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London, England, 1816-01-09 00:00:00

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Dlibilo • • • 1 0 Cate .. c 0
Waterford - 1 0 Maki .- . r 0
Guernsey and bray f 0 Roaiborigh • 0 1
Holland - 0 1 Plantkra •- 8 0
France • • 0 -1 New York • a 0 8
Gottetibargh • 0 1 Corunna . - • 0 0
Lisboa • - 0 1 Miami •• - 0 0
FALMOUTH, JANUARY 6.
Arrived the Venus, Lotto p from Idiveipool ; and
the Eleanor and Jane, from Pnole.—Wind W.N.W.

DEAL, JANUARY a.
Came down from the River and remain, the Kid•
&WM, SWINSY, for Jamaica ; Cornwall, TOIMANT,
for India; Lucy, DALE, for Calais; Ann, JACKSON,
for Oporto. Put back by contrary winds, the Emma.
Cn<irra, for India; Catmllus, ATKINSON. for Jamaica:
—Wind S.W.

Eva o'CLoac.—The wind freshens and looks
dirty, and it is generally supposed the whole of the
outwArd-bound will put back.

RAMSGATE, JANUARY S.
Came in the Cecilia, BROWN ; Integrity, CurroN ;
Commerce, DAWSON ; Christine, Ross ; the Le
Gube,Lativtua, tor shelter.—Wind N. W. with nail).

DIS TRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY.
The Recruit and Rattler, for the Sally, on Friday, the 12th
Instant, at No. 6, Thanet.place, Temple-bar. Retails at 1,10. It,
Hunter street North, Brunswick-square, Mondays and Fridays.
'I he Beleidcra, for the Citizen, on the It th instant, at No. 6,
Thatiet place. Temple-bar. Recalls as above.
Goree, for the Gossyplum, on the I 1 instant, at No. 6,
Thant-place, Temple-bar. Recalls as above.
Cutest. for the Laura, on the lilk inst. at No. 6, Thanet.place,
Temple-bar. Recalls as above.
Recruit, for the General bake, on the 12th instant, at No. 6,
Thanet-place, Temple-bar. Recalls as above.
Alcmene and Scout, for the Violet, en the 11th inst. at No. 3,
Brick.court, Teinple. Recalls at the same place every 'Tuesday
and Thursday.
NAVAL PROMOTIONS AND APPOIN TMENTS.

Lieutenant Robert Berri, from the our-pen%ion liar of Green-
wich, is pppninted Lieutenant of the Naval Hospital at Plymousb,
in lit u of Lieutenant Osborn, detea,eo.
Mr. James Henderson, Purser, to the Rivoli.
Mr. N. 'lt/anoints is appointed Superintending Mauer at
Dep•ford.

Mr. Wiliam Stanbrldge, Surgeon, to the Magicieune.
Ideutenanis U. A. avalle, W. J. :,yntontls, and JohnWhitalter,
have been discharged as Agents of Transports.
Lieu•coant John Otiley, R. N. bas been klaccd on the Pension
lAbt of wounded ()Ulcers.

The PHAETON frigate is, arrived at Spithead from
ihe River, whence she will take her final depArtitre
Sr. Helena. • Sir Huissos Lows, and the Foreign
t.:own.isioncrs, w►ho are to reside At St. Helena, go
out in her.

Alceste. Captain MURRAY MAXWELL, is COM-
plete in no.n, and is fitting with all possible dispatch
fur tlie reception of the Embassy to China.
r.e intended departure of Lord AMIIERWY and
stoic this wetk for China, is postponed till the 20th
i..stant.

Ewract of a letter from Macao, dated 6th July :
—" Cuffnells and Royal George are hrnirly
looked for, from Polo Penang : they were both there,
all well, twenty days since.'.'
The Cabalva, Castle Mundy, Marquis of Hontly,
and Marquis of Ely, Indiamen, SiileJ on Sunday
from the Downs for Bombay ancliChina ; as also the
Emma, free trader, for Bengal, and the whole of the
nut ward-bound trade for their different destinations.
The SALISBURY. of 60 guns, Captain MACKPLLAU,
intended for the flag-ship of Admiral Di-car-as, at
Jamaica ; the NtoEft, Captain S. JacKsoN, for the
United States; and the &taw:, Captain STSRLINO,
for Barbadoes ; are all ready to proceed to their seve-
ral destinations. Lady AutitisTA Leirlt and family
take their passage in the littazett.
The Finn. CHARLES BAOOT, his M,jesty's Minister
to the United States, is hourly expected at Ports-
mouth, to go out in the • Niger, C.lptain JacKsoN,
to Amcrica.

Wednesday the Jat.ouse, Captain HALL, arrived!
at Portsmouth from Jamaica, having lett Port itoyal
on the 7th of November, with 1,200,000 dollars,'
900,000 of which belong to merchants, the remainder
to Government. The whole of this property s!le
brought oriOttally from Vera Cruz. The Tat:vats,
Captain Jaws, had arrived at Port Royal, with a
still larger treight of specie from the same place.
This, it was supposed, would be transhipped to the
ASIA, 74, Captain Sic for England.. The ASIA
had selely arrived at Port Royal, with her cargo of
250 tons of quicksilver, from Trieste ; for which she
purposely left England on the lad of June last. It
had been landed at Port Royal. •
The injmy done at. Jamaica by the late hurricanes
is very consideiablc, particularly on the North side
of the island. Numbers of merchantmeu were lost,
but no ships of war. The ONYX. JALOWII, and
SIIARK were in port; *they drove, but did not part
from their anchor.. When the JaLotTsz left Port
Royal the following ships were lying there, viz.
Ada, 74i.Captain Skate (bearing the Gag of Admiral Dou-
glas;) fanals Captain James; Mazes, Captain G. M. Blies ;
Carnation, Captain Bentham; Onyx, Captain Smith; Sabine,
Captain Campbell; Emulous, Captain Carter; Forester, Captain
Captain BASIIIOItDo late of the JALOUS!, is corning
home invalided.

Moorings are directed to be hid down in the Med-
way, above Longreach, for 19 more sail of the line.
Friday the embarkation of French prisoners com-
menced at Plymouth Dock: 500 took their depar-
ture for Fiance.

Extract of. a letter from Cuxhaven, dated Decem-
ber 31 The most dreadful hurricane I base ever
witnessed we had here yesterday afternoon I wind at
North. The harbour lull of shipping, and the gale
threatening their total destruction, as their weight
tore up the wooden piles to which they were fastened
at the Quay, and many of them went adrift. lam
happy to add, that the damage done to eight or ten
vessels goes no farther than some their stern ends
broke in, one lost her bowiprit, and others broke their
rudders; a great many parted from their cables."

We Yearn with pleasure. -that a Dr. HARRIS, of
Bristol, has discovered a Process for improving the
manufacture of Muscovado Sugar and Rum, which
promises to be of inappreciable advantage to our West
India Colonies. •
Saturday, at Drury-lane Theatre, the Twelfth-
Cake, left by BADDILET, was, according to the Co•
median's Will, produced in the Green•room, and the
drawing for ling and QUM afforded much arr.
ritnent.

fixs ARAIr.

The Sniith Hants Militia commenced their March
'on Saturchy from Gosport 'Old Diriseks for South.
ampton, to 13 disembodied.
The 28th Regiment has Marched into Hilseit bar-
racks ; the- 36th Regiment is rriroved into Ports-
mouth ; the depot of the 2d Battalion 60th Regiment
embarked this dry for the Isle of Wight; the depot
of the Ist Garrison Battalion is to be discharged.
We are are requested by a Correspondent to give
the f. llowing propositions in favour of Old Officers a
place in our columns :
" A retired Pay, graduated In proportion to services, would
tend manifestly to the biatefit of the ierVice in general, by afford-
ing an opportunity to those who might wish to retire, after having
spent the best part of thtir lives in the ssivice, so to do with a
provision more adequate to what they have a right to expect,
than the present hall-pay. It Is well known that many Officers
remain in the service, to Its prejudice, long after they have lost
all zeali and sometimes all talent, for-their situation. In order to I
induce such people to go out, and to afford an opportunity of fil.-1
ling their placed with more efficient, zealous, and intelligent Offi-
errs, it is proposed to consider thirty years as the maximum of
an Officer's useful service in general; and that after twenty years.
service (allowing one year's leave of absence during that time)
he shall be entitled to retire on two-thirds of the pay attached to
the rank he may then hold In the Army.
" 2d, That the scale should increase progressively in the ratio
of the number of years to the :minuet' at,er twenty years, viz.
at twenty-four years the retirement would be 4-sths of the lull
pay of the milt hell.
'a SJ,.The ratio to be considered according to the Regimental
Ranks.
" 4th, That the whole time (via thirty yeaii) shalt have been
actually served, with the exception of two years lave of absence:
" sth, That the usual half-pay shall continue until the twen-
tic:h year, nu nicrea.e taking place previous to that period.
" th, -)shat Officers having purchased Commissions shall be
allowed, on re:king on the proposes! pay after twenty-five years
service, the purchase-mohey of the Commissions actually bought,
hi: Royal (+gimes* the Commander in Chief having the tight of
up the vacancy and the sale of the Commission, to be
transacted by an Officer of the Adjutant-Gindral's Department,
or in any way calculated to prevent more money being paid than
the regulated price.
,4 7th, Others on retiring shall not be allowed again to ewer
the service, nor receive any further promotion."

The List of Insolvent Debtors for the months of
Febro try and MArch next, contains the names of
more than 8(X) persons, wlw claim their discharge
under the teims of the Act.

A private in the 14th dragoons, several troops of
which are now quartered at Briswl, on their way to
Ireland, during the intense fog' on Tuesday night last,
walked into the Neat, and was unfortunately drowned.
A female als3 MI in the foliowing morning and eras
likewise drowned.

The public will he gratified to learn, that Ministers
are prepa:el to avail themselves of the opportunity
afforded by the restoration of pace, to attend to the '
interests of science, and add to the stock of general
knowledge. A small expedition is now about to
proceed to explt:re the course of the Congo, in the
South of Africa. A transps.rt, accompanied by a
stearn-boat, will proceed to di,• month of the river.
where it will remain while the last-mentioned vessel
is dispatched to follow the course of the Congo, to
ascertain how far it is navigabie, and the character
of the inhabitants of its shores ; ac also that of the
animals, and the various articies t,f co:amerce which
that part of the world may pi odoce. Every precau-
tion has seen taken to guard apinst theohject of the
expedition being disappointed. 66 The Congo" (the
vessel which is to proceed tip the river is so named)
does not &ler mare than four feet . • water. When it
shall be loom! impracticable to proceed farther in
her, the otidertak:ng will be confided to two small
carters which inc joined together, the mirses and stills
being stacked between them so as to leave the nevi.
gators the lull range of each, and these will not draw
more than eighteen inches at watt:. Such arrange-
ments give fair pronii3es of ultimate success; hut that
which giveuraiutosttfope is the care ....ken to mau
this little expOition in the best possible n. inner.—
The hands to he cmploycd, in numher about 50, are
all volunteers. None but those who are proved most
efficient are accep:ed. Their exertions are stimulated
Ly douto.c ia;. nip Officers are selected for unit
merit aleoe, and !;romotion is protnited to those who
may ro! urn. A trial of the vessels above mentioned,
which are ietentied t be employed for the purposes''
atiove described, will shortly take place on 'the
Thames. They will leave England early in the en.
suing month under the command of Captain TUCKIEY.
It is expected it will take from eighteen months to
two years to accomplish the objects of the voyage.
A curious discovery has been made at Plymouth,
which forcibly reminds us of the infancy of our naval
glory. Under the pulpit of the new church, the
coffins have been found, which contain the bodies of
Captains Krnav and IVADI, who were shot in 1702,
for cowardice. They commanded ships in the
squadron of the immortal Admiral BENNOW, which
deleated the French fleet, off the coast of Cartbagena,
in the %'Vest Indies, in August of that year, but be-
haved so infamously, that the French Admiral (Du
Cain) alter the action wrote 1310130%9 the following
letter :
66 Sur-1 had little hope on Monday lad but to have supped
In your cabin, but it pleased Goo to utder tt otherwise.' lam
thankful for it. As for those cowardly Captaios who deserted
you, bang them up tu.tantly; fur by Goo they deserve it.
" Warr, "

During the action which gave rise to this letter,
Bestiow, in a single ship, stood the fire of the whole
French squadron, and compelled them to sheer off:
His Captains, five or six in number, made sail from
the enemy after the arst broadside. At this -critical
moment a chain shot carried away poor F.rmisow's
leg, but he would not quit the deck, and lay in a cot',
on the Companion giving orders to his crew during 1
the remainder of the action. When one of his Lieu-
tenants expressed his regret at the loss of his limbf
BENBOW observed—" I am sorry for it too, but 1
had rather have lo.t them both than have seen this
dishonour brought upon the English Nation."—
He had previously received a severe wound in the
face, and bad his arm fractured, in an attempt to
board the French Admiral in person. He was re-
markably brave, honest, and experienced, but some-
what rough in his manners. He took his misfortunes
so much'to heart, that he died before reaching Eng-
land. WADI and Ktudy, above- mentioned, were
tried at Jamaica, found guilty, but were sent home
in order to be shot. On their arrival at Plymouth
thtir death-warrants awaitcd them, and they were
shot a few hours Afterwards. In the course of time
the stain ofcowardtee ,wasremoved from their me-
mory : they fully merited their fate, however, for
mutiny and insubordination.. Their conduct arose, in
trosia personal pitrte and malice against poor
Bessow.