The Sun. — London, England, 1807-05-26 00:00:00

:PEST IND- . 44- SHIPPING INTELLIer'ENCL We yesterday mentioned the arrlval of iite KEysER ;in 30 days. The letterli :and paperS brought by herfurnish many particulars, respeaing the an- Loyance of our 'trade by Ihjenci Privateers in the West Itidizih Seas, and other shipping intelligence ligidy interesting fo the mercantile world. CAPTURES ,NIADE BY THE ENEMY',S PRIVATEERS. . On the 14th ofMarch, in lat. 24. the French Pri va'teer Ship Alert, .Capt. MoanALT (late the Ostrey, of Liverpool. Guineaman), of 22 eight-pounders, and 150 men, captured the Ship•. Highlander (here.; to/ore mentioned), from Demerara , bound to .Li-• verpopl,,and sent her to Guadaloupe, at which place she arrived'on the 30th. .The Ships Cup and Ajax were in etirripatii ‘;ith . the :Highlander, and on the 16th .were .captured - by the Alert, and on the 27th `Were seen .steering for. Guadaloupe, the French Pri- , vateer in company. The 'Alert proceeded to sea ithinedintely on seeing her prize safe 'at ahehor and,. - it-WitS-Confidently stated. that she. soon after vaptuted taco other Ships, Letters of Marque, sup- Posed to be tbe Maxwell and Jason, of Livetpool, Which` she nlso 'car! ied into GuadalOupe. Onghe ist of April, the Austerlitz Privateer tap- tared a Schooner Arm - 71 Halifax (name unknown), With fish, .and sent her for Guadaloupe. The Ships Duke, ..Mariner,. Marina, Afgo,. Che nniie, ..rid Sillon . Cook, which sailed from Plymouth . on the - sth' - of -March, missed the Thames ConVoy. The Sinion, Cook; ,iirgo, and Marina,. parted .cOrn,.- Noy. with other, three on the 26th at March , for their Liestination, The : otherthree arrived at fly With the ileasta's COnvOy. On the 6th - of April 'his Majesty's - Ship Curieux• ArriVed at Barbacioes from Falmouth, having missed thel:knmes's Convoy, with the Ships Itani bier and• Ifawke. Two Ships, the Nancy and another, parted an the 6th for 'Surinam, under prote.aion - of his Ma- . Jesty's -Ship Osprey, which they fell in - with about 1. ' , 00 miles to winds.vard.ofßarbadoes. • On the 7th Of April his Majesty's Schooner .'Eclair sailed from Barbadoes tor 'Tobago 'and' :Trinidad, with the trade whieli s arrived with his.M.a lesty's Ship-Acasta. "Same day his Majesty's Ship liatuke• sailed from Barbadoes with the trade for Antigua, St. Kitt's, &c. which arrived also under. 'Convoy of the Acosta. Sanie day ailed his Majesty's Ship Wasp from . tiobadoes, with the Drake, for Dominica. On the ti th _the Curieux Brig sailed. from Bar, iPadoes, with the trade for St. Vincent's and Gre bada. • On the loth ttlr. his Majesty's Squadron arrived at Barbadoes from off Martinique, consisting of the Rilleisle, Canada, Eihalion, Rantillies,iVortfmnter: lend, Prince George, &Atte, and L' eclair. 'rile French Privateer Brig General ErnoV, of 14 guns, and go men, was seen to capture. an English Brig to Windward of Barbadpes, by his Majesty's Ship Subt/e, which attempted to recapture, but Was prevented, being obliged to defend herself: gainst a Ship of superior force. The Brig - captured 1 3 supposed to be one of those which parted convoy ba the nth of March. On the sth of April, 24 bound to Surinam, Berbice, and Demerara, Parted by permission, withotit, convoy, for their des lations, Accounts received from Barbadoes, on e 2 s t of 4 April, from Surinam,, state, that 12 .Sail of them had arrived there safe: - On. the' 186 of April., the Ship Mali arrived with his Majesty's Ship Thanks; tdr Trinidad arid Tobago,. sailed .for rhenCe udder convoy of his Majesty's Ship Jason. On the ll'th of April, the Ships of the Thames tonvay ; bound to DOMinique, Antigua; St. Kitt's, ke. sailed 'under convoy of his Majesty's Ship Lilly. On the of April, his Majesty's Ship !Ramer sailed for 'Jamaica, (the . .*aster convoy with her;) Vincent'6;and Grenada, to be drolit in tier Ni, - ay. ticimEwA.RD-Bout TR)sOg'. . • On . th s .l Ith of Akil, , his Mlijesiy's Ship 111i1i tile, amktiri g sailcdfrom Demerara, with the trade af that phic'e;: Sui=inain, and Berbiee; consisting : of 43 for Grena . the 17th 'of April, leis kajesty',..Ship .wiled from Bt.. VinceriCs, Niiith - tD . Sait, hound, to Grenada;-.to join the Gre nad4 ind-Den:ierayairadc, and to proceed to Tor tola. On..the ],6th dot, .April, Majesty's Ship - I Vii,:?rod, i sailed ; #,0n4,,..1;ai - bacloeS; , for, Si. Lucia, Do Ininica 4 St. - Kit,t,:s, and.Tertola, with nine Sail. His Majzsty:s,Ships Venus and Osprey .convoy the Fleet. 'PNEMT'S PRIVATE•EitB CRUIZING. ' BARBADUES; -Ann, L'Ectair, of 14 guns.and go men, to windward - of BarbadOeS ; Schooner Jeune Addle, of 18 - guns and 130 then, in lat. 14. long. 56.; a Schooner, supposed the •Desiree, 1 )f to gting, 300 miles to windward of Barbadoes.: three Masted French Privateer lugger, of 1 gun.and 40 men; cfnizing in sight Of Barbadoes; and fre glueraly sightOf the shipping at anchor in Carlisle 1 31 Y. The , Schooner Suble, tender to Admiral COCRRANE, sailed in quest of her on the 21st April. ENEMIES' PRIVATEERS FITTING : AT MARTINICO.---Tile Schooner Becure ; of 3 tans, and Go men, to sail on the esth of April; , to cruize to windward / Of Barbadoes. GUADALOUFE.—The Ship 4/ere ; .NLJNIPREAU, of 22 eight-pounders,. and, intended to saki on the 26 th April, with 230 MCP, to cruize in consort with the Prench.Privateer Brig Dnquesn, (rate iris Ma- Jesty's Brig NO/ey) supposed to dodge . the home.: 10 *i-b ow - I d „trade, The Schooner Fripon, of 5 guns ; the SehOoiler his Majesty's Brig.' ?f . War Tobago); and Schooner (late his Ma- Jesty's Brig of War. St. Lucia) intended to sail frau) , Aladaloupe on the.3oth of . April, to windward of iathadoes ; and off Surinam. .I:he Schooner Jena, of l6 guns; intelided to sail t..116'.2,tith of April, to Crnize off Hayti., , . A letter-was received in town yesterday, which lintouneed an event that excited great surprise on the " 4140 : Y4NCll43gei , namely, that au „American Ship, which.sailed from one of pur Vts a few:weeks ago,had been captured by a Freoh cTivifterabont twelve days after leaving . the latt4, anal was sent into . a French port for condetunatio9. it he American Captain, it is added, answered the in tyrrs.tiatories or 'the Privateer fairly : ; but the Veslel ney.ertheles_ enp t r eeTeip.-!eLing neutrals. This , is_ the' first.operation W it, a. br as we know.. If, however; the .Decree is Ticx‘v to be 4tted Upon, the. French will make MD e pres, as the Americans. have long been 1010 :No an imaginary security, as far .as rulates to that MIDDLESEX EtECTIOY, SEVENTH DAt. Yesterday mottling', in consequenc," of tilt •filliy made by the friends of Sir CHRISTOPHER 'BiYtiEs for prosecuting his Election,_ the Poll was resumed ; kind on the ,close, at four o'clock, the naniberi stood thus : For WttLl AM MEtLISH; Esq, 250 C;EoRGF. Extic, Esq. - 3iBo Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, Bt. I 22;:, It was rumoured thKoughout the day; that not withstanding this 'resumption on the part if , Sir, CHRISTOPHER, the Sheriffs would, in pursuance of - their advertisement, finally close the , Poll at one o'clock this day, and declare the retuins. In consequence, however, of a meeting of the• friends of Sir CHRISTOPHER BAYNES, held at the Freemasons' Tavern, at three o'clock, to concert measures for carrying on his Eleaion, with spirit, .a Requisition, .signed by several Freeholders, was brought down by express, and presented to the She- . riffs, demanding'that the Poll, on the part of .Sir •CHRISTOPHER, should remain open until the 15th day. This Requisition was the.S-übjed of close de liberation between . the Sheriffs; their AssesSor, and the Counsel for the other Candidates', for above an hour and a half after the Poll had. closed. At length . the Sherif&came forward on the platform ; and Air. Sayer, one of the Under Sheriffs, read the Re- . quisition,, with the names of the Freeholders sub .scribed--when the Public Crier proclaimed an :ad journment of the Court until nine next morning, the Poll then to be resumed and, : continued till far tiler notice." Mr. BYNG then came forward, and begged leave to state- what had happened at the close. of the Poll . 'on Saturday last. Sir Christopher Baynes, had, On that occasion, declared -to the Electors then as sembled,..that he: found the sense of the eunnty so "far against liirin as to induce him to decline the con- , test. Notwithstanding which declaration, the friends of Sir Christopher had thiS day thought fit again to, - place his name on the poll z! baoks,,and to anuouhce their intention of prosecuting the Eledion on his account.. Upon such a conduit he would . make no. comment. It was for the Eledors to form their own opinions — Upon it, and a&' accordingly., Sir • Christopher Baynes, on the' Same occasion, had.' thought fit to pay him a compliment at the expense ' of Mr. Mellish ; but he begged, leave to decline all Compliments at the • expellee of Mr. 'Mellish, . or. any other Gentleman. Mr. Mellish': had can- • vassed the County in his own interest.. 'He : had . set out with declaring that he stood uncotined ed • with ' any 'other Candidate : he avowed they right of holding an opinion 'of his own ; and though Mr. Mellish and himself might differ in po--; litical sentiments, he must candidly declare, that if ~that Gentleman should be ultimately returned to Pailiathent,, his return' would he by the free and un- 4 biassed sense of the of Middlesex. In' the course. of his canvass he found that Mr. Mellish had not said one word to bias the ppiniOn of any mad one way or the other with respeEt' to his competitors.. Mr. Byng next entreated the further exertions of his friends against the stratagems of Ministerial influ ence that were exerted against him. He prOfess6.l the purity and independence of his political princi pies, and declared that his conclud in Parliament should ever continue what it had always been ; and. that it should always be-his ambition to deserve the • support of the people, and to be considered their ser vant, and not the servant of any Minister. • Mr. MELLISI-1 observed, that he felt himself call: ed on -to reply to some insinuations urged against him on Saturday last, by Sir Christopher Baynes ; but as the Baronet was not nom, present, it. would ill become hire to go at large into any strßtures upon the snbjed of those imputations : 'at the same tithe,. however, he must say' a few words on the general -ground of what passed on that occasion. He had set out on the very commencement of this Elec tion', with declaring himself totally uuconneaed with any other Candidate : that he stood entirely •• upon his own ground ; and:that he would not coa lesce with one party or the other. Upon these grounds he had stri&ly aded, and, farther than this, he had never in the whole course of his canvass tered one word to injure'the reputation or depreci: ate the claims of any other Gentleman ; and,. he would now. appeal to hundreds of those who heard him, and had witnessed his 'ConduCt through the whole of his-canvasi, whether they had ever heard one word escape his lips unbecoming a Gentleman towards the chara&ers or the interests of either of the Other-Candidates ? As a Candidate for the Sul frageS of the free: Ele&ors of Middlesex, he would refer to his past public conduct, as the best proof of. his principles.. if they approved 'th a t conduct, and * `thoseprinciPles; he was sure they would support him. Once more he begged to express his sincere thanks for the honour of their support, and to in treat that they would not relax in their exertions, should .the Poll not finally clOse to-morrow ; a mat ter of which 'he was at that moment totally un informed. • • No person came forward on the part of Sir Chris topher Baynes, rior did the Barohet appear on the nu;thig's thrdughout the day: THE UPRIGHT CANDIDATE. I ; ray" WhQis SirCaa sroPlli R BAYNYS ?"—Let us thCl+—• A Man who was altirays to FaEtion a foe,; • • • A Man who in Politics ne'er was a trimmer, Ever ready to toast ourgood'Kirig in a brimtiteri' •• A' gait of whom 'traitors were always 'in awe,' - • Who hiS Country has scried - with the sword and the 11w— Of known indeperidenee, ititegrity, b;unty, Ati'd an honour to Britain as well as . his County, 'Yesterday, about 12 o'clockj the remains of late Thshop of SALtsßoitv was renloved from liis house-in Windsor Ocistle Yard, to the 'West dpoi- - Of the Cathedral, where they were received by all the Gentlemen belonging to 'the Church. The Ge-iitle men of the Chair sung ,a Funeral Anthem sp the middle aisle, into St. George's Chapel. - . r.tliefotieral service was performed by the Rev. Dr. CnANIIIGNY; The Service, arid all the Musk., •was the same as performed at Lord NELSOruneral. The Duke of SussEx attend:ed the furieral, and sat in his stall duriug•the service. Tfle'BIS1101) : Qf BIVISTQL is translated to ilk So.: txeLci. AIDDLESEX 7 E.ETING. - , •. 'MANY TverY tespe&ablectiaraa,:rs, 1,7110 ark friends to Sir CII}USTOPITER BkYN:as, yesterday had a Meet ing at Free Masons' Tavern, in order to determine on the best means of suppoftidg that t3entleman's i Pretensitins to a•Seat in Parliament for .the. County of MiddleSek: The Chair was taken by Mr. BOw.t:Es, who briefly stated the objet of the :Meeting, and paid . a few compliments to the worthy Candidate in whose behalf they had assembled. He was followed by Mr. SELLON, brother to Ser .? , 1e!• pant SELLON,' who, after some preliininat'y obser .katlons, intimated that Mr: Mellish and Mr. Byng had split their vetes,": or. come to An understanding, and moved,several Resolutions, declaring Mr.,Bytig, from his cetiduA in Pa'rliartient, in the years 1802 and 'lBO4, and at the disenAiori of the • late 'question bet Ween the King and his Ministers; unworthy to be their Representative. . Sir W. CLTEPIS thought, that * if, after seven . days poll, the frie4tds of- Sir C. Baynes did not come . for ward, in his opinion theesense of the county ought to be taken in favour of the other Candidates.— The contest appeared to him to be, now without prospe& of success ; he should therefore no longer stand forward. . • • Dr. Tuntwinr., Re&or of Whitechurch, gave his support to Sir C. Baynes, under an e:Teetationthat the Baronet, when in Parliament; would endeavour to refOrtn i the abases existing arnong-' Tax Colleaum, who seize'on the poor man's property ‘vit4 the rage of merciless wolves. After some further discussion, the Resolutions for cliscontinuing the ElediOn . of Sir C. BAYNES were put and earrie.i:' • It was also'ordered that SUbscriptions 'should be opened for defraying the expences of the Eledion.—The Meeting then adjourned. PERTH, MAY 20. ~ The Election of a Member of,,Parliament for this County took place yesterday, when, on the motion of Colonel MoRAY - , of Abercairney, seconded by - Mr. PATTERSON, of Castle Huntly, the 'Right - Hon. Lord JAMES MURRAY was tthanirnously eleded by a more ►numerous meeting of Freeholders than we *have for lortg time witnessed on a similar oc casion. A large partydf•Ele6tors, and - Noblemen and Gen- Almon ,cotineaedith the County,' iiaving-after w,4o§,diped with Lord JAmts, at the Salutation Many'loyal anti -- appropriate toasts were 'given ; and in the •courSe: of the afternO6n, which was spent .with the grentest .tiarinony and joy, the sincere at tachment of the .County - to that Noble. Family Of, Which our new ItePresenfatiVe •is a Member, was manifested in a ,manner than must have been alike' gratifying to his' Lordship's feelinlsy and encouraging' to him in entering upon so. important - a trust as that of representing in•` Parham - exit one of the first Counties•M Britain for extent of wealth, population, respeaability, and independence.• SUSSEX--Stpte of the Poll. \\Timdharn, Esq. - 4126 Ftiller, Esq. - - 2323 Sergison,-•lisq. - - 2303 The new.Theotre, at Swansea, will open the be ginning of July„• under the - management' of Mr. CHERRY, of Drury-lane Theatre. When finished,. it will rank among the first edifices of the kind out of Landon. HoRRID EVENT.—Last night, between eleven and 12, as' 'a' waggon was passing through , High .Hol born, near the end of Drury-lane, an attempt was made to rob it by a gang of ruffians. Being deteBe. in their purpose, and pursued, they wreaked - their vengeance on those who endeavoured to secure them: Three men severely suffered by the cruelty of these miscreants : one person, named Wlitkinson, (the, son of a Potatoe-dealr near the spot), was: stabbed in the back; a young man who lodged in the neighbourhood, was Wounded in the belly so se verely, that he is not expeaed to live, and the watch rnawvas scored ip several parts of hi s b o dy, an d literal ly "ha his belly ripped up. These - three unfortunate Vidirrii list, in a most deplorable state, in Middlesex Hospital.; What renders the matter 'still more to be lamented is, that the execrable ruffians who. were guilty of this barbarity have escaped: The French agents have caused the speech. of the Archduke Palatine to the States Of Hungary, at their recent Diet; to be published in Most of the Conti-t nental Prints, in-'order to chew the pacific sentiments of, the, Austrian ; Government towards France ; and certainly this Address,' if faithfully given, does not contain a senteficeindicafing a renewal of hostilities. The speech is in Latin ; it alludes in strong terms to the unfortunate eyeing of the late war. " These events," he observes; " will prove to us more forcibly than the .longest histories, how• greatly vielories depend upon chance, and the fate of Kings and .Pepple upon the. arbitrary will of the Conquerbr: . There is no peace; no degree of public velfare; to be dep,:fided on, if they are net secured by forces capable of resisting' an hostile attack. In thiS 'consists the fundamental basiS Of each Stat e ; froin"this emanate: external - sectirity and internal prosperity; but these forces alone are not by any means , sutficient; nor .can they subsist with ou t a mo ral force, that is to 'say; a national character. We have . amongst ourselves one of' "the most striking examples, confirmed by a series (if .ages. " The courage and virtues of our ancestors laid the foundation of our liberty;. this liberty. ,dictated our constitution, and this coßstitution renders us happy. It was by such means' that.. Athens, •Eace &mania-, and, liorne; attained ,their elevated rank amongst nations.. " After : having.obtained peace through the efforts bf: . the . beat-of Kings; we ought more than ever to dir&l our attention to the injuries which have been occiasiducil the 7, late .dreadful war; and the evils . wWc,ll44p resulted from it. Thus we have of one accord_,l3!*, together in ,the Diet; to insure,•as•it wet - e; our very existence; as .well as that of our people, td,alaintain the honour of the CrOwn, , the prosperity 'of our Country, and the safety of every thing - that':\te - hold most dearL Great sacrifices will dolibtles's 11 . . necessary; but our ancestors, under Sil , !ilar Circumstances, - did not hesitate to ititke It wntild therefore be a disgrace to have '" the greAtness of soul of the Hungati ;A, the preservation of their King and Country ; and their ctinduet is palsied." 0 . 4 e EIGN iV TzLLIGE • ALTONA, MAY 17.—The loss, whic!i the Vrench have sufEred ,on being ,repulsea at Dant zic, whoa they atte opted to •take -the place by assault, is, br themselves, stated at 8000 men. It is mentioned, that nearly the whole of the Saxon Cprps was de stroyed on • the occasion. , Disturbances are said to have broken oat in Sa.ony, in consequence ; and thp soldier:-; of that bountryThave refused to fightf the, PrussionS.• 'The Burghers of Dantzic have subscribed a mil-• lion of dollars, which sum is' to be di&ided among the Garrison ; in the eventpl a speedy relief. • At ColbereThe eft izens have, in *a spirited Address,• conjured the Governot' to give an example of faithful. perseverance, similar to that which , was displayed in. the Seven . Years. War by the Noble VON H'YDEN and desiring him, at the same time, not to pay and' consideration to their houses, since they already con siderecr them as burnt doWn. • It, is asserted that adviceS are received from Ber lin, stating, that General TAUENZIEN has not beta exchangel, but has 'been sent back to France, a‘:- companied by two Gens d'Annes.- •.-, • . FRANKFORT, MAY I (t.--According to letters train the French head-quarters, the.Emperer NAPoLcoT is constantly occupied with business of the greatest importance, and a great part of his time is devoted to affairs of the Cabinet. Reports every T - 110.• ment from the several corps of the army: Hii jesty employs some hoUrs every day in inspeeliti4 the*differetit positions of the troops. According. to letters from Vienna, the Emperor of Austria is to . proceed•from Offen to Galicia, where it is suppose 3 he will hold a very important assembly. .No doubt ,is entertaikied at Vienna of the offered mediation of AuStria for the restoration of ageneral Peace having been accepted by all the Belligerent Powers. MENTZ, MAY 9.- 7 -That part of the Conscriptic)ri 'for 1807, which was first ordered to join the army; has entirely crossed the Rhine. The - emaitting part; which is to form the first of the Reserve, consist. of Como men, ,is now foll Owing. Theie troops were some time ago ordered tOenc3aip neighbourhood of Giessen, and to remain the; -2 it further ,orderl. But that plan ; it r'ow appoli'i, is changed, and they are also inarching by the usual military-rOpte; to the Grand Army. '..f\.bout 2;000• marched hence vestprday. The, Grand l'i(r!ucti inclutling tire troops of the Contiero.t,• now more than 400,000 men strong. I,6:DEN, MAY 21.- 7 -The Paris-letters to - the I.7th contain nothing of importance, except a report from the Genoese. Gazette,: dated .May whicit states, that - Portugal has been required by Englanst,.` to•declarefor one of the Belligerent Powers, as tho Neutrality .of that Country could no longer be per- • nutted. . . . HAMBURGH, MAY 14.---,The passage of troops through Hanotier to reinforce the French Grand Army still 'continues; and the ntirnbers,. as Well,* the expedition with, which they are fJrwarded, ex ceed all example. , The Imperial • Guards , travel in waggons.L-The letters from Sweden state; that the. Queen goes to Siockholm-at the same tithe that, the King will sail for Stralsund. His. Swedish 'Ma jesty has appointed M. :D'Oi , oN his ,Envoy traordwarr and Minister to the Court orPrussia.--- Two:Swedish Ships of the Line, with some troops._ on board, have been at the island of Rtigeti since " the 26th of last month. Thefortifieations at kocko - ii, are repaired. , , . . On Saturday morning an inhabitant of Deal NV3q takeninto custody by a party of How-street ()dicers, attended by, some . Light pra g oons, and immediately put • into a post 7 ch4ise and four, escorted with a guard , of cavalry, for LondOn. The cause of his arrest was not known. This niorning died, at his house in Brompton, ter a long and painful Nicttordis' lioNo; ,Esq. one of. the Police Magistrates for the Citj• of WestaiiriSter. This. Gentleman raised himself in life by the firmness of his charaaer, his plain goOd . sense, and knowledge bf official duty. fib was . very active; useful, intelligent; and impartial 1.11.;-: ,gistrate, and a manly valfeded.Charaaer iti l,ri•ra::j life. . . The following are the, particulars of the shockirig: Fite.at chudleigh, ib beVorishire., whieh we men, tioned yesterday.---It began in a Bake-house, wher e it raged with the utmost fury; and at 'length 'coal.; municated to a house containing two barrels of gun powder, which belonged to a ,person employed in blowing up the rocks, which soon took fire, and blew up with a terrible explosion : 'The wind being very high, and Many houses on each side Of the street, covered with thatch, the whole town became a • ffeneral conflagfation. Only one Are-engine could be found in the town, and that was soon after burned. Exeter is the nearest place from which any assistancie could be procured, and that being ten Miles distant ; there was nothing to stop the progress of the flames. The Market4aiuse;'arid all the houses ; ex cepting about seven, at the extrenie ends of the town, were consumed.' ,Fortdnately ad lives Wcre Jost ; the ChurCh being a little to windward of the flames, was Saved, and proved an asylum for the distressed inhabitants, whose situation must be truly deplorable. At .three o'clock, Saturday inch - ling, when the rhail-coaCh, With difficulty, passed throng - b the town, several houses continued - burning, and many pigs and . horses lay dead in tho street. Mi. WEsTox, a respectable innkeeper, it IS reported, has lost all his property, Which, - in cash and notes, to a large amount, together with his books, he en trusted to.a female servant to take. care of, but in hei - 'fright she Carried them to a pla s ee she cannot now redolleal, and they,are most.pr6bablydeStroyA EXETER, SATLIADAT ISTIthIT.—The devastation that the devouring element has effected is beyond all power of ,description there is .re. no . semblance.of what the. town was before; the spectacle is affeEt log and distressing to the utmost degrre. Nothing is.left but a few. detached hotiws at the entrant:. of the town. The whole body of the place presenti to the eye nothing but chimneys and walls, that ap pear like ancient ruins. The number of houses destroyed is computed ,at 175.. Tents and various necessaries have been going all clay from this cityl for the accomwodation of the sufferers. Several troops of Military haVe also, marched to render their asststance. The Mayor of Exetei' lr.s: called the in habitants this eveaina to consider of the most ef fe6tual means of affor%ing relief.