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THEATRES. DRU RT-L A N E. The opera of the Siege of Belgrade was admira bly performed on Saturday night. It embraced a powerful host of vocal talent. Mr. DLAI:AK' never Hilyesred to greater advantage in the Serarkier— liii rich and powerful voice mingled sweetly with the t3strful and delicate notes of Mica BYRNE, in th e character of Lille. All the other psrts were sustained in the most efficient manner. COVENT-I; 4RDEX. The rmiseial •lrama of Rub Roy hl•Gre;or was performed here on Saturday night. Miss Time, in the pet of Diann Vernon. received much and cirorry. d applause. One of her songs "et high land Lod fey Lone *env born," was loudly encored. The piece went off with its usual eclat. MISS MACAULEY. Miss MAcAni.Ey's literary and musiral Regolio, at sho w , ' r o orm, Soho-Nuare, S4iurtloy even ing, was attended by a very numerous and elegaat We never saw her to greater advantage; 111 ,,ii„ p l A yed Mila equal truth und *pint the vimith city of the poor Yorkshire girl, and the majesty of Las-b, Macbeth. Her recitation of DRYDEN'd cele. ladted arty WWI performed with great jiidginelit,, ai d the lamentations of Lady Constance were given s . lll an affecting tenderness and dignified grit( w l hich called forth the loud • appisture of the au. dieore. Miss MACAULZY. on taking leave of the room, informed the company that she was about to cont inence an engagement at Covent-garden. We were glad to hear this ; because we are convinced she will prove no inconsiderable acquisition to that theatre. Possessed of a good figure—of sin in telligent, animated countenance--and a voice of great compass and variety, those .qualities, aided tiy her genius stud her experience, tit this aecorn .plishert actress in an eminent degree, fur the higher Isom of her profession. PUNS, ov srEING TUT LADY OT SIR JOUN DIM AND HER RELA TIVE MISS ORCHARD, PV4S TDROVGH lIIRININGUAM, IY TOE SEVERE WINTER OF 1813, VOR LONDON. IVhite nipping frosts, with deadly bite, ►ur choisest fruits consume; Prliuld, to feast least our sight, Au Orchard iu full bloom ! And what is passing strange beside, ' I'm "OM truth 10 say, That just preceding Christmas tide, Pups an us Lady Dag We acre sorry to see the Earl of DONOtICSISIORE it, so crest pain, under the gout, 'luring the debate of Tuesday lost, in the House of Lords. An in crtiaselof the disorder forced tuns to absent himself front tile discussions of Thursday and Friday, but we are hippy to find his Lordship is now so mud) better as to afford -a hope of seeing hits in his place this evening. A letter fttna Dower. dated December 3. says— " The ?A:minis DE LA Tows MAupou RE, witl► his family and unite, embarked this morning in L.' An tigune French packet, under a salute from the citx dr{ and a guard of honour. The Lord Duncan packet also smiled at the same time with the mail mid shoot forty passengers." The principal feature of the money market dining the last week has been the very large sales of money stock. They have produced a scarcity of munry. and a depression. not only in the funds, but in Exchequer bills. In consequence of the great demand for silver, the Bank have *ea round a notification to the dif ferent bankers, That in future their usual supply .must be diminished one-third. The High Bailiff of Westminster has agreed to Ihr Requisition fora Netting, and it is supposed that Wednesday next will be fixed upon. A Reqoisiti is handing about for signature in Southwark, for a Meeting of the Electors, respect ing the new laws which are now passing in the House. Mr. LOCKYER, formerly Secretary to Viscount Exlioutin, is appointed Secretary to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, in the room of J. DYER, Esq. The remainder of the ail regiment of foot, Colonel Sir flues Gowan, front the Mauritius, have orrireil, and proceeded to join the former part of the regiment, at Dairentry, near Northampton. R EtCAIAACT!!!--11ASAID and Co. sold the First-drawn Prize 0140,0001. in the ;invent LM. trey, N 0.7,370, id Shares. NEXT THURSDAY the two first.drawn Prizes will be entitled to 20,000/. each (Monty nod Consols). The Whet! contains Six Prizes of 20,0001. Tsai of which must be drawn NEXT THURSDAY, and all of ohm, may be drawu on that day. HAZARD and Co. t rs : 161, ^tted vettl,lTY), their Offices, Royal Exchange-gate; 20, Cur dial; and 324, Oxford.street, corner of Swallow s tee rt. The. First Twenty Thousand Pound Prize in the eprosci':; Lottery was sold in shores by WEBB; the .next :Asset. will be decided a few minutes. after •Elevsn o'Clock on Thursday Morning next, and on that day ail tke S ix of 20,000/. may be drawu. Tic kets and Shares are un sale at Wean 's Offices, 9, Curnhill ; and 17, /Aid este-street, where the Ticket No. 2,370, drawn on Lord Mayor's day a Prize of 20,0001. was sold in nine shares. It is a curious circumstance, that, independent of his own Capitals, Btui should sell those of other Office.keepers• ' hut, strange as it may appear , i t is nevertheless true. Mr. KATE, his agent at Liverpool, being short of Shares, and the time too limited to send to I .undon for a fre4h supply, Luuglit Milne of Mr.Wzan's agent, ..,,e of shicb was a Prize of 20,000/. on the first day in the ',resent Lottery ; Mr. SIEVWRIGHIT, his agent at Ellie twitch, mailer similar circumstances, bought a few Shares, ull one of them, also, was a 20,0001. Prize, the same day. Th. 4 clearly demonstrates that good Airtime attends Bun's stouts, ' as welt as his Town Offices.—lt is to be hoped he will tier • good account of the Six Prizes of 20,0001. now Tam of which must he drawn in the First in the Wher.. ll Five mi ii „,"; .NEXT THURSDAY, the Oth uf this month. We reco ll ect last :tate there were (as now) Six Prises of 20,00 1 )1. Beal i sold shree of them, all its Shares, and they were distributed by his ogee , all over the United Elogdons„ On Thursday last a most determined battle was fought on Tetsworth Green. in Oxfordshire. be. tween Joh* butcher, e bcer of Tetswortlh end Joists Gtridge, of Haeley, which, after 90 rounds hard fighting, was won by Monday. Th e battle lasted 55 nii.itates. Gootteridge was taken off the ground so terribly beaten' that his life was fur some time despsired sr. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE marls,' FREBR. Newcastle-upon-Tv.tr, Orvemlaer t. 1519. Stll-1 have the Is tssoar to hand yes, the eopy of a letwr, sent yesterday 11, nnr of she Members for this town, ssisirli, . . as a public diwumi-iit, imapottaiit at leas) in This put of tile cutiutry, will, I theok, bate claims on your am, Sir, )011111 respe.ifolly, JOHN MARSHALL. I.ETT ER Prom the General romolittre of the Political Protest lite of Newcostle niwi.Tyne and' the Vicinity, to Sir M. W. Kidley, Bart. J 1 P. Sta.—lis a communicating, date(' the 17th of October, addressed to Viscount c;dmonth by Archibald Reed, Fol. Mayor of this fowls, is the follonioit arnieucr h ippy to say that I here reason to believe the basilica* lolls - Wm the Keelmen sod tl,aner■ will he *Haled lip-more tn. ; bitl this will not render os swore, She Re n iormers Geo mtiv in n slate of ALMOST REIICILLION: This ie ttttt wooderfol. end per- Ilar id only to he !Ismllclerl by .lacer fsmous plot for burntug the metropolis and murde. lug its inksbi• tants. " Mr. Ma,-,•or also mentions his having received informs lion that seven loinelrial persona attended the public meet ing belt' here on the 11th of October, ' with arms concealed to resist th e Civil Power.' N o w, afillsongh his Worship de clined acceding to the wishes of the Requisitionists, to call the said nie•cinsg, yet he received their deputation with the utmost affability, assured them that no obstacle shoal.' be offered to then intentions, mid ' I shall endeavoor to be present myself, and, if any disturbance he thole, I am sure that nine-tenths of you will assist rne its preserving the peace, or words to that effect. Those who auricled the meeting were gratified with this jest compliment—they coth filed in his trorship's bunnur—they apprehend' , " no insult or interruption in the exercise of their legal rights. IA it, therefore, piubable that they would come armed by hundreds, with the intention of resisting a power from which they were promised, and expected protection? " We admire his Worship's private character, and approve gearrally of his public conduct; but in this business he has been most grossly deceived by wicked asset ele,igning men. The Veformers in o slate of almost rebellion r Why, we challenge our most inveterate political opponents to adduce a single instance in which we have evinced a spirit of dis loyalty ; nor has any iwthwidual ainiorzst us been ever charged, even on suspicion, of acting illegally. On what grounds. then, are we stigmatized with harbouring rebel lions designs? Our meetings are open to au strangers, and sometimes we have been honoured with the company of Of flees.. of the Police--our books and papers clay be inspected by any person who chooses—in eves) , transaction we have conducted ourselves openly amid candidly, and are at all times ready to submit to the must rigorous iavestigatiou of our siewsand procereliogs. ". lf, indeed, it be rebellious to feel deeply interested in the cause of justice and humanity—to arcrille the existing misery and discontent to a usenstrous system of misrule, and to insist that all our political evils proceed from a corrupt state of the represeutation, then do we proudly and boldly plead guilty to the charge. Every feeling of our natio c rises in opposition to the shameful and intolerable usurpations of the Boroughmongers; and, le, the last throb of lite. we will resist that system which, has reduced our belayed • try to a state of peril and wretcliedoess. " We are sorry to observe in Mr. Mayor's communication to the Secretary of State, an attempt tee mix up thi• question of Reform with the eudeavuors of the Keelmen In oppose the impositions of their employers, and with that sudden chulO• lion of popular indignation at Shields, its consequence of a fellow-creature having kern (as it was supposed) UUlleCeSSA ri!v deprived of existence. These arc disticct things, as Lord Dailisigion candidly intimate., feud would never have been confounded hy his Worship, had his judgment cut been misled by conning, violent, and unprincipled men. "lentil we read his Worship's strange letter we were totally ignorant of our friends, the " Porgemen," of a ueighbolie ing willng•e being armed, and of manufacturing anus ; and we do sincerely :relieve that his Worship has been misinformed on this subject likewise. We are not quite such fools as it is supposed. We know that every English. man has a legal right of heiag openly possessed of arms, sad that to be secrefie armed is unlawful. If, therefore, we fell it necessary to have arms in self.defenre, we would pur chase them openly and intliwithially, and hang them up in our houses without fear or conceahincet. We are, however, deeply impressed with the dreatlf•il consequences of au appeal to force, and the object of our union is not Resole,- tiou, but Reform, in orthr to prevent a convulsion. Nur do we feel impatient, being convioced that the present rotten system mast soon iambic into ruins—a change is inevitable, from the mom/ and financial state of the country, and new measures of coercion will only hasten the catastrophe. " From his Worship's letter you will easily perceive what degree of credit ought to be attached to the official and anonymous eummunicatious, upon the authority of which it is intended to abridge our remaining liberties ; and we rho assure you, that what has bee's stated respecting the Re formers of this town and neighbourhood, is most false ; arid bad it not been fur the cnnst•quences, would have been most contempt dile. I am, Sir, with sentiments of respect, Your most obedient Servant, W. W RATH ERSI"ON, Secretary, Quebec Papers to the 28th October, which have arrived, state the death of Joust CAMPBELL, Esq. of Auchenaillie, Argyllshire, Scotland, after a lung and severe illness, at Bet; thew', near Three Rivers. on the I Ith of that month. Mr. FARR, chief boatman, and his crew, sta tioned nt Osinington, near Weymouth, have seized a cutter with 170 casks of spirits. having on board three Frenchmen and two Eiiglishmett, who have since been committed to Dorchester gaol. On Monday arrived at Smilieroptun the French cutter L'Union, of St. Nlaloes, from Guernsey, seized by Mr. THOMAS COWER, Sitter of the Customs host there, with 35 chests of tea. She is a remarkably tine cutter, of about 70 tons, and fitted up in the English style for the accommo dation of passengers, being a regular passage vessel between St. Motors and Guernsey. The tea has been secured in the Custom-house. Dreadful gales have occurred on the W e lsh coasts. The Merioneth, of Cardiff. with iron, is lost in Bridgwater Bay ; crew sewed. The brig Albion, of Cardigan, Deems. master, struck on u reef of rocks off Wexford, and shortly after went to pieces. 'rue long boat, with the master and nine ' men, was lost. The brig Priscilla, of Carmarthen, Captain Pus LI.IPS, front Ireland to Prinbrey, in ballast, was driven, during the gale on Saturday night, on Llanelly Sands. The person who lately assumed the name of Captain Phipps, of the Royal Bevy, and whom we mentioned in our lest Paper to have been committed to Wilton g anal, on a charge of swindling, was brought before the Magistrates at Taunton. fur further examination, on Friday last, when, at Ins own request, lie was remanded until %Verluestlay. It appeared that his Dame is not Phipp.s, but that he belongs to a respectable Lundy in the west o f Eng land, and has served many years in the army and navy, having been iu moat of the battles on the Continent, iu the years 1811, 12, and 13. On ex atninution this day (Wednesday) he wits fully com mitted fur trial. I lie Prisoner's real name proves to be Warion.--(Taunion Courier.) A blacksmith, who resides in a court off Drury. lane, returned home on Saturday night in a state of inebriety and quarrelled with his wife. The poor woman. who was far advanced in pregnancy, re ceived so much injury she flied in the course of the. night. The husband is iu custody. TO THR INDRPRNDRIVT MRXRFIRR OF THR TWO HOUSES OF II IiaIeISIEN T. Nu. I. MY LORDS VI GENTLVIIIKI, Nothing appears to me to he less mailerstond is the Goners of Parliament than the affairs of the Navy. 01111 no : , tl.llll l llOlVe been taken to give en exposit 00000 of their rattier complicate. though highly interestism tintivre, hut 011 the contr.:l,y, retry spark which threatened to throw a clear light on the subject has been immediately extinguished by the breath of the Minister. ! Had it helm otherwise, lam fill clearly of opinion that the just admiration which the Ilrtuah army has excites' in every firitishbollolll, has lint lessened the sense of the highly an prrior eutisrequence of the navy hp the ferisllVl of the cut:ll - try in gess-rail, that its peace establishment would he How in a very dun:rent ewe. 'lse navy tarnished, and the term re ; (heed, 1:11,'e no adequate idea af its actual situation. We 1 are, rl i . to sae, building and repairing with mine sort of i energy, considering the pains taken to keep the naval Mi . l mat.' 1 , 11 low as passible, but the vital sod military strength i. debilitated to a degree, which, after the lapse of a very few year. of peace, will render its restoration to vigour and ac i tivity, • very difficult task indeed. Tne Gentlemen of Hoglausl know, (hit, from our insular situation, the navy is the natural, said from our happily blended constitution, is not only the safest, but the only requisite saucily for our safety, the true guardian of our honour, anti the protector of our shores, our colonies, altd eummetce. _ . . If this axiom had been the ground.work of our calcula. lions, had our ohm. bees constructed uo that 11:11114, the struggle would not bare beeu to find excuses to reduce the mito ticr of shipa 1111 each station to the smallest possible scale, and to display the British flag 011 boatel the smallest possi ble ships, but tate policy would have endeavoured to have framed every possible excuse for keeping the largest nimble of ships employed, which could he at all consistent with a peace establishment, and to slim the British flag at the mast-heads of the must reapectahle ships. The incalculable advantages of hivin g officers mid seamen visiting every part of the globe, of keeping up, or rather restoring that elastic propensity to a naval life which formerly impelled the British youths, are too glariug to need exposition. I trust that a Finance Committee will procure, and lay before the present Parliament, more correct naval informa tion ghats the last, and offer a more decided opinion on the objects of their research. What could have induced the 'sub missiou to the continuance of the civil eytahlishmeitt of the navy in nearly the full numbers of weir, when the military and active part ha■ been so reiluresP Why are all the Commissioners of the Navy and Victualling Boards, who woe deemed requisite to manage the affairs of 900 sail of vessels of war, to be retabied when that number is so infi nitely reduced? Se ■re told that the Admiralty is a good school to take in piling Noblemen as apprentices to learn the art of government ; and I conclude the two Secretaries are retained in consequence of this new branch of duty allot. eel to th it COIIIIIIiSE6OII. fur no other reason can be assigned, as far as lam able to judge. But, my Lords and Gentle men, Vouch a number of Commissioners are really requisite its time of peace, would it nut be just to bestow those situ ations on naval officers—and would it not be wise to do so, as they surely best understand naval concerns, and know beat how to meet the wants soil improve the system? If three Sea- Lf)rdll and one Secretary, Maisie' the first Lord, are not enough to manage the duties of the Admiralty, should not the additional !mother be also selected from the navy list, if even youngnaval met: were taken in as theappren. life?! The claim of the navy to these situations will appear mitre powerful, if you will examine how completely its officers are excluded from all government at home and abroad, Newfoundland being the only office of that nature which is still retained as exclusively naval. Look at the Court Calendar for information as to the ads outage,. possessed by the army over the navy, in the dis posal of places of profit or of trust; and while examiaing records, I will also beg you to truant the number of regi ments, with the addition of ettriteeers, artillery, Staff corps, Commissariat, Ste. ate. kept 'u commission, and com pare them with the nu seamen, and marines now employed. To the late reduction of the crews of the guard-ships have uo very great objection, as all ships in commission should, in b.y opinion, be kept wholly efficient to all ser vices, and the present reduced state of those ships does equally well for the purpose of keeping a certain number of Mil officers in commission at each port, to execute the laws of the naval service. But I most strongly deprecate (I had nearly said reprobate) the system of employing our officers, petty officers, and seamen oti sbore,on the set vice of suppress log smuggling. Whether such a force, so employed, be strictly constitutional I will out relent. to determine; but I will venture to predict, that the system will prove the grave of the professional merits of most of those employed under it. You wilt doubtless calculate the expense oft g e present mode of a uppreasing 'snuggling with a fate view so misfit and loss; but surely that mischievous branch of the contraband trade which introduces foreign spirits might he instantly crushed, and I humbly presume, to the great benefit of the commerce and revenue of the country, by taking off the duties, wholly or heady, from the spirits of our own colonies. But I am digressiog, and will return to my proper subject, and a very important part of it. Had von, my Lords and Gentlemen, been clearly in pos. session of the knowledge of the means requisite to have a navy promptly and efficiently ready on an emergency, the corps would nut have been reduced either in manner or degree, as it has been, without serious inquiry. That corps justly merited the honour of being called !loyal, and to its immortal glory be it recorded, they also merit the title of loyal, which, in our triple constitution, iucludes their cha racter of duly to all the branches of that constitution. I hardly ever knew more impolitic injustice than the great reduction of this valuable corps, which is kept at a much smaller expense than the troops of the lice, and upon all occasions, when opportunity haa offered, have proved fully equal to all purposes un shore, while their being ready to embark at an hour's notice, is of the highest couacquence to wards the speedy cquipmcat and strength of a fleet. Surely there should be no regiments of the line on duly at our M. ports in peace, and on the breaking out of a war, ear ebb. stitutioual protecting laud force, the militia, would SUN relieve the marines in their duties in those places. I have, with deep and minute attention, reflected on the sudden soil great reduction which took place in the marine corps, and it does appear to me so clearly impolitic, that nothing ha• ever made me lean so much to the melancholy suggestions very common at present, that there is a syste matic plau to Imm, our loyal consequence, and to rely on our at my as nor national support ; but deeply shall we have cause to regret the system which considers the uavy as only aecoudary in the acute of national security. The very cause which rendered the continuance of the Property Tax im practicable (fur its resources were exhausted), would render it impossible fur many years to come, if the year of possibility ever came at all, again to support an army on the Con- " Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls," is as immutable a truism as ever proceeded frum a tongue or pen, and should be the Patriot's rallyiug sentence. To our noble and gallant soldiery, let your admiration and gratitude expand ; but let your hopes repose us that Sect, without which your armies would be of nu avail. remain, my Lords and Geutletneu, Yuar faithful Servant, C. PS.—Since this letter was *fillet), the marine cntps ham bceu increased, and I hope on the principle above expressed. 011 i londay MOrlllllg hot, between five and six o'clock, the brig Ocean, ANTIM, off Cita; from Demerina for London, through the thickness of the weather, went on shore urar Beachy Head, mid was tptickly dashed to pieces. .The crew consisted of ten persons, two of whom, au aged Titan sad the mo t e , we regre t t o say, perished. A buy, who was supposed to be drowned, was hound in the cliff, to which he clung until the Aide retreated. The cargo, which consisted of sugar. runs, tesston, wok coffee, was all lost, except a l'evo puncheons of tutu. HOME MARKETS. WINDSOR. Drums's 4. • Wheat, p. 14. It! Om to IS! 104 I Realm, per qr. 4Oe to 4Ps D•alry. per 37. to 42. 5Ol to Us I T 44 Lu 344 Rye -4 10 HEADING, Doctatoto 4. Maw Barley l4, to 40+ (hits .. Limo. •-- - --- -- - -- Old Wheal 80s to 87s STAIN Very:mint 3. Mesa.. 111' 0 to 171 Os Pease, per qr.... —4 In —s Rye Oais, per qr.... 27s in 32* Beans ...... ..• —a lu —• GUI IDFOR D. Dominica 3. i When t 26615 1 Marley ..... .. 36* to 4tio 1 I.: is 104 Zeus!. There was • good simply of Sheep and lamb. at the Alreaforil meat Sharp Market, on Thursday, list from the Atomism twine so very unfavourable, there were not an many buyers as usual, sod they met ►ather a dull sale in the morn ine, but in the afternoon they went off blink at high priers. Pigs were numerous, and sold at high prices. There ws■ a tolerable supply of all sorts of Grain at our market, lint ►aks were nut very brisk, sod the prices for the best samples may he considered nominally as last week, but inferior sorts were from 111. to IP. lower. Cider is 114.11/ selling in Devonshire, at the pound's mouth, at 11s. to 17s. a bovhearl ; old cider, 20..10 30s. Rumsey market was abundantly supplied with all kinds of grain last week, and wires generally os the decline...—. Th•re was 2 taro number of pigs. anti still greater members hem:: expected Guts the New Forest, pork will decline in price. . . COURT IiItIRTIAL AT ST. HELENA. The following is the substance of the charges on which Mr. fito.koe, late surgeon of the Conqueror, was tried : Mr. Static was accused of having, contrary to his in. structions, indulged in conversations with the EttEinp , ror and bis attendants; of having delivered In Gen Bonaparte libel, reflectine on the conduct of Lieut—General Sir mason Lowe (Me. O'Meara's, the former medical attendant on Bonaparte, narrative); of having. disobeyed the orders of his Commanding °nicer, io not returning In his duty on board the Conqueror at the hour specified iu bis instructions; of having written bulletins relative to the health of General Bonaparte, though such conduct was diametrically opposite to his order. ; of having, in a bulletin, declared that the life of General Bonaparte would be in great danger, should he auger a relapse of his disorder, without bring in parsession of immediate medical aid, thereby insinuating that the said General Bonaparte was destitute of proper medical attendance when necessary ; and of having represented in such bulletin that the health of General Bonaparte was in a much mote alarming stale than it really was; he, Mr. Slane, having waited four ii,tirs at lungwo‘al before he was admitted to the presence of the General, at the time when he stated the General was dangerously ill. The Court found the ten charges proved, and sentenced Mr. Shohoe to he dismissed his Majesty's service; but, in consideration of his Cornier faithful services and his exert lent character, recommended him to the Lords of the A.I. miralty to be placed on the haft pay list.—(Western Luna ; Wiry.) The following is an extract from a letter, dated Rio Janeiro, September 25:- u ►►'e regret that no measures are taken to defend the coast, which swarms with privateers. Several vessels have been captured by them : some s.f them sunk, and their crews murdered. There have been lately several skirmishes be tween the Portoguese and Spanish armies, and Arligea is taken." A letter dated Colonia (Itiver Plate), Septem ber 7, says— " The Governor of Monte Video has, I understand, dis patched as officer to Buenos Ayres, to make inquiry con cerning the seizure of a light-hotsse, brought over from England to be erected on the Isle if Flores, and contrarted for by the Portuguese Goverment with one of the principal houses here. The Buenos Ayrean Government look posse, sion of it lest it should facilitate the passage of the Spanish expedition up the river; but a quairel with the Portuguese would more than counterbalance the advantage to be gained by the wreck of a few Spanish vessels." Rear-Admiral Sir LIENKY BLACKWOOD is ex pected to sail for India in the Leander, in about ten days. On Tuesday the Eurydice, .28, Captain WAD-. CDOP6. sailed from P o rtsmouth fcr Deptford, to be paid (AL—The Leander and favourite only remain. Friday arrived at Portsmouth the Dutch ship Elbe, from Batavia, bound to Holland. A num ber of outward-bound merchantmen put iuto that. port during List week, owing to contrary vtinds,, and remain. The Weymouth store-ship, Mr. R. TURNER, Commander, hay heen takes out of dock, at Ports mouth, and is titling to receive on board 500 settlers, for the Cape of Good Elope. The Ald bury awl Sir George Osborn transports (Lieutenant WoLatnE, agent), for Cork ; and the Kinriersley Castle and Thomas and Mary. (Lieuteneut COATES, agent). for Briool, to take settlers on board at these places, will sail the first fair wind. Ships in Port at Plymouth : fa Burnoose—Windsor Castle, Impregnable, Tribune, Shamrock, and Hardwicke„ Fun and Lapwing, revenues ; and Scorpion tender. Between Island and Main—Alban schooner, and Drake revenue. Is Catwatcr—Prince Frederick, and Courier, Dutch. its the Sound—Liffey, Spartan, Lee, D otterel, and Helicon. The Greyhound revenue cruiser,.Lieut. N Ugen T, last. week captured a cutter and a lugger off Wey month t the cargoes were thrown overboard-4150 tubs, however, were picked up. Four smugglers were seized, and placed under the guard or a man sad two. boys, whilst the revenue cutter was en ! -geed in recovering the cargo : three of them escaped by means of knocking the man placed over l them down tor boll Each of the vessel's burden is about 18 ton..—Lieut. ' Cunt' ANDERSON is •p -.. pointed to command the Greyhound, vice NuctENT, who Justraerred his three years. 1 The sloop Pill, of Penryn , Cuptain USN, was lost near the flanneivay Rocks, on Friday morning last. The vessel .weilt, to atoms. Eleven women und one man, passengers, were drowned. The Captain and crew roved : the only wo m an saved I was ANN HITCHES% or Milbook. There were 1 fourteen ems• on board the vessel, the whole of 1 which Abo u w t er t e wo dro u w ,c u ro efl e: . o l a t b::::::e r . t :i r f u :i n a . d th e e t north at the time, the above vessel wait on shore. ferry-boat,. in crossing traps, Mutton Cove, rip i mouth-Dock, to Cremill-passage woe_ upset in a gale of wind,. and,. we ; l a ment to :Kid, that two wo , men. *girl, and.o , boy.(possengen) , and owe of the 1 hominess, were unfortunately drowned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Syrusor.Y, Drc. 4. A motion was made forcommitting • young Geo.- Oman to the Fleet, for endeavouring to run away with a ward of the Court. Mr. HELL prayed 14 snore time, itsi he underotood she Defend-in wet:ll be fully ready to amwer by next seal. The Cut:. t ordered, that unless he produced she young Lady by the day medsionetl, the committal should ces unsay take place. OPERA-HOUSE . TAY 1.06 v. WATLILS. This *SS 8 Moltuis en itle by Mr. HEAL°, for the purroire of ordering Mr. Waters to imy into Court the sum formerly 4;dered, on the tili.)W4i.ce of the esceptiotto. His HOI/OUf could sit f.il to stcol• lect that this case had been so 'frequently tsuPste the Court, as to require no comment from Into. He would, however, !reacted to state the cane, with the utmost colifidroce of its meeting a faviitivelde decision. Mr. BELL hoped that the Court % c ou ld no t mit the motion to t til un 14.1 W, but alio% It to Hand over for • few thy. filo client had only been 'rived tvith notice •of mutton last . 1 iKht t ;1111 Ile therrfore loid lint li,d !tine to seed o;rr the biter which had been gib.. t , him. Nir. HEALD—•• It is moat extraordinary that, after a delay of 18 months, there is yet some cause for delay." Mr. I3Er,r.—" I only ask for delay till Thurs day next, which is the next seal." The Vlca•CtiAtst•ELhoa—" Let this bu brought forward on Monday morning." CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. Mr. BELL stated, that certain persons. namely, Mr. John Wiltshire, resident near Bath. and Sam!. Wiltshire. his *on, bad been ordered to attend the Court this day. and to bring with them Misr Mary Samford, a ward of the Court. He bad the affidavit of Nit.. Wiltshire, the father, which united that he was unable to attend iu co nsequence of illness, but would obey the order of the Court with as little delay as possible. Mr. MALI) remarked, that it was a case wli•ch would not adtuit of delay; that the young lady was an infant, a ward of the Court, and possessed of a considerable fortune. She had been tarn front the protection of bar mother sud gualchan by Samuel %Viltshire, and detained at the house of Its father, not withstanding repeated applications VI _ him to deliver her up. - Mr. BELL raid, the father's affidavit stated. that he hail reason to believe his ion and the infant ws-re mauled, but that he did not know where tl.ry were—it added, that upon bring informed of me order of the Court, he had advised the young I..t.ty to retort, to her mother ; and had told her. that tf an application was made to him, he must gise he up. He had likewise endeavoured to dissuade liSs son from continuing the connexion. but withi.ist success; he trusted the Court would allow hitu some little delay, upon his assurance that he would do all iu his power to produce the parties it, a few days. rite VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that if the father's affidavit was true, the marriage mutt have taken place subsequent to the order of the Court. 11r. HEALD said, that this was one of those cants in which he had frequently heard the Lord Chan cellor say he should direct the Attorney-Ceiteral its be consulted. The authority of the Court was of no avail, if a young lady of fortune, a minor, could be run away with, and detained iii the house uf the offender's father, in spite of the remonstrances of her family. It was sworn, that the father had beets served with notice to deliver her up, brit that lie had returned the notice, and refused to obey it. It was also sworn that the minor had been recently seen in his house ; and in a gig, in company wa t t Samuel Wiltshire and his brother Jolla. It wa s therefore clearly s conspiracy of the flunk . to Elfin possession of the young lady and her fortune. and was exactly such a case as the Lord Chancellor usually ordered before the Attorney-Geherd. The Vice-CHANCELLOR raid, he was of opM, on it was a very shameful conspiracy ; lii: print tl ::l anxiety was us to what wits hest to be darer for young lady ; the parties had exhibited a great tle.l of contempt for the Court. He thought the lie•t way was to present a petition, stating all the Facts with reference to the conduct of the parties c0.,- cerned in the conspiracy ; also stating the yonog lady's fortune, and generally what measures her family wished to have adopted ; by this meatt- the Court would be more fully informed toast it muted be on a motion. In the mean time he would orrice that the three persons, J. %Wiltshire; S. Wil.stitre, and .1. Wiltshire, the younger, shoal.' at read the Court on the next seal day, acid pr:i.iw••• the lady, and if they failed in doing so, then that the father and Samuel shoUld stand committed to the Ftest ; and he directed, that serviee of his Order at the father's house should' be *aid iiertieeWa his aial Ina sons. If it turned out; as he au-peeled the ease was, th it the marriage had nut yet taken place, and that this was • trielt of Hie father to gain liege, he would find the Court was not tuhe trifled with. He should deem it bis duty to Trait .him . with the beeriest puni3hutent to the politer or the Court to inflict. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, SATURCAT, Dar►-Asra 4. HARRIS V. GRANG7.. This was an action by the planitiff, Rebecca Harris, to recover from the Defeutt:iiits, PX.-Ctitoll of a gentleman named Roetifort, the armor. d oe on a bond given toy that Gentleman for 2.00ni. to ',retire to the Pia' 11 an annuity of jui. for her life, payable ill quarterly liayrneots, and al-o fur a sum of money tine' for 'money rent. defence was, firtt, that the ht,hd 'iris rot the deed of Mr. Rochfort ; tecoudly, that st war *writ by the deceared to the Plaintiff for -tn ihttitcral consideration; and, thirdly, that the exectitoiv hint not effects its their timid* ecitsal to•the payment of the Plaintiff's demand. The brother of the Pla4ririfT was *examined, who deposed that he had seen the Defendant aim a M. Rochfort's death, and• Defendant promised, to pay the arrears des ou the bond. -14 . fro - ctrois-eint nation he stated, that .pretrieim . • theinaisttireeig signed by Mr. Roctifort. tMt. n Aid he gave it to the Plaintiff for ~ ;loess did not know at this tuns that Mrs. flashier& was _..,:_