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MAILS. AMR Tv ,:nidtgli DU L. PRICE . OF STOCKS, Tiili nAv AT TWILLTI O'CLOCK. Consols - Sb j Rcd. Ann. 54 °maim? S THE SUN. 50LEM QVIS DICER.E . EALSUNI AUDEAT LONDON, JANUARY 3, z Bb4. CO NTIAR.Y to general belief, and the general con_ . elusion, in consequence of his having kept the sea doling the whole of the very heavy gales, not only of the 25th, but of the succeeding Tuesday and Wed nesday, Admiral CORNWALE.ts, we find, came to an anchor in Torbay on Friday evening in the Dille tie Pat+it, accompanied by the Dreadnought, of 93 guns, and the Szn 'oref, of rr z, Vice-Admiral Sir CHAS. COTTON. The Admiral sailed again on Sunday • morning, and we presume had dispatched Sir CHARLES COTTON en the preceding afternoon, as on Saturday evening a three-decker with an Admiral's Flag was seen passing the Sound, and a Cutter arrived in • Cawsand Bay, with orders for all the • Men .of War that were ready to sail immediately. Two Sail went out on Sunday morning, and:nine Sail more would follow with all possible dispatch. Thus, the gallant and indefatigable Admiral would I,e off Brest again as soon as the French could pro.. talaly put their Squadron to Sea after the ',ate heavy gales; if it be their intention to venture, out at all. Some of our Cruizers went out from the Downs yesterday for the Coast of France. As this is the expeded period of Invasion, their vigilance, we doubt not, will be unremitteci. The.West-Inilia Fleet sailed on Sunday evening from Porismuth, under convoy of His Majesty's Ship Coziragez:::-. She met the Convoy from the Dawns, arid proceeded on her voyage. The Vet_ eels that were damaged in the late gales are left to repair, and will prceeed When ready, under convoy of the 'Laird Sloop. This . morning arrived a Mail from jamer:ca, brought to Falmouth by the Queen Charlotte P7aeket.in six. weeks. We have received our rre gular sets of Jarnatda - Journals, which, however, furnish us with nothing very important. They contain not one article from St. Domingo. Our Fleet cprltinues to blockade very closely the remnant of Yrench Force in that Island. Tuts morning the Dublin Mails of the 29th and 3otll ult. arrived. Some more of the Rebels !ave surrendered, and one has been apprehended, who is said to-be the last of Dwyer's gang. Yesterday morning HIS MAJESTY, accompanied by PR INC Egs SOPHI, rode in Windsor Great Park, a,:d viewed the improvements, and afterward's-Ms MAJEST Y took the diVersion of hunting with the Larriers. HER MAJESTY, and PEONCESSES AUGUSTA, .ELILABETR, and MARY, took an airing in two iaches and lour, and honoured Mrs. HARCOURT 'of Sr. Lebnard's Hiii, with a visit. • AtIELIA to3k an airing by Sunning.. hill. 11, To- triot-rnw the ROYAL FAMILY will come to tOw.ri; and stay till Friday. This day, at 'noon, the Presentation of the Co. lours to the QUEEN'S Royal Volunteers took place Ranelagh. We shall to-morrow give an account &if the Ceremony. is reported, that General CAR trrom, Governor ' "ew BrunsWi c k, i s to b e appo i nted Governor ral of Canada, and Commander in Chief. lirv`ate Letters by the Prince Ernest Packet, an.. e the melancholy intelligence of the death of - ,Vitcenant_General GRID:FIELD, Commander of the Troops , in that quarter, sod i'vlajor-General CLE PH:4I4n, They are stated to have fallen victims to yellow fever, which unhappily rages in some of the Islands. By this event His Majesty's Service sustains a serious hiss, and society is deprived of two molt. valuable members. A Letter brought by the Mail states, that anExpe •dition had sailed against St. E ustat i us , w hi c h i t was supposed, fro m the delenceleas situation of the Island, would fall an easy conquest. The Mails from Gre ',aria and St. Vincent's were, it is stated, thrown overboard by the Commander of the Prince Ernest, in consequence of his being closely pursued by a French Privateer. A private Letter received from Lisbon, states, that General LASHES, the French Ambassador at that Court, had been recalled, not in disgrace, but for the purpose of taking a principal command in the army destined for thelnvasion of England. The t uartly charader of that Officer gives a degree of credit to the report of his appointment, to which we should not otherwise consider it entitled. The'Lieutenancy of Hampshire have resolved to persist in their former resolutions, relative to the :- proceedings, of a Jury impannelled at Gosport, to assess the value of some.property belonging to the Relic Mr. - 4321G IPAM, which was wanted for the pub- Tic ServirWe have already stated, that the jury 1 - rui.pubiicli called upon Lord BOLTON, the Lord Lieutenant, to acquit them of any improper motive. The:Liturenancy have ansWered the call, by per. sisting in the Resolut ions , ob j eted to. I ,x, NAVAL i:v.Ews, To R AY, JAV. r.--T €e Dille d e Paris, Admi.jou/ an d Drtadnou g ht rat CaR N wAr. las, the, San Men of War, put into this place on Frid , Ay even ing, and sailetl, again this morning to the West. ward. PLYMCIUTII, JA s.--A first rate Ship of the Line passed by late last evening to the Westward, supposed to be the Ville de Parih bearing the Flag of Admiral CC:MN WALL Is, proceeding down Channel to resume his station off Brest, as a Cutter arrived in the course, of the afternoon in Cawsand Bay, with orders for ell the Men of War that were ready, to sail immediately ; in consequence of which two sail weighed this morning and proceeded to sca, and the others, consisting of nine sail, are preparing to fol.. low with all possible dispatch. Arrived the Danish East India Ship Graf ron Bern:to:if, Captain SECKERS, laden with sugar, coffee, pepper, &c. from Batavia, last from the Isle of France, 'pound to Copenhagen, in distress, hav ing unshiyped her rudder fourteen days since, in a tremendous storm, in which most of her sails were carrie , :( away, and considerable damage done to her hull and rigging, insomuch, that it is eapeCted she w;:t1 be obliged to unload in order to be repaired. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—His Majesty's Ship Couragrux, which went last evening to sea, met the Convoy from the Downs, then shewed herself at St. Helens, and made the signal for sailing, when she was joined by all the outward-bound Ships that were ready. A few remain to finish the repair of the damage sustained in the late gales, and they will sail in a day .or two, under convoy of the llouird Sloop of War, which is appointed for that purpose. SHEERNESS, JAN. Z.—A Court Martial was this day held on board of His Majesty's Bomb -vessel the Fury, in this Harbour, consisting of the fol_ lowing Members : Captain the Hon. ALLAN HYDE GARDNER, President ; Captains MITCHEL, AT_ KINS, VESEY, Right Hon. Lord Wm. STEWART, RENOU, BATLEY, DICKSON, AYLES, and Boys, when they proceeded to try Mr. Thomas Mills, Gunner of His Majesty's Ship the Amelia, cn the charges exhibited against him by the Right Honourable Lord PROBY, of .being drunk on the evening of the i 2t h Of Oft:ther last, and for un oflicer-like condua. The Court was of opinion that the charges were proved, and adjudged the Said Mr. Thomas Mills to be dismissed His Majesty's Naval Service as Gunner. Arrived Hii Majesty's Ship La Virgil:it, Capt. BERESFORD• Ships'at the Nore—Zealand, Hero„ 911,1;a, L Flieter, L' Amoranthe, Dart, .I.2rk, Lynx, Zebra Bomb. DEAL, JAN, z.—Sailed the Leopard, Antumn, and Merlin, on a Cruize off the Coast of France. Came in the Locust Gun-brig, from a Cruize. Last night the a fffli Gun-brig, in coining through the Gulls, got on shore un the North Sand_ head. She fired guns from about six o'clock. until near twelve, when the Ramsgate boats went out to her assistance, got her off; and carried her into the Harbour with the loss of her rudder. In the Downs--Monarch. .Utrecht, Leda, L'Aimable, Ariadne, Perseus, Curlew, Harpy, , fackall, Starling, Locust, Mariner, Bloodhound, and Basilisk. WF. y U Tu, DEC. 3 1.--This morning the Ches terfield Packer, which should have sailed with the Mail on Saturday last for Guernsey and Jersey, en deavoured to put to sea, but after beating about Portland Road, the weather was so rough, and the ird so unfavourable, that at eleven o'clock she came to an anchor in Weymouth Road. She has on board a great number of passengers, and a detachment of the Ist Battalion of the Royal Army of Reserve, for Jersey. She now waits to take the mail due this 'evening. His Majesty's Ships the Aremesis and Charwell i and a Sloop of War, are lying in Port land Roads, with their yards and topmasts struck, where they rifle secure. By the Leeward Island Mail we are informed, that the Squadron under the command of Commodore HOOD has been particularly active: the Pinnace and Cutter of the Blenheim, under the command of Lieutenants FURBER and CAmrn r 1., on the tstli of September, off Martinico, chased, boarded, and carried; after a very stout resistance of grape and musquetry, the Privateer Schooner La Fortune, of two carriage guns, and 29 men, one of whom only was wounded. She had been on a Cruize, and cap. tared ,three Vessels. On the 26th of September the Osprey, Captain YouNoxusaAND, fell in with and chased a Priva. teer, which, on its falling calm, took to her sweeps and out.rowed the Osprey ; whereupon all the boats, three in number, were 11 , ,isted our, and, in an instant, manned with volunteers, under the di renion of Lieut. ROBERT HENDERSON, who was in the Cutter, which, row i ng f aster t h an the others, got r up first with the Privateer, and, without waiting for her comrades, boarded her4n.the" most determined and gallant manner, under an heavy fire of grape and musquetry, and,. after kiiiing two, and wound_ ing 12 of the Privateer's crew, the remainder, 29 in number, called for quarter. She proved to be the Resource Privateer, of four +-pounders, and having oEi board, 'at the commencement of the acli 11, 43 men. Lieu t e nant H ENDERSON -had with him only 37 men, four or whom, with the gallant Lieutenant, were slightly wounded. It is almost needless to add, that the whole boat's crew behaved with the most exemplary bravery. The* Privateer having been manned from the Osprey, fell in with and cap. turgid, on the day following, a small Privateer of one carriage gun, and 21 men. On the 26th of Odober, the Centaur captured, between Tobago and Grenada, after a Chace of seven hours, the Vigilante Schooner Privateer, of two guns and 40 men. The capture of this vessel is consi dered as very important in those seas, as, from her superior sailing, she had done much mischief to the trade among the Islands. The Earl St. of Filicent Brig, from Dublin, bound to Barbadoes, and a Swedish Schooner, have been re-captured by the St. Lucia ; they were taken by the Harmonic Privateer, which, on being chased, cut down her gun-wales, and throwing her guns overboard, contrived to escape. The Glatton, of 5+ guns, Capt. COL ET, is on her way to Leith, for the purpose of receiving the Flag of Admiral BL ICH, in room of the Roebuck, of 44. guns, and to be stationed as Guard.ship for the defence of that place. The El Vincejo Sloop is to be fitted for service, at Chatham, without delay. Captain WRIGHT iS to command her. The Inflexible, of 6+ guns, was on Saturday put into commission at Chatham, by Capt. T. BAY LEY. Captain MASON is appointed to command the Rattier Sloop, fitting at Deptford for sea. His Majesty's Ship Arab, Captain Lord Coca- R,ANE, is arrived at Liverpool, with a supply of provisions for the Castor and Princess Guard-ships. The Manchester, Captain PACS, from Liverpool, bound to Madeira and the West Indies, arrived safe at Madeira, and was blown out of that Harbour in a gale of wind, on the t Bth of November, and be fore she could reach the Harbour again, .she was cap tured by a French Privateer. Early on Sunday morning, the Excise Office Corps mustered in the Excise Office Yard, when Lord G. SEYMOUR, the Commandant of the Corps, admi. nistered the Oath of Allegiance to the Officers and Privates : after which a Sermon was preached at the drumhead by the Rev. Mr. Wlt.soN. The Custom.,House Volunteers, under the com mand of Col. GLOUC ESTER WILSON, were yester day inspened in the Tenter Ground, Goodman's fields, by COI. ITAILNAGE, who expressed his en tire satisfaaion at the excellent state of discipline and military appearance of this truly respenable Corps. • Yesterday the- Roehampton Volunteers, muster. ing two hundred effeftive men, were presented with an elegant pair of colours by the Marchioness of DowNsHIRE. The Corps met about eleven o'clock on their Parade, and proceeded from thence 'about twelve to the beautiful lawn opposite her. Ladyship's villa, where they were drawn up in line, and went through t h e manual exercise. About one, the Mar chioness came forw a rd, w h en the Presentation of the Colours took place. The Duke of ST. At. is AN'S, Earl and Counte.s of BESBOROUGH, Lady HAWKE:3- EI3AI', Lord DoNcANNoN, Lady ROBERT BER. TIE, Sir JOHN DICK, Colonel TEMPLE, Hon. Mr. FoasTEa, Mr. THomNoN, Mrs. GOSLING, Me. and Miss GoLosmitys, &c. &c. were present. The day being fine the scene attraded several hun dred spedators, among who nu gpes of elega nt ly dressed women wer e mos m t erous conspicu rou ous. The Corps about three o'clock were entertained with cold ham, beer, and ale ; exclusive of which each man w as a ll owed a pint of port wine, A large party of f as hi ona b les dined about five o'clock with the Mar c hi oness, and the evening concluded with cards and music. Lieutenant Colonel HUTCHINSON, of Wold New. ton, is apoointed-lnspeting Field Officer under PRINCE WILLIA M of GLOUCESTER, for the Wes tern Department of Lancashire. For the more effectually securing Payment to the Inhabitants o f S cotland on whom Soldiers are bil letted, Lord M o IRA has ordered, that the Billet Masters of T owns shall be intrusted with the dis tribution of this allowance ; the same to he advanced to them by the Paymasters of Regiments, Yesterday sennight the tst Division of the 47th Regiment arrived at Livetpool, On their route fof Ireland. On Monday the 26th ult. the Royal Mid-Lo. thian Cavalry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. ROBERT DIINDA.:3, matched into quarters at Ldinburgh, and the same day were inspeded at Gorgie, by Lieutenant Colonel ANDRBW WIGHT, Inspeding Officer of the Distria, who expressed his approbation of the appearance both of men and horses. The Regiment, considerin g the season of the year, and the distance some of the individuals had to come, mustered very 'strong, nearly three hundred. They are to be inspected every two months. Yesterday se'nnight the Ist Battalion of the 2 , 1 Regiment of Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, cow_ mantled by Lieutenant Colonel Cm clir, N , w i t h the Sharpshooters attached to them, were inspeded on Burntsfield Links, by Lieutenant ColonelWlGHT, Inspecting Field Officer for that .District, who ex. pressed himself well satisfied with the appearance and discipline of the Regiment. The Royal Burntisland Company of Volunteers being under orders to he ready to cross the Frith of Forth on the shortest notice, the Ladies of that place have liberally subscribed as much money as will provide the Company with flannel under.vests and drawers. An erroneous idea having been taken up by st!- veral Officers of the Military stationed in Edin burgh and the neighbourhood, that they had a right to pass the toll bars duty free, both in carriages and on horseback, when in mnifirm, though not on -actual service, the Sheritr on Wecinesd.r, upon a complaint exhibited, to him by the Tacksm,m of one of the tolls to -the Eastward, fined the Officer complained upon,jm. terms. of the An of Parlia mznt, the penalty : in which is not more than tol. nor less than 51. The Magistrates and Council of Dunbar have voted fifty guineas towards furnishing the Dunbar Volunteer's, commanded by Major MID° L tri with great coati and uthtt nece4arif.s, to tit them for aaLW service. Dec. . ON Tuesday evening a Maynonth post-chaise, containing a Prisoner under a guard of Cavalry, pass ed to the Castle. The Prisoner was Charles Kane, who formerly lived in the employ of Mr. Wilson, ironmonger, High-street. On the morning of the z 3,1 of July last, he pretended to be in great distress at having heard that his mother was at the point of death : he requested whatever money was due to him by Mr. Wilson, and leave to depart. Mr. Wilson, feeling for his distress, and applauding his filial affetlion, immediately paid and discharged him —and he as immediately repaired to Emmett t isk Mass-lane ; f rom t h ence h e sall i ed forth in the even ing with the rest of the banditti into Thomas-street : defeated there, he retired with Emmett to the moun tains, where he for some time lay concealed, till he removed to Ratlicofrey, in the County of Kildare, a place long renowned for the /gag of Its inhabi. tants: there he was discovered by Admiral PAICEN-. HAM and Col. AYLMER, who secured and sent him to Dublin 1 he was committed by a Secretary's War rant to prison. When found he had three blunder.. busses and a case of pistols well loaded, which, how ever, he did not venture to use. Tuesday, Arthsir Drvelift, one of Emmett', prin. cipal confederates, who had remained in the Wick low mountains since the 23i1 of July, surrendered to Captain Hums at discretion. - Meresagh, an. other, and we believe the last of the gang, has also surrendered. The following Letter has been sent by Colonel 1 - lA.RxAcr, InspeCting Officer of the London Dis. triet, to the Commander of Volunteer Corps : No. 76, New-street, Hanover-square, Sta., 24th Dec. ar)3. 1 intend to renew my inspeaions about the end of next month, (January) and from the .2eal and attention that gene rally prevails among the gentlemen privates, and from the great exertions shewn by the Colonels, Field Officers, and others, I have every reason to hop; that I shall rind the se. veral Corps of Volunteers and Yeomanry much improved in their exercise, evolutions, and discipline. The method adopt ed by most of the Volunteer Regiments, of having one com pany, at least, at dal( ) ) drill, mustgreatly contribute to per fee them. May I be allowed to observe, that it is proper to instill into the minds of soldiers, the absolute necessity of peritive silence and stria attention. Every man, from the ino. ment he is under arms, until dismissed, ought nor, cxt any ac count whatever, to move hand or toot, head, :coigne, hp, or eye, but as ordered by his' officer ; it is positively and india pensibly necessary, that every, man, officer's included, while in the ranks, become machines, no part of which is to stir, but when put .in motion by the breath of the coinmaiicting officer. All Volunteers who have not taken the Oath of Allegiance to His Majesty, ought to have it administered without delay. Wishing to employ my whole time in the duties of my situa tion, I shall continue to visit thedriar and parades ; and if the commandants will honour me, pointing out any circumstance in which my attention or attendance may be of service, I shall most readily give it. And 1 beg the privilege of assuring the Volunteeers and Yeomanry of the London District, that esteem this the proudest epoch of my life, being called forth to act with gentlemen, to whom the kingdom at large, and me.. tropolis in particular, are so highly indebted. I have the H o n our to be, Sir, Your most obedient !Jumble Servant, HENRY HARNACE, I nspeding Field Officer of the London Distrietg To Lieut. Colonel Price, ' East of Temple Bar. Commandant, 4th keg. L. L. V. &c. A case of very great importance to the Volua. teers of this kingdom, was determined on the tad ult, before the Magistrates at the Newbury Sessions. The application was made •to the Magistrates by J. PEARCE, Esq. Commander of the Hungerford Cavalry, for the recovery of 61. as the fines, and data ble the amount, against RICHARD PARSONS of that Corps. It appeared before the Magistrates, that RICHARD PARSONS enrolled himself as a Vahan teer in a Troop, to be called the Hungerford Gen tlemen and Yeomanry Cavalry, under the 4.3 Geo. 111. In Weber last the Corps were accepted ; on the t3th of the same month RICHARD PARSONS at. tended drill, and took the oath of allegiance as a Member on the t7th of the same month ; that shortly after a committee was unanimously eleffett for the purpose of forming Rules, and otherwise governing or superintending the Corps ; that on the 31st of the same month, the Rules so prepared, were produced and read to the Corps for their ac. ceprance , , and that the whole were unanimously agreed to; but it appeared that. RICHARD PAR SONS was not present when they were read it ap. peared also that RICHARD PARSON!), had taken offence on account of a man, late a Private in the 26th Light baryons, having been appointed Drill Serjeant, and that on the aSth of Odober, be had 'written to the Captain, and requested he might erase his name from the Roll, which the Captain refitted ; that notice was given to him that he could not be discharged, and at the same time notice sent him Of the appointed days of drill ; that notwithstanding, he enrolled himself as a private in the Hungerford Infantry, and did nor attend any of the drills ,or musters of the Cavalry, hut had attended the drills of the Infantry ; and that his father was Constablefor the Hundred where he resides, and had obtained his son to be sworn in his deputy, for the purpose of obtaining his discharge from the Cavalry, or at least protening him against the fines. It appeared that the finc.-am“unted_to 4.05. and having refused to pay such fines, he was called upon to pay double the amount by virtue of . the AB. Mr. Foure was Counsel for the Defend ant, and took many objeaiont. It was, after a full hearing, decided that a Volunteer cannot quit the Corps lie is enrolled in, or go into another, but by the consent of the Commanding Officer; that a Vo lunteer getting sworn in as a a:fluty Constable, after enrolment as a Volunteer, will not exempt him. 1 - le was convicted in 61. penalty. We extraf the following from a Portsmouth Paper We hold, from an authentic source of information, that accounts are authoritatively re• cetved from India which totally contradict the re port raf the captureof mots's Squadron, whi c h had not corn made its appearance in India, except one Frigate, with 300 soldiers and 40 Sc-tvans on board which Ship with its cargo of troops and Philoso phers had been detained until Marquis Wito.Ps 1, Y'S (the Governor General) pleasure was known. Much doubt is entertained upon Admiral Lixots's proceeding to India from the Isle of France, where he then was. The Scivans in the Frigate are all of the military order, chiefly engineers, who were to have disperscpi themselve s a mong t h e nat i ve Indian Princec, with a view of embodying and training troops hostEe to the Eritith interests."