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London, England, 1820-07-27 00:00:00

TRH GENERAL RONDEAU-PIRATES.

George Mitchell. • mulatto. was on Wednesday
night brought to the wilts e-olEce in this city, sus-
pected of being one of the pante crew of the pri-
vateer brig General liondeen. On his examination
yestevdary morning, he says, that he left this port
about three years since, in the ship Eidetic, belong-
ing to Jacob Barker. bound to Neer Odessa+,
at which place he left her. and warked at hts trade
as ship-c.arpenter. About the month of April. 1817.
he went to Bourileaux in the ship Cecilia, from
New Orleans. From Bonnie:lox they went to
Buenos Ayr«. ; left the ship there; went on ►here
about a week, and then entered on board the patriot
privateer General Kosecteasi, Captain David M.
Miles. They sailed from thence about the 18th of
Decenalwr, 1819, on a cruise. The crew consisted
of the following men t-11. M. Milts, master, from
Baltimote ; Mallard, ed officer. an American
Lieutenant M'Sween7. an Irishman; Mr. Latte•

PRICE 7d.

man. nett officer, an American ; -- Smith, wire-
master, an American; -- Riley. ditto,
nu In.b-
man; the regent for pr!zes was an A corneal.. *
smut fat num; Davis„ ',mini. an En.:lirliman,
[Herr follows a list of all the name. of Illy
amounting to about- Ifm. His exerninution is very
disconnected and irregrilar; but we hive 1:ie....v..4
arid put together as many particulars .41- 0.4
and limits will permit.' —l.l..oerrolot Anwraigraodwa..
stater. was killed off Grel'lliN. The V :'ll4l
ashore it Grenada; returned, all 42r01r t ;
George Perkins oo slime drunk. at winch lire si-rs
complained. Sweetly ordered the iceo t• get
under way. Some ildlicolly nru.r. And ht was
killed and thrown overboard. After this Whey.
they robbed rind plundered all Sprimisla proper'se.
and sent the Prisoners ashore.
Titer were out five months; took Bair prifteee.
Mausiertjhriu. and sent them Mt foe Wll•egaritte.
After 11w driith of Sweeny. the Captain. Mr.
Davis. the Doctor. Masters snare (Samerei Wrighr,;.
from Philadelphia. with but nor arm), the copra,*
and serJeant of marines, ..I.oin Duck, and sewer I
others (merlon.), t lir vessel in w host. They
were tent oaf by Tom Demi), captain •f tibr
castle, whir assumed the command. The firs toted
they made was an island near Sarrantinh. Ti,,.,
division of the property was made by Tom Brash,
Robinson, Hofer. pairid Lye'', sod Chart,. N,:-
son 14 dollars was given to the Prisoner
neat), brit the marines, he nays. did lint get isel•-
thing. The whole of the money on board. f •re
the Captain left, be said. ousettosted to 10,000
dollars.

Abo•t the lot of June. instant, the prisoner left
the vessel *Oh fifteen other*, chiefly Mock•. abott
a (try's sail front Savaintah. They "elf rent Ott
hoard or* schrwue►. then in *test. and Brush told
the Cuptuon or the schooner to land thefts north or
Philaddohnt. They were landed at F.ltihrudr.
Mese.schuaette. Deponent. with John Green •tall
John Peters, came tit this city, rod. left the otlwrs at
Falmouth. They arrived here eaater.isf. Geer
and Perot are not yet taken. NIS chell states that
*bow :10 of the ere* were Am.-. 1 a the teat
•' (Commercial
(From •• 7te No -ph Niro/4" June WI
MICTINY AND '3ltiltlKß!

On Satortla;la.; liveseauttrn, who hail cfime up
from the hermit near Currituck Inlet, stopped at a
tavern r Short distance 1,. u'nd the draw.breage,
where they depusited their baggage. anti cwoe lily
tows.. They reported that they belonged to a:t
English brig. bound from New Providence t
Liverpool. which had foundered off the roast of
North Caroliva ; but among other citcsarnsteuces.
that of their having each a considerable untober cr
Spanish dollars which they carried shout
quilted in belts, led to TI belief that they had been
engaged in some piratical enterprise. and yeatetday
our vigilant Chief Nlagistinite iiistred his warrant to
have them brought nu fur examinatioo, awl ac.
cording!? Thomas Jones, John Rudder. Charles
Rodgers. obis IV ieholus Wikoat. Philip Pierce;
and Alathan Smith, acre camlucted into Cowat.l
Nathan Smith. a native of Belfalt, State of
llsine, was sninntoned as a altars" its the caw. alai
being sworn, stated he shipper! at New Volk, 13
the ship Curiazo, bound to BIIVIiOi Ayres, ahre
the remained two itianilis. the was then comprlled
(having sin money I to voter oa board the stop
Union, a Patriot privateer; remained on hoard
Union six months; 544 scut in a Spanish prize tii
Hiseuos Ayres ; lie then shipped its the l'atriut Artg
General nondenti, Captain David Mira, and saint!
On a trtio.e : captured a Spantels brig from 11,111'r..
!WM. 110411141 to llavantiab, after which the Captater
called all hands aft, and toll them hr was [tring to
quit the Ituetios Ayrean aervice, and semi all his
prizes to Nlargaritta, to whirh place he orderf d the
Spanish brig ; hb.)l3t I mouth after captlifell a Swo.
sloth schooner from the Strait., !mond to the cosst
of Africa, and kept. her in company ; then pro-red.
ed for Teherilte ; 511 w a sail, which proved its hr n
brig having French rod Spanish panels, horn lie.
vatus.ts ; took from her amine !ingor and coffee, pot
the prisoners from the Geared 1. ottetrou oil boat°,
and let her go ; about a mouth afierwari4a arrnreit
off Tenerttre, and grit intelliger.re of the sae.
brig being in the harbour ; miaowed the cutler .L
ten o'clock at night, and cut her out ; the
best part of her cargo oat. coiesistiro.: or ho:,. y.
souff, rum, sugar, and coffee. put it on hoard tire
prize schooner, and sistirred the brig to depart.
The General Rondeass then crowed mokonget the
islands about a fortnight. took a number of market
boats laden with cheese and butt tcr. then shifted her
course for Cadiz and went up the Straits ; took
small polacrt (Spanish) ship ; took tern or three
small feluccus. took out their cargoes (Itlavaintialr
sugar), and put them on board the polacre ship,
maimed the polscre. and ordered her for Margo.
rule. Shifted her course to come out of the Straits.
captured a Spanish brig flour Barcelona. boon,' hi
---, and kept her in company ; next morning a
Spanish .20 gun ship came up sod passed under
our stern. Next day got to the mouth of the
Straits ; at twelve o'clock saw • ship, which provsd
to be the ship we had captured and loaded—the
prize brig, oulisequently captured. took her it, now.
and both were ordered to Ntargaritta. At
polocre brig hove in sight, chased her until l 1.
night. and lost sight of her. Shifted our coar.r hot
Cadiz, and nest day spoke a French brig and a
Neapolitaa brig—let then. palm. The next day.
about 4 o'clock. p. at. saw a sail sod ovrrhatiled
her by sweeping—she proved to be ii Greek ; the
first Lieutenant of the General Kondenn hmiosird
her, and she was suffered to pass. The fienriul
Rondean then made sail for Terieritle.
Forte day* afterwards saw a brig; gave slate
and emote up with her; the 1, I itundeusilsoimeqt
Spanish colours, and the chase American. Ors
co g 'tithing guleshot. the latter lowered the.
American and hoisted the Spanish flag', end the Ges
nerd Minden's hoisted the Patriot A tg, upon which
the chatty tired a gun to leeward and shuck her CO.
leers; she proved to be a Spanish brig. from 11,e
Straits bound to Llavisuisah,loaded with brandy, dry

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btc,; look out the prisoners, pat the fine
I.g...iteguarit and a prize corr. u.l board, and ordered
ter tr. keep 111 company ; two dsta sifter' the Geme-
Pul Hornier:se was chased by a Ship tinder Eneh.li
culogrrs, and outsailed her with ease ; kept on tor Te..
wrolie, and spoke an English cutlet, which Capt.
31,15 s comp rileil to take on board the i f/r.4olllititt.
C4pitsivd in the Spanish brig a few days before. and
lend -theta at Terseriffe ; Pisierneleri Tie Moe- •
gar‘vs, with the prize brig in low.
Lrfie witness then proceeded to diggelrlsr.the cir-
cumatances most material to the point of ineeritig.s-
-g.
rivni. nearly in the following words :1
" The Captain (Mile.) used the into very. ill, and
tits day after we passed the island of Barb/L.10v..
the raw mutinied and 'rose upon the officers. I
s., below at the time the mutiny tuck place.-being
autoatcated ; I heard a great n 0..,! upon
Vs a, as of a number of people 111 a scuffle, and
1/0., a•.d then the dashing of :wends.
" It tsumediattly occurred to we that the crew
*left. engaged in massacreing the officer*, and on
*wog nit deck the next morning I had but too
soul gro.trills for my suspicions.—The deck was
• 4,4tesaleti with blood. and six officers, viz. Captain •
llavill Miles, second Lieutenant Nl'Sweessy, the
gt74l,teiii of Marines, Serjearit of Marines, Parser,
Master's Mate and four private, of marines, were
tu:syng, and several of the crew on board ttverely
wounded. I was 11116)1111e1.1 that the offices.* and
roomy,, who were missing were sent away in a boat.
Tins tnippened about twelve miles front an i 51,1141,
the none of which I was ignorant of.
" The crew then took charge of the privateer,.
anti appointed .Rubinson, the gunner, captain—
hailed the prise brig, which was still in company.
and told the prize-muster to go where he irk:tnett. II
Stated our course fur the United Stag..., Ind tit
we stir wade land; we then stood fir Charlrossii.
and three days after put three 11101 Oil k.artl au
English brig. and paid the Captain for their pips.
4gr to England 20 bags of sugar. Three days
at.er spoke a sloop bound to New Yolk ; waisted
to put some of our men on board of her, but the
%void blew ton hard ; two days after spoke an Ane-
nt lilt schooner from Savannah for Boston, and pia
thirteen or fifteen more of our men on board of
her, paying 20 bags of sugar for their passage.
Next day made the land again. which proved to
be the coast of North Carolina, when IS ur iG of
the stoutest men rentsitting on board turned to and
plotolerrti the privateer of every thing valnahle,
a hgcli they carried ashore With them in. a beat, 41).1
ort.....srloned the General koNdeass. leaving the and
I'3 more cm board.

1)(17 (11 MAIL.

" Rubinson (the Captain) then proposed to run
i,•to Wittoingum, and give the privateer up to the
Crited States, which was determiwd en. Off the
bar we were boarded by a pilot, who remained on
heard two days' when be left no and sent ashore
w•th Rghinson days,
five of the crew. We were rhea.
r event t 40 days by a United Stoles revenue cutter,
k•d escaped-in a heavy blow. The Genera Iton-
t.'elti .leaked very bodly for two or three days after
1,-e blow, and as soon as we got her within 40 or 30
vr,ies of land, we scuttled her and took to the
I:ev, bringing With as only oar clothes. We land.
nil on Currituck beach at night. where we found
it:kit:infra and the next morning proceeded on to
Bak Water in a boot. and there bind three carts to
tr'o, us on to Norfolk."

The money which these men had. they day wee
tai.eu out of one of the feluccas captured up the
s•rs'ts. One states the sum taken to have been
ti.0(20 dollars, and another 14,000 dollars, but the
vi•ule was divided among the crew after the waft.
a•;. A few bales of cochineal were also taken nut of
tt.c feluCca,• which were on board the General
•P•;mdeas4 when they abandoned her. The amount
tuucd upon the prisoners is 927 dollars 25 cents,
Wi ith have been deposited in the United States
-ear 'A. There are two more of the party who came
31,';vre at the Curritock„ but they were left on
the road from Black Water, being too unwell to
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Aster a patient examination 0r nearly five hours,
the Prisoners were all committed to
Smith, whose deposition is givru above, i• the
nr:ly American of the party—the rest ore all Eng-
lishmen—it is also stated that the ef rw of the brig
ess composed chiefly of Eaglish and Spaniards, or
✓ ures of Svistb America.
We here neither time nor room at present for any
further remarks on this atrocious transaction : we
▪ therefore dismiss the subject by briefly in-
forming our readers that Robinson and his Eve coat.
pitilioos who left the privateer off Wilmington bar,
i.ure been apprehended at Stnithville,. North Ca-
robot'. This intelligence we have from the Ml-
ortiogfoo Recorder of the 10th instant, received by
yesterday's mail.
[from * The Bodin Patriot," Joao 14.3
SIECIITION OF 111 E PIRATES.

We have authority to state. that the tliree pirates
who are to be executed on the morrow will be taken
"from the gala' precisely at a quarter past ten a. or.
They will proceed through State, India, Custnin-
iloaae, and Milk-streets to the Matti-street, and
thence to the place of execution, which will be near
to where Powers 'offered% ou the neck ; uud we tro-,
derstrud that their sentence will be completed as
near noon as circumstances will permit.
Their names are Wm, Holmes, Edwvd Rose-.
wain. and Thomas IVerricgion, otherwise called
Warren Fawcett. Holmes is said to be a Scotch.
man, Rosewaiu an Englishman, aud IVartirigton a
Intim of Connecticut.
'they origivally composed part of the crews of
two 'privateers sailing under 11e Buenos ,tyrean
flag, On the 48th May, isle, these privateer.
being in company, fell in with :mil captured a see-
eel with • valuable cargo, from limy:mush lauuti-1 to
Europa Whe stational character of the vessel was
not satisfactorily ascertained at the trial.
The prisoneve,, together with two or three other
seamen, and a prize captain aud mate, were swat on
ba•rd the captured vessel as a prise crew, with or-
ders to carry her into Buenos Ayres.
It appears by the evidence oh Thomas 11,nrisoli:
vs!in was on board the schooner at the time, that
on the 4th of July, 1818, the crew lied had some
!Ivor, and became rather intoxicated. About to
o'clock in the evening a violent quarrel took place
bulged' Holmes and the prize mate. The quarrel,
however, subsided. About two hours after, the wit-
nen heard Rosewain propose to throw the master
nod mate overboard, to which Holmes accedecla-.•
14sdavies.went below, and is • few minutes brought
up a large file, sharp at the point. He aud Warring-

TEA.

COLCHESTER ELECTION.

ton went aft, where they foand the mate,asleep on slum.—lt was laid to the table, and ordered to be
the quarter deck. They took him, not by the 1 printed.
head and the other by the feet, and threw him into ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Mr. Lusitsworuts moved that the House do now
the sea% The cries. which the rnate uttered open
reaching the water, brought up the master from the adjourn mild Monday the gist August.
who immediately Amer orders so back. Ho, BANK FORGERIPJ.
topsail. The witness %prussic to wait-it the MAK, M. IIUME rose, not to oppove the motion of ed.
and the master jodPerf on to the hen-coop to we .i*ursinteht, but to submit r question, which he
--wfws was in the wet when Holmes and Warrington regretted be had to introduce in the absence of any
scie..,l hint by the heels and pitched hill over the or his Majesty's Ministers. He understood the
rail of the vessel. He however caught by a tope Royal Assent had been given to the .Bill for Fe-
!mit hung by it; when Holmes leaned Oyer and PeKli"g the law winch Inflicted the punishment of
stabbed turn several times with the file. Finding death fur forging Batik notes.—(try of " 111 r.")—
they could not make him loose his hold, the rope Ile was then misinformed. under tire impression
was cut, and tie dropped into the water. Nothing that the statement made to him was corrert, he
more was heard or seen of Ole master or mate, and I wished to have asked a question of his Majesty's
no vessel was in sight at the time. Rosevrain took Ministers, respecting an application that had been
the ceinmand of the vessel, and changedh her
pmearrtf,enetont.the Secretary of State for the Home
oeDe-
course, intending to enter the Delaware. They bow-
ever arrived at Scituate, on the 30th August. Find. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL begged leave to oh-
lug where they were, the crew deserted the weasel serve to the Hots. Member, that the Bill fur alter.
ant{ dispersed. They were all apprehended in the ing the capital punishment in cases of Bank-mete
course of the next day, when the witness made a forgeries, stood over for discussion until after the
statement of the whole transaction. adjoornmeht.
Pie Jury, after an absence of about two hours Mr. Flume said, that being the case, his applica-
and a half, returned with a verdict of (;ulitb. against lion was quite useless. The fact was, lie meant
each of the Prisoners, and they are to expiate their to have inquired, conceiving the Bill to hare pinsed,
crime to-morrow, by an ignominious death. whether it was intended lir three cases of convic.
. lion for forgeries, that the sentence on the unfortu-
nate persons world be executed to-morrow ? The
grounds of his applicution being erroneous, of
course it only remained for hint to desist from the
question which lie meant to put.
GI BR A LTA R.
Mr. throe expressed his surprise that the papers
which Ise moved for, by an Address to his Majesty
on the 4th May, ors the subject of Gibraltar, bad nut
been presented. Ile lamented this (Way the inure,
as it was his intention to call the attention of the
House to Gibraltar immediately oiler the adjourn-
ment, arid as he wished Members to have full infor-
mation on the subject prior to the discussion.
Mr. LUSHINOTON said he would take all the
pains iii his power to accelerate the 'production of
the papers, so as to meet the Hon. Member's
wishes.
The House then adjourned until Monday, the
let August.

understood, Rays the Washington City Ga-
:rim, that two out of the sixteen seamen of the
Prsesistibk privateer, lately condemned to death
for piracy, by the Circuit Court of the Untied
States, at Richmond, have been pardoned by the
President of the United States, and that the rue.
chitin's of the sentence of the remaining fourteen
has been suspended. This mitigation is highly
gratifying—their case was a very hard one.

LIAM JOLT 19.

The baptism of the third son of his Royal High-
ness fhe Prince of Orange was performed yesterday
in the church of this commune, and the ceremony
was concluded with the most perfect order, notwith-
standing the very great concourse of people. Tile
young Prince received the name of William
• Frederick Henry. Their Majesties the King and
Queen having stopped some tune at the Palace at
Sorstclyk returned to the Loo.

"fitE :'6ll.l'll.Sii. i)I.IESS.

AMSTERDAM, JULY 20.

The Court of Assizes sitting here has to-day coo-
deruntd M. J. B. D. Wibiner to 1,111 years ilil.
prisuinneut for abuse of the liberty of the press.
HANOVER, JULY 10.

LONDON.
THURSDAY. JULY 27, 18i0.

It is said that the viPit of his Majesty the King
to this country begin. to he uncertain, on account
of the events that are passing in England.

The two Houses of Parliament adjourned yester-
day evening—the House of Lords to Tuesday, the
15th of August, and the House of Commons until
Monday, the :Ist. The House of Lords, it thus
appears, will assemble two days previous to that
which has been appointed for the second reading of
the Hill of Pains and Penalties, for the purpose
probably of giving an opportunity to all Members
of the !loose who, from various circumstances, may
not have taken their seats this Parliament, to make
the necessary oaths and declarations, and also that
all arraogements preparatory to this awful proceed-
ing might be completed. This proceeding against
the QUEEN. is familiarly called " Her MAJESTY'S
Trial," but however correct such a designation may
be in reality, it will not be so regarded by the strict
usages of the !louses of Parliament. The Lords
will sit in their legislative, and no! in their judicial
capacities, acid the evidence will, we presume, be
opened at once to their Lordships, without the pre-
liminary or opening speech which in ordinary pro.
ceedings in Courts of Justice precede the tes-
timony of the witnesses. The mode of proceed-
ing in this case differs essentially from that
which should have been pursued, hail the Qukett
been placed in a :late of accusation by the
Commons in the way of impeachment, or by the
Law Officers of the Crown, in the way of indict.
ascot for a criminal act committed by her MAJESTY.
It-ellher of such cases the trial would be conduct-
ed according to the established rules of criminal
procedure; but in the present instance the cooly ob-
ject presumed by the usages of Parliament is to
form the consciences of the Members, and the fate
of the Hill will subsequently depend rather upon
the question of political expediency, than upon the
judicial opinions of the Members respectively, as
formed upon a fair and impartial view of the evi.
dence.

COPENHAGEN. JULY 8.

The first instalment or the debt of the Norwegiari
Gove►nment will be shortly paid here; the sum is
430,000 specie dollars.

FRANKFORT. JOLT 14.

Accounts from almost all parts of Germany, an-
nounce that there is every appearance of an abuu.
dent berreat.

11.4MBCIIGH. JULY 17.
On the sth of April A strong shock of an earth-
quakw was felt et lrkutzk, in Siberia:
Hy a decree of his Majesty the King of Denmark,
of the _tstli June, the length of the pendulum un-
der the 45th degree of north latitude, is taken as
the basis of all Danish weights and measures.

BERLIN, JULY 13.
Baron Ompteda, the flanoverien Ambassador to
our Court, has arrived here from Dresden.
BRUVIELS, JULY 19.

• The storm a hick we had the doy before yesterday
was very violent in the neighbourhood, and rape-
malty at B►ildort, • league and half from the city.
One young girl was killed by the lightning. and
another wounded. On the Panne day there was
likes ise a storm at Antwerp. where the lightning
struck the mast of a obip at anchor, which Was
Soilivrrrii from top to bottom; the Teeml and cargo
were not damaged. A sailor on deck was wounded
in the breast by a splinter, but not drugeroritly..—
( Dutch Papers, July 42./

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, WEDNESDAY, JILT IS.

The Ileum suet at half-past three o'clock.
Th►e House of Commons having been summoned
in attend their LordehipE. the Speaker and WOW
►Members appeared at the bar, when the Royal
Assent wari-sisen by Commission to the lrrealrer►t
Debtors' Bill.

Th. Commissioners were, the LORD CHANCEL-
Lon, Earl DATButtn. and the Earl of SUMER.
BURT.

Mr. Mason, from the East India louse, pre-
sented returns of the quantities of teas sold at the
sales uf the East India Company for-the last three
years.
ADJOURNMENT.

On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESISURY.
House then acljoul tied till Tuercioy, the 15th of
August.

HOUSE OF COMMONS. WZON/SDAY, JucT

The SPEACEIL took the Chair at • quarter past
three o'clock, and was soon after suntmot►ed in the
ti.ual form to the House of Peers, where the Royal
Assent war given by Commission to the Insolvent
Damns' Relief Bill._ _ .

On tltrir return the SPEAKER informed the llouPe
of the lousiness done in the Loril4.

Mr. Isis preseuted a Petition from (we under-
stood) three Burgesses of Colchester. against the
late return of Henry Baring, Esq. as Member fur
that borough.
This Petition was laid on the table, and ordered
to be taken into consideration on the 77th August
next.
PREVENTIVE SERVICE.

On the motion of Mr. fIUME. the accounts on
the table of the [louse, .hewirig the number of
persons employed in the smuggling preventive ser-
vice, and the expense of that branch of the-public
service, were ordered to be printed.
CONSOLIDATED FUND.
Mr. Lug _IIINGTON brought up an account of the
net produce of the Revenue of the United King-

As a very erroneous opinion is entertained by
many upon the subject of the present prosecution.
it miry perhaps not be improper to state. that the
same evidence which shall have been submitted to
the House of Lords must also be tecclered at the
bar of the !louse of Commons, and that should the
Bill unfortunately pass the Upper Ilott-e. an op-
portunity will be offrred to her MAJEstv's Law
Officers to produce new evidence before the (louse
of Commons to supply a!1 former deficiencies.
and to strengthen those parts of their Royal
Mistress's defence which might be found insuffi-
cient fur her exculpation at the bar of the House
of Peers.

Mr. Huse alluded last night, in the House of
Commons, to the case of the unfortunate men who
have been ordered for execution this morning for
the crime of forgery ; but he did not p►ess the rub.
jest, haring lea►ued that Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH'S
Bill for mitigating the penalty did not, as lie had
been informed, receive the Royal Assent. The
Bill has, in fact, been pustliourd for further consi-
deration; but who can doubt that the feeling of the
country in general is strongly marked in favour of
the Bill, and under such circumstances, when its
enactment by Parliament can not be supposed to
be far distant, who does not lament that the active
, mercy of the Sovereign should not be advised to au-

ticipate the benign intentions or the Legisl•te►e
The unfortunate men who have been ordered for exe-
cution this morning entertained the erroneous iden
that the new Bill for repealing the capital punish-
ment in all visors of forgery, wa• 11 mong 'holy which
yesterday evening •waited the Royal Assent in the
House of Lord-, and they, in consequence, were
taught to look forward with confidence to • com-
mutation of their sentences. The Bill has not been
passed, but we hope that they will not be disap-
pointed in their expectations of mercy. It would,
we are convinced, very much gratify the public
should the Minister of State advise his Sovereign,
under the peculiar circumstances, to spare the lives
of these unhappy culprit..

His MAJESTY WM better yesterday than he was
the preceding day. The gout in the KING'. hand
appears to he gradually departiog. We are hippy
toss). his (MAJESTY'S general health continues ex-
tremely good. Yesterday his MAJIAITY was visited
by the Duchess of GLOUCESTER and the Duke of
CAMBRIDGE.—The Earl of LtvEßrooL had an
audience of the KING yesterday.

The public mind has been strongly excited by
the announcement of the immediate publication of
a Treatise, entitled 4' The Defence of the Queen
against the Charges brought forward against her
Majesty when Princess of Wales," • work publish.
ed by her MAJESTY, and printed by Messrs. ALL.
MAN, booksellers to the QUEEN. We cited on
Monday last the opinion of Lord CASTLEREAGH
upon the conspiracy of that slay against her MA-
JESTY'S life and honour, on which occasion his
Lordship observed, " that if the (II lof •...ts such
profligate persons (meaning Lady Dotto.as and
others) were to he sanctioned, where would be the
end of such attempts ?" To the country, which is
anxious for a fair and full developement of the me-
rits of her MAJESTY'S case, it is absolutely neces-
sary to go back to the organization of that foul
con piracy against the life and honour of her MA
JESTY ; and we are not, therefore, surprised at the
extraordinary anxiety with which the public now
look to the work announced for speedy publication,
under the sanction of her MAJESTY, by her own
booksellers, the Messrs. AL/.MAY.

An Address of Condolence and of Congratula-
tion to the QUEEN has been prepared by a large
body of the females of the town of Nottingham
and its vicinity, and is now in the course of re-
ceiving signatures preparatory ►o its being presented
to her MAJESTY. Iler MAJESTY et.joys already
the &ympathy of s very large proportion of her
female subjects throughout the kingdom, but the
public expression of it must prove peculiatly gra.
tifyit:g to her feelings. The signatures to the Not-
tingham Address, we understand, already amount
to 7,800.

The Paria Papers of Sunday arrived last night.
They contain no further intelligence from Naples.
The last accounts from That point, now become the
most interesting on the Continent, are of the 10th,
arid have been published in our columns. On Sa.
turday the Session of the two Chambers of Peers
and Deputies was closed by a Royal Proclamation,
read in both Douses according to the forms pre-
scribed by the Charter. It was received in both
Chambers with shouts of " Vire le Roy!" after
which the Members immediately dispersed.

The Flee per Cent. Consols on Saturday were
78 1. 83 cent.—Back Actions 1,38211.

A Dutch Mail has arrived, with Papers to
the 2•id irritant. The famous Baron OsIPTF1:11,
the Hanoverian Amhavvador to Berlin, has arrived
in that city from Dresden.

We have received New York Papers to the 29th
last. They communicate the details of two more
destructive fires ; nue at Troy, near Albany, on the
20th, and the other at New York, on the 22,1.
The farmer was the more calamitous ; the number
of buildings destroyed in it amounted In 1.20
:35 buildings were destroyed or injured in New
Ymk. No suspicion of malice is entertained in
either of these cases. The great quantity of timber
used in American buildings exposes them to acci-
dents of this kind.

It was confidently asserted i u the United States
that the Slan►sh messenger who lately arrived
there brought an official communication rear.ct.
ing the Florida,, and that FERDINAND could not,
since the late events, grant any territory to America
without the consent of the Corley.

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Accounts from the Spanish Main state that
11301.IYAR had reword from Santa Fr, end wss at
Achsguas ; and PAEZ at S.lll Fernando.

The head-quarters of the Royalist army were at
Valencia. The report of a conspiracy to murder
Mont t.t.o is again renewed. The Alayor of Valen-
cia, accused of the plot, had been executed.
The President of Hayti has communicated to
the Spcieties in America for the promotion of co-
lonizing Africa, stating, that in place of sending
them to such a distant and inhospitable climate, his
territories are open to the emigration of the blacks
from the United State..

Gen. DEVEREUX, who 1.-ft Liverpool ►he latter
end of April, with the remainder of the Irish IL,-
gion. arrived at Barhadoes on the 9th June, and
was to sail from thence direct for Angostura.

GIMAD .SLUP LAUNCH.

CHATHAM. JULY 26.

This being the day app inured for'the launch lir
the Trrtfolgar, ship, the towns of Stroud,
Rochester, and Chatham, assumed an appeuravti.
of the toniort gaiety, owing to the grrat tnfaz of
fashionable c pang which was every moment 31f.
and of which the fair rex formed no into,;.
aiderable portion. The morning was uslwr-d in he
the ringing of bell% &c. and preparations were
every where ob-ervieble for a splendid fete. Front
an early hour in the morning till one o'clock Ow
streets were continually Marked by cavalcados of
working descriptions, from the high-blooded Peer
and his four-in-hand equipage. down to the mot..
cautious Cockney and his chnisescart, sad all errand
actuated by an'ettual curiosity.
this Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence rose
early, and after breakfast slatted various parts of
the loon .1 with Earl lisruley. Lord
A7llll7riamri.ithfitjrYillikle Garr. Sir Robert Bar-
low, tkc. Szc. after which bus Royal Ilighwass re.
!tinted to the Admirers lathe to prepare for the
fatigues of the day.
The gates of the Dock-yard were threats open
to the public at twelve o'clock : but Hone were a 6.
nutted to the canopied ses.s without 31 ticket from
the principal Commissi tttt er. To heighten the
beauty of the strife.' the lolls on eaTh side of the
Medway were sprinkfed with 11w coons"! people.
Find Octant, boalo and seitiog galleys glided alen4g
the smooth surface or lire water in great tituntrere,
We regret that want of time comp-Is eta to te brie.
in our &solution. About two O'clock his ItnyaS
liivhoirs% and patty arrived, amidst the most en-
thusiastic greeting. and in a hew minute* after-
ward.. the usual preparations bring ready. the
Trfyialgar was saised from her niooriugs, and shot
into the water like an arrow, whilst both sides of
the river re-echoed the joyous shouts of the assem-
bled multitude:
,4 'runs grand to see that proud ship elide
So stately down she subject tole;
The sterner beauty of her prow,
Frowned on the . I flood he low,
As if the waters foamed with pride
To kiss their native favourite's sole-

It is undristood that she is to be towed to Ports-
mouth to be miibted, and afterwards to proceed
immrdintely to sea.
His Royal Highness afterwards dined with Sir
J. Gorr. and a distiogiii.lird party ; and to-u 1 tV
dines with the Earl of Darnley at Cobham Par.
On Saturday his Royal Highness will return to
town.