Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-03-19
LATE FROM HAVANA.

The ship Ann Fletcher, 5 days from Havana
bound to New York was off the Capes of Vir- |
gInia on Tuesday last. Captain Little, late of the
ship Chauncey, of Baltimore, sold at Havana,
came passenger in her, and was taken off by a
Baltimore pilot boat and has arrived here.
Capt Little states, that day or two previous
to his sailing, accounts reached Havana of an
engagement between the Colombian brig Of war
Gen. Soublett, Capt. Morgridge, and a Spanish
ship (mcrchantman) called the ATLANTA, mount
ing 1 guns, and Spanish brig (also a MGR
chantman) mounting several guns, in which the
Gen. 5. got rather the worst of the bargain
The engagement took place off Arauco, short
distance to the windward of Havana, and the
! Gen. S. lost from 10 to IS men killed. besides
wounded The ship and brig sought protection
under the guns of the fort at Arauco, to which
they had been forced to rctirc-tleir loss is not
ascertaincti- TWAS understood tlIat the Cen
s. had not sustained much damage otherwise.
| The U. S. schrs. Ferret, Fox and Weazlc,
were at Havana, % inst--and the brig Thes-
salian arrived there the day previous, from
| Thompson's Island, who informed that it had be-
come quite healthy there, the intermittent fevcrs
with which numbers had been afflicted having
! been removed.
| There was not much intelligence either of a
political or commercial nature at Havana pre-
viOus to, on the Cd inst. a large number of
] shipping was import, and business was tolerally
| DISK. ile market Tor l. H)ur was Dad: 1T would
not command more than S12 so per Dbl. and
there was quantity in first hands. Herald.
| PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 3.-The Medina 90 guns
| Capt y. Hay, arrived this morning, direct from
| !unis, with dispatches from Capt. Hamilton
commanding the squadron which had been sent
there from Malta, TO teach civiiity to the Dey.
| This object was the restitution of some Greeks
who had been captured by THnisan corsairs,
81 n
A demand for them having been refused, lAdm-
raj Sir Graham Moore despatched the Cambri-
an, SO guns, Capt. Hamilton Euryalus, 42,
Capt. A. j. Clifford; Medina, 20, Capt. Hay
Rose, 10, Capt. Dundas; Despatch, 10, Capt
=. Scott; and Chanticlecr, 10, Capt. M'Namar-
The appearance oftbis force was sufficient the
Greeks were liberated other concessions gran
| ted; presents exchanged; and our squadron
came away with better impression OF friend
ship between the two flags than has existed for
some time.
Madame Cctilni.--Wc arc authorised to
state that the conductors of the Kings Theatre
| have offered Madame Catilini clear half of
the receipts OF the house for every night of her
| performance during the season. These condi
tons Madame Catalina has Just accepted. II
has been enormously stated in the papers that
MIR. Elston had offered Madame Catip two
i thousanu guneas JOr W'1iy nights the proposals
made by that gentleman werc-a thousand ruin-
cas- for six performances.
| Literdtme.-A new piece of Lord Bvron,s.
entitled the DJo'7ned Irungtorn,ed, is about TO
appear. 1t is partly founded on the Faust of
Goethe; the hcrois an hump-back, TO whom the
Devil gives the shape of the beautiful Achilles,
ON condition that he (Satan) is to accompany
the Transformed every where; ard in virtue Of
his compact the Evi, One is pcrpetually at
bis elbow.--Ecdminer.
| Hunt.-This wrctchcd culprit, on arriving
on board the hulk, at Woolwicb whence ne
will be convey cd TO New South Wales, hair and
whiskors shorn ~, was stripped, and scrub
\ bed in tub Of water, as Is custonary.-He was
s6f further assured of the priyation Of a convict
by being attired in the costume of the other
prisoncrs--cQarse grey jacket, waistcoat and
] trowsors, yellJS stdcliugs, and worsted night