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A vessel eivivect at Antigua on 17th brolrelltbakkan Bar.
Buda. which ftll in with a ship totally diimasted and water.
Kiel; At.* supposed to have belonged to Mr. Viral of Point
3 ' ,te, usadakiappailond was from that Island on a voyage to
lial: fax. .
A sionp faded'iiiitilotir was towed Into Barbadoes early in
Novi Inbar, by his Nokia's'. skip 'Fairy, which fell is with her
e, .illasted„ without any person on board.
An Amei lean schooner privateer was off Nevis on the 19th
November, tnd abets of traria chace of her,
The Wiskir, Heard, from .Trinidad to Nish, is taken and
carie.l into Porto Cavell°, mid both vessel and eargocondemm4.,
The 1-11droenusia, Ellison, from Madeira, Is arrived at A '
;Int, bound to9t. Sartholomew'st, sent fn by Ws Majesty's
.ship,
lilrrnsi
The Chance. from Jersey toilketieriffe, was tikes previous to
Cie 4 Ith October, by the I rue' Moiled' Takeo privateer.
'ilw Utlity. Hardy,,front Pictoo co Loneaster. wail 'shamed
t,i t'..e crew eadtDecantharAsing a complete wreck.
!ALi4OIIT,H, JANUARY 4.
• Arrived iie'isibella, thcirbt.z.i, from. lyga ; Mary.
Ann, Jane, and Flaxley, from London; aho a sloop
Df .%eir,:'iii..•liiiiiowsi, but suppose, to be . u the
A4*.i.kil.' liailici Ins Marty!' elsp Stpu.naAßE,
widttihe tOltpiiiii44:7l4 undisioMioffor Cork, to
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enaiii6Uitii loin tii dst I
ndia like; At that,. port,
viz.' 1.04 iiireitinitc4; Pkilncaeaa of; l'fil:ales?. Planet,
Let. 12410 'Allah, todisi, bilisei, Norfolk .Hero,
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,iiptaill ..4,,epg„tcont ti; afta
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on tiii."l6iA: liiiitilb. ie iii; Wii hktore" tuf.sc. sad
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•viol obitged to, throve- part oiler cargo
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I.oitysmOUTfri, JANUARY 6. '
tjkietili..ii Majesty's ship Comiruct for the Downs.
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' DkAL, JANUARY e.
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• Cant down from the Myer the Charles Grant,
Inglis, Essex-, and David Scott, East Indiamen, and
remain with his . Majesty's ship BOMBAY. Sailed the
Navru.uieloop Of war for Portsmouth, and the SWAN
inner itithe Westward., Came down from the River
the Oapn.stri frigate,- add sailed to the Westward.—
Arrivad aisd Sailed for the C-Feek the. brig George,
from jtala4oi and the Cumberland from Messina.
'' t''L (.4iiioi., JANUARY 5.
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till Theodore,: from Dantzic for Liverpool, got
on &cite at Bornholm, but got off and. put back to
Dantzic.-cargo.. discharging, all damaged ; the
Thetis, bil.i.chlin, front St. John's, New Bruns-
wick, has arrived in the. Clyde; fell in with . the
Unity, Hardy, of Latscaster, from Pictou, a com.
piece wreck, from which she took the Captain and
eight men. Wind S.S. with frost.
GRAVESEND, JANUARY 6.
Arrived the Friends, Sadler; and Jager, Prouk, from Ant-
' weep; Jong Martin, ISchrew, from Billies ; and Miss Platoff,
Idly/Ards, trom Malaga.' Sailed the Polperro, Clements, for,
tiavre • hune Emilie, Carte, fur Rouen; Mercure, Thlullier,
"for F.Ziten ;-Morgetisteitt; Kerdel, for Hainburgh; Mariner,
blot:etahead, for Lisbon: Regent, Brown, for Rotterdam;
D. A. F. Helene avarti, for Havre ; Anuthis, Sal. far-204141
.nd brothers, Am "Hes, for Dublin.

During thclatet nevere'etles,. sbip Dorothy, be-
longing to Lynn, Blinn; mastsr, was driven ashore
in the HUmber, on the Lincolnshire coast, • *hen the
crew, expecting the would fall topieces, betook them.'
selves to' the boat; which, in consequence of the
heavy seat was soon swamped, and four of them'
.including a fine youth; son- of the •master; were un ,
fortunately drowned : the master and mate saved their
jives by clinging to the oars of the boat, and were.
thas- washed to the shore.
'Thursday the following melancholy accident cc-
eimedakWhitataldson the Kent coast : As llouerm•
One of .the company of dredgers of• that
port, was out fishing, accompanied by his son, aged
16 years, he accidentally fell overboard his son im-
mediately thrtw b
.rope to his assistance, which he
'fastened to his body, and With which the lad ineffec-
litany attempted to haul hith into the boat, but not
having strcrgth to aecomplish it, the unfortunate
Man, after being dragged by the boat nearly two
:tiles, was drowned. He has left a wife and nine
children. •• '
• 'Saturday- hit itir inquest was held on the bodies
' fiat yohng men Who' were killed at Mount Maur
solliery, that 'morning, It appeared that' as eight,
isefeous were ascending the pit, the chain slipped
lornahe rape, br which Robert, Stewart, and Wil-
liam ;3iinpson; three brothers ; William Davidson',
and Thomas Smith, were•precipitated to the bottom
lot .ase• shaft, and kill:N.lot' the spot. The other•three
_wiped death by having held of the rope above the
Ahain....This accident was merely fortuitous, and no
itja,mO whatever attached so any of the managers of
the colliery. Verdict—dixidental Deatk. The corpses
rolrlhclitothers vim: interred at Gateshead, on Sun-
d.iy hst, is onagraeo.
...WcdecOay se'unight, Mr. M.. HICKEY, a fine
young Dian,. about twenty years of age, son of MAR
ctisThaEY,E.q. of Dublin,- was drowned, in Con-
sesuence of his horse plunging into the at Rings-
ant4 near that city.,
pEATH osPTualor fAttqutt LOTUIAN.—the Most
Nom 1141.1.14*. th Komi, Marquis and Eaal of
;Aitaii, lad of Ancram, K. T. &c. died• at his
sitsit,at: Pawnham, in Surrey, on Wednesday night.
!1 'Lordship •was born in 1737, and was cosi*
Arita 78 years of age. He is succeeded br
)4044,:g5t son, Wilauatit, Earl of Ancram. The late
asquittvr4s•cine of the oldest Generals in the army.
He was,, rainier times,
.a great favourite with his
Might be called his personal friend,
kneaslY;ofitlie same age ; but differing from the
ediinstetou the first Regency question, his Lordship
soon after retir‘l fcons csOlirt.hfe to the quiet of the
ebb'ntiy, •• • ,
(.caporal Sir JosuslkisinataT is arrived in England,
tea transacted business yesterday at:the Commander-
it-Chief's
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Obi duty to the ilt4ille nbh Ist* inkrte744*-i
day the disastrous intelligence' rap. Tacing! :rltapH
Bank*** the oldest' in "Ritidin '; a tO ii of cbtisickr-
able trade and prniperity,"lki 'by i 'Wttilthy
it
twittil
neighbOurhood. It had stood i um& het& trials, *Witt
great credit and success. No establishment nisi ever
conducted on more liberal- principles: the partners
are perions of the highest reipectability, and thpir
property is such as to mdoee 'hi ti 'hope that the em-
barrassment will be only tenipettryit.).' ' ' .

THE BPIPH4Nry •I

Yesterday being the anniversary of the Epiphany,
the same was observed. The celebration 'took place
at the Chapel Royal, St. James'! •Palace; with the
usual Royal pomp ; the Yeomen of tke Guard and
other attendants appeared in the same state es if the
'Sovereign had been present, o ,;take ttikauntt of
'feting. The Church seriice Was rei by the Rev.
Mr. Pridden and the Rev. MrZillityg4ieTW
,reunion service was read by-tbeatleh loleittierti,'
the Sub-Dean. At the coeclusker allurevitclithe.
Gentlemen Usheri in WaitiatgAieciptcrett•freatthol
Royal Closet, and proceeded Rp#a stisle,of the Cha-I
pel to the Altar, white-they Were• Site-hied hi the:
Sub-Dean, who presetttid'oPtilitWilitsitiflkdlddlihi
and the Gentlemett'UslitfoittelttohiAtEtthtte' gold
boxes, containing gold' tfraulaiseenatitabdlebyreh,, es
the offering—the omen playiug ;If pier p!ear during
Al,
the ceremony. new anthem4Tr, f ionOC.!
CaSiOng composed' Attwood,icemposer to the
King, the music of which does 'de& 'tahliltaleets.
The verse parts of is were hdrnirably 'and correctly
sung by Master Brownell, of the Chapel, choir, and
Messrs. Goss, Hawse and Beale. They were accom-
panied an the organ by Mr. Aitwood. The words
consisted of the Collect for the day.

11l 4 SEMESO7.LETITRS;
dercatyntetiais'iitilf tiptikl;ititkeolaWit Tbroank
• S" 1. V e 3; 1.. 14. VCS sadly elt) 51. a
Nit frle rj 2/e 4111C44111Tre 4VI a 43: at. 6inv
(Cesninesd foga * sTm.of 3gurgwvivia. rat(.
ras,•-• ••••ta--- -• I
LETTER X. - • Ptassi oriams94lll4o
-'4 To a curious eye, and a eantemplativanshid, dris
Mettopolircontinually presentt object:P*l great init.
rest and variety; and I cannot tint that my
pen is unequal to the inexhaustible subjects for de!
',caption which I meet with in every quarter that I
explore in this. city. But, above all .things, a deli.'
neation of the French. character is one of the most
difficult undertakings. *stems be attempted bran
Englishman.. Muir, iiiet44ihitandlog, say lOnietlintis
however imperfectly, on this subject.
F▪ reya Hamm and Dress, Litre .inet.arith
mane foreigners in thiscoantry who had visited France
former tiMe),"ikd• 960iiert that the Manners of
the French are much demi:rated, and that a large
'share of their natural polish and urbanitv.ban been
• t. If this be true,. andthavestrAlonbt,that 'there'
"ij'cbo good A fronliti,4l4fhiireiiirOtio.tliii change
tut be enumerated amongst anise unhappy circuit!.
:dances whiChNaiilti.eit.',deriaect from thirevOltuion
in their govtanmenti.l.3lhe human mind, in its open'
catkins, oftia passes..from one 'extreme to another
with great rapidity sAws observe it burst from sub-'
jection and inactiOnliga now state of dominion and
energy. Thus the comparatively passive and tame
spirit which distinguished the French before the revo-
lution, we have seen, gave place afterwards to th it'
manliness and invincible pei sever:ince of character,:
which proved so fatally successful in their great na-
tional contests for what they vainly hoped and sup.
posed to be liberty and freedom. At no period were
the French arms more formidable, than when they
were wielded by the energetic sons of liberty under Dti-
muurier, Moreau, and others of the republican leaden',
in the early part of the revolution. This change in.
the minds.of the French may,. 1 think, account for
some consequent change having been effected in the
manners of this people,. in the same manner that we
may suppose the liberty, which is the birth-right of
an Englishman, operates in rendering plain units-
*fled John Bull confessedly one of the-most ipirited,
or if you will, bluntest and most unmannerly beings
-in polished Europe: while, at the same time, no
foreigner excels him in true courage and, its conco.
mitant, generosity.
Dr. Johnson somewhere says, that “ the insolence
of the English people in peace, is bravery in war s"•
judging, no doUbt, from the resemblance which is in
often drawn between insolence and spirit, and the
difficulty of making a correct distinction between
these two qualitiei, though no two things:l*n scarcely
be more distinct in their relative nature.
.In depwiing the prinnint manners of the French, it,
would be unjust to say that an universal change had
taken place in this respect : in some parts of France,
and amongst some of the people, a large share of the
old politesse and simplicitf of character, I am happil
to think, still continues to prevail, notwithstanding
the malign efforts of the revolutionary Vandals to ex-
tinguish all that was virtuous and innocent in the
country. How far the influence of the legitimate
dynasty, and a now order of things, may act towards
an eventual melioration of the natural manners, it
would be hard for me to say: I doubt whether we
can reasonably look for so salutary a change in
our day.

The dress and appearance of a Frenchman, as far
as I am enabled to judge by my own observation, is
usually inferior to those of an Englishman in the same
rank of society and comparative circumstances of life.
His linen is generally either dirty or badly washed;
his clothes are dusty from dirt or snuff, and seem to
have never been in contact with a brush or switch
since tbey.eame from the hands of the tailor; his hat
is of all colours but black, and quite void of shape ;
his shoes or• boots are of a dead brown colour, or
plastered with laud; his hair matted or smeared with
powder and fat, worn for a month together; his face
is perhaps smutty, and the upper lip covered with
snuff, or the dark-hymen essence of that stimulating
and luxurious powder distilling in plenteous streams
(tom above. His beard is not improbably of a week
or fortnight's growth before he ventures to appear in
public; and his teeth are generally coated with a
yellotv or dark-coloured fetid incrustadon; which
completes the contour of the visage. If you look, at
his hands, you will most likely find them also dirty,
and the point of each finger nail acid! timei' worn
handsomely tipt with a jet-black ornament in the
form of a crescent, which is never Taidaside even at
,sight.
This picture you may suppose to be drawn too
ouch' in the style of caricature; but recollect that
I 'describe the generality of men whom I have met;
'and although You;do often meet clean and well
,dressed persons, particularly officers and courtiers,
istill the dress, Sec of the majority is little better than
i I Itikie delineated above.
' 'Let ma 'here except from this opprobrium the
'greater part of the fair ; for, to do them but justice,
.their dress, and personal cleanliness, place them far
above the other lex. The frequent use which they
alio seem to make of those cleanly and salutary ab-
lutioni, '0,4e-they have so good' an!opportunity Of
employiiiii; 1 liv. the many warm and cold bathing-
houses in nais.dty, gives them also a stronger claim
the probe of 'universal elesallaiss; Istikh'itany

likesvisein _
i,hasms as *amen; independently of the tztrisisit
vantageS of dress and ornament, which ladid Peed,
liarlY'enjey. }knee. we- may account (Or au 66e1.
vation nude by tott#.l4V44ho have V isioid Tr
that they ttittt (et ,pe.rAopt -in the Meet! WM
were gentlefolksieteive wodienilbe Then bOhg nrieaM
in dress, and net nstaillploodAdopitgAti "persion:
Were Iso inclined, Jml 'est.ett,d. the cortipliment
thus paid to tyielliO*4**VlVriii_
bringing fais trod issioisoillaiour wish the
far-famed shasaitidi sitoonsnatessirryteteeseil, add
vtaturini. Asiotrviikt
'tlis4liiiitiltr; ladle
whiini I have sien, Itiblitei looking than tiledanies

of Old Englanda,r.harrning. thisi sar -doubt Are.
In one Or two respects thit•hnioriiitlt The dun.
cage of them, which is in theii'
in their general freeiloin froin that Piudery:ktd eget.
station, which are too often lorbisli.ling and vagrant.
.
,ful attendants on the manners &hiss
fair; and which are sornetintels enitelcieveittfltkatlid
upon, in aid of age and uglineision shcel4 ihe!RiLer.
wise safe virtue of stale an 3 unattractive virginsoad
even of matrons. In thn,intaior Male, or their
houses too the French are..far behind the Efigiiili in

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point of cleanliness, as well as id respeEt Ildute or-
dinary conveniencies, wMct are coat d 4 and
sary to comfort in England. Nothing.caa con to
you an adequate idea of the inside of the Parisian
hotels which I have visited. The houses and apart-

.ments are mostly large and elegant, and The furni-
ture handsome, and sometimes superb : but the floors,
stairs, and passages, are generally. dirty b:yetid de-
.;
.scription, tomewhat resembling the •floor of a well
frequented grocer's shop in rainy weather, or rather
the day after.'
It is generally thought that the, trench are abste-
mious in their diet and meagre in their living : this
I believe to be a mistake. lam of opinion, that they
are greater epicures and eaters, but more temperate
in drinking, than the English. Some British visitors
here deny them the pralut of sobriety; when an op-
portunity is afforded them to drink at another per-
son's cost. Be this as it may, a Frenchinan cer-
tainly spends very little time at his dinner, and gene-
rally gets up from table immediately after he his
finished eating ; a custom which should be adopted
in this country, by those who day after daysactific:i
so much of their time and constittstions,ia,lopg-cons
tinned libations to Bacchus : and I arta.ces4dittc It
would be more conducive to healtlsi if tfweitilifit
lowance of wine mere drank delft dhir4r,lo/43F
French do, and not afterwards, a; is t4e amoNl
practice of Englishmen. ttie .x 0.3
4lb 1;' 'ned,/

The service of plate brought as a Toresttuf tOAS
value of £200,000 to the Duke of I•Verta,twito4;
from the Prince Regent of Portugal, was ananntac-
cured under the direction of M. VIEIRA, aicelebrotfell
painter attached to the Braganza ettahlisitnivol,
from patriotic motives, has employed the aisivie.P.AQ
tuguese artisans oniy upon it. It is exquisitely beitia
tired, and is suited to accommodate at tahlutrom-ift
to 60 persons. The sets are ifs ism awl to any filtat
tiplication of that number up to, 60, they Amelia
plete in their centre pieces-and appropriate etubelkth.
meats. The candleiticks ore composed of *ea*
the triumphal arches are decorated with banners brad
I weapons of war, and every distinct piece is. of a mil.
litary eharicter.

The following is a list of British Stale& who hisP
visited the Glaciers of Swittetland in the emir SE or
last year. It is copied verbatim from the Album inept
in a Peasant's cabin :it tiie summit of Afontaivirli
which is within a short distance of the Mei•-de-Glate.
The .short remarks occasionally made are in the hand:
writings of the visitors themselves :
The Marquis of Bath, Lady Elizabeth Thynne, Lady Leda
Thynne, Lord Valetort, Lard Weymouth, Lord Apgar, 'sir
Cloadis Hooter, Lady Hunter, Miss Robinson, Hon Mr. loot
Mrs. Toler, Mr. Golightly, Mr. Charles Dodd, Lord Conyng.
ItChainharlesLaSuddy nilenr2,2Mti'attlitlsCe‘w)nYrAngetniteg'tiett. Inlvii;l°. •
Gam, Ladywa C. oaneyvn.
betk Montagne, Catherine Montague, Caroline Mostegne, j,
Dupuy, Sophia Dupuyi John Coles, W. H. Kurlitason, memo!.
Mills, Mr. Thos. Poston, Mr. F. Dead% Mr. G. Gran assn;
Robert Burnish, Esq. Cork ; Charles William', Dtitalla ; ,
Sapp, Killarney, too lazy and gouty to mount r .lAird Luton 0.11"
his three charming daugbters--were prevented. trent, going foes
cher!), therein ; Lord Belgrave, Mr. Bpi),
,Mr,carsiogicin Am.•
Mr. and Mrs. Inglish, Josh. Martineau, I,ortdon Viki blaisli. wko :
dittos;Edward Brice Burney, Berkshire; lienrylierierpol:4, Mr":*
Edward Montague, Mr. Wm. Hammond. Mr. A
Mr. J. Rice, Edmund Goodenough, sir John Austrutber.. A
Wilkinson, Miss Maberly, Teinple French, John Peeriegi,
George Pemberton, John Staffird, John Lit eirfieid, Dr; Ere*,
ster, Edinburgh; Andrew Myler, ditto; Alexander *Rion, woe;
Captain Frederick Rice, Mr. and Mrs.. Alfred listatei &Mtn r
Robert Espinasse, Inner Temple; Mr. and l'efre..Belk44-I.higoal
and Mrs. Maberley, Shirly-liouse, Surety; Lord joys..
came here in compliance with general cue. in, and as; a ttiK bee.
exemplification of the old saying, " one fool niskeimilnyir
Mr. W. H. Holmes; Mr. Sanbury, Ireland; John,Citlf;
Sir Wm. A. Chatterton, Bart.; Mr. Leslie, Mr. and Mrs. slack-
burn, Mr: Smith, Mr. R. SArell, Mr. Prime, Mr. G ,lrespee
Mr. it. Gosling, Mr. B. Gosling, Mr. J.Sanford, Sir Phil.p,Mus-
grave Wm. Jameson, Thos. Kingstey, Thomas Clayton tjj? ono
of Christ College, Oxford; J. B. sl'alsh !Hendon, of Linegki..
Inn; C. Neale. London; Mr. Stoddart, dere ; Earl
Lord Binning, Lady iiinninz, lion. Wm. Howard, mr. Limy
I)rtimmond; John G. Wald, New Coileje, Oxford; E. C..pple-
sten, Oriol College; Natlt Elliston, Fel:ow of Merton; College,
and Barrister of Lincoln's lan; John .1 aylor Col ridge, Middle
Temple; Fred. H. Nive, Mrs. F. Nive, t. C. Whitbread; James
Denson, jun. Win-Wise, Lord Dartmouth, Mr. 1 aline,- We.
Dickenson ' • Charles Dyson, Exeter; Mr. Thos. Ellison. Lorene .
Christi ; 1. Henry Davidson, M.D. Edinburgh ; George Gail4e,
M.D. London ; J. David Macbride, Oxford ; Mary Macho.*
Francis Macbride; Wm. Wightmao.. Queen "Collage; (icor,.
Dale Cahn% ditto; Allen Bradley; C. dui, Jesus College, One .•
ford; General lonia and hisifers; George Stanley Casty, 1/44,4".
Maysoo George Pocock, Henry Ernest, Thos. Kingsley, ker.
Joseph iichard Turner, Calais College; Richard Boyle Bertiark.
M.P. ; Mt. George Lloyd Rodeo° ; Daniel Callegiseas per. QM:
A. Bland, St. John's College. Cambridge; if W. Certer, Itatp„;
George Horsley, 18, Stratford-place, London; Mr. aid Mrs.
Horsley ; Win. Douglas, M.P. uotbs Dangles. de:sifted ;
anu Sims, CliftonTyrrarbk Jambi' Henry Ban.sr;
hlr Humphrey Davey; A. Tyndall, B Mai;
Uskby, and Jos. JoUlseo.

A very ion Meeting -of the Magistrates was h
.sterday at Weitinioister, for the purpose of same
Tremor's° -fur. she Coady of Middlesex. Th
riairskiAttriai to oppose the *election of G.
imsrslawailiCtbalitgetinfes tuonimously
ectecrhaa to j l aiwaiestioa. . . •

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I• 1 TglitiVi.rwall'a; ' * t ' tarltf
is it only in the areis a&% it lbi Ity ih the app F•
L' ante of the ladies tA4tifißifshrpees the men : it is
4 Ijkgsejse-itt the superior itzfiarect or,theii -Persop4