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London, England, 1808-08-20 00:00:00

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Thoughthe Oneness of the weather, the bee* t itEAbtNil ItACES.--LAST DAY; -
the surrcitiniiiiig codntry, and theldinterep:ui: t
etineg'?Vactriei
hodrly offered to. oar eTes by co tfrs' Mi.
nothing to wish for in addition to the amusement oi Mr. Day, Felt°,
satisfaction derixed. fie* so 'any various sources; yet''
it seems we are.toliavinther inducements to postpone
our departure frbm this place, since London is about
to disgorge one of her favourite sons, to exercise his
~.` atop Plate of
usual comic zeal td amuse our evenings.. One of the
Assembly Rooms is fitted out in a manner to give eclat :s°: TwoJtule keau.
to the Lecture upon Heads," which is said to have
been so well received by fashionable audiences in Lon-
don, and which we have no doubt Mr. Roeaar Par,
tan will not suffer to langnish here, for want of his
best exertions. There will be much sameness in the'
portraiture if the subjects of the representation are to
be taken frofti the female part of the assemblage here;
for in that nothing is observable but the forms and
faces of angels, and looks that speak the language of
innocence, worth, and honour.
A melancholy occurrence very common here, hap-
pened on Sunday last in this neighbourhood, which
we just mention for the purpose of public good and
humanity—Four boatmen were conveying a pilot on
board one of. the East Indiamen, when the boat uh-
for,unately upset. They were about a Mile front the
shore, and, although they were all able to swim, the
waves had nearly overpowered then before any assis-
tance, though immediately forwarded from the shore,
could arrive. They were saved, however, with the
exception of one of the men, who was taken up cling,
ing to his ear, and was of course expected to retainl
'at spark of animation. Nothing could be more una-
vailing, not to say destructive, than the.mode employ-
ed to recover him. Independent of the exertion that
it is reasonable to suppose was employed upon the
poor man for his resuscitation during his conveyance
in the boat to land, the moment he was relanded he
was what is vulgarly called unmercifulrk bumped, and
the region of the lungs assailed with blows, which
might well be calculated rather to expel life than
to preserve it. I understand this is the invariable'
practice ameng seafaring people on such occasions,
though they arc influenced by the most heartfelt mo-
tives of humanity. Bur ought not the philanthropy,
and science of the Royal humane Soc:etylo be stre-
nuously exerted to remedy what is so immediately
within their province, and what most certainly wants
amending ?
The other West Inilia fleet, whose artival you an-
nounced in your T>.esday's raper, his not yet made
it> apfearance it the Downs, w!iich, with the excep-
tion of Admiral Rusit.o.'s ficei, is for the present un-
important its a shipping prospect, most of the trans-
ports hair left it in the cotmt of this day for liar-
...rich and other pert. •
The influx cf fashiOnable company has been great
these few days.

19.--Sir. sail of tie line are now (half past
eight o'clock) pas.,irg througt the Gull. from the
Downs, under Admiral Giacm,wtt) to resume their
station off Flushing, Admiral Russ having previ•
owl), sailed r..ith three ships for the Texa

Thursday and yesterday the 77th regiment afoot
marched into 0-. lord, on their route from th,: city of
Lincoln to Winchester.

Eleven large copppr.bottomcd tr,lnsports were on
Thnrsday ordered to proceed from the Downs to
Ramsgate, to be in readiness to receive on board the
Bris•;tde of Guards from Deal, consisting of the Ist
and 3d battalions of the Ist regiment, «•hose route.
was received there on that morning. Eleven sail of
transports :its° sail from the Downs cn the same day
for Harwich, to take on board the troops which are
to be embarked from the Eastern District.

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When lostru f Old ran from Porirgwit'l wife;
garinent he lost in the flminine it AL.;

A garmect, perhaps, that was scarce worth a Von;
Thus !Hs curve he sav'd, at th' expeoce of his magi—
Bat JusFPH the Modem, his schemes all tHadoneli
And lot cg frutr. Mak-Wilke a hi= to rob—
in this juncture what did the teti.teisent Kin; do ?
'Why he took o 1 himst II and his 64t1halasto•1

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NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 1L

Came in the EXPRESS schooner, front Jarnaicii, itl
four weAs t •and SUBTLE, from Barbadoegi both
with dispatches.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Captain
CHA.PMAN, from Jamaica for London. A mutiny
took Place on board this vessel, on her voyage home,
and four of her crew were put on board the Vtre-
RAN, of 64 guns, being under her convoy, and four
of the VETERAN'S were put islitb the Elizabeth in their
stead : since she came into Cawsand Bay, four others
of the crew have got ashore, and run away;
PORTSMOU'IIi, AUGUST 19.
Arrived his Majesty's ships MoNtsouru and TOR.
`lroise, with the Asia, Walthamstow, and Fort Wil-
liam East Indiamen, and a fleet of other outward.
bound vessels, &c. under convoy, from the Downs.—
Sailed his* Majesty's schooher ANT, with a fleet of
transports, &c. under convoy, for the Downs. His
Majesty's brigs SHARPSHOOTER is appointed convoy
for Torbay, and la FLECHE, for Plymouth.—Wind
N. N.E.

• DEAL, 'AUGUST 19.
Arrived the LEVIATHAN, of 74 guns, from Ply-
mouth ; ARCHER gun-brig from the North Sea, and
sailed again on a cruize off Flushing, kvith the BEI:
LEROPHON, 74 guns, Rear-Admiral GARDNER ; HERO,
WARSPITR; ILLUSTRIOUS; IN VINCIDLE, and MINOTAUR,
of 74 guns, and PIGEON schooner. Sailed the OBE.
RON sloop. and FLAMER gun brig, on a cruize off the
Coast of France.

. • IDT VIE DOWNS.
Prtnedi'd Corabge, Vice-Admit-A CA TT enEtt.; Leviathan, -74
guns,. Clidnfrlgate, and Bold gun-brig,—Wiud E.N.E.
CALCUTTA, JANUARY 29. -
YZ•sterday strived at Ca'etty 1, the N'entn, Captalri •Ainott,
Front S: tnatrai et henee•she %ailed ..,1 the tot instant.

By the:Vanes ve learn,- that Captain Thompson, off Penang,
iu a small ve2,el,4y:ng at Maugeip, on the 25th November last,
was cut off by the Malays at that place, and the whale of his pro-
perty liltindeted. The Malaya had kauled the vessel into Matt-
gain River..
The Vent's remained at Pencil* from-the 21st to the 24th No-
vember;, during which time an inundation took place, snore
alarming and destructive than Any remembered by the oldest
irj-
habitaats to Live happened there before. The water swept *way
a great number of houses and cattle • and ai the period-of the do.
parture of the Venus, it was estimated.that about 400 inhabitants
had perished. The Europeans resident atJlenaug bad suileged
very severely by the calamity.
1 The 'W'esfu7d and 'Warley, in tompany kith his Majeati?s, ship
Greyhoend, arrived at MAdras the 3lst December last.
The Wexford sailed frbm Madras the '.2th January, for Pbm-
bay, under convoy of- his Majesty's shin and arrived
at Columbo the 22d ; from whence she sailed ci the let of Fe-
bruary, under convoy of. his Majesty's ship U:iliielmina ; and qu
the 2Gth was 30 miles north of Goa. '

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FROM LIAVD'S LIST. •
GRAVSSZSTD, AUGUST 19.—PaSsed by the Helena, Winner,
from Stockholm; Devonshire, —; and Lady Castlerenh,
Murray, from ludla.--Salled the Union,.Simpzon; for India;
St. Antonio, Tajos, for the Brazils; Flora, Broad, for Malta;
and the Venelia, Nortuey, for Stockholm.

The following ships from Jamaica, under convoy
of the VEI ERAti, are yet unaccounted for, having
parted from the fleet at different times on the pas Age,
viz.—

GRAND REVIEW.—His Royal Irlighuess the Duke
of CUMEERLAND reviewed, yesterday, the 15th light
dragoons, near Wantstead-house, in Essex.
.Fy ten
&sleek, ten companies, amounting in the whole to
850 men, assembled on the plain, abOut a Mile on
the other side of Wanstead-houte. The novelty of
thz. scene in that part of the country attracted a great
concourse of spectators from the surronndins neigh-
bourhood, who crowded in all directions; in every
kind of vehicle that could be procured. The men
were formed in a line, and had a very martial ap-
pearance. The fillenes of the day gave great sekt ea 1r0n.... -__
to the scene. At twelve o'clock his Royal -Highness The 'fleet' fitiii Jamaica was -la ...b.r. 4
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the Prince of WALES arrivcd• on the ground in his yesterday. • '
landau and six bays. His Royal Highnesswas dres- The
Flora, that cleated ,or--
sed in the uniform of the 10th. His Royal Highness
days afro r--
the Duke of CLARENCE, Lord HEATIIIIELD, Major
BUDO3IVELD, and Colonel Lax, actompanied him;
,Major HANGER sat on the box. The next carriage
was that of his Royal Highness. 'the Duke of Ironic,
in his travelling chariot and four iron greys, with two
ont.riders. His Royal Highness the Duke of CUM-
BERLAND came in his baroacHe and six beautiful
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses• the brrewlel
of CAMBRIDGE .and KENT. Lord-Emma was also
on the ground, and was in conversation with the
Royal Dukes nearly the whele-time. As soon as they
arrived on the ground, his Royal Highness the Duke
of CoauseigAND mounted his.grey Arabian, superbly
accoutred.' The saddle-cloth was richly embroidered
iii silver. ...His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES,
and the Royal Dukes also, mounted their chargers.
The Comte DuLit.ss, the Duke Da Bo :antis, and
Ids Royal .Highness Mosistaun, were also on the
ground, but not in •uniform. . One of the. Spanish i
Deputies was present, dressed in-blue. with. Mulls-
triotic Cockade, and ..gold spurs...A I s soon as the A fire broke out yesterday morning, *Alt two-
Royal Party had assembled, they were received by ;clock, at the House of Mr. DELAHOY, jun. stationer,.
the men with presented arms, after which the Royal ! paper-hanger, &c. situated in Limekiln road, Dept-1
I ford, leading to Blackheath. The house wis con-
Party went down the; line, and returned to the centre.
surned, and the maid-servant lost her life in the flames-
-The troops went through their -various evolutions
with great correctness. in,one. of the charges, two ' The Triennial Musical. Festival, in Birmingham,
of the men were thrown; but they were not much n the sth, 6th, and 7th of October next, for the be-
hurt. After the review, the Royal Party went teol • Of the General Hospital in that oiwn, under the
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Wantstead-house, and partook of an elegant collard ir aliiilltage pf the Nobility and Gentry cf that neigh.
tion. It was served in the grand saloon which facitel'homilsood, is eirpected will be the finest Meeting that
the lawn. After the Royal. Party had refresbedlo,hsts ever taken place in that part of the kin-;clcm.
themselves, they walked for a length of time on diet The superior vocal powers of Mrs. BILIANC;rON, Mrs.
terrace, in the front of .the house. At- six o'clock% iii.raognas, Mr. BitAiliost Signor NaLtir, Messrs.
the company entered their carriages, and- returned to, iVAIIOHANt Goss, and ELLIOTT, will be exerted on
town. The Royal Party dined with his Royal High. !the occasion—and the first solo performers upon the
neat the Duke of CUMBERLAND, at his apartments in different instruments% are engaged. Dr. CHOT H
.Bt. James's Palace. The day's amusement terminated i will be the conduttor, and precide-at the Organ a 4,1
without the least allay or disappointment ; not the'' Piano Forte. ' Such a grand combination of mus cal
slightest accident occurred, and every one came homes !alerts will produce aUeffect that must attract a au-
well pleased. This, we believe, is the first precon- ' merous assemblage of the Nobility and Gentry nom
celled interview between the two Rod Fenian. . , various parts of the kingdom.

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The Zephyr, Neonate ; Wanderer, Lyndon ; Jane, Scott ;
St. Mary, Ayton; Enterprize, Wilkinson; Aid, Redman ;
Cygnet, Beale ' • and Pitt, Smith, for London ; Diana, Rambo-
rough ; Alfred, Clark ; Lord Gnrdner, Cameron ; Eagle, Net-
son ; Planter, Fish ; Augusta, Catnpbell; and Robert Black,
for the Clyde; Anna Maria, Hubert; and Cumberland, Bar-
wise, for Whiteltaven. The Hunter, ' from Jamaica for
Dublin (one of the missing ships of the Arethusa's convoy), pani
ed from the'Veterut tin the 11th loat.dor her destitution. -..
The fleet frolii Jamaica wit In tight of Dovee
yesterday. •
The Flora, that cleated a* of tfie, River about fea•
days ago, . for Now Yotlti carried pickets of.lettert
with her, directed, to all *is. of Aineiica, *hi&
were it least ratill in comber,. bat • inetoditzttleati:-
sures are PPclect amountlo;bod.
leeievor diem ,Aid .i.peizily pottage,.
• The Prince OfAittirris, of olaagoiv, front Pnlilin
to Bazbadoes, is liik6t by a Fiiiick Priiateer, -Sal(
miles to wintiaii*. of Barbadoes, and .Carried.iiito
hfartiniqUe. -
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The: bozo schooner, with dispatc.b.ca from this
country tithe Mediterranean, reported to have fowl-.
dered at sea, is contradicted by advices received at the
Admiralty.. That vessel on the 26th ult. on entering
Cadiz harbour, drifted from off the eastern point,:
grounded on the opposite shore, and became so sta—
ttonary as to remain A perfect wreck. The dispatches
were saved, and sent of by the Sub-Lieutenant of
the PICKLE to LordCOLLINGWOOD. No lives nor pro.
perty have been lost. •