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London, England, 1820-04-01 00:00:00

IV,S ►'AL' INTELLIGENCE.

Tad SUbscribers to Ltorn's have lately voted, upon the ze-
c.:lnmendation or their Cotitmittee, the following sums from
their funds, to reward parties for saving the crews oT vessels, at
the hazard of their OW:1 lives, vit.
£BO to boatmen at 1-rmnath and Gorleston, for saving the
cre-.v of the Latena, Sroitz, froni Dundalk to London, wrecked
on Cot ton SAnd, 3d 3lirch.

jo £5O to boatmen at •Dtal, and £5O to boatintn at Ramsgate,
for saving the crews of the Friendship, of Hastings, and the ,
Flora, of North Shields, which vessels were wrecked on the
Goodwin Sands, 3d ult.
£5O to boatmen at Margate, for saving the crew of the Ruby,
of Newcastle, Ilo'ac, from Cardiff to London, sunk near the
Reculvers, 3d ult.
£5O to the crew of the John and Mary, of Sunderland, for
saoiog the crew of the Thistle, of Dundee, upset in Sutton
Wash, 3d ult.
£3O to Ramsgate boatmen, and £lO to Margate boatmen, for
saving the crews of the Hope, of Weymouth, and Vigilant, of
Sunderland, wrecked on the Goodwin Sands in December.
£5. to two boatmen at Wivenhoe, for assistance rendered
to the crew and passengers of a vessel wrecked in Janoary.
It will be seen, by the following votes, that the Subscribers
do not confute their liberality, on such occasions, to the reward
of their owl. countrymen, nor for the saving of the lives of Bri- I
't sit .ol*cts orly : I
£23. to tae- c!c-.v of the Deux Sours, of Nantes, for takingl,
t the crew alai a passenger of the Friends, of lanicaster, lia.too
Mast-t, which ship they fell in with at sea in the greatest distress.
£no. to six Frenchmen, who went from Dieppe, on the 3d ult.
and, with the assistance of the Captain; of two Brighton packets,'
and the Master of an English merchant brig, saved the crew of
the John and Dorothy, of Shields, wrecked off Dieppe.
£ll. 1 H. to tome Guernsey boatmen, for saving the crew of
the Rose Victoire, of Honfleur, in January.
The Aimee (droglicr; is totally lost at St. Lucie.
Tne Belle Adcle, front Nantz and the Havannah, was totally
lost, in going into Wilmington, on the 20th of February.
FALMOtTH,, Ma act! S.S.E.—Arrived the Vol.
hording, SCHETPLR, from Bayonne for Antwerp, with loss of
binnacle and compass, sails split, and leaky. Arrived off this
port, the Ditto, B:ssouz, from Petersburgh for Dunkirk.
Mevactssar, Manes/ 29.—Arrived at Fowey, the Pallas,
Nteuous, from Oporto for London, with loss of bulwarks, main
gaff and stauncheons, bowsprit sprung, &c.
PLNZANCE, MARCH 29.—The smacks Louisa and Hero ran
foul of each other this morning, by which the former lost her
bowsprit and stove her bows, and the latter carried away her
shrouds, split her sails, &c.
PLymeTTIT, MARCH 30.—Wind N. E.—Arrived the Orange
Grove, Tavaoa, from Messina.—Sailed the New St. Martin,
WALLTN, for Portsmouth ; Industry, PATRICK, for Loneion ;
Thomas and Rebecca, Laacoar, for Lisbon; and Princess
Royal, A R SLAY, for the Eastward.
BRISTOL, Matters 31.x-Arrived the Bristol, ET9THANI, front
Calcutta; sailed the 15th of Nostember—from the' Cape on the
23d of January.
)!dada 31.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River
and sailed, the William Penn, Bawer, for Jamaica;
Coons, for Bahia; and Amity, Smits, for Quebec.
Posessiouvr, Maraca W.S.W.—Sailed the Eme-
rald, GALLLEZ , and John and George, —, for (to:bee.
Lrazasoot, MARCH 30.—Arrived the Aurora, Bat ...ems,
from Pernatubuco—sailed 21st February; Bradock, Ml.M.asata,
from ditto ; Shamrock, Sctotax, from Sicily ; and Atlas, Ar-
rays, front New Orleans. The Sarah and Elizabeth, of London
(Whaler), put into Pernambuco en the 17th February, short of
provisions and crew sickly.
Wl:intro), Maacu U.—The Albion, Tooateseis, from Charles.
ton to Liverpool. was stranded yesterday in the Bay of Billy-
teague : about 300 bales of cotton are saved, and if the weather
prove favourable, the remainder of the cargo will be got out in
a few days.—The crew are saved.
Aanrven—At Scilly, the Atlas, Prior, from . Lisbon. At
Dublin, Columbia, Dowdell, front New York; and Rebecca.
Snow, from Wihnington. At Cork, Grotge Washington, from
Baltimore; and Wilkelmina and Louisa, from Halifax. At
Waterford, Family, from Dram. At the Havanna:a, Good
Czar, Munro, from Liverpool. At New York, Anna Maria,
Waite, from Liverpool. At the Tezel, Margeret, Partridge,
from London. At Bremen, Staines, Spencer, from London.
At Cushaven, Gecrge and Ann, Postgate, from London.

Extract of a letter from the Havaneah, dated February 8 :
" I cannot close this letter without informing you that we
hive here two English brigs of war—and our little pop-gen
schooner Hornet, Lieutenant RAMAere of six nine-pounders.--.
One of the brigs fell into the old trick of impressing, by sending '
her boat on board the schooner Sarah and Louisa, of Baltimore,
and taking out a sailor. I cannot enter into the whole detail of
the affair, but suffiee it to say. that Lieutenant RAMAGE imme-
diately took it up in a gentlemanly. firm, and truly officer-like
manner, such as characterizes the noble sons of Columbia's gal-
lent little navy, and, after much correspondence, has completely
gained his point. The reply of the Governor to his official re-
port of the occurrence is very handsome. John Bull's replies
being somewhat irrelevant and evasive, Lieutenant Ilaateas
gave him twelve hours for his categorical answer—whether he
would or would not give up the man—the reply is satisfactory.
The Wes? is the English brig's name, Captain CA err& Our
Officers were determined, if official means did no: answer, to
make the affeir a persor.ol one, as they are all resolve i te do on
every occasion, until Old John desists from hie imult; !"
Tram an Apnc.-ican l'sper.
The Buenos Ayres Gazette contains the latest dis-
patches from Lord COCHRANE, giving an account of
his several attempts upon the Spanish fleet at Callao.
The following is a translation of the last dispatch:
" Admiral's ship O'Higgins, Bay of Callao,
October 6, 1818.
" SIR—On the night of the nd instant, the enemy unbent the
sails of their vessels of war, without doubt with the intention of
deceiving U 3, as they proceeded to bend them again, as soon as
it grew dark on the night of the 4th ; but our bows being upon
the eastern side, or shore. alarmed the enemy, and they desisted
from their purpose, which was probably to escape. Everything
indicated their desire of escaping, if the rockets had placed their
security in danger, or if they had set fire to the merchant-vessels,
which were united, or made fast, to the windward of their line
of defence, formed by the Venganza, Esmeralda, Sebastina, Re-
solution, Cleopatra, Trugilhno, Puzuelo, and Maine. The Re-
solution and Cleopotra. as also the Castles, threw continually hot
shot at us, following the advice of the Archbishop of Lima.
" The new preparations being completed yesterday evening,
I ordered that the brigs of war should conduct the rafts (rockets
and mortars) to their position, and that the tire-ship commanded
by Lieutenant Morgel!, should proceed to her destination ; Im-
mediately they commenced to discharge the rockets, on which
I directed in line the squadron towards the western shore, with
a view to prevent the escape of the enemy. The brigs had
scarcely advanced within gun-shot of the enemy's vessels and
batteries, when they commenced upon us a very brisk fire,
which greatly increased on the approach of the fire-ship Vic-
e/is. Being already within the reach of grape-shot from the
,battery, and near the chain which surrounds the enemy's ves-
sels, and the water entering her hold in torrents, Lieutenant
Mergell set bre to her (all her rigging being cut away) and hi
ten minutes she blew up, which would have annihilated the naval
force of Callao, if there had been more wind, so that the Vic-
toria cculd have passed the battery with greater velocity.
" Waiting the explosion of the Victoria, I bad retained the
Georgians, but being nearly calm, I believed it useless to make ,
a new attempt, seeing that the roekets had no better effect this
night than the first. The close of this is already too puipable,,
some burst in consequence of the tubes or cylinders being badly'
soldered, and others break at the tail. having untortuuately been
made of a very knotty and brittle wood.
" ! cannot refrain from manifesting to you my regret at these,
unfortunate circumstances, aggraVated by the calms whicb oc-
casionally prevail in Callao. - I have determined to operate upon
a different plan, which I hope will produce a better eileet.
" Captains Spray and Creehie, and Lieutenant Fruaier, of the
brigs Galvarino, Araucano, and Pueyrredoto have conducted
themselves with the greatest bravery. The damages which
these vessels received in their spars were of litdo cousideration,
414 are already repaired.
" Lieutenant Norge% and two seamen that accompanic ! him
in the Victoria, deserve, for their valour, a reward. The eta!
and co-operation of Admiral Blanco bre worthy of every praise.
The Captains, Officers, Marines, Artillery, and Alariae Troops,
hove all behaved with the greatest distinction.—l have the ho-
'.siour of assuring you, that 1 ate, with the highest consideration
.121 respect, your's, &e. " COC/41104N1ie
Celonel Don Jose jpeeb 2„Dteno. llinistet
of she Marble of the State of