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T 17 P. Lis , !,:2t.Y 28 , 1812.

Onr Ph-month Letter, of this morning, con-
tains the following aceQunt of a most brilliant and
succeisful exploit performed in: the. geci it er r a

nean
" An account has been received by 'the Donna
Fararia, from Gibralta;, of a very brilliant and
giliant exploit, which was performed in the har-
,hour of Malaga a. few days before she left Gibral-
tar..----The :boats of the Hyacinth, of 20 guns,
commanded by Captain USHER,- ,and those.' of the
Goshawk, commanded by Capt. JAMES LILBURN,
went into the harbour of Malaga, wheite they
stormed and took possession of two small forts,
the guns- of which they spiked, and destroyed the
arnminition, &c. 'he Marines and Seamen then
returned to their boats, and proceeded to the
tack of six French 'privateers, and several other
vessels which lay in the harbour, laden with sun-
dry-articles; the produce,of French plunder from
the unfortunate inhabitants of Malaga, , all which
they captured and brought away, notwithstand-
ing the incessant fire 'kept up on them by the

troops on shore.
" Those vesseh, with their cargoes, were all sent
for Gibraltar, and were entering the harbour
when the vessel which brought the intelligence
saited.thenee, on the 7th instant.

" The- loss in this moot gallant enterprise has
been severe. Captain LILBURN, of the Goshawk,
and many of the crews of both vessels, being
killed, and several wounded."

A Telegraphic Dispatch reached the Admiralty
• yesterday afternoon, announcing the destruction
of one of the French frigates lately returned
from" the West Indies, by the Northzniberland,
off L'Orient.—The official account has not yet
been received.

We yesterday entertained hopes that.the Minis-
terial arrangements were nearly concluded ; that
Lord LIVARPOOL, with some of the Members of
the 'present Cabinet, together with the Marquis
WELLESLEY, Mr. CANNING, Lord MOIRA, and
Mr. SHERIDAN, would have combined their efforts
to form an Administration. Onr ,hopes have not
yet been realized ; but we 'do not entirely abandon.
them. His Royal Highness the PRINCE REGENT
is indefatigable in his efforts ; but they have
hitherto been without success. We are . in-
clined to think that some of those, who have
been loudest in their representation Of the.
necessity of a broad and vigorous Administration—
an Administration' calculated to produce unani-
mity at home, and direct our efforts with energy
abrO'ad, haVe been the most forward to throw oh-
stacks in the way of such an „arrangement--
The Morning Chronicle, of' this day, speak-
_
jag upon this- subject, says,.—" The very na-
ture of an Administration that is to embrace
different persons, heretofore of different par-
ties, presents difficulties not easily surmounted;
and we have no hesitation in saying that an Ad-
ministration may be too extended for strength as
well as too limited." This is a tolerably, distinet
apknowledg-ment of the principles of exclusion
by which the Party is influenced ; it is a very
telligible.deAaration that their object is to obtain
power, as a party, looking only to their own ambi-
tious plans, without any reference to the wishes and
expectations either of the Regent or -9f the conntry.
After such an avowal,is it not natural to ask (with-

out wishing to exasperate poWcal animosi-
ties at this most arduous ' crisis) what are the
grounds upon .which they could hope, even if they
were is power, to produce union and satisfaction
at home, or to direct our efforts with more energy
and succesS abroad., than the present Administra-.
tion Do they really believe, that the public voice
is with tilem, in -the view which they take of the
differences subsisting between this Country and

America? Do they think seriously thait they would
promote the interests-, or gratify the wishes of the
' mercantile body by the abandoinment of the Orders
in Council ?, Can they imagine that an unquali-
fied, unconditional concession of the Catholic
Claims woukl reconcile all religious differences,
and that while, they complied with the wishes
of the Catholics they would not excite the
resentment of the Protestants These are points
well worth the consideration of men Who, ac-
cc:ding to the confeSsion of theii. friends, aspire
to the exch:sive ;Election of _public affairs.
deez-i it proper to add, that since we

wrote the above, we learn froni the best ,tfu4
thority, that by command of the- PRINeE RE-
GENT, the LORD O.IIANCELLOR and the rests
of the Cabinet Ministers were to wait upon his
Royal Highness at twelve o'clock this day,; for
the purpose, no doubt, of consulting upon what
arrangements may be most practicable and ex.-
.pedient for the formation of a new Administration.
it is therefore obvions•that nothing decisive can
be given to the public till, the , result of this
Meeting shall be known.—We may observe, how-
ever, that the PRINCE REGENT, .in- 'requiring .such
a meeting at the present singular crisis, has shewn
his confidence in the wisdom and integrity of the
present Atlministration, if it can be so called,, and
we indulge the hope, that under_ the auspices
of Earl MoIRA the greater part of them will
remain in office; and consequently • that such
a new AdminiOration will be formed, as the peo-
ple will look to for a due regard to the interests
of the Empire.

Thearrangement proposed by the Opposition is
said to be this ,
°" The ,REGENT and the country having strong
objections to LOrd GRNITILIE,. who says his
health is bad, his Lordship is not to be. Prime
Minister, nor in any efficient office but as his
friends will not come in unless he is in the Ca-
binet, he will therefore' accept the place of
President of the Council. In compliment to
Lord GRENVILLE for waving the Prerniership,
the Marquis 'WELLESLEY also declines,taking any,
efficient appointment, 'declining to be First Lord
of. the Treasury on the pretence of a desire to
avoid the fatigue in the flouSe of Lords, which so
responsible an office necessarily incurs. But the
MarquiS is to sit in the Cabinet.
" Earl. GREY to be First Lord Of the Treasury.
" Mr. TIERNEY,, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
" Mr. CANNING; Lords tANDSDOWNE, and
HOLLAND, to be Secretaries of State.
Earl MOIRA, either to have the. Ordnance,
or go Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
The whole of the OppoFition to come into
power, with the Marquis of WELLESLEY and Mr.
CANNING, except Mr. WHITBREAD,, who declines
office, but will give his support."

Tuesday the Cabinet Ministers dined with the
Earl of Liverpool, at his house in Whitehall,
Which was attended by all the Members, except
Lord Castlereagh and Earl Camden.
Yesterday, at half-past twelve o'clock, Mini-
sters had another meeting at the Noble Earl's
house.
Yesterday, about two o'clock, Lord Melville
had au audience of the Prince Regent, a Carlton
House. Earl Moira had two interviews with his
Royal Highness in the course of the afternoon.
During 'the 'morning, the Dukes of York, Cla-
rence, Cumberland, and Cambridge, had au-
diences of the Prince.
The Duchess .of Brunswick gave an elegant en-.
tertainmeut yesterday, to her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, her Royal Highness the
Princess Charlotte of Wales, his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, MrS. Manners Sutton, the•
Bliss Suttons, Mrs. Howe, and a large party, at
her house. in. Hanover-square:
On Tuesday,night, the Countess Grey had her
first • grand assembly this season, at her elegant
mansion in Portman-square, which was numerous-
, ly attended by the most distinguished in rank and
fashion, in the West end of the town.

Private accounts from Lisbon, received by the
last mail, inform us, that within a very short pe-
riod *a whole fleet of American ships had arrived,
and furnished a simply of upwards of 300,000 bar-
rels of flour. It is to be hoped; therefore, that
the Portuguese;: and our army, will have little oc-
casion to draw on the resources of. this country.
It is worthy of remark, that there is hardly a por-
tion of Fairope which does not at present feel the
pressure of aclearth of proisions,, in a greater or
less
,degree.
The same letters add, that there was a good
deal of bustle 'among our Officers at Lisbon, and
that a movement was in agitation, which, if sue-
. ceSSful, would produce brilliautresults. Proba-
bly this. may allude to the advance of General Hill
against Ahuarez.
Letters to the 7th instant have, eached town
from Gibraltar.. The following extract conveys
the most prominent information :
• " GIBRALTAR, MAY 3.---WV e have a report this
morning, that Ballasteros is again retreating from
before Malaga, in consequence of being in want
of proviSions..' The 00s/:auk sloop of war came
in yesterday from before Malaga, after having,Lad
a very severe affair with the batteries, in attempt-
ing to cut out some privateers ; Captain, Hepburn
and the First Lieutenant were killed. There was
another brig in company, and the two have lost
60 men in killed and wounded. 7.
The first Regiment of Foot. Guards, (the Duke
of Yoax's) has obtained upwards four hundred
Volunteers from the different Corps of Militia.
A vessel is arrived at Liverpool, which left
New York on the 24th_ ult. The only intelligence
she brings is, that the Bill for suspending the
Non-Importation Law wits still' under discussion
in Congress. '
Letters frota".New York, of the 21st April,
complain loudly Of the embargo,. and state, that
,a great ferment prevailed in the public mind in
consequence. • The table of the house of Repre-
sentatives was covered with petitions, from mer-
chants, praying a renewal of the intercourse with
Great Britain while the latest communications
from Mr. Joel -Barlow; at Paris, are said to have
been of the most gloomy description.
• A Leeward Island Mail has arrived by the Chi-
chester Packet, after a voyage of 27 daYs. It
brings a-distressng account of the earthquake at
Caraccas: Advice's have been received from. the
city itself, which are dated the 29th of. March,
three days after the dreadful convulsion. It. is
said that a large portion of the place was convert-
ed into a heap of ruins, and the most moderate
calculation stated the loss of lives at 5000,persons.
Intelligence had been received from La Guyra and

other adjacent toWns, to which it was found the
calamity had extended. What was the mischief
done- in the interior of the country-had not been.
ascertained: - •
Extract from the Supplement to the AS`,.t.- Thomas-
Ga:tilte. of the 9th of April. The. 26th of IN.ar ch
.
was a day of woe and. horror to the provmee of
Tenezuela. .'fit four o'clock p. m. the city of Ca-
raccas stood in all its splendour, a. few. minutes
afterwards 4500-houses, 19 churches and convents,
together with irll ttke' other public buildings,
monuments, &c. were crushed to atoms by a Sud-
den shock of an earthquake, which. did not last a,
moment, and buried thousands of its devoted in-
habitants, in ruins and desOhtifm. That day
happened, to be or Maundy Thursday, and
at the precisehour, every place of worship being
crowded to 'cotumemmorate the commencement of
our, SkriioUr'S rassiOn, by public processiOns„
which were to proceed through the streets a few
minutes afterwards, augmented the number of
hapless sufferers, to an incredible amount, as
every church was levelled with the ground before
any person Could be aware of the danger ; the
number of sufferers' taken out of one of the
churches (two days after this disaster) amounting
alone to upwards of '309 corpses, besides those,
it may be. pr9unted, which count not yet have been
dug out of such heaps of ruins, gives
.an idea of the
extent of the calamity. The number of dead are
differently stated, from four to six, and as far as
eight thousand. - Horrible as this catastrophe ap-
pears, it ,would be a imrtter of some consolation to
know that the vicinity of that city offered .stip
port or shelter tó the surviving mourners ; but the •
next town and sea-port thereto, .viz.. La Guayra,
,has, in proportion, suffered still more, and that
has been the case along its iMmediate coasts.---;•
Huge masses of mountains have been detached
from the summits, :and hulled down into -the
the vallieS. Deep clefts and ~separations of the
immense bed of rocks still threaten future dis-
asters to the hapless survivors,. who are -now oc-
cupied in bnrying and burning the dead, anti to re-
lieve the numerous maimed. perishing for want of
medical aid, shelter, and other. comforts.
" If any particular class of persons has suffered
more than others, it may be inferred that it must
be ,the Clergy, who 'were at the time necessarily
assembled in the churches; and the superb Bar-
racks at the Caraceas, containing two battalions
of veterans, and the artillery corps, preparing
for' the procession, being laid fiat, it is presumed
that the whole have, in one moment, fallen Vic
tims to this terribfe visitation of :the Almighty.—
The- inland towns and yillageS of the. province,-
and the inure distant sea-ports of, Port Cabello,
Cumana; Barcelona, &c: have suffered less."

THE THEATRE.—Mr. TERRY, who made so fa-
vourable an impression c: the autience in the
part of Lord Ok leby, last night appeared at the
Haymarket Theatre, in the character of ,Shylock.
We cannot say that he performed, the latter cha-
racter with equal success, but he displayed a re-
spectable- portion, of ability, and considering the
difference of the two parts, evinced versatility of
powers. We were surprised to find that he was
not sufficiently correct in the text. In his act-
ing he was not only too Loco-niotive for "Old Shy-
'lock," as he is. called, but wanted that deep and
deadly spew of an ,unappeasable revenge and ma-
lignity which essentially mark the character. itiow-
ever it was, as we have said, a respectable per-
formance, and confirms Mr. TERRy's"claini to a
permanent station in the metropolis. NiSS MA-
CAULEY,, from the Dublin Theatre, assumed the
-part of Portia. It was evident from her accent
that she is of Hibernian origin. Tier conception
of the character was correct altogether, but was
not sufficiently sprightly in the performance. Her
pronunciation was a little formal, and had what
may be styled a. fashionable fineness whenever she
had occasion to deliver the vowel a. " Her action,
was easy, and she may rank with those performers
who are rather characterised by good sense than
animated by genius. Her figure is neat, and her
face capable of varied expression. Mr. SALTER,
who appeared in Octavian, was last night the
Bassani°, and the part was much more suited to
his powers. He chiefly failed in reading-the letter
from Antonio, in which he by no means displayed
sufficient emotion and anxiety.—ln consequence
of the indisposition of MUNDEN, the part of
Launcelot was assigned, at a short notice, to IVIr.
Mr. BENNET,MII.O went' through it tolerably well,
but most improperly, in some places, added to the
text. —The hOtise was very well attended. •

MR.' CQLERIDGE.— This gentleman gave his
third leeture on Tuesday at -Willis's Rooms..—He
began hy obsertingethat ,as he wished to make.the
series of lecture form a consistent whole, he was
necessarily obliged to limit himself in the separate
divisions of his .snbject, 'which -of themselves were
so comprehensive in their relations,as to require
a very ample discussion. lie then proceeded to
illustrate the difference between the ancient and
modern draniatists, signi king, that in reference to
thelatter," he should chiefly confine:himself to the
powers of Shakespeare: He entered into a full de-
scription of the dramatic Chorus, and explained its
connection with the suppose; intention-of the An-
cient Poets th observe strictly the unity of place,
and satisfactorily *proved; that a great misconcep-
tion has prevailed among modern Critics on this
point, and that
,they who required, and they Who
ridiculed a strict regard to-this unity, were equally,
erroneous in their reasonings. To illustrate the na-
ture, of true poetical genius, he compared it with
productions of the animal-and vegetable world, ,
observing; that as the living being and the plant
were in a great degree governed by the climate and
soil Where they originated, yet, that they motilded
both into their gradual formation ; so the poeti-
cal mind gathered and combined in its own Con-
ceptions whatever it derived from external' life
and nature. The Lecturer displayed great acumen
and powerful.eloquence in this part of his discus-
sion, and also in his account of the notion of Des-
tiny among the ancients, its supposed influence
upon the gods as well ac upon mortals,
,and yet its
consistency with the .attribute of feee-will. The,
whole was an ailtairable disylay of profound re-
sedreh conveyed in an extraordinary proof of ex-
temporaneous eloquence.
Last night Barones,s Howe gave -a grand' all
and supper to upwards of five hundred of, the No-
bility and.:Gentry, at the Argyle Room .