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Royal Sovereign zoo - Ditto.
- Plymouth
Windsor Castle - 98 - kwismouth

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To each of which ships, respectively, several •
Lieutenants have been appointed, and their comply...
ments are weeted to be completed in a few days.,
Sir SIDNIY SMITH arrived in Hoseley Bay, ark
the Suffolk coast, a few days since, where a nuMbo
of men have been impressed from the vessels paving,
and from the neighbouring C 04515 by the boats undo;
his command he is also employed in taking obr
servations and soundings of the coast, and is expeav
ed very shortly in Yarmouth Roads, with t wu 6fle
gun Ships And five Frigates.

TRINIDAD.--Letters from this Island inserted in
a Greenock Paper state, that a violent dispute NIS
arisen between General PICTON and Colonel Fu
CARTON. They proceed to say :.—" Landed pea.
plc seem at a JOSS what to ask for their property"
A piece of Mountain land WAS valued the other
ddylbyrtterrupon oath) at z5l. sterling per acre?
Negroes are also higher than during the war ; 1-3.5 c
sales averaged 801. sterling, payab►e in tif months,'
per bond, with interest after six months. Peooo
are running all risks to mike this a valuable Colony!
and the Planter has at present a most flattering app
pearance of a good crop and excellent sugar. The
only thing at present against the Island, is the great
mortality.atuung the -Negroes....Sume estates hay.
lost, in the course of a tew weeks, from 20 to 3QO
We are all anxiously expe4ing- the time when vig
shall be under British laws.

" Produce has been advancing for some time,
Cotton is now (t4th February) 26i a 27 dollarel
Coffee, is ; Sugar, 6 a 61 per moths.; fndie
a 2 per lb.; hides,l 14 bits each; Exchoge
1924-."

Mrs. SIDDONS came to town. on Thursday afmr:.
noon. She was apprized of the • melancholy even`
in her family by Letters which she received on the
road.

Mr 9, MovNTA; ri is gone to sing at the Mancha'
ter Oratorio. Her husband leads the Band.

It is said that Miss De CAMP is returned to
town with her health perfeelly re-established, aria
will immediately resume her station at Drury Lane'
Curiosity is greatly excited at Berlin, by tbe
announced ascent Of Gmt N E Rim and Madame GAS'
!aim, in a balloon, which is to take place betweell
the loth and istli inst. Professor D'llitiosstiaYr
has obtained permission from. the KING of Po"'
st A, to ascend with them, for the purpose of making,
some experiments in the higher regions.
A few days since, the body of a Midshipman, °I
the Royal Navy, was thrown up at a place
Crow's Stone, in the parish of Prittlewele, in the
County of Essex. The deceased appeared to r
about five feet six inches in length ; was dressed l°
uniform, with dark waistcoat, blue pantaloons, black
silk handkerchief, and half-boots with square tots.No propertrwas found upon him, or any par",
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!rad to a discovexy who the deceased was. Al.to,
the'Coroner's jury sat, the body was decently 1
teired in Prittiewele Church.y.ard. •

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YISTERDAY at half past twelve o'cleelt, the
body of Colonel Mots-roomeny was removed from
Chalk. Farm to Mr. BYNG'S, his brother-in-law's,
in St. James's-square. The body was opened for the
purpose of ascertaining whether a pistol-ball was
the cause of his death, as the Coroner deetned this
Necessary to, be done previous to the Inquest being
taken on the body . At seven o'clock the Inquest
Was taken at the Long-room in Camden-town, as
follows

Mr, fleaviar deposed, that about five o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon, Capt. Macnarnara's Nephew
Called upon him, and stated, that his uncle was un-
fortunately engaged-to fight a duel, and wished him
to attend him to the spot where it was expected to
take place. On his attending Mr. James Macna-
mara to his Uncle, he found Captain Barry along
with him, when they got .into a hackney.coach,
and proceeded to the ground near Primrose-hill,
When they arrived, they found Sir William Keir on
the ground, but Colonel Montgomery did not ap-
pear for some time afterwards : when he arrived, the
distance of twelve paces was fixed. The Gentlemen
took their stands, and fired nearly together. Colonel
Montgomery fell ; and not having provided any sur-
,gieal assistance, the Witness offered his service, but on
going up to him the Colonel exclaimed, " I am shot
through the heart," and immediately expired. The
ball appeared to have'entered between the fourth and
fifth rib. Just at this period, Capt. Barry called to
the witness to tell hint that Capt. Macnamara was
Wounded. Mr. H. therefore:went to his' assistance,
and found that the ball bad entered just above the
right hip, and had traversed the belly. Both the
deceased and Capt. M. were taken to Chalk Farm.;
and shortly after, Capt. Barry, Capt. M. and himself;
returned to town in tliq hackney coach. The wit.
tress then continued to state what he discovered on
opening the body of the deceased, which he had been
required to do. The ball, he said, had passed through
the lobe of the lungs, and had torn the large vessels
in its passage. There was a portion of the ribs on
Cle right side driven into the lungs, and from three
quarts to a gallon of blood effused into the chest. On
examining the inside of the ribs, on the left side of
the chest, he found many of them broken, which
made him conclude that the ball had passed through
the chest.' He took Out the ball from under the left
&shoulder blade, whech must have made its way there
between the sixth and seventh ribs.

Lord Burghers!, said, on coming out of St.
;fatties's-park, next to Hyde-park, on Wednesday
afternoon, he saw a number of horsemen, ?MI Col.
Montgomery among them ; he rode up to him ; at
that time he was about twenty yards from the
railing next to Hyde-park G:lte. On one side of
Colonel 'MOntgomery was a Gentleman on horse-
back, whom he believed was Captain Macnamara.
The first words he heard were uttered by Colonel
M. who. said, gg Welt Sir, and I will repeat
What I haVe said, if your • dog attacks nice, I
will knock him down." To thii Captain Mac-
namara replied, " Well, Sir, but I conceive the
language you hold is arrogant, and not to be par-
doned." Colonel M. said, " This is not a' proper
place to argue the matter; if you feel yourself in-
jured, and wish for .satiifaction, you know where to
find-mt." •:Capt. M. replied, • " • Not for whit has
happened; but if you were to inult me, I would
take notieeof it as soon as any man."—Colooel
" No, Sir, I wish to seek no 'cp:arc!, but I
adhere to what I originally said, c, If your dog
kvas to attack mine, I would knock him down."
Capt. M. again repeated, " it was arrogant lan-
guage, and that he would as soon meet Col: M.
as any Other man." Col. M. again observed, " he
desired no quarrel with him." Capt, M. then
rode on, but shortly turned round, and repeated
4A thttt he would as 'soon fight as any mart," at
the same time shaking a stick. at Colonel Mont--
gomery which he held in his hand. Col. M. and
his friends then rode out of the Park along.Picca-.
dilly,• and were about fifty yards behind Captain
M. and two Gentlemen in company with him.
11.91! the conversation that took place the. Wit-
n4f‘• eesosidered the dispute entirely settled ; and
' under
.that conviction Mr. W. Sloane quitted the
Par.tY. The deceased, with Mr. S. Sloane, and
n
Wness, rode down Sr. James's.street, and turned
intojerrnyn.btreet. Capt. M. pursued his way along
Piccadilly. About the middle of jenny n-street, the
party heard 41 noise of horses coming along the street.
One of the Gentlemen on horseback he did not
know ; the other was Mr. W. Sloane; they were opt
quitelogether ; the stranger was one of those whom
be had seen riding along with Captain Macnamara.
When he came up to Col. :Vlontgomery, he told him
be wished to speak with him. Colonel Montgomery
replied certainly.- The Gentleman pointed to the
Colonel to go forward, which he did. Col. M. then
beckoned to Mr:W. Sloane, who had gone' on, to
come.. to hint ; when he came op, Capt. B. and Col.
M. were pointing to their-watches ; after which the
stranger left them, and returned to Captain M. who
was at a short distance. Witness then rode up to
Colonel Montgomery, and said, is any thing going
to happen ? replied, no, nothing but an explana-
tion, which is to take place at my lodgings. Wit-
ness then went to an Hotel in jermyn-street, and
flaw Colonel M. title past : he nodded eo him this
was about lo minutes past five o'clock.

Mr. Stephen Sloane;.--I was with my brOther, in
liYde-park. Colonel.M. came up to my brother,
whom 'he knew. We were retiring towards Picc:i.
"'lll' from the bridge in the Park. The dogs.vvere
Alen behind. Col. M. look.td round, andupon see-
, log his dos, which was quite a young New-1001E1nd
one,
engaged fighting with another of the same
kind, but larger and stronger, he got off•his horse
:,3n order to part them ; Colonel M. observing at
the same time, that hc,would knock the other dog.
down if he ew upon his dog. Capt. Macnamara
11.1" rode up, and said, if M. knocked_his dog
tiro he must knock hitsu clOwn ales.
.I haVo .for-
Pifer) what was exaftly Col. MOntgomery'S answer,
but I think it Was, that .the Park was:too public for.
the adjustinent of a dispute. jic then gave Capj.,
At his name, not his card. Capt. Macnaniara then,
jis a violent passion told his name, 116(i:that he was
141 the Royal Navy. Capt. M. observed • it was
::ttrrettplt tiniesite him to call off his dog.: cot. M.
observed, 'Capt. Macnamara could not suppose he
inteniild any insult to him; vitber by whist lit kid

fluid o deltic; aM lit ofhcluded uy.ssying, that it
Captain Maenamaret dog did again commit any
violence, he would do what was in his power to
defend his own dog. They then passed on together
towards Piccadilly, through the gate, and separated
after a few paces ; Capt. M. and his two friends
rode along Piccadilly towards St. James's_street ;
and the deceased in company with my -brother,
Lord Burghersh and myself, went the same way.
When we got to St. James's street, my brother
parted from usa and we turned along Jermyn-street
nearly as far as St. James's church. My brother
came up to Col. M. and. was immediately followed
by another person, who desired to speak to Col. M.
It was one of Capt. Macnamara's party. The de-
ceased beckoned me to come back, and also my
brother. The deceased, the Gentleman, and my
brother went on a few paces together. Col.
M. and the Gentleman took out their watches,
and then Capt, M.'s friend turned about and rode off
towards St. James's_street. I asked Col. M. the rea-
son of the person coming up ? he told me, it was in
order to appoint a meeting for the explanation of the
quarrel. Col. M. then rode off towards Sr.- James's.
square, and then returned, and galloped up Jermyn.
street. It was about 20 minutes past five. Col.
Montgomery's condua throughout was cool and un.
ruffled by any passion, except at the moment when
the dog was attacked.
Mr. William Sloan...—When Colonel Montgo-
mery's dog was attacked, Col. M. jumped off his
horse to rescue him. Colonel M. called out to
Captain Macnamara to take off his dog. Capt. M,'
replica, a Have you. the arrogance to say that I
am to take away my dog ?"- heard the expres-
sion of arrogance .made use of several times by
Captain NI. Lord Burghersh joined us at this
time. Colonel Montgomery expressed a disin-
clination to quarrel, but said, " If Captain Mac-
namara felt himself hurt, he knew where to find
him." Both parties proceeded towards Piccadilly,
Capt. M. and his two friends being a little before.
I conceived the matter was ended. (The Witness
then deposed to the same effea as his brother, up
to the time they reached St. James's church.) A
Gentleman came up, and desired him to name his
time and place. Col. M. said, " Matters of this
consequence were better settled as soon as possible."
He then appointed in two hours time ; and added,
that he thought a pistol should be the weapon
employed, as it was most used in thii country.
The• deceased wished me to go 'with liinito Lord
Paget's, but his Lordship was out of town. He
then hinted that I might be his Second ; but I wish-
ed him to consult those who had had more experi.
ence than myself.—He then said he would go to
Mr. Upton's, and desired me to go to Sir William
Keir, . which I did, and told him all that had
happened. Sir William was quite shocked at
what had happened. Colonel M. came in half an
hour after, and asked Sir *William to be his Second,
which he consented, to. Colonel NI. asked him if
he had got any pistols ; he said he had a brace, but
they were out of order. I suppose they were the
pistols made use of. Col. Montgomery asked me
for the loan of my horse for Sir William to ride
to the deceased's house. Sir William inquired Whe.
ther the deceased or I knew where Captain Macna.
(tiara was to he found. He said it would be new.
sary to see Capt..M. or his friend before any thing
so serious as a meeting took place. They then rode
away, and I-saw no more Of thorns
Mr. laves Macaamar.z.—l do not know tile der
ceased. I was riding on horseback on Wednesday
afternoon, about four o'clock, in company with Capt.
Barry and Capt. Macnamara. Capt. M. and Col.
Montgomery had each a Newfoundland dog follow.
it.sg him, which on meeting each other began fight.
itEso Colonel Ni. got off his horse in a great pas.
stop, and swore he would knock Capt. Macnamara's
dog down. Capt, M. called to him and said, " You
will please to recollea it is my dog." Col. M. said,
I do nor care if it is your dogs I will knock him
down." He repeated this several times. Capt. M.
then said, " You shall knock me down first." Col..
NI. replied, " that shall be as it may happen," at
the same time observing, " why don't you get off
your horse and take away your dog ?" Capt. M.
said he was not accustomed to be spoken to in that
way, to which Col. M. replied,- that if lie had of.
fended him he knew where to call upon .him (the
deceased had previously given his address). Capt.
Macnamara said, " 1 shall do that without asking
for your permission." Captain M. Captain Barry
and myself rode out at the gate along Piccadilly,
and Col. Montgomery and his friends followed us
at 'the distance of' about ;fifty yards. Col. M.
tamed down .St. James's-street, and we went on.
Caproßarry, at the instance of Capt. Macnamara,
weto after Col. M. to request a meeting on ac-
count of the words he had spoken, and to give
him the choice of the time, place, and weapons.
Ater Captain Barry had overtaken Colonel M.
in Jermyn-street, I saw them pull out their watches.
The Colonel then beckoned to a person behind to
come up to him, and Capt. Barry returned to Capt.
Macnamara. While we observed this, we were near
St. James's-street. Captain Barry on his return in.
formed Captain Macnamara that Colonel M. had
appointed a meeting in two houri,. and that he had
chosen pistols. We then parted. I went-to Mr.
Heaviside, to desire him to attend Capt. Macnamara.
On My return, I met Capt. M. in. Piccadilly, and
Capt. Barry arrived soon after in a coach, , and
brought a case of pistols with him. Then Mr.
Heaviside, Capt. Barry, and Capt. Macnamatas
were driven away to Primrose-hill. I followed
them on horseback. When I arrived, Col. Mont.
-..gomery was not come ; but Sir William Keir was
waiting for hitn. It was near half an hour be-
fine he came in a haektuty-ebach with pistols.--
Captain Macnamara sent Calitain Barry to know
if he would make an apology. I heard Captain
B. inform Captain NC that he refused. .The
ground was then measured at twelve long paces.
Each took a pistol. Colonel M. levelled his•first
when both were presented, Colonel Ms lowered his,
arid took another level. They then both fired, and
Col. M. fell. Mr. Heaviside went up to him, and
put something on his wound. Capt. M. called to
Capt. B. and said lie was wounded.: he was sup-
ported! into Chalk harm. The deceased was like-
wise carried thither. Capt. M. said to Mr. Heavi.
side, '' Is there any danger ?" Mr. IL replied
" No." Copt, " I do flat sneak for myself,

mear tor ctiMO;itgoniry, Otha, 1. tear, is dread.fully
wounded!" ,The Seconds
,then toolt. their
horses and rode off together. (in answer to
Onestion put by the Coroner), the witness added,
Capt. Macnamata was as much agitatedit Primrbie-
hill, as when the quarrel first took plam
A Fi son who called himself Pat, an Irish groom,
deposed to the fighting of the dogs in the Park, and
the dispute in consequence. He was also at 'Prim-
rose-hill. Being asked who fired first, he said
" there was not the twinkling of an.eye difference ;
but if any, Col. Montgomery had-it."
Co/old Gillespie was called to prove that there
was no previous animosity between the parties, as
they were .strangers to each other before this fatal
catastrophe.

The Coroner in his address to the Jury, stated
the law to be, that where two persons met to fight
without having had sufficient time to cool upon
their quArrel, in the event of the death of one,
the crime of murder could not be charged against
the other. Tile present case certainly was of this
description; the quarrel having begun at five o'clock,
and the duel taken place two hours after. He then
expressed his opinion that the observation of the
deceased, " that Capt-. Macnamara knew where he
was to he found," could have no other meaning than
a challenge ; and he thought this circumstance' was
favourable to Captain Macnamara.
The Jury retired a short time, and at one o'clock
this morning teturned a verdict of Manslaughter.
The ball was not extracted from Capt. Macna-
mara until yesterday afternoon : it was dor.e by Mr.
Heaviside.

Capt. Macnamara's commitment was made out
yesterday ; hut having undergone.the operation of
extrafling the b.lll, it was not judged expedient to
remove him tilt it appeared that it might be dune
with safety : at present he is not supposed to be in
danger. • -

It is to he hoped that the melancholy fate of Co_
MONTGOKItItY, which has excited concern in
the Public at large, as well as in all who knew him,
will lead to some decisive measure respeding Du a L.
Lugo,. Perhaps 'it will be impossible entirely to
prevent the practice, but it may certainly be ren-
dered less frequent. If death should be thought
too severe a punishment for the survivor, who, in
some cases, is to be pitied, as he might be forced,
by the brutality of his antagonist, into an adion
that he could not avoid, without incurring the odi-
um of cowardice ; it might however be proper to
adopt a regulation lately suggested in America, by
which all persons who had b.!en concerned in a Duel
should be rendered ineligible to any Office in the
State.
The late unfortunate Colonel MQNTGOMEILY
was distinguished for the most active spirit in his
character as a soldier, which he nobly displayed
in the service of his country. In private life he
was one of the must unoffending men, and the least
likely to be involved in such a melancholy event as
has put a period to his days, in the prime of
manhood. Even the very condutt which brought
him into that melancholy event, was dietated by
kindness and compassion towards a poor dumb ani-
mal, who was attacked by one of superior strength
and ferocity.

On Monday last died at his Parsonage Ilbuse,-the
Rev. SAmo EL. Bann LL, A. M. ReAor of Clayton,
near Brighton, and formerly Fellow of Brazen-Nose
College, Oxford. This Gentleman was an excellent
Scholar, a judicious Critic in Literature and the
Arts, and a most respeiftable Member of the Church.
He was an affable, cheerful, and intelligent Corn.
pinion, and had every quality that could endear
him to his friends, by a numerous. circle of whom
he will long be regretted. He was in the prime of
life, and like his name-sake, mentioned by Port,
might be charatierized as the f‘ blameless Ile.
the anive virtues of his na.
TTUnrerLdtid;ln'oitfeinntdite!edihim to a more emphatic epithet
of esteem.

The late Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, though by
no means wanting in political knowledge and diplo.
matic address, was principally distinguished by his
taste in the Fine Arty, and his knowledge of Anti-
quities. It was chiefly owing to his zeal, assiduity,
and encouragement, that
,a prodigious number and
variety of the remains of ancient art were discover.
ed ; and the accounts'Which he published of those
interesting and valuable- remains, have in a great
measure diffused a taste for .'Virtu, and a knowledge
of antiquity, tint only throughout this country but
all Europe. To Sir WILLI/sit, indeed, are we in
a great degree indebted for those classical ornaments
which appear in the interior of our higher mansions,
and in the style of our furniture, as well as in the
general improvement of design in all that relates to
the Arts. The Colleetion which he presented ma►nv
years ago to the British Museum, 'considerably en.
riched that national Repository of what is learned
and rare ; and his own Collection, part of whivh
was sold by Mr. Cultism, have all tended to the
improvement
.of the general taste. Sir WILLIAM
was highly respeaed for the attention and courtesy
with which he always received his own countrymen
who visited Naples; and if he had no opportunity
of displaying
.any extraordinary depth of political
wisdom, as the British Representative at a foreign
Court, he at least held forth a respettable example
of British hospitality, plain sense, unaffeCted learn.
ing, and gentlemanly condutt.

A plan, it is said, was lately sen,t to Petersbutth
from which the Author imagines the most advan.
tageous consequences would ensue. The heads
are these Thu Russian langdage is absolutely
not capable of any perfection or refinement, and
conseqUently the Nation cannot be polished. Ano-
cher language must therefore he given to the Rue-
sians;—the Author proposes the ancient Greek,
and wishes that 4000 Greek Schools might be esta-
blished in Russia, that in three years every bo:ly
might be able to speak this language and have for.
gotten their own. Then he could propose some_
thing else to promote the civilization of the Rus-
sians ; but without the universal introduction of
the Greek, it would be impossible for him."

A new Periodical Wutk has been estriblished at
Turin entitledlliothept Itailer:7:e, on tie plan
of that published at Geneva, under the title of
.11362.qic pe

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WE have received'r,ome important conirnonicz..
tiotis from !tort Jackson, consisting of Observatii,,,,,
made in the Not th and South Pacific by Mr. 51:41.'“
son, Commaoder of the Naiitilas. This Ct-ncle-
Man haS discovered in S. lat. i r deg. i 7 in;rl
and'E. long. 467 deg. 58 min. an island which he
has called Kennedy's Island. From its beaotift;l
appearance, united to its being well inhabi:ed„
Mr. S. is of opiniOn that it may prove a vrluable
acquisition to our new Colony, particularly as it
pt:oduces hogs in abUndance.
g Tile natives (he says) are savage, artfiif, and
treacherous , upon Dexter's Group, or pairs
Group ; which obliged me to fire upon them; and
this may be it necessary precaution to any person,
who may wish to land upon them hereafter.
" Upon the Island Disappointmtot I landed
some fowls ; sowed several sorts of seed, and put
some plants to the ground. In two previous voy.
ages I passed this Island, without the preCaution of
lookin4 for land, as I am sure many othecNavi..
gators have done: We found upon it the remains
of a very large lower mast, next the keel; which
led us to think some large Spanish ship had" been
wrecked upon it : but it must have been long since
as the timber was greatly:decayed.
" Though these islands are thinly inhabited, We,
scarcely saw one in the whole of this group but
had natives upon it ; and when our distance stink
the Reefs below the horizon which extend from
island to island; the natives, as they crossed from
one 'to the other, presented the
,appearance of a
regiment of soldierS marching round the horizon
on the surface of the sea. 44V1 the islands are ,
ceedingly low, insi shety at first; iike tli aid rest
in this labyrinth, a few scatirt.re:i, trees aboVe the
horizon. This circumstance will dzinimstiate their 1'
dange'r .to a 'seaman ; who caunot be too m....cboti
his guard cs,l so Perilous a riavigatioo. lam fully
peranaded, that not one hundredth part et them ate •
known to navigators. They appeared ko us to be,
forated of coral and sand, light!), covered with a
thin black soil ; the stones on the shOre hail the
appearance of having been.burni : they were black,
porous, and light."
To the a!,ot e remarks of Captain SIMPSON, we
add his description of the island Alarnagan, one of
the Marta .b:•ris : •

NAL7IICAL O,B3ERVATIONS AND liFsitirtioN or

THE ISLAND ALAMAGAN,

Skip N.:raj/4v . C./17 2i. 1300.
" Running down along the norm part 6; this when
the }.ist point of it (a brnall di:tat“.:e
very hiKh remark dole Nriorated rni.;k) bore ty:t ‘4)llpai,s S. S
deg.. L. thic island S.lrigatt was on witi, it.

lying will lioAel's Bay, the Pagan bwc by
nlc4ll of all our coMpa.o.x4i N. 14 deg. W.
I ITICI) regret that comrttcrual ititeteit forbilL; my run-
ning Omit 141:thcis Gr as Ufati; as COllnCeting :114
CXarntliipg this ch:iin of island,,, is an objeFt, in my opiniou,
ot sc.ine those who navi:ate these
that I hate seen or than are extremely fcrtile and iiie:batit.
'this !Shiro ilatt:niny prothic!!s, in an mit uniaii..in
dance, Papaw alipies, sugar cane, a nut winch rats much
like tin ailllond, and is. enclosed in a light green rhindo a root
which is distinguisho.l at Sandwich Islands by tht naurt of
l'cea, and giJws and looks mucl: Lk, a pctato;:, buttwith
Very 1:7-runt stalk, a drawing of which ac...aruptmiesr.• this.
and will hest -it: •

.4 In it,; crane sLhe it is considered by the oWhyhreans
RS a
.poiso3, they prvpre. it ,in the follu wing 11 ; the
root is first wii! wa:thec!, then marked and mixed up.wi.th
fre,:h to about the consistezwe of 'batter ; atter which
they let it settee anti draw the water oil. They let it under-
go opa.atloii several thn,s, it ?hen stands if, the 54r,
they then draw the last wain- oft; -all,' it soon dries anti re.
s'entltta flour ; it theft may be cooked rite scine-As 53g0,..-and
I ttitiu.li tpery if :nary pti,rstitis could .tett, the clitteivnce
twce.:l it ;ma Sqo; wAyhre I have viten eat it in pre-
terenec to Sago, •

c:aian 1 hat:iceompanied Capt. Goolige in one
of hi. 4 vi,i:s to Owlipier, attenved to pp.:pare:lnd turn, it
in the Ll.,nnvr the Ni.ays ('.4), but cii i not succeed • liave•e,.l..-
she owned to Thutask, but said, it'licr.erulit-
tryrnen teas it, Oh; wntaiii with weeh easy_ it the I,tta
that we nt.iivriiiiy see Sit;:,t- in. It musl, 0: cout;ir, tit:Jct.!. a
good subs r:ttitt: irvr tarc..td.• ,
6* Thu, I proditees a purr.l);:. of p!antaii) 'or banena
trees, but I never saw inech of I hi,ir trwp ; and cnew...nuts.
In aden:itin to t11,.;•,0 I•.4Vu ackicd, by planting
in this tsay,in ri:ttibrent ~lord; the Water ar.d riluSti
melon, tout ; yarns, .li:titled piamed in it stat,)
of veietatiou; c:ibbaxe and liticepean' ; we
3150 lincte:t a male; and kaiak: kiii, in very hill, ,41)4+1t
six week t.• •.11d ; :;IF,) two cocks and two tieri4.

intin Howel„ in tie Lady Washington, in,. 17:.16,
landed hers he,e; and although in visitin; A.A
twice since, have not seen ally 01 them,' yet-ther! ch;
doubt hot they csi,,t, as the print or their ;eet
been sacs ; Nome i o rparty thought they saw' the pv;ilt iai
the tect 11!-getinmial that eats grass (by
taw a horse. . • .
tairds are of the aquatic kind, and pretty y.
„ .
There are a species or laud-Crabs,knowji in the Nve,;‘
bythe nit te of Soldier; they are vcry laige and nice ea•jr,y,
" There is.ako anlibundan6.e of all lons Of fish. :,;ha;;;
are nutnerius, particularly nee the shore,
" Froth the form of this island, I conceive landing.tnny,
always be iatreetedou some part nt it .; however, when posit-
ble, liowa6 liay should certainly h.tve the ptel4ew•,‘::„
events it cannot be worse landing than at inosi $1 the w:e:,4t
Aiti:ls. • •

7-41 tit Ate and air must be jildgrit of by its situation,
as our ano ;:liort stays ‘aimut determine th,011„
Our tlicrin,:nzt:3 in IPle Liay, a. noon, stead at 84 deg, upon
deck in but• upon the whol;!--I ant Inclined to
think toc.:11 very.4htubrious:. Our Anelionise, 1799, is•-tnark,
eta by an tor in Howel's Bay, Luc we rou near •t 4
ilium to term it satc Iriclw-r4,e, aisd we: `6.tn nt>
'tugs C.4.•ther . .
A:thclign this sl:.r.dis-situated in the line t,f the N, E,
trade wind, yet as t (and others) have uf:4l me: svest,rty
winds, and sotnetinis vary tat ong tines, 1 would hut recoi,
mend anchoring so near the shun!, unl....ss'a strong trade wind-
and clear weather- should warrant it safe; in that city:, I
would trust it 4afe,ai the westerly winds are always (at least
that I witnessed) indicati,a by heavy clouds, light iraciable
-airs, and unsettled weather.
_ .

" The Nealt mountain burns very much; the southern
ones just'smoke, but very Ettle.
Havint; filled.the ship with cocoa-p‘uts, fire.wood,crabs,
and Papaw apples, and accomplished our busitws, at Wu-set
we hoisted the boat in, and tnade sail fiir China.
.4 We were not in want of fresh water and too much ot her.-
wise occupied to seek for it, except what' the party 'wntted
for thoir drink, of which they found sufficient, and very
good." ,

The Canton of 'Schlwitz e;lnnot he too much ad-
mired, for the virtuous patriotic sense of Independ.
ence which it manifested in chusing for its Landam.
man ALoys REDINCi, a man whose name will
descend to posterity with everlasting honour—
A woman in Sr. Pancras W 43 lately delivered of
a child wit!: three„eyes, one of which Isas pl.iced in
the middle of the forehead. The child died soot
after its birth.

Wednmlay•seinnight, about four o'Ouck alter.
norm, an t-iarmint tre
.broke out in it ware4usc
inWikon.street, Ciletsgow, which cleorz,ye,f a con.
'id:Table quantity of yarn i4nd mu:dins—by the airs
exertionli of the firemen, who- ;.Ipendeit u.ith tnlle
city engines, it was, however, got uader with at
doing any further da;n:ige,.—.—The above was occa-
sioned by the rent cf the garter storey .taitir.e
tire,

7'flE 1 NVI Are E ariNDARIY;

TD THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN.

• sift,
How BY ER reludant to enter into any thing like
a dispute with a 'oerson of such a stamp as the
Whiter of an obscure work, called the Political Re_
~ sister, upon a subje& so uninteresting,or rather,
should say, so grating to the feelings of the Public,
as the controversy which he has endeavoured to raise
concerning the Invincible Standard.; feel so much
surprise at his ignorance of what people in
,general
say of those endeavours, thatl cannot help request.
in to use the channel of your Paper to inform him
on that head.
I have never yet met with an English Man to
whom the glorious victories of Our Army in Egypt
have been other than a source of pride and pleasure.;
and above all, the ever.memorable day of the. zest
of March ; memorable for the double dispensation of
the God of Battles to our Country, who made it a,
protaiday for England by the defeat of the French
Invincibles, but made it also the last, as it was the
greatest, of the days of the gallant As F. RC VIM 13 Y.
The Standard, which is jodiciously ordered to be
placed on the Hero's,tomb,will be his best epitaph
together they will preserve in cveq British bosom,
the recolledion that the Warrior, who is there in.
terred, conquered and died for his Country.
I am loth to think that the sight can inspire7..dif-
Serent sentiments ; that there is a nun who can re.
gard that trophy as a subject of Newspaper contro.
versy ; nay, who can endeavour to convert it into
sit bone of contention between any portions of our
brave Army, th, whose reciprocal assistance and
tinited intrepidity, we owe so much /of our past
htory, of our present security, and of our future
opes. Certainly it is hard. that upon their return
the property of their laurels should be made. the sub.
jet of indecelit litigation by an obscure person,
whose gratification it is, not to record the at uis
,bur to arraign, as..fraudulent, the distribution'
of the Emblelns of Vietbry. Certainly it is hard'
'that the gallant and honourable Officers of that Ar.
any should be amenable to this new. Tribunal, which
has of late so much extended its jurisdidion ; should
he served with a Subpczna, or a Latitar, from the St.
pores's Chronicle, or the Political Register, to an-
swer to a charge upon their charader and condul in
their Country's service ; while the Editor, as in his
own Court, sums up the evidence, and gives judgment
upon a thing, to the nature and laws of which he is
an entire stranger, the Honour of a Soldier, But
this, the Writer in question says, he does from his
love for Truth. The character .of truth is to be bold,
but candid ; dignified, but modest ; above all things
she is a foe•to scurrility, invective, and exaggera-
tion.—,,Surely then he is a new votary of ,truth,
'who sets out on his pilgrimage to her shrine, with
boastings, reviles every, one he meets on his Way,
and propitiates her divinity
.With libels. Had he
loved,truth, however, he would " have kept her
law,'t He would have forborne. many insulting
terms, " As thepartizerns of the 42(1 Regiment ; the
Sinclairs;. Edinburgh, with 'the 42d Regiment in
its helly," &c. He would not have 'abused Mr.
)(ER PORTER like a pick-pocket, because in a fine
painting of the Battle of Alexandria, he happened
to have mistaken a single fart ; he would not have
dared to suppose any paragraph he pleased, in an
Edinburgh Gazette, to be written by the 4zd Re.
giment ; he would not impudently have concluded
that because a narrative signed by authority, ap.
rated in the St. jantra's Chronicle of the sth of
f'ebruary, and a column of remarks upon that narra-
-tive, on the Bth, that therefore the latter was writ.
ten by the same Gentlemen who annexed , their
names to the former ; he would riot have committed
so gross a falsehood as to represent 'Major STIR-
i (vi,Te his last number) as saing that " the
SeriCatit lost she Stamlatd, alui that Lutz ticked
by his tide."
When I relied upon his enoeavours to sow the
seeds of di3mltion so our brave Army, with an in.
.40stry like that of the Fury in Virgil
Cui frisch' Bella, Iraq. Insidiwa; & Crimins noxia ccirtic."
:when I observe how he has quibbled and comment.
ed.opon the statements which he has forced the pfE.
cers of two Regiments to make, in order to prove
that they contradid and, pluck the laurel from each
other ; I cannot sufficiently express my sarisfadien
that he has been treated by both Regiments, with
a proper silence ; and that where they have been-
reludantly obliged to make a public statement upon
the naked question, they agree in every material .
point. ► And this is the more creditable to them,
since we know how sensible the feelings of a Sol.
diet are to the least touch which afiedi his Honour,
and how much more difficult it is. to him, to hear
with equanimity, the voice of calumny in his own
Country, than the roar of cannon on the field of
battle'.

But whatever steps this Incendiary may farther
take to kindle division between the Minorca Rte.
ment and the 4zd, and to disturb the sentiments
of the Public, who pay to each an equal tribute of
honour and commendation ; I am confident that the

Public have already passed their judgment upon the
subjed, and their condemnation of . his mode of
treating it. They see, that all the Narratives
which have been published by authority are cm.
show .witk earl) otitr.; and they have.no regard for
the comments which the Newspapers either. of E,din.
burgh or London have Tut upon any. They under.
stand, upon as clear evidence as any history in 'the
world ever rested ,upan, that on the famous Zest of
Match, the right wing of our Army was partko.
lady the objed of attach; that the 42(1 kegithent,
as being in the first line, wtm first, engaged, and, by
the attempt of the Enemy to take thetn in the rear,'
was engaged both in front and rear; that they
were at this critical tittle supported by the foreign
Brigade, which composed the second lint', and which
was also long engaged both with the infantry
and Cavalry of the Enemy ; that early in the
adion a Standard was taken by.. Major STIR.

of the 42d, and committid.. to the care
of a non-commissioned Officer, who afterwards lost
it that afterwards, in the same battle, 'a standard
tv.is taken from the Enemy by a. Private in the
v)inorca, which the non:commisBioned Officer above