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THE. AnmE 11. ------- r t ec idne.; Coy are never idle whether sitting, standing, pe "pang ; with a bur& n on their back, their knitting is always in action. In general the women are sub jected to the lowest drudgery ; they carry all the manure to t he Ark's, together with all the peat for firing: this ; hey carry in creels, on their hacks, having a piece of un jinn,d & lee. pskin next their clothes, to convey the water clear archon, that oozes from the wet manure. Fiseling my remarks likely to occupy snore space than I j u d a ssigned to them' when I began this letter, I shall de lit the colic:lesion of them till. my next, which I shall f o rward to you imolai &may. 1 sin Sir, your's, tke 11. Ficienne, Nor. 1824. It. T 9 THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. - - - - g,--.111 the fate of Mr. Fauntleroy is now ticcidled. me to make au olisi nation upon the conduct of the Nato ; for, whatever may be said as to their duty to the public r!,',iging them to pursue to death this unhappy, unfortunate man, it i 4 o Vain that in every case the same course has not bei•nfollowed ; for it is in my recollection that about Y 1 years go a person of the name ot` Grove was taken up for forging %sea of the 'talk of Briglawd, at Birmingham : the not, a ared Plates from which they were struck were found upon him; and he had such link hope of escape, that e:11, te issugbt up to plead at the Warwick Assivs, he pleaded ; nor could all the persuasion of the Judge pre nil upon him to alter his plea. He was accordingly patenced to the, and conveyed to a condemned cell. In kw than eigla hours after his condemnation he was re seed to another cell ; and having been rispited front :be a wful punishment of death, be was ultimately seat to rust Bay for On his voyage he met with great in *ropes. An w Governor having been appointed to that element, Grove was allowed to go with him, in a vessel Oar. All this accommodation was not rendered in con mance of any solicitation on the part of the convict or am of his friends, but, strange as it may batat the re qtaw of the liade Englund, which no doubt weighty /rums for so doing. I cannot exactly state the precise time when this 00. cu red, but when Grove was condemned at Warwick, CO*, ler forgiug a power of attorney to enable him to transfer put of his unch:a stock, was executed at the Old Bailey, in L melon. I am, Sir, yours, &c. 'Yahweh, Nor. 11121. J. S. Letters dated the 10th of October have been received in tom, from the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Sir Benjamin lEUrban, at Demerara. The Colony remained perfectly tranquil, and every thing was going on well. It is reported that President Monroe, in his Message to Coegress, at the opening of the ensuing Session, will re raomend the establishment of a new department of the Government for home affairs. It is mentioned that Cou rts, rolmbly to prevent an increase to expense, will eoli3h the office of Secretary of the Navy, making the ?raking of the Navy Baird one of the Cabinet.—Bostrn A letter from Pernambuco, of the 10th October, states hut pallet tranquillity reigned there, and business in reral was reviving. The sugar market was dull, and a :.reine of 6 per cent. bad taken place ; this fall was attri- Sutol to the new crop, which was expected to be brought tea th4market by the beginning of November. Extract of a letter, dated Lima, July 3:—" A reinforce ment for General Bolivar was landed at Seise about the thi:h of June ; the numbers arc reported at 3000 or 3500. The Spanish Generals, Cantarac and Valdez, have di tinet tommands, and there is a spirit of jealousy existing be wen them, so that, it is supposed, they will always act isknendeutly, and that neither of them will act in subor &Eldon to the other. This circumstance is, of course, heianble to Bolivar. The Spanish privateer Quintanella meaptured some time since by the French corvette Dili pce, and carried into Valparaiso, for irregular and pies tzslacts. The Viceroy is offended at this, and has em- Se sell the property of Frenchmen in the Intermedios. lithe opinion of many, that General Bolivar, having washout 12,000 or 11,000 men, will not be long before snores forward CO attack the Spanish troops under Gen. rename. It is reporter! that General Valdes is near i„4, unit that he has gone in a hostile manner against fierassl(llanota ; but this wants confirmation. A recent dasdo, Grueral Rodil, imposing severe penalties of death, &c. on individuals smuggling treasure on board ships, and on custotn-house officers conniving at it, has produced a cessation of the practice. At present the duty ' 1 as shipping dol:ars is 8 per cent;" Tee FiItNCJI AloNsrea.—The Court of Assize at Versailles was occupied the whole of Tuesday with he abler the wretch Antoine Leger. The prisoner is about malty-nine tears of age, and a native of St. Martin Bre mart. He was dressed as a peasant. His face is much mhonit, aml presents an expression both of stupidity and ails, not at all like a man guilty of the atrocious :rims with whi:h he is charged. He preserved the most narlete insensibility: occasionally rn air of gaiety and at:se:ion gleamed across his countenance. All the ques ion put by the prisoner betrayed symptoms of idiotcy. &stoned a little a ff ected when the father of the child Thorn be hail murdered and inutilated made his appear ate as a witness. His Counsel endeavoured to defend ;n on the ground of mental imbecility, but the mointer els found guilty and sentenced to death. Ile manifested :. , ,,barre insensibility when sentence was passed on him as evinced throughout the trial. The ship Margins of Wellington, from Belfast to New Ouns, is repotted to be totrlly lost off the coast of Wex ntti. Amonz the long list of shipwrecks and lot les occasioned !AC hvavy gales, is that of the Dublin ketch, for kYt% a paeket at John Jones master, which . . from Ifilford fur Amlwelt about a month ago. The ".I` , olapany comkted of captain, tnate, and four sca re; ; t sides whom, there were on board two passengers. 1;.:1a,ls of respertable parents, who had been to South Wl3l an an excursion of pleasure, and were returning f in this vessel. She wat seen on her passage be- Wfunl and Holyhead, and has never been heard of .ITTON—TIic sales of cotton, last week, amountfal to 4 4 .;:i bales, which, we believe, is nearly the largest t,:uatity ever di , posed of in one week. The regular and I, :itise demand for this article shows that there is an in c7,4l commmption of our manufactures ; and this itn rs!s nt, we suppose, is principally to he attributed to 11 ' `' n,nts of manufactured goods which arc making 1 ' ()).• ela states of Smith America.— Liver pool Courier. (A ug . ° , oniele hays--" Tire beamers of An cone.iviag from a late report of the proceedings of ';!e 11 . 1 avers' Association, that they were understood to have not to Itsam webs to any hut combined weavers, tac desired us to state they never made any such promise, to b,:atn to every one as formerly. It is to th . entt - .1 tlen there is yet no prospect of the cotton `hone set oti. The sitaation of the female workers Yesterday a cotton work in the court "rt in 3/. on the egress terms that it should be """+l' exclo4vely . among the carders and day workers. rkfret that the system of violence is still per- IS towards the individuals that are peaceably at work •at . : e e.ato n A female spinner of Mr. Snoslgrays's : " o 't S,iiirday night knocked down in Al`liechnie-cre , t. "a male apitiner well known, hut whose lodgings have 4t Yet been discovered. Dreadful threatening letters Iran' I! ) been sent to persons in the work, garnished with of spades and coffins, which we have seen, and 4 111 probably have it in our power to give in our next." The hank of Messrs. ()Maker, Tomes, and Chattaway. EStr atford-upon-Avon, was broken open on the night of • .3 t'day' last, anal robbed of a large number of their local It. 5/., mid 111/ ht. •• i •c onsiderable amount in ~ cs, a Batik of Englund note; and notes of other ~i.~ * : . mccitlent beft-I a little girl, named Lydia Wright, ' 7 Years of a.:e. at Croyfaint, on Thursday, the 18th in -7.1. . 4 ' t ° , with two children younger than herself, were F 7 the rrintlicr in a room where there was a fire : the a, "` t tttzttempting to reach a kettle, went so near the that 13 , :r cotton pinafore took ire, and the runip,l7, into tha s re t, the wind encouraged the "fl, until she WQ$l S,s dreadfully burnt, that she died in tui, .etne the next day. An inquest was hell on Tues -3.1r. Kinard.. Coron2r. Verdict—" Burnt to -1): arcoleut." The 7th (Royal nisileers) Regiment is ordered to march, on Monday next, from Chatham to Nfancliet, r. Detachtnents belonging to the el ( Queens Royal) Regiment of Foot, and the .57th (West Middlesex) Regi ment of Infancy, are order, d to march, this day, from the Recruiting Ikpartment, in Westminster, for Chatham. A detachment of Recruits, belonging to the I lilt R •gi ment of Light Dragoons, has received orders to march this day, from Westminster for Maidstone. A detachment of Recruits, belonging to the Ist Battalion (the Duke of York's Rifle Corps) is ordered to march, this day, from IVestotinster for Canterbury. Detachments belonging to the eutli (East Devonslti..e) and the 59th (‘2(l Nottingham) Regiments of Foot, are or& r.d to march, this day, from Westminster for Portsmouth. A d, tachment of Recruits will also march, this day from ‘Vestiiiiiister for the Isle of Wight. C.IRLOW BIBLE SOCIETY. Another stormy Bible discussion has taken place in Ireland. A debate at three days' continuance was carried on at Carlow, bet ween the Boman Catholics and the advocates of the circulation of the Scriptures. . . Go the second day., an Irish paper says— The Rev. Mr. 111•SwEestv closed the discussion. He said, the gentlemen at the other side have challenged us to &contest with them in Goblin, er somewhere else //ere 1 d'7l, and decirk the b Nable" u'dh the re/safe of them, or any use t f Meet, on this spit. I promise you I will not take ten minutes to put an end to the controversy. (Much noise—some calling order, others voci. " Hear him, hear hint.") Atter some remarks, which we could not catch, from the growing confusion of the place, Mr. 3I•Swr.EN directed the attention of the Meeting to the text, " Pater mains tote eat"—" The Father is greater thin I am," and he challenged all or any of the gentlemen oppo•eil to hint, to prove against him the Divinity of Jesus Christ, in case he should personate • Socinian. Mr. Fora rose—accepted Mr. M'Swc:ny's challenge, and pro ceeded to show, that Christ, in the passage referred to, acknow ledged the superiority of the Father, only in regard of Ilia humanity. Mr. .111`SwEEstY—That will not do, Sir; you have proved nothing. You have given an explanation that may satisfy your. *elf, of there being nothing in the passage inconsistent with the equality of Christ with the Father. considered as to his divine nature. Now pray, Sir, as it is a principle which you profess to believe, that every one is competent to judge of the meaning of the Scripture. should I interpret that •text as implying that Christ was really, and in every respect superior to the Father. why should you contradict my opinion ? According to yourself; I have a right to draw my own conclusions front the perusal of the Seriptores; and not only that, but I am as good a judge of them as you are. (If course, then, you, possessing your Biblical principles, that every one can judge of the sense of the Sacred Scriptures, cannot prove against me the divinity of Jesus Christ, nor can you accuse ine of error in denying it! Rev. Mr. PoPF:—Did I not prove it already? Mr. 11':stet:Env—No, Sir, I need only appeal to the intelligence of the Chair, to pronounce that you did not. The CHAIRMAN would not interfere, on the ground that he was not there to decide between the parties. (You have not Answered Mr. 31•Sweeny, resounded through the me,ting.) Mr. POPE —1 will answer I' in writing to-morrow, or some other time. (Now, now, from the meeting.) Rev. Mr. DALY—As the Gentleman proposed us a question, Is it not fr.ir that we should propose him another? Rev. Mr. :11'SwEenv—I am not here on the defensive, an I tame to this Meeting to oppose the principlis of the Bible So ciety. I am not obliged to answer you, but you are obliged to answer me. However, I pledge myself, that when you will have answered my one question, I will answer every possible one of yours. (Frightful uproar.) Mr. 111•Sweeny then thanked the Chairman for his indulgence, and left the Meeting. THIRD DAY. CA■LOW, MONDAY. The Meeting of the Carlow Auxiliary Bible Society was held this tiwetionn in the Presbyterian Meeting House; at which, the Rev. Mr. Pope, in a speech of great eloquence, in support of a re solution. addressed the Meeting. CoL RocurOßT was in the Chair. Hour CI scrir.—TheJtidges of the Special Gaol De livery for the Home Counties have given notice, that at Chelmsford, Maidstone, and Kingston, they will open their Commiss'ons, and attend divine service on the respective commission days, and on the next day will charge the Grand Juries, at ten o'clock in the morning, and itnmetli ately proceed to try pri:ontms in bath Courts. At Lewes the name course will be pursued as at Hertford. . -- OPENING or TN, NEW INSOLVENT DEBTORS' Corni. —Yesterday morning Mr. Commissioner Harris, and Mr. Commissioner Law, took their judicial seats for the first time, in the New Court erected in Portugal-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields, where the sittings will hereafter he held. The internal fittings up of the edifice are extremely con venient for all persons who may have business to transact, and the building reflects credit on Mr. Soane, the architect. The central situation of the Court will be found very con venient to the profession and the public. Yesterday the prisoners, who stand committed on the charge of felony, were removed from the several jails in the City of London and County of Middlesex, to Newgate, pre paratory to their standing their trials at the Old Bailey Sessions, on Thursday nest. Win. Lindsey, who was convicted at the last General Sessions for Dover, of forging the acceptance of Cox and Co. to a draft, with intent to defraud I.ieut. George Ver non, but whose case was referred to the Secretary of State, was brought up to the Adjourned Sessions on Friday last, for judgment, when sentence of death was recorded against FERMANAGH FOLIC E.—Extract of a Lt tt r from Tempo, November 2'. 2 :—" Sir 11. Brooke, Mr. Irvine, and the Chief Constable of the Police, are to be here at one o'clock this day, to investigate into the conduct of some of the police, for an attack upon the Rev. James Kelly, P.P. of this town. It would appear that they broke into the house where he lodges, and drew their bayonets upon him, and said they would drag him out like a dog and tramp upon him in the street.' The Rev. amtleman was obliged to fly for Ettniskillen for safety. This county is in a dread ful state of agitation." It is rumountl, that certain circumstances connected with a recent brutal exhibition at Warwick, have become the subject of inquiry from superior authority. It has been stated, that twenty-five constables, each having his staff of office, attended the exhibition. The. object of the inquiry is, first as to the privity of the Magistrates, and next whether the cqnstabies attended gratuitously, or by the order of any, and what sup rior authority.—Britidt Traveller. A man was robbed on Monday night, and wounded by a pistol shot, mar the Trent bridge in the neighbourhood : of Nottingham. Friday night last, a dreadful explosion took place in the Margaret Pit, near Newcastle, which, with others, is com prehended under the title of Newbottle Colliery. Eleven men were killed. An inquest was held in the parish of Croyland, on view of the body of William King, a labouring carpenter, who had been at work at a mill last Sunday, and became so in toxicated in the evening, that afti r eating a hearty supper he was choked. Verdict—" Died by choking and suttb cation, being at the time intoxicated from excessive drinking." Pen ENTRIANISM.—An extraordinary feat of walking was pe4ormed at Hull a few days ago, by a native of Cum b,:rlantl, only fifteen years of age ; aml a brother of his, named M`Mulleii, aged eighteen, has since much amused and astonished the inhabitants of Bingham by his extraor dinary speed. On Friday last lie undertook to walk ten milts in two hours, half the distance backwards, which lie very easily performed ten minutes within the time. On Monday lie engaged to walk six miles an , l a half, the half mile retrograde, in one hour, which lie accomplished three minutes within the given time ; although at intervals he seemed to move very leisurely, at others lie went with most extraordinary swiftness. lie is a very likely, straight youth, of prepossessing appearance, and genteel eddies'. lie has off,red a wager, which none seems inclined to ac cept, that lie will walk eight miles within an hour ! Stotiffwd-lfercurl!. 111,COVERY OF A STOT.F.N Comm—For the last week the family of Thermos King, a pour labotiring nieehanic, residing in Dock-she:a. East Sniitliii.:l.l, has been in the utmost distress, in co...sequence of their youngest child, a line little boy, about two years old, having been privately carried of!' by a strange woman, who went by the apTicilanon of •• Sal, the child-stealer. Yester day morning the afflicted parents were overjoyed at receiving a letter from IViikinxon, the person who went in search of the child, reaming that he hat sitececiled iii finding the woman at 3larket- street, in St. Alban's, where she was singing songs, with the child in her .irms. The letter wet on to state, that the woman was under the charge of a constable, and the child was taken the utmost care of by a humane inhabitam Of that town. In the afternoon the parents were stet down to S!. Alban's. at the cost of the parish o: Whiteetapel, to take the i r in tuit, and to prosecute the worna:,, the expense of which the parish will also defray. THE BRITISH PRESS. arcttleut. - I the wonia:!, the expos: of which the parish will also deliay. THE LATE STORMS. OVA COARESPOSDENT.I PLYMOUTH. Nov. 24, In addition to the list of shipping lost, published in the Paper of yesterday, at Plymouth, we have now to add the loss of the John, of Bideford, and Welcome, in the Talin river. The former is a wreck, but her valuable cargo of silks, from .ghorn, will he saved with little damage. The Captain and crew of this vessel were drowned ; the Captain's wife was found alive in the cabin, and is now ashore at Weinbury. exc-edingly ill. The hull of the Welcome will be saved, her masts are gone. In Witham' Bay a large l)utch East Indianian, laden with coffee, has gone to pities. A boat looking out for smugglers saved pat t of her crew ; bat six persona cer tainly have perished, and only a small quantity of coffee has been salved. The other wrecks in port remain in stabs qsn, and per sons are busily engaged in landing their cargoes. The Percy floated last night, and so dill the George Canning, whose master was drown el early on Monday evening. The fruit on board this ship will be well saved. The Colonist is jamiticel inside, on a reef of rocks, under Teat's bill, by the Rochester, a beautiful large ship, for India. The total number of ships on shore is thirty-three, and the loss of property by sea and land is estimated by com petent judges at upwards of 400,0001. Certainly all the ships cargoes appear to be exceetlingly valuable. The intelligence from the country acquaints us with the particulars of considerable damage dote to villages and gentlemen's seats, by the overflowing of the tide and the resistless power of the wind. Except at Cavrsand, near this place, where many small dwelling-houses are washed into the sea, but we njoice to say without loss of lives, the damage done on shore is only considerable in the aggregate, the storm having dealt out injury " here a little and there a little." To-day our worthy Chief Magistrate called a public meeting of the inhabitants, to subscribe towards the relief of the poor and auff•ring seamen who have le•en miracu lously spared by the hind of Providence, and in behalf of whom, no doubt, a good collection will be made. Captain Wilkinson, of the Richard, saved all his men except the chief mate. The troops are still under arms. The passengers all safe ashore. (ANOTHER ACCOLiNT.) PLYMOUTH. NOVEMBER 24. The dreadful hurricane which commenced here on Mon day evening, and continue) until late last night, has sub sided; in continuation of details, the following have reached us :—Harinonie, Peterson, Surinam for Middle burg, ashore at Polom Cove, and will go to pieces ; a small part of the coffee has been saved by the crew of the pre ventive boat stationed there, who su,:o eded in saving the Captain, his son, and four seamen ; the mate and the re mainder of the crew were drowned. The whole of the I preventive boats belonging to the different stations within this port, with the exception of the one in B tveysand Bay, have been destroyed, and the beat-houses washed away ; the vier at Port Wrinkle, in Militant' Bay, and the boat-how se on it, were washed away together, by one of the most tremendous seas ever seen. A very large mer chant ship was discovered in great distress, about two miles off, with her sails blowing to pieces; she succeeded in getting out of the bay, and stretched to sea. Nearly the whole of the fish cellars in Cawsand and Whitsand Bays, together with many houses, were washed down and destroyed, together with the greater part of their contents, consisting of fishing tackle of all sorts, seine, beats, &c. The destruction among the boats belonging to the watermen has been very considerable. The John Wills, Leghorn for London, ashore on Wembury Beach, and it is feared will go to pieces ; captain and crew drowned, the captain's wife saved by the exertions of the preventive crew stationed at Yalm, who found her on board, entangled among the I rigging and dreadfully bruised ; they also succeeded in saving about one-third of her cargo, and much of the re mainder will be saved ; the Welcome, Morris, from the Canary Islands, is also ashore near Wetnbury, high on the beach, crew saved ; the cargo, it is thought, has not sus tained much injury. Two vessels are reported to be at anchor off Mothecombe, dismasted. The crew of the Coromandel, lost on the Breakwater, we understand are saved. It is reported that several seamen belonging to the different merchantinen were drowned, besides those already named. The George Canning has been got off, and is now in dock, her cargo is landed, which must have sustained great injury. The cargoes of the following vessels are landing, and notch will be accomplished to-day,' . the weather being favourable : City of Rochester ; Percy, Sayers ; Najaden, Masse ; Scotia, 1111‘Cormick : Colonist, Smith • Female, Chapman ; and some others. The cargo of the Concordia, Matson, is also landing. The cargo of the Eliza, Edwards, has been landed, and it is repotted has not sustained much injury. The Margaret, M‘Lel lan, fur St. Übes, is expected to be got off to-day. The Retrench, Ansell, on shore in the Mill Bay, has broken her back. The Nassau, Tremayne, for St. Michael's, has been got off, and must unload to repair. The damage occasioned in every part of the port, and on every description of pro perty, has been immense. A great part of the cargo of the Mary Ellen, Guild, from London to Gibraltar, has been saved in good order. We have just hoard that immense quantities of wreck hare been discovered floating in Bovey sand and Bigbury Bays ; it is therefore apprehended that considerable losses have taken place there. SIDNIM7II, Nov. 23. The devastation and ruin caused here by the hurricanes exceed all calculation ; 20,0001. will not replace the da mage sustained in this place. Of the gravel promenade, which, for beauty, could challenge the coast, not a ves tige now remains. The surf made such inroads into the town, that nothing could stop its fury ; the whole of the lower part of the town was inundated. Every individual who inhabited a house on the beach, hail nothing but ruin and death staring hint in the face ;—to retreat to the town was utterly impossible. The shrieks of the different females, together with the tremendous roaring of the sea, and the general wreck on every side, pre sented a scene of the most awful and alarming kind. Almost every boat on the beach was broken to-pieces. Houses were seen blown down by the wind, others knocked down by the fury of the sea ; others quite un roofed ; and the whole town was deluged. At length, happily for us all, daylight appeared, and presented a scene which beggars all deacription. At this time the tide had arrived at its highest : had it continued half an hour longer, not a house near the beach would have been standing. Every person was anxious to preserve the wreck of the little property that was left. Men and women were busily engaged in taking their goods from their windows; others were endeavouring to preserve their lives, which they effected with great difficulty by letting themselves down by means of sheets from their bed-rooms into boats ; others escaped by swimming. Fortunately the wind changed snore to the wehtward and moderated, or we must have had the second part last night, for we are desti tute of any beach to check the sea from breaking into the town. It is highly satisfactory to state, that, amid all our calamities, no lives were lost. WEV3IOUTII, Nor. 25. A most painful duty devolves upon us to recount the awful dispensation of Providence, in one of the meat tem pestuous gales of wind from S. S. E., accompanied with the highest title which this town ever experienced. It com menced about four o'clock on Tuesday morning, and con tinued with unabated fury for t;:veral hours. The pier, at the entrance of the harbour, is nearly demolished, together with the greater part of the Esplanade. The different quays were deluged, and the lower rooms of houses in va rious parts of the town were inundated. Boats were seen floating in the street; one in particular, from the harbour nearly to the church ; the damage sustained is immense. But the scene of desolation here es comparatively trifling. The most melancholy reports are hourly arriving from Abbotsbury, Fleet, and all along the coast. At the for mer place a Danish brig has been wrecked, laden with fruit. Five hands were on hoard, four of whom were pro videntially saved, and every attention has beer•. paid to their distressed situation by the kindness and humanity of the Countess of Hamster. A large West Indutman, the Coralle, laden with rum, &t.. has been wrecked off Fleet : the whole crew perished. A Dutch galliut has also been wrecked opposite the Old Weymouth Ca. Ale, laden with butb:r and cheese: the whole of the cargo was lost, except a few trifling articles, which were saved under the direction of the Dutch Consul, Joseph Horsfortl, Esq., whose ex ,, rtions for two days were indefatigable; the crew was saved. The Nancy brig, be longing to Mr. Wallis, of this port, is totally dismasted, but has rode out the gale, and is now in safety. Two other vessels have been also wrecked on the North shore— one the Louisa smack, of Exeter, Codner, the mister, saved, two men drowned ; the other, the Sally smack, of Portsmouth, Moor, master, drowned, and one man. Sevetal houses at Chisel, in the Island of Portland, have been totally swept away, by the tremendous waves passing over the beach, and many of its inhabitants are buried in the ruins. Twenty-three bodies have already been found; among them a man, his wife, and seven children. The ferry passage-house i 3 also nearly demolished, and its in habitants narrowly escaped with their lives. The ferry man was th•owned in endeavouring to take a soldier's horse from the stable—the horse was saved. At Fleet the church. with almost every house in the village, is swept away, and several lives have bmn lost. A large West Indianian, to tally dismasted, has rode out the gale near Chisel Cove, where she now remains at anchor. POOLE, Nov. 24. It is impossible to enumerate the damage sustained in this town ; scarcely a house has es,..aped injury. tin the Qua) the scene was truly terrific ; the tide hati risen to so astonishing a height as to overflow the Quay, on which hoats were dashed about at the mercy of the wind and waves. The houses in the Strand were innndated, some of them to the depth of four or five feet. The town was com pletely insulated, being surrounded on all sides by the briny element. So eral of the vessels in the harbour have been sunk to prevent any damage being done them ; se veral others have been sullirred to drift on the mud. All the streets in the lower part of the town were rendered im passable by the inundation. Three gentlemen, Messrs. Absulam and Davy, and Captain Stroud, took a boat at the church-yard. and proceeded through Thames-street to the shop of Mr. Sheppard ; from thence round the Quay to the Custom-house, where they re-landed. At eleven o'clock the tide receded. The damage which has been done in the town and neighbourhood is estimated at several thousand pounds. The oldest inhabitant in the town can not recollect so destructive a stonn. BRIDPORT, Nov. 21. I am sorry to communicate the melancholy intelligence of the death of Mr. Thomas Major, of Bridport, who, with his two children, was drowned yesterday morninz. It ap pears that Major was put in possession of Mr. J. B. Good's property at Bridport harbour, and had been sleeping in a small house in the yard, the bed of which was on the ground-floor, and he had taken two of his little girls with him for company. On Monday night, the weather being ' so very rough, he had gone, it appears, up stairs, into a small low room (the roof of which is not sealed), and had taken his children with him, as two chairs and two pillows were found near the fire-place, and one of the children's pinafores and a candlestick in the same room. The candle, it is supposed, had bunted out, and fearful of his situation, Major, in the morning, got through the under window by beating out the sash, as he was seen about break of (lay with his two children, one on his back, the other under his arm, endeavouring to get through the water: but he had not proceeded far when one of the children fell, and in stooping to :Ike her up, a tremendous wave came and washed them away. Their bodies have all been found, which is, of course, some consolation to the afflicted widow, who, with three other children, are left to deplore her husband's untimely end. What renders the event more afflicting is, that not a month since they buried their eldest daughter. To describe to you the state of the harbour is impossible. A quantity of timber is washed up near Marsh-gate, and some much farther. A hay-rick belonging to Messrs. Swaine and Son, which was near their stores, is likewise brought a considerable way up the marsh, and is now standing. Roofs of shops, saw-pits, &c. have Lien carriid away. Mr. Good's rope-yard was washed or blown down, and 29 sheep, belonging to Mr. Edwards, have been drowned. The damage altogether is estimated at 20,0001. COWES Novrmata 21. The Twins pilot-boat, of this port, is come into harbour with considerable damage, witol:ass broken, boom, &e. while lying in Studland Bay. Yvsterday, the Ehtleavour, of this port, parted from lkr anchors, and went on fhnre ; vessel totally lost, and very apprehensive of the crew. The Hero, of Southton, parted, went on shore on Christchurch ledge, and is totally lost; and the Speedy Jersey packet, belonging to Southampton, also parted, and has not been since seen. PORTSMOUTH, TIITRSDAT NIGHT. [EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.] The gale has totally subsided, and the ships on shore are respectively getting their cargoes and stores out, ptepa ratory to attempts being made to get them off. The water is slowly ebbing, but so great was the inundation that the disastrous effect.: will be long felt. It may be said that the moracs next the town, the- marshes near the castle, the Salterns and Failington marshes, almost form a connected sheet of water. The damage at Farlington is incalculable: all the embankments are washed away, and the greatest devastation has been caused. To form some idea of the rush of water that entered these marshes, it is only neces sary to say, that the engine -house attached to the water works was completely surrounded. Two vessels were driven over the banks, and several boats passed over the marshes. _ _ _ The gale lasted, it may be said, nearly thirty hours. Its parallel is nut remembered by the oldest inhabitant. SOVTUAMPiON, Nov. 23. The storm with which this port was visited on Monday night and Tuesday morning, if not the most terrible known in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, certainly yields only to that of the memorable 4th of March, ISM About ten o'clock on Tuesday, the flood had reached the limit of the highest tides, and long before the time of high water (half past-twelve), it had risen from four to six feet above it, and urged on by the resistless wind, passed over every thin , ' in its course. There is not a single piece of the sea wall round the town that is not injured. The sea made a clear breach over the whole shore from Millbrook to Four posts, and also over the I.v.!ach towards lichen Ferry. Great part of the platfonn has foundered in along with the large gun that stood on it. The whole country to the east of the town, as far as the eye can reach, is one 'indistin guishable sheet of water, with the river I tchen, and many cows and pigs have been drowned. There is, fortunately, but little shipping in the harbour, consequently we have but few casualties to report. A large collier brig ran on the Breakwater, and from thence ashore, near the Baths, in a very bad situation ; she is supposed to be much da maged. A small vessel foundered near the Quay, another at a small distance, and a third ran ashore on the beach. Out of a hundred and more open boats, &c. scarcely a dozen remained afloat, and the heaps of broken spars, &e. which came ashore, tell a sorrowful tale so the owners. Great 'turnings of tiles and bricks have been falling about the streets ; we have not heard of any serious accident from them. Indeed, the only less of life that has come to our knowledge yet, is that of a poor man, named Champniss, who was blown off the roof of the London night coach, at seven o'clock this morning, and killed on the spot; and a report is current, 'hat several persons have been lost out of a large open boat which was drifted in, keel uppermost. CIIIIISTCHI - 11( !I, NovEmsta23. The devastation here is beyond description: scarcely a house has escaped damage. About 9 •.M. a veisel in dis tiess was observed in the West Bay, nearly under Iteng st bury Head. Many of the inhabitants immediately pro ceeded to the spot, and with much laudable exertion save.] two of the crew (the mate and an old man) from a watery grave. The captain, his son, and four of the crew are lost. The vessel appears to he the Hero, of South ampton, Captain Lannan, from Sivanage, laden with stone, burthen about 100 tons. Exeter and its vicinity have suffered considerably by the dreadful stonna on MontLy and Tuesday morning, as well as various parts in Somerset. Similar devastations hart occurred at Southampton, Salisbury, Axminster, &min ster, Blandford, War , lham, Christchurch, and at Inver ness, in Scotland. llomies flare been unroofed, othtrs blown down, cattle, sheep, and pigs drowned, trees up root, d , lead blown off the churches, and persons obliged to he taken out of their garret windows, on account of. the dreadful floods. Communications have been stopped be moat one village and another, and between onq port town to the other. Tire whole line of coast is strewed with wrecks, and many more: valuable lives must have been lost titan those already known. In short the damage done is ab solutely incalculable. The following shipwrecks, casualties, ecc..from tile late gales, in addition to those we have already given, were yi stivilay posted at Lloyd's:— iiAMBEAGII, NOV. I..—One hundred and fifty casks of butte, of various marks and sizes, have been picked up near /rangoort. It is known that they were shipped on board the Attire, Sibtoti it in therefore feared she is lost. Dor En, Nov. 25.—The ship seen to the westward is the Reno lotion, Keen, with loss of mainmast, unshorn and cables, sails. &c. ; she is in charge of some pilots. Just liefore dark a large vessel was discovered to the westwanl in a very damaged suite, with a boat stterding her ; she appears to be either a ship or a lime brig, with only her foremast standing. DARTSIOUTH, Nov. 24.—A great quantity of orange sas Imiting about this coast. his feared some vessels have bean lost in the late drful gales. cN roor. , Nov. 2S.—The Genia, Scotland, of Atlas, from Cadiz to !lull and Leith. put in here yesterday a-wing, with her decks swep t o f b oats , l oss of sails, e. The Albion, Henley, dues not appear to have sustained much damage ; she ie lying on the mutt in the harbour, but the whole of her cargo must he dis charged before she can be gut off: Tim aPer-part of a vessel has . been driven on shore (name unknown), but supposed to to foreigner ; it may be supposed she was wine laden, as several ripei and butts have been seen washing and dashing to pieces tinder the cliffs. • PE xzattcr„ Nov. M.—The gale here has been dreadful. The light-bons.: is blown down t several firkins and pieces of wreck are floating about here ; almost every vessel in the harbour has reeelved more or less damage ' bet they are principally small craft b e l ong i ng to this port. Three dead bodies have l.r.ea washed on shore. The Nelly, Brown, from Berwick to boneon, is on shore near Grimsby, but expected to be got of: The Endyinion, Young, trout Petemburgb to Dundee, was totally lost 3d instant, near the SCalr. rrew saved. The S•adt Lubeck, Linder, front Lubeck to London, is lost upon Hosp. Tile Cants, Ashton, from Hull to Memel, was lost neat Bar en - bergen, 3d instant. Crew saved. The Rachel. Allison, from Wyberg to Hull, foundered 4th inst• ncar the Dogger-bank. 'I ? SHIPWRECK. fly the flatfoot, from Newfoundland, we have received news of the shipwreck of the schooner Union, J. filmier, owner and master. She was sailing up the river St. Lawrerce, under a light but unsteady side breeze, lot of Aug last, haring on board the Car. lain and crew, six in number six carpenters, and nine passengers.: among whom was a family, consisting. of the husband, the nfe, and five children; with Id tons of merchandise, besides about tine tons of ballast. When the vessel was about two miles ahoy. Brock ville. a sudden gust of wind took her sails, and notwithstanding the ('sprain was at the helm, and all the hands *peel; stationed to cane off in the event of danger, and but one topsail np, yet so such'ea and violent was the gust, that no effints could save her from tipseting : in four or live seconds she was on her beam ends, anti the irellar and cargo haven • shifted, prevented her fr6m righting. The fire children were in the hold, and their parents were ow deck. The woman fell overboard, and was with much difficulty saved el.ildren, one seven years old, the other an infant, were killed by tin; falling of some part of the cargo upon them. As the vessel did not fill for twelve or fifteen minutes, two of the children were saved, but all exertions failed to save line boy about twelve Years old, who was in the hold when it filled ; at that time, when his hopes were ell gone, It was truly horrible to hear his shrieks a ithin s answered lay responding cries of parents , and children without ; bur description can tell no tales of keen distress. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCS. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Pegg-time, Nov. fear the hurricane of Monday night Ilan done very much damage. All the vessels in Penzance pier received damage, more or lest,. by breaking their tables and getting adrift; some have stemn moved, bulwarks and bowsprts gone. The schooner Eleanor totally dinmasted. Toe light.house at the extent of our pier hove down, and the pier damaged. A vessel in totally. lost about a mile and a half to the westward of Mousehole, and rtP the crew, supposed to be train Lisbon or St.3lichaers with oranges, a large quantity of that fruit having come on shore. She appears to have been a schooner, as part of two masts are visible.. The ends of some boxes are marked I), C. D c W. Four of the crew were taken up front amongst the wreck yestertilly. NMI(' not vet discovered. FAI. )10 I' 1' Nov. t —Off the port, the Braganzn, Corncby, front Cephalonia, sailed the :Id Oct. Attired the Det.ire. Bailey, from London ; and the Lovely Sally. Walters, from Newfound land, in IS days. The former wan obliged to cut her second cable after having parted her first, and run upon the mud ; the latter was also obliged to cut, and drove on 3110 r..., neither of which have re ceived any damage. The rest of the outward-bound, consisting of between thirty anti forty sail, rade out the gale in pertevt s af e ty. Sailed the Zephyr packet, fur the Islands; the Duke of Kent packet, for Lisbon; and the Camden packet, rot. Buenos Ayres. Po It TS MOUT st, Nov. Zs.—The ships reported before on sh ire still remain—their cargoes landing, much damaged. Arrived. ;h., Swift, Payne, from Mogadore; the Miners , Vickers, from Ma laga; the Eliza, Richt?, from Smyrna; and the Dido, Batman, from St. Ches--all in distress. Wind PORTBMOI' Tlf, Nov. 2.s.—The Madras, on shore in Stokes Bay. it very much damaged, her main keel being beaten out, and the title flowing an high within as it does outside—Cargo discharg ing. The Ihmeaster, of Newcastle. 31arshwIl, discharging timber in Portsmouth harbour. from Quebte. was felted on shore by the ship Spring, and in now on the grimed. De.th, Nov. 21—Nearly the whole of the outwanhboand have sailed. Arrived the Acorn, Christie, from poem Caine down tram the River, and sailed, the Lion, Dillon, for C.rthagens; the litarm& Vonng. for Sr. l'incenes; the Nancy, ii4nis ; and eiet Richard and Sibella, Holland, for Jamaica; the Hector. , for Barbadees ; the Standard. —, for Lisbon •' the Earl St. Vincm Mt, Middleton. r the tape of Good Hope; the Adamant, Rutland. for —; and the 3larlborough, 3liddltto I, for Jamaica. Mind W. and inoiltraf". RA3ISGAT E. Nov 2.s.—The Harmonic, Voss, has been got into the basin, after being so fficiently lightened. The Cornelia. Sypkes, remains at the back of the pier, where she will be wrecked ; her cargo is landing in a very damaged condition. The Fortuna, ‘Vicklund, and Camilla, llendelin, sustained darnaltc during the gal; and have been got into the Basin to undergo the necessary re pairs. About 80 fathoms of one-inch chain, without anc:lo,.. acid to have been lost front the Mary, of Poole, have bem picked up about two miles to the S.S.E. of this harbour. and landed here. I; It AVESE D, Nov. 25.—.krrived. Prince Regent, ler.3;1,fr01111 Lisbon ; Rebecca. Spears, from Guernsey. Sailed, Catherine, Ford, for S. W. Fishery ; Louisa. Dauberry, for (:renada; Sappho, Netley, for Smyrna ; Arundel, Ford, for Jamaica; Planet, cloy. for ditto; I.ord Combermere,Sandford, for Tobago; Robert. Wake, for Malta: Smoles, Chambers, for Hamhurgh; George and Ann, Coos, for ditto; Janet. Wilson, for St. Vincent's. YAHMOrTII, L 11'. Nov. 2:i.—Cape. Marin, of the arrived at Cowes, ri•parts h ming passed a ship bottom ii;iaarils yesterday, and a brig dimwitted, apparently an American. papers of the Sally sloop, Match, from Cherbourg , dated 22,1 cast. have been picked tip; also a boat's stern, mark ed" •• Julia DO. (remainder effaced) ar;d Neptune, of London," a dog-heir:lel and a handspike. marked •• Neptune." The ship on shore, ne.o. Vartoti, is the Christina, of Gottenburgli, from Cadiz, and is a it r..k.— Crew saved. The damage done to this port is very considerable ; the whole of the vessels belonging to it were driv..r away, and great part of the quay demolished. The tide was higher than ever remembered ; and it is remarkable, that the tide at low water Mat higher than many tides at high water." GRIMSBY, NOV.:U.—The Nelly. Brownhill, from Hera irk for London, drove from her anchors in these Roads on Monday right last, and came in contact with the Mary, of Hull. The crew of the Nelly got on board the Mary, ana were landed at Ski:tn. The Nelly drove on shore near Stalinghro', where she mi.: deiirded by the pilots (rem this place, who took off an a rtier and cable, and it is hoped she will be got off without loss Mate spring tides, should the weather become moderate. BRISTOL. Nov. Ys.—Arrived the L'nion, Lowman, from Lis bon ; Dunster (:astle, l'hard, from Zante; Eleanor, Payton. trop: Den eras; Mary, —, flout Lisbon; SUPRA and Mary. Evans. ('tons Lisbon. Sailed. Saiade, Aries, for Ilambursit ; superb, is tl, for Memel; Minerva, Ross, for Bordeaux. The Nacit:us, Tully, has arrived at Quebec ; New Volunteer, Stuart. at Deme rara ; Ipswich, Maki?, at New Brunswick. No losses on the ll.tstol books. 3! sl)F.In A. Nov. lit —The Cape Breton, from .Ters:r fnr Rio .I.x.e:ra, put in here 0;1 the tith instant, to land the crew, consisting, tit ~f the American brig Farmer's Fancy, Paine, whom she pick , t! up oW the week on the td instant, from slalaga fur l'hila itelphia, with wine, which upset on the k3d ult. owing to a leak, iL 341 i. Extract of a lctt.•r from the agent to Lloyd's at 11"ey month, dated yesterday : •• It is our painful duty to report that we have kern visited by one of the twist violent hurricanes ever remembered on this coast. Nothing hut ruin anti devastation surround us. One large seton.l„ laden with runt, sugar and cotton, came on shore, about three tulles west of Portions!, about twelve o'clock on Monday, and in five minutes not a vestige of her was to be seen. A piece of linen, ate,' itrinly rettnd t! , e neck of a young man, states that lie was a. a passenger, and the ship's name " Colville"—evi bard perched —.seventeen of the dead bodies are ahead: by the sea. The collector of the customs has taken tie goo!' saved from the i'olville, on the ground that papers to identity her. 'five Breakwater and nearly :he Esplanade are washed away. The houses near :our (Cr %lA's in their basements. ~i ~~ 4 V very soul o:r I) thrusrn up% inses.,Lon of t there a , - the whelk of the aca have