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tlinenti aelii-erell by him upon that mensoralde
night ; tletitilUellti which display the soundness of
his bead, and the goodness of his heart, with every
principle of a liberal and enlightened policy. It is,
therefore, with a tui'ture of pride and pleasure we
this day lay before our readers a full report of his
Lordship's Speech, upon the fidelity of which the
t reliance may he placed.

The qeecre 1'owt:1-1., from Barbetlees I King
Durid, SBF.LBTo E, Nut Nevis; Pursuit, NOR-
Tor; and Vigssea, BuTLE.a, are arrived at Bristol;
they parted from the fleet, in company with the
Dr:finer, and about iialf the convoy, in thick wea-
ther, ahnat 15 days since. The errtirrois and
.11r/e;lle were loft w itlm the mnaiiitler of the fleet.

We have received Ainerieau Papers to the 11th
ult. brought hy the Basta tio,etliall .1144 arrived ut

Dovvr

Comvess have adjourned to the first Monday in
'November, lea% Mg to the PRESI DENT, by an act
passed fur that purpose, a discretionary power to
continue or suspend the embargo, as circumstances
might reqnire.—A Bill, authorising the liltl DENT
to suspend the operation of the Non-Importation
Act also passed the Senate, but was rejected in the
(louse oh Representatives, a here, after a violent de-
bate, a motion for postponioLz the further consi-
deratioo of it, sine die, was carried by a majority of
58 to e 9. All the ship* of war belonging to the
United States are to be equipped, " to be used as
in the opinion of the President the circumstances of
the country, and the conduct of foreign powers,
may require."
Sir Ent tan PaLLEw'a exisedition has proved
successful. The ship Thames, arrived at Charles-
ton from Batavia, brought 'advice that Sir Eawwitu
had taken possession of the harbour of Crosse,
without oppositi am ; and that he fouad there two
Dutch line of battle ships and au East Indiaman,
scuttled.

l'huratltty night, General Sir A. WELLEs
r.►:Y left his holism its Ilarley-street..

quttre, to proceed from thelic'e to Holyhead. He
is to go from theme to Dublin, for the purpose of
paying his respects to his FAcellelie the Lotto
Lit;E:rxxstr of Ireland, and taking his lesve.
From Dublin he proceeds to Cork. to join the ex-
pedition that is fitting ont there for the assistance
of the Spaniards. Tile !lon. FrintoT STA NUPE,
A id-du-Camp to the General. and Capt. CAMPBELL,
of his Etta-114er. left London at the some time.

Admiral Sir TIIONAS DUCILWORTU was yester-
day presented with the sword voted him by the
City of London. The ceremony took place at the
Chamberlain's Office, Guildhall. The gallant Ad- '
mind was also presented with the Freedom of the
City. Re was accompanied by Admiral Bui.tea.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Ct.saexce,
who was prevented from attending the A7icultu-
ral Meeting, at Woburn, by indisposition, we are
happy to state, 1014 much better yesterday.
The scene of a Noble Viscount's elopement, with
a lady of condition, mentioned in our Paper of
yesterday, was Winchester. The landlord of the
um, suspicions of an improper intercourse between
the parties, broke open the door of the room. the
lady then went off in the phaeton of ber lover. The
Noble Lord ie well known on the turf.

9 The
amiable Mrs. BYRNE, of Colginteely, near
Dublin, we are happy to soy. is likely to recover
from the injury which she lately received from a
stone thrown into her carriage in that city. Iler
1 danger, however, at one tine was so great, several
I letters from Dub& an extract from one of which

was inserted in paper, stated her actual death.
A considerable alarm was excited at 'Deptford,
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on Thursday. night, about half past niae O'clock,
by the appearance of tire in His MaiLsrv's dock-
yard, hut which weer fortunately extinguished by
ten o'clo..k, without doing further injury than
burning down a part of the kiln, where the plank
is hailed for the ships' sides. The aimd was luckily
off the shore, which blew the Baines from the plank-
houses close by, though. for the same reason, some
apprehensions were entertained for the Queen
Charlotte, a fine first-rate, sin the stocks.
It needed only a plain statement of simple and
indisputable facts, unaided by the brilliant sit of
Mr. SllEattlAll, to have proved the superiority of
Port hilynliii, in Carnarvolishire, &bine the harbour
of 1191yhottf. • There can, in foot, be no corn-
pari,on between the two paces, as points of em-
barkation and communication between the two
kingdoms. The circuitous road, by Chester, across
the two ferries, at I 'onsvay and at the passage of
the Meuui, would be shortened twenty-seren miles,
by going through Shrewsbury, and both those dan-
gerous arms of the sea would be avoided. Nothing
exeept abuse and job can be pleaded in favour of
I lolybead, ahich is situated,as we know, not on the
Continent of Etiglaml, but on another i.sland,
that of Anglesea. That a considerable expense
would be incurred in order to render Poithdyn-
lin commodious, and that wet oniniodations for
travellers are a it to lie found there as at Iloly head.
is indisputable. Bat all these defects and incon-
venient-tea would soon disappear, if Government
had energy, activity, and the disposition to rectify
abuses of long standing. I'o compare the less of
lives that wonted annually- take place, if Porthdyn-
lin were substituted instead of Holyhead, is a cruel
' mockery. The tragical accidents that peroetually
happen to the passage-boats iii passing the two
ferries, pertimilerly at that of Conway, not to meu-
tion the delays, difficulties, and expense of crime-
ine, are too frenuetit and too serious to tuns into
ridicule. But Mr. CasslNG is as locally ignorant
of this merits of the two parts, as he is unacquaint-
ed with the Continent and languages of Europe.
If the severity of his application to French will
permit hint, lie would do well, before ten thoussuld
peotioi. are voted and squandered at Holyhead, to
wake himself master of the question.
\%e are happy to announce, that as a mark of
IE4 NIAJENTY'S most Ltraciour appmbatton of the
n 16601111 exemplary condom as well as for Our
diraitioiiiiitied services io Egypt, under the ever-to-
laineattat A evattomnm, the 97th reginimt is,
in future, to he rtiled the or Qt r t ton.
and to change their fatiiiiiis to Woe. th••
re..,insetit that Sir .1. STU.% IT led oii so ,alloy. tie in
the ,1,,ri010, .214 of Nheeh. when they skein-wed the
lurnucjble Legioti, sod boreawaj the rta:lifortl.