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ranlort:ng them, as there are none in this pare of the .1_ otintrv.' Got" preserve•your Ex'eellency many years. - FRANCISCO VALLEBTEROS. To the Most Excellent Senor the Govervor of Gibraltar.- • Admiralty qllice, July 4, 1812. Admiral Lord Keith has transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq: a letter from. Captain Sir Home Popham, dated nn hoard his Majesty's ship Venerable, off Lequitio, the 21st of last month, giving an account of an attack made upoti the French troops in possession of that place,. by the= Spanish -Gtierillas, aided by Sir Borne, and the' officers and men of his Majesty's ships under his orders. The . enemy had possession of a hill fort' com manding the town, calculated to resist any body of infantry and.also two hundred men posted in a fortified convent "within the town, the walls of which were impervious to any thing less than an eighteen pounder. The convent might have.been destroyed by-the ships; hnt as the toVern would lawere materially sutlerea, and as the guns of . the Venerable made no visible impression on-the fort, it-was _determin ed to erect a battery on a hill opposite to th e latter, which the enemy considered as-quite inac cessible to cannon., and in that confidence rested his security. Asint,was accordingly landed in the forenoon of the 20th, (ehielly by the,exertions of Liettte,, ,nant Groves, .of "the Venerable), notwithstanding tie sea was breaking with such .violenee against t ,c rocks at the fOot of the hill, that it was doubt fal whe her a boat could get near enough for that 'purpo.3e. It was then hove up a short distance by a nnlvable caprcun; lint this was found so tedious, that men 'and bullocks were sent' for to draw it -; and it,was at length dr - agged,to the summit of the 11 , 111. by thirty-sixpair of btfilocks, four hundred Cuerillas, and one hundred seamen, headed by the Honourable Captain Jiouverie. It was immedi ately mounted, and fired its first shot at four iri the afternoon. ' , The gun was so admirably served, that at sun set a practicable breach was made in the wall of the fort, and the Guerillas volunteered to storm it. The first party was - repulsed, Tiut the second gained possession without. aux considerable loss .: several of the enemy escaped on the opposite side; and get into the - convent. In the ,course of the evening the sea abated a little; and a landing upon the island of St. Nicho lls was effected, though with-some. difficulty, by- Lieutenant O'Reilly, of the Surxeillante ; ma rines were ago landed from that ship, the Me dua. and Rhin, with a carronade from each ship.; and Captain Malcolm took the command Of. the Island during the night,_ whilst Capt. Sir George Collier• was in the Venerable's battery on the hill. At dawn of the 2 1st, "a twenty-four pounder was brought to the east side of the town, within two hundred yards of the convent, and another was in the act of being landed upon St. Nichiilas to born- bat d it, when the Frenck Commandant Gillort, Chat -tie Bataillon, beat a parley, and surrender ed with the remainder of : his. party; consisting of two hundred and ninety men of the 119th regiment. _ _ The enemy's loss has not been - ascertained, but it was . supposed to be considerable, as the Guerillas, echo were better posted and fired with more cele rity, had fifty-six men killed or wounded. Not a man was hurt in his Majesty's squadrim either by the surf or the enemy. . . There Were 'two eighteen-pounders mounted on the - fort, and three small guns in the bar racks the latter, with-the muskets, were given to the Guerillas, who were nlso- supplied with every description of military stores of which they stood in need. The, : guns in the fort were ren dered_ useless, the fort destioyed, and the convent blown-up. ' Sir fiorne Popham commends it high terms the co►:duct of all', the officers and men enillloyed on this occasion and expresses his sense of the as sistance rendered by Sir Howard Douglas and. Gen. Carrol, who had embarked in the Venerable, and volunteered their services wherever they could lie employed. - Adnarglty. Office, July 4, 1812. Vice-Admiral Sir 'Edward PeHew has trans mitted to John WiLion Croker, 14 - ;sq . . two letters /addressed to him by Captains Campbell and ThOuis; of his Majesty's ships. Leviathan and Undaunted ; the farmer giving an account of an attack made ou the 39th of ,April last by the boats" of the Leviathan, under. the directions of Lieut. Dobbs, on a French privateer and several merchant vessels at Agay ; four of the latter were brought ont, and the privateer, a' brig of fourteen guns and eighty - men, was taken posses sion of ; but having been hauled on shore, she could not be got off, an'd being set on fire, it was afterwards extinguished hy the enemy : the vessel was carr i ed without any loss' on our part, but during the endearzurs made to bring her off, two tneit were killed and four' wounded by the enemy's fire from the shore. The latter reporting an attack made on the same day on a French 'convoy near the mouth of the Rhone, by the boats of the Undaraited, Vo lOntaire, and illossonr under the directions of Lieutenant Eagar, of . the first ship ;- of twenty ve3sels composing the convoy ; seven were . brought out, twelve burnt, and two left, stranded to the beach : a national .sehooner of four eighteen-pounders and seventy- four mect , Was aniong3t the vessels burnt. 'service was yerfornied without any' the • boats being ably protected• by Captain Stewart in the Bka soma sloop. • Adiniralty 7 office, July .4, 1812. Cotty of a Letter from Capt. Usher, qi his Maiestv,g. Ship flyacintli,aadi-esSed to Commodore Penrose, at (iiiroltar, ar-d tri.uiktuitted by the latter to Jobn Wilson Crolter,'.Esq. His Majesty's ship ily9.cinth, off Alinunecar, May 27, Itl2. SIR, Lhad the bonour . to inform you, in my.rciter di the 20th instant, that the TertnagantlaOle str6yect the castle at- Nersa, and that the Gneril las came down from ,the'inountains and entered the town ; I have now to acquaint you that I went on shore with Capt. Hamil , on, and , waite'd upon the Guerilla leader, who informed me that the French had retreated to Almuncear, seven miles to the eastward, and that they had three 'hundred men there ; and considering llirmelf, strong enough to attack then?, lie proposed march ing:Ppori ;it without loss oftine. .As, I was, de sirott to render the'GueriNs every a:, , ..ii.stante iii 'my pov , .'eq, I proinised him to anchor the ships in a position . to place the enemy between our tire, Which gave him great satisfaction, and his men great confidence. I accordin-gly bore up at four o'clock the folloWing evening (20th in ' stant) with his Majesty's:. ships as per margin *., and anchored at point-Malik range before the cattle, ivhich we silenced in less than an honr. 'AS • the Guerillas were to have arrived at seven o'clock, ritti there was no appearance of them at eight, Cap tain Hamilton volunteered to return to Nersa his gig, to learn if any thing had occurred to pre vent their - moving forwa9l; and at four in the morning he returned, and informed me that a re inforcement which they . 'expected had not arrived, and that they waited for them before they could adtance. At seven o'clock. the enemy fi4ain opened his fire, having during the night mounteu a howitzer . in a breach / inside in the'co vered iv i ay to the castle ; but r by ten o'cLock he was again silenced; and driven with great loss into i. the town, where they fortified -themselves in the chrirch and Desirous of sparing the un fortudate'inhabitantS, whom the Trench had thus cruelly exp6sed, I-ec:l , zed ; and having de stroyed a privateer _which I,v at anchoi under the castle, I at two•o'clock weighed and ran down to NeNa, for the purpose of concerting plans with the Guerillas. On my arrival I had the_ satisfac- tion to meet a division of Ballestere!s's Guetillas commanded by Colonel Febrien; an officer of the truest patriotism, who, partaking of all the zeal of his General, immediately put himself and troops at 'my disposal. The roadS, tbrongh the moun tain-s being very tedious, and as no, time was to be lost, I. resolved to take the infantry, consisting of about 6„-o hundred, on board`;, aid 1 'ordered the cavalry to mewed forivard thrOugh the moun tains immediately; . and take aTosition in the rear of the enemy, whilst the •infantry, with• all the smallarm men and marines, were to land on his flanks. I amsorq . that the delay of a calm gave the enemy - time to learn our combined move ment, as he instantly fled,with great4recipitation, and joining a corps of two hundred at within four miles of Almane6ar, he retreated upon Grenada. As soon as I arrived at my anchorage I_ 'sent Lieutenant Spilsbury anda.e4uerilla officer to hoist the respective flags on the castle ; and inuediate ly began to demolish the works, which are ex ceedingly strong, as it is built on a peninsula of high rock, scarped all round the p..face, and a wall thirty feet high. At the land - side the rock is excavated nearly thirty feet deep "and sixty wide, with a narrow drawbridge, which is the only _en trance into the castle. I intend to fill up_as much . of the ditch as possible by springing mines under each bastion. I found in the castle two brass twenty-four pounders, six iron eighteen pounders, a six pounder and howitzer, which Werespiked:by the enemy. He has left a number of deserters, principally Germans and Flemin,?-,s, who inform me that they were the whole of the foreigners in , this battalion of the 32d reghneat ; they likewise inform" me that they haVe long looked fdr an op portunity to desert, as_they were dragged from their families, and forced into the French service : one Of them has been eight years from his country. The enemy's loss has been very severe, but cannot be Ascertained, as the Avounded were 'Carried of in waggons:- fieel greatly indebted to Captain Hamilton for the able assistance he rendered me, and the judi cious; position he, anchored his shipin ; likewise to Lieutenant French, of the Basilisk, who o.pened and supported' a warm and well directed fire upon the enemy,. while the .ships were heaving in their springs to bring their broadsides to bear. I am happy to• inform you that we have had no loss, except the Terinagant one man wounded, and the.BaSil!sk one slightly. The privateer . was one of Barbastro's' small vessels, armed with two guns, and thirty or forty men, cannot conclude- -with- _ - out informing you that the came ELO men wounded so recently at Malag a came to their quar ters, Lieut. Spilsbury, whose wound is. still. open, and Mr. Bell, the boatswain, who lost his arm, did not spare themselves. ',have the honour to be, &e. • (Signed) 'l,'. •USIIER. To Commo.iore Penrose, Gibraltar. * Termagant, Basilisk. Crown-Uce, July 3, 1812. Memberreturned to serve in this present Parliament. -Borough a Colchester. ~ /Hart Davis E.. q.-in the room of. Richard Hirt Davis, Esq who has accepted the office of Ste - ward of his Majesty's Ma nor of East Hendred. • - S. Joseph Aspinall, Southowumny Halifax, stone-merchant, to surrender ,Inly 16 and 17, at four, at the 'New Inn, Brad . bird, YorkSlAire, and Atigustls; at eleven at the T;,160t Inn, Halifax. Attornies, tilr. Nettlo , fold,'Norfolk-strect,' Strand, London,- or Mr. Alexander Ilalifax. . Tho Mas• Dixon, Hultue, Lancashire, ' Odder, Jniv 20, 22, and August 15, at eleven, at tile !kloseley Arms, Manchester. Attornies; Me: Ellis, Chancerytlatir, London, or Mr. Card-- . . Richat d Frost, Dog and Duck, Rothe:lithe, July I I, 18, and August 15; at eleven, at Guildhall, . London. Attorney, Hunt, WrieWickitourt, Grzty7,, , lnn. James Howell; Daittnouth, Devon,. grocer, July 7,8, and 'August 15; at twelve, at the Globe Jun; Newton Bushel. Attornies, Mr...T•:Bridginan, Dartmouth; or Messrs. ford and Murray, Temple, LondOn. Edward Worley,.- Bract:ham, Sutrey, dealer, Jnly'l 1 and 18, at twelve s and august 15, at elev, , n; a Guildhall, London. Attorney, Me. Lee, Thrce-Crowu-squaro,Southwark. Rally Benson ken. Martin's-lane, Cannon-street, sugar rotiner, 11, and August 1 and 15, at twelve, at. Guild-. hall, London. Messrs. Collins, and Waller, Spital-.stitsf,re. - William Godvieh, Daventry, Northamptonshire, wine-flier chant, July i t, 18, and August 15, at twelve, at Guil , lb,.ll, London. Attornies, Messrs. MIL ard and Kifig, Copthail court, Throginorton-street, London. . William Boek, Liverpool, met - Omit, July 21, 22, and August 15, at o,le, tit the Globe Tavern, LiverpotA. Attornies, Mr, Pratt, Liverpool, or Messri.Blackstock and inure, Teniple, London. Mart in Nelson, l‘lanche,ttyr, victnalley, July 15 and 17, at el&en and August IS, at twa, at the Ilridgewater-Arms, Nlancliester. Attorniet, Mr. Cunlifie, Manchester, or Messrs. Tarrant, Clarke, and Richards, Chancery-lane, London. LSW REPORT. COURT OF, KING'S 13ENCII, JULY 4. THE .REPRESENTATIVES OF SCORDET The deceased, Win. Scordet, was a Captain ° an Indianian, 'who died in his passage home frc' ll Madras, 'when the defend an t, his FirA jia te ' took possession of his cabin, containing a (P- 1 - 3LP ". . tity of rupees, dollars, and other valuables. Thre e passengers also came home in the ship from tb e Mauritius at very high rates, stores for whose accommodation were provided by the defendal The question wa4,which of the t wo parties. were to recei ve t h e money pa id by the passel' .gers ? Captain Reid, who had been long iii th service, spoke to the usage ~ as being in favotkr of the -Plaintiffs ; but Mr. Justice BAILEY being . (1 opinion that th e l aw gave t h e represeutativel ~ such claim,- a verdict. was taken 'merely for t . ie personal property t'ound by th e defendent; Liuk s.;:.!ct to a reference as to its amount. OLD' BAILEY, JULY 4. William Norton was capitally indicted forA rape on the body of Elizabeth Ali K ay, a eb"`i , Only ten years of age, i n th e P ar i sh Churc h ° St. Stephen, in the -City. The prisoner vo ls ' atone-mason, and employed in erecting a monlv inent it the body of the church at the time be tempted to perpetrate this abominable act. I 6 locked -all the doors, and then proceeded to his dia", bcilical purpose. The Surgeon sWore it was .ii"" possible he could have committed the more crial'" nal part of the charge. The COMMON SERJEANT, who tried the ca 9 . 8 51 told the Jury he could not consign the prisone r to death von this' evidence, they therefore, ivust acquit him 'but as the Grand Jury was still .it= ting,•he shO u ld or d er him to be detai ne d un til the NH was preferred against him • for the assaul t with intent to commit a rape. - The Jury thell found a verdict of acquittal, and the . ph soner , remanded. • Mari/ Burrows stood capitally indicted ,for ti° wilful murder of helinfant illec,fitintaie child. i t _appeared that the prisoner ,WaS sex-vant to firs' Masco; of Pall-Mall. On 'the evening of the ijaY: charged in the indictment, the noise of a chi ltz crying/ was heard in the 'd us t-h o l e, and Ce , Was then found, almost Efeless; bleeding Con: siderably ; every care and attention was' iaicl, Lot. it soon after died. It was then discovered t ll4t the prisoner was the mother of the infant. . . . ' Upon the .evidenCe of the SUrgeon _who exa mined the infant, he said it 'was doubtful wliethrr the death was occasioned by an injury sustailiS4 after 'the birth, or. at the time of delivery. • Upon this the Jury broug l .4 a verdict - Manslaughter but the Recorder, inforMiug them that by law they emildnot find .such- a ver dict, and that they must either find the priwner guirt - Y or not guilty, the Jury- again consulted together , and then returned a verdict of at:c/a/Utz/. •.Ten Vrisoners were tried, one of whom %" 9 capitally convicted, viz: ---Antonio Rase, , for bur". gloriously breakihg and entering Abe. house --of Robert 'Bolinghroke, stud 'stealing 4 wooden drawer, containing is. (id. in halfpence , his property. nree were convicted vi H"allis, for stealing three pieces of ribbon, thi n property ofMessrs. Green ; FruncLco Perari, for stealing two _silver watches, and other articles/ the 'property . of Joseph Francisco ; Richard no' raas, for : stealing twu bells, and a quantity of col ) " per wire, the property of Messrs. Hetherington' One was convicted of a misdenieanour, Andrew Iloolman,Thompson, and 5 wire acquitted. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JULY 4. Theophilus was indicted for fraudulent' ly obtaining-money from 'John Bates,'s in Great Russell -street ; Bloomsbury, upon a siol l c i Bill of Excha nge f or 341 . 12s ad. aupeare that when,the bill was pr,:sented whare iG Nv' ls Made payable, theprisorier's name was not kuovsli' He., was found Guilty, and sentenced, to seve n years' transportation. The prisoner was tried on another indicmen t for swindling a 'Mr. Deacon, of Air -street, ;Pic cAdilly,.of new furniture of the' value of 1:,",0t. .bt' t was acquitted in consequence of a . flaw in the in dictnient. Monica Allingham, a Sheriff's officer, was in dieted for an outrilgeous assault on the Beadle of the,Libertv of the Rolls. The .pr () " secutor bad been employ e d by t h e parish officer' to prevent boys from playing, 'and to repress other nuisances, in t, he Liberty of the Rolls ; and ou - the day mentioned in the indictment, he was disturb' ed, in the execution of his duty in Bell-yard; C 9-. rev -street, - by the defendant and other persons. -- 7; After some altercation, the defendant i n thete" upon the prosecutor a most violent and outragco( ls heating, for which his employers moved him t° institute this prosecutio n . On the part of t„be defendant several Sheriff. officers, Attorney' s c l er k s , an d other 'persou,. were called, who swore positively that the - prose' tutor had exceetkd the due execution of his Aire , and that hostilitic.: conuenced on his part, vcb i ,'' terminatej in a fair and h onoura bl e set-to a-6:- Belcher, between hint and.the,defendant. The jury, however, found the defenda . .t - Guilty, and the Court sentenced him to . C. me t''' imprisonment in the Ho u,e of torrection. M :MILLED On Saturday last, by special license, at St. George Bloonisbnry, Colonel Serie, South Hants Militia,. of 51° tague-place, Riissell-sqoare, to Miss Charlotte' FOrteseue, CiJaviotte-street, 11 - zroy-square. The sante •lay, Mr. Kent, of Wimpole-street, to Mrs. 110? kins, of Edward-street, Cavendish-square. • On the 4th inst. at eheitenam, ZGillianr Thomas,Esa.' tan in the Hoe. East-India Company's s erv i ce , B e ngal Est blisinnent, to Ann, eldest daughter of Thomas Hunter, Es l• of Cumberland-place, ,London. -DIED. On the Ist inst. at his hutisciElliot-place, Blackheath, Jo:i 1 Brout,. Esq. aged e 3. - The same day, at 145:aeld Cottage, the.,int7ankdaughter of I. F. S:hrocter o On T.harsday,, 4,tPeckhairi, Arnold Mon'den, son of 111 ` ) - !has Moil:deo Esq. -in his 19th year... Sudileii3y, late on Saturday night, 'at his house, Mill-hill , 13.0'aert Williams, Esq. a Director of the East-India Ca , ;'' pany. 111611 XcLONDON BRIDqE TO-MORROW' .Moraiiiig, 43 adit. after 12. J Evening, 3 aftur i • .LODMONI-Printed by tIIONIAB WOOD, of . .No•M;; -, , Maiden-lane, 'Covent-gard. n; . and Published by. WILIAM ARNIIGER SCRIPPS, Southlton-street, Grosvenor-,vare, At Ili& SUN OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, wkere Advirtisements, 0147 8 . for the Paper, Letters for the .Editur, &c. (post paid), must be addresiet'• Rebert - re i ptlln, butivert3n, Somerset; shopkeeper, July 8 an I S t at the Red Dulverton, add August 15, at eleven, at . tue Three 'Luis e Tiverton. Attornies, Mr. Scott, Upper •Guildfordssticeet,, Russell-square, London,, or Mr. Dul - ierton. Jam el 23cwers, Stockport, Ch,eshire, cotton r spinner, Jnl‘i 17, rat five. Is, at eleven, and Nugust 15,. et three, at the Mac clesfield Arntß, Macclesfield. 'AteOrnies, Mr. P. Hurd, Tem ple, Lor.ndon, or Mr. Wright, Macclesfield. Thomas Jones, North Shields, Northumberland, groCer, July 8:27, and AuguSt 15, at eleven, at the George Tave rn , Peel:Array-square, North _Shields. Attornies, Mr. Henry Setree, tell-conrt, Walhrook - , - London, or Mr. Richard . -Tarter, Nor.th Shields. " • Thomas f)arhy, New Sarum, Wilts, linen-draper,July 23 and 24, and August 15; at twelve at the Commercial Remus, Bristol. •,Attornies, Mr. William Lewton Clarke, B r i s t o l, or MeSSrs.'Jenkins, James, and Abbot, New- - -Buf, Lu•ndou, Daniel WrighteP, - Birmingham, printer, July 4, at_ ten, 8, and Augu4 1.5, at. twelve, at the Stork Tavern, Birmingham. Attornie, Mr, Mole, Birmingham, or Mr. , Nicholls, • Gray's-Inn-square, London. • William Nightingale, Manchester, manufacturer, July 21 and Afilit•ce, and Angusil 5, ateleven, atthe, Dog laver:), • Manchester. Attoraes, PoiAcs and .Cre.4ell, • Manchester, or Messrs. Longdill and Beckitt, Gray's-Inn, London.; Stephen Young, Graw-road, 116,11nOntIseY, Artig-grinder, July.ll, 14, and Augt4 15, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. ,Attorney, Mr. Pears-4' Salisbury-court, Fltd , strect. Maid Maitland, late iiT:herhorne-lant, Wine-merchant, June 6, 20, and Jrtly 1 , 1, at ten, at Guildhall, London. DIVIDENDS. - At Gailrlhall, Londozi: July 28. N. 'Roe, Birminghain; confectioner,- at twelve. \ July 28. W. Woodinany Bartholomew-close, drug- gr i n d er , • • at eleven. • - Ally 28. G. Gorton, Upper Dorset-street, Mary-le-hone, builder, at ten. 25 D. - Troup,•Goodman's-yard, Minories, dealer,-at -July 25. J. - Plbwimin ; Ken si ngton, builder, at .one. : . - • July 25. W. Mitehell, Turnwheel-laire, Lot.don, sugar-factor, at eleven. • • . . July 25. E. Harvey, late of Edmonton, carpenter, at ten. July 25. • S. Rowh n cis ;. , n, E. Isaac, and W. Brien, late ofCheap side, dealers, at twelve. July 25. W. Miles, Oxford-street, warehouseman, at one. - July 25. James iiirke, Little totihili) wine -Merchant, at 1. July 7. J. Bailey, Chatham, rope-maker, al -ten., July 28. W.Woolcot, W.andsworth-road, carpenter; at ten. Ju Iv . 31 . late of Caistor,. LincolaShire, niercer„ at the Talbot Inn. July 31. T. West, Caistor. Lincolnshire, scrivener, at eleven, at the Talbot Idu. . CERTIFICATES--JULY I'. Proctor, Bush-lane, Cannon-street, ihip-broyer. I . • HohneS, late of Messina, Sicily, but now of litre-street, Oxford-road, merchant. Footuer, Hercules-buildings, Lambeth, underwriter. LP. Adams, - Abehurch-lane, London, and late of Madeira, - • merchant. M. Parker, Ripon, Yorkshire, shopkeeper. I'. Bull, Wadhurst, Sussex, - shopkeeper. - G..Spragne, late of Topsham, Det , ou 7 - rope-maker. W. Powell, Castle-court, Bitchin-lane, knit-broker:. C.'l3ehrends, late of Messina . butnuw or late -of Ar . tillery-court, - Chisweil-street, merchant. 1t...Fe11, Holloway, plumber. - - • li . ..;Fri - day, the younger, isle-Oorth, corn-dealer. It. Rogers, Clare-court, Drury-lam, broker. J. Heritage, Leo Minster, Jiereford, horse-deafer. SVGA 11.---Tite average price of , Brown or Muscovado•Sugar, computed ;ruin the Returns made in the' week endiug the Ist day of July, 1812; is 41.i.-51d.- . " • The Recruiting parties of the East Kent Mili tia have been called in, the regiment having ob tained, by beat of drum, forty-seven rain above its establishment. ' The Court Martial' on Captain'Sir James Attol Wood, or the Pompee,nd Captain, CampbePi of the Trokendous, on'a charge of not having done their utmost- to bring „to action the squadron Tihich some tiinc ago escaped from' L.!prient by their sentence attached s om e d egree °Mame .to Captain WOod, but acquitted Captain Clnipbell. An article from Naples; by tire. last ]french Pa pers., dated June 15, says ; , :-- - Vesuvius,, which had been quiet for several years, has _suddenly broken out. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 12th, loud reports . proceededfrom the bosom ofthelhOUYl tain, which were followed.by an eruption of cinders and smoke. After this•the mountain remained quiet for an hour,. At eleven o'clock two fi•esh reports Nrei - e heard., when the crater . vomited forth fire, and smoke, which completely covered the horizon On the 13th and 14th, the mountain was calm, bat at the instant we are xv r riting the volcano is again in action, and its crater is covered with an immense column of smoke. Time Abbe Romanelli has visited lately all the catacombs :which surround Naples. Ire likewise entered the,subterraneons caverns of the church of St. huvier ; and, assisted by a, guide, explored them to the extent of two. miles and a half, in the midst of.human ashes, . broken cofiins; • skeletons, and ruins. He beheld on all sidits ,Greek inscrip tions, sculptured upon stone or marble;, arid paint ings of Christians who had suffered martyrdom.- He alsO noticed the remains of some.altars, the tombs of the first Neap o lit an i3ishops, and one ca tacomb, the inscriptions on which recorded the ravages of a pestilence in Nliples, - in 1020, •A Coroner's inquest was taken on Monday last mit Oshournby, near Falkinghana, on the body of a mar named Thomas Page, who had died under circumstances, of peculiar -horror. The decease& was a pauper,,, belonging to the Parish of Silk Wil loughby, but not chusing to, stay in the work house, he wai in the habit of strolling about from townto town, subsiSting upontheprovision which 'he beggeil; It was his custom to .deposit what he procured in this • way beyond the immediate. cravings of nature, within his shirt, next to his body, and having a considerable store of meat and biread so placed, he, in the .early part of last week, it is supposed, feeling hiinself unwell, laid himself down in a field' near Scredington, to sleep. The meat„ from the heat of flu; weather, and of the man's body, soon becoming putrid, was - struck by dies ; r and in a short time _the- maggots which were snoccasione'd, not only preyed u p on the in . animate pieces, of fiesh, but began literally to con sume the living substance.. •Favoured by . the drOwsiness and- sloth of the wretched man, these loathsome •Verinin, made such havoc in his body, that when, on Thursday, he was found by' some persons who were•accidentally passing the field, .he presented a sight shocking and disgusting in the extreme... White maggots, of an euormous size, were crawling in and s upon his body, and the•re" , moral of the .outer ones only served to shew.hun lire& of others, which had penetrated, so deeply, that it was clear the very vitals of the miserable man were invaded by them. Page was conveyed to Osbournby, and a surgeon was immediately pro cured, who dressed the parts, affected; but the, sufferer died.in a few hours after,. his case. being beyond the reach of human skill. • The Jury, on a full hearing of these extraordin!fry circumstances; returned - a verdict to the effect that the deceased was " eaten to death by maggots. - - •