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DUEL ON RLACKHEATIL

[Further Particulars
This unfortunate affair took place a short distance
from the house of Lord Dartmouth, on the road
leading from Blackheath to Lewisham, shortly after
seven o'clock on Sanday morning, ; but it does not at
present appear to be ascertained whether Baron Hom-
pesch was or was not attended by a second. He was
accompanied by a servant, whom he directed to stand
behind a wall, and by no means to be a witness to
any thing that might pass between bim and Mr. Ri-
chardson. Some accounts say, that Mr. Butler
Danvers was his second ; and all agree in stating,
that Mr. R. fired first, whose shot passed between
the Baron's legs, and tore sip the ground to a con-
siderable distance. The report alarmed a gentle-
man who was in bed, near to whose window the af-
fair took place ; he instantly ran down stairs, but
was too late to prevent the fatal consequences that
ensued. The Baron had returned the fire cf his
antagonist, and the bullet entered at one hip, passed
in a direa line through his body, and came out on
the other side, Mr. Richardson fell, and the Baron
and his servant immediately absconded. Mr. Ri-
chardson was, with assistance, removed to the Green
Man, on the top of Blackheath Hill, almost lileless.
Four or five persons, walking near the spc., witness-
ed the 'whole transadion, not one GI whom made
the least effort to prevent it. Their depositions have
been taken before a Magistrate.
Mr. Richardson is a remarkably elegant young
man, about 2b years of age, tall, and of a manly
department ; he is a native of Colchester ; he has
since been conveyed to London. He lies at the Par-
Liment-street Coffee•house; and was much better
yesterday. The ball was found in his shirt.
Oa Saturday evening, Lady Bolingbroke,
sister to the General, it is understood, lodged an
information at the Public-Office, Bow-street, as
did also some of Mr. Richardson's friends. The
officers, on this occasion, as wall as upon every other,
were vigilant and attentive to their duty. Mr.
Richardson reached the ground before six o'clock,
without being interrupted. Baron Hompesch es.
caped from Loan, notwithstanding great pains
were taken to prevent him ; but he and his friend
did not arrive at Blackheath till a full hour after the
time appointed for the meeting; the other parties
were then on the point of leaving the field.

We understand the remains of Mr. Fox will lie in
state three days, at his house, in St. James's. If the
Prince of Watts does nut attend as Chief Moonier,
Lord HOLLAND will. His Lordship yesterday
issued cards of invitation to a number of distinguish-
ed charaders, to follow his illustrious nude, as
mourners. They include tee whole of his Col-
leagues in office; the Duke of Dsvoosmiast, the
Marquis of Tavirrocx, for his father the Duke of
BILDIORD, the Marquis of H•ETINOTON, Earl
Peace, Lord W. Rus•st 1., Mr. Hiroo, and Mr.
WHITBREAD. The whole number invited amount
to about forty.
Our reatlets will recoiled, we stated a few days
since, that a young man was appre %.nded is the
Bororgh, and underwent an examination before
Mr. Ga•a..st, at the Public Office, Bow-sweet, in
consequence of his having said he knew the man
who had murdered the un!ortanate Aunt W..sr.
else: Wiseaartoon, in Higler's-lane, in the lit,-
rough. By the exertions est Mr. Gas NAM. and the
Officers, the man he described was apprehended on
111.enday night, and has been examined privately by
that worthy Masisuate. Nothigg material Las
transpired.

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OLD ARLEY SESSIONS
. William HawAint, a genteel yo
year, old, was tried urym an indlt
robbery, in assaulting William Ey
way, near Caenwond, between
Hie:Tate, on the 7th of August I
in I,:er, and forcibly taking from hi
pound notes, a seven shillings piece
his property.
William Eyler, morn—stated,

named in the ind,Clrnent, he was
the road, in a tingle-horse chaise,
man on horseback, at a short dista
:vas the Prisoner, who imrnediat,
from his pocket ; the Witness thou
cork it ; he the.: rode up to the
him stop, and surrender ! The %
what were his commands .1 Ups
soner said, " surrender your mot
the pistol at him. The %Vitness
chosen a very wrong person for I
lie was a poor man, and had very I
about him than what would pay t!
Prisoner told him, he must dais
what money he had ; upon shish,
out a small canvas bag, and put f
order to give part to the Prisoner.
having bag and all, which the V
There were in the bag the notes
stated ; the Witness begged io
errancy, as he had not enough so
and the Prisoner gave him a cl2l
Is her was in a prison ; took the 1
sod promised to repay him on a
then rode off. The Witness obse
went, gave the alarm, and he w
tody by a Parish Constable, names
Bryant, Barnet; who being sworn,
the Prisoner into custody, not far f,
on searching him, found one pii
pocket of his coat, aid another is
both were loaded, bone only pr:
in his pocket a smelling-bottle I
powder, and a pistol bullet ; ani
pocket a green silk parse, containii
Bank notes, one seven-shillings pie
and loose. a six-pence ; and, in ano
lo lie sh lling and sit-penny piety,.
in custody to Bridgers:fan. a Bow-st
The Prisoner offered no other
number of respeCable Witnesses
raft( r.
Toe Jury found him Giii'ty—t
him so mercy on account of his yt
good charaCer.
The Prisoner was genteelly does
peared extremely &jelled at iris sit
cote held up his head throughout]
klrealwri Swibi was indhled I
the person of Daniel Arnold, on ih
day, the 3d of August, near Wapp
watch, value 41. his property.
one of the lowest order of Cyprias
tutor a labouring man there was
ing in the circumstances of the
wailer was found Gaitry of the larc,
Mims ilisa Ray, a tespeC.Abb
wcnaan was capitally incliaeti fat
nished lodgings, in Bedford-street
of curtains and various other art
the propertyot 'l. Davis.
It appeared, from the evidence c
that the Prisoner lodged in the
his house; and paid- for her lc
week. That her aisles, a married
in at her apartmeats, and was son
ill. That the Prosecutor received
from which he suspetled that par
had been embezzled ; he appltei
for a search-warrant, and brough
search the apartments ; they came,
window curtains gone; and upon s
they found a number of pawn-br
for articles corresponding with
and which afterwards proved to br
The Bow-street Officers prose('
were searching the mom, the Prise
in great agitation, almost distratle
a knife, with which she attempte
but en being a little more com
leave to go into an adjacent room,
overhead her sayir.g to her sister,
" Oh Charlotte ! it it had no:. bee
should have been brought to this I
The Prisoner made no defen
found her Giulio of the capital
neatly recommended her to mere]
of her good charafter, and her 1
this situation through her sister's i!
Xaaneb AffCarey was capitally
log a piece of printed 'bawling,
shop of Robert Poole, his proper
the 20th July last. This was on
cases of shoplifting. The proofs
the Prisoner was roar:del; but,
good cbara3er, which was prove
Witnesses, she was recommends
by the Prosecutor and Jury.
Mary Axe Smith was capitally
vately stealing a gold chain and t
person of Lawrence Pay, at a ho
Bow-street, on the 20th July. '
youth about 17, with all she ap
Lobby Lounger, stated, that he
with some Mends, at a convivi,
night laid in the inibttment ; and
he missed his chain and seals (hi
which were found upon the Pri
residing in Charles-street, of s
knowledge.
The Jury credited her, and sl
away, and was carried out of
of the Prisoner was extremely ini
manner, for she wet in testes th
cited general pity for her sinforte
Juan (I'Donettl, the celehratei
convided yesterday, was again pi
an indictment for highway evil.).
the 11S4 of August, on the ro
WiUsden Greew. where he was I
ping and robbing of his watch as
ard farmer, named Luke Cog
aw no, stated, that, driving his ea
on his return from is 41 het, beta
at- sight, his daughter being ash
was opt by two men armed wit
bed him of his watch. and Lis data

atry ; apd one of whom he positively knew to be f
the Prisbber, whom be had seen twice befOre, and
knew his person and name. He said, atter
they were gone, he crossed the fields to Padding-
ton, in hopes of intercepting them on the LJg-
ware read, but failed. He then told a Bow-street
Patrole of the robbery, and mentioned O'Donnell
as one of the party.
On his cross-examination, he could rut swear po.
sitively to this point ; and, though he acknowledged
he went to Marlborough•street Office, when he
Marl the Prisoner was taken, yet he did not there
:motion his robbery, nor say he came there to pro-
secute ; nor did be give any information until last
Tuesday. He had heard of a reward of 401. for
couviding a highwayman, but be said he did not
want any such reward.
His daughter, Sophia Cogden, substantiated the
-fait of the robbery, but would not swear positively
to ti.e Prisoner's person.
O'Desnell presented to the Court a written decla-
ration in his defence, in which he said he had never
denied his concern with the former robbery, of
which be was convifted yesterday, except in plead.
ing eiretjitty : but of this charge he most solemnly
des:t
41MOCCOCC.
Ma Jut y after a short consultation. sersittsd the

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Frisoasr.


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CLEEKANWELL SESSIONS, SIPT. 23.
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Mow Ashby and Arthur Rretr, were indiard for
a conspiracy to defraud William Bacon of 1321.
Is. 4d.
Mr. Ar Lay, on the part of the prosecution, stated
the ease at considerable length, and then proceeded
to call his witnesses; from whose testimony it ap-
prated, that in the month of May last, the Prisoner,
Brew, came to the shop of Mr. Bacon, who was a
tope and sail merchant, and representing himself to
be the Captain of a vessel called the rant, Rorer,
odd. he would want a quagtity of stores for her.
Shortly after this, he came collie shop, in company
with the Prisoner, Ashby, and introduced him as
the owner of the vessel. A written order was given
by them for sail and ropes, to the amount of 1321.
Is. 4d. - The Prisoners, at the same time, represent-
ingthentselves as men of property, concerned with
' eminent Liverpool merchants, and determined to
deal for ready money only. the
goods were accord-
ingly sent as direaed, part of them on bcard the
, Toms Refer, and pert of them to the house of the
Prisoner, Ashby, in Winehester-street. After this
evidence was gone through, several respeetahle wit-
s:m.2.es Were called, who proved that the Defendants,
• in the latter end r f Max., and in the beginning of
,• June, were busily employed in selling sail cloth and
ropes, similar to these which had been bought from
• Mr. Bac.m. They, first applied to a Mr. Moat, who
Was, in Ora, line of business, and, on his refusing
to knome the purchaser, they stated that they were
short of cash, and entreated him to lend thefts 101.
on the goods, for a short time, as they were very
Much distressed for money. Mr. Moat accordingly
lest them 101. on the goods, which were afterwards
redeemed by a Mr. Pinford, a Broker, who sold
them for the advantage of the Prisoners.
general witnesses were then called, to prove
_ that
the goods sold by Mr. Pinford, for the Prisoners,
•were the maw that were sold by the Prosecutor to
the Defendants.
Mr. GLIM!), OR the part of the Defendants, ad-
dressed the Jury; and, for a considerable time, ar-
gued that the various averments in the indiAments
were not proved ; and that, even if they were, the
Defendants could not be convicted of a conspiracy.
as the goods were delivered to them on credit, and
as, in fad, the prisoner Ashby was owner of the ship
the Yaw Rover.
j • Mr. Mailman isin then summed up the evidence,
and said, that the Jury had first to consider whether
1 the prisoners aerially conspired together, or whether
i Stew was not the servant of Ashby I and if they
Iwere satisfied that the prisoners aced as partners,
f they then had to consider, from the evidence that
I was before them, whether the prisoners had bought
them for the use of this ship, or whether they had
become the purchasers, merely for the purpose cf
raising money on the goods, when they came into
their possession I
The Jury, after a sew moments consideration, re-
' turned a verdict of Gariffy.
Mr. Guamar, who was also employed for the
preseentior, then informed the Court, that the Pri-
meow, Ashby, had been tried over and over again,
at the Old Eailey ; and that Brew, who passed as
the Captain of tl:e ship, was an umbrellarmaker,
and by no means calculated to undertake such an of-
fice.
The Jury were then discharged, their attendance
being no longer necessary ; but the Court will sit
again tomorrow, for the discharge of vagrants, and
other business.
nowerwaimor
A fleet from the Baltic is arrived in the Humber.
The following accident happened on Mon-
day sennight, at Battle, in Sussex :—As John
Cooper, a private in the SGth foot, preparatory to
the match of the third division of that regiment, nn
the following morning, was employed in making se•
cure a large chest, containing arms, in one ot the
bat-horse stables, used as a store.house, in the bar-
rack yard, his hammer came in contact with a flnr,
and struck fire ; the sparks flew to and flashed some
gunpowder that had been scattered about the pre-
mises, which caused the igni!ion of other combustible
matter that soon set the building in a blaze, and ex-
ploded 1000 ball cartridges; but as they were packed
in thin casks, containing 1000 each, and took fire
in progressive order, the explosion did not produce
the consequences which, from the contiguity ot the
artilli.ry magazine, was to be apprehended from
them. Cooper, who was the only man in the store-
house at the time, had his hands pretty much burnt,
and his whi• kers surged from his face, but received
no other personal Minty.. The flames raged with
trMt violence, and destroyed three ten-stalled stn-
' bles, and all the militiry stores they contained, be-
fore they could be subtitled. vcra
although .e l engines
were anon iwaught to dm spot for their extinftion.
In the sale next to that in *WO the fire cam-
niencsd, several dogs helonging to the officers were
Lshut up, bin they were all preserved except one, a
valuable pointer, the property at Capt. Frazer,
which was burnt to death. The military stores con-
sisted of clothing, pioneers taw unseats. spate
arms, itc. ii.c.

DREADFV4 ACCID4NT.

1
WINE. 'Err. 7.
We have received information, two days since. of'
a dreadful accident which has destroyed several vil-
lages in the canton of Schwitz, situate between the
lakes of Zug and Lauwertt. M. M. Freodeureich
and Schlatter, direaors of the mines, set out yester-
day evening, by order of Government, to give ail.
The following are the details of this disaster, the most
dreadful recorded in the annals of Switzerland :
" On Tuesday, the 2cl of September, at five in the
evening, the Knippenbuhl Rock, which farmed the
summit of Mount Rosenberg, was on a sudden de-
tached from its station, and at the same time part of
the mountain, of several feet in thickness, on the
western side, and about 21t0 feet in thickness
on the east-side, gave way and fell into the Ival.
ley which separates the lake of Zug from that
of Lauwertz, ovewhelming the whole of the
villages of Golden, Rcethan, Busingen, Huzloch,
three pines of that of Lauwertz, and some houses in
the village of Stein. The fall of one part of the
mountain into the take of Lauwertz, ahem a fourth
part of which is filled up, caused such an agitation I
in the waters of the lake, that they overthrew a
number of houses, chapels, mills, kc. along the
southern shoes of the lake; amongst others the mill
of Lauwertz, where fifteen persons were killed and
buried in the rains of the buildings, all the parts of
which were dispersed with such violence, that the
foundation only remains. This mill was situated
50 or SO feet above the level of the lake.
" The waves also beat against the village of See.
ven, situate at the extremity of the Lake, and do.
wroyed some houses. Two persons were
In the villages which were overwhelmed, not an in-
dividual escaped. Upwards of 1,000 persona have
Wets viaims of this disaster. A society of tra-
yellers, thirteen in number, were on the road from
1 Ards to Schwitz : nine, who walked first, perished;
the other four, who were about forty paces distant,
=tThose who were killed were, M. M. Ro-
ermer, of Brestenberg ; Colonel Viaor Steig.
age, of Beene ; Charles May, of Ruth ; DoCtor Lud-
wig. of Arbors, in Thurgovia ; Mademoiselle Dies-
both, of Berthoud; Madame Diesbach, of Watt.-
vale ; Madame Frankhauser, of Berthoud ; and two
(Irides, of Arth, Five minutes sufficed to complete
this disaster.
" At Schwitz, some persons heard the noise, and
saw at a distance the vapour which covered the
place where the accident happened, and which was
Garcia towards Zug, on the opposite tide, with a
wrong sulphureous smell. The falling of the Moun-
tain extended from the summit to the opposite side,
beyond the Lake, a distance of three leagues from
berth to south, and a league and a quarter from west
to east. There is nothing now to be seen but me-
lancholy ruins, through the whole of that country,
which presented the richest communes is the canton
of Schwitz, inhabited by a brave and faithful peo-
ple. Only thirty persons remain out of this inter-
esting popolation.
Several cirturostatsco• attending this event are
very remarkable. Rnot nines masses of rock were
carried through the air to prodigious distances. The
rocks, in falling, drew with them immense masses
of call!), of from ten to eighty feet in thickness;
and numbers of these masses, together with leer
blocks of flint stone, were thrown on the opposite
shore, to the height ol from eighty to one hundred
feet. One can scarcely believe ones eyes when one
sees these phenomena. Every instant one sees
houses, some forced on one side, others colt in two,
and separated at great distances; and others car-
ried more than a quarter of a league from their
foundations.
.1 The Lake of Lauwertz has lost about a quarter
of its meet, but its recovered part is filled at pre-
sent by the waters of several brooks, which no lone
ger flaw. That rich plain, which was so beautiful,
now presents a mountain of near 100 feet in height,
of a league and a half iu length, and as much in
breadth.
" Mount Rosenberg bears E. N. F.. from Arth.
It is its western part which has fallen down; that
which was nn rite side of Arth, after descending
direr towards its base, was suddenly thrown to the
East, and thus Arth, Z ig, and all that side of the
Lake were saved. The thickness of the mass Cat-
tied down, *neared to be two feet on the western
side, aed upwards of 150 oo the East side. The
Knippenbuhl seemed to have announced this mis-
fortune so early as the year 17'4. when it detached
itself from the mass of the mountain. The Isle of
Sehwanae, elevated on a ruck, in the middle of
the Lake, experienced also some damage, particu-
larly its church. The good Hermit was fortunately
at Ensiddlen. The long read of the Lake is broken
in a thoasand places.
" Succours have been sent with the greatest
promptitude. Six hundred workmen from Zug
and Schwits have gone to the banks of the Lake of
Lauwertz, particularly the mouth of the Seven.
•1 his small river was so obstrueted by ruins of all
descriptions, wood, trees, houses. &c. that, without
prompt assistance, the safety of all the houses be-
low Schwitz to Brennen, would have been me-
naced.
" One man had the good fortune to withdraw
time under ground,withbis servant and a child,which
he held in his arms. In one house near Arth is still
living, a poor man, who had both his thighs broken.
During the search which has already been made,
twenty persons were discovered dead at the entrance
of the village of Goldau, men, women, and chit-
dr. n, some having their aims, others their heads,
others their legs separated from their bodies, and the
bodies of some cut in half. We have coasted along
the foot of Riga, where the greatest part of those
who survived this catastrophe took refuge ; alas !
not more than thirty. An old ma, whom we met,
said to us, " I had sons, daughters, and a great
number of grand children. I had a wife and other
relations. I alare remain." A little girl said, " I
have no longer father or mother, brothers or sis-
ters." A roman had lost her mother, husband,
brothers, sisters, and five children.
" The villages of Goldau and Rothen, consisting
of 115 houses, that of Busingen, of 126. and that of
Htieloch, have totally disappeared Of Lauwertz,
which lost 25 houses, there remains ten buildings,
all much damaged. Stein has lost two houses and
several stables, which Were in great numbers in all
these villages.
p,s tweety years since, General Psyffarerre-
di,ted Wiz eittastsoelte, trona the kuiwledge which

Le bad of the nature elf the mountain. AXI ofevor
et Schwitz 'said, that above Spietzflue'was'a sea of
water, which had undermined the rock for several
years, and that below there was a cavern of .great
depth, where the waters were engulphed. Tre.
he
quantity of water which has fallen during the p
ceding years, has hastened this catastrophe, and the
rains of some weeks past have decided it."

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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 11.
Nearly the whole of yesterday gun: were firing
from the Finn/ bomb, appointed as convoy to the
transports to Plymouth, to get them under weigb,
which was not effeßed until the afternoon, when
about 40 or 50 transports sailed, with the Ist Bat-
talion of the 40th Regimen!, for foreign service, and ,
the second Battalions of the 14th and 40th, with
detachments of the sth, 6th, 7th, and Bth Infantry
Battalions of the Line of the King's German Le-
gion, for Ireland. The third division of the 36th
Regiment embarked yesterday, on board the trans-
ports, at Spithead. The 17th Dragoons embark
oft Wednesday, supposed for South America, where
the SBtb, likewise embarked here, are supposed to
be going, as the gallant General Beresford is Co-
lonel of them.
This day came into harbour, having sprung a
leak, the Chnmpien of 24 guns, Capt. Bromley.
Sailed the Richmond gun-brig on a cruise ; and
the Huger store vessel for Plymouth.
In honour of the Coronation of our beloved So-
vereign, of which event this is the anniversary day,
a Royal salute was fired tram the garrison, and re-
turned by the men of war in commission.
The sth Regiment will be here to-morrow.
'MESA Y, setr.
Sailed from Torbay, the Lileriy, ger/brevet, Dic-
ing, and Locust ten-brigs, on a cruise.—Wind W.
DEAL, SEPT. 22.
Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, arrived in
the Downs the Knag 0000 sloop of war, Captain
Baker, from off Boulogne, and landed at this place
Mr. Smith the Messenger, who immediately pro-
ceeded for London, with dispatches from Lord Lau-
derdale at Paris.
Arrived and sailed for the River, the Lydia*,
Carman, froth Quebec.
The Prospero 'bonib has a signal flying for a con-
lop to the Westward.
onvie, SLIT. 24.
Cane in, the aay before yesterday. the Speedwell,
of Chichester, Haonington, light, from London for
Dover; Mary Ann, of Rochester, Jones, with tim-
ber, from ditto for ditto ; Diligence, of and for
Newhaven, Phillips, with sundries, from London.
Came in yesterday, the Three Suderr, of Roches-
ter, Brunker, with linseed, from London, for
Dover.
Sailed yesterday the ttexely, of toyer, Hnpley,
with malt and porter, from London, for Newhaven ;
Diligence, of and for Newhaven, Phillips.
This afternoon, the 9th Light Dragoons passed
through here on their way to Portsmouth, for em-
barkation.
slitraNTSS, SEPT
Sailed from the Nore this morning, the Banene
sloop of war, with the trade under convoy for 'Asti-
ningen.—.Wittd S.
censoce, salt. 40.
"fhe Joao, Smith, from Quebec, came up from
'.inky Roads yesterday.
Arrived, early yesterday, the Po*ena, Murkland,
a running ship. from Lisbon, after a passage of
three weeks. The Are!, of Teignmonth, Mater-
Piece, another running ship, sailed for this on the
IlDth ult.
The Pander, e, of this port, Laing, bound for Lon-
don, one of the last Jamaica fleet, under convoy of
the Sot witlantr, tkrcife, and Fortune, was captured
on the 15th July, in the Gill:sk of Florida, by the
I Spanish privateer Prince Mwrat. The Captain and
two of the crew were taken out and put on board an
American schooner, which ferried them to New-
York.
FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Ce aaaaa no, Seer. 49 .-Puked by the Kinuton, Leslie,
from New York; Charlotte, Strelllllifle, from Fiat ,rnt ; Zephyr,
P.rce, from Rida ; Allll, Stratton ; Langley, Wilson ; Eagle, ,
Brooks and the Minerva, lasts, from Petersburgh.—Sailed
the Otb, Hall, for Ruotork t William, Wake, for Riya ;
Bet-
-1..v.11; Owd-Intent, Clack ; Fon, 1110055 j and the Lord
catnap:on, —, for Peutiskurgil.
• aaaaa 0,
At Liverpool—the John, Robson, from Onega.
1.1 the Clvde—the Pomona, Macklin, from Lisbon; and the
Juan, Smith, from Quebec.
At Noweassie—she Mariner, Strecker, from Nom Scotia.
At Corkr—tbe Hop, Hammond, from Virginis Sally,
Pennock, from New York ; and the Mary, Case, front rbila-
delphic
At Ehlblier-the Phatnirt, Tomlinson, from Oporto; Logan,
%terminal; F.nrioavuor, Jones Jontinsa, Bober; and the
Li nenhsll, Livingtnn, Cosec London.
In the River—the St Lawrence, Pallas, from London l and
Flo Comae, Harvie, from the C.ydo.
At New Rruitiwiek—the. Ann, Lovett, from Liverpool.
As St. Vincent's—the JamesTyer, from Afrwa.
At Guernsey—the Le Pear, Isom 55. ete,x.