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7 1P! i r I r r'" Fir•F KAIAL ZATOLIffOENCE. , -- TOETSMOUTII, J•l4. 1. The C. ..fops, awned enfilete, Capt. Heathcote, ly ing an gua.ii-ship off Lymington, drove from her moorings, and r:tn ashore near the Jack-in.the-bas kat. Ihe next day she was hove off without *much damage, it being soft ground, and resumed her station. However the Der,,ic frigate, Capt. Ru fiierford, was going through the Needle, while she was in that situation, and was, in taking hor for a lauding-mark (judging she was at anchor on her station), led on shore, but she got off with the flow of the tide, and went on for her station off Cher- bourgh. Amved the Rae cutter, Lieut. Talbot, from a cruise off the Wight. Dropped down to St. Helen's the Greyhound frigate. The Prariyte frigate has shifted into Stokes bay. HARWICH, JAN. 1. A Dutch se}myte arrived this day from Catwyck, vith a hag of letters, Ir• which we learn that all fo:t4er cinnmanication between this country and 11. , 1140d i., for the present, put a stop to. Several Data schures, aiting here a favourable wind, have received iudess not to proceed till further di• Nikons. The Mails frarn 14th oh. for Husurn and G. ttenburgh, are still detained here. DEAL, .1•11. 1. Arrived the Speedy sloop of war, and Lortut gu n iir4. from a erui-e, and remain in the Downs, wit the ships as per last ; and the !fella and Joh■ mod Ro burl transports. P.S. afternoon, Admiral Lord Ke.rh shift ed his Sag from the Mongrrcl. to Or. Ardent mar of war; the Moßarch has sailed for Portsmouth. rrr r.t, nec. 31. So very destruftiv.as the late boisterous weather been on the Holderness and Northern coasts, as to exceed the outlawry of the oldest inhabitants. Large hnantbor ities of wreck of all descriptions have floatt.d on at almost every village on the roast between ough Head and the Spurn, particularly at -Itiegbroegb, where nearly eighty planks and spars have been secured, part of the cargo of some unfor tunate vessel. A large hrig-tigged vessel, snpposed to be a foreignor, was observed a few days ago to founder, about two leagot s to the Eastward of Flam borough Head, and all the crew, it is apprehended, have been drowned. as they have not yet been heard of. The indaiseii, of Grangemiuth, with ordnance votes from Carron, was driven on shore near Ea aington, on the 15th instant, and wrecked : crew Laved. Thursday a large vessel, with Danish colours, was seen to run upon &nosy Rink*, at the entrance of the Humber t—the ship went to pieces soon after striking. but the crew were all saved by a pilot boat The Slone, hom Shields to London, with coals, is on shore near iialtileet, after being on thc Inner Dowsings. The Vine Lowrie, of Leith, with wine, from Oporto to Leith, has lint into Harwich, with loss of anchors and cables. The Reeldale, a constant trader betwixt London and Selby, is aground on Lowestesff Beach, and her cargo is likely to sustain Much damage. A large . proportion of the goods on board, we mulerstand, belong to the trade in Leeds, ‘Vakefield, Bradford, and Halifax On Sunday evening the hoy reatsF L o tt, o f El_ eingner. Johan Jacobion, master, from Riga to them% ukh wheat and hemp. went ashore near Tlambro' Dikes. Greatest part of the cargo is landed, bet considerably damaged. It is uncertain whether the vessel will be got off. It is repotted, that the Delia, Featherstone, from Riga, and belonging to this port, is on shore on the Island of Gothlansl. The Adelaide, Gerdes. hound from this port to Tonningen, has been obliged to put into Varel. On Villklnesday last. the IVeeihregee, Captain Roster, banns, horn Tendon Vars.!, put in here, not being able to enter the river from ice. The Coeur:ln ' Chapman, of Bridlington, from Dantvig to I aindon, with wheat, was taken by a brig cutter, ow the 215th November. shoot I 4 miles from Flamlsorough (lead.—All the people, excepting one hoy. vret4 taken on hoard the privateer, whale they 'fluid seven other ships companies, that had been tab" fram the ,ameeenvoy ; they arrived at Dun. kirk on the hilt December. • At !full-41e Frientlt, from Oswalt. i n the W r ier—the Kest, Card, Antis At I ons cnitisna.ltionne, 1101. A irtiuto'in--the Vann' Skinny Fall, Una reterihnreh At %'stall.—flans listens, Ortinii, In•en whin; the If •ti twit ail Christian, inhalant*, both tram Mart The death of JA ars Rsn►n, Profer.or of Fin mullet, and of the Latin Toagne, at the University of Copenhagen, is a serious loss to the literary world ; he began his conneeion with that institution, is 1779 ; his labours were not confined to the pupils at the National College ; he devoted a great portion of his time to Advance the Danish lan guage to its highest state of improvement t and his translation of TACI tus rivals the original for pre cision, taste, and purity of diction. He also pub lished a German and Danish Dictionary, known to every modern I inguisr. In the latter years of his Init. be Greed him'. If inaJetpute to the Active of his public situation, and retired, but not with rut an honourable proof of the approbation of the Danish Government. - - - • Toosden atilAtiberou A h-ureei. a ynnn! man, d i p sun of s mt. ch.arged with secreting hissoolf in the house of Mr. W A ssi,„, Marquis ism, 11ary.la-bnne, with .an evil, intent. The &fen iLait was in the habit of visiting a fen *cream of the house, an.atter Mr. W. had retired to rest, on Monday night, be suyale..i n.ething imptoper. and on ring to the servant's !. amber. be bsbeld her locked in the arms of her 0140mraio, whom be 'loafed in the wAtch-bouse. Magistrate wag about tikaseesatic *e Prisoner as a rngne and raga hood. bet b r tie 'lnterposition ot the (abet, litho gave a wretched scrams of 114 6011 . 4 depravity, it was juskr.! expedient, that be slwuld alarm his IL :no ami t .'unity, andl be was ascardiogly &- aimed to choice of the dtrna y Navy. MbWOW' FIiRNITURE. Since the classic taste of the ancients is about to be restored, our apartments in rooms of state bid fair to rival the most celebrated chambers of Hercu laneum and of Athens. The following grand spe cimens from the cities of Pompeia and Corinth, will serve to illustrate the subjeB. The sides on which the chimnies are placed, are selected for the descrip tion, and the whole is' agreeable to the ideas of the Prince of Wales, under whose immediate patronage these improvements will be shortly ushered into the fashionable world. The chimney piece is of the purest statuary marble, consisting of simple blocks, without mouldings. The front offers to view one continued frieze, beau tifully decorated with ivy in leaf and blossom, finish ed in bronze. The frieze is supported on each side by two grand termini*, highly decorated and finished in entire bronze. In the frame is placed a magnificent plate glass, sixty inches by one hundred. The frame is composed of pillars, imi tative of the bamboo cane: the branches on each side supporting antique Etruscan lamps in gold. The upper part is firmed into a pediment by two bamboo sticks crossing each other, and united by bronze cords. In the celtre of the pediment is an Etruscan painting with a . provate emblems en each side, elegantly disposed The bamboo canes are All finished in bronze. 'l'he breast of the chimney is formed into one panne! by an Etruscan border in red and brown colours ; and the centre of the pan nc4 is of a plain buff colour. The dado and cornice t.f this room are pa in ted in imitation L* marble. On these chimney pieces are placed elegant Etrus can t ups and vases. The stoves are of an entir ely new pattern: they are in form perfealy straight and square, nod afting upon a retiring principle. They are composi-1 of the hest polished steel, ornamented with bronze and supported by chimera figures or telmistis. BATH, Dec. 29. The Ball at the Upper Rooms on Wednesday evening attrafted a most brilliant asseMblage of company. The crowd was so great, that, in faa, it was almost impossible to move, and the Dancers were more numerous than usual. The American Chief was present, and seemed to be " much stoned by the soft glance of Ladies pass ing by," Inn declined dancing. Rauzzini's subscription concert on Thursday even ing was, if possible, more crowded and more fa shionable than the one on the precedingsMonday. Indeed, had the young Remiss himself been an nounced, it would have been scarcely possible that more anxiety could be shewn than the belles of Bath manifested to secure places. Many patties west so early as between two and three o'clock, and their servants were permitted to carry them refreshments. The Concert did not be gin till half past seven, and long before that time every avenue to the room was completely filled. Those who came late were obliged to ask Mr. Rauzzini's permission to sit in the orchestra, which, instead of presenting rows of catgut and . ff/r/kitiris, offered to the view a much more beautiful and better relieved prospett, that of some of the finest women in Bath. Every seat, stool, and bench, was in fait occupied, and the performers were obliged to stand the whole evening, at the imminent risk of knocking out a lady's eye at every quiver of the elbow. Mica Cubbins, and Miss Caldwell (Lady Belmore's sister), occupied two of the front seats next to Braham and Storace, which were happily calculated to display their fine figures to advantage, and to receive the beaux's compliments, who crowded into the front passage. The performance at last commenced, and fully answered the eager expettations of the audience. The selenine was made with great judgment, re senting some of the finest specimens of ancient composition, with the attraCtions of novelty from modern produClions. In the Recitative from Handel, and the air of Nail her, Angel., Braham was truly inimitable. Storace sang one of the songs from the nee Ope ra of Thirty 7 wusord, uncommonly well. and was encored, as was Braham in the song of The ineath Abercrombie, from the same piece. A Briderta Duets between Morelli and StOrACe. was given with spirit and humour, and was also encored. Morelli certainly appears to great advantage in the Orchestra, for he not only sings excellently, but silts with die& This, however, produced rather an unpleasant consequence on his visit to Bristol some time ago, for the audience, not understanding a word of Italian, ti ok it for granted that he was laugh ing at them, and loudly expressed their indignation. - Braham, Storace, and Ineledon, sang at the Catch Club last night, and this mottling took their depar ture from Bath. Incledon has performed once at the 'Theatre, which was very crowded. But the greatest novelty at that place of amuse ment will be next week, when Mr. Paul Me thuen is to perform the part of Rata. He says that he has got five-and-twenty new Readings, and fifteen new Postures, infinitely finer than any Kern ble ever exhibited. But the grand improvement is to be in die introduttion of a competitor with Carle, of Drury-lane celebrity. Mr. M.'s dog Nep tune is.te catch Cora l s child, which Rolle is to let fall out of his hands on the bridge, and bring it upon the stage, of coulee amidst the thundering aC• clamatinns of the admiring audience. ft,,quite is certainly an excellent performer, much in the same style with his master. They danced a aliniset ea the ice lately, much to the amusement ut the spec tators, and Neptuae only wants a pair of skaits to equal the agility of his owner. Bath, it is said, is become the focus of politics, un til the meeting of Parliament. ,Mr. Pitt, Lord Mel ville, Lord NfulgtAve, and the Addingtons, ate ex penes' here to settle their plan of operations for the ensuing campaign. Hiley Addington is here al ready, and brother Henry and cousin Bragge are shortly espefhed. The Lord Chancellor is assn ex petted. His son (the lion. JOhn Scott), with his bride, and Sir M. W. and LadL o t s Uey, have been here some deys, and have takes iu the Circus. On the evening of last Friday selsaight, some mischievons person or persons secretly approached Tarhani.house, Sussex, and fired a gun at the win dows, which drove the glass of near forty panes, and some shot into the middle of the hall. Quick search was maJe through the seow, titer the author et this unprovok:d ogee - big. but without etHit. fl_ A DiSclitrtforir OF THE ISLAKtr AWD-CITY OF MALTA. t ET CITIZEN ROPERT, CHIET PHYSICIAN TO THE MILITARY HOSPITAL OP MALTA. Malta is situated in the middle of the Mediterra nean, between Barbary and Sicily, in latitude 95.30. longitude 32. 30. This island, which has for its ba sis a calcareous rock, contains, according to several travellers, nothing interesting to the natural historian, except a few fossils. Its figure is irregular, composed of small valleys, defiles, and hills ; and may be re- j presented as a plain = whiling from the south west I to the north-east, so that the calcareous strata, of which - it is entirely composed, are eery nearly pa rallel to each other, rising . towards the south-east, where they form the declivities nearly two hundred toises above the level of the sea. A chain of low mountains, running from southeast to north-west, divides the island through the middle, so that only one half of the country can be seen from the city. Malta is seven leagues in length, three in breadth, and twenty one in circumference. The city is situated to the north-east of the island, on the borders of the sea, and is divided into the eastern and western city. The last is called Va lette, from the name of its founder ; it is built on a peninsula between two spacious harbours ; to the southeast is found the large port, and to the north east that of Mal samuchet. The eastern city is di vided into parallel portions, the one called Burmola, and the other Isola, which are also situated betwixt two large ports, contiguous to the great harbour, which they cut perpendicularly. These natural . harbours afford a safe shelter to vessels navigating the Mediterranean, and appear to be so conveniently formed as not even to admit of any improvement from the interference of art. The city of Valette, although built upon irregular and broken ground, is nevertheless extremely hand some. The houses are low ; they have all one or more balconies, and a terrace for walking on ; the apartments are large, commodious, and well-lighted, and the cielings are extremely lofty. The streets are wide, with commodious foot paths in each side; they are paved with flat square stones, and so free from mud, that even during winter the feet remain perfefly dry. The four principal streets con in a parallel direaion from north-east to south west. Under each street is a canal, which carries off all kind of filth into the sea, and another by which are condui9ed into each house, the waters that are brought . frous the country, by means of an aquedult emit-deserving the notice of travellers. It is one of the sixongest cities in the world, being built on a very high rock, and so fortified by nature as not to require the assistance of art; the ditches are extrensely large, and have been dug in the solid rock. It is not concealed, or buried under the for tifications, like the muter of fortified cities; the houses are exposed to view, and the air every where circulates freely the ramparts af ford a delightful prospect, as they command a view both of the eta and the country. The works proceed from the side of the country inclosiog La Florianna. a. small village that may Irish propriety be termed the suburbs of Malta; its streets are well lighted, arid on the whole it is ex tremely salubrious. The Eastern city forms a very inclinedlrlane. from the east to the west ;it is far from posses sing the same salubrity as the western city ; t he are more concealed by the ramparts, the streets are nar row, ill paved, and ill lighted, and few of them are supplied with any water but what is colleaed in caster ns. The great number of gardets scattered through Malta, particularly in Florianna and towards the east, not only greatly add to its beauty, but tend to preserve the air in state of salubrity. l'he . greatest part of the country is planted with cotton, which is proteaed from the vicissitudes of the weather, by walls of about five or sis feet high. placed at a small distance from each other. The grain produced on she island is scarcely sufficient to subsist the inhabitants during three months ; but there is in the city of Valette an establishment, call ed the University, on which they depend for a sup ply, and from which they are obliged to purchase it. The grain which is imported. is laid up in pits hollowed out of the rock, in the form of truncated cones hermetically closed, where it can be preserved several years; and there is usually contained in these stores a sufficient quantity fee one yeas's con sumption. The soil, which has been mostly brought from Sicily, is very fertile during the spring and autumn, bin in summer it becomes dry, arid, and sterile. The French soldiers, however, during the blockade, afforded a proof to the natives, shat may be done on such a soil byyudicious culture, as during , the greatest heats of summer, they raised every spe cies of leguminous plants and other ve.,:etables. These artificial gardens produce the , Anit fruits and vegetables as those of the count' y ; we found in them abundance of cauliflower, water-melons, and every species of grape, but not in a sufficient quan tity to be converted into wine. most commie; trees are the orange, the citron, the fig, the pome granate, the peach, and apricot; we also sometimes observed pear,. apple. cherry, and walnut trees. fhe fruits of al l these trees are of the eery best qua lities. There are also. principally in the Cotonnete, some fields sown with wheat, barley, and cotton. The Botanical Garden might easily be rendered very valuable in Malta. as nothing nurse is necessary. in order to naturalise the different plants, r: bids grow in the four quarters of the globe. b u t to ex pose such as flourish under the line to the west in tense heat of the sun, and carefully to protea from its iniuencethose that are indigenous in colder coun tries. In this inclosure they already cultivate most of the plants used in medicine, and among others squill, and the folio rme;alemui, of such boasted ettica. y in hemorrhages. The hog is the most common animal in this city. and also the dog, a great number of which the tra veller encnunte:s in e 5 cry street ; hence the Indian proverb, eleilin d,l :WINO "VI ii sac wilt dral c tae Fooscrsi. con, • fore : At mid day senbing is t J he seen in the streets hut Frenchm re, dogs. and hogs. Horses are very rare in this island; as beasts of bur den. asses or mules are mostly employed, which are esceediugly hardy, and of a very large s.se ; goats ale also numerous, but there are few black cattle. the os is brow :lit either from Barbary or Sicily. sad is fattened with the seed at the outset, slash readies she flesh delicate. ThC poultry ton siPestkof hens. and a greet abundance of pigeons; game is exquisite and very plentiful. particularly at tbe of their passage; rabbits also abound in die island. Malta is well supplied with a great variety of &h. The inrats are numerous, and the ants and mus quitoes prove estretnely troublesome during rht summer. Lizards are observed in great numbers, but they are perfeetly harmless ; anJ rhe venomou s reptiles, such as the serpent, are seldom foiled us die island. • The influence produced by the state of die 'at mosphere on the life, the health, t T the diseases ci mankied, is generally acknowledged. At Malta the qualities of the air vary according as the wind pro ceeds from different points of.the compass; and as it frequently changes several times a-day. an almost contmna! variation of temperature is thus produ ced. The north winds are always cold. and thoce from the south warm ; it is somewhat singular that when the north or north.west winds prevail thwing the day, their force i ' diminished during 6. whilst on the contrary, the south win.' Iwc•tme sensibly increased at that period. The ser..l,. Cif el m the north-west are colder and ore pore, Ie: tfiey blow over a larger extent of sea, tirm from the west, which touch a little se th e , „ coast. The north wind is sufficiently pure IS i.ru - vez s'ing Italy and Sicily, where vegetation is abun dant, as well as that from the north-east and - ean, which blows over a considerable space of sea The south and south-eau winds are the most anythoie some, and the least pate, as they pass over throws tinent of Africa ; and the strait, which separates this burning and arid country from ?'alts, is ma sufficiently broad to produce on them any ameliora tion in their course. PIUCF. OF STOCKS. tsatsr.o•t. - -- - - - - - 9 te, C int. Noil.. . .. 68t 59 At 6 per Cent. .. . 5 per Cent. Loyalty 4tJ .1 Lang Aonnities l7 1-19 imperial 8 per Cent 574 Oesuient. Exchequer Rills is tit die. Ituallsh Lottery Tickets l3l. Vs. Cuticula fur 5 911i T. 413H,3sicit.brArer, No. 4, Cambial, and% Charing Cr 36‘ PRIM OF IRISH STOCKS. Doc 47. Glavernment Debentures, 5 par cent Onad Canal Laan,Atet lot, Tuasoat, lAu 1. Glenda 4i U , Fx. Force SEIi. Visa. Lisbon GP Ow", aou.triew. v. 4. Portugal Gold in Coin and Bare per et— • 'lO 4 Duukioo t. New Dolly' Silver in Bari 4 New I...tuis each , 0 . Ann on the i 4 ine of 4114Bleigg 4h pat Cent. COURSE OR EXCH. Rimisidere 3B 2 2 C• Dina at Sight 57 7 Rotterdam 12 all 19 2U. Hai burgit 32 a 2IU. /theme 3i G 2tU. Paris Ditto 2Lk 22 14 Roordimint Calm -•• In PaPe Ditto 11f4 trid Ditto Sit effet*. 3.3} I.esMiii so 40 Nagr bur in London (Des. 1:1 MARRIAGT ;. Oa Saturday taut, at Clift.in, Audel„, Igeose of Bengal, to Mrs. Whyte, of Fog Fergus, lteStrui. DEATHS, At his house in Park -sestet, Gen. Tempt. On Sunday last. Thos. 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