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N:i '. 7 A .1.. i - c; F., \VS . PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.-6111161 his Majesty's 11 45 CornwaVis, Prpheus, and Rorer, with the Bas9julia fleet, ships for the Cape and Isle of li'rance, and the trade for the Brazils. Also sailed :be Amphion frigate, to cruize' off tile Western Isles ; Boyne man of war, for Cork ; Ringdove .aloo f of war, to the Westward ; and the Haughty gran-brig, for Plymouth. His Majesty'S ship Crrior, for the 'West Indies, remains.—Wind easterly. FAEMOUTII,, JAN. G.--A: rived the Two Bro thers and Diana from Cork ; Ann and Susannah, DUNN, from Southampton ; Assistance, JENKINS, from Dublin ; anti the Teatshill, JEWEL, from o v61 "ill• Sailed th e Nocton packet , w i t h ma ili l: Lisbo n and Surinam.—Wind N. .I‘I, 4I (GATE, JAN. N.-Ca-111e bGATE , in tile Young Isa bel, DOELEN,, from London for Ostend, with the 1055 of both a nc h ors and ca b les. !18RWICH, JAN. 18.-.-Arrived the Lady Nepcan pacpket, wi t h a mail and passengers from HeligO d. , . . DEAL, JAR. ]8•--Remain in the Down= his iojesty' s s hi r , s r Bombay, Rattlesnake, and Scot] d NEWCASTLE, jAN. 1 G.A-The Rufford, %MR, from Pictoti with tiniber, arrived in the Tyne last night. The Captain Jackson, of this port. STO .ctqls, plaster, on his passage from London, While standing into Bridlington Bay, was - run, clown by. the Peggy of Shields Crew saved. ABERDEEN, iArt..l4. —We regret to state that the apprelienkiouS long entertained for the stabi lity 0 1 the extended part of the New Pier bare a ggill been realized, by the fall of a considerable Nirt Of the point, which nom , lies in rtiins,, while ta.sre of the building appears,mitch shaken ; and kt!tle same time, part of the Breakwater has given 11 ,,‘Y.,a , wing to an easterly swell, w hi c h set i n on ' '' '(lrctiay with a gale from the north. Gariand; from St. Vineents to Newfoundland, is re ttkerr by the Hamadryarl frigate, and arrived at her desti kllon on the 3d tit. The Vier Gesustirs, ffazeurnteT, from Petersburg-1i to Got. `kaiagb is pat. into Iteval with darissee, and u n l oa di ng . The tuna. Maria, Lange, from Riga to Copenhagen, was 'trawled near Riga arid 'Oil of water, early in December." ~, ,. .4erulatiorr Mimeo, from Norvi - ay, was totally lost lITATrat early in December. Phyelie Sehwyan, from Itevel to Stettin, was totally -I ; , t of Baltic Port, nth December. 'T'he IlYd.'ltohetts, Schouhock, from 'Ural to Lubeck, is pot vark with loss of sails, and very leaky, having struck upon Vrtsholoi. The nchastiieff, Hossfeldt, front neva' to Stockholm, is foundered at sea.--( revr JirtrVil ed. tallyThelost Zephyr, Tunbridge; i s run down off Cromer, d to .. .Yesterclay a Court of Directors waslied at the East India House, when-the undermentioned Com manders took their final leave of the C&urt previ ous to departing for their respective destinations, Vir. ":- Captairt C. biThrtiock, Lowther Castle Captain P. Hughes,- Bridgewater ; Captain G. Welstead, General Harris and Captain C. O. Mayne, Atlas, for Madras, Prince of Wales Island', and China. Captain A. Nairne, General Kyr! ; and Captain C. Le Blanc, Herefordshire, for St. Helena, Prince of \Vales Island and China.. The following Captains were sworn into the eon - inland of their respective ships, viz. :—.-.. Captain P. Rolland, Alnwick Castle; Captain J. Collins, Watley; and Captain Pendergrass, Hope, for China direct. TIAMBURGH PAPERS. VrENNA, JAN. 3.—The news of the conclusion of peace at Ghent produced here a great sensa tion. It is remarked that the tone of Great Britain has since become still more energetic than hereto fore.--,There is a talk (If an autograph letter from the Emperor Alexander to the Icing of Prussia, conveying the most solemn assurances of the truest friendship, and of the most inviolable al liance. JAN. 2.—(Frotn a Letter.)---It is said remon *trances have been made against the erection of tracew into a Polish Hawse Town. Almost all the greater and minor Princes of Germany have declared_ their willingness to in troduce. a Representative Constitution into. their d ominions ; but the present Sovereigns reserve the 'rights of deciding more. particularly on the nature 41 1 d manner of the Assemblies, and the Subjects of their deliberations. - 'The project :of a Constitution for 'Poland, as Eta t Emn ernrAlexantler thinks to give to that' kingdorli, is said - to-be already. prepared. The permission of 'the Greek Church -foi the Iliarriagelf-aa illustrious Northern .Princess with kiertnan- Crown Princeis said to be received. JAN. 10.--Prince Christian. of Den fliark,of disappointed i n t h e attainment attic Crown ° , r way, is abo u t to procur e himself another co us tation, and of the. Duch ess e ldest daughter • marry the Dovrager of Augustenberg, who g le sister of the King of Demnark, MANIBURGII; JAM- 8. The cold has been ex tretncly severe for some days past, and the Elbe on its frozen surface exhibits a picture of foot passengers, waggon's and sledges, in constant xn ' t jun.-- - -The Prussian General L'Estocq . died lately a t B er li n, in the77th year of his age. .LußEcic, JAN.3.—Several aceOuntS from Russia agree that a favourable change in the system of !be customs at that place may be shortly expected. .Several articles, the iatroductiou of which has been hitherto prohibited, will be admitted on Nylag a duty. Among these sugar and rum are r ttentioned particularly with much confidence. As ';rich 'changes are generally published about New 'ear in Russia, for the year ensuing, we may s hortly expect the confirmation of this statement. crbis agreeable news has a+S 0 been spread here k 'nfl in Ilamburgh, for some days past.) HANOVER, JAN. 3.--Frain the accounts laid be ctheCthe Assembly of the States, it appears, that Pr ovince s whole of the debts of the old ,Hanoverian ' ' '"vinces does not much, exceed ten millions of (10 11ar s . T he annua l i nterest i s 42p,00 dollars. „ b h er "re the year 1795, _ the debts amounted to "'rat TWO m illi ons. I n 1803, th e ex p ence o f th e eof denr " ' ircitiOn ail the Prussian army in , "au Increased them to seven millions. P OETR Y. IMPROMPTU 43 ,the Report that the Orrier qf• Me Thistle was to le bestowed tin a certain LAW LORD. Old Scotia's Thistle long . has rear'd /,;-: Its bead in fair renown: Now Rumour lies, or else 'tis fear'd 'Twill be but .Thistle-Down. TELTTHA. Front the 2St7l Edition of the BYRONIAD. TO 41 LADY (Me late Miss AL) laughing. CV' BONO? Laugh, lovely Lady, high-born Fair, Exalting still thy lofty Line: - The GIAOUR, CIizLDE HAROLDI:, the CORSAIR! Thrice houour'd Tato, all are thine. Laugh, Lady, at thy future fate, And laugniug put thy 1404 tire on; Then laugh for aye at such a mate, So truly laughable as C, S. NoTEs. 1. This is an humble imitation of a:Noble Lord's lively and loyal lines " To a Lady wrcTing." 2. E.r into di.sce tres. Tl,c Coits.un . has these charming lines, 1529 and 1530 :- And therefore came I, in my bark of war, T. smite the siuiter with the scimetar. The DtircriSAmitn, in the 29th edition, has two lines, . MD and 1760, almost equal : And therefore Iveut I, fast as foot could go, To box the boxzr with a body blow. IRELAND, ' DUBLIN TIIATRE, JAN. 14.—Last night Mr. KEssaLa made his fourth appearance, as King Lear, in which Character he exceeded any thing we have ever witucssed on the Stage. .We feel ourselves •quite inadequate• to. the task of conveying to our Readers any idea of this •noble piece of acting, which would not fall far, short of the merits of this - distinguished performer; so ex quisite, so noble:, so true to nature from first to last, that, to point to any,particular passage, would - be unjust. in us—so perfect. was Aire - are convinced that'there-was not in the house (which was very much crowded) one ,per Son possessed „ot the slightest feeling, that did , not from their hearts, sympathize in the soul-rending affliction of the good old King-. , in -this, as in all such characters, where greatness and majesty.are to be pourtrayed, whether rising with the tower ing grandeur and pride of victory, or sinking be neath accumulated ►misery, Mr. KEMBLE, a s he has been, so he h likely to remain witlicitif a tin', We hope, for the gratification of the PubliC, as. well - those who have seen it, as those yvho have not bad that pleasure, that this inimitable piece of performance may be repeated. LIMERICK, JAN. 11.—We are much concerned to state, that dsturbances to an alarming extent continue in some parts of this county. We can not surmise what the object of the deluded per ",petrators is, as they must know that the arm of the low is sufficiently strong to, resist them in. their illegal proceedings, and -which undoubtedly will bring them to- an ignomi-' nious end, and entail 'misery. on their fami lies. The following list of depredations com mitted within 9 short period, in the vicinity of Kiltnallock, we bare received from a Gentleman of veracity the night of the 20th ult. se . veral fellows armed with blunderbusses and pis tols, burglarously entered the hotises of Robert Holmes, Malachy Haitian, Maurice Hemiecsy, Edwin Erwin and David Welsh, committed se veral acts..of violence, and stole various, articles of value-and cash to a large amount. On the night of the 23d ult.- the house of Mrs. Adams, of Ballycullane, was broken open by an armed banditti, and one gun and three pistols taken away. On the 29th ult. the house of John Do noghue, of Knocksoung, was broke into by an armed party, who, after firing several shots, threatened to burn the house, when Donoghue complied with their mandate, by delivering to the Captain three guns; a powder horn, and pouch, .after which, on said night, they broke open se veral other houses in search of fire-arms ; they then attacked the dwelling-house of Auth. Dwyer, of Btrikesmill, who resolutely made a determined resistance . by firing many shots at them ;:_how crer, by their number, continued firing and sledg ing the-door, they at-last entered, took one gun, some money, plate, and wearing apparel ; they afterwards put him on his knees to shoot him, but were'contented by breaking a blunderbuss on his servant boy's head. - On -the night of tire 31st ult. the houses- of John IVelsh, of Laurencetown, Maurice O'Donnell,,the widow M'Connell, rice Hayes, and Michael Mulquin, were broken , into, in search of fire-arms ; the night following the house. of Michael Casey was attacked and c threatened to be fired, until he gave them his musket. Our correspondent concludes by stating that seldom one night passes that similar depre dations are not committed. 'Thursday night, a most daring outrage was committed in the village of.Ballingarry, in this county, by a number of fellows breaking into the Bridewell, and releasing three prisoners confined therein ; resistance being offered by the Bridevrell keeper, the desperadoes fired and wounded him and his wife severely. An immediate pursuit be ing set on foot after the perpetrators, we are happy to say that the leader, a fellow named Mullow ney, was apprehended on the confines of the county Cork, and was on Monday lodged in our jail, by Thomas-Odell and, William Smytb, &qrs._ Anew trade has been set up at Paris, by a map who styles himself Directeur, du Bureau central de, Locations. Having conceived the happy idea Of sparing the Parisians the fatigue of visits, he has accbrdingly'opened an office, where lie takes in visiting cards, and , engages to deliver - them in all parts of ,the city, on any day of the-year, at the ratesof a sous per card. couRT MARTIAL ON Slit JOHN MURRAY. (HELD AT WINCHESTER.]• WEDNES9AY, THIRD DAY. The DEPUTY JUDGE-ADVOCATE this morning announced the decision of the Court relative to three questions,proposed by Atli - aim' Hallowell, and objected to _by Sir John Murray; ivhich de cision declared, that the first question as , to the signal made by the Bristol of a fOrce of 2000 men appearing near Balaguer, was regular and legal, as applicable -to the two former charges, and ought to appear in the proceedings of the Court, without the assent or admission of Sir John' Murray. The other two, referring to the landing of-the troops at periods subsequent to the em barkation at Tarragona, could not be allowed, these occurrences not forming any part of the charges which the Lieutenant-General had been called upon to defend. The general direction's which Admiral Hallowell stated himself to have received, to substantiate by evidence the allega tion contained in his letter of the 14th of June, 1813, could not , . authorise that Court to take cognizance of any matter not directly applicable to the charges in:question. .The object of the Admiral being merely the vindication, of his own character, that object might be considered as al-' ready attained, as far as it was involved.under this head, by the anxiety already expressed, on his part to press this . enquiry. But at the same time it might - be deserving -of remark, that Admiral 'Hallowell/had had it in his power, if he con sidered such a further investigation as essentialin justifying himself, to have brought it before the. Court, by making it the ground of a-separate and additional charge. T , . Admiral Hallowell was. proceeding to state his reasons for putting the -questions, and to expresg his regret at the decision of the Court, When he was interrupted by the President; who informed him, that the Court haring,decided that-the ques tions were illegal, all further observation- on them was necessarily precluded. Admiral HALLOWEI.L..-'= 7 " Then I subthit most respectfully to the judgment of the Court." • The Deputy Judge Advocate said,. he , had re ceived a letter from General Donkin, v:‹pressing a wish to be called in evidence, as be apprehended some misrepresentation had taken place, of what bad fallen from him on the' of June, 1813, at Tarragona ; and desired to know whether Ad- Infra' Hallowell was willing to call tlin:I: as one of his witnesses. The Admiral declining-, Sir John Murray intimated that he should call him in his defence. Capt. INGLEFIELD'S Examination was then resumed: Q. Do you recollect, that in consequence of the Bristol's .•igniffl on the 14th, the Cossack and Kennett opening a fire on the enemy, and oblig ing thereto retire Yes, 1 do recollect it. Cross- Examined. • , Q. Did they retire behind the hills, or merely in a direction to avoid the fire of the vessels A. They retired to the westward.- • Q. You have said that General Donkin ordered you on the 13th to proceed with your boats to the westward or upper part of the beach of Tar ragona, in order to assist in the embarkation of the troops,—why did you not comply ?—A. Be cause Admiral Hallowell's order was to embark the heavy guns and artillery stores, which order 1 thought it was my duty to obey, and because at that time there were no troops ready to embark. Q. You have said that General Dunkin inform ed you that the troops were to be put on board immediately,--why then did you pay more at tention to the same information,' when it came from iiieutenant Cole, and tWo .other unnamed officers ?—A. Because sonic time had elapsed since Gen. Donkius directions, and because 1 - saw clearly, that as the batteries were burning, it. was Sir J. Murray's intention certainly.to raise the siege. Q. At what Ifour was thiS %—A. At one o'clock p. nl. on the 12th. - . • • Q. Why did you doubt the statement of the Quarter-Master-General, and yet act on the same information, When 'you had collected it from ac cidental circumstances Because there - bad been before so many reports-. .AdmiralUallowell • informed me on the Bth, that Sir J. Murray had it in contemplation to embark the heavy guns, which was not carried into effect. - I considered, there fore, that this might be a similar rumour, parti cularly as General Donkin did not give me the directions in tbe name of the Commander of the Forces. • Q. gad not the actual embarkation of the - troops then commenced ?—A. No ; stores. and guns only were then embarked. Q. Atter the conversation with General Donkin, did you receive no.orders from the- Admiral to continue the -embarkation of the guns till two o'clock ?----A. I did. Q. How do you reconcile this statement with your former evidence, that at one o'clock you went to the upper part of the beach to assist in removing military stores, but Was . prevented from removing, any - by the intelligence which you there received ?—A. I did - -not state that was pre= vented from, removing any, but many. When- 1 came to the }leach I found several boats loaded, and just going off, which 1 obliged to take in an addition a l quantity. More, however, were left in the beach in consequence of the orders of bir Johit Murray. Q. You have stated that the march of the whole French army was afterwards stopped by the fire of your gun-boats ; at what period did this take place ?—A.- About the beginning of Au bust, but but 1 cannot name th e p ar ti cu l ar day. Q. Was it not after Lord W. 13entinck had re invested Tarragona ?—A. Yes, it Was. Q. How many practicable roads are there be tween Villafranca and Tarragona, to which the fire of boats could not extend ?—A. I,sm'not compe tent fil answer that question. I inow of tigne, never having examini the country. Q. Did not the enemy reach Tarragona subse quently, and destroy the works, notwithstanding the fire of the navy i—A. They did ; by turning off in another direction, they were enabled to de stroy the works, to , the best of my recollection, some time in September. Re-examined by Admiral HALLOWELL. Q. If you had complied with the order. of Ge neral Donkin, milk you not have left the guns on the beach opposite to the boats ?—=-Yes, certainly. Q. When you went to the other, part of the -beach, .had yin' seen all the guns embarked ?---• A. Yes, to the best of my recollection, all that - then lay on the beach. Q. Do von recollect that the fire of the gun - - boats and the Malta frigate stopped the march of the farce commanded by Sachet at Terre de Barra; and that on the second day afterwards the enemy were seen on the hills above Tarragona, after our troops had retired at day-light.—A. I recollect perfeetly well, but do not know by which route the army retired. Q. Did the tire of the Navy on. that occasion compel the enemy to retire, and prevent them front advancing on Colonel Adam?—Yes. la explanation, witness stated that Gen. Don kin did not communicate - . his order as proceeding. - from Sir J. Murray himself, but merely desired him to go to the upper part of the beach, in - outer to assist in "facilitating the • embarkation of dm troops. ' • - - _ Lieut. COLE, It. N. was next sworn. Q. Ate you not an agent for, transports, and were you not employed uncle!' Capt. Withers, in Tarragona Bay, oh the -13th of June, 1813, in embltt*ing guns and stores when the siege of the town was - raised ?—A. 1 was. Q. At what time did you come to anchor; - when di6 you - receive your orders ;. and what were they ?—A. I came to .anchor at half-past sin the • morning ; went ashore, and received orders from the Quarter-Master General; at nine o'clock, a. m. General Donkin came tO•that Tart.of .the beach Where 1 was, and tlesirekme to desist from em barking any more guns or stores, and to get the boats ready for the reception of the troops, as the enemy were within two hours and a half's march of them. Captain Withers then., came up, to whom -General Dunkin repeated the same statement ; and on his remaining silent, said he would go and get the order from the Commander of the Forces, if. that was necessary. We- then proceeded to ex ecute Admiral Hallowell's instructions, and about .noon all the guns on the beach were embarked. 44 Were - any 1 stores lauded on the. 9th Al. Yes, some ammunition,.. Q. State to, the Court what occurred on the 12th. --A. 1 saw no troopsiembarked before trio o'clock on that day. Goss-Examined. - - Q. Did General Donkin state to you positive ly on the 12th, that the enemy was within two hours and 6:half's march yes, to the best of my recollection. • Q, Did you not receive orders from Admiral Hallowell- or Captain. Withers, to continue to embark the guns, after you had received contrary directions from the Quarter-Master-General A. Yes, either from the one or the other. Re-examined by ddmiral HALLONVELL. Q. Can you not recollect from which of the two ?--A. To the best of my recollection, it was from Admiral Hallowell. Lieutenant BOWYER sworn. Q. What vessel did you command in Tarragona Bay in June, 1813 ?—A. The gun-boat No. 23. Q. When did you come to anchor I—A. On the 2(1 of June, at 4 P. Q. What orders did you receive on joining Ad miral Hallowell,,and what occurred during their execution ?—A. To go in-shore and cover 'the landing of-the troops. I first brought the chief of the Spanish Staff, Cavernes, on board the Ad miral, and then.iay otithelNiole-head.of Tarragona at ten o"cloCk till daylight, when I returned for Cavernes. I then anchored across the beach in order to cover the landing of the troops. On the morning of the 3d, I returned to the Mole head, • and fired some shots into the town.— On the morning of the 12th, I was dispatched to Torre de Barra, to cover the advance of General Copons' army, and sailed at ten A. m. 1 arrived there at 3 r, M. I went immediately ashore, and saw Colonel MansOl, who asked me if the troops •were withdrawing from Tarragona, and said he had certain intelligence of it.. Our lug our conversationfi peasant arrived, who re ported that the ,French to the number of 4,000. bad taken post at Villafranca, with two mountain gunS, two field pieces, and one howitzer. Col. Mansol then marched away, and I 'returned to Admiral. Hallowell. Q. Was your vessel in such a situation , whilst the siege of ;Tarragona vr?is - raising, as to com mand the high toad to Tarragona from Villa franca, and to be capable 'of stopping the ad vance of the enemy on .that road ?—A4 Yes, it • _ • Q. Were you not in constant communication with me, so as to be enabled to inform me at any time by signal that the enemy were in sight A. Yes. Cross-examined. Q. In what language did the conversation pass which you held with Col. Mansol and the Spanish peasant I—A. In the Spanish; Q. Do you understand Spanish I—A. Yes. Was•vottr knowledge of it such as to enable you to underitaiid the peasant's description of the - enemy's force, field-pieces, - and position ?—A. continued my enquiries till, pith Col. Mansol'a assistance, I perfectly comprehended his report. Q. Did , !. , on understand'the peasant himself, or Colonel Mansol's interpretation ?---A. I under stood the peasant's description. Q. Did he .rise the Castilian or tbt Catalan dia lect ?—,ll. The Catalan chiefly, b4it with a mix ture of the Castilian. Q, Could yon.understand a dialect so - trifferctit from the common dialect of Spain that 'out- b es t instructed Oacers feud it ditECulr to convene in it ?---A.Yes, en'ough to make ont ,what the peasant reported. Q. How came you then, to require Colonel Mentors interpretation ?—A. Because there were one or two words in the Catalan dialect which I