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goods of that destqlption front Vittat The accounts from New Orleans announce the al most total destruction of the cotton crops, owing to the injury done to the lowlands by a long con. tinned inundation, and to the uplands by the alarming ravages of the rat. —lt has been deter mined by the Corporation of New York, to have an establishment of telegraphs on the high lands bf Neversink, for the purpose of making signals to ships, &c. Commodore DECATUR had arrived with his squadron off Sandy Hook ; and Commodore BAmeatoGE was on his voyage home, with a number of American ships of war under his com than& The Americans were preparing to give them a welcome reception. The Spanish Govern t ent had detained the Algerine brig of war sent into Carthagena by Commodore DECATUR, in June, under the plea that she had been captured in Spanish waters. MAILS. ARRIVED -3 France, 1 Malta, 2 Guernsey and Jersey, 1 Dub lin 1 Waterford. D DE —I Li s b on , 1 Hamburgb, $ Got tet:burgb, 1 Holland, I Waterford. PRICE 01 Tats DAY AT T tank Stock, a per Cent. Red. 59ai a per Cent. Cons. shut 4 Per Cents. 74if S Pe►' Cents Navy Ann. shut 'lank L. Ann. 14 16-16ths 'F . STOCKS •wEINE O'CLOCK. ;ndia Bonds, 3s. 4s. dis. Exchey. Bills, ss. dis. par Oinniurn, 1311 Ditto for Payment, 14U Cons. for Opening, 61ii HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 48 minutes after 4. I Evening, 12 minutes after 5. THE SUN. 317LE11 QUIS VALSI/M AtIIIEAT LONDON. I'UESDeIY. DECEMBER I&, Isls. The Paris Journals of the 13th, 14th, and 16th, Were received this morning ; those of the 15th are wanting. LAVALETT sentence has been conlsrtned by the Court of Appeal, but great in terest is making by his friends to avert the execu tion of the sentence of death. We do nut see how the Law could stop with him, or the reign of impunity commence with a faithless. traitor, Whose treachery so mainly contributed to the re turn of the banished Despot. The Law for establishing Prevotal Courts has Passed through the House of Peers. Out of 131. 'rotes, 120 were in . its favour. This will invigo rate the Executive, and the unsettled state of Prance demanded strong measures. The other Ili seussions in the two Chambers have been of in considerable consequence. We hare Brussels and Frankfort Papers, from Avilleh we gather, that the differences between the of WURTEMBERG and the States are rather further increased than happily tertnivated. AL iteward Island Mail arrived yesterday, which *as brought to Falmouth by the Princess Char lotte packet. The Antigua Gazette of the 12th of October, received by this conveyance, informs 14 that a destructive fire broke out at English Liar b"r, on that island, on the 6th October; when, 4 , "ring the stot m which raged that day,, the ex "sive buildings of the Victualling Department w ere set on fire by the lightning, and from the t eat quantity of rum and wine then deposited M ete.* as w e ll as l arge quant i t i es of provision of 411 kinds, it burnt with such rapidity and fury, as hqlle every effort to extinguish it. By the gre at exerti ons of Commissioner Lewis, an d Lieu '4Ant.colonel Nixon, of the 4th West I n di a re glctleilt, the do c k-y ar d was saved. The loss in ProPerty wa s i mmense ; b ut we are h appy to add, l e i° 11 " - s Were lost. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s g i ven as a , a `"ect li st o f t h e l oss, exclusive of the buildings "stroy ed hundred and thirty puncheons of rum, 56 pipes of dour, 3 : 3 0 tierces of 'beef, v&O barrels of pork, gl.) bartels of d our, garr e ts of pease, 100 bags of cocoa, 400 bags o f (1, 312 ( 1 ,25,00u1b, of auger , with furniture, cash, bills of ex &c. Ott extraordinary phenomenon occurred at Gtia "tiße Whilc the Princess Charlotte lay off that p a nd. 'Ou the 21 st o f O cto b er a tremendous the tc ''lntl swell, heavier than an y ever reco ll ecte d b y Oldest i n h a bi tants of the Island, set in the 1 ; ( . ) . re with out any apparent cause, and continued taul unabated violence for three days. We are as t however, to understand that the shippi n g - • 4 4ted no material injury on the occasion. ee r l bay Papers t o th e 15 t h o f J u l y h ave b een sitl• The accounts f ro:n C a l cutta state , t h at a i o - " -e the surrend er o f U MR S ING, an d the conelti -11; Peace, a ll t h e petty (Joorkha garrisons f r -I 'e been witbdracvn, and the inh a bit an t s are "(1 from the yok e o f the Nepaul Princes. Our t % Ps are returning froth the hilly country.— ti l tt ers front Natbpoor state, that the whole of of r es erve was can t one d at t h at p l ace on the 4th Li s " n e. The i m p ress i on ma d e on UMR SING and t o I L lt 'llowers, by the result of the war, - is likely ""' attended by the most lasting effects. • 1 , 4 11 :111GuroN,. D EC . 18.—Thi s Mor ni ng, at half fs.„,t eight o'clock, his Royal' Highness the Duke li% reached the P av ili on , h av i ng trave ll e d l o lit. His Royal Highness is unable to pro tUtL'is visit b eyon d Th ursday, when he will re -7,41.1 IQ town. Thi s morn i ng L or d and Lady CAS 10r14R4GH took their departure from the Pavilion tltC Itc'tidou. At twe l ve o ' c l ock her MAJESTY and tak e lIINCESSES drove out in their carriage, to S%to rth 414 a m e X - Cillsiull along the w est cliff, as tar as tbo • p rio )(1 Annteß sT w ill g i ve hi s f ar e well dinner on q ii . 4 Y tq his suite, who will kicconpany him to s:vrosl'l.leilo' 4 " a large porty, at his hou se i n L ower r-stkst, NI - 2.l'S c ovrx , DEC. 16.---Arrived the Santhvich Captain SCUUJLEE, With mails froin tai= braltar; in 17 days . Sailed the Hercules, COttiO . BEAN, for London ; Duke of Clarence, Captain Lowar, for Exeter.—Wind from IV. to N.W. HAttwictt, DEC.lB.—The ship Lord Coiling wood, Captain STEPHENSON, with coals, glass, &c. from Newcastle to the Cape of Good Hope, has been brought in beie by two salvage smacks, having been on shore on the Gnu fleet SaM, lost her rudder, and two anchors and cables.-- , Wind IV. DiDVER, Dec. 13.—Sailed this morning several transports with troops on board for Calais, hav ing 4 • ' teen detained here for some time by contrary winds. LYMINGTON, DEC. 18.—Arrived the Juno transport, BELL, Stet", with troops on board, from Ramsgate for Plymouth, and there to wait for orders. DEAL, DEC. 18.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Mu!grave Castle, RALPH, from Hali fax, in 21 days r Active, LAUGHTON, from N e w... castle -for Grenada. - Came down from the River the Peace, SETTelt,.'..for Havannah ; Parthion, ELLIOTT, for JaMaiciv; and remain in the Downs with the whole of the outward-bound as befure. Wind W. RAMSGATE, DEC. IS.—Arrived the Speedwell, PETRIE, from Teller& for London, Laving cut her cable off the North Foreland. Came in the Industrious, LAMBING, from Lontioil for Mar seilles, leaky, and two foreigners, for shelter.— Wind tit S.W. GnAvEsENn:--Arrived the Three Friends, Brown, front Nautz; Catharine, Munro,, Seville; Louisa, Dorp, Calais ; Esperauce, Milner, Havre; Harmony, 'Lure, Hamburg!); Shetis, Sanbrone, Finland ; Henrietta, Creinen, Bilboa; Dorothy, Spence, Quebec ; Soppily, Curtain, Rouen ; Zusar, Elbohn, Stockholm; L'Aigel, Buchan, Dieppe; Honditras Packet, Luce, Smyrna; Mary, Williams, LimeriCk. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM PORTSMOUTH, DEC.] 6. An experiment is about to be 'tried on board a line•-of battle ship and three frigates, by 'ap pointing Pursers as Commissaries, tor the purpose of placing all the stores of the ships under their charge, instead of being under the care of the Gunner, Carpenter,' and Boatswain as •it fre quently happens that- the hitter Officer, although a good seaman, can neither read nor write, and who of course must he' unfit for any situation where it is necessary to keep an account of the expenditure of the ,ship's stores. The same has been cried- in small ships', and found to answer ' very well. The Magicicane is to be one of the frigates. Captain Collier, Lieutenant Elliott and Macna mara, Mr. M'Kenzie, 'Master, with 140 seamen and marines, arc arrived here in the Eliza trans port, from Quebec. They arc part of the force lately employed on the Lakes. The Prince Regent yacht, about to be built in this Dock-yard, is to hare, when launthed, a Captain, one Lieutenant, a Master, and a comple ment of seamen. The appointment of Surgeons to yachts has been discontinued. • About 100 men of the 33d, regiment will em bar k as soon as the vessel is ready, to join their regiment, already at St. Helena. Of the regiments coming from France, two will march into this garrison ; two into Plymouth gar rison, and one into Exeter. The South Hants Militia which embarked last week front Gosport for Irelaud, received orders to disembark the next day, and now remain in Gosport Barracki, in the expectation of tieing marched to Southampton, to be . disembodied. The St. George was put out of commission on Friday, and the flag of Sir, J. T. Ducxworart shifted, pro tempore, to the Superb. • The Raleigh sloop was last week hided on the Mast-house slip, to be rebuilt. The Impregnable was paid off on Monday, and recomMissioned; as flag-ship. The Majestic and Medusa are to be sent round, to Pater Yard, Milford,to be broken up! An arrangement with respect to the Ordinary at the different ports is in•contemplation. The ships in a state of ordinary have hitheito 14een watched by the Warrant Officers, who keep guard alternately. Their services, it is said, will shortly be tflspensed with a Lieutenant being about to he appointed to each ship, who is to have the sole . charge, , having under him the usual number of men and boys. There will also be an increase of superintending Masters. The measure will em ploy a great number of Lieutenants. The following ships were put up for sale at the Navy Office, Plymouth, on Thursday : Freya, 1022 tens; Tisiphone, 42'5; Porpoise store-ship, 399; Moselle, 282; in ordinary at Deptford. Etna, SO8; Wrangler, 177 ; Gallant, 181; Archer, 179; Forward, 179; at iVoolwich.—Melpomene, 1014; Rosamond, 429 ; Oberon, 283; Foxhound, 3 , 18; at Sheerness. Plymouth transport, 195; at Portsmouth. Danmark, 18:35; Albacore, 370; Kangaroo, 369; Basilisk, 186; Sylvia, 111 ; Bramble, 150; Quail, 75; Mackerel, 70; at Plymouth. Many more, we understand, are under consideration fur sale, to he taken to Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Captain J.Ftteemax was sworn into the command of the Cambridge. The remains of the late Duke of J . SToßrour, will be remoled on Saturday, from his residence in St. Jame's-square, for interment in the family vault at Dorking, Surrey. The Duke of I.6cumoND is expected to suc ceed the late Duke of NORFOLK as Lord Lieu tenant of the county of Sussex. Hull has been in a ferment for these last few days, owing to the corpse of a young female hay ing been ta4en up , Supposed for anatomi ca l pur poses. The body was found, having tad the head g and lower limbs cut oft. sturgeon, two sur eon's apprentices, and another person accused of being concerned in the affair, have given bail to answer the charge at the next Sessiyps:. P o PILOGeF. TO THE MERCHANT OF lIRUGtg, wniTrEN BY J. HORHOUsE, E , :Q.—srOREN EY MR. HARLEY, " ) , lonstrons ! improbable! a likely thing Thls play of your's—a Beggar turn a King Vour - Moral's mis . chiceous— • " A Prince so Out at elbows! !—a Court so shabby Gir . c me the royal fixtures of the Abbey, " Whose majesty (God bless their wax-work faces!) " Defies all time, and fears, no change of places.? (advancing a little, and stretching out his hand.) Critic, your hand—your loyalty I love— Come ! don't be shy, excuse a beggar's glove. A Beggar turn a King - ! Well !—where's the wonder? If one knocks down ; the other must knock under. And Monarchs too-:-When matters were so so— Turn'd Beggars not a thousand years ago. As for your courtiers, though they scorn to show it, They're out at elbows—and their tailors know it. • Dante Fortune deals her partners quickly down, Plays the short lame, French points—and bets it Crown; And e'en the winning hand (the jade's so fickle) May find his Sceptre prove a rod in pickle. Nu ! in these times there's hardly need . of proving, The %void with high and humble is keep moving-- And your next neighbour, Sir, (advancin6r towards some one in the Pit) fot aught you know Is - some Ar c h-d u k e or Kin incognito. In truth, we monarchs of the pipe and pot . Fear not to gain, due credit for our 4 plut— CL,Aust and his courtiers, taken in the fact Of lir7.ging• here,,dread but your vagrant Act; And fearful chiefly to provoke the pity Of any kind Memlicity Committee, Pray that four charity will save .73 all Prow work and irorh-hanre—hemp and hospital. (Retiring towards the 41164 of the Stage) Hang ail such friends to.better our condition, W e like the Sickness more than the Physician ; The devil take their comforts and their cures; We want yis pence of theirs—but praise of your's ; W, prop by ourpoverty and pain, And only ask for leave to beg again. ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. ARRIVALS. • • The Marquis.of Worcester, Jo Upper Brook-street, from Melton Mowbray, in Leicestershire ; Lord Alvanley, from a tour, in Bond-street ; Sir Mark Wood, Bart, in Pall Mall, from Gatton.park, In Surtcy ; Sir Henry Wrottesley, Bart. in Pic ; Captain and Mrs. Campbell, in South Audiey-str,et ; Lord Bishop of Norwich, in Wirapolc-street ; Earl of Puwis, in Berkeley-square; Lady Noel, in Lower • Brook-street; Countess of Ely,. in Grosvenor-street ; ' Earl of Ormond, at the Clarendon Hotel; Count de Fennehall, at Thomas's Ho tel ; General M‘Lean, at Holmes's Hotel ; Sir Arthur aud Lady Brooke and Faulkner and Family, at Blake's 'Hotel. DEPARTURES. The Marquis of Camden, flit- the York Hotel) Bath ; Mr. J. Archer Houblon, for Oa:bugs - bury-place, near bishops Stort ford, in liettfordshire ; Lord Radstock, for Shirley -cottage, near Proydon ; Duke of Somerset, for Bradley-house, near Warminster ; Lord Nugent, for Lilleys, Bucks. ARRIVALS AT Jinni —Earl Bathurst, Countess of Shaftes bury, Sir R. C. Hoare, Sir (1. Martin, Captain Sir E. Stan hope, Lady Clunbruck, Lady Glode, Lady M. A. Start, Dr. Kearsley, Dr.Tattisyti and family, Colonel Coxe,.Colonel Lillie, Major Bo w y er , M a j or and Mrs. Gartside, Major San ford, Major Winslow, Captain And Mrs. Broughton, Captain Bagshott, Captain Chadwick ) Captain and Mrs. Down, Capt. Dow higgen, Captain Hamilton, Captain Preston, Captain Sartorius, Lieutenant Garcon, Lieutenant I. Justice, ken tenant A. Naglo, Lieutenant A. Short. ANTIQUITIES: EXTRACT OF A LETTER RELATIVE TO Tftg MANI!. SCRIPTS OP HERCULANEUM *ND Tile ANTtQui- Ties OF PoMPEII.• On the 26th of November, ISM, a lettet was read in the Royal Society of Copenhagen, f rom Sehubmrt, Containing, several literary notices from Italy. tie relates among other things, that about 300 manuscr i pts have been unrolled at Her culaneum. Among then) are the follo w i ng portan t wor k s —l. Philowedes (should this be Philoth. ffit i s ?) on the influence of music on the human constitution- 2 Epicurus upon Nature, two volumes-3. Philomedes on rhetoric, two parts-4. Philomedes on the affinity•between. the Virtue s and the vices-- , -5. Philome‘les on the vices —6. Pni!nineties on the poets—. Philomedes' philosophical fragments-8. Pemocritus Geome trieus fragments-9.Philostrazus on unreasonable contempt—lo. Carnisins upon friendship-11. Cotothe upon Plato's Dialogue of Isis-12. Phi lomedes on religion-13. Chrysipptts on Provi (knee. Only the two first of these thirteen ma nuscripts have yet been printed. The excavations at Pompeii are prosecuted after a certain plan, so as to go round the whole town, which, when cleared from the ashes that cover it, will prObably become one day the most remarkable monument of antiquity.---(La, Vigilant, Dec. 9.) ROYAL ACADEMY: Yesterday evening CARIASLE, Esq. F. R. S. delivered his Sixth and concluding Lecture on the “ Principles of Auaton i y," at the Royal. Academy. The - Learned Professor commenced by Observ. , ing, that .as • the object of his anatomical disser tations was to communicate information to the student •in art, he felt it his imperative duty to proceed with the -consideration in the manlier which his own experience' and judg ment dictated. H e felt, therefore, under this respOnsibility,.: that .. it• Was necessary to de viate from the path . a‘lopted..by his Learned Pre decessors, and instead of detailed and minute ex positions, to confine himself to a more general de velopement of his subject. Indeed, he had the example of his distinguished colleagues for this deviation from the beaten track. Pedantic ex pressions and definitions would be but a feeble mode of conveying to the Student's mind the in struction which he seeks to obtain-'--it was - suffi cient in a Lecture to convey to him general prin ciples, and to point out the quarters in which he could derive the minutile . for his closet specula tions. The Professor entered on his anatomical dis- Course by describing the slender muscles, the flexors and.extensors of the fore-arm, distinguish-_ ing those on its front aspect, and those which surround the upper end of the radius. He parti cularly pointed out the enlargement of the mus cles Which bind the hand, and the ball of. the di imp, ari s in g fro m continued exertion, and, ou the contrary, the relaxation occasioned by inert ness and effeminacy. On the same principle, and occasioned by similar causes, were the tendons on the back of the hand more or less•visible. The ex-' tension 'of the fingers together was occasioned by their be;;10 tel to Erth other by lateral slips, excelit fore-Egger, which had but one extensor, and was, therefore, placed compara tively separate. The trwtk of the body Was dlauted on the pe/ris--;.the vertebral column was - fi-:•ed its position - by large. masses _of museiei originate ing from the ilium and SacriEnt, and inserted in the trausrerse and spinose processes of the loins, - This mass was of an assimilated, nut of a sepa rate or distinct nature. Its general non -a!; pearance through - the skin setts occasioned by a cover consisting of a large 'web of tendons, which enclosed the whole. The.• office of this . muscular mass was to support the spine in. an erect postute;' , and to relieve the trunk, and restore it to itsraietstreovhett pressed forward by any par ticular. : - exittion: The Professor here explained the canseof - that variation in the human height,' Which was so universally known to exst betw,ea the stature of nran in the morning and evening. It Was occasioned by the relaxation of the con vex. muscles of the tipper parts •of the body, which were sunk by the weight of the reonk. iu the course of diurnal . exercise and which was known to produce a temporary reduction of height, -in the -proportion •of th guar ei's of an inch to a man of six feet. Ile then pointed Out, with precision, the • series of •muscles corn prising the two sets which form the front iispect of the abdomen, hi inging the body. fur ward ,- and those of the hip joints': An examination of the spinal column termiltating in the ossacrum, and of the whole of this corporeal division, -slimed the means 'prepared for the preservation of the body in au erect posture; It was here worthy of oh- • servation ) . that the, analogy between the buttes o f th e - upper rid lower e.,•xtremities was much greater thau that found in comparing the muscles of those parts. He also entered ... into a close description of the back and front muscles of the leg and thigh, tracing the course divisions of each, their several rises for the pttr pose of . walking, leaping, running, &c. and tho appearances which - they present in different atti holes and exercises. No !neater proof of the strength., and force:of the•notscles could, he observed . , ha' adduced, than the frequent occurrence of brokers bones front their tense exertion. The leg muscles were of peculiar conforniation, having to support • and raise up the whole body. The effects produced on the_ muscular system of the body should be closely attended to by the student, for, from them the spectator could ascertain the point of action. of the figure ; for instance----the languor of the arms and the drawling of the legs (leucite - the act of walking, an,erect Posture, on the contrary, represented the exertion of twining. The ancient Statues, as . would be seen in Mr. Townley's Col lection, were particularly correct in those anato. s mical definitions. The 'Professor here remarked, that he could not quit the present subject without observing, that, if in the course-of his Discourses he had too studiously dwelt upon physiological topics, and given vent to his habitual impressious, he did so with the intention of more closely call ing the attention of the student to a subject most intimately connected with his proficiency. in art. The skeleton vs-as to hint the de mentary diagram of the human frame, and the• attached parts which adhered to it, its muscular contour. The form of man was abstractedly in-( deed, hut mechanical ; "the artist had, however, to consider anti contemplate the visible hi2f mony of forte which subsisted between the human exte rior and its mind. It Was that hue union which. produced Moral effect, and gave sublimity to the study-which called for all the powers of the sta..' dent to penetrate and develope the features of that map of intelltet—the face, and to perfect the ele vated pursuit in - Which he was engaged.' This perfection was" only attainable by close obser vation in the path of life—there was no other way of arriving at this knowledge. Mier re capitulating some of the leading points of his ,Course of Lectures, the Professor strongly im pressed upon the student's mind the necessity of - considering and discusssing the anatomical infor mation which was connected with his art, with all that gravity and decorum which belonged to an inquiry at once a so philosophi ca l an d humi liating. .They,had• to recollect, th at t h ere was stronger anal o gy 'between the compound of Emmaus and animal life than man's presumption would. readily admit-- , the worm that crawled upon the earth, and the being whose superior intellect gold- 01 a naval bulwark in safety to the extremities of the earth, had, in comaion with each. other, their - points of affinity—the same necessity for food ' pervaded both—they had each their inexorable dependance on physical law, and were bound by the• same links to the great family of Na- • tore. Anatomy was the key to the .recesses of the corporeal frame, but it ought not to be too. familiarly invaded—it was of a charac ter abstruse arid elevated, and ought to be con sidered in its deep relation to human destiny. The Learned Professor closed his Lecture by placing before the Student a .living figure,- and explaining, from - a comparison between life and the skeleton suspended in the room, the various effects produced on the muscles by the 'alteration. . of particular attitudes through the masses of flesh which cover the neck and back. He particulatly.: exhibited and explained some essential points of anatomical instruction. Mr. CARLISLE concluded by expressing his thanks to the Academy, for the patient attention. they had bestowed upon him throughout the pre sent Course of his Lectures. When lie sat down, he was bailed with three distinct rounds of applause—a mark of respect to which his distiUguished anatomical talents parti cularly entitled him. This Lecture, like the preceding ones, was crowded to excess. We hare to notice with satisfaction a hand-hill that has appeared, in which the Friends of Mr. STEPHENS, although a Commission of Bankrupt has issued, under which the distribution of his property must now be made, have thought it due to those.who have claims upon him, to state, that the amount of. his Notes in circulation are not fimnd to exceed 80001., a circumstance which, with the general state of his affairs, leads to the expectation 'of a favourable result.—(Gloucester Herald.) 4