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EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE.

The Capepseket, Kettle, from the Mauritius, has arrived
in the Downs, sailed from thence the gotb October, from
the Cape Ist Dzeember, and passed St. Helena the 14th
Dreembur. _

Pas:orgy-8.-4 oL Conyers, 821 regiment, Mn. Conyers, and
four children; Mr. l'ye, Governor of Roderique; Miss Prior;
Lieutenant Thurman, Royal Lngineers ; Lou soldiers and one
woman.

Arrivals at the Mauritius, Oct. 12.—The Rambler,
Powell, from London.
October 11.—The Alexander, Snrfien, London ; the
Enterprise, Thompson, from Gibraltar; and his Majesty's
ship Delight, Ilay, from the Cape.
:Tailings from the Mauritius, Oet. 16.—The Margaret,'
Henderson, for Gibraltar.

Oct. 14.—The Olive Branch, Kind, for the ('ape. The
Spcke, Macpherson, was to sail from the Mauritius for
London the lVth November.

Arrivals at the Cape.—The Hercules, Vaughan; the
James Sibbald, Forbes ; the Asia, Reid ; and the Asia,
Limlsay, from London : the Sun, Anderson, from Bengal ;
tht• John, Mercer, from Rio Janeiro; and the Olive Branch,
Kind, from the Mauritius.

The Jane, Coiling, was wrecked in Table Bay, Cape of
Good Hope, during a gale of wind, on the '42d November.
Arrivals at Batavia.—The Diamond, Strout; and the

Houqua, Nash, from London.

MONUMENT TO THE MEMORT CF THE
LATE CHARLES DIBDIX.

There is certainly no individual, in the peculiar depart-
ment in which his distinguished talents were displayed, to
whose memory the British public owe so much as to the
late Charles Dibdin, who may with truth be styled the
Shakspeare of song. The subscription set on foot to erect
a national monument, that may embalm the remembrance
of his genius, and testify the grateful sense which his
countrymen entertain of the important services derived
from it, is honourable to our national character. It has
been, till tiow, a reproach to us that an individual, whose
whole life was spent in promoting the rational delight
awl moral festivity of his country, and who drew forth, frsin
the full resources of his fancy and his feeling, the volumes
of national music and of national song, which he has be-
queathed to his country, should have received no public
testimonial that might put its gratitude on record. No
langa.age but our own contains such specimens of charac-
timistic sea-songs ; no music but our own has melodies of
the same peculiar and appropriate cast. It is impossible
to appreciate their value too highly. It is not too much to
say that they exalted the character. while they refined the
courage of the Bat ambit Navy. They did this by super-
sibling a tone of sentiment to the bravery of British tars.
His ballads seem written with an capstan view to this end ;
they have all of them a tendency to soften the coarseness of
their uneducated feelings by imperceptibly training them
to an elevation of sentiment—to the recollections of home—
to the hopes and fears of absence—to the remembrance of
female tenderness anal of female attachment. A leaning
towards all this is to be found in all his songs; they in-
deed derive their celebrity from the interest, in this way,
which they excite. Several of his lyric compositions, mark-
ed out to be sung at the approaching public festival, are in
unrivalled. " Tom Ilowlinz," "The Lass that
ins," " Ben liqckstay," " 7'raae courage," " 7'he
dirt, :" all these, and many, many others, have
and listened to on board our ships of war, with
' which we landsmen can have no conception.
trung to the manliest and most generous feelings
non nature, and linked with all the associations
an interest and a value to life.
I be difficult to point to any instance in which
a in,, nect has produced such an infinite variety
tee in ballad poetry ; every single effusion of Dib-
is bears not only the direct stamp of origin-
tat distinguishing character which fits it to re-
mit and sentiments of the class to whose feelings
red. His dialect and phraseology are always
whatever he the subject. lie gives to seafer-
Il grace of simplicity, and his apt introduc-
n is always amongst the happiest Obits of his
is greatly to the praise of Dindin's songs, that
were the vehicle of personal satire ; and great as
1, they have one still greater—that they never
mest delicacy, or offend the chastest ear.
monument is well bestowed on every indivi-
las contributed to raise the fame of his country.
of our gratitude is. in such a case, connected
cat interests ; for, in a nation, Jayne
is power,
I hal no firmer basis than the genius of its

.e and praiseworthy exertions of the Committee
neat will, we are sure, fully justify their opi-
the intention of raising a subscription for the
t, only required to be brought before the public
general and liberal support; and we are re-
irn that the nobility and gentry have come for-
alacrity to promote and extend the contribu-

VIII: GYIF.EX CAUSE.

We have *received Frankfort Papers to the Itt instant.
They contain the following important facts and specula-
tions upon the progress of the Greek cause:—

TRIESTE, JAM. 17.
A ship has arrived here in eleven days from %ante. According
to the private letter. which a e have received through this channel,
,Mattrocordato is stated to have appeared on the 3l of this month
with aj division of the Greek fleet, before Portals, while Colocotroni
passed the fortress on the lard side. Jusauf Partin, the Governor,
is said to hare made pmposals to evacui.te the plate, being allowed
to proceed, without hindrance, with the garrimn to Smyrna; but
that these terms were not accepted. This intelligence, however,
stands in great need of confirmation, as well a. hat of the capture,
by Maurocordsto, of two vessels, having on board fugitives, with
money, from Patina. Other letters say that a Creek ship has
fetched Lewd Spin from ('ephalonia, and convoyed him to 51
1011g1R.--41,CEINST/IC Zrilaug, Jun. 2(i.

FRANKFORT, JAN. 30.
A letter from Syra, of the 28th of November, in die (bleak!
Spectator, has the fillowing passages :
• We enjoy perfect tranquillity here, and our commerce is ex.
tremely active, and our port is constantly full of vessels coming
and going, and a great deal of business is doing.
!Here follow some old details respecting 3lisisolunghi before the
siegrr was raised.l
•6 If through any cause whatever Patina were to fall, the afl•ain
of the Greeks in the ..Alorcit would, in my opinion, assume, for the
first time, a decisive ascendancy, and there would be no reason why
Coron and ?lotion, which fortresses are not so streng, should not
fall in their turn. If the lireeks were once masters of all the mili-
tary
positions, and in entire and tranquil possession of the Mores,
they would be able to spare part of their forces to decide the fate of
Doha and Attica, and perhaps to attack Eubtra.
•• The writer observes that the possession of that island would be
of immense importance to the (heck', and that, if the Turks
should fail before 3lissolunghi, and Pause be obliged to surrendef,
the revolution, instead of retrograding, will advance with gigantic
strides, daily strengthened by hope, h ibit, and experience, and by
the assistance of all kinds abundantly bestowed by the Philhel-
lenes.'"

AUSTRIAN FUNDS, Jax. 21—Meta 84 Ii 1.16; Bank
shares, 944 24.

BRAZIL.

It appears Rom the following extract from a letter re-
ceived at Portsmouth from an Officer of his Imperial ttra-
.4iliass-sliajcsly's ship Netberohy, Cwt. 'lPriylor, that that
ship alone captured acrenteen sail of the Portuguese fleet,
which abeindonal Bahia, during her fortunate, but eventful
cruise :

11. 1. M. Brazilian frigate Netherohy,
Bahia, Ist Dec.
We have refitted hereafter a four months' cruise in pursuit of
the Portuguese squadron. We followed them to Maranham, creased
the Equator, and cruised a single ship off' the Rock of Lisbon 14
days ; where we fell in with their line-of-battle ship, and disturbed
the Admiral, after he had bailed us, by a few grape shot into his
stern windows, and made our eswaps with ease. During our cruise
we captured and destroyed 17 pears, 10 of which were despatched
for Rio ; two of them are valuable ships.
Our anxiety at times was very great ; and this successful cruise
has not been attained but with the risk, at one time, of every soul
on board being petishcd. On our return from Lisbon, we were
obliged to stop at St. Nicholas, for water (one of the Cape de Verdi),
in an open bay ; and, on the 7th of November, the wind chopping
round, we were obliged to cut our cable and carry close reef top-
sails and MIMI to clear the land, the breakers of which were
not more than • quarter of a mile from us. We had no money
escaped this peril than a heavy sea struck the ship ; all our
head-sails were split, (with the exception of the fore-top-sail); the
man was washed from the wheel, and the frigate laid on her beam
' ends. Thank Gott, our Captain felt himself superior to fear, and
with tranquillity ordered the main and main top-sail sheets and
tacks to be cut, the mizen-mast cut away, and the lee quarter-deck
and forecastle guns to be thrown overboard, and the helm put to
windward, to scud before the wind. After lying in this state in
the hurricane, from twelve to fifteen minutes, the ship regained
herself—three cheers was the cry, fore and aft; and afterwards the
Captain had the gratification to receive the same, and the thanks of
the ship's company, fur his tranquil and judicious exertions.
Perhaps never was there a more pitiable sight—the rigging and
mast-heads crowded with 200 seamen and soldiers, imploring
mercy, whilst Captain Taylor, his English first Lieutenant, with
about twenty British tars, were employed in the way above stated.
It is true there were a fore Brazilians, headed by the second Lieu.
tenant, a fine young Nobleman, who greatly assisted. To this
gentleman we partly owe our existence, for by cutting away the
miren-roast, the weather quarter fell upon three men and ('aptain
Taylor, all of whom were killed, with the exception of Captain
Taylor. -fudge of our state; when we arrived we lr^.d only a
barrel of beef and one day's water; in fact, we were existing
upon a pint of beans and a tumbler full of water per head.—
e sail to-morrow for Rio, to rejoin the Marquis of Maranham."

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