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voavistouru, Nov. 12.
Arrived the Lamm fri?,ate. Capt. Gosselin, from
the eastward I the brad gun-vessel, from a cruise ;
and RIIIIIIIOIII cutter from Cork.
Yesterday, the Mum* of 74 guns, Capt. Sir
Robertllarlow, arrived at St. Helen's from the Me-

ditenantia% but last from Cadiz. She sailed from
• Gibraltar on the 31 of Wilber, which is a date prior
to, the Bailin of the 31.tidstone and Narriesms, conse-
muddy has not brought any news. She is now
gone to the Mother-bank, to perform quarantine.
Sailed the Narei,,sus anl Mnidstorte frigates, and
several transports, for Standgate Creek, to perform
quarantine. Wind, W.N.W.

PLYNOUTN, NOV. 11.
CAM in the Rambler, Wasp, Rose, and Felix sloops
of war from a cruise.

Sailed the Errefse, •---, from the East Indies;
LidilOnsrtson, from Messina ; Chester, Clark, from
Cadiz ; the Essea, Betts, from Gibraltar for Lon-
don. Wind, W.N.W.

111111 H IM, NOV. 11.
, Admiral Cornwallis, with fifteen s4;l of the line,
is in sight from the Berry Head, coming in for
Torbay ; I am just returned from the Berry Head,
and I perceive the following ships : Pith de Paris,
San Jaw', Priwess Royal, Temeraire, Impthaux, Co-
habit, Britannia, Phiatagrati, and Thisaderer; the
other ships I have not learned the names of.

neawicit, NOV. 11.
The Packets that Lave been so long detained here
with the Mails for llusum and Gottenburgh, sailed
this afternoon.
A Dutch schuyt arrive,' yesterday, with some
letters, but only one passenger. .

DEM., NOV. 12.
Sailed the Russian line-of-battle ship, for Ports-
mouth, and the Ilanway sloop of war, with a fleet
of outward-bound vessels, under convoy to the West-
ward.
Arrived the Derasteion bomb, with a convoy
horn Portsmouth, which Are sailed for the River.

Came down from Sheerness, the Gdige sloop of

war, with the Humber and the Paragoog armea de-
fence ships ; and remain in the Downs, with the rest
of His Majesty's ships, as per last. Wind W.S.W.

FROM LLOYD's LIST.
Clusaseate, N0e.12 +Paned by the Fterton, fmm Bengal,
end hledca. Main, from Dentate; Jewel,- Hatforri 1 Laurel,
Eiden ; and th, Kuria Company, Scholey, from Pilersbingh.
Bailed the Louisa, Thorpe for Jamaica ; Faeourltt, Feed,
fey New-York; Catharine &umbra, Aicken, for St. Nicho-
lls; Maria Aleuita. Rafe, fof Stettin; La Sperenu Rma,
Set Malta; .lopige Jail' Alice, for Tuttningen; ant the Vrow
Gebrode,, Fisher, forTunningen.
A 111•1•110.
In Yarmouth Roads—the Henry Addington, Neale, from
;Knee ; Condemnation, and the Bridgewater, --,
from Riga.
In the Humber—the Kitty, Jones; Linskal, Otway ; and
the Anson, Oliver, for Peteisburgh.
At Liverpool—the Hope, Gilson, from ditto; Dominica
Packet, —, from Barbadoes; and the Margaret, Lowe,
item Quebec.

At Dublin—the Charlotte, Rogers; and indeavour, Jones,
from Lamina.

AtQuebee--the Ann, Fensvick, from d:rrn.
At Virguna—sthe I)unroben Castle, ‘l,Bri•le, from Clyde.
At Surussaa the Lady Forbes, Adleck, horn ditto.

Ig • The scarlet fe♦er his lately been ♦ pre♦alent
in Falmouth and its neighbourhood, and carried off
se♦eral children. It has now nearly disappeared.
On Friday sennight, a most dreadful tile broke
out in the extensi♦e water corn-mills, in the occupa-
tion of Mr. PICKEZIKG, at Frodsham.bridge, in
Cheshire, which, we are sorry to say, entirely cnn-
mimed the same, together with every article therein,
except at nut twenty-five sacks of meal, which were
all that could be saved from the ravages of the de-
struftive element. The damage done is immense,
man♦ oo rovi measures of corn belonging to dif-
ferent persons have been destrored ; among the
principal sufferers are Mr. CHADWICK, Mr. Bala r•
SON, and Mr. LRADaa►TER ; the former of whom

had upwards of 3009 measures of lass, and the nthero
two a considerable quantity of wheat on the pre-
mises; we understand Mr. CHADWICK is nearly co.
Tyre(' by insurance. Nothing has yet transpired
which way the accident happened, but we believe a
meeting was held on Wednesday last for that pur-
pose, the result of which we have no, yet learned.
These mills were the property of Sir PLTZK WA It-
11.1111'0N, of Arley-hall, and were insured for
60091.

On Friday, the ?c! install', was found, at Cleve-
Lind Port, near ,tockt:,n.aillead man, with a pistol

in his hand (the pistol marled Hadley, Lon-don),
• with silk um'nella ; his inir dressed, platted, and
turn; n,, behind, and fastened with a small comb.
Had iia a dark olive coloured great coat, with
black velvet collar; his strait coat bottle-green co-
lour, and White plated buttons, striped waistcoat,
dark Corduroy breeches, white cotton stockings, and
long boots. Ell won: a steel truss, had a white
muslin handkerchief about his neck marked R. W.
JO ; bis shirt marked R. W. I 1 ; his stockings
marked R. W. 4 ; and three pocket handkerchiefs
marked R. W. He was a corpulent man, about 5
feet 7 inches high, and about 50 years of age.
Monday evening se'nnight, {about five o'clock, the
inhabitants of Her-street, Edinburgh, were much
alarmed by a fire breaking out in the King's Arms
public house, near the guest one of the city engines
was immediately conveyed with the utmost expedi-
tion to the spot.; but before its arrival, the flames,
which bid been caused by the sparks from a copper

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having carelessly been "sufferell to communicate
with a quantity of straw and dry sticks, were hap.
;, filyeztinguished, and the most serious coascquenccs,
sa all probability, thereby prevented; as the wind
was at the time very high, and the house, the roof
of which was of thatch, from its proximity to the
Powagazine,•was in a situation imminently ha-
sa rd the safety of the city.
In pulling down the Old Workhouse in the Lowe,
j Close, Edinburgh, to improve the entrance to the
Deanry, some curious remains of an ancient Saxon-
p Gothic building were lately discovered. The arches
1 and capitals had been richly gilt and ornamented.—
Drawings of the whole have been made by John
.Repton, jun. LAI. which will be communicated to
the Society of Antiquaries in London. The history
and uses of this budding have nut yet been traced;
but the style of architeSure appears to be that in
use about the reign of King Stephen.

COPY OF A CORRESPONDENCE

111TWIEN
MR. SECRETARY YORKE,-THE LORI) MAYOR,-
AND LIEUTENANT-COLONEL COITON, OF IHE
TRINITY HOUSE. ,

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(Concluded from Our Pai:).7r or Yesterday.)

TO THE LIGHT HON. THL LORD MATOII.

Jan. 11.

MV 1..01113-1 have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of your Lordship's letter of the 11th inst.
which is perfeAly satisfadory. Your Lordship does
me but justice in believing that I was persuaded that
the necccsary direetions must have been given, for
preventing the irregularities stated in Lieutenant-
Colonel Cotton's letter ; but such a persuasion could
not have been a sufficient ground for my withhold-
ing, or not transmitting officially for your Lord-
ship's information, the communication which had
been made to me.
I have the honour to be, Ste. C. Yottic E.

TO LtZUTENANT.COLONZL COTTON.

Atansiou•Hou?r, Jam U.
S a—l beg leave to inclose you a copy of an ex-
traa of your letter, No. 2, to Mr. Secretary Yorke,
which he has done me the honour to transmit me.

I feel persuaded you can have no objection to furnish
me with the name of the merchant horn whom you
received the information on which you atled in your
communication to Government. I request the fa-
vour of an early answer. . _

I hive the honour to be, &c.
Pen a 'No, Mayor.

TO THE RIGHT HOW. THE LORD MAYOR.

T • • -Howe. Jan. 11.

My LOW —I reply early to your favour : the let-
ter of which you have transmitted me extra! of, was
written to Mr. Sullivan, not meanine it to be official,
but conceiving Government might have relaxed,
from some political motive, from the stridness of the
orders. I learned the fad from the relation of a
merchant who travelled with me in the Woodford
coach, and which, on inquiry, was confirmed by some
members of the Trinity-house. Your Lordship pos-
sesses the means of knowing the state of these cir-
cumstances; and, should your Lordship be satisfied
the statement is unfounded, I shall then have no hesi-
tation to name the gentleman who mentioned the
subjed.—l am, &c. JOSEPH Coil ON.

TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL COTTON.

Mansion.' louse, Jan .1.1.

S —I have to acknowledge the honoUr of your
letter of the 11th inst. in answer to mine, enclosing
the extra& transmitted by Mr. Secretary Yorke, and
I feel myself called upon to observe, that this estraa
appears to have been written under an impression
very different from that assigned in your's of the
I I th. I consider it due to the situation I hold that,
this subjed be fairly investigated, and must expe&
that you will either point out the particular instance
or instances in Which any regulations under my ju-
risdiaion have beet► violated, or that you will ena-
ble me to satisfy His Majosty's Government that
your communicauon was founded on intelligence in
wh I, you placed a credit to which it was not en-
. 1 have the honour, &c.
Nit R:NO, Mayor.

TO Tin RIGHT MON. TIM LOZt MAYOR.

Tomtit! 11041 M, Jill. 12.

My Loan—As you seem to doubt the instances I
had refs re ice to in my letter to Mr. Sullivan, you
may enquire of Mr. Warren mote particulars than
my recollection furnishes me with : he attends gene-
rally at Lloyd's, and lives on the F rest, about the
ten mile stone ; but Captain King, the Warden of
this Corporation, when on duty, noticed and hailed
a Swede going up beyond the limit ; and Mr. St.
Bathe can, I believe, furnish a further confirmation.
The person on board the Swede said, he had a li-
cence for going to the wharf The Corporation was
direded by Lord Pelham, to give effed to the regu-
lations; and I did not write to the lime Depart-
ment a. a matter of complaint against your Lord-
ship's administration, but to a gentleman whom I
had been in the habit of communicating with on
subjects of importance, as a measure that should not
be admitted. It is *on ,st essential that a stop should
be put to this proceeding, if it exists at present; that
I was correct as to the fain, at the time, the preced-
ing part of the letter will, I should suppose, satisfy
your Lordship. I am, &c. JObt:Pii COTTON.

TO LIECTLNANT-COLONIL COTTON.

Man.i..ei How, kin.

Sin—l am satisfied with the correspovndence
which has taken place between us, the result of which
scans to be, that the authority on which your com-
munication to Government was made has descended
from " the merchant who is the consignee of several
ships," to a itage enrich conversation with the rela-
tion of a merchant ; and that the information has
dwindled from " several Danes and Swedes deliver-
ing their cargoes near London Bridge, laden at Ma•
laga at the time the pestilential fever was at its
height, and several of the crews of which had died in
the passage," to the solitary instance of a Swede be-
ing hailed going up beyond the limit, a person nn
board of which s .id he had a licence, and which,
there appears no reason tri doubt, was the fad. I trust
that this circumstance will in future occasion the ne-
cessary investigat'on, lame "an apprehension of
some begleit of the regulations" is abed en, in a
manner which, if not official, seems with difficulty
distinguishable from it.
I have the honour to be, ate. Nast INC, Mayor.

TO TUL RIGHT HON. CHAILCI YORICL. &C.

lougge, Jan. 1:

Si ut—l have the honour of your I,trer of the 19th,
and shall at all times feel highly gratified that my
condutl meets your approbatin, For your further
satisfation, and that of His Ni ~.!sty's Ministers, 1
beg leave to enclose copies of the hirers which have
passed between Lieut. Col. Cotton and myself. I
have the honour to be. &c. Pt.* R a tvG, Mayor.

TO THE EIGHT NON. NINNT ADDINI,TON, &C. &C.

Manion-Ilnu,e, Jan. 1:,.

Sts—As the extra& from Lieut. Cu!. Cotton's
letter, a copy of which I take the liberty of enclosing
to you, has been laid before His M sjest)'s Privy
Council, I trust you will not think me intrusive in
requesting your perusal of the correspnudenee which
has passed between Lieut. Col. Cotton and mycelf,
although, previous to this correspondence, Ilis Ma.

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jcsty's Seeretary of State for the Home Depaiment
W S fully satisfied. I have the honour to be, &C.
PERILING, Mayor.

TO THE EIGHT MIK. IHE L•RO MAYOR.

Downuiporeet, Jan. 15.
Mr. Addington presents his compliments to the
Lord Mayor of London, and is much obliged to his
Lordship for the papers with which he has favoured

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him, the contents of shich it cannot be nece,sary to
add, arc, as far as the Lord Mayor is concerned,
completely satisfadlory.

CIIRADI.E. Nov. 6.

Last night, about eight o'clock, this town was
alarmed by the cry of are, occasioned by the fall
of a sky-rocket upon the thatch roof of a stable, be-
longing to the Royal Oak ; in a few minutes the
whole roof, 60 feet long, was in flames ; and in a
very short time another building, of the same
length, had its roof (also thatch) in the same state ;
all exertion was for some time palsied by const.!rna-
don, heightened by the report that a large quantity
of gunpowder was in the building now on fire ; but
on being told that the powder was in an adjoining
building, and which was only just taking fire, seve-
ral people, at a very great risk, rushed in and brought
it out. From this moment, the most ative exertions
ever beheld on a like occasion took place; numbers
might be seen in the most dreadful aituationsi some
upon the roofs of the adjoining buildings; others,
to all appearance, within th.. reach of the fire. To
the astonishment of all present, the progress. of the
flames was stopped, though there were two thatched
buildings within a few yards to the west of those on
fire, the wind, at the same time, blowing strongly
from the east ; but the manly, fearless condua of
many individuals must long live in the grateful re-
membrance of the inhabitants ; for to them, under
Providence, it is owing, that the whole of the west
end of the town was not destroyed. The engine was
useless after a few strokes, so that all the water was
thrown on by hand. Great part of the chamber-
floor of the last building was sound, and a quantity
of flax and other goods got out. In the building
first on fire, was a large quantity of hay and straw ;
yet a part of the timber of this building was also
saved.

FROM LAST NIGHTS GdZLTIE.