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{') papers), he found that Capt. STorronn and CaAtfitnin had sailed several. days. before, we on 'the 9th. It is - state& that it eras at the k • • entreaty of Gen. CRAiIITRa that SIcITORD , t , theeeded 'on his-voyage without waiting 'r the reinforcements, - as the General conceived t ll 4, the success of the Expedition depended rather the .c.'elority efits execution than any additional f-,:ree. conseqffence of this ropresentation, the stores la'ken "frOrn the Cafliain and Gangis, which e , shied the Expedition to proceed to its destination hont ae!ay: We under Stand that the - Corti/oat ~ hspiagnea by , .I.V&URIIAY for instruCtions. following is 'an Extra& ofa Leiter which we from an 'Ol - Beer in AdMiral MURRAY'S Squhchnil.: Extracl oi a.l.;i:tterThinq an Off7er belonging 'to the Squadron ender the COMM - and of Admiral Muhxatr, dated Poet ianuary 19, " I take the Opportunity of the unexpeeted return 'of the Cormorant Sloop to "Englima, id' send you a few Fines, We arrived here yesterday, after a toler ably good 'passage of 17 days from the Lizard. The Squadron under Sir S. HooD; which left St. Helen's befOre us, arrived here the day before yesterday. W e expe6ted on ow - arrival here to 'have fotiud the expedition ender the comtnandof General' CitAU • - 'LIRD and Captain STorroab, but it sailed se- Vera' days ago. I do not know our destination, 'or %,,i;hetlier it was intended that we should act in conceit with the Expedition under General CR:kV- . or- not, but I •understand that he was to have gone on board the • Poiyphentits, if we had het •him 'het*, and preparations were made for his reception bn* board that Ship. We have just learnt, by the Minerva Sloop, dispatched by Lord .cli..-L:triOwoon for that purpose, of the re-cap ture of Buenos Ayres. I suppose 'the :intelligence, had reached you some time ago, We exiieet to leave the pl ace in a few hours.---Wb are ail in good tealth." b is p A itnes , were_ received yesterday morning at the Secretary of State'S Office from Lieut. Colonel CoLLiNs, the Governor of the New Settlement on Van Diemen's Land. The Dispatches were broaght by Lieut. StatnnesT, who left the Settlement in Sep t Ember last,- in the Carleton Whaler. At the time he sailed provisions were very dear and scarce in the Settlement, but supplies were expeatd from Port, Jackson, and no doubt was entertained thatin a few Years the colony would become flourishing, as the soil very_ good, and the climate mild. When Lieut. Stkope 14 wasat St. Helena the Mernpitisarrived there with Dispatcheifrom Sir Hoxn Porneocaimouncing the loss of Buenos Ayres k Lieut. SL.tDDEN then took his passage home in the Memphis. When he areiVeti. in the Channel he was chased by two F r esh Luggers, but the Memphis escaped'by su perior sailing. We are sorry to add, that the Britannia, which 011ved on Saturday from Botany Bay, which she left on the 23 th of August ; brings an account of a considerable Scarcity prevailing in that Settlement. There was a Cabinet Council held yesterday in bawnitig-street ; after which a Messenger was sent with Dispatche§ to the Duke of BEDFORD in Ireland. Yesterday morning t heeßoyal Horse Guards (Blues), and the King's Own Royal Stafford, Militia, paraded in Windsor Palace-yard. • His MAJESTY did not Sped.them, - but rode to St. George's Chapel, with Pritwessei AUGUSTA, SOPHIA, AMELIA, and MARY, attended ; by Lady ISABELLA THY NNE,Generals MAN , lIERS and FITZROY, COIQIICIS TAYLOR and DEstaow, Where a sermon Was preached by the Rev. Dr. NOWTHEY, from the 4th chapter of St. Matthew, Ist .verse ; afterwards, rode to Frogmore to dinner. Her MAJESTY and Princess ELIZABETH had Divine Ser tiee peribrmed in the Palace, afterwards rode to k.rogmore to dinner, and returned with the KING, 4kc. to the Palace at three o'clock. Sir S. HOW, in the Centaur, with the Comas Prigate, arrived off Madeira on the t oth of January, and sailed the next day without anchoring : • desti tation u•nknown.—The Laurel Frigate, under sealed orders, arrived at Madeira, from Plymouth, on the 15th, and sailed oti the ifith.—Tbe Quail Schooner, from Plymouth, arrived there on the 18th.•. An Express has been sent from the Foreign Office to prevent the embarkation of Lord . CALEDON for the Cape of Good Hope, and to require his Lord ship's attendance in town. Some advices which Mi nisters have recently received from that Settlement have, it is understood, occasioned this proceeding. The Spartan Frigate is appointed to carry out Lord CALEDON, as Governor, to the Cape of Good Hop e the Spartan and Modeste will go out as single ships ; the Modeste carries out Lord MrsTo to India. The Antelope, of 5o guns, which was appointed to carry out Lord CALEDON, is to pro ceed, the moment the wind is fair, with the out ward-bound East-India Fleet andqransports. From some *mtercered letters it appears that the. Ghantlii insUrrations has been fomented by pro mises of assistance from France, and that several French Officers, with military stores, .were to be lauded on the Travancore or adjoining coast. A number of British Cruizers have, in consequence, been stationed from thence to Point Manipoer, to intercept them, and the. Rajah of Travancore has taken active means to prevent the passage of strangers through his. territories. Letter; were onSatnrdai received from New South Wales . , brought by some whalers arrived in the Ri ver.—The accounts from Port Jackson are dated the !niddle of. August; and announce the following ar rivals from England,. viz.--Lady :Mukha° Sinclair, Leith the new Governor BeSou ; rltbiQK, Elizateth, 4exander, and ,Portage. AA W, NEWS, Eton the LONDON GAZETTE, 'Feb. 14,'11:7 Feb. 14. Copy of a Letter from the Hon. Copt. Stopfurd, of His 111cdesty's Shit) the Spencer, to Irn. Mars den, Esq. dated at - ‘Porio.:Prautt„St.iagO, the l i th January, 18c77. _ _ _ I herewith transmit tWO leiters which I have re-, Ceived tiorn Capt. Corbet, of His Majesty's Ship the Nereide., acquainting me with the Captures . of two Spanish Vessels. I have the Honour to be, &c. ROBERT STOPFORD. s Majesty's Ship Nereide, Madeira, 21 December, 1806. His Majesty's Ship under my command captured, On the 25th ult. in lat. 42. deg. N. long. 11'deg. W. Lie Brilliante Spanish Lugger Privateer, of 4 guns and 50 men, out two days from Vigo, on a four 'Months' cruize, and had captured nothing. I was much pleased at this capture, as there were - several Sail in sight when I chaced him, some of Which might have become his prey. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. CORBET. Captain the Hon. R. Stafford. His Majesty's Skip .Wereide, at Sea; list „November, 1806. - - - Yesterday, whilst under separation from the Con voy tinder your orders, in lat. 47, deg: N. long. 10 deg. W. I captured, alter a chace 'of some hours, El Velow, Spanish Corvette, Pierced for 20 guns, tikted out at Bilboa, with 10 guns mounted, arl_! 75 men, to carry dispatches, some passengers cC • ine - tion, and a cargo of sour on Go% eruincr ,;unt, to the Caraccas. She is a heauti!ul Ves,-;, was to have and ,i11(7 - ,..ner capture lags be e n full armed abroad; kept way with the Nerelde on all points of sailing. R. CORBET. The Hon. R. Stopfrd, &c. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 14.---Arriyed the Danish Ship Wenskals, PROVE, from Bourdeaux, laden with wine, detained by the Lively Priiateer. Admiral DE COURCY hoisted his . Flag yesterday on board the Tribune Frigate, lying in the Sound, and is expeeted to sail soon to relieve Admiral HARVEY in the command of the Squadron cruizing off Cape Mnisterre. . • Sailed His Majesty's Ship Acasta, of 40 guns, for the West Indies ; will call at Cork to take Convoy. The Brisk Sloop of War has the Signal flying for Convoy to Cork, and sailsto-morrow. PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 15.—Arrived the Dia mond Frigate, Capt. ARGLES, from a Cruize ; also 4,neis, Miss Master; from St. Übes, bound for Gottenburgh, with salt. Sailed La Modesie Frigate, Hon. G. ELLIOT, having on board as a Passenger Lord MINT() ) for the East Indies ; also the Audacious, of 74 guns, Capt. GOSSELIN, .and L'Argus Sloop of War, Capt. STU ART, for Cork, The Outward-bound East Indiarnen are ordered • to get under weigh to-morrow morning, under the Convoy of the 'Spartan Frigate, Ca'pt: ASTLE ; the Dreadnought, of 98 guns, and the Revenge, of 74., are ordered to sail at a moment's notice. Dropped down to St. Helens, the Thisbe Frigate, Gapt. SHEPHERD. Arrived also, detained by the Dilntond Frigate, the Danish Ship Estafetten, TENGRN Master, from Copenhagen, bound to Leghorn, with iron, tar, and flat. HARWICH, FEB. 15.—This morning the Dorset Packet ; Capt. FIAMILTotc, arrivei from Gottenburgh. Maid and Passengers-were hntled a(Lowestoff. There being -,.n0 P-acket in the fiarbotir yesterday, the Agent for the Post-office hired two extra Vessels to carry the Gottenburgh and Husu A Packet is this moment afwearing in sight, but as it is high water she will not be able to mike the Harbotti - for some hours. DEAL, FEB. t 5.-4rrived from Portsmouth this morning, and sailed for Sheerness, a Convoy, con-, sisting of seven Sail of Transports. Sailed the MusquitoSloop of War on a Cruize. Came down from the River the Barin g and the Metcalfe, bound to India ; Science, HOWARD, f)r New York ; TAYLOR, for Trinidad; Hope, SktreLps; for Barbadoe; ; Harvey, --, for To bago ; Duke of York, FRYER; Centurion, DOUGLAS; and the Ann, BRADLEY, for Jamaica ; with several other outward-bound Vesiels, which remain in the Downs, with the rest of the Ships as per last. SHEERNESS, FEB. 14.—Arrived the Kangaroo and Amara the Sloops of 'War, and Valorous • Prawn ; the former has gone to Chatham, and the two latter are . to undergo some repairs.- The men belonging to the SpiOre, lately paid off, are turned over to the Favourite Sloop of War. FALMOUTH, FEB. 12.—Sailed His Majesty's Ships Champion, Plover, Scorpion, Swallow, Pickle, and Cuckoo on a Cruize. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. A Distribution of the Hull and Bounty-money for the Capt►►+e of the French Frigate La Gerrier,,, by H►s jesty's Ship Blanche, on the !9th tuly, 1806, was made on boa►d the said - Ship, at S pithead, on the t.ith inst. ant will be continued at No. 11, Cecil -street, Strand. _ To the Officers an 4 Company of Ills Majesty's hired Cut ter Ceorge, for the Capture of the Fierinan, on the sth tune, tgot, the amount of the e;nbargo charges, dedutted from the pioceeds of thrria . tivirtrize, but since FA:rimed, at No. 23, Norfolk-street. Strand, on the 2 411 iust.and for three y.:ar•. T the Officers and Ship's Company 'of His Majesty's Ship rhceitix, for the Capture of the Germania on the 21st Nov. 1K0.4. rid of the Sophia oit the 31st lufy, tglc, bird the l'hcenix, on rime 17th inst. and. every d..y ter toree years, for the Gt.rniailia and for three maths tor the So— phia, at No. 12,, 'Upper Thairiei-street._ :411EIZIC:IN PAPERS. • ; cOmptOin . ise taken place between the American and *the Spanish Gene-1 rals, on the frontiers of Louisiana ; consequence cf which tlie ArmaMent under General SON has withdrawn and Marched to New Orleans, where 2n .. .attack from Colonel 'BURR Was apprehended, whose forees were understood to 'consist of 7000 men. All the. Atnericen Gun-boats, which were ready, have been ord&ed to sail for New Orleans, so that this Qfficer's plans, notwithstanding his ac qnittal, do not seem to be developed 'or understood by Government.. • A Bill . for rboliShing the Slave Trade Was 'lately discussed in, the Assembly of South Carolina, and thrown out by a majority of one, which was 'the casting vote of the President.-4n the Congress at Washington no progress can be• made in this Bill; it has been committed for revision' several times, and, on every intrOduaion, it experiences a decided oppOsitiori. _ _ _ An augmentation of the standing atiny has been moved in the Senate by Gen. SMITH ; and a motion has been made to continue the Ad for suspending all intercourse with St. Domingo. A Captain HUBBLE., who arrived at Charlestown from Lapira, brought intelligence, that two days before he sailed, a Schooner had reached that place, With dispatches from Vera Cruz, which stated that a sudden inundation had nearly destroyed the Capi tal of Mexico. The city had been overflowed for ten days fit the date of the last accounts, and the water was fotir feet deep. According to - a Letter from Natchez, BURR% de sign is said to be to unite Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana; the Flefridas, and a part of Mexico, into -an independent Province, in which he was to be as sisted by the. Spanish Governments of those Pro vinces. The report that he was to aCt under the protection of Great Britain is unworthy of rufuta tion.—This Letter adds, that Gen. WILKINSON is at the head of the conspiracy, and that Governor CLAI BORNE had called a meeting of the Citizens of New Orleans to assist him in - defending the city. About tine thOusand of Bunijs men were stated to he between Pittsburgh and 'Marietta on the 24th of'Dec'etnber.-The Secretary to the Wood County Meeting, named WILSON, ' has been arrested as one of Buiat's adherents. 'A bag, of letters was on Saturday received at. the Post Office, frond Madeira, with intelligence to the 20th ult. The West India Fleet, which sailed from PortFtnouth on the 4th January, 'passe() that Island on the 18th; an uncommon quick passage for a Fleet of 150 TAXES.—According to an account presented to the House of CcimrrionS, the produce of the Perma nent Taxes for the last year, ending January 5, \: as 33,549 ; 0321. Os. god. ; and that of the War Taxes, 14;821,2521. 16s. 2id. ; making togcther the stun oi 48,370,2841. 175. Accounts were received in town yesterday from the River Plata as late as th fishfishe iof December. At that period all foreign Vessels had leit Monte Video, in conseq4ance of a Proclamation from the Spanish Government. Some of them, with licences, were bound to England, and others had sailed for the _ Cape. Great oisappointment was ekpresed by the tdventurers to Buenos Ayres at its re-capture, and much blame was attached to,Sir.HONIE POPHAM for having deceivednnd misled them. Several Spani..h Officers had arrived from the interior at Monte Video, for the purpose of organizing the inhabi tants and 'others disposed to,arma. All the mercan tile people have left off business, and turned their at tentiort to arms. A very strong force was preparing to go against Maldonado, which place they Were sure of re-capturing. . Their success at Buenos Ayres has had an astonishing effe6t npon the minds of the Spaniards ; they consider themselves the first warriors in. the world. Sir -Homp. PopHAM, with his Squadron, was cruizing in the River Plata, and had cut off all _ intercourse with Monte Video and Buenos Ayres : this circumstance annoys the Spa— niards beyond every other consideration. Sir HOME POPHAM was said to be very much dejected since the surrender of But nos Ayres; he was extremely anxious to receive reinforcements : he calculates, that with 3000 men in addition to the forces he has, he snotild he able to make a conquest of Monte Video. All iBea . of capturing it from the side facing the water is given up. His 'pla'n is to reinforce his, troops at Maldonado„and attack the place from the land side ; the dis'tance is about 45 leagues.: The Spaniards, aware of the intention, are fortifying them selves at that point. They have also information of the expected arrival of British forces, and therefore ni.,9”1 to try to dislodge the troops at Maldonado be fore they arc reinforced. ,The Worcester Eleßion commenced on Friday morning. The two Candidates, W. GORDON, Esq, and JOHN ATTERSOL, Esq, severally addressed the Eleaors in a manner very creditable to the abilities of both. Mr, GORDON was proposed by Mr. Alder- Man. SQUIRES, who was seconded by THOMAS WILLIAMS, Esq. Mr. ATTEnsot, was proposed by the Mayor, . who was seconded by Mr. Alderman CARDEN.-At the close of the poll, on Saturday', the numbers were as follow :—Mr. GORDON 4 t7—Mr. ATTERSOL 231. THEOPERA.—Semiramide, though so often repre sented, was, very attralive on Saturday last at the King's Theatre. CATALAN' received, as usual, very great applause, which she. zealously endeavoured to deserve, by a full exertion of her talents. DES HAtEs and his wife, as well as PARISOT, distinguished them selves in the new Ballet of Alzirg, which is splendid and not uninteresting. CATALAN', Signor SIBONI, and Madame .BlAN cnr, have been engaged 'by Colonel GRRVILLE for his new harmonic and .miscellaneous Institution, which is likely, to make so , distinguished a figure in the fashiBnable World. CORN-EXCHANGE, FEB. 16.-The fresh arrivals of Wheat to-day form but middling supplies, find early in the day sales were made readily, at a small advance in price, but this trade was ra ther dull afterwards ; the arrivals .of Barley are considerable, second and inferior qualities are at less price ; Malt continues very heavy of sale; there are not many Grey Pease or Beani of each kind, which . fetch better prices ; 'Oats are in tolerable supply, though not many fresh imp ports, and this article remains full as dear, and Flour fully maintains our last quoted prices, DUPLIN, FEB. i.e. On VvredtieSday the 4th ',lst an inquest was hchl, n the:loV) bfOrlingford, Gonnty Ki)kettny v ibefore JOSEPH BRADISit, Esq. erroner,-on the body of Redmond 'Phelan, of that town, masu:. It appeared on the inc.:test, thatitheideceased A quiet' industrious man, about :twenty-six years of age, and married about three... Weeks ; that oa the evening of Monday the 2d In - staat, while sit ting in a public house in Urlingford, be was, without the least provocation,' struck 1... y a :Ilan who . 'belonged to another faaion tern - . which 14 unfortunately too 'well understood. by the lower classes, and means of another 'parish or distrid) that On his being got out of 'the house, he shortly returned, with several others of his party, one of whom, immediately on entering the room, struck the deceased a bloW on the'head with a stick that had a lump at the end of it, which knocked him down. The owner of the house, assisted by others, in. some time succeeded in getting These people out of the house; and the deceased, with his wife: and another per:3ca, remained within, until they imagined the others were gone away ; but on going .out 'were] way-laid, and again attacked on the bridge of Urliugford by the same party, when the deceased, who - did not appear to have had even a stick in his hand, received a blow by which 'his skull was fraolured, and in consequence of which he died next morning. The perpetrators of this horrid murder have fled. Mr: Neville, and the. neighbouring Gentlemen, are mating every possible exertion to have them taken up.—Verdict, IPitfUl Murder against Joseph Purcell, J. Butler, and James Butler ; aided and abetted by Edmond Walsh, Mar-. tin Walsh, JOhn Scully, Richard Purcell, Mary Butler, and others at present unknown. Wednesday night six fNlows, armed with guns and other weapons, w ent t o th e h ouse o f Denis Farrell, an industrious farmer near Inch St. Law.; rence, in the County of Limerick, and after at ,temping to break open the door without etfeal, they stripped off part of the roof, which was, thatched, and five of them entered, one of whom had a white handkerchief over his face ; they then, after beating and threatening Farrell, rifled, the house, and rolled him of 5t3 guineas in gold and some silver, with which they got clear off; they left a horse at Farrell's house, and took one of his, which was found „on the road n(l4 Ballyseeds. on Friday morning. • The following singular and interesting event is deb ,scribed in the Grenoble Journal, of the 14th .January : In July last a corpse was iound 4;;) the mountain, • of Ramas, in the Commune-of Vatotarey, distriCt of Grenoble. The head was bruised, an old scar was observed on the right and one thigEk;:z was contraeled. The people of the neighbourhood soon began to talk of the affair, and they recollea ed that one Peter Turc, of the Comm -sine of Ve- nose, had, abOtit a ;month beferc:_con:p!ained of' having' been robbed of a n4ule, arid itnitniited his suspicion of Lynes Turc, his youngest son, who was married, and' resided at Valgoutfrey. They - said that thti father went into a violept.passiowan the occasion, arid that his two other sons took his part, and implicated their absent brother in the rob bery. Several of the neighbours pretends a to remember that James Turc had a scar on his Ittl shoulder; and it was known that his thigh was c , :;:itraCted;--4 , - thus a report tinny spread.that the:Skeleim was that of James, who had been-murdered by father h and brothers 5 even some of ttie rel:'tions of the 'may declared that they recognised the body. James had left his . father's house some time before this event, but hiS father and brothers used to say that 1 they suppoSed be had come in the night and taken' off the intik.. A short time before the discovery of the body, a quantity of blood had been observed along the toad which led to the mountain, and the father was met ' the same night .with a sack on his back, wueu'c'e ing asked what' it contained, he. said, fresh meal, which he had just killed !' tt unfortunately happened, that James Turc had absented himself from his home at the time of this discovery ; his father's family were in-consequence all thrown into prison, and James's wite Went into. mourning for her murdered husband.. On tae 20th of September, while the family was in confinement, a letter was received from JameS by a tre:id at Val goutfrey, which stated that he was in good health,- but,had been obliged to leave his residence.' This letter, however, was supposed to be a fabiication, to save the tinnily, and they were brought to trial: a bloody shirt was even produced, which had sinee been found on the.mountain, and every thing seem ed so strong against the fatally; that they :were on the eve of condemnation ! While the examinations were going on, a m an rus h e d into the Court in a paroxysm .of despair, declared that he was the idea- tical person supposed to have been murdered, and demanded the, release of his father and brothers !-! The Magistrates, overcome with surprise, sent for his wif e , who flew into the arms of her husband-, and every doubt was decided. The father and his two sons were instantly acquitted ; but their grief-, occasioned by the charge, had affli&ed them with a serious illness., The interviet.y was so atfe6ting, that the whole of the spetaators burst into tears. Thifs a family; which Was despised by all the neighbour hood, was suddenly restored to honour ; a wite found her husband ; a daughter, whose marriage had been broken off, through the accusation, was united to her lover ; in short, six persons were re stored-from misery to happiness by. an a 6 -1 of Provi dence. It was soon afterwards proved, that the corpse.was that of-a traveller, who' had been over whelmed by an avalanche. On Saturday last died, at her house in Baker street, Portrnan-sqqare, in the B oth year of her Mrs. HYDE, ,widow of the late.,lonN H yntt, Esq. On Weduesday.last died, Mrs. SEARS, of Tring Grove, Herts. LAST DAY, OF DitAwtsG.—No. 19,544, a Prize of Twenty Thousand rounds, was sold in Shares by HPRNSBY and Co. in , one Eighth, and. fotirtefit Sixteenths; . who also sold in Shar e s, on the _Eighth Day - of Drawing, No. 871 ti, .500p1. in one Half, one Quarter, one Eighth, and twb Sixteenths; No. 44, 5001, in sixteen Siiteenths ; and No. 1350, in two Quarters, one Eighth, and 'six Sixteenths, •at their Offices, ,26, Cornhil.t, SV, Cuaring,Czoss, zzic.! St. Margaret's Hill, Borough.