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BRIGHTON, ScrT. 9.

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At ten o'clock this morning, tWerty-e:,;14 4.61 of
the East -India Fleet and two whaleis, li•we in
. sight, underconvoyof Admiral RA I S 17‘, 'tom whose
1 ship a signal was made to ilk- light-runs...--
They remained in sight the whole of the day.
Numbers of gentlemen went off, and wear on hoard.
Such was the demand for boats, ill it a guinea
was asked for a single person. A letter came
to Earl CRAVEN, informing him of a near
relation, I am told, his sister, being on board;
but his Lordship WAS engaged vi ith his mili-
tary duty, and denied himself tic pleastne of
meeting her. At 12 o'clock, the iith Enniskillen
. Dragoons mustered on Hornhory Castle l till, and
shortly after, the Earl of CH Al H A m, in full uniform,
General GREY, and Earl CR A VP.N, arrived on the
ground, and several military officers; the troops
made several charges in different direelions. When
the review was Over, the Earl of CHATHAM went to
the centre of the line, and complimented the officers
and men on their promptitude and execution. The
Eal of CHATHAM then visited the barracks, and
suspeEted them. They then proceeded to the Prince's
Cricket Ground. where the South Gloucester Mili-
tia were in readiness, with EAll BERKELEY at their
head. They went through the platoon exercise,
and fired twelve rounds each. The string of car-
riages containin; the company that attended, was
a mile long. Ihe 7th, 13. h, and 21st Light Ca-
valry are under marching orders, six troops are to
be taken out of the Enniskillen:, which now causists
often. Earl CRAYLN gave a grand dinner to the
. Earl of Cita Tit •ts, Earl and Countess of Istßits-
LILT, and a number of officers. The Earl of Cstat,
Ha sr proceeds to Lewes, and will review the troops
quartered there. Captain Haas iT, his Lordship's
aid-de-camp, arrived here last night.

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DOVER. . 9.

All apprehensions for the safety of our homeward
bound East India fleet niust now entirely vanish,
About two o'clock this morning ten sail of them
hove in sight, and took in pilots for London. Se-
veral passengers came on shore, and immediately
proceeded to London ; from these I learn, that
they parted from the remainder of the fleet on Sun-
day last, the Ist inst. in the Chops of the Channel;
they had a tolerable good passage, but had been
delayed for some time at St. Helena. in consequence
of the report of the Combined French and Spanish
meets being at sea, and their destination unknown.
'these ten sail were the Bengal and China ships.
The Madras ships remained with convoy, soles of
them being heavy sailers, but the whole are expedt-
ed up either this ever ing or to-morrow at the far-
thest. Several pilot-beats have left the harbour, to
meet them.
A very fine homeward-hound Daniih East India-
man stopped in these loads this saorning, to take in
fresh provisions. She had neither seen any thing
•of our fleets or those of the enemy, during her
voyage. A large English brig, from Quebec, to
London, also stopped in these loads, tor the same
purpose, and to take in a pilot. I could gain no in-
telligence from her.
The YOURif "'rose Sultrie, a very fine Danish
ship, cleared this harbour this tide, to proceed on
leer destined voy ire. This ship had bees detained
about three weeks op, by the Jackal!, King's cutter,
on suspicion of having some enemy's property on
board. She cleared out from St. Thomas's, and
was hound for Amsterdam. Her papers were trans-
mitted to London; and, after going through the ne-
cessary investigation, she was permitted to proceed.
Sailed from this harbour, the Ihnei cutter on a
cruise; also some viEluallers, for the Downs and
Dungeness.
The Corgrirr trotter, which sent in the French
schooner to this port, on Thursday last, came down
from the Downs, bpund one cruise off Dieppe and
the adjacent Coast of France. I have conversed with
some of the crew, who corroborate the account al-
ready given, of the retreat of the French army from
4oulognc and tie :ozighbouring heights; indeed,
we have bad ocular demonstration of it this day :
the weather has been remarkably fine and clear, so
that we can distinguish the coast to a great 'stew,
and even from the Pier-head, d stinAly see the
' high grounds, and even count the windows of the
houses with our glasses.
There is not the least appeatanee, or even vestige
of an encampment, upon that part of the heights
where there used to he a very exteesive one. 4.
number of our cruisers are discernible dose in-shore
along the French cart.
The American Gentleman who landed from a
Dover fishipg smack, out of a Danish ship from
Cherbourg, as mentioned in my letter of yesterday,
has Leen detained here, and his papers sent up to
I irdon to be examined, before he can be furnished
• with the necessary passports. Coming from an
enemy's port, he must undergo the stritlest scrutiny.
A great number of colliers, and other coasting
and trading vessels, have paned from the eastward,
steering to the westward, is the coarse of the day.

On Thursday was held the Annual Meeting of
The Clergy and Sons of i, a Clergy, of the city of
Bristol and neighbourhood, who met their Stewards,
O. Right Honourable Lord AR TSUI Sossaiiser
(cfficiating in the place of his brother Lord En..
w /sun Snsteriser, unavoidably absent on military
duty), and the lion. and Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Bets t ot., at the Cathedral, to attend divine service;
after which an appropriate sermon was delivered by
the Rey. 1-jitaer Smote, A. M. from Galatians. vi.
10. From the Cathedral, the Society proceeded to
dine at the White Lion, where the ruin ot. ',l/r7l. Ss.
was collected for the purposes of this benevolent in-
stitution, including 161. 17s. 6d. contributed by the
Ladies, at the church door. The meeting was ho.
soured with the company of—
Th., Min. and Right Res. the Lord Bishop of Bristol, Lord
Arthur Sionsereet, Lord De Clirf..id, the Right Worshipful this
Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Pietheroc, Alderman Minority, Alderman
leir wins Lippincott, Bert. Win. this Langton,
):01. M. P. Dr. Muncrirffe, Dr Nutt, Dr. Camel, Dr.
Xesitiih, Dr. Stack, Dr. Joh.. Daubeny, A. P Cams., Esq.
Ram. Ifolvards. Es 4. W. Parsons, Esq Suomi Oliver, Esq.
Eduard vorter, E.q. Aerews, Esq. R. H. Davis, Esq.
'C. J. Ilasturd, Esq. Richard Vaughan, jun. Esq. Jout Carsliwzr,
Jun. Esq aud many other respecza!illa country gentlemen and
wizens.
LOWIRTDOR BRIGHT, F.sq. and the Very Rev.
tire Dean of &tilt ot, were chosen Stewards fo► the
001$13ng year.



FOREIGN INITUIGENCi

FURTIIER EXTRACTS FRuSt THE FRENCH
PAPERS.
siattu, *on. St 10.
The famons Dr. Gall devotes a great part of his
iini- to leauring on sculls. He his departed from
il.tll, and has left behind him the most profound ad-
mirmion of his dothine. Six sculls were sent from

Jena to the Judge Loder, with the h ography of the
persons to whom they belonged. These authentic
.trcurnents were sealed up, and these mysterious
packets were not to be opened until the oracle
hal pronounced, that is to say, until after the de-
rision of Dr. Gall. Without doubt, no communi-

cation could be sent to him by post, or otherwise.
Be it as it may, the Doctor gravely examined the
six sculls, and has found the organ of thievery, more
or less developed in each of them ; he said, that
one of the six belonged to the most stupid of mor-
tals, the dullnes of whom was fully evinced by the
formation of the scull. In short, this was the most

stupid scull which he had ever examined. The do-
cuments were then opened,with all requisite solemnity,
and it appeared from them, that he had just pro.
flounced judgment on the head of Schinderhannes,
and those of five of the companions of that Twitter ;
and that the stupid scull belonged to one of the five
latter. But one of the greatest triumphs of Dr.
Gall is, the convitlion of Professor Schutz. the most
obstinate of the incredulous,who had disbelieved the
doctrine of craniology. This Professor thought to lay
a snare for the Doctor, in presenting him with the
scull of a person, of whom the friends of the Professor
knew perfenly well the life and cliarader. M. Gall
decided. that it belonged to a person who had some
inclination for thievery, an excess of gi 'dine's, and
a particular faculty of imitating and mimicking all
kinds of fantastical charaders, and also of acting
from nature. The astonishment of the Preessor
was beyond conception ; he was struck with vencra.
tion for the Donor, and his system of craniology.
The scull was that of a pupil of M. Schutt, a most
hair.brained young girl, who was foolish enough to
go on the stage, and used to play constantly a Jena
and who being often suspected, had at length
drowned herself, to avoid the consequences of a
charge of pilfering. The auditors of M. Gall, to trio
number of 436 persons, were composed of physi-
cians, surgeons. their pupils, and some military
men. The Judge Reil and the Judge Loder hove
not as yet published their opinions,and intend to col.
lett a great number of observations before they pro-
nounce for, or against, so extraordinary a system.
Some time since, in making an excavation before
one of the gates of Studtgard, the workmen dis-
covered the bones and the teeth of an elephant. The
largest of the teeth is six feet long. Six years since,
in digging at a short distance from the same place,
were also found the skeletons of fourteen elephants,
which appeared of a different nature from those we
now know. At the side of the bones of the elephant
were found the bones of a rhinoceros. Here are
ample materials for conjefture, on the antiquity. the
flooding, and the changes of the globe.
went, •uousT 18.
SHOWER OF PAS.
Donor Heim, of Berlin. has published the fol.
lowing Note,, on the subj a of the shower of peas,
which, we are assured, fell at Landshist4in Silesia 1,.
,. The Privy Counsellor of lichke has sent me a
certain quantity of those grains, which have fallen
at Landshut, and its environs, in a violent storm.
On first looking at them, I took them for seeds ;
but having steeped them in water, I found that
they were tubercles, such as we often see grow to the
roots of several plants. I was doubtful, whether
they came from the oer.'iir, from the spirripipardiv'e;
or, in short, from the ranuncither-ficaria. The apo-
thecary, Schroder, soon convinced me, that these
tubercles belonged to some roots of the jfearia. This
plum, which Liao us also calls chetidersierre-reitniss
thrives in watery places. Probably, an immense
heap of these tubercles formed themselves to some
contiited place, from which a whirlwind has carried
them into the air, and they have naturally fallen
in a shower. Our celebrated chemist, Klaproth,
has pointed out to me the first and second volumes
of Tie New Cbemic4lJournal, published by Gehlin,
is which a very interesting account is given of the
same kind of showers of peas or grains. These tu.
bercles contain, like all others, a farinaceous sub-
stance, similar to that which is extraCtea front pota-
toes, turnips, and other roots. It will be useful
and profitable to people residing in the country, to
understand and manage the jfeerta.
LISLE, AUG. 1.
The day before yesterday this city was the
theatre of a catastrophe which has thrown the true
friends of the sciences, and of humanity, into the
greatest consternation.
M. Becu. first physician of the Military Hospital
at Lisle, was building a house in Le Hue Bane.
Not long since he had- finished the arched roof of a
small house at the bottom of his garden, to be di-
vided into baths for the sick. This arch was covered
with a layer of earth, but it was doubted whether it
would be strong enough to support the weight. At
half past three in the evening, after those dreadful
storms which had rendered the day so melancholy in
our city. M. Eccu proposed to M. Testelin, who
had dined with him, to go and examine whether the
rain had not soaked through the roof. M. Testilin,
Professor of Mathematics at the second school, had
already given his opinion on this building to M.
Beets, and he wished again to consult with him.—
Hardly were they within-side, when the roof, over-
charged by the quantity of water which had soaked
into the earth, fell in, and overwhelmed them.
Though every effort was made for their relief, the
workmen wire not able to come at them in less
than three quarters of an hour. They were both
found on these digs, having their bodies hall bent,
and their h Inds supported on their knees. It is
thought, that, warned by the noise, previous to the
fall, their first movement had been to stoop down.
Neither of them had a fraeuret or a mortal con-
tusion ; it is, therefore, certain, that they were
smothered. The extraordinary dilation of the
lungs of M. Becu, the state in which the sleeves of
his coat were found, ptorre the efforts which he
made to remove tile rubbish, and get air to breathe.
Every effort was made, in vain, fur their recovery.
The latest news from Naples, of the 3d of Au-
gust, remove out tears concerning Calabre and
Poialle. The shock of the 26th of July has been
lobe awe, hilt has produced but little damage. It

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llt esemate f, that furry-six cities, boroughs, Of 10-
i lager. have been entirely destroyed in the crusty
of Molise. It is remarked. that 78 years foul,
they experienced a like shock at Naples.
(FAR niEtt PkRTICULARS OF THE LATE. EARTII-
QU KE AT NAPLES J
txTaAcT of A PRIVATP. LILTTML raom MAPLES,
PATIO J. 111.11 31.
Those who were at the Florentine The.ttre be-
held, just at the moment of the two first great
shocks, the decor snorts touching each other, from
one side of the Theatre to the other. The boxes
threatened to fall into the pit, and the Magistrate
who presided at the representation, having given
orders that no person should stir, the spectators,
stunned by the shock, iemained as it they were at
the mouth of a cannon. After this, in the interval
of calm, they all went out with \ut disord:r.—
During the whole night, nothing chid be heard in
the streets, but the complaints, cries, and groans,
of persons, who,*calling aloud, sought for their chil-
dren, their parents, and their friends; it was a
pi&ure of the end of the world. There are various
accounts of the number of the killed and wounded ;
but, you may be assured, that they are very incon-
siderable in our city. The number of dead at
Campo-Basso, is estimated at 300. It is said, that
the town of Arienso is entirely destroyed ; in short,
they are not relieved from the fear of a new shock.
Every eye is turned towards Vesuvius, from which
scarcely any smoke issues: this stillness is threaten-
ing. Else persons who live nearest to it report, that
since the day of the shock, they hear, in the inte-
rior, a hollow rumbling noise, as if proceeding from
matter in ebulition.
It has been already said, that there is scarcely a
house here which has not been damaged.—Mine,
thanks to its being long built, has suffered less than
the others. To the Palace, of which I have already
spoken, as having been much damaged, we may
add, the Palace Royal of Portici, and many others.
That of the Prince of Saint Nicandre is entirely
uninhabitable. One quarter of Pizzofalcone is
nothing but a ruin. There are very few who can
pass them ; both on account of the ruins, and on
account of the danger of the fall of the houses yet
standing ; but which threaten to tumble into pieces.
In many places troops are stationed to prevent peo-
ple from passing, Those even whose houses are
still habitable, from the fear of a new shock, take
care not to pass the night in them ; chusing rather
to sleep in open places, an the ground, or in car-
riages. Persons who can afford it, have tents pitched
in the fields ; there are a great number seen on the
road to Chiaja. Last night there were in the envi-
rons, and at a certain distance from the new castle,
more than 10,000 persons, and a prodigious number
of carriages; so many, that there was no room
for more to pass. They speak of many phenomena
observed in different places. It is said, that a
fountain, situated near St. Germainn, the water of
which was soft and good before the shock, in ar
instant became sulphureous, &c.

VOLUNTEERS.

CI.ERIZENWELL VOLUNTEER REGIMENT.
This regiment yesterday hegan to do permanent
duty at home, for ten days; upwards of 430 were
on the ground. The regiment musters twice in the
day for military pra&ice, at 7 in the morning, till 9,
and at 4, till 7 in the evening. Capt Robins's
company (the grenadiers) performed guard duty
yesterday, and the other companies are in rotati,,n
to do the same. Sentinels are posted at different
places in the patish. who are hourly relieved;
and there is a serjeant's guard stationed at the New
River Head, where a room has been fitted up fur
its accommodation. The officers have a mess dur-
ing the ten days, at the head quitters of the regi-
megt, where they sit down to soldiers' fare, and
are allowed one hour only for ;heir dining.

LOYA4. NORTH BRITONS.
On Monday List, several companies of the Loyal
North Britons marched to Highbury, where they
fired at targets for two elegant silver medals, given
by two of their officers, latentenants Fordyce and
creole. The fortunate competitors on this occa-
sion were, Mr. James Geddes of the 2d company,
and Mr. T. Girling of the rifle company. Imme•
diately after the decision, a circle was formed, and
the medals presented by the office's to the success-
ful candidates. Lieutenant Creole, on this occa-
sion, made a short but appropriate speech, expres-
sive of the allied which he and his brother officer
had in view in giving these prizes, and of his hope,
that should necessity require is, they might be able
to dired their fire with equal success against the
enemies of our country. This method of creating
4 laudable emulation amongst volunteers, and im•
proving them as marksmen, cannot be too much
commended ; and it is to be wished, that the gene-
rous condui of the above two officers, may be imi-
tated by others in a similar situation. We under-
stand, that the corps of Loyal North Britons are to
be commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke
of Sussex, their former commander, Lord Reay,
having lately resigned. They are, therefore, hence-
forth to be denominated, the " Duke of Sussex's
Loyal North Britons."

Bit AD.—Yesterday, there being no Court of Al-
dermen, the Loan Maroc after snipe:ling the Re-
turns, ordered it to be reduced 4d. in the peck loaf.
Lord Keith, on Saturday, gave official notice,
that the transports lying in the Downs, between two
and three hundred. are perfetlly ready to receive
troops; this notice will, we elped, be very shortly
followed by An order for immediate embarkation of
the troops destined for the e;pedition.
Monday, the gallant Admiral Lord trlttsom
went to the shop el Messrs. Ruents.t. and BRI Doc,
Goldsmiths and Jewellers to His MAJts;v, on L4d-
gate-hill, to see a service of plate preparing for him;
on which occasion the passengers assembled round
the door in great numbers, :lad having waited anx-
iously for the return of the Hero to his carriage,
they greeted him with several bursts of approbation.
Qn the night of the lat of September, nine of the
East India ships parted from the Convoy, and were
seen the next morning by the Yenta frigate. ♦s they
did not answer the private signals made by the Vesta,
they were supposed to be an enemy's squadron, and
the frigate immediately carried the intelligence to
Admiral Com a !rat 1. is. This eirciunstance most pro-
bably gave rise to the report, that a division of the
enemy's fhtt )44 secap4 kola Emit.