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i i, la .Li. NAVAL 141t;P:I. ot ►ith and Aue oat; cm vith est, !m..: 11Ca ~ !rtd aiii! ; of of 'ie. sed ord. 11 at" flu etc icy} Ica', th la I ~, PORTSMOUTH, j,th. 036 PLEVIOUTH, JAN. 17. AuttvED at The Motile rlittnk, and put under latrantine, the Ship Natio', Hos as, from Bala tell. ARRIVED the Danish Brig Ocathr, laden with handy, fruir, &c. front Valencia bound to Havre :6 •Grace; and the Swedish GaMot Fonsoket, laden With wine, &c. from Malaga bound to Antwerp, put in by contrary winds. DEAL, JAN. zB. Altattitn the Arrow Sloop of War, and remains W ith the Jamaica and I mmortalit i Frigates. THE OPERA. Jill serious Opera of Merope was repeated last Altht. It is unnecessary to add to what has already been said of Mr. 13 ttAINGTON'S performance in this Pm; It was ) as usual, perfect: but VICANOMI i dentlY improves, at least he app ears to s i ng b etter "Lin he did the last season; he was always judicious, e T Perhaps MrS • BtLLZNGT O N could not h ave h a d a setter second. Balks of L a F oret Enehante'e followed, in "14 Madamts.aoß Is sheaved her usual excellent ° ling. The House was extremely well attended, And the Bares displayed all the Fashion in Town. ltr estaeday the dispatches for Madras knd Bengal, — 4 l ::e t elerri err , w ere fi nally closed at the East muse,eassenft. Vwh- t Messrs. -Nowia-- Brooke, nowes, White, Hughre'sY.unl. Norton,. Ly . n r c t h, 745 1"1""1 M° . le - s t' 4° dei n s ) Slanders, Hodgson, Shawe and Yates, Madras Lynch, Attorney, Supreme Court , John Barker, Free Mariner. Yesterday the Master and Wardens of the Bakers' ri ' waited upon the Lord Mayor, at the Mansio e n.hous, resp e eti ng t h e A ss i ze o f B rea d , "hen his Lordship. after inspening the Returns of Lhec WiCalvveighers, ordered that no alteration should re ma i ns Inl * l t hetefore the price of Vie Quartern Loaf M. A Court or Common Council will be held to. morrow at Goildhell, fir the di s p atc h o f Ci ty b us i. tlcts His Lordship will proceed t o b us i ness pre . tisely a t ve o'clock. kaYAL ACADINIY.—The annual Dinner in ho. ;721 °f Ilea MA JESTY ' S Birth.day. was h e ld y es . ,Y at the Crown and Anchor, The President sln th e Ch air, There was a numerous Company, but not so m an y o f t h e A ca de m i c B o d y present as I ve have been accustomed to see un similar occa aignr No Professional Singers were present, but several Gentlemen amused the Company with loyal and humorous songs. Mr. MALTON gave " God J°King," i n w hi ch the Company heartily Powers Mr. H. AN GELO . a l so di sp l aye d his vocal r"" with diverting effea.—Conviviality pre. *ailed till WC hou r . a General A s s em bl y h e ld at the Royal iv" — eientY on S aturday last, Dr. CISARI.P.S Bo RN EY elefted tow n Profes sor of A nc i ent Li terature, i n the ... in of the la te UENN ET LANovrox, Esq. Yeste r d ay b ittstybs ir e 1 ,_ , tne Anniversary of HER MA ly, it was observed at Portsmouth, °Y a Royal Salute from the Platform at twelve no'clock, and a fix-dr-jut by the Troops in genii. ; and at one o'clock there was a salute by the in Cominission. jllr, P TE ' S Ode is written with th e usua l sp i r i t „ Itshis Muse. It is indeed somewhat unlucky in commencement burly 6 4 , as it does not agree with this ,-"t y e ttttle o f the year. Invention, however, if the Poe's pri v il ege, and what would a .Poem be lied not the embellishment/ of Fie ion Mt. B ecotr, the St atuary , ef t s a very handsome lensad very liberal p an i n inviting the Public to view i celebrated Colossal Statue of Marquis Coax. te '''rse destined for Calcutta, and particularly re. questing th at no money may be given to the ser— VelltS. The late trial of Capt. Fteitielt originated in the malice of a person who had been hie clerk, and of whom he thought it his duty to give to a brother Officer who asked it, such a eltaiatter as he knew him to deserve. A anea Officer i s not to be found more in wort hy the Navyd resp, high a as ble it s tands in p o i nt of charatter, than the Gentleman 4 .hnve named. ,We have long h ear d the report of Sir Ev AN 'E PEAN'S being about to quit the Admiralty.— The place which he has so satisfaCtorily filled, s to be tr,insferreti to one n ow more in the intimacyi and favour of. the First Lord. A dispute arose •at 41exandria between Lord IltercutNsoe and General , VlRrirou, relative to the tollettion of Antiquities and fragments of Art, which now grace the B r i t i s h M useum. After sante alt ercation, MENU tr conceded, observing, that he Was certainly o bli ge d to yield to the mand a te s o f a ;nerid who had so many t h ousand men, and so much ` Pinery. T o t hi s G eneral HUTCHINSON replied, ltad that these reproaches were not handsome, since he never cast any ins Geneal M E NOV * for allowin an inf er i oe Army to gain the Country." g BY a Lette r rece i ve d from Petersburgh, d ate d "re' 2 f, we bear, that a remarkable Ukase. has been Published there, by which the Nobility of the Ras. Sian Empire has receieed full right to carry on Mer. eantile Transactions, without being liable to l ose their privilege of Nobili t y. On the tath ult. the ENtrutoit and EmPeEss of AnsstA, honoured the German Theatre with their presence, When, by special command, The Woman thr Danube was represented, The beloved Mo. h atch was received with thundering. demonstrations lay , a numerous audience. we will venture confidently to pronounce, that apt. mtoN po ssesses more real talebt for the 11its ditee tha n any &tor At the pr ese n t moment on i t, , ri , o l ent tosition to the insidious i ns i nuat i ons o f t h e iris of Perfor s 4° mer at dually engaged„ 1011 Ate 441 6itou t o f Wing 41 .i: .1! ZS - , j A it . . i .5,. LETTIRS from Breit, dated the 741 state, that the 'Minister of Marine is shortly exiveted in that City; • Letters from Constance, dated the 4.th Of January, state , t h at s everal persons of distinztiors had sud denly quitted that City, and retirefl to ifirtertMerg. Mad. DIESBACH left Constance about a fortnight ago. MINISTRY Or THE MARINE AND . COLoNnEs. • It. LACROSSE, REAR-ADMIRAL, CAPTAIN GENERAL OF CUADALOUPE, AND ITS DEPENDPNCIES, TO. THE MINISTER OF THE MARINE AND COLONIES. Rauc Tole, My. 15, !So»; CITIZEN MINISTER---I have already bad the honour to give you an account of die crimes com mitted on the night between the 6th and 7th of (kicker, by a band of brigands, of all colours, who assassinated 23 Citizens in ,different quarters of Guadaloupe. A special Tribunal was charged with the prose cution and trial of these crimes, conneaed with a conspiracy, which the punishment of the Chiefs has extinguished. The principal of these conspirators were MILLET ,LAGIRARDINE, JEAN RARE, and PETER BAKSE, all Blacks, stained with every species of crimes. The first two destroyed themselves after they were condemned to suffer death; the third was exc. clued with his accomplices. Since these examples the Colony of Guadaloupe has been much improved in regard to internal Iran. quillity. Those from whom the Colony must still be freed are composed of the remains of Rebels, wandering about in the woods, where they are daily perishing by famine and want. _ _ If there still exist in the Communes of this Island a few Partisans of these crimes, they con ceal themselves ; but I have taken such measures as will soon enable me with certainty to discover them. I had the honour to inform you, that I had received intelligence of various bodies of Rebels who were forming, in the Islands of St. Thomas and Sr, Bartholotnew, new plots against Guadaloupos I have obtained certain information of this cir cumstance, by the return of the frigate La Won, which I had dispatched to demand these Rebels to be given up, by the respeaivc Governors of these two Colonies. Some vessels belonging to Rebels, who had escaped from Guadaloupe, and which were em. oloyed for keeping up a communication with their confidential friends in that Island, were there found. One of them had still on board a small quantity of ammunition,. part of which. they had thrown into the sea, when they saw the French frigate approach. ing. But notwithstanding the precipitation em ployed in this business, they had not time to com plete it when the frigate cast anchor close to them. The Brigands abandoned the vessel, anti went to conceal themselves in the woods. M. AI. \VAT - rtasTottr, Commandant of the polish Islands, has given strk orders for their being'arrested. But at Saint Bartholomew, M. HANK ER tt E 1 M, the Governor, did not think himself authorised to pur. sue the same steps, I send you my correspondence with the Swedish Governor,. in-order that the. Government may de liberate on the conduct, which 'the tranqnitlity of the Colonies requires from all , the Powers .of Eu rope ; - for it i s not certa i n l y t h e i ntent i on o f t h e, Swedsh Government to give an asylum in its pos. sessions to Brigands, who, after having piloted with all their crimes the French Colonies, hope to make preparations with impunity for the commission of new ones, in a neighbouring Territory in friend ship with the Republic, Health and respett.. (Signed) - LACROSSE. This Letter is followed by another from GATE. P.TAIT) Commissioner of Government in the Spe. cial Tribunal of • Guadaloupe, to Rear - Admiral' L4cßossB, :containing an account of the trial and death of the principal Conspirators. " The suicide• committed by JEAN BARBE A '' says the Commis. , . slant?, " in the prison of Saint Anne, proves how much he dreaded the justice of the Tribunal, and the sudden tiath of Gittmanita in that of Point. a.Petre gives us reason at least to presume that he wished to avoid the shame of punishment. • "' The examination of PETER .13ARst, who alone had the courage to survive the confession of his crimes, will make known to you the plot which they had foolishly formed, when their minds were heated by the spirituous liquors with which they often got intoxicated at the 'house of MILLET and LAGIRAILDINE. You will no doubt be con. vinced, with the ,Tribunal, that this conspiracy was concerted only by these three villains, who not being able to conceive the hope of long exercising authority over the Rebels, would have left the Colony in their pawtr, after getting possession of their plunder. " The. Colony has to lament the death of 23 of its inhabitants, who perished on that disastrous day. The avenging justice of the Tribunal has reached and destroyed their assassins. Unfortunately it has not yet been able to discover the places where they buried the gold and silver, which they ,took, from the victims. It is estimated at 250,000 francs. It was an impenetrable secret with these villains, - wh r o akways.make false declarations." REAR -ADMIRAL VILLENEUVE, COMMANDP.R IN CHIEF OF THE FORCES STATIONED IN THE WINDWARD ISLANDS AND AT GAYE/4Np, 111 , THE MINISTER OF THE MARINE AND COLD. NIES. On board t h e Genettapr o Nov. 2T, ISO 2. Citizen Minister—l arrived in this thrbour on the isith, having sailed from Point-a-Petre, in Guadaloupe, on the 9th. I passed at Ilasse Terre the Capt.-General LACROSSE, and the Colonial Pre4 feet LtscALLTER, with their whole suite, and then proceeded to this Island. The state of Guadaloupe appeared to me more satisfaelory than it is generally supposed to he in France, anti even in Martinico. Agriculture is in full adivity throughout the whole of Grande Terre, and all the Westeen and Northern part of the Island. Cabesterre alone, which has in gent. n 1 been burnt, appcan, to be in a stake &strews Sugar, irta other COlonial rt.o3oCi on a, are in 'such abundance at Point-a-retre, that !Le tna,ow.Sines are entirely fail, And calks are even aeen iri the streets. The freight to France is eAccasively dear; and ve,,eis for transporting the goods are not to be found. The war of the Blacks if; reduced t: nothing. It consists merely of a few excursion's •of.miserable wretches, who issue from the, woods to carry off proviSions from the Plantations. The Troops still left, with reinforcements Ivhich have lately arrived, will be sufficient totinsure the safety of the Wand, and you may rest assured, that in a little time, the Brigands will all he seized in their last retreats. —Health and respear' (Signed) VILLENEUVE. BouantAux, JAN. t f. - -13y letters from St. Pierre.laMartittipte, we learn, that Citizen J. ROM BONAPARTE, Lieutenant in the Navy, corn. manding the ship L'Eperviee, arrived there from France, after a forty days voyage. Rear-Admiral VILLENEUVE had direded him to cruise, - fir the prevention of smuggling, off the road of St. Pierre. This commission he executed with the..most laudable vigilance and adivity. On the zSth of Odober, he received orders to Vioceed upon a cruise off Tobago; on which he has accordingly sailed. Several of those who last arrived from France, have died of the yellow fever. RATISBON, JAN. S. —This day arrived here a Courier from Paris—he brought to the French Minister the news, that on the zsth ult. was signed at Paris, a Convention which regulates the Indern. nines of the House of AUSTRIA and the GRAND DUKE of TUSCANY'. JANUARY 6.—We expel here with much inte rest the return of a French Courier sent to Peters- Lurgh to /invite the EMPEROR to accede to the Convention concluded at Paris by josF.ett BONA PARTE and Count Cot►ENTZEL, and which deter.. mines, in a definitive manner, the li.demnities of the GRAND DUKE of 'I'USCANY. The Deputation of the Empire held its 36th Sitting the day 'before yesterday, .when,, on the observation of the Diredotial Minister, that there was nothing new since the last Sitting, a Coneir d surat was adopted, importing that the. Diredory should transmit to the Diet,, in the accusromed &rips, the Report of the Deputation, which it should comrnu. nicate to the Imperial henipotentiary, and pray him at the same time to make .his Report to Hts Imp FRIA!. MAJESTY. BERNE, JAN. 6.—Gen. NET and his Wife set out yesterday for Basle. It is said that he will be removed from his command, but it is not known who will succeed him. The Decree of the French Con. suls, laying a duty of 4. per Cent. upon the Iropor. ration of Foreign Muslin*, bus very much injured the Swiss Manufactories, particularly that of St. Gall. Strong representations have heen made to the Helvetic Minister at Paris, on the subjed. CORN EXCHANGE, J. '9. THE . Thames not hcillg cleetr f3r the importation of Grain , , we have; 110 arrivals, nor are any sales cfiltted, but to .a few buyers in lunch request, and the prices are almost nominal ; twin some Large supplies daily expeded, the 1:,.„1;. t I!,e ic,wer ; Pease and Beans are cheaper; QAts; we note Flour as our last.. \. ' .:1* t 471 a ;;s a 605 od Tick Beans - 3os - 4 335 0(1. 1.1.;,. ! s ito - 6ts a 6zs od Data - - los a tgs 7,4 s r,,,,t : .y . 2.4 s a 28$ 6:1 Poland ditto 20 a 255 , (4 :,:alt 4 4 435 a 473 Od RVC SCC(I - 321 a 3;1 1,(.e . . 35* a 38$ ad Fine Hutu -45 s a cos od White Pease 35s a 3gs ad Second do. -4 0 s a 45s Buns . 33s a 36s 6d It is stated in a French Paper, that the English at present at Paris proposed to give on the t Bth a grand Supper, followed by a Ball, in. honour of the QtiE N'i Birth-day ; 'but it appears that the subscription, for this purpose was not supported by a certaia clan, who did not approve i3f the amalgamation of ranks .and .conditions which- • this would create. The English, in general, adds the French writer, greatly lovelofitical equality, but that' is not carried too far. The second of March is appointed for a day of Solemn Thanksgiving, throughout the Batavian Republic. Great changes are soon. expthed to take place in the Administration at Vienna. The Archduke Louts will, it is said, be appointed to the Govern. ment of Bohemia; the Archduke VICTOR 'ANTHO NY to that of Venice ; and the Archduke. CHARLEi will take the Title of First Minister. The Arch. duke REGNER will embrace the Ecclesiastical pro. cession, with a'view of being raised to the dignity' of Coadjutor to the Eleaor Arch-Chancellor.. That detestable . Paper The ,4rgus, published in Paris, as appears by an extrati from it in one of the French Journals which we received yesterday, with the most unblushing effrontery and wilful violation of truth, persists in placing Mr. WtcxuAb4 at the present moment at Vienna, carrying 'on plots and intrigues against the French Government ! We were wont to look to the Dublin Papers for pretty accurate accounts of Murders and Jnsurree. tions, but even this intelligence, it seems, they are now determined to withhold. We have Stated for some weeks, that a spirit. of turbulence and diSaffec., tion existed in the County of Limeiia. This the Dublin Papers not only denied, but accused us of wishing to misrepresent and calumniate the People J:of Ireland.' We should' indeed do so were we to „assert that 'heland was ;11'a state of turbulence, but the Writers in Dublin, to whom we allude, now probably know that our intelligence, was currea. The. receipts at Cvent-(.Arden Theatre last week were larger by mot, than those of any one week since it was a Theatre. How are we ruined A Morning Papet observes, that if " priairb Ladies will expose their bosomr in the Bo.i.ei at the Optro.lioum, they ought not to he offended by free and easy Ladies displaying kse shoes, stenssird silk itocv. s s, and hafalionie limbs even to th e bi ee , i n t h e .Pit." There is certainly a good deal of truth in the observation. The total 100 by the late fire at Gothentiorgh smaismi to little less therl 500,9001, tDI_,'BURGJAN, sc)cilcry or sCOtLAND. Diu AriniverNary General Meeting of this .i 36; elety, in terms of the Charter, it's held la, tilwls' Hall here, on Tue May last, Wf;ieli r;v a nuMber of 14oblemen and Gentlemen of rank.; fortune, and respectability, from diiferebtpaits'o . f the country, the Right Hon. the Earl of Du:APR Viec-President in oT,ce, presided on the when after a ballot, as required by the Laws tit - tle Society, fifty.eiqht new Candidates were duly tnitted Members. Before proceeding- to other business, it was to the Meeting, that an application had been midi to the Committee of Direttors by the Off,:ers cd the late Royal Edinburgh Highland Volunteer Aegi. ment, for having the colours of that Corps Conne:t ted to the charge of the Highland Society, and de., posited in their Hall ; which Was agreed to. The Meeting thereafter took under cc nsideratiod the business which had been before their Commit tee of DireCtors since-the General Meeting in June last, and approved of their continued attention tc the objects of the Institution, as appeared from z number of Premiunis adjudged to Authors of Essays of merit, on sobjetts connected with the itriptove melt of Agriculture and the Fisheries, whereby touch useful inforMation had been °Unlined; The Society 0130 approved of the Premiums voted fee improvement of'Waste Lands, raising green crops, meliorating the breed of black cattle, curing t h e . diseases incident to sheep, and the emulation lately excited among Plougbrnen, by the Premiunis be.: stowed at the sight and approbation of Cornmitceee of the MeMbers of the Society, in different parts of the Country. On hearing .the Secretary upon the state of the Rinds of the SoCiety, which had considerably in. creased since laSt year, the Meeting voted a larger sum than usual, to be hid e out -by their Committee of Directors in Premiums toWardi the encOurage• ment of useful objects, for the present year, ovet all the Country'; and the Meeting was pleaAd to find, froth the nuniber of respeaable natri:s coming forward in support of ilms Institution, that, notwithstanding their eXpendittire, the Fund, which has been accumulating progressively, must be soon considerably increased by the countenance and sup, port of the Public. ffsteetY Ma.citarritc, Esq. frOM the Committee originally appointed for promotinz . certain improve. ments in the Highlands, by Roads and Bridges, and the great projeCted Canal actors the Island fiern verness to Fort 'Milian), and thereby shorteeing the communication betwixt the East ;Jed West S.ets, relative to.which s importent objets the Socit ty had made difFerent applications to His Majesty's Mini. sters, reported these, and the colwrmic.it:,,,l, which the Directors lately had .with Mr. Tye. PORD; the Engineer empleyed lw Governthent to survey ; and report upon the praelicability and plea of carrying these improvements into effeCt, and ort which subjects the Diteefors ainught their doty to afford hint every possible information„--The So ciety voted their thanks, in a particular Initialer, to the' Coreniittee isf Dire,':tors, end to the, o'itet Noblemen and Gentlemen, Members of the 90Cit:11'r who had assisted them in this business, for theit.', great and laudable attention and zeal towaida tek promoting of these objetis, and Were heppir td learn, that Mr. TELFORD had received these cont munications with much approbation.'-e4he SoCiety hence had reason to hope, that Measures Will speedie ly he taken, by the assistance, and under the p 1.., tronage of Gavernment, for carrying *these objeCh into efFn and by such means the poOrer classei of the People, in the Highlands and interior Of the Coueery, would be employed, a measure of the high e st Consequence, in many reapeas, at. the pree sent moment ; and the Meeting i,vete tritch grati. 'lied to tied, by a Letter on the Table fecial Lord Viscount 7.0 EL V 1 LI. a, to the Secretary, that he wei well disposed to give every aid and countenance in his power to promote the views of the instioationa for the benefit of the Country at large. Thera was also read a Letter frotri Bee'.l,iettet Br et., Fie]. a valuable Member of this Society, to the Secretary, accompanying one hundred parcels Egyptian Barley, made up ill half ounces, with' a similar number of ,the Swedish turnip seed, cell 4 Roota Raga,. and both these kinds of seed are state a to possess it variety of qualities, superior to any seeds of that kind formerly known lit this Country and which , had • been tried by Mr. Been hitnself . with great success. The Meeting ordered ithet' these parcels should be sent to the Diretaoes, %kith art instruCtion to distribute them arnmeg Stich Mem bers of the Society as were considered the best far.. mers, and likely to be most ttttentiiie to their cold vetion ; and to report to the Society the resell of their experiments; and, iii the mew time, recom. mended to the Secretary to return thank*. to Mr,; BELL for the communication: Thereafter the Meetiog proCeetlect to the Flee , thin of Prelidenti Vice-Presidentsi and other Oa , cers of the ,S'ociety fOr the current year ; when His - tr.:race the Duiti; of A: c Vl4. was re-eletted President, „.. His c.racesthe Duke of liamiltori Atld.Brancion RiKhrliun. the Earl of 1444,fingiott tllre Right Hon: the Earl ilf - DunifrieS , • Presidents, Right Hun. Viscount - MelS , iNo ) Vlactionalit, 4ectetary. Alexander Keay, Esq. Auditor or Accounts. • Mr. Lewis Gordon, D; p, Secretary aril C:elleetot Mr. Devid•Watson, Rek:order and Clod:. • Rev. Nit. Donald Macintosh, Keeper cords, Tbnsiator of the (;.relic Liingliare, Air. Alex. Gardner, lowtlivr unit Nlc;ktei4t.. On Friday last the nine sufferers from the S: l ip igai , t-tti lost off Nlargate, were decently interred in one grave, in-Margate Churchlariti the naiNs i &c, were as follows : Wilißatn Stril vett, shi l l's cook, a black. mart. Stew4rd itaggs, b o w itiai n ,; white. Winiatrt Cudintinft, seaman, ditto. John Farmer, ditto, black, Duuctutl7"ltCllmar:ne, nite: Ge:trge Nladdif t Zin, 'scant ti, black. George Mama, dititii white. John Ploy s , tclwar 4 l Mt)l4liON 14,114i1tr ditto , ditto. Tim ten survivors attended the f unerti. and re. turned thanks to Alori,#fity God for their deliver, ante, on Sund:tyr at chtit9ll; and most handior n e su b. scriptionl and eolledioits were niadit for them at three Dissenting Chtfivels irr the 'row n, to purcluse nacessarics, and to totwald tlocm on limit juirnica hon2e4