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HAMBURG!! FAIT RS. ST. I'ETERSHC ann. Serer. 23. Terntwar is Roe this time the farthest pert of his Majesty's j our ney. and we shall , per ha p s, hare the pleasure of seeing our be. l a ved rierveniign in a few cloys. The Prince and Princess of Orange are expected here on the llt T h. he Ukase yoohihhing any newly arrived Jews to enter Russia, was called for by the estraortlinitry weenie observed in that pelsie within these few years in our l'olish frontier province'. which ii considered as at nu advantage to agriculture Cr MEM r1:113ITS. as the only occupations followed by the Jews arenaae peddling trade, ggling, and keeping r public-housee. h mber of Jews in the ot t wo g overnments of L ithuania and White llusaite is estimated at a million and • half. The Cka.e, which enjoins them either to emote within the spare of myear, some civil profesaion, especia f lly a grie.ilture or manufactures , o r to q uit the Empire, is thereore riga mely enforted. STOCKHOLM, Sr PT. 211. Tl e Klee and Queen returned on the 26th to the capital, from Drottingholin. The commercial espeditian to the River ira Plata. which has a'ready been spokes of, will s hortly take place. The new brig. called the Chriatopher Columbus, huiit at Cerlserona, will be freighted with Sweedish steel, iron, and other manufactured goods. 1/1 eta M, Ih:T. 6. The day before yeleaday was opening tit the Session of the Provincial Assembly of the 31arch of Ilrandenbargh and of Lower 1, matte. At nine in the rimming all the Moue s were assembled in the Cathedral to attend divine service, at which hi. Majesty and the Royal Family were present. 1/r. Ebrenburg„ t chaplets'ion to the King, preached a sermon suitable to the inipottan le-cat, and when service was over, at eleven o'clock, all the deputies repaired to the Hall fitted up for their isaembly. Ills Excellency the Chief President. V. Ileidebreck. the Royal was introduced be three Pepatics (one foe each ( Mate) who opened the Assembly with an appropriate addresis ; and d•dvered ea the 61anhal, 51. V. Alvensleben, formerly Minister of 13 ate in ltruneeick, the particulars which were to be the oubject of d seusatoo. The Commismoner then retired, accompanied by their d puties as benne, and site Marshal opened the deliberetions with as addlass to the 3.sembly. ID this first sitting, an adder's to the King was resolved upon, and several committees CllO/CO, which Met ICSIMilay. 7 HE GREEKS. The following is an official copy of the Report of the Vice-Admiral of the Greek Ylect to the Greek Government, respecting the late naval action off Satnos:— t)tf Samos, 6(17) August, 11124, 11 o'clock. r at. Participate in our joy. dearest fellow-eitizons ; this has been, for the ()reek navy, a day of glory and ezultation. We will relate to you very satistisetury inttlligenee. Besides the artioa which took place yesteniay, the result of which was as disadvantageous to the enemy as it was glorious fur us. our lire-ships have destroyed a frigate aid a corvette of Tripoli, of the first rank. and a Swig of Tuais, in full sail, between the Capes of st. 3laria and Cidona with several transports. which the enemy had previously preparej for the transporting of his troops. The action souk place as fol lmrs : After we had compelled the enemy to retreat in a shameful man- Vet is the two Hest &t rimp . ... to approach us., he yesterday made a tht:d attempt, with all his ship. of war, to the number of twenty_ tiro. The combat eittlnlenerd at half. past ten, A.M. The enemy first approached icidi all his large vessels, and then with his smal ler one. As we had not yet prepared our fire-ships, we ordered cats sixteen Irearel% of hydra ard Spezzia. which had joist arrived, with an Ilydriobt lire-ship, :and a vessel of Captain Canaria, which had also just arrived, to oppoae then'. The combat was obstinate tr, both sides, and the tactics of our Hydriots and Spezziots sere doplayed in a most brilliant manner. (hit tire-ships, accompanied by our vessels, sailed against the ships of the enemy. anti threw them into complete diataller, obliging them to retire with disgrace, much further than in their two font. cr attempts. You mar easily conceive with what courage this happy . result in spired oar men, and nn the contrary, how discourazing tt was roc the ccemy. and principally for those troops which had been col lected on the mauntains of Asia Muter, and were now witnesses to the defeat of their fleet. 4.-44-- !let Amore Niguel victors. awaited the Greek fieet ! This mom. fig we saw the enemy miking an approach towards tie. with the mad in his favour. We immediately ordered all our tire-ships to szil, accompanied by different ships of war. About ten a.m. the fauship comma...died by Captain Demetrius %Alin approached a ingate of the tl,st rank, off Cape St. Maria, and grappled her. There was a slight breeze, and the frigate, helped in some manner y it, and towed by four galleys, escaped the danger which threat. her, and our fire-ship did not succeed, but it affinand an op. tartuinty to the brave Captain ('anaris to go against the same .e in the fire-ships, which he himself commanded; and lie sir. :Aid. towards eleven o'tleck, a.m., in grappling her whilst in full 1. In • short time she was all in flames, a d the lire having etested to the powder magazine soon blew her up, and the spark.. ~ I . pi...ces of wood which flew on all sides, not only destroyed all were on board, to the number of WO, but several on the neigh :sting coasts, and burned ecul) twenty transports, which were in Aces, to transport the troops to Samos. Towards ten o'clnek. Captale George Datiquiettle went against leg of Turfs with his fire-shin, and succeeded in burning it ; :41z eleven o'd lock, Captain Demetrius Realise went against a TIM! of Tripoli with ha fire-ship, anal at the same dine another went against the same corvette, so that in a short time it allin flames. Captain Rintiposi went also against a frigate with fire-shop ; he gr...ppleil her well; but the wind, and the galleys Rich towed her, misted her in escaping the danger, and cause. •a:ntly the tire-ship was lost. If Captain Rumpus' had nut narked the frigate, he would without doubt have burned a brig, i:ich was nearer, and which would have been an easy prey. his mirage was unexampled.' My duty obliges me to recommend to your beneeo!ence all the .plains and seamen of our tire-ships, 'leer all, without exception, ...oayed most astonishing energy and bravery, exposing them. Ives to the heavy tire of the enemy's vessels, and succeeding in erroying theist whilst in full sail and open day.light. You eats roily imagine - what terror must hate taken possession tl c enemy, and of Topal' Pacha•hinieelf, to whose eyes the f traiati a:;(1 destruction were doubtless no pleasant sight, :0 his courage was not so greet as to induce him to assist them. We hope, therrore, that the pions of the enemy agait.st Samos see failed, 'Mee, when: behold lost nearly 3,000 men in the vessels hieh fat boned, we saw that the troops which were on the atiernt had taken to flight; and we are fully persuaded, that once cf these who witnes-ed this engagement would daze to tab' I irk. During these two days,—days which will be for ever memo. Me in oar naval history.— a French schooner was present, which, tutu, will relate all that oicumil. %Vet should have wished I it other Etor.ipeans had also been present at that time, but not hood of the Turki•h 'row's, like those whom we raw tall Into : sea hum the vessels which we destroyed ; a worthy rectorTipetas; - tlicir pmisewurdiy a:mimeo's and their Christian feelings ! iny all those who seek to injure OUT unfortunate country expc ...ce a %hula. lire! We have burned all our fire-ships, we -ref. re ?riper. y o u to send us others without delay ; we are :-, in waut 14 powder. which we beg may be sent immediately. ll'arthy Lllossiiiatris!—We have several times experienced '4 mar flre.slii,n are our best weapoas, and Ly their means we -,! to effect still inure signal triumphs duneg this campa:gn. •.1 seamen are inspired with the greatest energy, 11.11 possess • - .s . .4lerable abilities; every °neut them hat present a lion ; whilst , de e intetry, our enemies are filled with fear and distiarage r,ai. We only lost two men on beard of Captain Canaris's .4-1, sal in e oi Wan! 44 Captain Nom posi's ; Captain Detuctrius '''. was binned in the (arr, but he will be easily cured. i . e rest of the Turkish flset is become a prey to terror, and '• l''l'e that this night will witness its flight. Vitae snivel fete yesterday nine vessels from Sperzia and one . 1'... IPwraa:.4l there P.:".: jltS: Li:i , n4 gh:Lti Ull):1; from Speaaia, '..4 I u. h 0... iiiieva. . Vt c tare jet.. het n hon o u re d w i t h y am ear-cane:l despatches of ti 3:lth ult.. ei which you order us to send seven vessels to Cape lini, and t. 4 lute brie eig!itevit others. Vre shall execute your ah .nlials but re take dr , lib. r.y nowt respectfully to suggest to ''' f '''' "t wr , w- sdrisahle to assemble here as many vessels as "4 , !... , . and all the tires%liiii, to arm i and entirely deatroy the 'et of Constarimoric_nna-that fear has seized it ; and afterwards '' will 14" rd with all our vessels to encounter the Egyptian Arm I hay.' the honour to he, Vuur most obedient and respectful Servan', N . , fiC 3O ) li EU HII E 5.% C TOI.' ILI, Vice-Admiral. -,' ' Si l'emania, Ithh (24) August, 1/121. von!) act:4:ll4e to the u-iginal.) I . I'. (1 lit)DillS,Seeretaryst;cneraL A I.tt er from Constat.tinople, dated 11th ult. received • P.ois • it nes that a letter from Stanehu of the '2 Au- It:ration s a new action Ix tweeti the tw9 fleets on the rut tnl, likewise to the advantage of the tlni.ks. A a I kin r from the same place says, that the Egyptian has joined the C.ipitott Poeta. According to movie rotundas. the losses of the Mussuimen before in a few days, were very considerable; of sixty .' I. a ., portr. oily tire or a • x The number of 10 , who Tur:slieti by sea, on the shorn of Samos, is said m.otrit to I i.tatote: tt. .l corvette, with toll men on w emrtred by the ;reeks and carried into Hydra. - .h: ta the firveks have pushed pa-ties to the ..1 at Laisst. It Trin , ltc 41 that a (7spidge Busehi has Icleh the It ad of t h e Admiral, and that the F . :l of Seim is it:t ruled for Melt _Admir a l. '." tV• Sr.isc III), Skt . T. 8.—()Ii Stlllilay time el? Crick fleet appear e d, to t h e number of 74 fire-1416 1 A wssre lattoeliefl. The Egyptian rnmerliat,2ly It under sail and commenctsi its tire.— Grerks dread nobody. ' Filtle is much rAison to fear he Egypti an f 1 ,1.1. it AIM Y. — Nlajor-Gotieral Lord IL E. 11. Somerset. Irsp,c inv.( ktivral of the Cavalry in Great Britain, insp.. ct the Cali Regitnent of Light Dragoons, 0.11) on the '.27th instant. at Canterbury. The half insPectitgi of the 12th, (tile Prince of' Wales's Royal ,) by 1,10 E.lwaril Somerset, is appeinted to take the tta:ll Fast. at Briglitou. CATII:)1,1e FINANCE COMMITTEE. SATURDAY, OCTOM 8. Air. freowaEct. stated. that the drafts of several petitions to Parliament, which were intended to be submitted to the AM/da tion. were not yet pr.pared for that purpose, and therefore he should tame that the Finance Continittee continue its sittings until ?Mil Saturday, when the Association would hold its first meeting of the third Sc ions.—Agreed to. H, an account presented to the meeting. it appeared that 3301. 17s. 41d. had bee:, received on account of the Catholic Rent, site the 4th instant. Ms. °Tow ti:t.t. moved. that the sum of one thousand pounds • the Catholic Rent be put out upon Government securities, and suffered to accumulate. Mr. Haig seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. COI,ONELWiIIy!:. The following letter was read by Mr. J. I). Mullen:— " liscketstown, Oct. 4 1624. " MT neat Son,—Having been 'hien' from home. I did not receive your letter until this day ; I beg herewith to inclose fi ve potte,t!‘ as a subscription to the Catholic Rent, and I shall lw at all times ready to give any aid in my power to forward the object of the Catholic Association, in their endeavours to obtain, by peacnble and eonatitutional means, foe the Roman Catholics of this country, a restoration of their civil and religious privileges, and an ritual and impartial adm;nistration of the laws to all classes, without distinction. " I remain, dear Sir, " Your very sincerely and obliged, " To J. D. Mullen, Esq. &c. "HENRY WIIITE." Mr. O'Cos x r LI. warmly eulogized the patriotic conduct of Cob White, whose letter was ordered to be inverted in the minutes. The R ev. „ TiTAITIAIVOLTequested to state that MT Luke Whitt was so well pleased with the seal manifested by Voiatiel Herr y White to support the canoe of civil and relighMs liher'y, that he bequeathed him Are thousand per annum in addition to what he would otherwise hare left him. for the purpose of support. log his claim to the npresemation of the county Dubliu. eIIVRCTI RATES. Mr. O'CoNNELL read the following r; - :inion upon the subject of Church Rates, in reply to the inquiries of two clergymen who had written to the Assori mon upon the subject : " I have wonsidered the questions submitted for my opinion by the Associn ion with all the attention in my power, and am of opi. nion, that noneof the country parishes in Ireland ran be assessed in a sum of ten gn;oes•. or five guineas, or id any other sum for keep ing a school, or teaching the Protestant children. •' It is true, that Protestant clergymen are bound by oath, on ad. mission, to keep an English .chool in each coyish. but that obliga. tion did nut induce any espouse on the pariah, whether the school was kept or not. " I am also of opinion that the parish cm for coffins, is an ineg t! assesatuent in Ireland. "I ant also of opinion, that the charge far a sat:teen, ism illegal charge, and cannot, by law, be rated en the parish. " I am also of opinion, that the charge of 10/. 4s. dd., mentioned in the ease of the norish of Dunshaughltn, levied a rerond tittle, for hanging the bell, is a grimly illegal charge, as, of course, is the charge of ei. in that pariah, fur teaching twelve poor children, where, it is stated, that no such school is kept. • "Such a charge as this would, (as I have already said), he illegal, even if the schist)! were kept ; it is a very gross and scandalous ille gsffity, where there is no seined at all. " I am star of opinion, that the charge tor collecting the ens in that parish, is an illegal charge. " Wherever the applotment is made upon the gross lot of vestry charges, as is usually the case, and that such lot contains any illegal item, there the entire applotinent is illegal, and may with safety be resisted by legal means. " It is true that there is a statute of the dth of the resent king, chap. 116, which very much increases the hatiility of the poet., to vexations attempts to levy improper church rates, but fortunately the most mischievous sections in that statute are clumsily and un technically drawn up, s.) as to neutralize its ill effects in a consider able degree. There are therefore still sufficient legal means to resist the illegal charges above alluded to, according to the circum stances of each particular case. "DANIEL O'CONNELL." " Merrion-square, October 9, 1024." CATIIOLIC PETITION. Mr. O'Coxxxl.t. said, that several 31embers of Parliament, who called themselves the friends of the Catholics, had thrown out their feelers and suggested that the Catholics should no: petition for t emancipation this next sessions. When the advice was conveyed to him he gave it his immediate and humble regative, and of so much importance did he consider that the ear. liest attention of the Legislature should be called to the subject. t: at he intended to have the general petition fur emancipation put into the hands of Sir F. Iturden, for preaentation, before the Ad dress should he moved to the Crown, in order that Alinisters should have *erasion to notice it in the Address. It was known that the King Mod bless him !). was personally favourable to the pleasure. Lord Liverpool's opposition had been considerably softened down, and it was poitaible that even Lord Eldon, who doubts upon every subject but Catholic emancipation, might at last he brought to doubt the utility and prudence of opposing the Catholic claims any longer( or should 11r. Canning unite with the Marquis of Lana. down in forming a Cabinet (and which was not at all unlikely) th've would be no difficulty in overcoming the scruples of the trilling majority who continue to exclude them from the bosom of the Comititution. Therefore. so far from relinquishing the oppor tunity of petitioning. they should, plrase Sind, beside the general Petition, have tow presented every week on some particular griev ance. - Dlr. CONWAY asked was there any resolution taking the pri uon out of the hands of Mr. Plut.kett ? 31r. OTotexr.t.r. replied, that ro such rrwlution paned, but Mr. Plunkett was an °Eclat perton, and it would be inconsiderate to embarrass him with their petition. BIBLE SOCIETIES. Towards the close of the days proceedings, Mr. T. Caxnxra, who stated himself to be an English Protest. ant dissenter, addressed the Sleeting, and observed, that he had been four months in Ireland, and from what he had seen and heard of, and from Orangemen, he was surprised to find that the general feelings of the Catholics was limited to that of contempt, when they w well deserved their hatred. The Gentleman then proceeded to costalemn the oppoimion given bhe Catholics to the establishment of Bible Societies in Ireland . When they had it from such an au. thorny as Colibett„ who. in his celebrated letter to Lord Rotten, stated, that notwithstanding all the exertions of the Bible Societies, not one Irish convert had been made—therefore ha (Mr. Candler) thought it injudicious and imprudent in the Catholic' to enter into aft UMICCCSMIIry comsat, which had the effect of creating an enmity and prejudice against them in the minds of the English dissenters. of whom the Bible Societies were chiefly composed. It was ad mitted that their efforts against the Catholic religion were innox ious. Therefore why contend with them, at the risk of mating additional enmity to their claims; far although he must admit there was considerable fanaticism amongst the Bible missionaries. these was also, it could not be denied, equal fanaticism displayed in opposing them ; anti he disliked morons disputations amoorst laymen, and particularly by a class of persons never considered to be over.burthened with religion—lawyers. (Loud and long.crnti nued laughter.) Ile assured the Meeting be meant nothing per sonal to any one present. Ile equally condemned making the pul pit the medium of political discussion and opinions; but so keenly did the Dissenters fr..' the opposition to the Bible Societies, that one of their preachers denounced Mr. O'Connell's proceedings in that respect as injurious to the l'atholic claims. The Gentleman ameluded by assuring then', that under every circumstance he ohouln support, es ho had ever done, privately and publicly, the principle, that those fir the government of whom laws are made should participate in their advantages and assist is their enactment. (The Gentleman sat down amidst very general applause, and was heard with great attention throughout.) Mr. O'Cos; NEL t.„ in r:ply to the last speaker, observed. that if the attempt at proselytism were cur.fined to the cunning and dext teeny of et; intlivithials employcd, he should not have heeded them but when the most cruel persecution and aggravated oppression were anforecti against the wretched peasantry, who refused to send their children to the biblical schools, it would have been inhuman and criminal, when an opportunity offered, did be neglect to ex pose Me imposition, or„ by publicly challenging its promoters, ; dr u m 'h em a n opportunity of explaining their views. But who wire the divines that the Biblicals employed, and that he (Mr. O'Connell) as heing a layman, was charged with having improperly contended against ? %Eby, finical'', a man of war, with a Bible in one hand, and a sword in the other, who abused Ireland and praised Scotland, and a young man of fashion. armed with preju dice and enthusiasm. %Vas it not meritariuus to attempt unde ceiving the public, and to expose the chicanery of a system that could make a dupe of such man as Sergeant Lefroy. who was led to countenance such a job as expending eighty thousand pounds for printing Bibles in the Irish laneuags, when it was so well known that thooe capable of reading the Irish character acquired that faci. lily by means of the English language, and when it was equally no. torious that not one of the peionntry could read the Irish language. (blear, hear.) IVith respect to the dissesting Clergyman who de. elsred fonn the pulpit that he (dlr. O'Connell) was injuring the cause. it was more titan probable that If' the pious gentle. mast thought so, he would suffer him (dlr. O'('onnell) to pursue his course emilionirbanl and uncautioned. dlr. Bale foliowed Mr. O'Connell in reply to Mr. Candler, and assured that gentleman he "wield not have intruded himvelf non the notice of the meeting at ('ink, but that dlr. Noel had deelared ,ti uncharitably and tinchristianlike. •• that none of those unhappy permit. who were without the benefit of biblical insauction, would We the light of Heaven." The Rey. Mr. Is'Envotanot observed, that the origin of Ids learned friend's having interfered upon the occasion alluded to, was, that lie (Mr. I.'Lstratige) and two other clergymen, were present at one of those Biblical meetings is C.nk, when a report was read. and the question put that it be received. Amongst other question. able passages in the report, it sated that no atiesepts of finewlytisin hie! been elalle by the Soniete, upon which the Hee. dlr. Fogge. raid. a I 'atitithc clergymen, rose, and propmed to prove upon oath, which he was ready to make before Lord Carberry, a mag:strate then presemt, that in several school's which he named. the system of proselytism hod been attempted both direcily and indirectly. This led to a long discussion ; and. finally, the Catholic clergyman quitted the room, after protesting against the proceedings, as they were not allowed to proceed In their observations, not having been any of those appointed by the Committee to 'Aileron the meeting; and on the next meeting of the Bibliads. his learned friends, whose abili. lies were sure to vuemand attention, took can to Provost and state their opinions, which they did in their individual capacities, and no' on the pact of the Cathdic ass: sties. THE BRITISH PRESS. THE LATE GALE. EDI Nnu an tt. Ocr.l 2 —The weather has broken up. The quantity of rain that fell last week was very great ; and on Sunday niglit a strong gale, accompanied by heavy inter mitting showers, came on from the north-east. It con tinued to blow all yesterday with unabated violence; and the usual demolition of chimney cans, slates, &c. ensued. Several of the large trees in the meadows have such red considerable injury. In the western division one was torn up by the root--en the eastern, or Hype Park division, a venerable willow, well known to idle boys as the toss - tree, was snapped in two, and only a stump remains. The strength iv the wind bad such an effect on the water of the Union Canal, that a perceptible diminution took place in t h e b as i n o f p o e t Iloperoun. In the Frith the gale was experienced in all its fury. Yesterday no boat was able to make the passage, and even at the Queensfcrry it was con sidered perilous to attempt crossing. His Majesty's sloop Clio rode with her top-gallant mast struck. A number of vessels took shelter under the lee of Inclikeith, and others slipped cable, and ran westward beyond Queensferry. One foreign brig drove, and at one time P was apprehended that she would go ashore near Crammond. The life-boat was launched, but before this was effected, a Newhaven fishing-boat, with twelve venturous tnen, put off to the ' brig's assistance, and succeeded in carrying her up the Frith. The sea broke with fi ightful violence on the pier at Newhaven, and the 10u-house at its extremity was battered down by the waves. About Eve o'clock in the afternoon, a ship, supposed to he the Isabella Simpson, from Jamaica, came to anchor under the lee of Inchkeirli, and is stated to have inapt her cable. A great number of vessels have taken refuge in the Frith. We are sorry to add that a rumour prevails of a sloop, coal laden, freeing been lost near Dunbar, crew saved ; and that another vessel is reported to be ashore on the Isle of May. These, we fear, are not the only disastrous accounts we shall receive of a storm which must have been extremely trying to the shipping on our coast. The wind continued boisterous all last night. The smack Pilot, which sailed from Leith for London on Friday, put hack to the roads on Saturday, with damage. and has gone into Iturntisland harbour to repair. Off St. .Abh's Head she experienced a tremen dous gale from the S.S.E. whirl' carried away her mainsail, foresail, and stove in her starboard bow. At one time it blew so hard, that fears were entertained for the safety of the vessel. The Walter Scott sailed in company, but has not, we believe put back.—Edirshorzgi Obsercer. The effects of the storm, on Sunday night, were se verely felt at Derriford, the seat of J. C. Lan-mead, Esq. A sudden and violent gust of wind, or tornado it might be called, about midnight, which lasted several minutes, car rying devastation in its course, swept through the valley, overselling every obstacle that impeded its progress. Some :lee old oak trees which stood on thelawn were rooted from the earth ; oth.rs of considerable dimensions were broken short off, while many were script of their branches, which were carried to an astonishing distance by the fury of the storm. A large proportion of the house was unroofed and much glass broken. It is soetewhat remarkable, that the track of desolation appears to have been confined to com paratively narrow limits, beyond which the hurricane passed without doing material Hum—Memoir/A Journal. The very heavy rains which fell at the beginning of the week caused a great flood from the Trent. At Newark it rose very rapidly on Tuesday and Wednesday ; and on the evening of the latter day, the water was higher than it had been for several years. The flood was spreading over the low country in the neighbourhood of Lincoln to a fear ful extent, but is happily checked by the cold winterly winds which have succeeded the downfall. A boy belong ing to a Yorkshire boat was lost in the Fossdike near the 11 aces House, while riding the haling horse. He was not missed, nor seen to fall into the river, as the storm pre vented any attention from the people in the boat.—Lincoln Mercury. _ . . . OLAYCOW, OCT. I?.—About three o'clock yesterday morning, in consequence of the strong gale of wind, a scaf folding in Cumberland-street, Calton, 136 feet high, al though Axed ti ith strong ropes, was blown down with a tremendous crash, and, falling partly on the roof of an ad joining factory, broke numbers of tiles, and otherwise in jured the roof, but did no further damage. Yesterday forenoon, while some own were employed in making fast n kit ropes a new stalk in Adelphi• street, llutchesontown, the force of the wind blew off a man flirt was fixing one of the uppermost ropes, above 100 feet high, and one of his legs was broken, besides his being much bruistml. The streets wPre, in various parts of the city and suburbs, strewed with broken tiles and bricks. Maws the Dub ifs Evening Herald of Tuesday.) The weather for the last two or three days has been sin gularly tempestuous in the neighbourhood of Dublin. The Mountaineer steam-packet encountered on Sunday night a tremendous hurricane on her passage from Liver pool, which, however, she happily weathered, and landed her passengers in safety, yesterday morning, at Kingstown, but nut without imminent peril, owing to the total neglect of one of the revolving lights at Kingstown. When near Howth, the vessel and passengers providentially escaped a dreadful calamity with which they were threatened, in consequence of the imprudence of a passenger, who suf fered his umbrella to take fire, which communicated to the vessel before it was discovered, but fortunately it was sera in time to be got under without any injury. Yesteahty the 11C4 at Kingstown presented a most awfully sublime and imposing. spectacle. The spray, with frothy fury, o'ertopped the highest masts : the vessels in the Rays! harbour rede out the gale securely, but those at the 041 Pier suffered materially. The wreck of the Dwarf revenue cotter, and others lying in the harbour, since last yt ar, seat to pieces. An ueurtuttate seaman, named Hugh Corcoran, of the Flutill I, a comer, was washed overboard, the vessel hav ing brokea her moorings at Ibinleary, and several pleasure boats between that Owe and Williamstown were completely wrecked. Two rasels laden with black cattle, were strandtd between the M uck and Williamstown. The sloop Sally. M‘Neilson master, bound to Dublin with herrings, was totally wrecked oft' Howth, about six o'clock on Sunday evening, and by the exertions of Mr. Browne, the harbour -master, the crew were saved. We are happy to learn from the Hampshire Chronicle, that Dr. Hutchison, whose character, professional talents ' and attention, as Medical Superintendent of the Milbank Penitentiary, was so clearly esiubli,lied in a Commit tee of the House of Commons, is appointed by his Majesty's Go vernment to the Dock-yard at Sheerness. COICINEIeg INQUUST.—SUICIDE.— Thursday evening an inquest was held at the sign of the Neptune, in Claren don-street, &liners-town, before Thomas Stirling. E.q., Coroner for the Western Division of the County of Middle sex, on view of the body of Mrs. Elisabeth Laurance, aged fifty years, who put a period to her own life by taking a quantity of laudanum. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the wife of a gentleman residing in the house directly opposite ; that she had had a family of live daughter., had lived very happily with her husband, and they wanted for no domestic comforts. The deceased had, for some time past, exhibited several symptoms of mental derangement ; she became melancholy and deji ctol ; at one time she had absconded from home, and three (lays after was found wandering about ; and, on another occa sion, she attempted to drown herself in the Regent's canal. About six o'clock last Tuesday evening she purchased two ounces of laudanum at an apothecary, in Judd-street. all of which she swallowed. 'When the effects became known Surgeon Wakefield was scut for, but the dose was so pow erful, that it terminated her existence before his arrival at eight o'clock. An empty two-ounce phial, labelled " Lan dman," was found in her pocket. Ile Jury, wider all the circumstances, returned a verdict—" That she died from taking two ounces of laudanum, in a 'taw of tem porary mental clerangetnent." • 81;1 CI DL.—Yester - ilay morning, between trine and tcu o'clock, Mr. Barker, builder, near the British and Foreign School Establishment, Borough-road, put a p e riod to his existence by hanging himself in his own house. Ile has tell a widow and five small children. it is supposed that matte failures in building speculations was the cause. Rosimar.—Wethiesday night, or early on Thursday mo • g, the shop of Mr. Giraud, grocer and tea-dealer, Butt-lane, Deptford, was feloniously entered, and robb t al of Ito sovereigns, taken frem a small cast:-box, s:veral taible told tea-spoons, and of tea. The rubbers gut off undiscoravd. BRITISH' P11,07' FLAG. Wet" the Oree l liegNe NrtiomalJosornall The following letter front Henry U. Addinguns, Esq. Charge d'Affaires from Great Britain, to the Secrvtary of State, is published for the inforrnati.n of all concerned : 31IL ADDINGTON TO 1111 t. ADAMA Washini;;,Ang. 7".9,11123. Sta—Much incontrefituce haring been found to result, in many cases, to the British navy, from the nu of the flag, tatudy, the Union Jack, hoisted at the fore.top--hi.kw to generally adopted as a sigral for pilot. in fo:eign countries, it has been determined by the British Admiralty to substitute, henceforward. for that especial flag, namely, the British Union Jack, with a bmad white border added to it. I enclose , herewith, a coloured rcptesentation of the new fl . (Viz. A British Union Jack with a border of White of ftlle . fifth of the breadth of the Jack.) In announcing this alteration to you, Sir. and in requesting that you will take immediate measures for causing it to be generally known to those concerned. Imu directed by hie Majesty Secretary of State to suggest to thin Government, whether it may not be deemed expedient by them to adopt, on their part, for tile use of the A tocricw nary, sonic distiugutsiting flag aa • special signal few the " I n t e irt r ecierv . l. that by a compliance with the above proposition, much embarrassment, and, in many instances', serious distress and danger, may be spared to the yawls of the United SWISS in foreign comities. I have the honour, Sir, to °Kw you the renewed assurance teeny distinguished consideration•.. 11. U. ADDINUTON. The litmoursble John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE,. Ocr. 14. Sutra ENTTaWD Iww.samt.--Tte Britannia, from the Cape of Good Hors; Man* from Malaga; Spanish Patriot. from Cadiz; Naletic from Hamburg% ; bielly, from Guernsey; Jane, from Memel Fly, from thin; Johanncs, front Zondern ; Vissery, from IVorcuin ; Actions*, from Harlingen. ENTERED Out WAILI3.- Tilt Be, and Letitia. for liamburgh; Albion. for Lisbon ; nearest a, tOr Granada; Harmony, for Dub lin; Elizabeth, for Van Diemen's Land. CLI:4111%0 OUT wAnns.—The Jack Tar, for Jamaica; Fe male, for St. *bail:Ma's ; 31ergenstern, fur Antwesp; VOWS, for Lisboa. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 13.—Sailed the Mary Arm. Scott; Ca therine Green, Boyde; with all other vessels bound Eastward.— Remains the St. Andrew's, Hepburn, for St. Andrew's. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 13.—The LOiliiia, Le Bas. trims Gibraltar. and Concord, Leith, front Chluzzi, were released froth quarantine di? morning. PoiITIIMUCTIV, OCT. 11.—Arrived from the DOllll%, the Asia, Pope, for New south Wales; l'otton, Highton, for Sierra Leone; and Anne, 1/e Witt, for Barhatioes. The SuLan, Yeoman, from Smyrna, put in to repair damages, having lust her topmasts and foren.ast.head. Swim! the Sarah, (Ladner, for Barbadoes; and John Baker. Anlacy, fur London. Do v n, Oc r. I i —Arrived off the port, the Claremont, Ganden, and liketirte, Boyde, from Jamaica. DEAL, Ocr. 14.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Ca ledonia, Creighton. from Malaga. Passed through from the !liver, the Atalanta, Pennell, fo► Jamaica; and the Baltic Merchant, Holman, for St. John's, New Brunswick. Git•v Este' ts, 14.—Arrived the Ceres, fligett, from Leg horn ; Jane, Crawford, from 31emcl; Antelope, Paroet, from Mala ga; Perthshire, Sangster, fromylitto; Netleigh, Taylor, front ditto ; B.ligent, Taylor, from ditto; Netley. Berens, from ditto; Maria, Ercrct, from ditto; Penn, Rutten, from Archangel; Aurora, Burns, from Guernsey ; Providence, —, from Pillau ; Brissett, Bourne, from 31eincf.—Bailed the Richard, WilliZiWit)a, fur De merara; !deftly M.sria, Smith, for Rio Janeiro. 1:1:11/(114)11, ()VCRY. ()cr. 14.—The 11offnung, Luhrs, from Bustin' to Grimsby and Hull, was driven on slow° near Braticaster on Tuesday night. Crew e.aved, and the vessel espceted to be got otr, after discharging. YAILMOUTIi, ()cr. 13.—ft blew a heavy gale yesterday from N.C. which shirt.al in the night to N.N.11". ; it is now mart. mode. rive. The Planter, Thompson, broke her windlass; the Prrawo, %Voodthorpe, and Clio, Sinikin , lout an anchor and cable each. A large foreign vessel is reported to have lost both anchors and ca',les. 11 a t.t., Ocr. 13.—The following vessels have put into Grimsby hrrhour t•—Salisliury, Rountree, and Cambrian, Bartrutn, from Sundirland ; John, Peterson, from Band's and FoCtuna. ‘Varnian, from Rochester. with loss of two anchors and cables each ; Thomas and Ann, from Bridlington, with damage; Elix.beth. Saxby, from Rochester. with loss of two anchors; Nimble, Shepherd, from South Shields; Dorothy, Dexter, from Lynn. with loss of an anchor gild cable each; 31crcitry. Taylor, from Lynn, with lamage. The Nailer, Potter, of Whitby, with loss of mainmast and fore-topmast, and two other brigs, are on shore near Cleethorpe, all without :ateliers. Sc•traosocc. rt. OCT. l3.—The gale abated during-last night. and the wind grit to the N.W. with tine weather. 'rite four vessels which arrived at the mouth of the harbour, nod on the beach, at the time I was writing yesterday, proved to be the following Loui.e. of Kiel, from Hien Ave!' ( Hunan) with Oats, for tirims by. which Well( over her anchor, and sunk within the pier head the cargo is now Istuling for the purpose of being kiln dried, and to give the vessel the nece.sary repairs: thefavourite, of and for Kirk cudbright, from London, which got into the harbour without da mage; the Tat, of and front Dundee, 111• Lean. laden with wheat. them. and bale goods for London, which came on shore neir Rams :len Scaur, a little to the southward of the harbour, and sunk ; the cargo will be saved, but much damaged ; the vessel, 1 fear, will ba a wreck : and Harmony, of Lugusen, Cock, with pickled her. riogn which came on slime opposite the SPalr. and wall require caulking. A rtaeicl was discovered yesterday morning to be riding about tire miles north of Scarborough, without masts; today at fishing hugger has gone from this place to her assistance. A Dutch vessel, name unknown, laden with oa:s, was totally wrecked on l'aylon Sand. three miles South of Scarborough; crew drowned. The thre.• following vessels are on shore in Filet' Ilay, eight miles south of Scarborough ; a Dutch vessel, name unknown, with bark, (rain Antwerp for Lynn ; crew saved Hope, of Sunderland, Davison, from It e , in balast ; crew eared • and ficorge and Eh ! zabeth, of South Shields, Dennison, from L ondon, in ballast; crew saved by means of Captain 3lanhy's apparatus. The of this port, Foster, from London fur Shields, in ballast, drove ashore near Neckar, yesterday morning. Crew saved, and the vessel ex pected to be got off. Sottmtatt.awr, OCT. 12.—Yesterday morning, in a violent tile of wind at E. the Row', of this part, Stuart, was driven on shore behind the North Pier, and this day the floater, of South Shield*, in ballast, behind die South Pier. ohe following are reported to he on shore to the southward :—Halcyon, Rubinson ; Broadwood, Thompson Artie, !lore; Fame, Newborn; Sally, Wilson; liana, Atkinson ; Williams, Myth ; New Concord, Nes%itt Jane, Atkinson; Arno, Grazier; and Fenwick, Thompson; all of this port, and Rambler, of London, some will be wrecks. The paragon, of Shields, came on shore at %Minoru, and is gone to liter... Ocr. 13..—The weather has now become moderate. A vessel distoweed, Is now riding eff this harbour' supposee so belong to Shields, name unknown. Crews have all been saved. Nolan SIIIELOS, OCT. 19. —The industry. Davy, from Archa•iKcl, which put in here 10th inst., struck on Archangel Ilvr. which roused her to make so much water that it was with dia. en ty she was kept fount being water-logged. The Dimas, Christie, from Archangel, which put in Imre, made a great deal of water on her pasvage. BA si Bo R OURD, )1 EAR BELFORD, NORTH* , WWI LAND, 12.—The Fortune, Cargcrson, I:- int Denmark fur Newcastle. wilt rats, was totally lost near Banburough Casa,: last thane , and mile the minute and nine saved. n stoca, Ocr. Sundae night and yestenlay i• blew a very heavy gale hunt 01.! Vesterday the smack Janet, M•.llpine. front Lochgdputetti.l. with wk bark, went to pieces at the Cast tide of Cie I.i..st India Quay. Ha I ;Tim. (ter.ll.—The J3:IC Stewart, 3l'llenzie, has ar riv,d at Qiiebeek. Sa ticrivute, Oev. I2.—The following vessels are on shore S.•nth of the Teia .--litligliellen. Brisson. from (•hristiania to !anti; Lei.::ret. of Sun derland. Sluir : William, of Scarborough. Forster: Neptune. Jameson. from St. Petershurgh to Hull; Nep tune. Pt tr.% front ditto F,,r 1,,,,,a.m ; Friends, of London, laden with deal., supoused front the Battle, abandoned. North of the Tees—Mary, of London, Brown, and James, of Linn:kilns flout Arehanrel. lit. ;fir. Ocr. 12.—Vestcril3y it blew a henry gale from N.Y. and the tollowtkg ships were driven 011 shore at this p:sre:--.lmi. of Whitby ; of Hull: Rigby. of Ipswich; Vie Ertulte. Irraft, (min Strulsurrl for Ncse.ailet !leery. of Portsmouth: 3larroif Yarmouth. ecews saved, but must of the vessels are so mum(' tiviirgeti then are Hilt exporte d to be got off. Dont.; Il.—lt has' blown a lturr - iratie then two days, at E. N. E. A slo•tp k on ,:tore on the White ItaNk, near the light house. and two enilters are wrecked in old Dunleary Hay.:iour, and two ve.sels relairted to he on shore this errning nn the south side of the bay. The Mary Franco, Owens, from Lisurpoot. and Itna Jook.ter. front Shet!and, a-e on shore on !tlation Shaul. The Clyde, trorn Preston, i, on the IA bite rite F)le, Wylie. from Newry to Ateleousr, is on the South Bull. OCT. Hero, front 'Waterford to Liverpool. struck on the bar last night. in coming is ;aid has sunk in the Pigeon Hole. Wind N. E. blowing a heavy gale. WAruse,.ito. OcT. 11. Wind E.N.E. to N.E. thick wea ther, with a rcry heat V gab., and rain for the bat 2.1 hoars. Di.t.rasT, Orr. I 1.--It hlew a mint:at:owl gala last bight from tiain, ticronsuari...l heavy rain. ()CT. N.E., a severe gale. The Fame. Berwick, front Wick to Newry. was .:riven on shore in Milt cattle Ray, inst. Cargo ; vesael not expected to be ; t If. DU N I/AL S. OCT. Lb—The Frances and Ann, Quail, front Liverpool to Strangford, was driven on shore in sibs bay yesterday, and tilled with watiti, clew aaved. The pile has greatly minder. abut. A Tassel, laden with deals, is supposed to have been wrecked on the Lemon. The fortes, from New York, was on Lloyd's books }esterday, as having arrival at Livero.s4. _ As a proof of the great ineresc of trade at the part of Leith. we understand the receipt of Customs. for the quar ter elided 10th inst. is 14 0004 more th au the corresponding quarter of last year.—EdifiturgA Star- WINES. Madeira (if properly before) improves in qua lity by being carried to the PAR: Indies and back, by "illicit voyage it lowa from right to ten gallons ; or to the West, by which about five are waited ; however these ruernd-abatit nianieuvres may tickle the fancy of thou folks who wa* relish anything that is not far-fetched, dear bought, and hard to be had, and to whom rarity is the sine yea not ei recommendation, it is one of those inconvenient prejudissia, from which common sense preserve tas ! The grand criterion by which a replier wine-drinkea calculates the quality of it, is the quantity of it ha cm swallow without being intoxicated by it ; according to such a scale, the perpetual motion of the ship, and the high de gree of temperature, will certainly improve Madeira. if making it weaker is an improyetnet.t. This efEet w ill Ls produced by the casks being kept fur such a length of time . in a decree of temperature and state of motion, similar to what they would experience during such a waya;...e. The vulgar objection to new wine (by *Lich we mean wine. that has been maturing in wood two years in Pont.- gal, two in England, and in bottle more than twiltir months), iv, that its exhilarating qualities are to abet - dant, and intoxicate in too small a dine ; there " arts pieunts" to whom " the bottle's the sun of the tabbf," and who are not in the habit of crying to hea home to bed wkde they can see it shining, require wines weaker than these winch are usuall.• imported frem Spain and Portugal ; however, port and sherry may be easily reduced to the ' standard desired by the I°llg-titter ; rankle»: a.-eti azetosi will give the acid g• - .4t ; aqua pure will subdue their spirit ad liLitum, and produce an imitation of the ilavotit acquired by age, extempore, and you can thus very easily make fine fruity nutritious new wine, as li:ht, mid as oh!, and as poor as you please, and fit it exactly to your customer's pa late, whether " Massa Milky her &inky, or dritiky for drunky, masts." To ameliorate very new er very oid wipe, mix a Louie of one with a bottle of the other ; or to a lentle of very old port, add a giass or two of good new claret; to very new, a glass of sherry. Of all our senses, the taste, especially for liquids, is the most sophisticated slave of babit—" de gust:lees non est disputanduin." Fhe astringent matter and alcohol, which rend. , r port win» the prop of an Englishman's heart, are intolerable to the palate of an Italian or a Frenchman. But a stomach which has been accustomed to be wound up by the double stimulus of astringirits, and alcohol also, will not be con tent with the latter only, especiaily, if that be in lees quantity, as it is in the Italian and French wines, therefore, fur the general it y of Englishmen, arc insufficiently excitant. lie who has been in the habit of drirking porter at and port after, will feel uneornfortabl: with home brewed ale and claret. A rerpNtable chemist analysed some port and sherry of the finest quality; the port yielded 40 per cent. and the sherry 19.2. i per cent. of alcohol of 825 specificgravity, r. e. the strongest spirit of wine that can be drawn—full double the strength of brandy, which seldom has 40 per mt. and common gin not mot% than 30 or V.S. _ _ _ Some people have a 'lotion that if they go to the docks, they can purchase a pipe of wine for twenty pounds his than they must pay to a regular wine -merchant, and Inert ov.r have it neat as imported, as if all wines of the same name were of the same quality. Port varies at Oporto in quality and price as myth as porter does in London ; it is needless to say how diflcult it is to obtain the best beer at any price; it is quite as dif ficult to obtain the best port wine at Oporto, where the very superior wine is all bought up at a proportionately high price by the agents for the London wine-merchants. Brandies and wines vary io quality quite as much as they do in price; not less than twenty pounds per pipe tu the country where they are made. The only way to obtain genuine wholesome liquor is tu apply to a respectable wine -merchant, and beg of him to semi you the best wine at the regular market price. If you are particular about the quality of what you buy. the less you ask about the price or the measure of It thy better; if you are not, bargain as hard as you please.— Economia. The following statement has been handed to to as the comparative produce of the Davis' Straits and the GM/P -lant' whale-fisheries, in the years 1828 and 1824 : ft Its . 13.001 . 4,111110 land . 3,7011 - 1,700 The price of whale and seal oil has, in consequence of the falling off in the supplies this year, advanced considerably within these few days.—Liverpool Charier. Tue KING or viii GITIII7I.—On Friday last an in teresting funeral took place at IS'itteririg, a village threw miles south of Stamford. The individual whose remains were consigned to the earth, was iu life no less a moonset, than Henry Boswell, well known as the Father or King of the Gipsies resorting to thia part of the country. The old man was encamped on Southorpe Heath with several of his family and subjects on Sunday se'nuight, when death put an end to his reign and his earthly wanderings. He had been ill for a few days; but his complaint was really a decay of nature, for the patriarch was nearly 300 years of age. The corpse continued in the camp on the heath for five days—those who had been with him in his last um mews expecting that many others of his family and depend ents would, on information of his death, come to offer their homage at his funeral; but something prevented this, and , it was deemed necessary to inter the corpse on Friday. A decent coffin had born provided, and the obsequies wino conducted with great decorum. The body was deposited in IVitterinir church-yard. where th e service was and by the Rev. Wm. Wing. On Wednesday the •,;ipsey camp broke up from Southorpe • on which occasion those wb hail composed it went to tile church-yard to pay the loot tribute of affection at the grave of Boswell, and a very im pressive scene of silent unaffected grief was witnessed. Tee old man is said to have died in very affluent cireumstances, mid to have possessed estates in SCVeI al parts of England.— Litteds l'aper. DARING Rossexv.—About seven o'clock on Thursday evening, the house of Mr. Jupp. of No. 7, Compton -street East, lirmiswick-square, was fe!oniouidy entered, and the house completely ransacked, the lady's wardrobe broke opt n, and wearing apparel, and other property. the amount of witkii is not yet known, carried away. The family were at th:ir country seat, and two female servants left in care of the house, who were out spending the evening at the time of the robbery. A lady who waa sitting at five first floor window of the opposite house raw the men tying up the property in bundles ; she gave the alarm, and her husband ran out as one of them was Lauding a large bundle to Lis companion over the area gat.. ' and both ran down the Feud by the New Caledonian Ch apel. The gentleman followed, and desired the watchman OR the beat to accompany him, but he refused, on the ground that the way was deep and dirty, and he would lose his shoes. The gentleman followed the man into Gray's Inn-lane, when he ran down by the burying-gtound, into Bagniggesvells fields, where he effected his escape. On Wednesday last a shocking accident 'centred at thetton, near Ilppingham. A perwm named Milky, 4 gamekeeper, went into the Talbot public-house, and laid down a loaded gun, which the landlord, David Stvenett, took up, anti in a jokine manner present:al towards Frances Barrett, a charwoman at work there. when the pun sec . - dentally went cif, and shot the poor woman dead on cho *mot, scattering her brains and blood about the apartment a lamentable instance of the shocking cot:sequence of using guns in a tireless manner. 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