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London, England, 1810-11-19 00:00:00

out any increase this evening.

" H. R. REYNOLDS.
" H. HALFORD.
W. HEBERDEN.
" M. BAILLIE.
" R. WILLIS."

•• Windsor Cast's, Nov. iB, alio.
" His MAJESTY had some sleep in the night, and
there is a little abatement of fever this morning."
(Signed as above.)

" Windsor Castle, Nov. IS, ato.
Half-past Eight P.M.
" His MAJESTY has had several hours sleep in
the course of the day, and is better this evening."
• Signed as above.

•t Windsor Castle, Nov. zg, xBro.

,g firs MA/Esrr passed a quiet night, though
with little sleep, haying siept several hours yester-
day evening. This morning he is quite as well as
he was yesterday."

(Signed as above.)

We received this morning the following letter
from Charleston, dated Oa. 8, 1810. :—I take the
first opportunity 'to relieve you from :he anxiety I
know you will feel for my safety on hearing of the,
dreadful calamity Which has befallen this city. Just
after twelve, this morning, a lire hroke out near.

the old Episeop,a Church, and has raged with un_
abated fury until half au hour ago (i t o'clock), during
which time 44 immense number of houses have been
destroyed; say nearly the whole square from,
Church-street eastwardly to the Bay, and northward-
ly from Broad-street to the Market ; besides some
houses in other parts of the town caught by the
flakes of fire from the burning houses:The number of
houses destroyed may be as much as five hundred.'

There are reports in town (founded upon a letter
of the 31st ult. from Oporto), that the FrenCh had
been repulsed in two attempts to crosse the Zezere.
No particulars are mentioned, nor is the date given ;
we are therefore left entirely in the dark with
regard to what part of the enemy's force it was that
has been thus repulsed. Govetnment have not re-
ceived any accounts upon the subject, nor do any of
the letters from Lisbon of as late a date as the 3d
inst. mention it.

The Public Prints have abounded in reports re-
specting His MAJESTY'S indisposition, some of
which are too absurd for notice, considering that
the Nation has every day the conscientious de-
claration of Physic ans, whose integrity as well
as knowledge entitle them to the fullest con-
fidence. Among other rumours, which *ere
wholly without foundation, was. one which stated,
that the Earl of CHESTERFIELD had an interview with
HIS MAJESTY. The loyalty and personal at-tact
ment of that Nobleman to His MAJESTY are wel,
known, and whatever anxiety be might feel on the
occasion, he would not have thought of pressii.g for
an interview, in the present circumstances, even it
it were proper to comply with such a wish. it is
now stated, that His MAJESTY has employed him-
self for several hours in settling the affairs of the
Princess AMELIA. That HIS MAJESTY is able to do
so, except that such a duty would be too great a
trial of his feelings at the present moment, we are
fully disposed to believe, because we are assured,
from authority on which we rely, that His MA-
JESTY, signified by a Message to the QUEEN, that he
was aware of the loss of his amiable Daughter, as
well as of the mournful ceremony of her interment,,
and that he trusted he should be fully resigned to
the Divine will on the melancholy occasion.

Letters and Papers have been received from Cadiz
of as late a date as the sth inst. The Cortes are-
proceeding in their labours with great vigour, and
we trust that the result will be' beneficial to the
country. The Regency has been ah dished, and in
the room of it an Executive Power has been ap-
pointed, consisting of three persons, viz. DON
PEDRO AGAR, President ; Gen. BLAKE, and DoN
GABRIEL CISCAR. There are also two supple-
mentary members appointed to supply the places of
the former, in case of indisposition.
The talents and patriotism of General BLAKE are
well known ; the other two are Naval.Gificers, and
have a high character for integrity and business.—
The Cortes have also decreed the Freedom of the
Press throughout Spain, with the exception that
works upon religious subjects are to- be submitted
to a Censor. Another important measure which
the Cortes have adopte4 is, that of placing 'the in-
habitants of the colonies upon a
.footing in every
respect as favourable as those of the mother coun-
try; and they have also passed a decree for a levy en
masse of every man between it and 40, to be' im-
mediately employed in active service.
We cannot contemplate these energetic measures'
without ipdulging a hope that the Spanish Govern-
ment will for the future display a , vigour, propor-
tioned to the awful contest in which it is engaged.
The People of Spain have in every instance done
their duty ; they have displayed unexampled he-
roism; and if their exertions are encouraged and
guided by an aaive and intelligent Government,
they must be ultimately successful.

Paris Papers to the 13th inst. reached to Nn yester-
day. They are silent respeating the state of the
war in Spain and Portugal, and are indeed in general
barren of intelligence. The French papers have not
of late contained the details of any operations ex-
cept those 'of the Custom-house Officers against
English merchandize.

We have received The Sydney (New South Wales)
Gazettes, to the latter end of Fkinruary last, winch
contain an account of the total defeat of POMAREf,
at Otaheite, and his consequent loss of the Sove-
reignty of that Island. We shall give the particulars
to-morrow.

Saturday morning the Dukes of VORK, CIJAIBER-
LAND, and MONTROSE, Earl of LIVERPOOL, and
Viscount CATHCART, arrived at Windsor C;►sile.—
The Duke of MONTROSE, Earl of LIVERPooL,
and Viscount CATHCART, left Windsor in the af-
ternoon.

Every effort is to be made to reinforce Lord WEL-
LINGTON, by sending severpl more battalions from
this country and Ireland. Every .regiment of the
line has been detached from Cadiz, and only the
Foot Guards remai❑ in garrison there. Several re-
giments have also been sent from Sicily,

None of the Royal Family attended at Sr. George;
Chapel, Windsor, yesterday ; but Divine Service
was performed to them in Windsor Castle.

A private letter from Lisbon, of the 4th instant,
brought by the Walsingam packet, states, that the
position 'of the hostile armies in Portugal continued
the same, and that up to that date nothing had oc-
curred. The means by which NASSENA '.upported
his torces,•surrounded as he was on every side, ex-
cited no ordinary degree of surprise in the British
army .; and it was confidently asserted, that if he
could even procure boats to convey troops across the
Tagus, the opposite bank presents such a formidable
line of artillery, that his destru&ion would be almost
inevitable. After stating that the rainy season had
commenced, the writer concludes by asserting, that
the whole depot of supplies at Figuiera were shipped
away, and the stores at Thomar, not removable,
were burnt and destroyed, before the French en-
tered it.

Letters arrived on Saturday morning from. Ham-
burgh, to the 7th !mt. The public officers were
sloWly and relucianty carrying into execution the
edia for burniiig British pods. The trading com-
mission established at Frankfort, consists of the fol-
lowing persons :—General FRIANTr (Commander of
the French garrison), Gen. FREDERIC, Mr. COLAS.-
sox, Diredor of the Customs at Mayenee; a Colonel
of Gens d'Artnes, two Lieut.-Colonels and some
indi, iduals sent from Paris.

Such,"'says our Correspondent, are the characters
appointed for the professed purpose of granting in-
dulgences to German citizens.
We have much satisfattion in stating the arrival
of, the Donegal, of 74 guns, Capt. MAncocm 5 and
Revenge, of 74 guns, Capt. N.ASII, 011 Saturday
morning, from off Cherbourg, after having, in
conjuth. non with the Diana, of. 38; Capt. GRANT,
anl, Ni4e, Crot..LoatNo, of the same force, driven
on shore two French frigates, which escaped out of
i lay re, and which, it they may not be totally de-
snored (as is extremely -probable), are rendered of
no further service. On Monday tight last, during
the gale, they sail'd from Havre, well the intention
of teaching Cherbourg, that port affording facilities
of escape which Havre does not. The Diana and
Nide bring frigates (notwithstanding the very un-
favourable state of the weather) close on their sta-
tion, got sight of them soon after midnight and
chased .them ; but the wind slnfting more to the
Northward, they were enabled, alter receiving se-
veral broadsides, to take shelter under Marc'ou.
They weighed from thence the following day,
and the tides preventing .our frigates from ap-
proaching them, they, that evening, contrived
to reach the anchorage of La Hogue. Finding,
however, that our frigates intended to attack them
on' Wedoesday, one of them ran on the .rocks
of St Vast, where she lies on her beam ends.
The other ran into the shoal of St. Vast, be-
tween the batteries of La Hogue and Tatihou.
On Wednesday .afternoon, the Donegal and Re-
venge, two ships of ie line, joined, and Means
.were immediately tntien to attack 'the frigate
that anchored in the shoal : it was impossible to
reach the other; indeed her loss seemed certain.—.
Accordingly, the whole of the ships (choosing the
most favourable time of tide) stood. as close in as
they possibly could, and fired their broadsides at her
three several times. On the same night our ships
again stood' in, and threw rockets at her. On
Thursday morning it was discovered that the objet
of their attack had also run aground near to her
consort ; and both frigates were left on their beam
ends by the Donegal and Revenge on that day,
watched by the Diana and IViobe. Unless they
arc got off, repaired, and make their escape from
their present situation, before an easterly wind sets
in (and this seems impossible), they will be totally
lost. As every effort was made that skill and gal-
lantry could suggest to effect their destruction, it
must be expeaed that our ships have sustained
some loss and damage. They sustained the tire of
the batteries of La Hogue and Tatihou; and that of
the etsetny's ships, for a considerable time ; during
which the Donegal had three men wounded, the
Revenge seven.wounded (two of them since dead),
and the Diana and Nide had each three men
wounded. The names of the frigates are L'Ainazon
and L'Elize, of 44 guns each. °Our ships suffered
most in their masts and rigging. One unfortunate
shot (a 42-pounder) entered the lower deck of the
Revenge, and actually took oft five legs from three
men, and wounded four others. The two poor
fellows who lost both their legs are since dead. It
is 10 be regretted that circumstances prevented the
Diana and Aide from blinging the frigates to ac-
tion on the night they escaped, as the excellent state
of discipline of those ships, and the high characters
of Captains GRANT and LORING, forbid us to enter-
tain a doubt hut the result would have been such as
could be wished. It would also have been a subject
of more exultation, if the dangerous situation of the
coast, and the unfavourableness of the weather, had
not prevented the Officers and crews of the ships,
by their united efforts, from witnessing their total
destruCtion.—The Donegal and Revenge left the
enemy's ships at Cherbourg, with their yards and
topmasts struck. They were to sail again yesterday
to resume their station.

Senor AGAR, now one of the Spanish Regency,
has long attracted universal respect, and CISNAR in
the first stage of the patriotic insurrection, was ad-
vantageously known as the Governor of Crrthagena.
He has lately been at the head of the establishment
tor the instrudion of youth in naval tactics. From
this change, and others that are expeded, a radical
change of system is supposed to be in contempla-
tion.

The Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital,have
cornett° a determination, that tie premises recently
burnt duwn in the Cloisters shall not be rebuilt, and
I hat as soon as the leases of the other houses in the
Cloisters are expired, they shall be taken down.
This is cpnceived not only as a proper and necessary
precaution to prevent any danger to the hospital by
fire, but likewise a salutary improvement, tending
to afford a more free circulation of air.

It, is ascertained that 84 persons perished by the
oversetting of the Canal boat at Paisley, of whom
18 were below ten years of :age, 49 from teu to
twenty, and 17 above twenty )e,us °rage.

NAVAL NEWS.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, N.:J.17, 18i0'

Admiralty-Office, Nov, 17, 1810.
•
Copy of a Letter from Captain Hawtaytte, of his Id:UFs ,q W.;
.
ship Quebec, addreseti to Vice-Admix it Sir Eciward y'
lew, hart. ahct transmitt,ed by him to OW Wil6oo Cr°R‘er
Esq. rO4 -
His Majesty's ship Quebec, oiftbs
SIR. November 9, 1310.
I hive the honour to report to you the capture (3;
La Jeune Louise, a very hue French Prlv'itee
schooner, of fourteen guns and thirty-five 1116-n!E
which was very gallantly attacked and carried
night, in.the Strooni, by a party 01 1'("11'11:
teens, in three boats, from the Quebec, crider car,
mand of the first Lieutenant, Stephen P01)113111, 6e.'
'conded by Lieutenant Richard Augustus Yates' f
And to do justice to the distinguished gallantrY°
Lieutenant Popham, am) the Officers and menet,",-
-
ployed upon this service, I must state to you, c'r.'
that in running past the Vile and Sehaing
diteivening„ to resume our station before the Te%eci
the'SChooner was discovered at anchor within;
Lieutenant. Popham immediately offered his service;
to make an attempt upon her; accordingly the traii
gate was brought to without the Sands .in sight
the enemy, and the boats innned:itely diipmche cit
and although we saw the engagement at nalt-V4„-,
nine o'clock, it was not till alter a long and alW`);
night that we had the extreme joy of s,,..eiog
schooner, beating out of the enemy's tnirl)(ilrl
through the very intricate navigation of the pess3s-,'
with the British colons flying over French. ,
I understand that the boats had to, pull aganl't
strung tide, and, found the, enemy fully prepped Ica
the attack, and closely surrounded by sandy'
which they grounded, and in this situtnion
tbrce distinct broadsides from cannon and nius"'"'
within pistol-shot, and notwithstanding, ttP-11:
tricated themselves and boarded. The enemy c°l.4
tended the point oti deck, in whi,:h the Fr'''
Captain Galien.Lafont„ Cajtain de Vaisseau, i\lcl,l;
bet of the Legion trf Honour, was kited iii

sonal contest by Lieutenant Yates.
~,ed
lam Sony now, Sir, to state the loss sustain'--- itt
this service on our side ; John Thompson
men, killed ; Thomas Jones, seaman, dowil''
Christ. Gilbi?itson, seaman, wounded; and • a I)'3-
destroyed ; and 'on that of the enerpy, 'besides 11
-
Cominander, one seaman killed and one wrOttqclc(.s6
Lieutenant Popham speaks in the highest Prate,
of the spirit. and good order maintained by
naat Yates, Mr. M'Donald,-Mater's M,tte, cl-es
wand of the third bb at, Mr. Duncan, Clerk, tit".
Ward, Gentleman, Volunteer, and the whole -0;
party; La Jeune Louisa carries six twelve and Le,16,,c
nine pound carronades, and the remainder 01110
crew, consisting of sixty men, were sonit.,•l4
dt
landed that morning sick, and others M
sea ; and the prisoners state her to be a royal
vessel
vessel than her consort in the last cruize, Sans
I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) • CHA. HAWTAY°'
Sir Edward Peliew, Bari. Vice,Adnrrat.
of the Red, Sc‘:. &e. &c.
Admiralty-Office, lticu. 17, 1 8 19.
Copy of a Letter from Captain Tower, of his tvlajestY'-,5.10-
Curacoa, adthessed to Captain Hotnain, of the l'i°Tlloo
berland, and transmitted by Admiral Lord Gambier c",, .
Wilson Croker, Esq. 5. ei/,
His Majesty's ship Curacos,
No'vemb.:r 9, IS 1,7• e
the
In proceeding to execute' your orders, I have „d'4
honout to inform you, we disco% erect off the •L''''• A
End, a man of war brig close in pursuit °told
schooner, which the • signal from the brig so° oi
me was an enemy ; in consequence all 53i1,,..e)
.
made, and we captured (after three- hours cl'oct
at half-past two M. the French pr*:vateer scb°°ol.,l,
La Venus, commanded by Mr. Guillaume Aug'll,
armed with tourteen guns and a complerneo's 3
.sixty-seven men, from L'Ot lent fourteen d'i)d
disagrous cruize, without making a capture, atitro'ol
ceived last night, off Scilly a complete beating
an English ship, supposed to be a packet, itio
whom La Venus engaged two hours ;
atlion they lost five men, had fourteen
the rigging and sails likewise bear evident ulav
the contest. Captain Hopkins had been streou°
chasing this private.:r from day-light, arid t° to'
signals and manoeuvres the capture way lied'1
bated. •

I have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) J. TOW-Ell.

PLYMOUTH, Nov. lg.—Arrived the Mar/01'04'7
brig, of 14 guns, Lieut. Gnu,Orns, from
,Guerrise;
the Arrow schooner, of 12 guns, Lieut. 1-'5.46i1l
from Basque Roads; and the Star, ,itANDALLI

Bristol.
Put back by contrary winds his Majesty' to
Pheasant, Of 18 guns, Capt. PALME,It,
Lisbon, with dispatches. , port
We stated yesterday that a. ship was off tw'
Jo?
from , Bombay, recaptured by his MajestY
Rota, of 38 guns, Captain SomERVILLi, 1411C1 t -
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Mary privateer, belonging to this port, TirEGo"l',,
1, 5
The following we understand to be the particu-110.1
A few days since the Fame extra ship, froni Be`:1');0
with a valuable cargo, bound to London, ab'ut
tons burthen, was captured by a French Pric3tori,
the latter kept company with her prize some hoer,but parted company in a 'storm, and shortly °O.O
near Rochefort,' the Fame was retaken by the
and the Mary, the former vessel has carried bet. h
Cork. .514

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L'Aigle, of 36 guns, Capt. Wot.r.s, fronl
mouth, with the following vessds under
viz.`:o—The.schooner Sportsman, JoHN. s, fr°lll
don,' for Gibraltar; the ketch Martin, IC•ft.:;ies;
from London, for Madeira and the W"l°,o'
the "cutter Lark, CROW, from London, bound t-rpek
coast of Guinea, and other merchantmen' I;orti'
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he Aile with her convoy bound to Cadiz,
() t 6altars and the Mediterranean, consisting of about
tva sail, had proceeded about 50 leagues to the :.vest-
wir4 °f the Scilly Islands, when a heavy gale of
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'LI yesterday morning his Majesty's ship
t44e/ne, 0118 guns, Capt. C. M. FABIAN, with the
?.% of her main-topsail-yard, in a heavy gale of
It';'"' in which she lost her convoy, bound to
Brazils, from Portsmouth, one of which, the
:4h CHARLES WILSON master, from Hull,
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4 a cargo, bound to Rio de Janeiro, put in here
morning..
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4ast e. tram rrntornming as the brig Anztulator, READ,
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Opotto, with a cargo of wine, fruit,
bound to Lisb,n, was working through the
:11"' she missed :oars, and drifted ashore on the
round'
under Mount Batton, where she will go to
'eces• Part of the cargo, it is expected, will be
saved.
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tw, rived the French ship La Charles, mounting
71Y-two 18-pouniers, and a comptimL-nt of 200
:en, taken after a long chase by his Majes•y's ship
;Moja, of 38
n Hou. Capt. F. P. hay, which
arrived here this morning from a cruize off the
western Islands.
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'.;esty's ship Amelhyst, of 36 guns, Capt.
in ALTON, as
delained and sent in here this morn-
gthe Acn,,ric in vessel Frx, Caplan' Puri., from
ew7York, with a caigo bound to Cli
Arrived the American shier Zodiac, CLARL, tron,
to
tkl°ll, with a cargo bound to New-York, was
featured by the Eleanore French privateer, of and
n,n
a;, °t• Maloes, commanded by Capiain.BLAcK,
aud recaptured by his Majesty's ship Shannon, of
tllB:t'uns, Captain P. B. V. BttoKE ; also arrived the
og Surprize, Russ, from GLisgow, with a cargo
li°l4ild to New Providence, Wi,l,6ptUred on the 19th
zt. oth CaPe Ortegal by the French privateer Grande
wind
soon alter sire encountered a heavy gate of
71nd in which she lost her fore-mast, bowsprit, and
41a,in-jop
an -mast, and received considerable damage,
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was fallen in with and re-captured by the Con-
lli gun-brig, Lient. MUTT, on
Art Arrih'sved .the 9th inst.
Mtie,ly's ships Courageux, of 74
guns, from Purist-numb ; Medusa, of 38 guns from
iltl Westward ; Espiegle, of 18 guns, from Lis-
ton, with dispaiches ;no news—the hostile armies
be4;lained .the same positions ; also arrived the
r'eg digneS) HonosoN master, from Gibraltar, and
Ist ult.--no news;
.vinelast from Lisbon, with passengers ; soiled on the
also arrived the bLrk Adven-
trer. HOLLAND master, Jrom Saloe, with a cargo of
and cork, bound to this port for orders ; the
'uor
g Privateer, Capt. TREGOVVITH, from a cruize;
!nd a Vessel from Malaga, with a cargo of wine, and
s under quarantine.

Lo ORTSUOUTH, Nov. 18,—The Galatea, Captain
s
Aci, is ordered to take out Getieral‘NionTlN-
'ALE and suite to Lisbon ; the General is arrivdd
here'
and gees out to succeed General CATLIN
Ri"l
in 'PORD ; the Galatea will sail on Monday even-
i
g f the wind is fair.
a Q'arue in'yesterday his Majesty's ships Donegal
;4 Revenge, from a cruize off" cherbourgh ; and the
Intelligent gun-brig, with a convoy from the West-
Ward.
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Sailed yesterday the Rattler gun brig, Captain
b.
"DoN, on a cruize.

bavElt, Nov. B.—Passed by for London the ship
i°ll7/ namilion,THomrsok, from Honduras ; and
the Liverpool Packet, KENNARD, trom Virginia.
tr St
evening a French privateer attacked a little
harbour
Sloop at scarcely a stone's-throw from the
4 but the crew, though few in number,
made so stoma resistance, that with the aid of a gun
Sit", they completely' beat the Frenchman off '.
"Ix others were in sight then and the whole of the
evening.

Isl.gtNns or SCILLY, Nov. 14.—Came in the
r`Phiting schotiner from Lisbon, having dispatches
reul Lord WELLINGTON ; but nothing it: suffered to
transpire relative to our army in Portugal, which
Place shy left on the 3I st ultimo. •

bE A y
River and
Nov.
B.—Arrived several ships from the
remain.
The privateer of 65 men captured by the Phipps
schooner near Calais, proves to he the Barterer S'e-
:lie: she took the Phipps for a merchant vessel and
an him alongside, and fired a volley of musketry and
Wotinded some of the Phipps's men ; however the
()tllpliment was instantly returned by a broadside,
snd with such compound interest that the privateer
_link, barely leaving time to take out the prisoners ;
She had made no captures.