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NAV.4I. BALL.

L •N D.

A neirl meg elegant- entrataintnent was
'wen on Alo.nlay nstiatb ti♦'rte Office.* 4114 Ain-
jesty'a tßtip Christian taw Sot:trait. :of 74 'gaits. e.t.a-
titaatiesi by Sic. Jusetils Yorkr,. ius it, Pertimonth
; 1c constated of a bill tatii, attploui*, ai was
itatimated tq the coutpaiti :Ay tlaets• eattla of intik*
tion. which, after the ntoirta e4Ati• '01140..4.

CLiiscee tbe Sereatb, ou board tho atb.
The varier-deck its ace it oft lie "lance.- It
,nieit tastfuity hung with- flags of all odours,
1. ;e:s, and a profurion or li4ietr. Thr deck' was
ciialked tri various loyal acmes, and typropriate
'winos. On the poop were three trinspia:•eticie*:;
the reotre one, a figure of The felhlitieri at ihrsofter,
surinouated by a scroll, beetling the 'Wooing
wonia--.alesess to At Patriots': the 'Altera were
garters, euotechtig the Listiota, of UR. aid the
t'hrittias !ha Seoestit, with. asottoa, indicative of
au:wet/tent $o their worthy sink iirmie Commander,
and determined loyalty to their Szwereigni • with
con,,leirof 'tonality", toa ph•dis tl*r I,ediei •
The iisoiiicz entrITTIMACC.I St. el4;ii; and wits kept
up with great spirit Lill' asst one in. the mono
Lig, when .upper View ownioitnewl,
on The ottiests prefusimot every
ddo .cyeiwire4, s4l,e Lams pawned merrily
r•fulfdi tilljettly two hours after day-light, when
the daamig was misused, owl tome reluctantly de-
purted• et 'right o'clock, vonlerfitity pleased and
ratified with the trudged. brhaviour,:aud polite at-
tentions of the ClifisSiaui.'s her . Above NO per-
sons were on board.

Yesterday, at twelve ciolock, Ili --.4 MAJESTY ar-
rivcd at the Qu n•m's Palace, from Windsor.
At two o'clikk Ili. MAJE•TY held a private
tee-e, which W3l atteittietl by—•
The Duke of Portland, Mantra Castlfteagis, Lord
Ilaslostotry, Lora St. tlelere•. L.rd Valgrave. Lard Heath-
Led, Sir Stephen Cottrell. and Mr. Perceval •
fil.owing Military Gentlemen had the hu-
nOcr of tieing presents 1 to His 1J ‘JI,STV:---
Gere,4 Finch, on his promotion to tint colonised of the
Seth Regiment.
Lititteaa.tt•Genertl Nicul,s, on his eproiellut.nt to the
continued of the Goth Regiment.
Genera Gwyn, be time Lwattnent•Grnweetbilelnwp of the
Isle of Wight.
Geseenl Csiersft, on bring nort•tutini First Slejue to the
cskistream Itrgoarot Gauen,
lits Mai t.STY afterwards 601-1 a Privy Council,
and gave audience to the Duke of i't,RTLtNOt
anti the rest of the Cabinet Miuisters. cud left
o v.,, for WI orlsor, accede at Isar ticiaz,k.
In a late Criss. Coo. trial, there was a verdict for
Fat says, " a virtuous wife
is • croons to her husband."

Yedraday. the Calsi,int Ministers dined with his
Chace the bake of Poart.svn.
Taia day the Duchess of URUNSIVICII completes
ber 71st year.
" Come," says a character in To Timid,. rr give
us something sad—the Bieck Jaw." Tnis wow
probably Durntry'll wrier. The Black Joke' re-
sleeting him was indeed the bearer of a sat/story.'
Yesterday was a gramd public day at the Priam!
ELIZADETII.II cotta;,-,-, mt Owl Windsor. Ltotassla
of IO) of the neiglitiou:in, Nobility and ry
sat down to an excel' nit dinner. The table, were
placed on the lawn, in tents, and every acconw-
dation aff.inled for t:,, convenience of the emu-
PauY, who appeared highly delighted with the
tee t.

A new grand 111141 cant entrdnce tn Wobtfrn
Park. the acct of the Duke of BEDFORD. on the
London riud, iiboilt half wily between liocklitle
and %k oburit' is nearly finished; it is built of a
beautiful and delicate white stone. from a quarry
s few iniles from %Vohs. ii. When it is esitunlet...,
it 17'01 be as housisoine an oi,jimt as any on the
twill road.

LA" INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CAANCRUY, Liscaues-liv., Avis. Is.
HIS ROYAL HIGHEEstb THE DUKE or sumx and
LADY AUGUSTA MUSKAT, Mous DAKONEta WAKE-

Mr. Tituaesost moved the Court to act aside an
order granted by his lioaour the Master of the
Ilona, directing Mr.'Cor, a Master in Chancery,
to make inquiry, and report to the Court a ',roper
person to be ~.uariliau to Frederick Augustus and
his sister, the children of the Duke of Sussex, by
Lady Augusta Murray.
The Learned Counsel stated. that in the year
180/ Lady Augusta Mummy tiled her bill at:Ramo
the Duke of Sussex, to recover the income sedated
to her by settlement of 40001. it-year. The Court
granted an injunction to prevent his Royal High-
ness from receiving so 11:111C11 or his pension, Or his
allowance from Governineat, as would be adequate
to the annuity of Lady Augusta. The cause never
:tine to issue ; the late Mr. Pitt interfered, and it
was settled amicably in the ',ear 180 ti., His Royal
executed two deeds: one apooiating the
Earl* of Moira and Lord Fincustle trustees,. to
inipeiiiitend the education of Ics sou while a minor;
the other, engaging to pay them the sum of 5301.
a-year for the expense,' they might locum for his
inlueutiou, and 1001. a-rear fur the maintenance
and education of his &tighter, to be Maid to
La.ly D'Ainelmodi while -bib daughter should
to reside with licr. It appeared, phut
the 7001. ii-year had been regularly paid to
Lady ll'aitnelaad, amid not to the 'Frustees.—
lit "the year 1807, a bill was filed ou behalf of the
eisildren, praying, that only the sum of g 20i. should
be Rudd for their maintenance suuil education..
duringibeir minority, mid that the loalmicreaoloithi
accuitiolete until they ceine to their respective
ages ra •wenty-one. In the month of July last,
true of Sussex, by an ex-parte a,-
I I. •ti to his Honour, the Master of the Rolls, that
mere utight be a. legal giuudien to the chiltheu
aopoiated, and his Plonoue gave au order, abut a
Master *hone' make tuq.ury, and report K proiser
guardian. Mr. l'itoursos contcarlo, this order
'was irre. ular ; although Cie bill was lLe.i iw 1807
it, never was acted upon; Cie lierelidants were
never even served with a sitiveiso, aa.t the tir.-t
they knew of. it was by his floisour'soriler. It ens
a case of•retreme har.dshia on 'Lady D.:lit:eland.
'She never would :I,ive come *-1. the agreement she
diel, if it was not hie the consideration having 11. Lr
ehillrei, with her, udder her.p n.ectio.i. Ttie
deed of trust, exc uteri is 180 d, to the Earl of
Mo;ra and Lord fincinitle, wits time to ready her
mend on that wool ; that de-21 appointed them
guardians, :140 there could be no necessay.for that
Count interfering. There con J. be uotohtg i.te-
puted to those noble Lir& th it niche them unlit
lo.ltheguarniaur and trustees of wow elsildrell.

rd- Cattleccirott--iii Toe Duke of SuNsez
endtd albs appoint gthirdiaits for those children : lac
bed no 16441 right over them, they Iseiii4. illegiti-
mate children; so the deed of trust must be consi-
dered •isiatill and void."
Mr. rIIIIIIIPSUN. in Colltillltlitioll.-••" Suppra,itez
fine moment the deeil of trrst-to be void, hal nor
Lad; LI udauil, us toe mother of the cluldreu.
a rig.lit to ;hely person. ?--standil not that Court pay
some resppct to cite oCa fend mother ?
would not diagunic (rept the Court that his client
was fearful that the wisp of -having r heeded guar-
dia.a appointed. nuts to deprive her of Litt commas
the decayed from the entryway and education of
her eieitalren. It. 11/214 well, known, when at lawful
guardian was appoiweal, he would have the power
of removing twin where he thought piroper ; nol
the bill tended to operate' in another wai a tuinst
her arrilvaihip, as it. wop:al oblige, her tai, ac naiad
for the inontg, she bed recrivell. He truste 1, tin-
der those cortrid:.ratiows, hie Undo:tip would set
aside rd.* i:Solvitir's order; and he felt ennaldcot
that the Alos!cr of the .Ilotls, ellen he 4ratite.:4 that
erde....trar .441 eware that not way ,of tile !Arises
*d notice n`' the Petition. Tne Bari of Nlnira
abd Lord Pircartle hail not an o.yortuitity of 1111-
.4ering, the hill, •as. they had never been served-
with notice- Li was, without 'eying any thing
harsher, iasu4ig those Notile.nen, so well known
for their integrity."
Lord Ei.ooa et/nerved, that in this cam! it Was
not an Dolor thsrctiog.the Manor to aryouit a legal
guardian, It was 3411 nrClef.tAb • the Ila tier to make
inquiries, and report who was the proper pertain to
be the.gmardien. Titers could be no sorprise
complained of, for the Neater, in making his
could be obliged to initiation all the parties,
and e :maitre them upon own. If he neglected to
do this, tnen any of the parties might rotor before
the Court, and move to have his report set asii!e.
Ile thought his Honour, the 11Iaater of the Itolls,
had acted very .wisely in referring it to It Mater ;
it was a case that could be COMA, better and more
properly discussed before him than before
the Court. The Court had always held, ill
the case of illegitimate childreu, that the
percut rvhe ;irovideil for then should li.ive the
inainagententsof them, although the law did loot re-
cognise the authority of q parent in inch comm. lii
the case of Powell r. Cannel. the Court decided,
that a persoo who had settled a yin ky income on a
child, had a right to take him army from his pa-
rentwalthough he was born in wedlock. lie would
not help saying, that decision. was a far-stretched
prerogative of the Court. But after baring given
the applicattortall due consideration, be perfectly
agreed .witb Himont. 11.11 to the propriety of the
order he had made, and he therefore dismissed the
• 'application.
ADSUU,R PADGOTT pM employed as Counsel
for his itoyid Withne*a.

HONE CIRCUIT.

MAID•TOSIGIIENT. Ara. g.

The LORD CHIMP Juszicz and the 611E1' BA-
RON of the nximMtizet opened the Cominission
for holding the Assizes of this county last night.
This morning, after Church, they proceeded to bu-
siness, The Lord Chief Juoice sat on the Civil
Side, and the Chief Baron ou the Crown Side.

CIVIL SIDE.
EAMIDEID V. SIMISET.

This yeas an wawa to. recover a compenantine in
J*1,1.10041 Int tiw awinvtinn of the Phi 'lr. ditties-
ter. The PLuntitiwas ashij►-toaster at Yet-anthems,

hi this cothtty, udd the Defendant a Copts in the
%Vest Yt:ek
Mr. Serjeant SIIEFFIERD addressed tke Jury
on behalf of the Ps:Anther, and having made many
observations on the matins und eonsettusoces of the
Defendent's °Fence, obeerved, that it was mncha
irl;grarated by the circumstance of his being a mar-
ried man at the time it took place. The Plaintiff,
he represeatecfas a respectable man, lon of circum-
stances not elual to the Defeirlatit, who was a
gentleman. of tortuue, and a Captain in the Mil
tie was received into the house of the Plaintiff as a
lodrr, and then availing himself of the aces
which his situation enabled halt to have to the un-
fortunate girl, he had wieeeeded tit pe..nadiug her
lo nhaudon the, tis 4 °raiment or *mean, and to
yield to his solicitation. Li the event •she peurved
with child, and the *littler now souk osimpensa-
tio,i, not merely for ells expanse .hr had been put
to. hut also for the 'liaisons of rnind mid anxiety he
had suffered no occasion of the misconduct of a,
child who had been frcduced from the paths of sir-
tue,hry the artitices nr(ha I) lesidmit.

Elisabeth Hantitqd stated, that she lived at homes
with her tether, at i'eser..halK, a lab itia* a AM-ems.
ter. The Defendant teas an Officer in the West
York Mania.. He came to lodge at their house.
Her father was a great deal from home, and her
Mother had the nuatia..;erneitt of the house. • Shortly
after the Defendant came to the house, he I,egais to
he particular iii hi. attentions to her, awl ultimate-
ly ',timecard iu Redwing her, almnt six weeks after
he was in the house; the consepience was, that
she hetaine pregnant, and was delivered On child,
which was still Tis%tag end had been maintain at
the_ expense of her father. e A
On her cross-exausina-
. tion, she admitted, that she le jd.•ecasionally taken
her. %gals with the Captain iu 11is loom, and that
her mother kuew of it. She once . onaplaineet to
her mother of his behaving rude to her,, but she
was afterwards permitted to go to his tOOll3.
Mr. Serjeant ONSLOW addrosord the Jury for the
Defendant, sum insisted that the Plaintiff was nut
entitled to any •exemplary demeges, inasmuch as
thee-mother, who ought to have•gosnteri the parity
of her daughter, conducted herself in so negligent
a us:toner, that t.:;e alforded every facility to the
Defendant, to gi ttit:. any irregular passions lie
.might cherish.

i'.'ilfiam Nlian, a private in the M'est York mi-
litia, 'Anted, that he was hat-min to Contain Mae-
ivy at the time he lived in the Plaintiff a house;
that be saw familiarities between the Cantina aud
the daw;liter the very first day he went to the
Plaintiff", lo.l;riaami. and . that after he had been
there a few days. the Captain went to Doncaster.
on leave of atserice. and when it was.ininonncea
that he ass about to return. the 'Plaintiff's h-
t••r ter seemed quite overjoyed. After his. return.
Elise often 'hired and swiped iii the Captain's
mms, and the uanther frequently dreed the din-
ner. which the Cantaiii had provided. He, the
witness, was often sent to lef her know that dinner
an* rcaily, arid, Emil all that pawed, he had uo
daubs but that the mother k sew of the intercourse
between them He al,o stated, that he once saw
the Plaiiithrs daughter nur:.ing a neiglibismr's
ebild ; the witness j..eularly observed to her, bat
sheliad Ireuerlmve o.re Lf her own. She replied,'
that perhaps she might have had one. He id,
t
he would not Milie,veit. She said it was true' for
she had had our: . The witness said, be lap hied
at her, ant went away. 'He mentioned 'lite .tpi-
her mother. awl vine said it airs very true, for Olt
had had a child by an Officer in the Viat .v?ifill,..
sex, and that a sea officer, who am about torniarry
her. bearing of the stov, had reftt,ed lier in ccluse-
q tie in r of it.
The Defendant's servant also gave evidence of a
free learn:oars.- between the Minutia a daughter
awl the De endstit, sod he. said he•thought the
mother run-t have known it.

Mr. Serraut Sittriter.a mmk a very animated
reply, in which he deprecated the conduct of the
t/ctrinlint, as a gross aggrovatien of the former
injury which he had done to the Plaintiff; flir by
the defence he hid *et up, he am meted to rob the
girl. idiom ha had deluded, of every particle of re.
winning character. By aeducing her he 'bid de-
graded and tiisgmkil her in the neat of respectable-
female% but now be atieinptttd tobierkeii tier
reputation to the tettaillol, and eprtaral her as a
being whomever had hid onstpttisclr d relict:table
feeling or conduet. Such indeed's.* toe frestpitntly
the course petalled by abaudoniel lit,ertinet ; they
bud too little regard for the situation of feinaies nt
the lower rank.. indeed he must say tat finales
of that clan. were but too often treated with a want
-of decorum and retard, which a truly honourable
mind mist ever lament. iir..au.e. froin their alines
tioa in life, they were frequmilly obliged to present
theineeivelt atehe in tile presence of a min, the
libertine called them si fair geese," and thringht
himself warranted in attickmg them with indecent
liberties. Blot the teen of honour felt fur Miler:.
enti) ; lie felt they were thrown into his way as
objects rather of protection than oppression, and
Irons •that circuit/dance riche would be most-
te:mirderl than on o..clitiary occasions. II 'repro-
hated the evieleace given .ey the tw.l hart *IMO.. a,
mill lasitted it was such as no Jury would give a
Mt-incites credence to.

JAM ELLIMBOROUGH nbesrved, Cost most een.
tainly the last witnesses made a large demand upon
human credulity ; at the same time it was clear,
from the testimony of the .girl herself, that her
mother was apprised of the Ilefendant's conduct.
and therefore it became her to act with eisoreg 11.141-
ad caution, particularly when a daughter woe I.N=
posed to the company of youog military men. The
Jury, in considering the measure of &msg. o,
must take several Ahings iota their considei of lot:,
for cases of chili sort differed most materiolly;
some, money would hardly be a means of teettils-
pence, and in others seater any wa. merited; they
were to consider the feeltni,cs of a parent ; sod in
estunatitut those feeliags, they must latak.at the
comlttet of a parent. In the protein coo.. it sli-
m-are-4 that the mother, who was left in the goar-
dianship of her daughter, had not acted pith a I
the elution which became her. Taking all the cir-
arnstunees into consideration, they would mes-
sier's& the inst and prudent de;,;ree of damages the
Plaintiff lied sustained. Verdict fur the Plaintiff:—
Datives 1001.

'The Deettae, witit .Gctiertal ME ADe toei b?oriti,
itir Portugal,' and some trainports, with the Itith
'4lragoooy sailed tog Toestiay froua l'ortisittotals.

SPORTIPIC I,vrELIICE)
LEWES RACES,
TUESDAY, a Uct.s? 9.
ttlrl and !aft year of a 5,‘,.?..t !..os of
torsr..;i:tit rdits, arst. 3% and kV-a ast
- The miaow oft** lkrby, Oak, of
;14 extra
los4l E.grentont's b ( bind:alarm, out of
Lord f.. Cavendisles b. sp Iso Cr. outer .
loard ckaliester's br.s. .Erdmann!, by Waxy
.. 6M leafbditl Egrensont's C
ha. • ',Mau Sabi( nneric Seven guttd
HJf goyadlisgbuess Prior?. of IValesty
Cu.:l-A, amt. against Mr. Feimor's b e.
bought of Aft-. /bill, bat. tilb. the tart Mile loop
His 31sj. sty's Plate of wogs. for any Ihrst, In
ing ; four yr o!Ja to carry 1061 4:b 111 eyr a
Six yr olds. tat ; stud ugad, 144. uib. the
four wade beast.
Lord Egictuours e. b Clectiun, 4 yr 01d...
3l e. Daly'; C. b. Itub Mousy, t yt old
111 x. J. Croft's b. Is. Haut, 4 yr old.

LEWES. Aucostg.

'His Royal Higlinesa the Prince of Wales arrived
at the Pavilion at five o'clock this morni!.v., front'
London, acei'mpanied by Lord George Ca; eudish.
At seven o'clock this morning a torrent of ruin feU,
which greatly delayed and iwpeded the usual pre-
, phonons for our races. At Brighton and other
' neighbouring towns it was indeed reported that
there would be none. Many of course did not pre-
pare for the dny's sport. The ground, notwith-
-standing, had a very lively appearnin e, though not
se minty booths and inavouces were erected as on a
fisruser year. At a quarter to two His Royal
nese the Prince of Wales arrived en the ground,
mounted oa his gicy charger, and nresscd in th►e
hussar uhili•rm. ha Royal Highness rode ciosa
to his t►avelling carnage, in which were Mrs. tats•
lierhert and tidy Hagttersto►te. His Royal High.
nem's elegant laudau.barouche ■nd six followed
empty.
The Saud was very thiu/v attended, and there
were very few carriage*. The Countess of Chi-
cheater came in a close carriage. The first rain
for the sweepstake* of lo guineas slid hot begin
until half-part one; the weather was very miny.—
Sit to four was laid ou the Earl of Egrcusont's
b. 1. by Guhanna, which was wins ea.y.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales then
came to Lewes, and partook of an clegaut dinner,
provided hy Colonel Newton. The Earls or Dar.
lineton and Egremont, Major Bloomfield, and st.-
veral Officer* belonging to the loth► llegi►aeut,
dined with his Rmal Highnes..
The second race did not take place until six
o'clock, and the ea:a came down in twrcnts. The
Earl of Egremont's /:lecana w:►r the fa►ourite; he •
came in aial won il►s Majesty's plate. Mr.
Daly's Bob !lolly was drawn atter the first teat.-. 6
Here ended the sport of the dot. which was allow.
eil to he one of the worst in the memory of the
oldest visitors of tie Course. The ccrapaily Tea
turned to Unglitoo, 6,:sidit a deluge of tale, aca
companies' with vivid Hashes of lightning.
Tttw•entertsinments at Brightnii Theatre, this
evening. um, Jobs Bull and Oscar awl halt-ism,
byceinunnotl,.pf his Royal Highness, who is cx•
petted to honour them with his presence.

The Sawllotedoop ofWat is arrived at Plyinovitk.
-from Coru•iiia, smo ha. hromeit to th i.irr the
frowch sciwoaesLowisa Airrptito, captured oa has
tete is laden with stiosr end coffee., •
ppd bound to Bourt.eaux.
The Etiza..l4so, of London, W. Salim Matln, • •
arrived elf klo/fitnouth, etnouth, on Monday, frwa Rio Jc.. •
neon. She 'as led from thence an the Ltth .1 iiney
awl 14' 11Irro, the following men of war, viz. fote..i '
dtojiont,.6ol Sir SIONLT Sal fa ; Louden, pa; .
.o,4adlibruaisii, 74; ildeaurch, 74 ; Bedford, 74 ;
24angeranaa, 64 ; sod Sarreidimate frigate ; and the •
following merchant veoials, Frieada,
n,, ittegsnalur. Adriatic. Velout. Vulture. Jr. •
terrify, and a lugger bel,arging to Loudon ; Pitt
• and Hydro transports ; Princext or Wales, and a
ig beiongiug to Liverpool, ai.d two brigs f ou St.
Helena.

The Or:flatlet frigate; and Ifrocirith 'loop of war,
were cruroir,4 oil ti e cra,!.
The Lady Ml:clar and Reeecerg, from London,
hwl arriven, and aided on th ad May for New
South %%at( a.

A 74-gtou ship, a frigate, and a Ittig, sailed from
Rio Janeiro on the Ist June. with tifteeu ‘ettesele
bound to F.wsl..utl. They lid( tided to evil off (*co.
sountnieo, for the trade nt thni port. . •
Letters of the th alt. from St. Petershurgh,
stew, that a Jet teat• had just been nucd. proht:Attug
the defurturr of any ships Eden with fins.ino
;Ince, from tl* ports of that f Otintry, Until :he
bloelutde of thr balm, by the British taxi Swedes,
should lie raised.

The disp.tco: •.frons Lord CoLtotetrvootr. con.
taiuinq the account of Daimler 4 aorrender, are
hood', expected. .Tleit Fervferite, which isanived.
at Plymohth, states, that oti tor l th a hloup of *sr
spoke Admires Sormtar, to the St. Geuelre, aud,
infornod Mat thmt vhe had the dispatches ea board
with the glorious imelligeoce.
he transports for the net:ninon of the .Guirev
;,nisi!: on forcer service are collect e.l ; tlera•tur the
origaide from Chatham, at the :Sore, to whirfo the
troops are to he cooveyed in small (Tare ; those foe
the brigude train tieal,io the Doane, to be in readi-
ness to proceed to ItaimeAute harbour, where this
brigode is to be embarked.

Mr. C•nernossit. the Member for Linen-
ter, in the last Parliament, against w howl a mi..
tion for expulsion was made by Colonel i't,eitit,
oo...equ..ice of leis having bees expelled thin
House of Commons soma years since, has latelt
come into a co.nvider4hle fortune by the di ath of :
Lord 11.ki.sersi.,, father to Mrs. Cps ntuan E.
It ma:- be depended on MS a tact, not less hos
reciiirable to his itopsi Highness the
WALIN, than ices interesting to the nation, that •
serteiu 41 redaction and of economy has been
adopted at Carleton- house. Ile is alma( to reb,de,
lieneekrevard, principally near the hlve. his ta-
ttier, at Windsor, srleete the lesser led?* is now le:-
tiog up for his reception. The Pavilion at li,ighs
ton-. with all its e :tiensave anal es.:l aad ofSces,
is to Isaiield. Various persons are actually in trea-
ty for it,and a lady is at present likely to be the
purchaser. Mrs. Farzurassar. who has already
disposed of liar lonnse on the Step tie, less taken
another at l'arsor:reigreen, is Middlesex. a Lid% who
is occupied in ntiroellishing for kes future resit:v.--

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KINCITuuM, 71.47 30.

Sonsesl44ree of agitation was rutted in t l.'s city,
early on Friday miming last, from the report of a
serious inanbordinatiou having a:•isen iu the id
West loam regiment, uuder the command of Major
Darley, statioued at Fort Augesta. . .
It appears that the regiment lied parceled at the
• accustomed boor in the morning. en. the beech.
alma thr-e 'tandem/ yards tige the glachelisiding
to Port tietidermie lu the fort fifty-fhttrisfseinits
evere•left to be drilled by a black Serjelott. They
were principally of the eheintia and goromantyn
nations, purchased a few months since, to serve in
His Majesty's Colouial Corps; forty-six of them
were attached to the tel, and eight to the Sth West
India regiiiii tits. The men on the beach had not
been long under arms, ere a terrible war-whoop was
heard, and the recruits were observed to rush out
of the fort, and approach near the left of the regi-
ment. Lieutenant and Adjatant Ellis instantly
rode towels ;hem, to kern the reason of the noise,
mid *hat they ileeired ; he had scarce reacleel the
vet, before he was knocked off the horse with the
butt-end of some of their firelocks, and received se-
veral wounds mama his- head and body with their
bayonets, of which he almost instantly died. Major
Daley, Jealous to know what occasioned the (tu-
mult, repaired directly thither ; unhappily for him,
he experienced a fate nearly similar, being knocked
off horse, an.l wounded about thel body,
Appeeratices at this moment not being favourable,
the officers dispatched a Serjeant to the fort fur am-
munition, while some of them flew to Major Dar-
ley's assistance; he was taken to his apartments,
and languished about an hour, when he expired.—
The aiiimiteition having arrived, the men were di-
rected to load, mid- fire on the mutineers, which
was promptly olieyed, when fourteen of them fell
'dead, five were troweled. and two taken prisoners ;
twenty-oar, who did not appear to be uetive in the
limbo., instantly eorrendered, without the smatlest
resistance. The remainder being dismayed at the
check the party had received, ran off to secrete
themselves in the mangroves and brush wood, and '
there is little doubt, ere this, they are completely
subdsted, or shot, as detachinents of the regiment
were sent in pursuit of them.
No r reuson was assigned for their improper
conJoct by those taken. thou that they had been too
'repeatedly d died, and that they wished to return
to their country.
Every reent for the tintimely fates of Major
Parley and Adjutant Eili., has been evinced. the
service having lost in them two valuable officers.,.
Their remains were interred with military honours,
ateidet the lamentations of timer brother Wilier..
On the.first knowledge of an insubordinate spirit
having menifestel itself in some of the garrison at
Fort Augusta. the drums bent to arms iu Spanish
Town, and the t. Catheriue's Militia, with a de-
geee.of celerity highly commendable in them, were
to a disposition for actual service. They proceeded
some part of the road to the fort, but learningthere
was no necessity, were saved from a most berassieg
and tedious march, and returned to their homes.
Brigadier-General Darby, with great prompti-
tude, elm proceeded to the scene of action, with the
18th regiment, under command of Lieut.-Colonel
Moneytoon, but there biting no occasion for their
services, all, with the exception of:the flank com-
panies. returned to their quarters. Tao men of
this regiment expired on the march, supposed from
the citeessive heat of the weather.
Information wa, transmitted to the General Offi-
cers in this district ; and on Friday noon, Lieute-
sant-General Villettes, most of his Staffs and seve-
ral other Officers, proceeded to Fort Augusta--All
the boats at the wherry wharf in this city were im-
pressed, and took down in the evening. three'reps-
paales of' the 55th Regiment, under the commend
of Major lialigar, where they are to remain for
the present.
The principal part of the 2d West India Regi-
soont have been sent on board some of the vessels
of war in Port Royal Harbour, to mioee room for
the detachincuts of white troops seat to Fort Au-
gusta.