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London, England, 1809-08-12 00:00:00

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An account has been received that the tinder;
Mentioned Ships, outward bound, Were well on the
16th of May last, in lat. 18. 20. S. long. 2fiVV.
under convoy of his Majesty's ship St. AtatAxii, vie.
ALBIO!, PRINCESS -A441.1.111i GLATTONT, TIIAXESi
COUTTS, ROYAL CIlAitLOt2A, and MAI:U.I4IAS of £..y.

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M4AGATE, AUGUST 10.

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We are all gaiety and life here ever since the fine
Weather '
set
in • yesterday there. were upwards of
550 persons at Dandelion, and in the Midst hf tht
music and dancing the company were amuse 4 ,with
a 'race, by an Officer of the Qlst on a donkey, and
Lord K—K—lfT on a Orly : 'but his Lordship fell,
and the ppny on him, by which occident his Lord-
ship is very severely bruised. A Lady drivinglome
from Dandelion in a one horse chaise, and turning
the coiner of High-street rather quick, was thrown
Dut with such violence, that she went through the
shop window of Mr. Dowse[, jeweller, into the shop.
The whole of the window was forced in With her.; we
I are happy to state she did not receive much hurt.
WE:prt.r.T's fashionable Musical Promenade, at
'Corm AteL, last nip,lit, was attended !)y the first fas!:ion
and beauty from it amsgate, Broadstairs,and Margate.
Up',vards of 1.00 persons were assembled to hear Mr.
and Miss WE:PPrAT on the Harp acid Pranof:rte.
'Arrived here—Major Brind, Captain Hatton, NIS': and Mrs.
Wallace and family, Mr: Green, Mr. Audiee, Mr. Richardtion
aLd.farally,, Mr. Jisirris and family, &c. &c.

ECCI.X.SIAS MAL PROMOTIONS.

Mr. Benjamin fleath Malkin, M A of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, was on Miu.day elec; ett Head Master of the Free Gram-
mar Sehool at Bury, in the room Of die Rev. Michael Becher,
deceased.
The Hon. and Rev; Mr. Agar, late of Christ Church, Oxford,
is presented to the piebeed Mici:ael, in Dublin.
The Rev. John Minikhouse, M.A. Fellow of Queen's College,
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Oxford, to the rectory of Br.uushot, Hants, wean: by the death of
the Rev. Mr. liewson
The Rev. J. K. Deacon, B D. of Waddington, and late of Lin-
cola College, Olfortl,tti the vicarage of Rowron, LiaCoinshire.
The Rev. Thomas F.vans, to the augmented perpetual coracles
of Chellington and Seaviegron St. Mary, Somerset.
The Rev. John Bank:, B.D. FA S. head master di the gram-
mar school at Boaton, to the rectory of Braitoft, Litteolhshire.
The Rev. It. H. Chapman, B.A, of Queen's College, Cam-
I bridge, to the vicarage of Tinsley, Wiltshire.
The Rev. M. J. Naylbr to the vicarage of Peniston, Yorkshire.
The Rev. J. M. Wade, rector of Ashcombe, to the vicarage of
Barnstable, Devon.
The Rev. Wm. Derby, M. A. Fellow of Queen's College, Ox-
ford, to be master of *orthleach school, in the county of Glouces-
ter, in the room of the Rev. John Allen, M.A. de:easeil.
A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal to enable the Rev,
Thomas Sbuttleworth Grinishaw, M. A. Chaplain to the Right
Hon. the Lord Montfort, to hold the Rectory of Burton, Nor-
thamptonshire, with the Living of Bitidenliarn, iu the County of
BUIL rd.
A dispensation has passed the Great Seal, for enabling the Rev.
John Kirk, M.A. Chapia;n to the Earl of Lonsdale, and Vicar of
Scarlacraugh, :n the county and diocese of York, to hold, with
that livi tg, the Rectory of Theving, in the same meaty and slit).
Lest-, th which be ha 4 been presented by thh Lard Nigh Chan..
cellor of Great Britain.

• Wednesday se'nnight, the sid inst. a field of excel-
lent barley was cut down by Alexander Macfarlane, •
farmer in Lee, parish of Cardross, near Dumbarton.
An applicati,:,n was made to the Palace-court yes- •
terday, in behalf of a prisoner confined for debt hi the .
Marilialsea Prison, under the following circumstances.
On Saturday last a person attended at the prison, fot .
the purpose of paying the prisoner his sixpences don
for the past week, and tendered two shillings, two
.sixpences, ani s'xpence in halfpence the latter wefe
objected to as being bad ones. The perton, however,
refused to change them ; and the present applicaton
I for the prisoner's discharge was founded on-the pay.
ment being deficient, 'not having. been -Made in the-
legal coin of the kingdom. The Leatited.Judge (Mr.
Serjeant MARSHAL"..) said, some years'ago, he made
an application to Mr. Justice Gomm, iil behalf of a
prisoner similar to the present. On that occasion the
Learned Judge said, the difficulty would be ascer.
taining whether the halfpence were gosod or not: H.
had a coachman, who, he believed,-front frequent y
passing throu.th turnpike-gates, was a prett
judge what halfpence would pass, aid he should de-
cide. The coachman Was accordingly called in, eat!
decided in favour of the prisoner. If asgo;4 a Jud
could be found on the present occasion, it would he
well for the prisoner. The halfpence were then pro-
ductd in Court, and adjudged by several - poloist' tip.
be ha ,i, and the prisoner was ordered to be discharged.,
touring the storm on Thariday evening, the sailors
on board a Grecian vessel, lying near-Hermitage-
stairs, became so eitremt;ly terrified by the thunder
and lightning, that they one and all quitted thb deck,
betdok thernselies to prayers, and remained in the
utmost trepidatidn between• deck some hours. By
this time the tide had gone down cotisiderahlY; and
the ship' lay nearly on her side; sustained only by
rope by which. she was moored ;. and this, either
bre.iking, or being cut by some malicious perv-n, oc-
caviened the ship to fall over, which broke tiiii-
bern, and the received such considerable darr.:P.2,, that
it estimated that the east to set ,her to rights will
exceed.6ool..
hursday evening, one.of the most violent storm:
Of hail, accompanied with trethendous thunder and
vivid lightning, fell in and near Oxford. About half
past eight o'clock the lightning became more frequent,
and the peals of thunder very louditind awful ; at the
same time, hailstones, or rather pieees..of ice, of un-
common dimensions, descended. . Many sky-lights
het-