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the Light-house, in "his Ve Ssel, yesterd# Oen-. ing aboutfive o'clock, two shots were fired,. at dif-. ferent,times, from a - laroßritiSty Ship of Wa,r.with two tier of guns; supposedto be the-Leander that one of the said shot struck. about 40 yitds :t-head of the said: Vessel, and the other went nearly. over,her.:. upon which thp Deponent 'rounded io his Vessel and, about five minutes after, another:Shot was fired from the said Ship,: and struck 'the taffel-rail and quarter,rall, and killed. immediately •a man at the helm, named 3onN PIERt;F:, brother of the. Depo nent, and who 'was a-hand on board of 114 Vessel-: that the Deponept cannot accurately determine the distance of thelaid Sloop from the Leander; :buthut he conjectures it to be aboven mile : that the Deponent then continued hiS coarse, .and entered ; _the Hook Without any farther molestation. JESSE PIERCE. Sworn the 2§th April, before lls W[rr CLlN•roti. ZEKT AH PRATT, Master of..the prig Sally,. of this Port; - deposed--.-That as . he was approaching the said Part troth St. Thorrius's, yesterday evening, and twenty rods distant from the within-men .tinned ;Sloop, he observed .the faas..stated. in , the within-mentioned‘.Aitdavit of Captain PIERCE.; and that, (15 the beStThf Jiis knowledge,and belief, they are .true, except the killing of the man, of which this Deponent has no. persomrl knowledge that there-were at : that -time three Ships . of War in the oiling:; and,that the ore mentioned in the within Affidavit was a tWo-decker, and' thelargest ; that all the said Vessels of War fired at the Deponent's Vessel, at least twenty shot in the whole ; but that be proceeded on without 'comina P to that a Sloop of Warn fired at.the Deponent's Vessel when he was about a gdarter of a Mile from the shore, and after the within-Mentioned death is said_ to .have oc curred that about twenty Sail of. Vessels were coming into' port at the same time; and that Up wards of one-hundred -shot were fired at the said Vesgels by the isaid Ships of War. HEZEKIAH PRATT: Swotn 26th April, iSo6, before ' DE WITT CLINTON. Indiament for 'Alurder.—The Grand Jury, at the suggestion of a Republican Member, found a Bill, on Saturday last, against HENRY WHITBY, Cap tain of the Leona for the murder of Jonx PIERCE. . PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 29. kFrom thb Aurora.), lIEVOL±IN SPANISH AMERICA.--Captaill WEBB, of• the Brig Eliza, from Maricaibo, informs, that just before he 'sailed orders had been received from the Governor of Carfacas to•have the Militia immediate ly organized, and <the city put in the best state of defence, as a very alarming revolt had taken place in. the interior. , . - ,- • WAR WITH-GREAT BRITAIN. " The blockade of the pat of New York, at the present moment, occasions, serious refleEtions ; are the. British Vessels (dung under the orders of the New Ministry? ." Certainly'', there has been time for the old orders to . be superseded . If they are acting under the orders . of the New. Alministration, which a : few days will 'aseertain, it • - will fUlly confirm ideas which we have before ex pressed,. that too much: of the, old leaven of the Old Miftigry lexiats' in.the,present.,Cabinet for Britain to follow' throughout her Whole interest—that nothing:good can . proceed from the system—:and that if :any_ man who, is good, goes into power, he becomes necessarily depratied y that system. • " 'Should it be proved that. the 'orders of the. pride of .his Vountry Confinued, NicuoLsoies: motion has not its due effea ; only one plain path and . FII Tii wT ALTEkNATIVE WE HOPE EVERY. AMERICAN WILL PREPARE. HIS MIND.--- Peace is the decided interest of the United. States : before . War is entered 'ou every step should be . . „ An Embargo on" all Provision Vessels to the 11*Eist Indies for . three months, we thinle,would bring the British to their senses. • That followed . up, on neg.t. Meeting of:Congress,. by 6 a fotal prdhibition -of: all Trade with Britain,' or. importation from Bri- . tain--and, if forced into a War, a confiscation of all British propertyof every kind within the,United States, propckd on the first agitation of,the'presen,t ques 7 • tiOn' in Congress- - -would, we are convinced, soon re store peace between 11---tine of Battle. Ships,- those -who advocate them ktiovi f t.,,well, are s useless against tlitt- -British .i.\;avy-the private- armed Ships of our' would 'annoy. the trade of Britain more etfeaually than too Seventy-four Gun-vesselS. But Britain never was at any one time more dependent on the United States 'for t'he consumption of her manufa6tures than at the present moinent-7-cut off .from Europe, an interruption here would stagnate throughoqt her population-7Howevey the British 4gents may atfe& the-contrary, we are misinformed airMy the iklantffaaurers' of Britain are not alarmed. " One circumstance we wish the-present Minister, to impress on. the British Cabinet of St. James, that the majority in the Congress will never .support hostilities for, the caprice of our - Merchants or any body of men—will never defend a.trade contrary to the Law of NatiOns—but• that they are determined, and that,they will be supported by the great Mast of .the people 91 the United States—in a war tin their 'independence as a Nation, which has been so wan tonly attacked." MAILS. - .ARRIED , ri Lislion, t Waterford Duz-11 - litiburBh, t Dublin,. i ‘Vaterford. ►i STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVg O'CLOCK. Consols for July . 6t. ~ T- H E SU N. DfCißz 7.ILsUIA AUPE,AT? L '0 N D 0 -N, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1896. WE have rccived Anicrican- Papers to. the 30th- : : April. . The French Party are indefatigable in their efforts to produce a ..ruptUre between Great 'Britain and America ; and 'a cncnmstance haS recently oc curred which afforded them an opportunity of mak ing a successful appeal to the passions of the lower or ders of the people. It appears that His Majesty's Ship Leander whidli was eruizino - at the latter end of April off Sandy Hook, having in vain endeavoured to bring to, an American, Sfoop..that was entering the Har bour,,fired lfshot into her, and killed a man. As soon as the circumstance was known in New-York, it • produced a very considerable ferment, which was increased by every possible artifice. The body, of the: man Who' was killed was ex,posed to public view for two days; the Corporation, and the .whole of the Anti-British Party,. attended the funeral, which was conduaed with every solerfinitY that was calCUlated to Make an- impression upon the mindS of the people. The consequence. was, that all intercourse with the British Ships was interdiaed, the provisions' which had been purchased for their use were seized and "given to the poor; and, to com plete the whole, .11' Bill of Indiament for murder was found.by the Grand Jury of New• York against the Captain of the Leander: Th9se ioteinperate meausres will not, we trust, impede the. efforts of the British and, Arnerican. Go vernments 4 o adjust-the. differences which at present • subsist, and to re-establish that amiable intercourse which is so essential to the • interests, of the two Countries. We have extracted from these Papers all the fats which relate to this eitraordinary trans- action. . General MIRANDA has, it appears ; 'effeEted a landing a;, the Caraccas, and has been joined by a great number of malconterits., He carried with hilti several thOnsand v stand of arms, which he has:.dis tributed among his f6llowers, and . revolt has already assumed so formidable a shape, that it will require every icussible exertion of the Spanish - Government to check the progress of thiS: extraordinary Adven turer. LETTERS brought by the Lis7)on Mail, dated Lisbon, 18th ult. state, that a Treat was signed on . the 19,th April at Madrid by the Plenipotentiaries of France and Portugal, by which the .neutrality of, Portugal is ( guaranteed: These Letters' do'not state the terms upon which Portugal has .been permitted to 'retain her neutrality. Tim Anna Prinzen, Capt. Holm, from Canton, for Copenhagen, is arrived off Dover ; by her we leam, that the Hon. East India Company's Ships 'emits, Windham, Hope, Exeter, Warley,,Camler . land, Ocean, Royal George, Bomtay Castle, Wex ford, and the Henry Addington, from London, are arrived at China. • , The Outward-bound East India Fleet sailed from Portsmouth yesterday, under the Convoy of the An telope, of 50 guns. Another- very long Debate took placelast night in the House of Commons, upon IVIr. ' l / 4 VINDHANi'S proposition respeaing.limited Service in the Army. The Clause was at length, agreed to by. a, Majority of tot. _ _ IT is with much pleasure we notice what fell from Lord HENRY PETTY last night on Ahe , subjea of the New Income Duty: Ad.- The -Noble, Lord, fully aware of the state of the Country, and the'necessity of making the most vigorous efforts against the . com mon Foe of all Countriesi uponformer occasions firmly defended the proposed Tax. On Income, as it constitutes so large a portion Of our National re= isources; but amidst his deep sense of what is due to the interest and honour of the Empire, be is not its different to the claims of humanitY. He therefore last night announced his intention to bring forward a 'Supplemental Bill, in order td prevent the. Tax fiom operating upon- those who have small Incomes with large Families. • The Noble Lord also last night proved, that he is not less inclined to respe& the rightg of the subjea than to listen to 'the duties of humanity, for he pro= poses tO-class, the new-impost upon PriVate Brewing among the. Assessed Taxes, and to reject every idea • , of extending the Excise Laws' to private houses. IN the HOuse of Lords a , Discussion took place re lative to the I iripeachruent of Lord MELVILE, which lasted till ,twelve o'clock, during the whole of. Which strangers were excluded:, Windsor' Terrace was uncommonly crowded on Sunday evening.. Their MAJESTIES conversed with several of the Nobility. Soon after eight o'clock the ROYAL FAMILY retired to the Music Rooms? in the Castie,Aind had a selea. Party. The: lloyAL FAMILY came to town yesterday about tWo O . 6ICCk. PRINCESSES ELIZABETH and MARY Visited Lady C. FINLH soon after. The ROYAL DUKES visited Their MAJESTIES. In the aening The 4 MAJE S TIES had a select Party. NAVAL NEWS. PoRTeMOVTII, JUNE 2.—Arrived the Meteor 13omb, Capt. COLLINS, with a Conv4 from the Downs. Sailed under Convoy of the, Antelope, of 50 - guns, CapL BAZELY, the following Indiarnen Dover Castle, RIC;HARDSON, for S.t. Helena - and Bengal; Indus, WILTDEN, aid Thttenliain, fOrits;- for Ma - - deira, Madras, and Bengal ; Haddad; BAYLIFF, for Madeira and Bombay ; Harriet, Lyrr,c4, and Lord Etc& n, YoUNG, for Madras and Bengal; Lord Keith, RAMAGE, and Ocean, TAGGART, for St. Helena and Bengal ; together with .pady Barloit, Country Ship, and Teignrnouth Packet. Also William, CRorrEY, for the Cape of- Good 'Hope ; and Happy, CRIT CHELL, for Madeira. This afternoon 'Admiral iPunvls hoisted his flag on board La Chiffonne Frigate, Capt. CAMFBELL, on Which occasion a salute was fired. The Courageux, Captain BISSETT, and Namur, Capt : HtLSTEAD, of 74 guns each, are dropped down to Bt. Helen's. The DrecuinOught, of 98 guns, and La Fieche Sloop 'oi.,War, ire come , into the Harbour. . _ FALMOUTH, MAY 3 1 .—Arrived . the Aiichland Packet, ScHuyLEß;%with Mails froth LiSbon, 13 days passage ; left there the Walsinkham Packet, and His Majesty's Sloop of War . Scout; which was expeaed to Sail the 20th inst., 'having under her Convoy the Brig Hope, Capt. HEBSTER, with Lord ROBERT FITZGERALD and family for Ireland; His Majesty's Ship Star takes the next Convoy'for Eng land, which is expe&ed to sail about. the 20th June; also arrived the American Ship Courtney, Buyawr, frOm NOrfolk, with flour, &c. for orders ; Dauisl3. Ship Ebenezer, Capt. WEnshin; and Christian, REY, both from Norway,.with timber, for a market. POOLE, JUNE 2.—The Beavers of this Port, Ni LINCpLN, Master, bound to NewfoUndland, after being taken by tilt , Topaze Frit,ate, was burnt; her cargo consisted principally of provisions. The - Industry, CoLutis, Master; on her . passage to' Newfoundland, foundered ; the crew all saved. Arrived —the Mary Ann, Hawkins, Active, Boynes,.and Dart, Harland, from Portsmouth ; Lively, Crocktord, from London New Hope, Manelaws, from Weymouth ; and mona, Whiteway, fom Teigumouth. Sailed—the Hope, Blake, tur Newfoundland ; Benevolent, Bartlett, tbr Livery ol ; Industry, King, for Weymouth ; and Three Sisters, Dobson; for Newcastle. DEAL, JUNE i the Seagull . - and Kite Sloops of War, with the ColAbatant Praarn, on a Crujze. Arrived the Blanche Frigate from a Cruize. Ar rived also, and sailed for the River, the Fortitude, PEMBERTON, from Liverpool. Remain the Downs— His Majesty's Ships Edgar, Glatton, and Trusty ; Clyde Frigate ; Amaranthe Sloop ; Zebra, I)- vastation, Vesuvius, and Prospero Bombs ; Valorous Praam ; Speculator Lugger ; Harmony ViCtualler several Gun brigs, detained Vessels , ikc. Sir, lohn B. Warren, and Bel lonaCartels. DOVER, JUNE .—Passed by the Ship Anna Fria zeni Capt. H.OLINI, from China, to Copenhagen. MILFORD, .30.—Sailed the Lincoln, Bt7R 'row, for London - . Arrived.the Vends; HARPER, Lord Nelsen, COLE, Hibernia, DEVEREUX, .and Chance, . BOYLE, from Wexford; and William and Ann, GRIFFITH, from Youghall, fOr Liverpool. LYbIINGTON, JUNE 2.--,—Sailed His_Majesty's Ship Ville de illi/an,'Admiral BERKELEY, with the Fleet under Convoy for Newfounland, Halifax, B&.c. . GRAVESEND, JUNE 2. ' Passed by—the Supply, fohnstone, and the Mary Ann, Wilson, from Gottenburgh Zeelust, , from Ham. burgh; Charlotte, Sinclair, from New-York; Weymouth, Weldon, from Smyrna ; Johannes, Neilson, and Conferenia, React Classen, from Norway. Saiied -the Queen, Ratall, for Gibraltar; James, lames, for Dublin; Mary, Morgan, for Riga.; Vestal, , for Copenhagen ; Adriatic, - Barham, and kmphion, Anderson, for Elsinore. DISTRIBUTION O'F PRIZE MONEY. To the Officers and-Company of His Majesty's Ship La .1 Chittiinne, for. the Capture of the Zeelust, on tke loth J une, 280 i, in company with His Majesty's Sloop Falcon, Steady 'and Clinker Gun-brigs, and Francis Cutter, on board, on her 'arrival in Port ; and' every Wednesday and Thursday, for three months atter, at No. 9, New 'Broad-street. To the Captain, Officers, and Company of His Majesty':s Ship La Loire, for the Capture of ta Confiance French Pri vateer, on the 4th tune, iSo_s ; the 'proceeds of the head money, every Tuesday and Friday, at -Mr.. Edward Lyne's, • Plymouth, tor three months to conic. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's - Ship Harpy, for the Capture of the French Gun-brig No. 337, oil the 29th of lanuary, 'Sos, in company with the Watchful Gun-brig, the net proceeds thereof, including head-money, on board, on her arrival in Port • and every Wednesday and Thursday, at No. 9,' New Broad-street, 'for three months. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Poly phemus, the -proceeds of the hull and:condemned part of the cargoot the Sloop Marianna, captured on the Bth February, ;805; on board, at . Portsmouth, and for three months, at 22, Arundel-street. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Sloop Mouche ron, for the Re-capture of the 'Brig Sredwell and cargo, on her arrival in Port; and at 'No. t;, Howard-street, Strand, for three months. . • • The.toTd ProvostiMagistrates; and ToWn Coon cil.of Glasgow, have, , in a very handsonie 'Manner, unanimously allowed the Cornnyittee a sufficient space of ground in the High , Green for ereCting a montiP meat in memory of Lord NELSON. - Friday the High. Court of Justiciary . niet, when Margaret Cunningham, conviEted'aflast Perth Cir cuit of poisoning her husband, i bUt whose case was certified on account of alledged pregnaney; was brought to the bar. The Courtiapporated six mid .wives to examine into the -fati, and tcr report on Thursday neNt-, FOiiEIG IV NEWS. FROM THE LAST CORRESPO NMENT3I4. PARIS, MAY 20.• L-In the Imperial Almanac of this - Article Prussia, we re d (.€ FREDERIC WIL LIANIH.f. _Eleaor of Brandenburgh and Hanover, King-of Prussia r &c. • M.Y 14.—The report of an intended marriage betwteri'Made[llol3oe TASCHEI, niece to the Brn press). and a,son of the Duke of AIIREMBE,RG, is to tally unfounded. FROM THE MONITEUR, MAY 22. , ALEPPO, MARCH I.—Frain the moment we learned here the unexpeeted death of M. ALEX.- ANDER .ROMIEU, the French Envoy at Tehran, ifery unpleasant whispers ,were propagated reSped ihg Mr. BARKER, the English Consul. It was pretended, that if M. ROIVIIEU did not perish until •after he had arrived at the place of his destination, 'it was not the - fault of Mr. 134mEn. Something, Was said about . a Tartar, who carried dispatches for the English Consulate, having been sent on the 'track of M. Romixu, when he was on the road To Bagdad; and entrusted, to the prejudice of ,that Frenchman, with the execution of some dark affair. The discourse of the Tartar, and every other cir cumstance colleCted, in different places, had left very few points - of doubt in the minds of those wh6 would rather have .doubted the reality of such an odious af.= fair, when Mr. BARKErt, himself, by a printed chal lenge or provocation, forced the French Consul Ge neral to a public declaration. The‘Consul General has therefore drawn up a Cir cnlar Letter, which he addressed on the 15th Feb. 100, to thegeveral European Consuls at Aleppo . . This Circular Letter contains the following par ticulars : "Three days after M:-Romq,u''s departure, an English Tartar, named SANCOS HALL, was sent in pursuit of hipi upon the road. This fait is known to all 'the Levant. . • , • " The French Con,sul informed M. ilomttu of it, who pi'oceeded„ in' consequence, with every precau tion such circumstances required. Owthe 2i st of August the Consul received a Leiter from' M. B.o.'criEu, telling him that the Tartar wholollowed the same route he did had been at tacked before 'he could overtake him; and that a Letter 'had been found among his effe&s, in which Mr. 13XRE.ER'desired SULTAN AGA, the Chief of the Fusileers at 'Monssol„ to get M. ROMIEU assassi nated, promising - to give him five thouand piastres ; and that the original of the Letter was delivered to the French Agents and deposited at Bagdad. M: ROMIEU'S Letteris at .the French Consu late,_ where it is shown to every person who desires to, see it. There is also an authentic copy kept there of *the.clispatch which SARCOS HALL, the Courier, was charged with for SULTAN AGA." Yesterday .being Trinity Monday, the Corpora tion of Trinity-Hohse held their Anniversary Meet ing, and proceeded in barges to their Hall at Dept ford; when the flight ,Honourable Earl SPENCER was unanimously re-chosen Master for the ensuing year ;. and, after attending Divine Service at the Church of St. Nicholas, where an excellent Sermon was preached by the Rev. GERRARD AN DREWES ; ReCtor of .St. James, Westthinster, they returned to Dinner at the London Tavera, where were present many of the Nobility, Admirals, and Persons of Dis tinetion., Lord ,SPENCER of course took the Chair. Among.theloyal and patriotic Toast, gi% en on this occasion, " The Memory of our departed Naval Heroes" was not forgotten, but was drank with the greatest zeal. The Toast, however, which most.ope rated upon the feelings of the Company, and which excited Mingled emotions of grief and enthusiasm, was, 4‘. The linmortal'Memory of the late Master, Mr. PITT." Shouts of approbation burst •trona all quarters many were 'deeply affected. " The Pilot that. weathered the Storm," a tribute to theeminent services andlatesevering fortitude of that. great man, was then-swig by DioNum, and throughout received • with the lousiest testimonies of applause. _ . Capt. ROGERS is appointed to the Kent, of 74 grins, one of the largest Ships of the class in the ser vice. • There Was no Court of Aldermen held this day ; but the Loan-MA - I . °a, after inspe&ing the Returns, ordered the Price of. Bread to remain as last week. Yesrerday rhorninv, Abut five o'clock, a fire broke out at house . in Cable-street, b St. George's in the East, by which three houses were burnt. A very destructive fire broke out on Saturday se'nnight in the town Of Longford, and noti.vith standing•every exertion, was not suppressed until two breweries and above fifty dwelling-houses were totally consumed.. We understand a Letter is published arEGEIt. TON' . s Military Library, addressed to Mr. WINDHECI, wherein a most plain and simple Plan is laid down respeaince the Volunteer System. ,A few days since a Journeyman Blacksmith en gaged to work for a Master at Sadlescombe, near Westfield ; and, having .a little knowledge of the fistic science,- persuaded his employer that .he was no less a personage than the Game Chicken; that he was come into the comitry„, incognito, to pick up a few grains at the barns' doors ; and that he had already engaged to fight a Country Professor of Pugilism in Battle Park, whom he should lick with • the greatest ease imaginable ! The gaping Smith, 'with " eager haste, while on the anvil did his iron "-cool, swallowed his servants news," and 'deposited in his hands a considerable sum of money to advance • the stakes, and bet upon the conflict ; but on the ' night preceding the set-io, the pretended Chicken set off, taking all the money his too credulous Master had entrusted him with, and has not since been heard of ! • * Old as the adage is of " embracing the Tide on the Flood," an event 'which is so near at issue as to-morrow most strongly enforces it. It is hardly necessary to mention; from the universal attention it excites, that our - beloved. Monarch's Birth-day will•be ushered in, by the commencement, at nine iii the morning, of the princely Prize 4.2.5,0001..t0 • the. first-drawn ;Number froinFortune's Wheel.— 'Numerous other principAl Prizes will, most pro .tably, enrich the day's draWing. ,So that,. if any • Chances - are yet to be, purchased, many doubtless will he alert this day; "to embrace so rich s-tide on the Flood." •• ,• LONI - lON Printed by I R. H 4 Rats (of Martlett-court, Bow.treet); and pubtished by W. A. Sdairr South. Moulton-strecti, at thcz Sun . -Office, t iz,' Strand.