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.la lo Si' F r.llll O 101141. 1 t; 3 Pr 1° ... 145, Still. N. 3." s: g i 5 Majesty's ship Cambrian passed through the Siraits of Gibraltar the 15th ult., in six. days, for England. . • D "L, Du. 6.---Sailed the whole of the home= Ward-bound for the River. PORTSMOUTH, - DEC. -6;—Arrived.- the Ocean and 'Defence transports from the Cape of Good ,°Pe. Went ou t o f h ar b our hi s Majesty's ship i l umPex, for Spithead. Sailed his Majesty's s hill Bind on a cruise. . . f P "LE. 15EC. 6.—The Elizabeth, - Thompson, — ; °111 St. Joit's; N. 8., was spoken with yester day of the Lizard. under jury 7 inagts, and leaky. - I ‘he Captain intended-proceeding up Channel' if the wind permitted. LO YA L AD DII.ESSES. • A Meeting of the Inhabitants of Well; was' c ° ll veued on. Friday, at the,Council Chamber, in that City, by S. Davies', E - sq. the Makot; straiice of a Requisition si,hed by the Bishop and' of the principal inhabitants,' when op .the iro ' l9 " or_, , \Ldinirtil se - corided by P. Tud '4‘.a7, lA:sq.. 'M. P. a loyal 4.nti dutiful Address to :Nia . .p , sy w a s unanimously - adopted. • . m Ak General - Meetink,of the gentlemett, Cfergy, 'Manufacturers, and principal. Inhahi e.f. tile - Town and-Parish 7c) Will 3)e" helt eli.naturday: the 9tii inst. for the pprp()c of , T.,4oressinglris imij es ty, to -43sune of. their. attachmeat to his per,ton and ov!?kl iment, It . 111 •' 'of 'their dett-A•mination to' give. effeefoa.li4 ... • • P4r t 4 - 0 the • same in the present criQis -- -( Leeds Int e ll Dec. 5.) • ' l 6 Archdeacon aud Clergy .of thc Mclidea rrY . of Saium have adopted au AddieS , tO•his, la jeSts", which will lie for signatures at Hindon, W ednesday ; Warminster - on Thursday ; and ; I J t ~ittgtot,, on Friday.—(Bath Gaz:ette,,, , Pec: 6.) "t'a Cormpoa Connell - holden at Devizes on . • 'aturday cast. E.-A. Mayor, in . t h Chair, a Loyal-Address:to the King. was un-• '""nously agreed to. • The. Address now liesfor t'i;naturos at the Town - : • ) • "EcortnEtt's RT.-- Yesterday the • RE-' c c l ll.nr.it made his Report' to his 'MAJESTY 111 -; otti.icil of the follco'ing prisonei% capitally con licted in October Sessions, viz.:—T. -Eaton, T. J. Hughes, W. S. Smith, T. Carr-, and J. i . Pritch ar d, f or hi g h wa y roblierie's it. Scott,. ( or, malici ous ly ru tti ng and. stabbing ; for burglary ; ' C. King, for sending a letter • to th e Rev. W. J. Rodber, deniattaing money ; C. : ( ..s" - riftiths, for h or s e -st e aling ;• D. Gentle, W. . Sop4izi Andrews, and Al7.ry Leonard, for iu dwelling-houses ; and J. Wilcox and l '• Goodwin, for house-breaking in the day-time; C. Goodrzin, T. Eaton, J. Hughes,. Hurt, 117. .Peelew,:G. Gentle, W. Rpid, and R. " . c°t l , Were orderer for • execution - on Monday n ett, th e I lth i ns t an t. Th e o thers were resulted (luri g pleasure. • A , sta4 Mail from Holland arrived yesterday. o 's that t h e Ki ng o f Prus , ;ia left Troppatt on , t ' e e - - Ist nit: on his return tC;Areiliff:* It this Correct, it may yeasonably he pre sunned th a t th e p r i nc ip a l business of .the Congress _ L • "as hen - settled. Letters from ,Milan of the 15th State, that the Austrian arin)% had received Orders h 0 enter the- Papal territory. Nothing. certain, • owerer, is yet known upon this subject.. • Yesterday, a Court of DirectorS was held at the East India House, when Capt. R. A LSAGER was sworn into the command of the ship-Water 'oo,. consigned to .St. 'Helena, Bombay, and Chi -11,4,---The Court of Directors 'of the, East India `-'nunpany, have appointed Lieu - L -G en. Sir ALEX ”PtIt CAMPBELL, Bart., G. C. B. Commander -14-Chief at Fort St. George, in the roptmof Lieut.- ' Gen. Sir TitOmAs Illseoe, Bart., G.C. B. Hovtrap MuenEn..L--A. most barbarems murder 'was- committed at_ a place called Ilkgan High‘Vay, O : 0 1 ri ' l l g, e i sd ay night. - If was observed on. Wednesday that the house of a man named Rogers, Ilho lived alone, was not opened at, the usual time, • "d at length an: entrance was -effected, when unhappy man was found dead in his bed, under Which were some sheaves .of. reed (straw 1141 for thatching, &c.) partly burned, -and which_ had been placed there evidently for the purpose of setting - fire .to the -bed and , the " : Ise, in order to consume the body, and conceal the horrid deed. linppity, we trust, for the pur 139ses of justice, the ruffians, by shutting the door, Prevented the access of air, and caused the fire to ga out . On examining the body, it was found that a sharp instrument had been forced into the mouth and down the throat, so as'tocause the death of the unfortunate man. The house *as rifted; but the chiefiobject of the villains was a number c;f guineas, which-the deceased was well knOwn to eeP by him, and, which he was in the habit of Srlowing'and boasting of Wheneverhe drank freely, 'which he sornetimes did. Every exertion.is Mak.- ing to discover the perpetrators, who must have been well acquainted with-the habits of the de -eased2--( West Briton.) OttEanruL StactnE.---Sunday morning, the following most dreadful eircunistance took place:--Mr. Isaac Holloway, an elderly • gentle 7. man, who wa'i living, on his property, having re tired from business, had been for some time past observed to be very low and desponding, aris ing from an : linpressien on his mind that he would rue through his 'property and tome to want. He was .iu the habit of sleeping. in the lower part of the house, in South-sqeet, Mary -le-bone,e-bone, and on Saturday night last, as usual, • lie was seen to bed. About two iu the morning. he rose and proceeded to the two-pair back window,frOm which - he precipitated himself ,. upon the pavemeat of the yard ; Ile came with tremendous force upon his head, which way dashed to pieces. A Coroner's Inquest was held . at the Bedford Arms, Southstreet, upon the bOdy I.R.;fore Thomas tsq:. Co roner who . returned a verdict-- , -,That the de ''eased died by his own act, being at the time he cotmnitted it in a state of temporary derange • went. ~j • 1 D i] 00 4 / erf°t,t! is/sti l t ; Jo, 20,° , ;.0 0,1,„) fert 4 !';l' ffe . c t id o t d , e • sB7 .I', r , e i 410 0 fr ty i" t .e o f Of WV, 3 T l'+.l Es.; srt si it A L',li 00 t il L i'tX . The annual pefformance or .a Latin Play, by the Scholars of this School, took place last night. The Dormitory, as ustial, was fitted up for the.at•,•• commodation of . the visitants, ' who.. were very numerous. The p6y - selected for the . occaiion was, the Phorinio of TERENCU: The following was the DRAT ATIS PEIZSONiE, rtnin E. Vern ,, n hipho W. Smythe Lipho W. I.eve 11. I).(l4hott rin 114isscy is iria 3. StiAvgways Darns J. Ley ti.aphrona .1,. Phillimore oslstrata Underwood . it. Eden .1. Y'aweett Cfito IV. lirt,wn. Of the merits or the piece itself we are not , as.: in noticing the productions of the modern drama, called upon to say any thing: It has - already, together with its five companians from the penli - rf the Salkle . great Dramatist of the ancient received the Sanction of ages'; and to odr clas sical readers; it is perhaps connected with too many paiVift recollections of his boyish days not to be well known. The principal object of re viving these plays on the W e stmonaste.rianstagp, is the laudable-one of displaying the proficiency of the scholars at the Westminster School in The"- Latinlang s uage ; and more particularly their ele.. gant recitation of Latin -poetry; 'and their arcu 1-ateknowledge of its metre, or more scholasti callyk speaking, its quantity. - The - acquiremet ts . of younfr -Centlemen who pet formed last , night, in these reTectsj.Caninit - be too I*.r,hly spoken of, and reflect-equal credit. on thernseles and on their masters. The pure classical recitation inileed of these yOnthful CaTlidates for dramatic fame, forms one principal feature of the pleasure received in witnessing their annual exertions of this det-cription. The young Gentlemen who most distinguished themselves on ,this occasion were Mr. VERNON, Mr. SwyTni, Mr. DonasoN, and Mr. FAwcuvr. T bore 'Nere several. Ladies ..... _ . .present, who had goats clotted exclusively for themselves. Mr. FAwcETT (the Stage Manager of Covent-Garden Theatre), was among the ,corn panypresetit,:to witness the perfortnance :of his son. The scenery and dresses .were most appro priate and. costly, .and the whole 7 performance Went off with the greatest eclat. DIST A iVi" v.o..aßtury - oF MooNTAINS. - 47/thoritti. 111i1r Disi Sir W. Joiies. 244 malaya Mountains iunt Ararat,' from 'Derb- Bruce. bend Nicm , na Itoa, Sand wich Islands (53 !vague%) ChimhorazO (47 leagues) , Ptak of Teneriffe, front , .. , South Ca,pe.of Langerota. Humboldt. Peak of 'renerifie,fr , ;rn ship's . . deck lls Peak of the Azores Don M. Cagigal. 126 l'emallend • Nlorier. • 100 Mnnut Athos Dr. Cbirlie: 100 Adam's P:ea;c Calcutta Month. Jour. . 95 ("luit at the back of Ttili- _ . .4 cite! y olden Mount, fioin deck • - Do. Nilo Pero, from the top of -Pcnang The Chant at Cape COMOlin Do. Polo , Penang, - 'from ' deck .' . - Oxroitn CitnitAx, CON, CERTS. - The third and , fourth Concerts of this city tak , placo ost„ aud 'Monday last, and owing to the great exertions of the Stewards, - and the ex- cellence of th - eir selections, were attended with unprecedented .success, as, nearly live hundred persons were' "present on both evenings.. Miss STEPiIENS was I.fte principal source of attraction, asvisted• by Master MmtsuALt.,and Mr. H AWES. The Concert on Friday - consisted of a selection from Alexander's Feast, with favourite Glees by kNY VETT, STEVENS, ,&C_ &c. ; but the great feature on that evening was " Anld Robin Gray," by AlissSTEmiiNs.thi Monday Miss ST EIqIENS gave " Sweet Bird" With great effect,' accompanied by the Leader, MAaslL on the violin. She also on that evening - sung" Sing ye to the Lord," 'from the chorus of " The Horse and his-Rider," These she gage with appropriate expression, and in the very' interesting Scotch air " Charlie is my Darling," which she sang for ,the. first time, she enraptured the audience, and . was universallfen chored. This ballad had been newly arranged by :Mr.llAw us. The Performances - Concluded on both nights with the National Anthem of -" God save the King," Warmly. demanded by the audi once, and in which they joined universally. • LODGE OF Secrrriti.—Thursday being. the AnuiverSary of the Festival of St. Andrews, the tutelarSaint of Scotland; the Most Honour able Fraternity of Freemasons' asseMbled agree able to .ancient usage, in Freemasons' for the purpose of electing Office-bearers for the Grand Lodge of sc'citlandOnsuing:lfear, When the following were unanimously chosen . :— , His Mkt Gracicrus Majesty Geosige IV:Grand Master Ma ' sOn,.aud Patron of the Order for Scotland. His Grace the Dtilie of Hamilton and • Brandon, Acting Grand Master Mason under his Majesty.' ills Grace the Dnke of Argyle, Deputy Grand Master. The. Mot Noble the, Marquess of Tweeddale, Past Grand Master. William' Inoa, Substitute Grand Master. J. Hope y, re, Esq. Senior Grand Warden, J. A. Maconochie, Egg. Junior Grand Warden. • Sir J. of IlaYston 'Bart. Grand Trea- surer.- • . Alexander 144erie, Esq. Grand Secretary. J a mes Slartram, Ecq: Grand Clerlt.'• The WV.' D,. Lee-,• Professorof •Ecclesiastical History and Divinity ill the University of St. Andrew's. Grand Chaplain. William Cunningham, Esq. Grand Jeweller. • Mr. Archibald Paterson, Grand Bible Beater. George Buchanan and George Neagle r Grand Tylers. We regret to hear that the Countess of LIVVR• POOL is 'still 'suffering from the effects of her long and gevere indisposition ; and that though her Ladyship is rather, better, she is wholly confined to her own apartment" at-Coombe Wood. • - - A. remittance of l ,(2GOI. is received front Messrs. 411AciiitiTosn and Co. of Calcutta, sub scribed by some friends. of the Highlands there, for the benefit of such natives of Sutherland as, under the recent improvements, awl alteration. of system there, may most require ahi. In so gene ral a change as has been effected, to new, and in very many instances much improved oconpations in life, however liberal and benevolent the con ductof the Marquis and Marchioness of STA FFO UD may be, extraneous aid from those who can afford it must be highly useful.--4(lnuerness Journal.) TIRE SOCIET Siiii ). -OlV:kitM OF - .GItEAT,J3I4II'.AIN., . . A General and numerous Meeting. of the Mem.; bers of this Institution, was held Tntr:. DA Y, at the City of London Tavern, JOHN lArtwAm 13pcm.t, Esq. in the Alai'''. After the usual preliminaries had been gore . through, the follow lug. Annual Report of the Committee for the Port of London was 'read ; but, as the Meeting, ontinned sitting until, after this Paper went to press, we must defer until to-morrow our account of their p'roceedings. In the interval, we recom mendthis Report to the Ship-owners, •at all the Outports,,as deserving their most serious consi 4eration and attention, convinced they cannot more effectually benefit the Shipping IfitereSt. than by liberally supporting this .excellent useful I ClStitUtloll. THE REPORT. " The Committee ✓ have now the satisfaction of reporting, that the Legislature has adopted several of those matters chnportant to the ship ping interest, upon which, in their last, year's Report, they stated'themseives to be engaged : aid of communicating - the progress which has been made in others, in the course of the present year ; - 4 6 Although the Committee cannot in, their enu meration: of the, first class, include any altera tion of the laws which regulate the registri of 'ships, they have reason to believe it to be alone attnibutable to those causes which during the last twelve months have operated in so peculiar a degree to obstruct and retard the public busi ness in general ; and they have grounds tor be lieving that a bill for that purpose will be intro- duced into Parliament in the next session. • " Excise. In the Excise department, the great inconveniences- and delay to,which the Commit tee haNw'frequently adverted, still continue ie full force : no Registry of Petitions has yet beer established -:—the Solicitoes business is still cap ried on at his house in Bloomsbury Square ;-L -andthe Committee-regret to say; that to 'former ground of complaint, the Shipping and Commey cial interests have. now to add the demand of duty ,on deficiencies of wine (arising from leak ageor evaporation) which may. have been sent from this country on a,yoyage to a warm climate, for the improvement of its quality. Were it not for this practice of the, Excise, there is reason to believe that, under the. facilities afforded by the bonding system, such shipments would be made to i considerable extent. So nwty advantages haying accrued to the ship ping, and..trade of the Country from the measures of the CommissionerS of Inquiry as applied to the Customs department, this Committee look forward to the result of their examination of that of the Excise, with the fullest confidence, al though they cannot but regret that it has been so long delayed. - << The Committee have recently addressed a Pressing Memorial to the Lot=ds'of the Treasury; entreating that- their Lordships will be pleased to: request the early attention of those Commis sioners to this important branch of their inquiry. " Pilots. It is a subject of deep regret to . the Committee to be under` the necessity of stating,. that all their efforts to obtain the -introduction into Parliament, of an Act to reduce and modify the rates of Pilotage, have not yet been success-. ful ; and that the directions given by the Lord Warden of the Cinque . Ports, for the relief, of Masters of Ships, who, (acting from ignorance or misconception of the Order in Council of the 31st October, 1818,) may have exposed them selves to the penalties of the . Act 52 G eo. c. 39, have been very far . front obtainin g for them relief which his Lordship intended, it being the practice of Mr. Pain, the Register :to the Court of ,Loadmanage, whenever the Master of a ship has committed the error of not taking the first Pilot who offers, instead Qf calling upon the Master for an explanation, to cause a writ to be issued against him ; so that, however satisfac tory may be the explanation which the Master. may be able to give, he cannot have the - benefit of his Lordship's order, without becoming liable to a serious law expense. Cases have indeed occurred, whicloyould have afforded ground; to conclude, that some Pilots had designedly con firmed the Masters'of - vessels in their misappre l'iension, with a _view to the consequent penalty, were it. not that the Committee have been fre quently assured, that the Pilots themselves . are in no degree benefitted by these proCeedings. The-Committee still hope that the promised Bill will be introduced into Parliament soon after the meeting of the Houses - ; but, if again disappoint -03 they, will feel_ it their painful duty to con vene a public meeting, to consider of the further measures proper to be adopted in this important matter. " Under these - disappointments,. however, it affords consolation to reflect, that - Committees have been appointed by the two Houses of Par liament to' inquire ,into the means of extending and securing. theYoreign Trade of the Country;' and that the Committee Of the House of Com mons have reported, that their ' investigation will be hereafter necessarily applied to the bur -thens to which foreign merchandize Is liable, and the inconveniences which, under the existing practice, attach to it, in its i m portation into, or exportation from, the 'United Kingdom : Tit:Art.lre Port. charges,, the demand for pilotage, the dues for: lights, the claims in consequence of different acts, for the maintenance of particular harbours ; and the manner in which payments are exacted and. enforced,—are all subjects of discontent, _and unquestionably may, under certain 'ciicum stances, have the effect of deterring Foreign Trade' from our coasts, and be highly injurious to the character and commercial interests 'dile' .Country.; and that a-s the advalv .;e of removing any obstacles arising - from these' causes, if found to exist, is manifest the mode of effecting that object, will constitute a fit subject for- the future Consideration of the Co'mmittee.' " In the progress of such inquiry, this Committee trust that the necessity and expediency of ,‘ the Consolidation of the numerous and voluniinous Revenue and Navigation Laws; and the disenr tangling, by a complete separation, of the- busi- - 'less of the Customs from that of the - I.xcise,` which beedtirged tiPou tfisiNlajesty's 1,.; overt ment with so much earnestness by this G.orainit.k' tee, will become so obvious,that they will feel it, their duty to-recommend for the adoption o:f the• Legislature, thiS most important measure to, the Shipping and Commercial interests. - cc - • Petitfonslo Parliament.—Considerable alarm having, in the- month of May last, been .excited by- Petitions: to Parliament from certain Mer chants of this city, 4 against every restrictive regulation of Trade; not "essential ito.the revenue, and 'against all Duties merely, protective frot7a foreign competition,'. the - Committee felt it their - duty to convene a public meeting of Ship-owners for the. purpose of proposing a' Petition to the honourable the House of Commons, which was Unanimously adopted, - praying, c that the:House would pause, ere it sanctioned an alteration in our maritime Code ; and weigh well the 'conse quences of a departure from that policy, mtder Which our Commercial marine . had attained to unexampled prosperity, and our Navy to unri valled power ;' hut most particularly deprecating any alteration in the existing duties, in favour ot. Foreign Timber. - . • Tirhber, Duties.—W ith respect to this latter subject, so Vitally important - to Ship-owners, the Committee regret that the-only success which has hitherto attended their most strenuous exer tions to avert the ruin which would result, from ank reduction of the Duties on Foreign Timber, or from any material change in the rule of adtnit ting to entry Timber (fit for Nava.L•parpuses.) . from the British Colonies and Settlements-,.free of Duty, has been an extension of the period for th e -.; -continuance of the former "regulations,., to the 25th March 1821 (by the Act 1 Ceo. 4. cap.;i2) and in the mean while the subject has beeti refer- , red by both HOUSes of Parliathent, to the select - Committees -.before-Mentioned, and has already been under the consideration of that of the House Of Lordi; who, in their Report, haVegiven the following opinion: ',The Committee would. by no means suggest for the adoption of Parliament, any sudden alteration of the existing system, by which - Wood the growth. of Canada might .be est tirely•excluded from the means of competition in 'the British' market ;- and they therefore sabmi4, •that under all the circumstances in which this Trade has orig - it,ated and been carried on, it may be expedient to compensate to the Canadian merchant and importer, bi such limited duty as may be necessary for-that purpose, the difference of freight and transport, so as to bring .the ! ir Wood into the British market, on . equal terms with - Wood of the same dimensions, the gro•,,lf. of other countries. 'But the Committee - . are of opinion that if it should be found necessary for purposes •of -Revenue, to let the amount of duty on Foreign Timber, exceed what is necessary, for the purpose they have described, a duty corre sponding with the difference should be imposed on the import of Timber the growth of the Ame rican Colonies.' "Upon-this recommendation of their Lordships, this Committee have only to reiterate an opinion expressed in dieir Petition Of May last to the House of Commons, that if acted upon, the rnea - stem' would he fraught with cousquunces, tlisar trans to the-British Ship-owner, beyond any othw change in our existing system that could be de- vised... • • " Entertaining. these sentiments, it must be al most superfluous for .the Committee to add an assurance, that they will continue to exert their utmost efforts to &event the adoption by the Le gislature, -of a policy so opposite to that, under which it has acquired its present weight in the scale of nations ; and the abandonment of which. must sink it into insignificance and dependence ; and in which efforts, as the cause, is common, they earnestly invite the continued co-operation of the Ship Owners and. Ship Builders throughout the kingdom. " Relaxation of . the Na72igation Laws.—Tits Committee have observed with considerable alarm, a recommendation by the Select C0V1... mittee of the House of Commons, in their Ite- Tort (dated the 18th of July), that the provisions of .the Navigation Laws should he relaxed, ',to the extent of admittin! , the importation into the United Kingdom, of The produce of every part of the world, from every part of the world, with= out reference to the place of growth or produce, provided such importation bd., made in British " Opposition would be very reluctantly offered by this Committee to any measure, by which the existing obstructions to general Commerce might be removed, or its interests promoted ; they can not, however, but •think, - that any doubts and apprelienslons by which Merchants in Foreign Ports may he checked embarrassed, through. the . 'operation of those •Laws, might by the Wi!l - dom of the Legislature be removed, without so important a deviation from the :long established ,policy of, this . kingdom, as the experhnent re commended.: the eventual consequences of which,' this Committeeare convinced, would bo greatly injurious to the interests of British. Shi pping and Navigation, if not to the Commercial and Manufacturing Interests also. At all evects die Committee trust, that if the experiment shOuld be tried, the Legislature will see tit to sublect goods the produce of Asia, Afriea; and America, when imported froui other places than those of their,,growth;to higher ditties than those payable on direct importation. cc Trade with India and China.—The Petitions • to both llouseS of Parliament upon this subject, have been' referred . for the - consideration of the Committees, before-mentioned ; and the Lords- Committee had already made considerable pro gress ,before the close of the - Session. As the public interest in the questiOn, of permitting British Sliips to compete Foreigners, air.,4 been, constantly increasing since its first agitation by this Committee, and as it is'understood to be the intention . of the Committees of the two houses to proceed early in their inquiries, thia Committee are most sanguine in their hope that the period is not distant ‘N hen British Ship-owners , being released from the present mortifying and hel j • Cu 1 of Je oi 1:11 Wl'4. pf 1:1 it; lye ) 1116'` t , 3,,- 55,6a.1 7. 1 - 0, 4 d ut) ' 19 , 1 7 5. 4 64 11.9 , y i-it on