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London, England, 1811-12-07 00:00:00

LO I ILRY OFFICE, sokußsiT.rLAcE,

id December, IS tr.
THE COMMISSIONERS appointed to take
Jll. in the BENEFIT TICKETS of the 'T'HIRD
1.,0TT.F. RV, Anon 0114 do hereby give Notice, that.they
will attend at their Uflicc, in Somerset-place, on Mon.
day, the 9th, Tuesdaj,, the toth, and Wednesday, the kith
inetsint, trout:so o'clbck in the Forenoon, 'until t osettick
in the Aftertwon, an eioli Day, to take in and enter the BE.
N t 14 'll C VI'S, of the, acid. t.t)T t'lißY, to be cx-
cit mot( for Certificates, pursuant to the Ado!' l'arliainent in
that Behan:'

And for ti ehetterdispatch thereof, the said Commissioners
will take in and enter the Benefit Tickets Iwgiopirt No. I,
and ending No..inoo„.iri the Classes A and C, at one Seat, end
the lienetit Tickets beginning No, 1, and ending No. 4500, in
the' Class fl, at another Seat ; and the Persons possessed
thert.,ar are dosiredlo take Notice and bring with their Tick-
ets, separate .Lists thereof, farmed in Numerical Order, and
adapted to each of the said Seats ; and at the bottom of such
Lists to writs the Names and proper Additions of the Persons
to 'be inserted in the Certificates, as the PrOprietors of the
'itaid Tickets,
.and cite Velue thereof; and they are further
desired to bring their Tickets for Entry as arty as pos.
aible.
And the said Commissioners eltogive itirther Notice, that
Certificates for all the said Benefit Tickets, which shall be
brought to..be entered on or before Wednesday, the tth in.
scant. will be delivered, out on' Monday, the Otbtinstant, and
the Two following pays ; after which, the said Commis.
sioners will take in' and enter Tickets on. Tuesday, the 3tst
iestatit,.andThursday, the ad day of fanuary next, and de.
liver cut Certificates, on the succeeding Monday (Holidays
e iceptcd ;) and all Persons arc desired, when they come
tor their Certificates, to bring Duplicates of 'their lists' left
at th;s Office, Otherwise the, came cannot be delivered to
them.

The Commissb;ners also give Notice, That all Tickets
brought to this 01114,a1 for Payment, whose Checks do not
correspond with their Counterparts, will not he entered for
Payment without a 13ond being given to indemnify, the said
Commissioners for granting Certificates foi the same.
By Order of the said Commissioners,
JOHN ROBINSON ('[ARSON, Seq.

DUCATION in the PRINCIPLES of the ES-
-41L4 An,l3 SUED C II URCH...-That the National Kell.
goAt should be made the Fotnittation of National Education,'
anti 010,11 d be the lest and chior thing taught to the
according to the excellent LitttrYY and Catechism provided
by our Chideh for 'that' purpose, must be- admitted by all
gracnds.to the. Establishment. For it the,great body of the
nation he'ethiCtAtetl in other principles than those Airthe
tablished Clitkit, the natural cot sequence must be to alio-
vale the mitats of the riople float it, or render them inditre-
reurto if, which may in succeeding geticrllistpls prove fatal
to the Church and to the State
lt must, Indeed, be admitted in this country of civil and
religious liberty, that- every man has a right to pursue the
idari; of education that is best Adopted to the religion which
ilitbself professes. Whatever religious tenets, therefore,
wen Of other persuasions may think proper to combine with
the meChunisin of the new system, whether tenets peculiar
to tiwarsolves, or tenets-of 4::rnotse general nature. they are
ifee to use the new system so combined, without reproach or
ititerritption from the Members of the Establishment. On
the other, hand, the lilembers or the hstalislittient are not
ofn Warranted, but in duty bound, to preserve that system,
• as tiginal I y practised at Madras, fit thu foint of a Choral of
Eagtatut Lducation.
The therids, therefore, of the, Est4htioißpictluougliout
the Kingdom, are earnestly requested'td teas anti co..
purpose of promoting' the I ducation of the
operate, tor-the
Poor in the L>oetrine and Disciplioe ot the bstablislicd
Church.---it is hoped that such co.operaticm will not, be.
',outing, whets the object its view is tiathins less thou the

SHOOTING AN!) ‘VALK.ENG Slio Es. _____
', ENTLEMEN will find at NV. L. WIIIGHts,
No. 119, -Clievaide, an Article unequalled, being
made without sewing, in such, a manner, that the wec can.
not pentitate between the tippers and Soles. One trial will
prove theii superiority over those generally worn, bc)th In
durability of wears Arld tenting the feet dry.
N, 13. M9)6.414. oPrOsit-0 bruds_stret4,

tiro 111.1.IPSTrS Ship and the

dnierican Frigittk" PIiESIDENT.

We regret very Ojudli Olt the firescure tir tem:-
porary matter tornpalls.tis to defer tin •Monday.the
Slateatent ma e. by the o.ificersof his Majesty's
ship Lille. Belt, respecting the af.tion with the Pre-
sident; but we are ansinns to lake the first oppor.
entity of our Reackrs.ibe testimony of
two Seamen on board the President the one we
understand an Englishman, And the other an Arne.
rican, who, both state upon Dath;lhariturfirit shot
ai,d the first broadside.was fired from the American
frig,ate.
Province of Nova.ScotiaHalifax

The examination and information of
Burket, ~mariner taken ,before John Howe and,
and Thothas Boggs, Esquires, two of his M sjesty's
Justices of the Peace for the County of Halifax,
this e2d day Of June, in the' year of net. Loral 1811 ;
who being duly sworn, deposed) and said), that tie,
• was born at Deptford, in England; that he is about.
23 years of age; that he has reason to think he has
a mother still living at Deptford; that he lets home_
abOut three years ago, and went to Montego Bay,'
Jamaica ;. that left that place- -afterwards; -and-
proceeded to New York, in. a brig called the
Pizarro ; that. some , time in August, law), be-
-kg in a state of intoxication, he was forcibly carrell
on board the United States armed schooner
venge, in which he continued until she was cast
away in Long Island Sound; that he was etterwards
transferred to the United States ship the President ;
that he was entered oii board the Revenge, and after-
wards on board the President, by the name of Eli-
jah She; ardson ; that he was on hoard the President,
the first week in May last; then that shift, was lay.
i:ig at &Oohs, is Maryliind ; that Commodore.'
Rogers suddenly: came on board from. itavre7cle-
Grace, 'where he had been with his faMily; that
instantly' alter the arrival hf • the. Commodore, all e
was bustle in the ship; that the sails, some
Whichwereittibeet, were immediately bent, and 1110
Ship got ready. with all possible expeditionao proceed
to sea; that she got under weigh next day, and pro-
cee:led down. the' river ; that they spoke a brig,
which said they had been boarded theday before by
a British cruiser, and that she had taken a manfrom
her, who had been sent back 'again ; that, as they
were going down the rivet, they got- up a much
larger. quantity of shot and wadtethat- had ever been
customary on, any other occasion,- while he was
on board the ship; and that 'he knows this to
have been' the case from having held the station
of -quarter-gularier ; that after proceeding to sea,
they *aizesi on the different parts 'of .the coast
without any thing materially happening until
the efitleday of May : that at twelve o'clock on that
day, being belpw eldinner, word was brought that
a ttigate, supposed to be British, was iresiglir; that
Orders were they given for clearing away the bulk-
heads, and rreparmg for anion ; that soon after•all
hands_ were beat to quarters ; and every thing was
then immediately got ready for :talon ; that at
this time it was about two o'clock ; that all sails
,were then set, and they went eagerly in chace of
the supposed frigate; that Orders were soon after
given for pricking and firihe the guns; before.
dark, while they were approaching nearer the chase
orders. were given to take the aprons ort• the
guns; and at that time shies deponent looked at the
ship they were in chase'of, through the bridle port,
and he saw her celouts king ; that he saw red in
them, btitcouldpoCcotrectly ascertain what colours
they were; that at the ,distance they were, he is'
satisfied that with glasses they could easily be distine
guialied ; that he heard Lieutenant Belding, who
had
,a glass, ancrwho commandeal in his division,
. say, that her colours. were British ; that when this,
deponeht looked at, her, he could see her hull, and
was satisfied that, she was a'small Ship,; that. they
continued after this period to approach her
until' hetWeen eightand ninh o'clock:when they
were within pistol-shot ; that Commodore Rogers
then gave orders to stand by their guna, and not .to
tire till orders were given ; that the Commodore
then hailad ; and when he was hailing a second
time, a gun in the division to whiChthis deponent
belongs,. being thetecond divi4ion, went off, lie
thinks, by accident e and that there were four or
five men leanthgon the gun
.at, the time ; that he in-
stantly tinned 'to acquaint the Lieutenant that•the
on had gone off by accident, the Lieutenant then
standing only three gnus. froM him; that before he
eamlddo t his, the wh...le hreadziide of the President was
'discharged ;. and t hat. immediately alter a general or -
der was given, " fire away as quick as poscible ;" that:
before the tiring of the 'gen ut his divtion, which
he thinks wefts oft *by accident., and the broadside
which immediately Ibllowed, this deponent is satisa
hed, as he was looking our of the:port,. anti (Its-
tinetly sawe the Lille Belt, that, not a gun had been
fired froth her; that, the President, he thinks, con-
tiiiiied firing about half .an hour withaat cessation ),
that an order was then given to cease firing ; that
the President then filled her maintop-earl, and
stood front the, Lille Belt with her head to -the
southward, aid continued all night on that tack
'without heaving .to ; that tie Commodore, before he-
steered from the Lille Belt, hailed her to know if
she had struck; the only part, of he answer given
that,he could distinctly hear or understand was, that
she was a British ship..
This deponent, farther.: saith, that the President
.;was. weunded. in her ,fore-mast and , main-Mast, a
32-pound shut haying .entered each of them; that
the rest of the night after the engagement, they
were employed .in repairing the, 'damage sustained
in the rigging. , This ,deponent farther saith, that
the crew of the President consists of about five •
hundred men, upwards of 300 of which he knows'
to have been British seameii frern hating conversed -
with them, and haying heard aheiii declare they
were so, and flour many. of them it ietng designated
the places they catne from ; that the engagement
with the 1.44 ;heti had excited great disgust in the
British. 6aninn Ani, board, the President, who had
thiniteated their reluttance' to; fight against :their.
-country; that one Man in )articular had so plainly
expressed this feeling; as to have drawn on hint the
resentment of I.l().?,ersost ho had put hint.
in irons; in which situation he reinathed when this
depenent lett the ship, for the aforesaid etreoce, and
fbr having said that the-first gun waa fired from the
President,

Tins deponent tariber saiih, .that, after the Pi'e-
;Went calm into New York, and WWI lying in the
North River, that by the assistance of his hammock

lastingt,
.he got in the night frritti the' fore-:1 a.' if
into the river, and swam to-a Mao of safety and
since procured a passage to
WILLrAm Bututtt his 14 Mark..
Swom ElJiifax, the day and year atoresild,
befor
„J,ptor }rows,
Justices of the Peace.
Taos. BOGGS,
John Russell deposes, that he belonged to the
President American frigate,; that he did his defy
is
the fore7top ; was quartered:-it the aftermost 'grit/
On thQ lore-cgstle,. before they fell. in with 1114
Lille Belt. The ComM!,dore at that time inforp•
ed the ship';
.cOmpany, that, :he was ordered to
demand two American seamen that had been..press-
ed. by 2 British, frigate; if 'hey were not given
up, he was: to take them by force : .when,they went
down
,tO
withtheLille Belt the guns were double shotted, '
and .(');i(l,!tigrispe ; that the first gun was fired
, Iron) the PrYstrlent, but he believed frorri-oceicleht,
'as no 'orders were given frorn the quarter-deck to
tire ; :the suns had 'locks, af.d . were all cocked.—.
Alter the anion, he was informed by the men in
the waste, that a man was etitan,:l"d with the 13"
yard of the lock, that occasioned the ,;tin 'to go off.
(Signed) Jot.miNaPißunSE
i.
• The within-named John Russell was sworn .1*
the truth of the within affidavit, before rue, one of
his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the city Ad
county of. Bristol, the t 7th- day of July, I • '
SLL.
(Signed) rum. gvittas!.
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SATURDAY, DRCSSIBEtt 7/ 1811'

Ir appears from CS
have received, that a conspiracy ,as formed I'd
v.,
~
the Mexican Gazettes whice. ''
summer to overthrow the Government ;it "6' t/(1—•
ever, deterred, and the conspirators woe attested
and brought to LOA: . :

. ,
ExTl6c.i:oi 11 Larrca-rnom it BRITISH orvlcsa, tro
symu, niTgD ISLE PE'LE6N, E 0) ISt
" Neither the epirie or popUlation of thisceart,
try are extinguished Or spared against the g
the formsr never . was at a higher pitch, acti the
Guerillas are most 'formidable everywhere. Vtlg
French suffer tremendously in all pOints,, and are
not reinforced any where. BALLESTEROS :10(1. the.
Sierra de Ronda in this port, with 7000 awn,
is very successful in distressing and harassing the
enemy'. There are 3300 at \Teller', on the left bale
of the enemy, aging as BALLLSTEKOS; 3nd Colonel
SKERRITT; of the 470 Regiment, has 1500 B. itipb,
'doing the same about Medina Sidonia. We hart:
tad great force to spare here, otherwise 'we eoIN
raise the siege in a few days.
" SUCIIBT has made a little
cia, but I think it is better thit the French ipola
be ,inutah Scattered (if not. reinforced) `than to tos 511
together. beneral HILL'S business has been ns.‘
complete, arid has diffused alarm among SOUL: 34
VICT CA here, who are always quarrelling:
" .D oyr.se-
-cry' gets on well: He will sown
have 30,000 men here at ,the Depot. The B"sh ,
and l'ortuguese army keep an arnaiidi,Frenchforc.
employed, which consequently gives ID tll7l
progress in
Spaniards in other points to unite and carry on
sorts Of plans. FroM all` I 'have heard from the
French Qtlicers, their owin people have no hope °I.A
succeeding. The fad' is, the SPi'irus.
are herter off at this tone,' than since "Ile

• •
A Letter of a very recent date, which we I'lsl
just received from Portugal, say's, the french 11041
an wrack 011
Apparently given up the intention of
'Portugal. BIARMONT, VL ho, as ,was before 141)°Iga'
to
had changed the name of his Arthy of Portugal
14
that of the Army of the Centre, not having
magazines, on the Frontiers indispensably IlecesitPl'
its
fur the subsistence of in advancingarmy; giVC
reason to suppose that he has other' objetts to vlev'
and cannot carry on offensive opera: ions. Our
Izad mended its' advanced post, under Genera ,
CRAWFORD, to Zamora, a small village in front
Ciudad Rodrigo, and our Vonpa were in high °O.
rits, and rapidly getting rid of sickness.

:Yesterday!tt report frorn Windsor, like • rn°l,l,oi
those that . have. recently reached town, - will, Zgh.
t bre is ,no alteration in the State either of ill x"
Jastvi_s,bodily health or mental afflidion. - ~,,,,
. Yesterday, soon after two o'clock, was held ill'l'
binet Council, at the Foreign Office in Downil,'„:
street, which
.Was attended by the wholeof the ""-.
~• ,
binet Minibters— Aint.t ,
Earl Camden, the Lord Chandellor, Earl Weetro-D 1
Earl Bathurst, Mr. l'erceval, Mr. Ryder, the Marqnis II:.
lesley, Earl or Liverpool, Mr. Yorke, Lord. Mulgrave• N'''
count Melville, and Earl liarrowby. T 0
The Council sat till near six o'clock. 4t W.,, •
SU mooed by Mr. PERCEVAL, but the sumtuonr7 .
~„.e...not issued till bet wren ohm and ten yesteralg':
an tint*.. Their deliberations woe supposed t.°A.c...
tntosehjez6respeding Spain, in Consequence 0i °L l'a
pattbeii recently received frorn thence; and DO
,„
result of theloterview between Mc.I RYDER and th" .
PRINCE REGENT: had on Wedttesda/111111.

NAVAL. NEWS.

)I,YMOUTO, DUI. 5 stated yestertlay the
vat Of the Diana frigate from the coast of France,
which the following particulars of a most ck-
'sing occurrence ate said to have been received,
truth of which we cannot vouch for; but give
the information of the public.
clew days since, the Diana frigate, In company
h theGrow/er gun-brig,were crui zing on the ene-
s Coasts when a French brig was discovered at
anchor in, shore, but whether a vesel,of force
not, We cannot determine ; however, it was
Iced Prthicable to cut her out ; accordingly
Is Were detached from each ship to carry it into
ration, Which was etreaed, but whether
,with
"'dont loss we are unacquainted.. A prize.
'ter (midshipman),quarter-master, and a steward,
tent from the Diana Co conduit her to. this
1; but whether any more we cannot sar; how.:
t, there were then -on board the prize five
[or
-•original crew, viz. two men of colour,
Portuguese, and an American. or an Irish-
1' Shortly after, they lost sight of the- Cap-
vessels, when, 'it is said,. that-part of the crew
°4 board rose on those sent from the frigate,
moit de‘perate and fatal confiiii ensued,
41 ended in the death of the midshipman, (par-
Niter, and steward, who after being murdered.
thrown overboard by these inhuman mon-
°. The victors .bore away for. a French port,
'ing there to find proteaion, but they were again
'vered by the Diana, which 'ship again came
and retook her prize, atter a resistance, during
ieh► it is said, three more of the Diana's crew.
re 'lain. •

krr.
wed the Rhin frigate from a eruize ; the Swift,
and Riga Merchant, WILSON,. from Sun-
a" Mimes,
and the es, ROVIE, from Wales.
sailed the Acasta. frigate, witib.a small convoy for
"mouth ; and the' Gleaner hired armed • ketch,
Guernsey and Jersey.

•
ll' liter letter from Plymouth gives the following
uhtB of the above horrid transaaion
ie Mona frigate has arrived 'at Plymouth from
tr
4,4ize off Brest. On Tuesday, the tgth of No-,
hlsf, they took a French brig, by cutting
r •
°l3-" They took out the Frenchmen who were.
11,1sard her, and also Mr. A,ndrews, MaAer's-
Quarter-master natuad Bolen, Mr. Wins-
idt 'daptsin's-ste ward, four,searnen of the Diana,
470 belonging to the Growler, and sent her (or
7, Ih. Au, r they Were out of sight of the fri-
'`Wo black fellows who were on board, joined
f!v() men stiou'from the Growler (who were
Fit:rt in our- service) MSC upon the and.
Andrews, the Master's-Male, by thrust-
r, through his skull.' They then called
ct the Qua' ter,rnaster, up. from his sleep,
e" him if he wonid join with them.? and on
anew
tack b. "lag in -the negative, one of the Blacks
th, 'l4l on the head with an axe, and killed him
401-ivi'll°t• They alterwards went below anti
ttri,m7ie ;. Winsland, the Steward,, as he lay in his
and threw the three bodies overboard.
orn other two men belonging to the Diana, were
Pelled to assist theme in working the ship, in-
iuEng t 0 take her into Brest, bat the wind being
could not effect their purpose ; and aftec
-four da)s posses,ton of the brig, the Ap
anr.
bitata again tell in with them, took out
4,4 most atrocious murderers, and put others un„
her. The wretches have arrived at Plymouth'
ht th
two
Munn, to be .tried by a Court-Martial, and
) nicewhom they compelled to assist, are to
tvi,
ence against them. The captur2d, brig has
Yet arrived.

•
4.""tiTu, D4c. 6.—Azrived his Majesty's
4
calla fiom Plymouth; Hyacinth and Argo
kill
411431t3 and ate both under quarantine.
his I\l.ljesty's ships Voyteur, North Star, and:,
;lie 144'4, on a ; Vengeur for Plymouth; and
arir4lBe to see a Prussian .vessel into Cher-
41'0.

N,'
4 uBc. 6.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Pao
li-
iol.,r Portsmouth.
trjvcdthe ellphea, HinTow, from Lisbon.
i..
out wald-bouud vessols remain.

tQn 4L140
PP utti. Asc. 4.—The Nocton, and Dili/iv-

lacketsaCe put back.

Zilitil,,l4"7ll; DEC. 6.--gailed MajeslY's ships
"'“raprion and Duitirf tor the Downs;
with. Sarpedon,
for s..convey, for the N ore
pithead lfixen, with a:ouvoy!
and the Blazer
train the Nur .

'l.l4kw
"in -ick) Nov.' 6.=-The Alexandria arrived
t!,,tl a' cruize, towing in a ship of 400 tons b3r-
iliie; c°mpletely denuded of her masts and rigging;
it em were.. found dead on deck, one of whom
liit n
rs atthed to. a tart of thc s4el' With some
g°l, . .
no pape copld be. discovered by Ili"
ratts -rigs people that ascotained the propet:ty,:,
ve's(lS, smashed into a alis-shaPelY aPPetd",
kevtri, nave been drifted on the Western coast, and
6, 41 '•l
-Yeas • tress passed recently to the
3 d
uwarri. •

r
th, uesday last, between eight and nine o'clock
of 'naming, the remains of CAROLINM, Duchess
youli 411111°Rovnti, were deposited in the family
41 ',untier the Chapel at Blenheim. The Itinerat
listeri-uthio-ted ptivate a manner as was.con
l;ttisht 111 M
111 tits attention due her Gr.lce Chain:
L'lttlett'anic• Thu aiquis of. BLANtwoRD and::
:-"`Ncla SPEINCHR, her Gr'ace's two surviviN
sas..3e"d al Chief Monrners an-this melancholy
tun.
.0 iv,