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LONDON,

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1812.

Seven or eight of our sail of the line were off
Brest when the French Squadron must have reached
that port, but the weather was so hazy, and the
gales were so strong, that they stole in u►►perceived.
Our Squadron was under the command of Sir H. B.
NEALE, and Commodore KING.

Dispatches from Cadiz to the 21st ult. were re-
ceived by Government this day, but their contents
were unimportant.

As we have given an account of the proceedings
in the Common Hall yesterday; it will not be ne-
cessary for us to enter into any observations "on the
subjeCt. The proceedings sufficiently speak for them-
selves ; and, as was Said by Mr. Du KIN, one (lithe
persons whc) was in•errnpted,becanse he presumed to
differ froM Mr. -WAITHMAN, the great City Agi-
tator, the condta of the Common Hall, the Re-
solutions which passed od the occasion, were " a
disgrace to any body of
_men—they were beneath a
St. Giles's club." We shall only add,"that the whole
of Mr. WArTHMAN'S harangues proceeded upon a
fallacy ; whether the tesult of party blindness,, or
voluntary perversion, we leave the public to deter-
mine. He described the refusal of the PRINCE
-REGENT to receive the Petition from the COM-
inon Hall, in the manner assigned
,to .a Petition
from the CORPORATE BODY, as rejetuion of the
right of petitioning altogether. Nothing can be
more 'glaringly fallacious than this assertion. Mr.
WAITAMAN MI-itself, declared that the Conimon
Council and the Common Hall had distinEl and se-
. -
parate privileges. Is it then proper to confound
them and give them both a chara6ler of equal au-
thority ? if the Petition had beers presented from
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council,
it would have been received on the Throne, but as
it was not, it was not entitled to that formality.—
This is the simple fa 1, in spite of all Mr. WAITH-
MAN'S sophistry and eloquence.

Five sail of French lineot Dame Whys
have dropped down the• Scheldt to FluOling ready for
a start.

Earl PERCY, on gatnnity felt town for Alnwick
Castle, Northumberland, to be present at thw funeral
of Lady _JULIA PERCY, his Lordship's s►ster, who
died at that place on the 28th of last month. In
consequence of her Ladyship's death, the Duke and
Duchess of NORTHUAILIERLANmare notsexpeCted io
return to town this season.

THE ARTS.—OWEN will essentially contribute to'
the ensuing annual display of British talents by some
admirable portraits, and among them will be one of
the LORD CLIM:CELLOR, sitting in his official
rha-
racler. It would be poor praise to say it isthe best
likeness that h_is yet been seen of the distinguished
original ; it is exad in similitude : there is a strong
expresssion , of profound attention, and a general air
of dignity through the. whole. It is rich in point
of colouring, easy in the arrangement of the dra-
pery, and the picture altogether is a fine specimen
of art. Another piaure from this Artist, which will
be much adinired, is a whole-length of Lord GREN.
VILLE in his robes, as Chancellor of the University
of Okford. His Lordship is represented as in the
attitudeof speaking. The likeness is faithful, and
the, whole is 'a striking and spirited composition,—
A Portrait of Dr. BELL, whose character is so de-
servedly esteemed for having introduced the cele-
brated system of Educatioh in this country, is ano-
ther work which does honour to the talents of this
,ArtisL" We have never had the pleasure of- seeing
the respectable original, but we infer, from the
usual fidelity of the Artist, that it is correct in simili-
tude. As a work of art,. we can -confidently say
that it is highly honourable to, the British School.
A Portrait of Mr. Ca
oxsa, Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and whose name is so justly high in literary
estimation, for .his fine Poet of Talavera, will
also add In no small degree to the pleasure of-the
true Critic, by the sound taste, judgment, and skill
with which it is executed.

The talen►a of CALCOTT vtrill be also displayed in
four excellent works, one of which is a representa-
tion of Little Hampton, for Sir Jontki, LEICESTER.
THOMSON has not been idle, but will appear to
much advantage in subjects of an interesting de-
scription. The works of this Artist are uniformly
characterized by taste, delicacy, and imagination.
SASS has been uncommonly successful in Draw-
ings„ chiefly of a maritime desctiption ; and Mrs.
SASS will, for the first time, we beljeve, come for-
ward as an Artist, in such a manner as to add public
admiration to private respect and esteem.
James Ta)Hor, alias John Taylor, alias John or
James Bridge or Budge, private in the 6th regiment
of dragoon" guards, was lately tried at Glasgow, by
a General Court-Martial, for desertion, and sen-
tenced to have die letter D marked on his left side,
two inches below the armpit, with gunpowder, and
afterwards to serve abroad in such a regiment as the
PIINCE REGENT should diret. His Royal High-
ness has been pleased to confirin so much of the sen-
tence as adjudges the prisoner to he marked with
the letter D, but to remit the remainder,. -Lord
Viscount CATHCART has ordered the sentence to be
read at the head of every regiment and corps in
North Britain, entered in the orderly books, and
that part of it approved of to be carrittd into

NAVAL NEWS.

Admiralty.-office, April 7, 1812.

, .
ViCe-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has transmitted
to John Wilson Croker, Esq, a letter from Captain
West, of his Majesty's ship, the Sultan, giving an
account of the boats of that ship having, on the 411/
of Deejrnber last, under the 'direetions of Lieuten-
ants Anderson and Woodecck, boarded and cap-
tured, Off'Bastia, t o French national armed vessels,
one a settee of eight funs and thirty•one men, and
the other a brig, of six guns and fifty-three men.
In the perfOrniance of this service, which is report-,
ed to have., been very gallantly execute], the Snr-
tan's boats had only four men wounded ; the enemy.
had (Ate killed and several wounded, antongs; thrt
attFr the Comtnander of die brig.

PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6.--Sailed last night the /Alert]
sloop of 'war, with a fleet under convoy, bounif "to
Quebec, Nova Scotia; Newfoundland, and New*"'.
Brunswick, among them are the following, viz.

Daphne, Harris ; Indian Lass., Cook ; rubilee, Hunt ;
Eliza, Major ; Devonshire, Duniarn ; Endeavour, Turner;
Hawke, Gilt ; 11rotticri; Matheson ; Concord, Warren 41
Thomas, Mudge ; Chidley ; Fame, Standard
Mary, Buntlap ; Devonshire, Owens ; Hope, Drake ; .nii,
Steer ; Ocean, Tracy ; Caledonia, Boag ; and a tev others,
names unknown ; the latter is bound to St. (Wm's, New
Brunswick ; Col. Pearson, of the Army, goes out passenger
in her.

Also sailed a few outward-hound vessels, Wnes*
unknow ; his Majesty's ship Serapis for the Medi-
terranean; the &se, LowTnEa, for WaierfOrd;,
the Bramble schooner of to guns, to the westward;
and the Pheasant sloop of war, Captain PALMER, on,
a cruize in the Channel.

Arrived the Just, JACKSON from Bristol Jaar
JONES, from Liverpool; Dart, CLIMING, from Dart'
mouth ; the American ship Edwin Bolton, Stiavvs
master, from Savannah, with a cargo of timber ta.
this port;, Sagittarius, SLADE, from Exeter; Nell'
tune, HOWARD, from Ipswich ; Orwell, Rusumortsi
from ditto; *Mary and Eliz-abeth, GARD, from Pct
ryn ; Intelligent gun-brig, from Falmouth; Hapsg
teeturn, MORGAN, from London ; the John,Lovv6'
from Penryn ; Amity; INvicic, from Portsmouth%
'Providence, ITA YES, from Falmouth; and the Rat'
gamy, Patcs, from Cork, with a cargo; of provisioni,
bound to London ; put in here to wait convoy.
Arrived rbe Fervent gun-brig, having under cu'v-
voy a fleet of light transports from Lisbon, or,-;nsi4"
ing of about tCi sail, to days passage.—No news.
Went up the harbour to be refitted the Diana
frigate, Capt. FREIIIS.
Arrived the French schooner cartel Yidette fro.ris
l'Orient, last from- Dartmouth, bound here for 114
crew of the Perseverance cartel, • that arrived licfc' $
G!tx, days since from l'Orient,
S iled the ..)cytiii broup ikhitlngau
Newhard schooners, on separate cruizes. '
Went into Barnpool to be ;edited the Iris iris
gate, that .arrived here on Friday last from Corurno'
. Arrived this afternoon .a sloop of war, said to 115
the Acorn, from the Mediterranean ; but we tocrd
not. been able to learn whether she has brought A'
news. Also, the Puiaiers man of war front 114

eastward.
DEAL, Aratt 7.—Arrived his Majesty's 51141
'liars from Portsmouth ; and Conte/la and Fari°°

• from a cruize.
Came down from the River, the General
Lesley, BROWN, for the East Indies. 3
,1
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7.—Arrived his Male*,
ship,Sprightly from a cruize; and the Leydea
gate, with the following transports, from the Dir
cliterranean, as per numbers and letters; their nab
iCh
we have not been able to ascertain :.--Nos.

71, .56, 28, 174, 208, 392,164, 351, 424, 45;-
109, and 27.. Letters EA, CEi, 13F, CB,
MI, BM,' IT, G, CF, and BS.
Sailed his Majesty's ships Brune, Freya, and flu'
mulus, for Lisbon ; and the No rth Star and Spit'

fire on a cruize.
Ibis Majesty's ships Brune, Romulus, anJ a,/
have taken the 42d Regiment out to Li•bon.

His Majesty's ship Porcupine for Quebec,
fr,
tare for. Guernsey, and'the Spitfire for the
if
have hauled down their signa!s, and the Phat'e
appointied in the room of tjlePorcupine.—No- CL

convoy- is appointed at p:,.i2nt.
fl
FALMOUTH, APRIL s.—Ariived the Lord Ha-6
ino
packet, H AMt vroN, with mails,from Cadiz, ten
, ()V
passage; no news. The enemy continued to tor-
sl!ells into the, town, but did no serious'
1 er
The- Dispatch packet h,id arrived out, landed
mails, aiid procee,!ed On for Gibraltar and Mielt3.,.
Also arrive.l, this day, the American ship A1c144:,
merles, from Philadelphia, 45 days ; and Merchalw
lot
lioentNs, from Baltimore, 54 days, with flour 'y
a market. 'I he former vessels spoke on the B'i'bs
of Newfoundland, the American ship Horace, fr°o
Stockholm, bound to New York; and about 1
days since.'an English ship, from Demerara fc3f
London, all well. A schooner sailed in conlPlii.
with the 4rchimedes for L'Orient.
Sailed this day his Majesty's brig Pelorus, of
guts, with about 30 sail of vessels, to join his ft'ir
jesty's Ship Serapis, off this harbour, with abil,
eleven sail for Portugal, Spain, and the Meditelf
mica(); the Marlborough packet, Bum., with Imito'f
for Lisbon ; and the Chesterfield, GIBBONS, lot
'Jamaica ; the Montague packet; with marl't• • . •