The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-27 00:00:00

IRELAND. SPECIAL COMMISSION. LIMERICK, DEC. 22.-At the hour of eight o'clock, the following persons—John Lee, Pa trick Brown, Morgan Creagane, George Darcy, Patrick Enright, Thomas Keeffe, Daniel Keeffe, John Finn, and Patrick Creagane, are on their trials for a misdemeanour and riot in N. , wcastle, and for assaulting a woman named Catherine Basset, who had given her testimony last Assizes, The Court was crowded by all the rank and re spectability of this part of the country, and not a Juror absent when his name was called. There are now from seven to eight capitally convicted under the White Boy Act, and it is expected they will be sentenced to-morrow. — (Friday .) ExEcuTios.—Michael Fitzgerald and Michael Halloran, were hanged this day, for the murder of Manning, the Policeman—Fitzgerald died per tent. llalloran declared his innocence. On Sunday evening, at a quarter before six o'clock, the car, with the mail from this city to Bruff, was stopped by three armed fellows, near Six-Mile-Bridge, who, having placed a cocked blunderbuss to the head of the post-man, caused him to deliver his case of pistols and ammuni tion—they offered no other violence to the man, nor attempted to take the mail bags. On Sunday night, at twelve o'clock, Quarry Lodge, near this city, belonging to Mr. O'Hara, was attacked by a gang of armed men—they dis charged a pistol at the herdsman, without effect, and departed, not procuring any fire-arms, which they said wag the object of their visit. FOR THE SUN. STATE OF IRELAND. 11r.. EDITOR —Every good man must admire the motives orthe Writer on Irish Affairs, in your excellent Journal of this day, who signs himself " An Irish Landlord;" but, when we consider that the Canal of which he recommends the cutting will only employ about 20,000 people for about three years *, , while the balace increase of Population in Ireland is nearly 130,000 per annum, and one million of its fine people are de moralizing for want of -mployment, nothing can prove their wretchedness siore than their offering to work for 4d. per day, when their potatoes are nearly as dear as in England. I there fore submit to the consideration of this good gentleman and the public, how £m something more than the above-named expe dient is not absolutely necessary for the employment of the peo ple of Ireland, and how far the production (in our Colonies, by our people) of the corn, hemp, flax, cotton, tobacco, the cutting and carrying of our timber, and the building and navigation of ships for their cariage, to do which, we now employ foreigners and which keeps idle in the British Empire one million or more 9f our people, and from 3 to 500,000 tons of ships, would not he a permanent relief to the distresses of the British Empire. These measures would not only relieve the charge on our • Poors' Rate and Charitable Funds, and our Criminal expendi ture, of some millions per annum, and make us independent of Foreigners, but would create a greater market for our Manu factures than the Foreigner now gives us, and increase our Revenue, wealth, and power, equal in value w the State about 40 million pounds sterling per annum, while it would give every man in the Empire now unemployed profitable employ ment. This would also make our increasing population a blessing in lieu of a curse. I remain, your obedient Servant, A TRUE ENGLISHMAN, Dec. 25. • Our Correspondent, "An Irish Landlord," however, justly estimates that the Canal would prove a source of further and continued profitable employment, and he only recommends this as one measure of improvement, amongst many others which may be devised.—ED. Great agitation prevailed yesterday on the Exchange, to which place the transactions in the funds (the Stock Exchange having been shut for the holyday) were transferred. All the bargains were of course what are termed private ones, but they were to a greater extent than is usual on the days of ordinary business. Seieral causes combined to produce a panic. Orders from the country arrived to sell stock, and ex presses were received by different speculators from Paris, announcLig a material decline in the French funds on Montbfl which encouraged them also to make very large saes for the ac count. The consequence was, Jai coosols, which early in the day were at 77-f, began io decline rapidly, and in a very short time were as 10,w as Every species of rumour,however absurd, t%: 4 - 5 at the same time put in circulation, and obtainer. belief. Late in the day some re-action took place, as many persons, who bad equally good means of information, considered the panic to be in great measure without foundation, and under that impression made some large purchases. Confidence was then partly restored among the dealers in stock, and the transactions closed at 77 in consols for the opening. In the midst of this alarm, every kind of foreign stock also declined in value, with the exception of Spanish bonds, which, on the contrary, evinced signs of improve ment.—(illorning Paper.) As a proof of the improvement of trade in Birmingham, it is stated in Aris's Gazette, that in the course of the last year, 271 boys have left the Lancasterian school in that town, the greater number of whom have been removed for the pur pose of being placed in situations of active em ployment. A Requisition is about to be presented to the High Sheriff of Norfolk, requesting him to call a INleeting of the County, to take into considera tion the present most truly alarming state of Agriculture. A similar Requisition will be shortly presented to the High Sheriff of the County of Suffolk. To the list of Public Meet ings already held on the same subject, we have to add a Meeting of the Ilarleston (Norfolk) Agricultural Association, held on Tuesday, the 18th inst. w hen a series of resolutions were una nimously adopted. THE Tllft.k.TltE3. DRURY-L'ANE.—The new piece, " Ireland," the representation of which on Satur day might be considered as a mere rehearsal, was brought forward ag,aiii last night; much improved by alterations and curtailments. It may fairly be observed, that if this piece had preceded the magnificent spectacle of TILE CO RONATION, it would, most probably, have not only escaped all opposition, but have experienced a very favourable reception.—lt was usual, dur ing the reign of our late excellent Sovereign, when an. Installation occurred, to give a repre sentation of it at both of the Patent Theatres. The Manager of Drury-Lane Theatre has there fore only followed the practice of his prede cessors in the present instance, and ought not to be blamed, because on the occasion of the Coro nation he presented scenes of such varied splen dour as far excelled any former exhibition of the same kind. The piece met with some oppo sition last night, but is very well calculated for those who had not an opportunity of witnessing that previous spectacle of unprecedented magnifi- , cence on theatrical boards, the Coronation. COVENT GARDEN.—The new Tragedy of Vir ginias was represented last night at this Theatre, lint though well supported in the acting, made but little impression on the audience, who were actuated by a restless impatience to witness , the new Pantomime which Was to follow, .as the customary , tribute to the holiday folks at the present season. The name of this Pantomime is, liar/qui/Land Mother Bunch ; or the iTe l l oze Drzad: As Criticism would be ludicrously em ployi:d in tracing the transformations and evolutions of the molley hero, and the adventures of the fa mily of Pantaloon, we shall content ourselves with stating that it was a very splendid exhibition in some parts, and had a very agreeable variety of changes, and representations in others of familiar scenes in this country. The whole was well re ceived. DRAMATIS PERSONA:. King of:the Gold dines (at m wards liar_ 1 Mr. EJ.LAR. lequiri) - - - Yellow Dwarf (afterwards Clown) - Mr. 0 11.131ALDI. The Queen of Golconda (afterwards Pan- ~, } inn B ARNES. s taloon) - - - Guinea Pig (afterwards Harlequin's 1 n,., TQ t, .a......,...RtmAmit Lacquey) - - The Princess All Fair (afterward* i , n _ , r, C o-} Ji.S...i,ENNETT. lumbine) - - _ Mother Bunch, (thehDesert Fairy) - Ma& LoNGUURST. U 1)0 of mechanical skill,which is likely to afford an abundant 'recompense to the Manager for the great expellee which must necessarily have at tended its preparation. The last piece, entitled The Temple of Death, notm , i thstanding the terrific sound of its appellation, was characterized by such beauty, splendour, and variety, in scenery, decorations, costume, &c. &c. that-it was received with warm and universal applause. MR. WALLACK.—It is with regret we copy the following paragraph from 7'he National Advocate (a New York Paper) of December 1, which ar rived this morning. It states, that " Mr. Wm.- LACK, being on his way to Philadelphia, was up set in the stage near Brunswick, by which acci dent his leg was broken in two places below the knee. The horses r it appears, ran away down the hill near New Brunswick, and dashed the carriage to pieces on the bridge. Several passengers were injured likewise. This accident, serious as it would be to any person, is peculiarly unfortu nate to Mr. '\V ti ALAK. Just arrived from Eng land, where he left his wife and children, brav ing every danger Ito' acquire fame and profit in his profession, and in a strange country, he meets with an accident which must confine him for a considerable length of time, and deprive him of 'lose faeilities which he had reason to calculate The accident is generally regretted : few strangers possessed more friends than WALLACK, )üblic and private." REDUCTION of TITRES.----TTITRES.----The The R ev.. Wm. Da vy, Rector of Stanfield, at his late audit, liberal ly made a reduction of 10 per cent. upon a very moderate composition for his tithes. At his tithe audit, on the 11th inst. the Rev. James Carlos, Rector of Thorpe, next Haddiscoe, deducted 10 per cent. from his composition for tithes, and at the same time presented to each poor family hi the parish a liberal donation of coals. The Rev. C. Barlee, Rector of Fritton, near Yarmouth, abated 10 per cent. ; the Rev. Joshua Smith, Rector of Holt, and the Rev. B. Francis, Rec. for of Edgefield, 20 per cent. ; and the Rev. John Moul, Rector of Brisley, 121 per cent. at their late tithe audits.—(Noruich Pafier.) Enisurncir, DEc.9..—At the Meeting of the Royal Society here, on Monday evening, a bust of the late Dr. GREGORY, by Mr. JOSEPH, was presented by that Gentleman.—This bust,which was executed under peculiar difficulties—the artist never having seen Dr. GREGORY in his life—has afforded the warmest satisfaction to the numerous friends and relations of the much la mented physician, and was received by the So ciety with gratitude and thanks. Sir \VAL B. Foux,Krs, Bart. has declares himself a Candidate to represent the Borough o Lynn in Parliament, in the room of his late fa ther e and will be opposed by the Alarquis of TA VISTOCK. Such is the abundance of money, that in Glas gow, at present, it is next to itnpossible to get money invested on satisfactory security, either heritable or personal, at 5 per cent. Several thousand pounds have been lately lent on perso nal bonds, bearing only interest at 4 per cent., and there is still much4i4he market, at the Varna rate. Yesterday se'nnight a meeting of the inhabi tants of York and its neighbourhood was held at the Guildhall, and resolutions agreed to for the purpose of establishing a Vagrant Office in York, on a plan similar to that adopted at Leeds and We have received accounts from various parts of the country of great inundations' in conse quence of the late heavy rains. At Market Har borough, Northampton, and Newport Pagnel, the waters were yesterday so high on the main road that they reached the backs of the horses. At Market Harborough and Northampton, the inhabitants were compelled to take up their resi dences on the first floor, and the coach-doors were opened to let the water pass through.— Much property has been destroyed, but we have not heard of any lives being lost. NEWGATE.—Last evening a number of the com• victs left the Old Bailey in caravans, escorted by a troop of the t ith Dragoons on their way to Sheerness to embark for Botany Bay. There were a considerable number of thieves and bad women to witness* their departure. The convicts dis played the most unfeeling hardihood, and loudly cheered when they set off. Sir CHARLES BROWN, of Clenchwarton, in Norfolk, has bred and grazed an ox, which was killed a few days ago at Noi:wich : it measured 15 feet 6 inches in length, 5 feet 10 inches round the body, and only 10 inches - round the small part of the foot ; and weighed 117 stone 7 lbs. DAmAG ED G tix.—A scientific gentleman has communicated to the Royal Society a process for sweetening musty corn, by simply immersing it in boiling water and letting it remain till cold. The quantity of water should, be double that of the corn to be purified. He has found that the musty quality rarely pene t ra t e s through the husk of the wheat, an d that in the very worst cases it does not extend beyond the amylaceous matter imme diately under the skin. In the hot water all the decayed or rotten grain swims on the surface, so that the remaining wheat is effectually cleaned from all impurities and without any material loss. The wheat must afterwards be dried and occa sionally stirred on the kiln, when it will be found improved to a degree scarcely credible without actual experiment. SINGULAR CASE.—On Tuesday evening last Dr. A. TOMIILING was called upon to extract a bone, as it was called, from the cavity of the nose of a young man. On examining the nostril, the foreign substance was found to have been protruded by the sneezing of the young man so far into the piissage as to come within the grasp of forceps. The instrument was applied, and brought with it what proved to be a tama rind stone, which must have remained in the head of the young man for more than ten years. It had been productive of no other injury than, perhaps, an insensible effect upon the speech of the young man, and its existe%ce there had been for years forgotten. When extracted, it appeared to be nearly in its natural state. — (American Paper.) FABLE. The Yellow Dwarf, one of the Genii Tribe, Lord of the Steel Castle, on the coast. of Golconda, is enamoured of the Princess All Fair, daughter of the Queen of Golconda ; but the fair Princess has bestowed her litart on the young King of the Gold Mines. The Queen, her mother, is induced, by the powerful threats of the Fairy of the Desert, Mother Bunch,ito forego her promise made to the young pair, and consents that the Princess shall wed the Yellow Dwarf. The disconsolate All Fair is so overwhelmed with the horror of wedding with this Yellow imp, that she undertakes the tedious and dan gerous task of crossing the Sandy Desert, to seek out the Fairy and implore her to abandon her resolution of uniting her to the Dwarf; and, in order to protect her from the fury of the lions, and other wild animals of the desert, she provides herself with a cake, made of millet seed, to charm away their rage. Her plan is discovered by the art of Mother Bunch ; her cake is seized, and she is caught by the Yellow Dwarf at the foot of the orange tree ; he makes her promise to become his bride, and fixes a ring on her finger, when she is transported in an instant to her own chamber, dres sed in her weddine-garments, which causes great distress 'in the Court of Golconda ; the young King claims her hand—the Queen, in despite of Mother Bunch, orders the ceremony to be performed, when the Fairy bursts among them to prevent the marriage— the Yellow Dwarf, mounted on his war charger, a large Spa nish cat, fights with the King of the Go ld Mines , being un equal to encounter such a knight, makes his escape with the Princess, and carries her to her Magic Castle of Polished' Steel; Mother Bunch, enraged at his cowardice, bestows on the King of the Gold Mines a diamo nd sword, ist will van quish all who oppose him, but if he ever lets it quit his hand she will become his foe. The King overcomes the Giant of the Steel. Castle, which forthwith " dissolving into thin air," he re covers the Princess. Lost in an extacy of delight, however, at this happy consummation of his wishes, in his eagerness to em brace his long lost love, he lets fall the diamond swor d, which instantly finds its way into the possession of the Yellow Dwarf. Mother Bunch makes her appearance at the opportune moment when the adamantine weapon is on the . point of being ens bowelled in the carcase of her newly adopted Knight, whom she rescues from the threatened peril. But to punish him for his carelessness in dropping the sword, she ordains him to fol. low the calling of Harlequin, and instals the Princess in the new dignity of Columbine, un til such time as they shall shew their worthiness to possess each other. The other characters of Queen, Guinea Pig, and Dwarf, are changed to Pantaloon, Harlequin, Lacquey, and Clown, and here begin the several ehan e ges escapes, tricks, transformations, and whims of a liar vuin SURREY THEATRE.—Mr. T. DIanIN, to whom the Public are indebted for many amusing works, last night re-opened this Theatre with three new pieces, all we presuine the produce of his fertile Muse. The first is called Jack us the Green,. or the Family Punch-Bowl, the second Ugolino, or the Tower of Famine, and the third Animal Sympathy, or the Sentimental Waiter, or the Man and the Monkey. These pieces were very favourably received by a numerous au dience.---The interior of this Theatre has been much improved in its appearance. 1 ADELPIII THEATRE.—The whimsical piece of rom and Jerry, which continues to be very a tisactive at this Theatre, and which indeed is highly diverting was followed by a new p an- 1 hig tomime, jest nigt, en titled The Beastly and the . Beast, or harlequin and the Magic Rose. The piece is very well' adapted to the season, and the several tricks and transformations afforded abundant amusement to a crowded auditory. ROYAL COBURG TIIEAT4E.—The announced novelty of a Looking Glass Curtain operated as a very powerful stimulus w public curio sity last night at this. Theatre ; the doors were thronged at an early hour in the day, in order to procure a peep at themselves in this ex traordinary pheenomenon. Expectation was not disappointed. - It is a very splendid and a very amusing spectacle. The general curiosity was indeed so strongly excited, and so actively moment l e nt, at that last the caln e , p r u e i v i i e o n u s t h e i entertainment t eirl novelty a r i e n u n g s e n g t i. o r f e fl a ection Barletta , lvas s a u ll b d mi a tte P d o Poetic al c l the audience. Address v e was rep e a ( t 1 e thatli deli v ere d e it d fully i TAY LOIt, expectation,a v er y an re spectable actress, might almost as well have been addressed to the winds. The interesting y Mi s bliss equalled was not a little gratifying to the varsity of the spectators, who all saw themselves represented 1 in the mirror, which displayed the whole of the audience, and enabled them to recognize and . make complimentary gestures to each other. The whole was a very pleasant and ingenious spe- FAsnicr;Anr.r. Ai RIV AI, s,--Colonel and Mrs. Leigh, in South Audley-street ; Mr. A. Noel, in Wimpole-street t Cap tain Elliot, in Portman-square, from Scotland ; Mr. Kelly, in Portman-square, from Paris ; Captain Drummond, in Holles stteet, from Brighton ; Captain and. Mrs. Beckwith, in Mon tague-square.; Major and Miss Howell, in Devonshire-place ; ' Sir George Robinson, Bart in South-street, from Devonshire. DEPART IfICE s.—The Earl and Countess Temple, for Stowe, Bucks; Viscount and Viscountess Granville, for Wherstead Lodge, Ipswich ; Mr. Istead, from St. James's-place, for Nor thamptonshire; Captain Sargent; for Bombay; Major and Mrs. Morrison, for Bath; Major and Mts. Steele, for Queen square, Bath ; Mrs. and Miss Willoughby; for the Crescent, Bath ; Thomas Crosse, Esq. for his chateau, near Paris ; Lady Calthorpe, from Giosvenor-square, for Brighton. CHANGE'S.—L.The Duke of Devonshire, from Chatsworth, for Hardwicke,' Derbyshire ; Earl Surrey, from . Bury St. Ed mund's to Worksop ; Earl Howe, from - Atlkerisone l to Ap thorpe, Wansford ; Robert Nassau Sutton, Esq. froth Merton, to Newark ; itev. Dr. Drake, from Brighton, to Amersham ; Hon. Frederick Calthorpe, from Penrhyn Castie : ,.to Brighton ; Edward Knight, from Alton, to Godmasham Park, Canter• bury. The Duke of Devonshire, after inspecting the progress of the workmen at Chatsworth, proceeded to Bardwicke (15 miles distant), where his Grace gave a 6 , rand dinner on Christmas day. Lord George Cavendish, with his usual philanthrophy, is making the poor happy at ,his ancient seat, Latimer's, near Chesham, in Buckinghamshire. Old English hospitality is revived at Sandbeck, in York shire, one of the principal seats of the Earl of Scarborough. Portman Hall, the seat of Mr. Berkeley Portman, at Bryan stone, in Dorsetshire, displays a scene of much festivity during the holidays. Addington-Place, the seat of the Hon. Wingfield Stratford, near Maidstone, in 'Kent, is enlivened by the usual bounties to the neighbouring poor. MRS. INCIIBALD'S GRAVE. The remains of this celebrated Lady, it is known, were de posited in the New Burying Gromid, attached to the Parish Church of Kensington ; and there has just been placed over the grave, a large and substantial but plain grave-itone, with the following inscription : neither in the form of the stone, nor in the character of the letters, &c. is there the least ornament : " Gloria in ea•cclsis • (Then a cross.) Sacred to the Memory . of ELIZABETH INCHBALD, Whose Writings will be cherished While Truth,. Simplicity, and Feeling, • Command public admiration ; And whose retired and exemplary Life, Closed as it existed, In Acts of Charity and Benevolence. She died August Ist, 1821. Aged 613 Years. Rrlnteseat in Pre." The New Burying Ground is divided into compartments, which several divisions are numbered ; and it may not be un interesting to add, that at the end of Mrs. Inchbald's grave are the figures 142, and that it is next to the grave of GxoaciE CIIABLES CANNING, eldest son of the .Right lion. George Cunning, over which there is an elegant marble monument. P-0 TR Y. , .. . -._, .....y..'.- : • ~ rr A, • .. :, ~) , . 1 ,e,... , ... 4- :,P .. ,:77 . • ,rr . „''',:,e k - ..__...5: ..... e • -.. e! (-D'r.:nl.•-' , • l s (, :, . ~o- • ..,‘..-4` r .....1. , !, '14, 2 77,T5.;,,j,<.. , ~I ‘ , ,44,'!.- 1 7 .: th :, , -.4"''''..1,,,,--,,:\ ,i.' •'. ' - 77, , t 4 , , . di m,. _ y ..... 4 .., ...' 4'''. -t; f. P .9 ' - ' 1: $10 41-'1416- itti . A 4 . r : EPITAPH On the late JAMES PERRY, Esq. Here Pr ItRY lies, a %Vim , sincere and sound As any that of Fox's breed were found. In Fox, the WMIGS might well their HEAD bewail, And now in PERRY they have lost their TAIL : Hence of these self-styled Winos it may be said, They now are left without or tail or head ; A vile rorrupted corpse which spawns a race Of REPTILE RADICALS, mankind's disgrace ! FUNERAL PROCESSION OF THE COUNTESS OF iIEsBOROUGH. On Monday, the remains of the Countess o. BESBOUOUGH, WWI those of the infant sou of the lion. Gen. WILLIAM and Lady BARBARA. PON. soNay,were removed from Besborough liouse,Ca vendish-square, for interment in the family vault, at St. Mary's Church, Derby, in the following order : Four mutes on horseback, with silk scarfs and hatbands; the state lid of feathers, attended by four pages ; the coronet and cushion borne by a gentleman on horseback, with four pages ; the hearse containing the body, drawn by six horses, richly caparisoned, with velvet covering and plumes of ostrich feathers, with the family escutcheons and armorial bearings ; three mourning coaches, with six horses each► the first coach containing the body, of the grandson of the deceased Countess, with the family arms, escutcheons, and ar morial bearings. By desire of the family, no private carriages attended. On the arrival of the funeral at Derby, it will be met by the Duke of Devonshire, Lord and Lady Duncannon, the lion. Gen. W. Ponsonby, the lion. Mr. Lambe, Lady Caroline Lambe, the lion. Mr. Spencer, together with a numerous assemblage of the sur. rounding• Nobility and Gentry, and the tenan try of the Duke of Devonshire, on horseback. — The bodies will lie in state in St. Mary's Church, which will be hung with black cloth, and lighted wax-tapers, with every other preparation th:.! can add to the solemnity of the scene. ANECDOTE.-When H. WAS Em peror of Germany, two gentlemen, the one a Spaniard, the other a German, having asked of him in marriage his natural daughter, the beautiful Helen Scarfequinn, the Emperor told them that he held both in equal estimation, and wished that their strength and dexterity should decide the matter between themselves. As the friend of both, hoWever, he took the liberty to propose, instead of risking their lives by a duel they should procure a sack, in which he who contrived to put his adversary should espouse the lady. The two gentlemen, accordingly contended more than an hour before the assembled Court. when at length the Spaniard fell ; on NI hich the German, Andrew Eberhard, Baron de Talbert, placed his rival in the sack, took him on his back, and deposited him, to the infinite diversion of all the spectators, at the feet of the Emperor; and the next day married the beautiful Helen. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, DEAL, DEC. 26.—Wind S.lV.—The wind got round thiA morning to the S.E., and the ootwa,rd,bound were preparing to sail, bin it backed again to the S.W. blowing strong with rain.—Came down from the River thy Mellish; Ford, for Madras, &c. ; Betty, Hymen, for Africa ; Burlington, Wil son, for Jamaica ; Amity, Mackintosh, for Berbicc; Sappho* Hip; enstall, fOr Malta; and' Charlotte, Appleton, for New York. Arrived and remain the Fort William, Gllss, from The Sicily, Cupper, broke her anchor, and has been supplied with another: _ • _ lataf SnorttriA3l, DEC. 26.—A ship's jolly boat has . beet driven on shore upon the Main between Hive and Shoreham, and brought in here, marked Good Intent of Exeter, Pearce, RA SISGATE, DEC. 26,--AlTiVed the Tula, Whit Lam London to Gibraltar ; and Pelican, Edwards, from ditto 1 - Jr. Dublin, with loss of an anchor and cable each. HAnwicH, DEC: 2f3.—Arrived the Gemini, Tate, from Shields, with loss of anchor and cable, winsilass, &.c.; : Britan nia, Jackson, from Harnburgh, with loss of anchor and cable.; and Emily packet, from Gottenburgh, mail landed at Scal . b . ;- rough. The Jane, Hutchinson, from London for Sew:bozo:4N has been brought in here water-logged, and without !udder, having struck upon a wreck in the. Swin yesterday, and knocked off her stern-post. Sailed the Leicester packet, for Cuxhaven ; and Henry Fueling, ditto, fOr Holland, each with a mail. AcoretE, Dre. 25.—The Thadeus, Reed, of this port, was this inorning found at anchor in Combemartin Bay, and no perkm Ott board ; as the boat is gone, it is feared tha crry have perished. Yau:;i6l7 . rif, 26.-The Baez Theo, from Shields' for Liondotr, was ran foul:of by the Cognac, Barton, off' ton, and lost her to rafaast and bowsprit. AnOther Ire . ssel soon after came on board her, when the crew left her,, and she wL,s brought in here last night. . • . BRISTOL, I)rc. two.mastal vessel, with nine or ten people on board, was seen to go down near . the Tuskar rock on Friday morning. She was afterwards driven on shore against the , Cliff's near Dunraven Castle, and went to pieces. A small part of the cargo (butter and flour) was saved. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 25. —Wind W.N. W.—Arrived his Ms. jtsty's ship Plizeton, from Inland ; and Lord Exmouth, Barrett, from Quebec. Put back the Perseverance, Hyne, with sails split ; and Catharine, Roberts, with loss of main-boom. Remain in the Sound, 7 ships, and 4 brigs ; and in the Catwater, 4 ships, and 13 brigs and schooners. The wind shifted during the night from E.N.E. to W.N.W. blowing hard, but moderated to- wards the morning. It is reported that a vessel drove on shore on Sunday last, between Bantam Island and Tharestone laden with bale goods, and some mules. None of the crew• on board POUTSITOUTH, DE.e. 26.—W.N.W.--Arnved the TIM- Tanner, Nisser, from Calais for Marseilles, with loss of sails. The Queen, transport, from Chiozzi, has come into harbour to discharge her cargo. SHEERNESS, DEC. 26.—The Lord Cranstoun was got off the Niehlin Send yesterday, and has proceeded up the Thames, in charge of several smacks. FALMOuTir, DE 25.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ca. ledonia, froM Calcutta, in four months, and lloppet, Patea, from Abo for Lisbon. Sa iled the foll Owing packets with mails :—Duke of 3larlborough and Stanmer, for Lisbon; Sandwich, for Jamaica; Fox, for the Islands; Princess Eliza-. heti', for _America; tiwiftsure, for the Mediterranean; and Camden, for the Brazils. Also, the following outward. bound :—Friendship, Tigris, Juno, Charles, John Rickard, Julius, Canadian packet, and Young Prowl's, .for the West . Indies ; Thirza, for Gibraltar ; Mevagissey and Caledonia, tor' Naples ; Antelope, for Venice; Graham, Moore, for Ancona ; Lion, Cyrene, and Albion, for Trieste ; Placidia, and Rover, for Genoa; Skyla:4, for Smyrna ; Fancy, for Oporto • Seneca, for Tarragona, and Delight, for SeVille. The rest (about 33 sill) remain. NORTII SHIELDS, DF.C. 25.—The Crowley, that was on the Black 31iddings, has been got off and brought in here. Kr icsAr, Dr.c. 20.—Arrived the Elizabeth, xVhite, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; in a „ , rale of windjshe lost four men, two cables, and every thing off deck. On Monday. the 17th '.nstant, the sloop Speculation, of Rye, was seised in the Swale, and carried to Rochester, under charge of the Revenue Officers. It appears this vessel was working her way up to Otterham Quay, when she was boarded by a Preventive boat, which has been but lately established in that neighbourhood. The officer of the boat, upon boarding the sloop, found casks of contraband spirits, and 20 bales of tobacco, concealed beneath the coalsi which consisted of thirty chaldrons. Sunday morning early, during a dreadful gale from tl - .e W.NAY. a tine new East Indianian, called the East India man, Thomas Knill, Captain, from Bull for London and the East Indies, with part or her cargo , consisti n g of burr and flint stones, and l og y:cod, drove from three anchors, and struck upon the Kettle-bottom Sand, opposite the town ot:Varmouth, when she immediately filled, and is become a total wreck. The crew, twenty in number, fortunately saved themselves in their boat, and got on board a fishing vessel in the Roads, losing the greater part of their clothes. Part of her stores are expected to be saved. A NAUTICAL TnIEF TaAP.—On Saturday last, about eight o'clock in the morning, a young man, nearSkelmorlie Castle, by the help of a spyglass, descried a person seated on the keel of a small boat, in the middle of the frith between Lute and the Largs shore. No sooner was the eircuais' ance known, than the people about the Castle put off to his deliverance, which they effected. On reachin4 the land, it was discovered that the boar was the property of .a fisherman belonging to Larg., and that the- stranger thus providentially rescued from a watery grave, had, during the preceding night, stolen her away from the beach, together With four oarsor and two empty casks, that had chanced to be left there. Of these the boat only was recovered. The fellow, it is said, belongs to Greenock; and such an ingrate' was he, that he made an. attempt to carry of some decent apparel which his •hospitable deliverers bad clad him in while his own clothes were drying.—(E4intzfrgit Courant, Dec. '24.) - • EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.--A few nights ago two young men obtained lodgings at the Dundee A rrns, high-street, Wapping, under pretence of , set ting off next !minting in one of the.Graveseird boats, which tnkes pasiengers, &c. to and from there. They retired to bed early, and in the course of the night, it is presumed, .provions to the landlord, Mr. Minsliaw, going. to bed, they contrived to enter his room, and rifle the desk therein of 22-11. in notes and gold, 'with which they escaped unperceived by the family. —One of the• notes, which was for ten p ounds, was traced next day to the Bank, and others to the possession of a • slopseller In Rose mary-lane, who, it appears, had receiNed them in payment for apparel. Information being: given to the police, one of the fellows concerned in the robbery was apprehended -.by two of the Lambeth-street officers. He and the . slopseller were examined yesterday at the Thames Pol:ce office, when the former was remanded, and the latter held to bail for a misdemeanour in receiving the notes, which appear to have been paid him by the prisoner and 1.1 i:; accomplices ) after the robbery being advertised. •