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Tuesday, _ 29, LONDON. Saturday, 2, LorrDpx. COUNTUY. dy e S. r bee° Lice i1jn2,1,1 WATER Bminutes after AT LO SDO "mg, 4. TN E SUN. , claYt 10113- ; ~m- Seti e ford hei r Oa' Ole ( I to. 1., t' $l-39 the 13 9 ;10' it ul :be 'as lit .ar Itri CS 1,51 ?ti _____ . ~, • - ... .: ... * ii * ...',•• . , . .. 7. , \ 41. , 3IASONIC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. Alond a ENGLAND. Y, January 9 8, LONDON. Nos. 4, 46, 71, 104, 305, 321, 407, 458. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246. 320, 490, 546, 578, 797. * * COUNTRY. s. 68, 268. Wednesday, No -- 30, LONDON. No. 296. Lodge of Bene. volence. COUNTRY. NOSA1:1, 126, 468, 549, 705. , Thursday-, 31, L ONDON . N OS . 7 86 n 22 327. Gen, Con - i. Fern. S:h. at 12. COUNTRY, Nos. 70, 110, 176, 214 . 453, 513, 560, 642, 679. Frig February 1, LONDON. Nos. 10, 210, 399, 409. COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 28, 30, 55, 58. 470, 538, 550, 655, 709 . No. 173. * • * DOT. FE STIVAL OF LO T N HE BI R TH R -DAY IC OF THE GRAND 14 ' 141..1 M-0n Monday next this Festival will be celebrated, d We believe that it will be unequalled by any Mason!: Meet 14g Which has taken place of late years, both for splendour and 11411- lbers, and t h e hi g h respecta bili ty o f t h e part i es who have li g t dfied their intention of being present. . HANTS. t POi sTsEA.- . .--Th6MOtige of Antiquity, No. 23, which had or some time been in a state of abeyance, has resumed its meet ings under the sanction of the M. W. GRAND MASTER, and the auspicesof the PRov. GRAND MASTER, and the re i s ever y reason to expect that it will soon rega in it s fo rmer re p u t at i on !°z• the correctness and regularity of its proceedings, and the nu mber and respectability of its members. : r o . . We have r ece i ve d several other Communications, which, tt ........_2 cv er we are obliged to postpone till next Thursday. '4 4 For A -PERTUS, Letter IX. see the Fourth Rtge. PRICK OF STOCKS TUTS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. /lank Stock .12374 , Bank Long Ann. ...I9 7-I6ths Per Cent. Red , Per Cent. C ons 7611 India Bonds 31s. 4 7 5 it Excheq. Bills 5 6 pr. ~.. per Cent • 96i Cons. for February 76i 76 76 Act Cent. Navy Ann.... 10731 BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Evening, 32 minutes after 4. soLEir (2UIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT g LONDON, TEURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1822 The French Papers of Monday arrived this rao.• • 1..; and bring no intelligence respecting-the ae eePtance of the Russian ultimatum by Turkey, M'hich was announced yesterday on the authority °f Private letters from Odessa. The tenor of th e art!cles trom Germany, on the contrary, con tit) I les to be warlike, and hostilities are regarded as • I nevitable. The change of Spanish Ministry 41 • "Ilened in our-Paper of Tuesday, has actually tal-e n place, and our extracts will furnish fur tiler particulars of this event. . 111 1 ALTAR, Drc. 21.—The lonian Islands 4 s r e Placed under martial law, and all disarmed. I " P. ADAM strung up five Albanians found wit" arms in their hands, and the consequence 144 that bundles of firelocks to an immtnse nu mber were eagerly brought in. They had b e en buried in contemplation of a rising. The new law for regulating the periodical pres s in France is likely to undergo a fierce and Protracted discussi o n, i nvo l v i ng as it d oes a se t‘;es of propositions, the very lightest of which is 'asPeakably important both in principle and in practical effect. By a single article of this law it is enacted, that periodical writings may be that ceffences committed in such publications shall tit 'tied by Judges and not by Juries; and that t e Punishment may be a suspension, and, in ag bt4ated cases, a total suppression of the ob p:kkus print. This last provision, and another v eh ibitin g the establishment of a new journal ot 4llo ut the Royal sanction, form the two limb s la a forcep s i n t en d e d to h o ld f ast, and, if neces tilrYs to crush the most inveterate literary dis- I t ber s of public peace a n d unan i m it y . With out b e ekl ing how far the passing of such a law may of France, or j us tifi a bl e i n t h e present state l ' x 'ance, we may safely pronounce it to be a i t east lre wholly irreconcileable with a legitimate 1 4 440 M of the Press, and unfavc-irable to liberty gen eral. Th e law o f lib e l, even as adminis -1: 4 this country, has be e n obj ec t e d t o .IPh sni lle persons as dangerously ind e fi n it e ; 47 then sh a ll b e sa id o f enactmen t s w hi c h o ' ain ) that p un i s h men t s h a ll h e i n fli cte d , 4 1 t I. ° l ' expressions or for the promulgation of latltiolents falling within a certain rule, however Iptge or indisti nc t, b u t f or t h e sp i r i t o f a work, ill eh spirit, moreov e r, i s to be collected from a ha eee ssion of articles! It will require no ordi_ ta:? M ixture of critical an d l ega l sagac i ty to lial e . e back the motives and intentions of a Jour thist throu g e h an en dl ess ser i es of papers, (for la w cannot li m i t the extent to which investi tatit °II shall be pushed in each particular case), hunt down di sa ff ect i on through a long course nt itz up'ations, where the scent may be perpe tally cooled by temporary caution or hypocrisy, and crossed by variety of writers. But suppos ing this to be a trifling objection, it does not seem to have been remembered, that a libeller is punished not merely for his intentions, but for the effect which his libel is presumed to have upon so ciety; and that in chastising him upbn this prin ciple for the mischief produced, by a spirit of dis affection or impiety diffused over many succes sive publications, it becomes necessary to suppose that the public, or some certain portion of it, has regularly perused the series in question, so as to become exposed to that destructive influence which is not sufficiently concentrated to have a perceptible effect in any single paper. And this, we think, is much too large an assumption to be justifiably acted upon, when the conse quence may be a ruinous punishment. In trying offences of so impalpable and evanescent a cha racter, it is not surprising that the usual func tions of a Jury should be transferred •to the Judges, who are thought better qualified for the task by their superior information and the skill hich habit has given them in penetrating the true sense of authors. But are these the proper representatives of that class of men whose prin ciples are most endangered by the publication of libellous periodical papers ? The evil produced by writings of this kind, which gives them their peculiar malignity of character, and renders them fit objects of public prosecution, is the effect which they unhappily produce on men of simple and unrefined apprehensions ; and it therefore appears to us peculiarly just and fit that such publications should be referred.to the deliberate and awakened judgment of persons selected from this class, rather than to the sagacity of highly educated men, whose over-curious acuteness, whose secret prejudices, and whose subtle asso ciation of ideas, might frequently be found more hurtful to the interests of justice than the homely plainness of their inferiors. It is pro vided by the new law, that libels circulated in periodical works, against the public peace, the Catholic religion, or others recognized in France, the King's authority and the stability of the, con stitutional establishments, may be punished by suspension of the offending print for a period not exceeding one month upon a first conviction, and three on a second. For a third offence the paper may be suppressed ; the legislators imitating in this respect the policy of that illustrious Bashaw, who, in his domestic quarrels, used to " Cut the woman as well as the argument short." 'Fine and imprisonment may, we believe, be added to these punishments, according, to the magnitude of the crime, and the frequency with which it has occurred.—The suspension, or even suppression of Journals in aggravated cases, though a mode of chastisement repugnant to our nations of freedom, particularly where other penalties are added, might still not be deemed an extravagant severity ifdit were only inflicted under the sanction of a verdict ; but when placed in the discretion of Judges, it becomes so ready and obvious a resource of political animosity or apprehension, that, where it exists, the administration of justice can scarcely con tinue unsuspected in any hands. The cla mour against confiscation was, however, most absurdly and perversely raised by the op_ posers of the law, who might just as seasonably have inveighed on this occasion against usury or smuggling. Confiscation has always hitherto signified a seizing on property to the use of the Government ; and the word is, therefore, as much misplaced in speaking of the sentence which pro hibits a Journalist from continuing his labours, as if an English publican were to complain of confiscation when the Magistrates have taken away his license. We are the more induced to make this observation, as the word is sometimes employed with very little regard to its true meaning, by politicians of our own - country.— BUONAPARTE'S will, which has appeared in most of our papers this week, and in which the Ex- Emperor so laudably " remembers" a great num ber of people, presenting them with good advice, and still better legacies, is now proclaimed by ►e Count DE MoNTlloLox an incorrect fabrica- tion and full of errors; while an English pape,r, on the other band, declares it to be " essentially correct." Whether or not the Count means by his declaration to set aside the will, entirely, and whether his affirmation or that of our con temporary be the more authentic, we do not presume to determine ; but it seems that the legatees will do well not to spend any of the money by anticipation, nor to act upon the advice till they obtain better intelligence. For the present, therefore, the Abbe VISNALE will use his own pleasure about building his house near " Ponte-Novo de Rossino ;" Baron BIGNON will not hurry himself to begin " the History of French Diplomacy from 1792 to 1S15;" Col. I\LtREOT, if he " continue to write for the cIC fence and the glory of the French armies, and to confound the calumniators and the apostates," will do so upon his own responsibility ; and MAR.. CHANT), the " first valet de chambre," witl not, it is to be hoped, prematurely engage his affec tions to the " widow, sister, or daughter of an ofacer or soldier of the old guard." A file of regular sets of American Papers liave been received this morning to the 31st Dec., from which we copy the following :- 4 KINGSTON (CANADA), DEC. 2.—Our readers may recollect that in the abstract we lately gave of the evidence taken before the British Parliament last winter relative to the timber trade, it was.stated that certificates of origin would he required on shipments from the Colonies ; a nd t h at a ll t i m b er thus shipped, if not proved to •be the growth of his Majesty's Colonies, would be subject to the duties exacted on timber im ported directly from a foreign State. Though this regula tion has been in force only during the present season, we understand that • schemes have been already devised to in troduce thither ,front the United States into .the markets of the. Lower Province, and to export it from thence to England, with certificates declaring it to be of the proper growth of Canada. To check this species of fraud, winch it unmolested would rapidly increase, it is in contemplation to form an association for the purpose of employing several trusty individuals along the frontier and elsewhere, whose busi ness it will be to watch the introduction . of American timber into the Province, and to detect and punish every person who may endeavour, by perjunror other fraudulent means, to pro- cure certificateS that it_is OfA.!anadian origin. This association is, we are assured,. already numerous and respectable, a n d it will doubtless p r o ve beneficial, not only in guarding the British revenue, but (what is more immediately interesting to us) in protecting the Can a di an t i m b er merc h ant aga i nst the injurious and unfair competition of foreigners - in our own markets.— (Chronicle.) " Il.tvANNAH.—NoVolk, Dec. 1.--When the Alonzo left Havannab on the 10th instant there was no political news. The Castle of San Juan, at Vera Cruz, was still in possession of the Royalists, and 500 troops had sailed from Ha vannah to relieve it." Amongst our Irish news, we regret that we should have to record an instance in which the officer commanding a party of yeomanry thought it necessary to shoot one of his prisoners, in order to deter a mob from continuing to assail himself and his men with stones. The party had two prisoners in charge, whom they had taken, not in insurrection, but in the act of working an illicit still, and were conveying the offenders to a place of security, when a numerous body of country people attacked the Yeomanry with stones, in order to effect a •rescue. The officer threatened to shoot his prisoners if the assailants did not desist ; and unhappily carried the threat into execution, by killing one of the unhappy men on the spot ! Even this severe and desperate expedient, however, had not the desired effect. The mob pressed still •more closely upon the Yeomanry, who in their turn fired upon the people, and after discharging about sixty rounds, succeeded in dispersing them. We are not disposed to condemn hastily the conduct of persons placed in trying and difficult circumstances ; nor have we yet, perhaps, accurate information of this un- happy affair. We, however, hope that it will be strictly investigated. The Yeomanry, it appears, were strong enough to repel (for they did repel), the lawless baud by whom they were assaulted. If they had not been sufficiently strong, was Ole rashac.Lof theirOfficel' - Calculated to overawe or to exasperate the people ? We think the latter. —Could any circumstances justify the infliction of death upon a man who was in custody for an offence entirely unconnected with that of' the misguided multitude who attempted to frustrate the due execution of the laws ? VICTUALLING OFFICE.--W e are informed that our statement of yesterday respecting some irre gularities at the Victualling Office was correct only as regards the business of Pursers accounts, for which the Board had discharged Mr. OWEN before the Admiralty interfered. The Chairman and Secretaries are by no means implicated in this - transaction, but having discounted Bills (which every other person unconnected with the Office may do)con trary to existing regulations, they have been visited with the high displeasure of the Admiralty. We are therefore inclined to hope that we may hereafter be enabled to state that some new arrangements at that Bo ar d, an d throughout the office establishment, contemplated by the Admiralty, may have led to their removal ; for it is obvious that the transaction to which we have alluded cannot throw the least imputation upon the integrity and high character of these gentlemen, though their conduct may not have been strictly conformable to official regulations. Mr. CLIFTON has succeeded to the Secretaryship, as we stated yesterday. We have this day inserted the Reply of Miss LOVEDAY to her father, which evidently does not result from herself, but is the fabrication of those who have seduced her from filial duty, and consider it as a meritorious act of religious faith to prevent her from relinquishing the religion into which they have ensnared her. Besides other obvious internal marks that this composi tion has been prepared for her, the panegyrics which it bestows on the Catholic faith, and on all that relate's to the freedom and happiness of France, fully demonstrate her total subserviency to those delusions to which she has unhappily fallen a victim. Extract of a letter ; dated St. Thomas's, De cember 20, 1821 :—" Trade is exceedingly lan guid, and so far feorn feeling the benefit of the independence of that part of South America, which we are connected with, we anticipate losing the trade entirely from the direct ship ments made from Great Britain and other coun tries, and our poor island will in time become what Malta is now, reduced to its own miserable consumption. I have long dreaded the inde pendence of the Spaniards in a commercial point of view, as far as we are concerned. Of the Co lumbian Loan, contracted in your country, and of which the interest has not been paid until now, we have but a very bad opinion, and it will be very long before Columbia can make good its en gagements in this part of th e wo r ld and your's. The privateering continues to an alarming degree in our waters, and St. l3arthelemi continues to be, as it always has been, the nest where the spoil is readily disposed of." FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Diike of Devonshire, at Devonshire House, from Hard wicke ; Viicount Morpeth, in Park-street, Park-lane, from Castle Iloward ;. Mr. J. C.-Hobhouse, in Clarges-street, from the Hunt, at Reading ; Lady E. Palk, in Bruton-street, from Ehfield ; Lord and Lady Henniker, in Grosvenor-square, from Stratford House, Essex ; the Earl and Countess Cowper, in George-street, Hanover-square, from Pansenger, Herts ; the Countess of Aylesford, in Audley.square, from Staninore ; the Right Hon. Sir John Nicholl, M.P. and family, in Bruton street, from Wales ; Colonel Lowther, in Bruton-street, from Cumberland ; J. Hume, Esq. M.P. in York-place, Portman sqUarei from a tour ; the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville, in Cleveland-square ; Anthony Bacon, Esq. at the St. James's Hotel, from Benham Park, Berks ; Sir D. and Lady Ogilby, and family, in Charles-street, Manchestir-square, from a tour; Sir George Jemingham, Bart. at Jordan's Hotel, from Nor folk. DEPAjITITEE:—The Marquis of Ailesbury, for Viscount Sydney's, Frognall, Dent ; Sir John Newport, Bars. for Huntingdonshire; George Byng, Esq., 1%1.P., for Wrotham 'Park ; the Honourable Messrs. Calthorp, from the PrinCe Saxe Coburg Hotel, for Suffolk ; Sir John Shelley, Bart. for his seat in Sussex ; the Hon. J. Vernon, from Tylney-street, for Higham, pear Canterbury. Cirawcus.—Sir Francis Burdett, Bart.. from Bamsbury Manor, in Wiltshire, for Bath ; Lord Birthing, from Lyning harn, to Worthing ; Sir Thomas and Lady Campbell, from Cheltenham, for Bath ; Hon. F. Calthorpe.,, from Brighton, to Bury St. Edmund's; Lord Ed war d S omerset , f ro t h Chipp ing . Norton, to Stoke Bristol; Lord Geo. Somerset, from Ulot, cester, to Bristol. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester are this week on a visit at Gorhambury, the seat of the Earl anti Couiitess of Verulam. The Earl of Liverpool has issued cards of invitation for a grand dinner, to be given at Fite House on the 4th of next month. Countess M unster entertained a distinguished party of fashion ables on Tuesday evening, at her house in Grosvenor-place. The Duke of Montrose entertained a select party yesterday, to dinner, in Grosvenor-square. Viscount Melbourne had a select party to dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall. Earl Rivers had a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, in ' Grosvenor place. Viscount Carleton gave an elegant entertainment yesterday, in George-street, llanover-square. The Earl of Harrowby will give what is termed the Sheriffs' Dinner, on Friday, the .Ist of the ensuing month, at his house in Grrosvenor-square, which will be attended by all the Cabinet Ministers, the Lord Chamberlain, and other Officers of State, when they will prick for the Sheriff's to serve for the ensuing yews. _ The second meeting of the Catch Club took place on Tuesday, at the Thatched Douse Tavern.—Amons; the clistinguishei persons present, were observed the following :—The Duke oi Argyle, the Earl of Blesinton, Sir G. Clark, Bart. M P.. Sir %%Maui De Crespigny, J. Dent, Esq. M.P., Hon. A. Macdonald, and J. Heaviside, Esq. POETRY. TEN YEARS AGO. " Ten years ago," the world was then A pleasant and a lovely dream ; Lite was a river banked by flowers, With sunshine glancing o'er the stream ; The path was new, and thero was thrown A sweet veil over pleasure's ray ; But ignorance is happiness, When young Hope is to skew the way ; And fair the scenes that hope would spew When youth was bright " tenyears ago." Ten years are past,L-life is no more The fairy land that once I knew— Pleasures have proved but falling stars, And many a sweetest spell untrue : 13ut may I look on these dear ones, Feel their soft smile, their rosy kiss ; Or may I turn, Beloved, to thee, 3ly own home-star of truth and bliss ! While love's sweet lights thus round me glow, Can I regret " ten years ago ?" -------- COURT OF KING'S BENCH—anis DAY. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE KING v. CLARKE.—This diefentlant was indicted for publishing a blasphemous libel, called " Queen Mub." Mr. MARRYATT this day moved that the indictment should be quashed, in order that another might be preferred. Mr. Justice BEST inquired if any costs had been incurred. Mr. MARRYATT not answering this, Mr. DE TRY informed his Lordship, that such motions were generally upon payment of costs. The Learned Judge said, then let it be so in this case.—Motion granted on payment of costs. The anniversary of his MAJESTY'S accession, on Tuesday the 29th inst., is to be celebrated in Edinburgh by an Assembly in 'the Rooms in George -street. Yesterday afternoon an Inquisition was taken before THOMAS SHELTON, Esq. Coroner, at' the Blue Coat Boy, Lant-street, Borough, ou the body of George Glasspool, Esq. aged 4S, who put an end to his existence in the manner we stated yesterday. A Gentleman from the Vic tualling Office attended by desire of the Com missioners, from whose statement it appeared that a number of clerks had, and were about to be, dismissed from the Victualling Office. The examination of the deceased had been taken pre vious to his dismissal ; when the deceased signed the same, he said, I have now signed my death warrant. Ile had no doubt the deceased was' in a deranged state. The Jury consulted for a few moments, and returned a verdict, that the de ceased had shot himself, being at the time in a state of temporary derangement..—(Morning Chronicle.) EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.—A young woman, maid-servant to H ARVEY, Esq. of Cliffe, near Strood, was found hanging in her bed room on Monday morning last, and when discovered was quite lifeless. No cause can be assigned for her committing the rash act : it appears she was in excellent spirits on the preceding evening, and cheerfully bade her fellow servants good night, saying that she was going to be' married on the following morning, which was actually to have been the case, to a young man who had for some time paid his addresses to her. DaEADFUL FHtE.—A most distressing accident happened at the bridge of Carr, on the night of Thursday last. The house of ',TAMES SHAW, blacksmith, caught fire after the family had re tired and were all asleep ; and melancholy to tell, his son, a boy about seven years of age, and his maid-servant, a young woman aged seventeen, were burnt to death before the fire was ob served. The alarm was given by a shoemaker in the neighbourhood, and the poor man, his wife, and sister, were providentially saved. Podr Shaw's loss, in house, furniture, &c. is estimated at several hundred pounds.—(Abcolcen Chro nicle.) 9 ) , , 7., .;. rf rw eo ~ ,. ....-z „.... - _.„..„--49 • `ll7 . ~, ,-,;:. r - ', • '''.. ~.,../ • • •-•-...' .;;-.7 - , • (4 , ,-- , * ~ ',,, .., -,•', F ,-/` N,' ,- .1 - 6-- -, - , ,- , ----- , ---- 4 ";:cy•L,4*N . 4 _.:., • •). ---- _...,---- ~,,, ~. It. •. .. • :ears tt.. ether: P I,Ch Ske wh ict ' adapt. nture a 15 eV' van' "mast I bar. THE COLONIES. CANADA. Montreal Papers have been received tip th 4 19th DeceMber:' We lately published the Speech of the Governor in Chief on. opening the Legis lative Council, in which his Excellency required a suitable provis;ob for the Civil. List to be made dtiring the life of the KING. The following is the Address of that Assembly in reply, comply ing with the above demand : • PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT OF UPPER CANADA: LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, Fninat, DEC. 11;1821. This day at one o' c lo c k, the Legislative Council went up .to the Castle of St. Lewis, and presented the following' Address to his Excellency i GEORGE, EARL OF DALHOUSIE, .. Knight Grand Cross of the most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, 'C a pt a in G ene r a l an d G overnor in Chief in aa • over the Provinces of Lower Canada, and Upper Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and their several Depen dencies, Vice-Admiral of the same, General and Commander of all his Majesty's Forces in the Said Provinces Of 'Lower Canada and Upper Canada, Nora Scotia and new Bruns, wick, and their several .Dependencies, and in the Islands of NeWfoundland, Prince Edward and Cape Bret.,n, per . niuda, &c. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, We, his Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Legislative Council of Lower Canada in Provincial. Parliament assembled, beg leave to return your: Excellency our humble thanks for your speech from the throne, and to assure you that those sen timents which your Excellency felt it your duty to express to us on closing the last Sessicin of the Legislature, have received out most serious attention. In again bringing . under cur Consideration the state of the Protince, and, es u part of that subject, in financial affairs, aboVe all ethers the most important, With a view to malting a suitable provision for the support of the Civil Goveratnent, your Excellency affords us an additional proof of your en lightened attention to the best interests of the Crown, and to thc permanent welfare of this part of his Majesty's dominions. Distinguished as the Canadas have been above all other pro , vincos of the British Empire, by a Constitution perfectly ana ' logoits to that of the Parent State, we cannot but feel it to be our paramount duty (as far as in us lies) to adopt what has been established in the British Parliament as a Constitutional principle, G l The granting the Civil List d ur i ng the W.': of the King." We receive, therefore, as a fresh instance of his Majesty's paternal care, , the recommendation on the part of his Majesty, that this principle should be adopted and observed in future as the practice in this province, being at the same time deeply sensible of the wisdom which led to this practice in the Parent State, and that it has most essentially contributed to the so lidity of that constitutional fabric, which is the admiration Of the world. •To which his Excellency the Governor in Chief was pleased to make tine following answer Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, I return you my cordial thanks for this Address. It is gra tifying to me, in the highest de gree t o k now t h at t h e sentiments of the Legislative Council concur with those which his Ma jesty has commanded me to express in regard to m•Nisures essentially necessary to the well-being and prosperity of this province. IVI E RCA N 7 ll - CE - 3 . M11 1 1 - N -G, &c. Captain Murphy, of the Cleopatra, arrived at New Or'ear.; reports that, off the west end of St. Domingo, he,saw,a piratical schooner capture an English brig, with yellow aides and deeply laden. The Princess Elizabeth packet was to sail from Jamaica the r l 18th of December. DEAL, JAN. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Cincinnatus, Champlin, from New York ; Sappho, Lamb, from the Cape of Good Hope, and two more, names not known. Came down from the River the Waterloo, Turner, for Gibraltar, and remains. Two anclidrs, one of cwt., and the other of 12 cwt., have been landed here. BIIIDLINGTON, JAx. 20.--Arrived the Perseverance, Morrison, from London, with loss of main and foretop -masts- Han wren, JAN. 23.—Arrived the Leicester packet, from Holland, with a mail, and sailed again with another mail for the same place. Also sailed the Cobbold packet, with a mail for Cuxhaven. An anchor of about 11 cwt. marked " Lady Andover, London," and about 1 fathom cable, has been taken up in Hosely Bay. Wnrrav, .lAN. 22.—The Lord St. Helens, and Better Luck Still, colliers, ruts foul Of each other off the Harbour ; the fornier's starboard bow is stove, the latter has lost her bow sprit, foretop-mast, &c. ; they have put in here. SCARVOROUOM, JAN. 22.—The Freedom, of Poole, and the Polly, of North Shields, run on boardeach dther on Sunday night off this place, and received each considerable damage ; the-former lost her bowsprit, jibboom, anchor, and part of her cable, and with starboa r d bo w s t ove i n ; she has put in here-to repair. The East India Company's ship Repulse arrived at Tappa. nooly on the 10th of July, and proceeded on her voyage from thence to China on the 17th of the same month. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Capt. T. F. Balderston was sworn into the coin_ mand of the ship Asia, consigned to Madras and China.—Capt. W. Hairside, Commander of the ship Thames, took leave of the Court, previous to departing for Bencoolen and China. AGRICULTURE. A Meeting of Landowners and Agriculturists of the County of Huntingdon was held on 'rues day last in the borough of Huntingdon, for the purpose of considering the distressed condition of the Agricultural Interest.—The following is a copy of the Petition which was adopted. by the Meeting : " To the - Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irel an d, i n P ar li ament assembled. " The Petition of the Land Owners, Farmers, and Traders, whose names are undersigned, residing. in the vicinity of Huntingdon and parts adjacent: " Most humbly sheweth, " That the affairs of yoar Petitioners are in a state of em barrassment, and themselves and families in a state of distress and alarm of which they are wholly unable to lay . an ade quate description befo re yo ur H onoura bl e House—taat it is their sincere conviction, that unless an efficient remedy bu speedily applied, a convulsion of 'the most alarming nature must be the final consequence ; for they see the hour approach ing when reats must go unpaid, taxes and tithes uncollected, relief to the poor undistributed, and when the labouring classes, raging with hunger, will be induced to satisfy that hunger by acts of violence. " The cause of this state of suffering and danger cannot, your Petitioners humbly presume, be other than manifest to your Honourable House; but your humble Petitioners beg leave to express their decided opinion that the immediate cause is thlr Act of, your Honourable House, which has, in fact, tripled the value of money compared with the price of pro duce, and which, leaving the taxes unreduced and contracts un modified, has, in fact, tripled those taxes, and disturbed and violated all existing contracts. " Your Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that your Honourable House will be pleased to adopt measures to rc,llly all contracts according to the alteration in the value of money —that yen will be pleased to abolish all sinecures and grants, all pensions not fully merited by real public services--to d;s charge the standing Army, to curtail the Civil List and reduce the interest of the Public Debt, so that the burthen of taxation may be greatly alleviated ; these measures being, in the fried opinion of your humble Petitioners, absolutely necessary to put an end to the present distress and misery, and to turn aside the dangers which now menace every species of property, as well commercial as agricultural, and which, in the conviction of your Petitioners, threaten to produce scenes of disorder, confusion, and violence, which duty to their families, their country, and their King, compels them to anticipate with a degree of sorrow and alarm not in their power to describe. " Your Petitioners are not insensible to the defective state of the Representation in the Hoene of Parliament, as at pre sent constituted, and cannot, therefore, help e xp ress i ng t h e i r decidettltpinion, that the manifold evils that at present afflict this unhappy country are increased, if not 'occasioned, by this unfortunate circumstance. We, therefore, earnestly hope your Ilonourable gote will lose no time in instituting an in quiry into the prettlfestate of such Representation, in order that your Petitioners and the People at large may receive that which they feel is their birth-right—a hill, lair, and free Repre sentation." DEVON COUNTY MEETING.-The High Sheriff of Devon, in pursualite of a requisition nume rously and respectably signed, to call a Meeting of the County to take into consideration the pro priety of petitioning Parliament on the present alarming state of Agriculture, has appointed a County Meeting, to be held on Friday the lst of February next, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the Castle of Exeter.