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free trade, and selling elierner than the Ape:n*l34n ' . .P fto if Ernros asr.
that indulgence wag of infinite detriment to the
r.).'Union, —.-- from the Irk- of Francais talon hyli
' commerce of Spain. sir uger Curtia'ssartairon, anff arrived at p.m tgrnollth.
Ain the dead time, all the trade stirrin here con- 1 . . 'ON 4VE!III,11), .414 y ry.
.. 11,04, urn. tt, :tad Atlas, &chart'', frort
sitts in provisions from Carthateene ; anti receri and i Passed 11,1 the, lir shastloata.4fainmond —, and Perscotr4
quinquina, down the river Outgo- : the former is . ,
tree, Curtis: from Jaltlar ; A:e, f, A'lne`!eY, frOill St. Nfla. .
lktra'agdtes; senge redo', Jant.tn, (a ;Ave) from Sininkin "
carried in small 'vessels to Vera Cruz, and the
quinquina either deposited in warehouse.% or put fierctderi; -, film the t,„,th s-eat ; ~.imuci, netit,
lati
on board ships, which, with permission, come from Nf,ary,, Lia, from Memel; Elitalr th, Harrel, from Oporto;
% rni Ntorost Garbutt, from charause; Aurora, ..1....-., /met
lalin to Nicaratpin, and Honduras ; these ships bloom, Oret,,,e, from Norway ; Chatham, Wiliam, !stern Rm.
also take in cacao. Some small vessels like
roltantant ; ilopy, Wtiliaraurn, from) l'illati; Delight, wise
come from the islands of Cuba, La Trinidad, and and mnnonn, Fiefs*, rods fr 1111 l VVat,sford...
St. Domingo, with cacao and rum. Sided the Ann, Harper; Surpri,cotrook i Lord Nelson,
Whilst the erriento of Negroes iithsisted either with -I.t: rd-iter ; Mary, Cox, for Bremen. After Catharitni„ fit*
the French or English, one of their principal tic- remodels. I Lenore, Clark ; Hope, &aril; Soring, Denham;
tor ics sees eettled here, and was of consider-Able ad- Ilk-Z•..11??,, Derlee i .I'l7, Alio. Slurring.; Argo,wimant ;
, Hoven; Steyeushail, Hyslop; and Alias Dorothea,
vantage sto its commerce, as being the channel by :ln. I I c .
ntguO
which not only Panama was supplied with Negroes, . . ',lmmo. .
but from whence they were sent all over tht. king-
qViairhz.;i:a
f;eoCrny Total,
Offelbr.rt—The Silly, Tito aspwol, fro nt Mlllit.rfrit ; 1,4
V. 114 iron . • iv,tiliall ; Ritimrd, Tttry, Irtion
Lxiiz.;. Speedwell, Lunn, dom of Peru: On which account the agents of the .e.ditidtere. 9, I few a , S
anieato were allowed to bring with them such a from ( /pato ; Hazard, Artiest, Wait
intAicar7M"'entrrn, SGirnrepisO4n4, ;and.".N.
quantity of provisions as was thought necessary,
ew _rove,
both fin- their own use and for their slaves If both Nsw, ftm .14:rialce.
WWI. Off Portsmouth—The Marquis of Ely, front Ch:ixt. .-
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Fresh water pours down in streams from the At Portsmouth--Friendaitip, Nash, from Jainairm; and 1t...
hers and Jane May, fro7rt Napless. '•if.3.7 Ur.
moantains, stmie running without the toasty, and - -
off I.vmin;toil—Wiltie Merchant, Smith, from Antigea.
others crossing it. These.. waters art very light At Brstol—Michael, —, from (Marmite.
and digestive, and in those who are best used to At Weymouth...Active, Bartlett, from Seville.
them, good to create an appetite ; qualities, which At Ilotlake--Peace, Brisant, fr•im Cette.
• thf Hastings-I.lartha, Wardle, from New York,
in other countries would be very valuable; but are
At Liverpool—Ellis Sooner, Irons Havaintah • ern;
here pernicious. This county", seems so cursed h
- y White, fmm Wbareasrietty; (74)1711TletZt., Nuttall, from: Porto ,
nature, that what is in itself good becomes here de- Rico% Denterara, tnitlish, from tote ream; Felicity, Walker, -
strudive. For, doubtless, this water is too fine and and Sally, Hurst, from South Carolina.
anive for the stomachs of the inhabitants ; and thus At Parl.ww—Blayrlcs, late Dixon, fmm Trieste.
At Clyde—Hope, Forster, from Bilk*.
produces dysenteries, the last stage of all other
At Dtsblin—lnaltaytry, Robertson, from London.
distempers, and which the patient very seldom sur- At cork—Mar., Turner, frorn Roisrdearot.. •
vives. These rivulets, in their descent from the At New York—Young Factor, --; Niarytincl, .---, and
mountains, form little reservoirs, or ponds, whose Juliana, Bowen, from Londiin.
coolness is increased by the sha.le of the trees, and At liocron—Galeu, Hinckley, from London. - •
At Virginia—Brutus, rns from 1.4. i t..11I•, Bums, ald and Brits iota',
in these all the inhabitants of the town bathe them- mele, from Clyde.
selves constantly every day at eleven in the morning; At Sr. Kilt.--Lord Nelson, Watson, from Africa.
and the Europeare fail not to follow an example so At Havannah—Diamond, Clark ; Nicholson, faCaf4oll; a xli
pleasant and conducive to health. Martha, I leushall, from Africa.
As these forests almost border on the houses of At At ica--Suiannah, Orr ; Prudence, Llewin ;an 1 Mer.
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sty, Mortimer, lions Liverpool.
the town, the tigers Often make incursions into the At. St. I lelena—City of 1 a .OO 00, ---, from London.
streets during the eight, carrying off fuels, dogs,
and other domestic creatures ; and sometimes even
boys have fallen a prey to thtn ; and it is certain,
that raeenous beasts which provide themselves with
food in this manner, are afterwards known to despise
what the forests afford • and that, after tasting
human flesh, they slight that of beasts. Besides the
snares usually laid for them; the Negroes and Mu-
lattoes, who fell wood in the forests of the moun-
tains, arc very dextrous in encounteriteg the tiger ;
and sonic, even on account of the slender reward,
seek them in their retreats. The arms in this com-
bat, seemingly so dangerous, are only a lance, of
two or three yards in length, made of a very
On Thursday, Lit.._
strong wood, with the point of the same hardened to Miss
Harrcup, daughter or .......
in the fire ; and a kind of einieter, about three On Saturday last. at St George's, Hata.. _
quarters of a yard in length. Thus armed, they stay sq--,--, Pm. to Miss Lawrell, daughter of too
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till the creature makes an assualt on the left arm,
which holds the lance, and is wrapped up in a short
duke of baize. Sometimes the tiger, aware of the
danger, seems to decline the combat; hut his anta-
ontst provokes him with a slight touch of the
glance, in .order, while he is defending himself, to
strike a sure blow ; for, as som as the creature feels
the lance, he grasps it with one of his paws, and
with the other strikes at the arm which holds it.
Then it is that the person nimbly aims a blow with
his cimeter, which he kept concealed with the
other hand, and hamstrings the creature, which im-
mediately draws- hack enraged, but returns to the
charge; when, receiving another such stroke, he is
totally deprived of his most dangerous weapons, and
rendered incapable of moving. After which the
person kills him at his leisure, and stripping off the
skin, cutting off the head, and the fore and hind
feet, returns to the town, displaying these as the
trophies of his vidory.
Among the greet variety of animals in this
country, one of the most remarkable is the Perky
leer°, or nimble Peter, an ironical name given it
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on account of its extreme sleggishness and sloth.
.: eee
It resembles a middling monkey, but of a wretch- e
dine
ed appearance, the skin of it being of a greyish zidt.
brown, and all over corrugated, and the kgs and
feet without any hair. •He is -so lumpish, us not Lit Al
to stand in need of either chain or hutch, for he TP
never stirs till compelled by hunger. When lie n. after
moves, every effort is attended with such a plain-
tive, and at the same time so disagreeable, a cry, as
at once produces pity and disgust - and this even waif
,t:2,
in the slightest motion of the head,' legs, or feet ;
proceeding. probably from a genetel contreigiort of 10KS,
the muscles and nerves of his body, which puts
.Celee
him to an extreme pain when he endeavours. to
move them. In this disagreeable cry consists his
At his !louse,'
whole defence; for, iobeing natural to him to fly nue al'
at. the first hostile approach of any beast, he nukes
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at every motion such howlings as are even insup- II and 8'
portable to his Filmier, who soon quits him, and icry Atte, fr
even flies beyond the hearing of his horrid noise. valuable,
Nor is it only dnring the time lie is in motion that I"uleew
lie makes these cries ;he rep eats theni while he tiunvaiFer
rests_ himself, continuing a long time motionless An*,
before -he takes another march. The food of Cele
this creature is generally wild -fruits ; when he me
can find none on the grotind, he looks out for a • 11l
teee well loaded, which, with a great dettloirift%
he clisntst ; :and, to rave himself such another toil-
some ascent, plucks off ill the fruit, throwing them
on the grog nd ; anti e i avoid the gain of descending
the tree, forms himself into a ball, and drops from
the la:inches. At the foot of this tree, he continues
0 all the fruite. are consumed, never stirring till
hanger forces bins to seek again for food.

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On Friday morning a beautiful fine gig, the pro_
pertv of Nit.. avros, Surgeon and Apothecary in
the 'Strand, was broken to picce3 in Fleet-street, by
two dray's; and the servant who was brr.ging k Lo
the Do! or, to take him to attend I.;‘, Ll::ty, I. M .
much bruised and hurt. Provideati.tily a most ,
valuable horse escaped without injury.

BIRTH.
On Friday last, of a s.n, the Lady of It. ac Nlinet, B.q.
at his house in Devonshire •square.
MARRIED.
On Thursday, Captain Graver}, of the Royal Engineers,
to Miss Hartcup, daughter of Colonel Hartcup.
On Saturday last, at St George's, Hanover-square, Rd.
ManSy, Esq. to Miss Lawrell, daughter of the James
Laverell, Esq. of Lower Grosvenor- ye. rt.
At St. Martini in the Fields, R. Colyy, E4q. ofGreen—
wich, to Miss Byers, of Pall-ma!l.
On Saturday, the is.th inst. at St. Bartholomew the Great,
Mr. Albert Wm. Jones of Shad Thames, timber-merchart,
to Miss Thomson, of I;:trtholomcw-close.
On Saturday, at St. Gzurges, Hai.over-squate, the Rev.
James Hoskins, to Miss Taydar, sister to Chalks Ta, lur„
Esq. M. P. for Wells.
'DIED.

At Anthony Ar.anso s, k. q. at Hatninersmith,
Martha Brown.
Thursday last, at his home at Stoke, ne-ir Goaport;"
Richard Walmesley, f Sholey, Lancashire, aged 34r -
On the z 9th inst. at Exmouth,• Devonshire, Mrs. Stone,
reliEt of Dr. Charles Stone, Archdeacon of .
On Thursday, at his house at Stoke Newington, Thomalb
Richards, Esq.
On Saturday seunight, at Hlrlevrood, in the county of
Sligo, the Right Hoc. the Earl of Inniskiiicn. His Lori'.
ship wits on a visit at the time to his SOll-111 law; Owen
Wynne, Esq. He had been apacktd by the inthiehz:, but
was considered as recovered, and was,itt the.aCt of putting
on his coat when he died.

SEA COAL METERS OFFICE, 28th MAY.' ....
Vonday, ALty G Cirgoe sAd from 46 956 9 per
‘ve4.1..-sday LAS, a ditto 4G o L 6 0
Friday Y 7, 2 Aittu 45 0 56 0 .

HIGH iVATE.R. AT LONDON-BADGE.
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At his Hoiue, No. 31, the Corner of Wier's-street, Strand,
THIS and two Iboow int pap, at Twelve o'Clock,
A VALUABLE.cauxurib'N of BOOKS,
ill and 8001(S of pitryrs, consigned from Abro:.d, mad),
ery Aue, front'tha Proof.. of Didot, 4:e. Among othert, equally
valuable, are Denotes Voyage en Egypte, 2 tons.; Voyage
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tion Francalszt 3 tom.; OLuvrca de J. J. Rousseau, 18 loos.
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Albany 1692. term Sir Jothua Reynolds, &c. A largeCulteition of Portraits, Ttiy•ography, lkawings; &c. elegactly
tnousteii, said many very rare, to illustrate Mr. Ponnant's
London, purchaard at a great oxemtco, by a well-known Col-
lettor now Abroad.
To be tevred, and Catalogites Lad of Mr. Richa4ton, NC4
31, Strand ; and of Mr. Clark, Bot,kteller, Load-street.

By LEIGH, SOTHEBY, and SON,
At :their House in York-rareet, Covent•Ganlen,
TO-MORROW the Ist of June, and follow ir.: Day, at
Twelve o'Clo..k,
AVery SELECT and SUPERB COLLEC:
TION of BOOKS, and BonS of re-ently
c‘ut•igned-front• a Library in France, to a Nicretiatit in the
City.
Among others, arc the following Valuable Articles
Lc Vuy.ige Pittiresque de Maple:, de Sicite, et de Li France,
tern.; Dedison Tableau de l'ltitipire Otkoinan, 2 tons.;
Musa nut Capitdir.um ; Button Hist Nat. des Oiseaax, ay..c
'Plane*, enlutnirli,' 10 tom. I Merian ILA. des tits..:oes,
eoloni, 4 tom. ; Botanique de geinault, colonS, 4 tom. ; In-
f•sectrai D'iJlisier, 2 tum. • Les CF..pres. de Racine, Corneille,
• DeAtoucnes, Voltaire, (fieatntrareliair Edit.) "Ci tom. en Matto.
quip ; Fentlan., de. ite.
Among the Prints, arc the SpiendidW•aks of Conic!, nasals
Cochin, Cum. Cayltis., Moreau le Jeune, ASaq, de tompa-
duur, Barkault, Piraneft, and many ot'aers of equal netebeity.
The are Principally In elreibt French birkrant, in good
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Fillkoted Wile& premien'.
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Great expeaations are entertained of the Knights'
Ball on the first of June. So much st.ivalry ought
naturally to produce a great deal of gallantry.
• Mr. YotvgsroNr.' the Comedian, we hear, quits-
Covent Ckrder., and has triademsengagement with..
Drip y Lane. We congratulate the latter .on the..
acquisition.. Mr. JOlrss'resir il nor only unrivalled,
but wimiy say uni;ue, in Irish chamEters.
The race for the. ichtkr. Stairs Friday at Epsom
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was one 'a, the most warmly contested ever known.
Sir. Tuti 445. GAsCoratrt's Elf atilt, but she wag
closelY pualicei by the 111;e6 of Mr: HARRIS and the
Duke.df ,Grearrtcrs. . The gentlemen each eagerly
backed his own filly. and the above three kept eo:1
zether struggling: for the lead all the way. The
I)uLe of OltiN iTer was the favourite before starting..
sir CIIA.I LES PM:hurry, the father of are turf, was
present. I.ordlttllrAwctt, and many Noblemen,
ere al,o on the ground, but the 'corn' any was not
so aursacrous as on Thursday

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