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London, England, 1806-03-21 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORIAMOUTII, MARC!. IN
Arrived the Trusty man of war, with a convoy,
flour the Ddwns t and Avenger gun-brig, with a few
vessels, under convoy, from Gucmsey.—Wind
E.S.Z.

etystourn, MARCH 18.
Came in the Ceres, Betvislts, from Guernsey.
The Bet.ev, —, for Bristol, which sailed at the
same time, was captured on Sunday last, near the
Eddystone, by a French brig privateer.
Arrived the &Pen privateer, from a cruise, with
the 11.?!rnsing, Go from Bilboa, which she hat de-
tained ; the French brig Constant Maria, laden
with pitch and brandy, captured by a Jene' priva-
teer ; the Spanish brig Ele-ia, in ballast; slit mat of
Muros-bay, by the Egyislirnr, ft igate ; and the Har-
mony, l'oule, from Lisbon, detained by the Caroline
med ship.
Saled the Favage and Confiance sloops of war, an
a cruise.—Wind

EALMOVTIt, MARCH 17.

Arrived the Gratitude, Rowe, from Southampton ;
Hera, ilorchard, from Messina, with fruit, for
Guernsey ; fil4ernia, and the Vsile eh Paris men of
war. Irwin Plymouth.

DEAL, MARCH 19.
Arrived the Raiileter sloop of war, from off the
French coast, and remains in the Downs, with the
rest of the ships as per last.
P.S. Arrived the Venus frigate, Captain Matson,
with a flag of truce from France.—Wind Easterly.
DOVER, MARCH 19.
Yesterday Wa% landed here, out of an American
brig, a Dane's Captain, who reports his having been
taken, on his homeward-bound passage from Lis-
bon, by a French privateer brig. mounting twenty-
six 6-pounders; after which, falling in with tke
American, he was put on board her, to get his pas-
sage home; the rest of the crew they took with them.
Early this morning, a French boat was discovered
off here, with a flag of truce, upon which two or
three boats were manned, and went off to her ; they
found on board her a Captain of a French frigate,
with dispatches, to be forwarded to the Port Ad-
miral at Deal ; in consequence of which, there being
but little wind, they were taken into one of the
galleys, and must have arrived there between eight
and nine o'clock ; the boat, with the Officer on
board. remained at anchor in the Roadstead.—
It appears. his orders we:- to hi Id co communica-
tion with Ore shore. Sevcoal gentletnt n have been
on board; he is very polite, hut at the same time
very reserved ; they could learn nothing more from
him, than that in France a general exchange of pri-
soners was expelled soon to take place ; n is said
that he is likewise one of Bonaparte's Legion of
Ifonour ; however, he wean a s at on his briast
but surely i: seems strange, that se great a person
should have no better accomniodatiou than a little
dirty fishing boat ; there have been several letters
brought ne4 shove here.
Tne frillowiuz vessels have sailed : Nothing has
tome in.

frederiak William, of and f Royon, with
ti:gar and rum, born ":avaiimah.
Man, of Portland, Erkeislicio, with rico and cottm, fawn
ditto. lot R.itteldins.
Mariner transport, of London, Church, with stores, for the
Downs.
Matilda, cif Yarmouth, o,liorty w-alt irm, from Caidiff,
for 1.1.44.ri
o.rews, ditto, Watam, with ditto, front ditto, for ditto.
Agneti• harms, of belabor& Penning, light, from
isig, for London.
ji1.P.1041, of Shoreliim, Rolmsts, with inere:iandize, fsom
T.,lidoci, fir Falinooth.
May, of Searbre, Birdie, with iron, from Cardiff, for
Louden.
Two ttrotlion, of and front ditto, Armon, with coals, fur
Deal.
Seosionsll, of and from ditto, Gregton, with ditto, for d.tto.

FROM 1.1.0 Y Ull usr.
Gs A Vint. D, M kelt 19 --Pawn, he the G Clinker;
and the Hero, Ilornb rk, ffrint Norway S fled the &dye,
Moore, for Jamaica t and the Grorge. Po&ficsalbs, for So.
DOM.

In the forenoon of lands) se'nright, Nitta*
'Ames, Master of the Winningham ferry-boat, ard
his son, sook a gentleman and setyant, with two
horses, over the Humber to Brough. Oa their re.
turn, it appears the boat had overact in a sudden
squall of wind. The young man has not since
been heard of, but the master of the boat was found
dead next morning, stuck in the mud of the river.
It is conjedured, that after the boat upset, be
had swam two miles or upwards, and, after reich;ng
the mud, had toiled through it at a great depth for
►etween two and three hundred yards, until his
strength had been totally exhansted by the eff Os
of the cold and fatigue, at a time when he was within
a few yards of the hanks of the river.
The fallowing is ore of the many instances of the
well-dive/lid liberality of Englishmen :—A much -
respeded Minister of the Scotch Presbyterian per-
suasion, having died suddenly at Leeds, and kit his
p7egnant widow and two klost cluldieo uomovided
for. a -subscription was act on foot in their favour,
which, is the coarse of a few days, amounted to up-
wards *of 'Wt. exclusive of a collection made last
Simko,' cite:Avg at the Scotch Chapel for the same
ii,eofeotent puepestb anstiosi6ng to 'this fund,
it is inteldril to gint in Cocerntnent securities, to be
applied, under the supeinter.dalee o►ttuatees, to the
Ina Intentoen tit tlassbidow••and her children.
Last•evief, a heckler; in Path-head of Kirkcaldy,
of the • nowt of Jon* hrtson, died suddenly, and
in entrain agony. From the circumstances at.
leading • his death, his relari•.ms caused the body
Wait opoottl. wisest a quantity of matter, like
is stunk, was &wail is his stontah. As his
wife had cohabited with another man for some
tame past. suspicion naturally viewed than as
the sashays of ibis infernal deed. Thee
dittele a►seonded, and, we are sorry to add, base
net yet been appettlended.—( Diorite* Paper.)
floe Lootaittvian system/ of education has been

adroit with math success in the sunday-schoals
near Leeds there are about tt) children'
iseibt in the Sandav•schoeh at that place; this
•lienoil-roveiwttere ltfr. Lancirster's system is pat-
ented.' nabeiseares $6 feet by 21, and will seat 130
sehelhers.
.2itikthf "'men can attend that nun.
if the room were set-
Ise as 30 caa be at-
the papa's, vrithmat
of stripes; sake

►er. or
tires! T.,

BIOGRAPHICAL PARTICULARS
Of THIS
ELECTOR OF WURTZBURO.

Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, Was barn at
Florence, May the 6th, 1769. He is the second son
of the Emperor Leopold 11. by Maria LOUISA In-
fanta of Spain. Educated at the Ducal Court ■t
Florence, he removed in the year 1790, on the death
of the Emperor Joseph 11. to Vienna. In his 2'2d
year, he married Maria Louisa Amelia, a daughter
of the Ring of Naples. InstruAed in the difficult
science of governing, by his Royal Father, the wise
Legislator of Tuscany, he assumed the reins of the
Grand Duchy, in 1790. The people committed to
his care were happy. Florence, the magnificent
metropolis, was the nurse of the fine arts ; the com-
merce of Leghorn flourished ; his flag waved in all
the ports of the Mediterranean, and the age of the
Medicis was restored, under the peaceful sceptre of
the Princes of the House of Habsburg. Such was
the enviable state of Tuscany, when all Europe was
convulsed by the French Revolution. Without im-
mediately taking part in the war. Ferdinand was the
first Prince who concluded a treaty of peace and
friendship with France.
_ _ _

This tranquillity was not of long duration. 0a
the renewal of the war, the Grand Duke was driven
out of his dominions, and lived, for some months,
in total seclusion, at Graz, the capital of Styria. In
801, Ferdinand, returned to Vienna ; there, on the
18th cf September, 1802, death destoyed that union,
which, for twelve years, had been the happiness of
his life. The fruits of his marriage are a soo, Leo-
pold Ferdinand Charles, born in 1797, aed two
daughters, Maria Louisa Rose, and Theresa Joanna
Benedieta. The peace of Luneville summoned
the Grand Duke to the possession of the Eleflorate
of Salzburg, and the Principalities of Iterates-
gaden, Passau. and Eichstadt. These countries
were, however, destined to enjoy, but for a short
time, the happiness of his government. Providence
decreed, that Wurtzburg should call him her own.
With acclamations of joy both the city and the
country received the intelligence, that Ferdinand
was to be their Ruler and EleCtor.

We cannot, indeed, compensate him for the loss
of his paternal inheritane. Wurtzburg is not to he
compared to the superb Florence, or the opulent
Leghorn ; and the wintry tempest howls through
our country, when the roses blossom on the banks
of the Arno. Our hills, however, produce generous
wine, and the Fronconian is surpassed by none in
attachment to his Prince. May Providence long
preserve to us our beloved Sovereign, and long may
his house reign in peace over us and our posterity.
—(lrerisbarri Ggnettr.)