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London, England, 1818-03-16 00:00:00

jF.RNSEY, MAP.CII 8.

brig Airnw•rll. ALEXANDER, from
don, with frllit, &c. the Master re-
lera. a N;:wcastle. struck upon
coming out, on the ‘?,Stli February,
three feet water an hour, but after-
up a little.
111,17.:',1, FEBRUARY 5.

'alparaiso Paper, of the 9th October,
the arrival there of the brigantine
the Pearl frigate, which sailed from
f May, with a squadron of six trans-
nvoy of the Emerald frigate, of 44
!re destined to Avica, in Lima, hay-
?. followin7 troops, viz. SW infantry,
1 200 artiilerists.
GRENT, MARCH 9.

161 kt whikl: has lasted for some days
irhood, and which may be called a
aused injury in the province. On the
is much more considerable, from
as nothing is to be seen but wrecks
aye totally perished.
)3TEND, MARCH 10.

era attracts at this moment the atten-
itants of this city. Yesterday, about
Le forenoon, the pilots in the Road
el off Niewport, and which seemed
.e at the mercy of the winds and
mmediatcly made towards her and
:rreived no answer •1-,e Captain
t;o: BROUCK, and four other pilots,
•xllerc they found no living creature
two mon:. ies and a parrot—they then
induct t:•is vessel into Ostenkt, and
G,lc sea was vcry high, and

the rudder hang by only one vingerting, from the
papers on board this vessel, it appears that she be-
longs to Mr. BANDUIN, Sen. of Havre, and is called
la Celestine de St. Servan, Captain LATRUITE. Ano-
ther account says, (le frane- Celestine, of St. Gervais.)
It is laden with sugar .and coffee, and comes from ,
Point a Petre, Guadaloupe, whence it sailed on the
18th of January last. The other account says (from
St. Pierre, Martinique.) Every thing seems to shew
that she was abandoned only a few hours before she
was perceived from the Road of Ostend. There is no
news whatever of the crew.

We are sorry to add to the list of' shipwrecks,
which the fatal gale of Wednesday se'nnight rendered
'so calamitous, the loss of the brigantine Speedwell,
of Ipswich, Captain BROWNE. She brought up in
Sunderland Roads about six o'clock in the evening,
the wind then blowing very hard from S.S.E. at half
past nine parted with an anchor, and a few minutes
before ten struck on the rock called Suitor's Point.
Captain BROWNE, and his daughter, a young woman
about 24 years of age, were drowned. -
The devastation committed by the recent violent
storms upon the public defences of Portsmouth gar-
rison, we understand, has been estimated at upwards
of 80,0001. loss. No similar convulsion of the sea
has happened these forty-three years ; when, it is said,
the entire of Southsca Common was deluged. The
tenements forming Greenwich View, the inhabitants
of which were almost literally washed out of their
houses in the middle of that dismal night (Wednes-
day se'unight), continue flooded .tnd uninhabitable.
At the departure of the WEYMOUTH store-ship,
lately arrived at Portsmouth from Malta, the WASP
and GANYNIEDE (Sir C. PENROSE), with the GLAs-
now, were left at that Island, on the 19th January ;
the latter had arrived out the day prior to that on
which the WEYMOUTH sailed. The Tnotts, Captain
DEANS DUNDAS, had gone to Tangiers, with two
Morocco Princes, who had arrived at Malta, on their
return home from a pilgrimage .to Mecca. The
Barbary States were all very peaceably disposed;
they had shewn particular civilities to English yes-
sels.—The Atetom was on her return from Gibraltar
to Malta. The MYRMIDON only was at Gibraltar
when the WEYMOUTH sailed, which was on the 24th
ultimo. The WEYMOUTH sailed on Saturday morning
for Deptford, to land some cases for the Pains
REGENT, containing remains (pillars, cornices, &c.)
of the ancient city of Carthage, a present from the
Dey of TRIPOLI.
Captain Hyde Parker is appointed to the Iphigenia, for foreign
service; Ca?tain Pettman, to the Ferrett ; Lieut. W. Hewett,
to command the Protector surveying vessel, at Deptford ; Lieut.
W. R. Coolc7, to the Queen Charlotte • lieut. Pritchard to be
agent of a division of transports, just taken up at Deptford.
The following changes in the Naval commands are stated u
being about to commence :—Portsmouth, Admiral Sir George
Campbell, vice Admiral Sir E. Thornbrough ; Sheerness, Ad-
miral Sir J. Gore, vice Admiral Sir Charles Rowley ; Cork,
Admiral Sir J. Rowley, vice Admiral Sir Benjamin Hallowell
Malta, Admiral Sir G. Moore, vice Admiral Sir Charles Penrose,
It is ordered that, in future, no Midshipman shall pass his ex-
amination for the rank of Lieutenant, until he has completed
the six years initiatory service required to make him competent
for the rank. There were seven passed at the Naval College,
Portsmouth, last month, upon the old order.

The influx of company at Deptford within the last
few days has been very great, to view the ships fit-
ting out for the Northern Expedition. Op Wednesday I
Morning last his Royal Highness the Duke of CLA: I
HENCE, accompanied by Commissioner CUNNING-
HAM, Captain Ross, &c. were highly gratified with
the performances of an Esquimaux a seaman, chris-
tened some time ago at Hull, by ;he name of John
Sackaras. He manoeuvred in a canoe with much dex-
terity, by throwing a spear fifty yards distance in a ,
direct line, and then hurling a dart so as to hit the
spear with the greatest minuteness, although there I
was a stiff breeze of wind at the time. It is not true,
as has by some mistake been stated in all the Papers,
that any difficulty was experienced in procuring hands
for the ships destined for the Northern Expedition.
On the contrary, so many offered themselves that some
nicety was employed in the selection, and very fine
crews have been engaged.
We have just been favoured with the perusal of a
letter from ;Naval Officer on the East India station,
dated Mauritius (Isle of France), Dec. 4, 1817, from
which we have extracted the following passage :
" We are sent here for the purpose of putting a
stop to the Slave Trade going on in this Island ; but
that is utterly impossible, as there is an order issued
by the Governor, that if Slaves are landed at or in
sight of any of the forts, look-out places, or other
posts occupied by our troops, they are not to molest
or take possession of the vessels or slaves, but follow
them to their destination ; then send for civil officers
and apprehend the owners and take possession of
the slaves : but the civil officers are in the pay of the
Slave. Merchants, who send to the former when they
are going to land their cargo. They take good care
immediately to take to their bed, or go into the
country on some pretended excursion.
" The Captain of a frigate, who left this three weeks
ago, had a pretty trick played him, which he does not
know of, but if through this he should, you may in-
form him that it is really true. Understanding that
many slaves were landed frequently at the Great
Black River, he sent a large boat armed and manned,
commanded by a Lieutenant and a Midshipman.—
They had no sooner arrived in the river, 9..5 miles to
the S.W. of Port Louis, than a genteel-looking French-
man (the slave-merchant) pressed them to come and
dine with him, which they did ; he then sent gallons
of arrack, rum, &c. to the boat's crew, who all got
drunk to a man, and strolled about the country ;
upon which a vessel came in and landed 100 slaves."
Yesterday morning a man entered the Spanish
Ambassador's Chapel, Spanish-place, Manchester-
square, with a drawn sword in his hand, kept his hat
on, and proceeded up to the altar, while the Clergy-
man, the Rev. Mr. AIATTIIIAS, was performing Di-
vine Service : be made a blow at him, which cut him
across the hand and wounded him severely ; the
Reverend Gentleman ran from the altar towards the
vestry, and was followed by the man ; but he was
apprehended by some of the people, and conducted
to Mary-la-bonne watch-house for his examination
before the Magistrate. It was ascertained, that he
was a Mr. COSSACK, a Gentleman of property, and
that he left home that morning about half-past seven
o'clock for the purpose of going to chapel. It is sup-
posed that the unfortunate Gcatlemau committed the
act in a state of insanity.