arts. Friday, the Lyttleten, 11. A. ted M. A. Tuesday, the . Term, Mr. Abel College, wai - Green Orrett, . mated Bachelor. Messrs. George Queen's Ciller. ; St. John's College, Arts. The Rev. Henry dalen College, in tl sliop's Mi.l deb.'s's. been presented ' tory of Stal,run• A melancholy affair happened at the colliery • HICAMMS and JONES, near Ruaboa, on &turd, sen'ilight Two of the workmen. on deleendit Into a pit, were met by what is called the damp foul air, and were It lied in an instant. Nest d: (Sandav) several of their fellow-waitrons had m at a puhltc-honee.in the neighbourhood, when Ts of them, more thoughtless and daring than she re swore they would go down the following moenin and hying op the unfortunate men who had be kilted ; thil were accordingly let clnven, with tht others, on the same rope, but had not proceeded .before the two fell dead, and the third was so nee snfriscatea. that, upon being brought up, it was w ditfi:ulty he was troOVerlen. A gentlemen who was coming up to town fn Otford, on Monday 14st, in one of the conches, I asleep as they wete passing between Wickham a Uxbridge. On making, he observed his breec pocket was unbuttoned, and, on feeling in it, tot his purse, containing ten pounds in Bank notes, I gone. I his he immediately mentioned to a per of respectable appearance on the opposite seat, be the only passenger, besides himself, in the coach He expressed much 'uprise on hearing it ; but gentleman being very confident, that his purse, v Bank notes, was in his pocket when he got into coach, insived on his companion being searcl which took place at Uxbridge; when, to his prise, he not only found his purse, containing Wink notes, concealed in a inmate pocket bet hien, but also a great quantity of Bank notes cash in his other pockets, which it was supposed had stolen from passengers in different coaches. A most atrocious attempt was lately mad[ Raywell, Yorkshire, the seat of Distinct. Sv Esq. to murder his butler. The man who n the attempt has not yet been discovered. house had been attempted to be broken open a nights before. Extra& of a Letter from JOHN Cats, a sea on board the TOPRONI, of ISO guns, to his but dated Portsmouth, December the eth, 180: " Notwithstanding we had been cruisin in se of the enemy, first to Madeira, then off Ferrol Brest, in the Gut of Gibraltar, and tise;Me, ranean, off Carthagtna and Cadiz, we had ar. good fortune to meet with them till the gis east of October, when, at day-light, we e the combined fleets of France and Spain, s three leagues to the leeward, forming the li battle, and the English bore down on them. good captain called all hands, and said—. lads, this will be a glorious day for us. ar ground-work of a speedy return to our homes He then orde.e.; bread, cheese, butter, and for every man, at their guns ; 1 was one of t and, believe me, we eat and dranh, and wi cheerful as ever we bad been over a pot of be , few minutes before twelve v'clock, the Rale reign hr ke the line, then followed the &ben. next the 1141111•11/, a ship forms rly taken trot Frenci, and it appeased to be their determine make or sink us on that dcy, but, by our goo duet, were prevented. There were five ships 01 0 11 C" j but, as God would have it, their sho over us, and did not touch our hull, and we ha SO killed and 69 wounded. The engagement till after five: and, in the height of the tight, their ships attempted to board us on the sta quarter but %se von defeated hes, And 451) c lay dead on the decks; 43 of as then briassl..l not, t o oi:r g eat rnistr,rt , .ne, a gale of wind e , wefich hi n. on shore, and she was loot ; Iw. sequently a prisoner; and atter remaistioe 1 in *saw, was exclianged, an I s n 4 to the To Gibrm at, w'iase we rained, aad from dimes to leeglead." e 0" - .00 Irva" A , IS i kc_t ‘ e 1 them them, and escorted them trots I them, the drtachment was always a Culonel ; the grea:eot kin Jnevs Ind hewn to Cr.e ?riuniers, they were well •rtably lodged. and tipre sti sr...rch • the same day. some fipaiosh p isoutit Epsom. at Last Yd ; they travciled • waggon • they were in the best, pcsrir ‘ith the ;bird division of French pri- WO a temalr who attrafted much at. s the isidow r.f a sailor who had bets g.trement, and had now solaced her- par:ner Joe; and, when taken, was' the greatest bravery. She looked' til ir's habit, wore a cares, but sta- led her fate, which gave rise La a rite, was a fair feree,its, who had los7 gallant Ftenchman. as he passed ighbouring t•rwrr, and had foll•ieredi ; she, •• laving him for the ~anger/' ;" an., he, "loving her o that she did OXFORD, DEC* 21. ay, the 7tri instant, the Rev. Cent, M. A. of Queen's College, was admit of (divinity. Mr. 'rhos. Bovreklank, liege ; arid the Rev. Edward C.ollitre 'iocester College, B. A. were ad/flitted rts. Messrs Henry Booth Hibbert, of ge; William Bentinck and Christopher la's Church, were admitted Batlielorr e I,th, the Honourable Wm. Henry A. of Christ's Church, was admit. ihe 17th, the last day of Nliehaelnrai Abel Dottin Hendy, B. A 1 Orii I ?Unlined Master of Arts. Win t, Esq. of Brasenose College, was ad• for of Arts, Grand C••rapound. , r. Mar •ge Pyrke, and William Nicholson, o lerr ; and Edward Walter West, o ;:allege, were admitted Bachelors o Henry Phillpotts late Fellow of Mag e, in this linivty, and Visor of 8 leham. in the county of Durham, lie ed bv the Lord Chancellor to the Res .00lc-Street, in the same cower. holy affair affair happened at the colliery • • • ! • O • s: • ".