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London, England, 1810-12-31 00:00:00

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penters haste. been emp'oyed for some time, in en,
dearonring ,to save the materials. None of the
Nymphe's; crew were lOst; but the bodies of eleven
seamen belonging to the Pallas.haV.e been Cast ashore
and decently interred. s .‘
It deserves to ,be'rnade public, that on the recent
,
Melancholy wreck of the Nym.p/to and 17:allas
4a •
fri-
gates, the Duchess of Roxburgh no sooner heattl.of
the unfortunate circumstance, than witlrher charac,
teristic promplitude and humanity, .she ordered all
the robins of Boxttiouth heu,e to lzke prepared with
matresses and hot blankets, to receive the:sufferers.
Dr. JoaNSTONE, and Mr. To lINBULL, surgeon, of
bunbar, were also in rtadiuess; and by their;unre-
Tnitting exertions the whole, except the Fir'st Lieu-
• 'tenant of the Pallas incl•two sailors, Were sufficiently
recovered to be able to le .ve Broxn.outh in the
evening. The three persons abovementioned were
confined; and very weakly on Sunday last. The
poor fellows had clung, diving the whole of the
night, to any part of the wreck they could lay hold
of, with a tremendous sea constantly breaking
over them, so that it is wonderful that not more
than eleven are lost. Their bodies were decently
interred-at Dunbar on Friday last.

Captain C. ):7r. PATERSON, Agent for Prisoners
of War at Porchester, is appointed to the Puis-
sant.
- Lieut. THOMAS Rowe, of.the Diana, is proragt.cd
to the rank of Commander, for his skilful and gal-
lant con4,!ct destroying tl:te French frigate
L'Elize, near L 3 Hogue.—Lieut. R. W. PAssoss,
is appointed to the Diana ; anti Lietii:lattbr WIL
KIN.; to the Hope.
The convnys fur .t he West" Indies, Mediterranean,
and Portugal, were preparing to sail yesterday from
Portsmouth ; and it is-with much satisfaction we
ktate,, there • is 'every pro3pect of their being able to
proceed : many, of, the ships have been detained ten
w.eelis,by foul.winds, wOich.nov inclitie to become
fair,
On Thuri,day Francis Grey and Richard Rowland,
seamen of the flainadryad, were .ttied for desert-
ing- from the boat ot, that ship in August last, at
Portsmouth, . In cootidenitisin of their former good
character, they were sentenced to receive only 150
lashes,rouidd the. Heel.

LEVESON GOWER is appointed to the Eli;.
xab.eth, 74, .at-Spilhead.
The Al undance store-ship, is loading at Potts-
mouth for Gibraltar; she wiil sad .sOOO,
Ihe 010112 GiendOlVei;: C pain SELBY, an'd the
Happy, Capt. A'CounT,, ta•ke the trade from Ports-
tilonth fi,r the fir,zli, the Cape of Good Hope, and
the. Soot hetti -Whale:Fishery.' • •
Tue. Boyne, 9H; and the • Conquestadore,74,which
were 'launched a •few.• months-since, are ordered to
be fitted. tOr commission,.--Lord Wm. STUART is
appointed to..the:Conque,,ladote.
Ti.e Pqvayante stote-,lnp arrived at Portm,utli
on Siturday,.3vitai slispateties Irani --9innthar; in
three week-6..4We, understand they—are duplicmea
of former di-patches. WYNTARD has come
home hi her, wounded. -1•.. e Ptevoyante left Malta
on the 22d of (Monti, when the ..41.ontague, Fame,
and- Victorious, .were lying there:.
,Suie- lett at Gt.-
braltar, the •Blakee Seaarse; •Topaze, and Thais..
The Thais 'was. not to tai the Fame, 74, C. pt.
it ATI-R.l'l5T, arrived from Malta, when they would
both proceed with the convoy Of England.

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednes&y, and Thurs-
-dayia—C-ourt-Martial was held at Portsmouth; upon
Capt. Woolcombe, Lieutenant John Brand Umfre-
ville; "Mr. -V. Minto (Master), mcl Mr. T. Hodgson,
(Piloi), of his Majesty's Ship Aimable, for running
that ship on shore in Berwick Bay, in the morning
of the 25th ult. They were tried separately, that
they might be examined on oath, and both against
and fcr each. other. It appears that the ship was
running for May Island,-Berwick Bay, and that the
,Pilot mistook a light on shore (the same lime-kiln
,which was' the cause of the "lois of the Nymphe and
'PO//6')• for the fight of the May, and he altered the
course accoalingly. rhe ship was then run-
ning nine kuots, and though the Otficerof the. watch
shortened isall immediately on seeinc, the light, she
,struckJhegroond in about an hour and an halfafter
,•-•-Tlie.,Court, having maturely considered all the
tireuniganter, adjudged, that Captain Woolcombe
be SEVERELY REPRIMANDEII, as it appeared there
'was a 'Want of sufficient precauilon HETI -from
trusting. too much to the Pilot. , That blame was
imputable 'to: Lieut. Uinfreville, in not having in-
formed the Captdin of the light; suppoSed to be ,
L: May light,. being seets',. ane of the course being
altered, although he had,, as Officer of the watch,
the Captain's• order to, attend to the Pilot's direc-
ions. alter a ship's course, without the Captain's
•order, is to violate the Naval iustrutlions ; but, in
consideration of his Prompt and officer-like con_
duet,. after The laud \vas seen, and to which
the safety of the ship may be. principally attri-
buted, tare Court did adjOugehm to be only ad-
monished to be more attentive in future., That no
blame was imputable,to Mr. I'vf into, and did' adjudge
him tote acquitted. That great blame was imput-,
able to Thomas Hodgson, the pilot, for general.
erroneous judgment and incautious conduci. during
the night, and did adjudge him to I” severely cen-
sured, aid imilisooed. in the Marshalsea for three,
months.---liar-Admiral Hargood, Presidenti Cap-
tains J. N. Morris, Wilkinson, Bassett, Irwin, Sir
Arch. Dicks: n, Prowse, Owen, Hall, C. J. Austen,
Selby, J. Warren, and Nash, members.

' The Hamburglt Correspondenten, of the lith De-
cember, states, under date Naples, Nov. 26, that
King JOACHIM was about to visit Apulia, whither
his travelling equipage had pi oceeded.
At an early hour on Saturday morning the LORD
CHANCELLOR and Mr. PRIICLVAL left Louden fur
Windsor, t hey
.arrived ,aDout eleven o'clock and,
had a consultation with the Physkia, s, attending the
KING, which lasted nearly two hours, alttr which
ti.q left Windsor fur 'Loudon. ,

POETRY.

THE TWO HERVEY.O.
Two rlervey,s had a mutual Wish

TO please in separate stations, -
The one invented SA UCE FOR FISH,
The other " MEDITATIONS.'

Each has his pungent powers applied
To aid the dead and dying,
That_ relishes a Soal when fried
This saves the Soul from frying.

THE THEATRE.--The fine old Comedy of A New
Way to Pay.' Old Debts, was brought forward On'
Saturday' last at Covent Garden Theatre, With'the
splendour which usually marks the'representations
at'that Theatre. Mr. KEMBLE, who, we believe,
had originally the merit of r&iving this play at York,
whence it was soon transferred to the London
boaeds, perforMed the part of Sit Giles OVerreach,
a part in which he distinguished himself many years
ago at DI ury-Lane Theatre. It, is natural to sup-
pose that in' the, progress of time and experience he
must have improved in his judgment, and that he
supported the part with increased ability. He:
• deservedly received applause throughout, but his
merit was chiefly distinguishable in the latter part of
the Play;when Sir Giles finds that he has beer) be-
trayed, that' all his plans have been frustrated, and
all his hopes defeated.--Here he worked himself
up to a climax of rage and deSperation which .ma-
nifested uncbminen skill, and forcibly iinpressed ihe
audience. 'Hs manner of vilting the sage, .as .if
wholly exhausted by the confliaing emotions of a
proud, treacherous, and disappointed heart, was a
very fine specimen of theatrical skill, and excited
very' warm .applaus,‘..-.--Mf. C. K EMBLE- was e:sy,
manly, and interesting in ltellborn. •MUNDEN dis-
played 'great humour and • .ability •in Mardi/-; 'and
I,TON was most -admirably diverting in Justice
ee4.--,The Play' was altogether so
that it is' likely ,to become very attraZlive. The
house,was crowded in all parts, and the tiew Pan-
tomime of thy legain: and Asmodeus went off with
great eclat.

BILA,HAII is still performing with very great suc-
cess at Edinburgh. His professional merits' have
received the support of some very liberal and elegant
criliciatu iii The Evening Courant of-that City. 'ln-
deed the critiques' in that paper, in point of candour
and judgment,, are generally of a .-very superior
k Md. -

We are sorry to learn that Mr. ARNOLD, of the
Lyceum Theatre, bas been in a very alarming state
Of" indisposition, but is recovering.
Yesterday we received 4uenos Ayres G,zettes to,
the' loth of Oeloberr Theyanneuncet the arryal of
the AtiVetoe schponer, from Rio_ Janeiro, with dis-
patches to the Junta, from Lord)STRANGFORD, le-
lative to the'blockode of the Rio la Plata. The
following
,letter from his Lordship ltai been pub-
lished iu aGazette Extraordinary.
DISI'ATCti FROM LORD VRANGFORD.
Most Excellent Senior—l hav'e received the seve-
ral Notes of your Excellency, for which I return
your ExceLency my 'sincerest acknowledgments._
the promptitude with which it is necessary that the '
Mis'ewe schooner set out for Buehos Ayres, and
the pressure of other business, do mit uow permit
me to answer your much esteemed • communication
so fully or,explicitly as they deserve. I cannot suf..;
fi6iently expre,s the deep regret which the informa-
tionjti every respea has occasioned to me, of there
having occurred any circumstances capable of di-
minishing that confidence and cordiality that ought
to subsist between all the agents of his Britannic
Majesty and the brave and genet ous ,people of Spa-
nish America, united as we arle, in the same cause,
and against' _the same. common enemy..
I, think it necessary, however; to -assure your
Excellency, in the most positive and authentic man-
ner, that no English Officer has ever received,
either front me or from the Admiral ho cnmrnands
in chief, any instructions to co-operate in the block-
ade of the capital, which the lopal authorities of
MOnte Video have!thotight proper, tn undertake,
nor even to lend their aid or concurrence, to ,any '
hOstile enterprize against that capital :, on the conk
trary, I declare to your. Excellency, with the great-
estsincerity, and in.this public manner, that accord.
ing to the orders issued to all the British Officers in
the Rio de la-Plata, all interference in poleical affairs
ak .
has been uniformly prohibited. ,
I' have transmitted: in due course, and without
any deLy, to my Oourt, your Ex'Oellency's observa-
tions on those subjects, because to the British Go- '
vernment only,. and
,not to use, the .o,fficer ot,whom
your Excellency complains is responsible fur his con-
dua and .proceedings. in the mean time, I have
the, bononr to inform your Axcenpncy that Admiral
De oourcey, is going tin mediately, to
.the, Rio. de la
Plata,' to assume the thiefceommand, and I have
DO
.doubt that he will adopt the most efficacious
means to remove the• obstacles that have hitherto
obsiruaed British commerce, so libera,lly and ge- •
nerbusly, protected by you. Eacelleney, in.a man-
ner quite contrary to_ the forms and common prac-
tice.ofall nations, .and wholly oppoSite te the esta-
blished usages (ar..States in aunty ~with each ocher.
I must also add, that yotir Excellency will have
the goodness to ,excuse the brevity of th;s commu-
nication, considering that it is occasioned by a de-
sire,, on my part, to forward au answer as' soon as
possible, though iu -an itnperseet form, to the last
communications of your Excellency.
I havethe honour to be,
Your Excelceney's
Most obedient and humble Servant,
• STRANGFORD.
Rio de Janeiro, Ott. t, 113 to.
To their Excellencies the Governing I unta.of the
Capital'aud Provinces of the Rio de la Plata.

A fire broke out on Saturday morning, at a house
in element's-lane,. Strand, ultieh burnt rapidly for
a short time, but was fortunately got under without
doing greater damage than destroying part of the
building where it first broke out.
' A. female, named Ramsay, who hid for, some
time past otitaitied a living by begging 'in the strects,
died on Friday; 'in St. Thomas's Hospital, leaving
oy will an annuity& 401. per annum, and about 701.
ui cash, to a relative.