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London, England, 1807-04-22 00:00:00

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Departure of the Convoys for their Destinations :

PLYMOLTTA, APRs. 20.--Sailed the imperieuse
Frigate, of 38 guns, Capt. Lord 'COCHRANE, on a
cruize to the West Ward.

Arrived the Grithstadt, SCI;IONV., from Tonsberg ;
and the Feronia, Gonmr.Y, from Dublin.
Sailed the Insolent Gun Brig, with eight ViEtual-
- under convoy, laden with supplies, for the Chan-
nel Fleet.

Sailed L' Aigle Frigate, and Plover Sloop of War,
on a cruize to the Westward.

PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 21.--SSiled the Strenuous
Gun-brig on a Cruize.

FALMOUTH, APRIL Ig.—Arrived this day His
Majesty's Ship Brisk, of 18 guns, Capt. COODE,
from Ireland, with a convoy of Coasters for this port
and the Eastward ; also the Prince Adolphus Pacl:et,
BOULDIMSON, with Mails from Jamaica, 34 days
passage; the Brig Beaver, STEPHEN'S, from Liver.
pool, for Oporto; the Brig John and Mary, JURY,
from Cardiff, for Lynn ; the Brig Neptune, HUT-.
CHINS, from Ireland, bound to Milford ; the Brig
Ann, BALL, from Liverpool, bound to Falmouth ;
-ind last evening His Majesty's Schooner Supericure,
of 16 guns, Capt. E. RIISHFORD, from. Portsmouth,
to give instructions and prepare Vessels waiting Con-
voy here for the West Indies—the Fleet for which,
about 70 Sail, under Convoy of His Majesty's Ship
Lecade, of 36 guns, Capt. J. STuAttr, appeared ;off
here this morning, when the following Ships sailed
to join them :—His Majesty's Schooner Sriperieuie ;
Lady St. John, CATTENEOUGH, for St. Kitt's and
Nevis ; Lady Creinorne, HUTCHINSON, for Jamaica ;
favaurite, PATERtiON ; and Ann Eliza, for Tabago ;
Lord Collingwood, WALLIS ; and Magdalen, RICH-
ARDS, for Antigua.

The Prince Adolphus ..„114tktt spoke in tat. 48. 13.
-long. 10.24. West, His. Majesty's Ship Amethyst.
His Majesty's Ship Blonder 4,36 guns, with Con-
voy from ,Eugland, arrived at Jamaica the frt-h -of

&MUMS, Amt. tg.—Arrived the 211ary Ten-
der, from Leith, with Volunteers for the Fleet.
APRIL 20.—The Swift Sloop of 'War, Capt.
\\NIGHT, convoys the Trade to Heligoland in lieu
of the Railleur.

Came into the Little Nore„tha Malabar, of 5.0
liqns, Capt. TEMPLE.

The 4strea Frigate is on shore= the Shears, ancZ
leas made the signal of distress, and the Admiral's
Ship has per signal ordered the Urgent Gun-brig,
eicrow Schooner, and the Launch of the Ceres, to
Proceed immediately to her assistance.
A Court-Martial was this day held on board the
Magnanime, for the trial of the Surgeon of the Er-
cell"t for beating a man who complained of being
unwell; the charge was proved, and he was sentenced
to be dismissed the Ship and lose twelve months
Rank. •

APart 21.—The Astrea has got off and proceeded
to Yarmouth ; the Deptford Tender, Lieut. Ati-
taAx, with impressed Men and Volunteers for the
Meet, has sailed for Chatham, having on beard
French -Prisoners that navigated the East India Ships
borne, •

DEALS Ar RIL I.—Sailed His Majesty's Ships
2L'32.staftre and Kangaroo on Cruize.

Arrived His Alajesty's Ships Solebay and Furious
from a Cruize, and remain in the Downs with- the
rest of the Ships- as per last.

The Zebra Bomb has a Signal for a Convoy to the
Westward.

Feb. 2.1 =lsis Majesty's Ship Blonde sailed from
arbadoes, with the Ships which arrived under can-
Voy of his Majesty's Ships St. George and Ramillies,
for Jamaica: The St. Vincent Trade sailed in corn-
?any, and all..arrived in safety on the Ist of March.
On the 28th of February, his Majesty'i Brig
Grenada sailed from Barbadoes, with the 'Grenada
Trade and was seen in sight of Grenada,on the tit 'of
'larch.

On the Ist of March, his Majesty's Schooner
liforne Fortune, Lieut, BROWN, sailed from Barba-
4oes, with the Trade for St. Lucia. •
On the 2d of March, his Majesty's Ship Osprey
sailed from Barbadoes with the. Trade for Tobago
and Trinidad.
On the 3d of March, His Majesty's Ships Cerle-
P4s, Melville,' and Wolverine, sailed from Barbadoes,
With the Trade for Dominica, Athigna, Montserrat,
levis, St. Kitt's, Tortola, and St. Thomas's.
The Ship Actiue, Capt. Mrtr...est, bound to Tri-
llidad, was run aboard of, by. Ship of the Convoy,
and much injured. The Brig Progress, bound to St.,
lost her mainmast, and remains at Barbadoes
refitting.
The Cicero, TURNER, froM LondOn to Jamaica,-
Is lost off,Barbadoes.
The 4ritannia, GIBBS, from London to Jamaica,.
has been taken, re-taken, and arriv-d' at Bgbadoes.•
the 23c1 of February, the Ramillies Man of_
War, and Fleet from Cork, conSisting of 100 S. arrived at Barbadoes.
On the 25th of February, the St: George Man of
tsar,
and Fleet frotn Portsmouth, consisting of 154.
arrived at the same Island ; and on the Moth of
kebruary, the 'Blonde Frigate, and 12 SalF Irvin FAL-
Itouth, also arrived at ILzhadues.

7;0 THE EDITOR OF TFIE

SIR,

t read, %vitt', a great deal of attention, the com-
ments of SCZEVOLA on the Prerogative ; and though
I frankly avow I applaud their tendency, Since they
most evidently lead to establish a haughty and daring
Aristocracy, yet, I do not admire the sentiments in
thernselves. They are not bold, undisguised, and ins 6.
lent enough for me ; and though both I and SCJEVOLA
may possibly agree sufficiently well in the objeEt we
wish to obtain," my sentence is for open war"—,his for
" wiles"—which, though my vanity prompts me to
think I could as well pra&ise them, I do not design
to adopt. Like the apostate BURKE, who, troubled
by qualms of conscience, and for paltry ease of mind,
basely diverted the exercise of his splendid abilities
from the 'glorious struggle for 'pre-eminence, and
tendered it to/the welfare of his Sovereign and the
suppoft of the Constitution—by which conduEt he
abandoned all his high expeEtations, and for which,
notwithstanding his great attainments, he will ever
be branded with the epithet weak by superior spirits.
Like this once exalted man;" I adore the principles
of a pure and genuine Republic." By pure and
genuine, however, I mean aristocratic, perfeElly,
absolutely, and disdainfully aristocratic.' I would
indeed consent to make use of the people—that k to
say, when I .could not do without them. They.
are easily kindled into sedition -to answer the pur-
poses of ambition, and as easily abandoned to un-
relenting and ignominious punishment when they
have answered the end for which they were in.
flamed. The inutile ,lignum naturally burns out of
itself—while the pure gold remains uninjured by:
the ire.

SOEVT,.A would, in the same manner, make use
of the pageant of a king, who, nevertheless, would
always remain completely secure,, considering the
discretion he would allow him: for if the crown
were placed upon the statue Of the Apollo Belvidere,
if 13014 /PARTE would spare it for such a purpose,
the statue would iti-every respect be equally as ser-
viceable as the ideal puppet SC.EVOLA wishes 'to
invest with the Royal Dignity. But I detest Royal
Dignity, and execrate the names of Sovereign and
Subje&. Like CJESAR, I have no objedion to make
a few silly people believe, that I consider them as
my equals ; but I must have no superior, not even
in exterior, appearances. My soul sickens at the
idea. Pride, genius, and education, forbid the en-
durance of a condition so humiliating to a- being
who feels it necessary to his happiness to indulge a
passion for command. •

As to the Catholic Question, like an enlightened
Roman, I really entertain so thorough an indiffet
ence for all religion, that were not the subjeL•t
blended with politics I should blush to consider it
even for a moment ; but I am ready to acknowledge
it appears a powerful lever, if properly managed; in
the cause of Republicanism. To say this, is as
much as the obje& in contemplation is worth ; for
religion, unlike . the " elegant mythology of the
Greeks," is too insipid for a haughty, classical, and
liberal mind to dwell upon for an instant, une;n ...
bellished as it is by poetic fi&ion, and the fascinating
charms of a cultivated imagination.

With respect to the doEtrine of pledges, °Pow
whiCh so great a clamour has been raised, that too
may be of use, if adroitly treated ; not that it is of,
any value in itself—nor is thought to be so by!
SCiEVOLA, except he be a person of very. inferior
principles and understanding, and that parvunz parva
decent ; for every theory, which includes a king, is
more than contemptible; but the doEtrine in ques-
tion
tends to curtail the action and essence of 'the
regal chargter, and finally to complete its destruc-
flop' SCZVOLA may, therefore, make the most of
his subjea. He is subordinately effecting a bai ness
which the master genius of lofty repubaauism does
not, indeed, condescend to dire&; but, like the
lordly savage of the woods, he will tear, from the.
pigmy grasp of the trembling Jackal, the prey that
his huMble industry has with so much diligence ob-
tained. Juxtus.

A Trinidad Paper, of the 21 st of February, says,'
" At the moment of sending our Paper to press, we
were informed, from good authority, that intelligence
had just been received front Cumana, announcing
the capture of that place by the Forces under Gene-
ral CRAUFCIU), amounting to 6000 Men."—Advices
however, from the River Plata contradict the above
account, which indeed is not probable, and assert
that Colonel CRA(YLWRD is arrived at Monte Video.
Landed at Gravesend, on Saturday, the veteran
remains of his Majesty's i9th Dragoons, after an
absence of twenty-tour years from their native laud.
During that time they have highly distinguished
thenrrielves in almost every engagement that has
been fought in India.

THE OPERA.—The new Comic Opera of Il Prin-
cipe di Taranto, was represented last night at the-
King's Theatre, and was well supported by NALDI.,
SIBON/, and Signor PERINI, who all re',:eired great
applause. The splendid Ballet of La Siege de Troye,
having undergone some curtailments, was repealed
with great success, and Madamoiselle NoaA particu-
larly well received. She is -a considerable acquisi-
tion. to the corps de ballet. The theatre was much
better attended than is usual on a Tuesday, unless It
has the attraction of CATALANI:.