. by T. Flindell AN APPRENTICE WATED, TO a CHEMIST and DRUGGIST.— Application.( if by letter, post- paid) to E. BARKer, Bridge- street Exeter. SMALL COTTAGE WANTED to RENT or PURCHASE, within . about one mile of the city of Exeter, in a dry situation, a. SAL- ILL COTTAGE, with or without from one to ten acres of Land attached.. he parish of- Aiphington or Ide would be pre- ferred.— Letters, addressed to C. tt. at Mr. Newman's will have immediate attention, Exeter, 6th January, 1814. NORTH OF DEVON. TO be SOLD in 28 Lots, 191A. ' in. 32P. of remarkably fine rich LAND, PART of BRAUNTON MARSH, in the parish of Braunton and county of Devon, particularly described in a MAP or Plan tfscreof in the pos jssion of MR. WILLIAMS, Solicitor, Barnstaple. The whole itt Freehold and has been lately embanked, whereby the the tide wl, ic flowed over it, is com- pletely excluded. For which purpose, an AUCTION ill be held at the King's ARMS INn- in Barnstaple, on the 20th d; / of January next, at the bour of ten in the forenoon. For particulars,, apply to Mr. Williams and to view the pre- mises, to Samuel Hammond of Braunton aforeSaid - 15th December, 1813. TO bo SOLD by AUCTION, by STAVELLY, at the COACH and Horses Inn, In Appledore, near Bideford, Devon, on Monday the 31st day of January' instant, by three o'clock in the afternoon, a" f THE hANdSOMe well- built SNOW, LORD wElLINgton with a Figure Head, fixed London Stile, Dimensions length on Deck 72ft. . I Depth in the hold.... Extreme Breadth 22 :) J ! Admeasures Tons. This vessel will bear minute inspection, and is well worth the attention of - any person - who wants a vessel for the Newfound- land, Baltic, Coal, or Coasting trade, where burthen and dispatch are required, she has been re- built, has. a British register,' and will be sold together w, th a' new LONG BOAT .3 ANCHORS', one. new HAWSER 80 fathom ,- and small WARPS. For further particulars apply to Mr. Smale, solicitor, in Bide- ford ; or to Mr. R. VERnON, jun. merchant;. or Mr. SAunders, ship- builder, at Appledore N, B, Should the Vessel in the mean time be disposed of by Private Contract, immediate notice thereof will be given Dated January 8th. 1814. SOCIETY for PROMOTING EDUCATION of the POOR, on Dr. BELL's oflhe Established Church. At a Committee held this day, Resolved;— That a SPECIAL MEETING of the COMMITTEE be held at the SCHOOL, on WedsendAY, the instant, to con- sider of a proper person to Succeed Mr. Carwithen, who has lately reigned his situation of Master the Central School, and to proceed to all election immediately' if thought proper, By Order of the Committee, HENRY BLACKALL, Secretary. A T a General Court of Governor held at the Castle this 14th day of January, 1814.~ Lord GRAVES Vice Admiral Sir J. T. duckWortH, bart. K. b. edm. grAnger ;— HubErt cOrnISh;— JOHN MAckiNTOSH, esqS. reV. canon howell ... rev. JAMes MANning JoHn e. MANning, Dr. DANIELL.- Dr. BlAckAll. Mr WOOLMER. Sir JOHN T. DUCKWORTH, bart, in the chairs The Rev. J. Manning, as Chairman of the Committee held on Tuesday at the Asylum, delivered the following Medical Report of the state of the Patients, by Dr. Daniell aud Dr. Blackall, Phy- sicians, and Mr. Johnson, Apothecary, since ti. e last Quarterly Report, viz. Discharged, Cured,..;,. 17 j At the request of friends ... 3 On trial with their friends . 7 | improper object... 1 Remain in the house 30 ; of whom 13 are Letter, iifld 5J3 nearly as when admitted ' ' ' Dr. Daniell, Dr. Blackall, Mr. Johnson, having reported that great success has lately attended the use of warm baths in the treatment of patients, and having represented the great ad- vantages which, in their opinion, would attend the having proper baths erected for Mr. Hedgeland having agreed to build the same, according plan now delivered, for the sum of 32 Resolved,— That the Committee authorised to contract with Mr, Hodgeland, subject to. such alterations in the plan as the . Committee shall judge expedient, _ fully relying on a generous public to plan into execution. JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH, Chairman. Benefactions received at each of the Banks in Exeter, and by John MackIntosh esq. Treasurer, Palace- gate, Exeter. DRUG AND GROCERY BUSINESS. TO be LET, or immediately SOLD, an EXTEN- SIVE HOUSE and CONCERN, situate in the roost advan- tageous part of Falmouth, in the DRUG and GROCERY BUSI- NESS; has been established for Twelve Years. Tie present Pro- prietor, being about to decline, will also dispose of the STOCK and FIXTURES with the Apparatus for Distillation, Chemistry, & C, at a moderate price. Application to be made to Mr. Young, Solicitor, Falmouth. BALTIC DEALS AND TIMBER. JUST LANDED, a prime assortment of DEALS and TIMBER, for SALE, on reasonable terms, also d few LOGS of MAHOGANY.— Apply to THOMAS SOPER, Bedford Circus. Exeter, January 5th, 1814. To GRAZIERS; DAIRY- MEN, A SURVEY will. HELF at the New INN at Lymp- Stone, on MONDAY the 24tb day of January instant, by two o'clock ill the afternoon, for letting, for our year, from lady day next, subject to such conditions as will then be produced, about 07 Acres of very excellent PASTURE, MEADOW, and ORCHARD LAND, being the northern part of NUTWELL COURT FARM, in the parish of Woodbury, Devon,. adjoining the turnpike road, ab. yut six miles from Exeter, and four from Exmouth. : There is a very good Farm House, with convenient Out- houses adjoining, and several very excellent Sheds for Cattle are distri- buted on different parts of the premises, which are al< o well wa- tered. For viewing tfie premises, and further particulars, apply to Mr. GILES DENNING, at Lympstone.- Dated Jan. 8th, 1814. DEVONSHIRE. AT a Meeting of the Noblemen, Gentlemen, Clergy, Yeomanry, and Freeholders of the county of Devon, con- vened by the High Sheriff, and held at the Castle of Exeter, OH the 14th January, 1811, for the purpo- e of considering the pro- priety of presenting an Address to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, on the success of his Majesty's Anns and those ofhii Allies, as also on the improved of Public Atfairs : — R. HIPPISLEY TUCKFIeld; Esq. High- Sheriff- in the Chair; The following Address'- was proposed by the Right Honorable Earl Fortescue, und seconded by the Right Honorable Lord Rolle :— " We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the High Sheriff; Noblemen, Gentlemen, Clergy, Yeomanry, and Free- holders of the county oi; Devon, approach your loyal Highness with our heartfelt congratulations on the prosperous events which are yet flowing in a course to effect the deliverance, of Europe from the alarm which has overspread it for the last twenty years. •*' In contemplating with admiration the victorious progress of the allied armies ill Germany, and the consequent extinction the Rhenish Confederacy, by which that empire was held in a state of delusive bondage, we see, with the most sincere satisfac tion, his Majesty's Hanoverian subjects, released from the mi- sery and ' degradation of foreign despotism, and restored to then; liberties and proper allegiance. in the first day- spring of political regeneration, we have hailed, with the highest exultation, the successful effort of the . people of Holland, in shaking off tho chains by which they bail been bound to the dominion of France, as an integral proving* of that as, tuned empire, and calling forth, ftith one voice, the energies of their former Government, under the protection of that illustrious, family by whose valour their freedom was first asserted, and by whose patriotism it has been so long and s » gloriously maintained, " We have seen with additional satisfaction, the. immediate support afforded by your Royal highness's Government to- thi# glorious exertion ; from whence we derive the happy presage of its cementing still more strongly that union of interests which has heretofore contributed not less to the prosperity of botlr countries, than to the tranquillity of Europe. " Our Commercial Interests have not been more deeply con- cerned, even in this great event, than '" n the total abolition of that Continental system which by kindling this last, war has, in its consequences, brought on all those defeats and disgraces on its author, who vainly presumed, without ships, colonies, or com- merce, to disappoint, by the iron hand of force, the industry of those nations who are, under Providence, possessed of these ad- vantages. " In the bright horizon which now surrounds us, our national feelings have been principally excited by the transactions in the Peninsula, where our own armies under their renowned Comman- der, after having expelled the invader from Portugal and Spain, have been the. first to set their feet on French ground. " We feel great pleasure in ascribing the events which are now passing in a great degree, to the influence of this country, by il^ steady and invariable perseverance, in maintaining tbe eause ofi national independence and civil liberty, against the lawless claims of tyranny violence, and usurpation." resolved,— On the motion of Sii'S. H. Northcote, Bart, seconded by Mr. Edmund Bastard," That this Address be adopted" That the cordial Thanks qf. thi. Meeting, be gives to the High Sheriff, for convening the same ; the Noble Mover and Seconder of the Address.' 1 " That the Address be signed and transmitted by the Sheriff, ia the name of the Meeting." R. H. TUCKFIELD, Sheriff. EDUCATION. THE BUSINESS MR. TRUMAN'S BOARD- ING- SCHOOL, ' St. Paul's street,- will be RESUMED on the 21th instant/: Exeter , 1814. MISS EUSTACE'S SCHOOL, RE- OPENS on the 21st instant, to which the English | and French Languages are grammatically taught, and the strictest attention paid to every branch of female education, Church- yard, Exeter, January S, 1813. DANCING MISS H. SHILES would be wanting in gratitude to those kind friends who have, honored her » itli their pa.- tronage, were she to omit the present opportunity of returning fcer sincere and grateful thanks. She also begs to inform them, she has been during the vacation, in London, taking Lessons of M. D'Egville, and others of the principal professional Dancers of the metropolis, not doubting, but ber continued attention will receive the countenance and support of those who may be pleased to honor her with their confidence. Hur Academy is a few doors below the Palace, near South- gate- street, and will OPEN AGAIN after the present vacation, . in WEDNESDAY 26th of January instant. CHAPLAIN WANTED. A CHAPLAIN is wanted, to serve a New Chapel, lately built at the borough of Saint Mawes, in the county of Cornwall, For particulars apply personally or by letter, post- paid, to Mr. Robert JAgo Saint Mawes, or to mr. John Harris, jun. solici- tor, Falmouth. MONEY. WANTED to borrow, on ample freehold security, at the Eastern part of Cornwall, if.- — Letter, addressed to A. B. at the Printer's of this paper, will be duly answered. eXeTer MR. CRAWCOUR, DENTIST, From 46, Strand, london, WAS the honor to inform tiie Nobility, Gentry, and . Public in general,, that he attends at his apartments, at Mr. SopeR's, High- street, from ten till four o'clock. His stay will be till the 29th instant. Mr. C. takes this method to inform those families at Plymouth, who have sent for him, that he intends, visiting that town for a few pays, before lie returns to London ; orders must be left at Mr. Murch's, Globe Inn, and at Messrs, Haydan and Cobley's, booksellers.— - Orders, at Totnes, must he left at the Oxford Inn there. Tuesday, Jan. 18. A T the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of our lord the King, held at the Castle of EXON, in and for the County aforesaid, the 11th day of January in the 54th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord george the Third, by the grace of god of the United Kingdom of great Bri- tain and Ireland, King, Defender of Faith in the year of our lord 1814, before JOHN Blick- DALE, Esquire, Sir Thomas D. Acland, bart. John InguRTT fortesque william Tucker, Esquires, and others their companions, Justices of our said lord the King, assiged to keep the Peace of onr said Lord the King, in and for the county aforesaid; and also io hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors, committed in the said county. ORDERED, that in pursuance of an Act passed in the. Mid y « < r of his present Majesty's reign, entitled An Act for punish- ' » nig Mutiny and Desertion, and for tho better payment of' the- Army, and their Quarters." Every officer of his Majesty's forces, who by virtue of a warrant from any oho of hi*.' Majesty's Justices of the Peace, shall demand of the Constable to whohi any such warrant Khali ho directed, Carriages for his Majesty ' s f arces on their march, or for the conveyance- of their arms, idothes, or accoutrements, shall, at the same time, pay to such Constable, for tho use of the person providing such carriage or conveyance, in addition to the sum of one shilling per mile, for a waggon with five- horses, qr a wain w ith six. oxen ' or four oxen . vith two horses ; nine- pence per mile for a cart with four horses, or carrying not less than fifteen hundred weight; and sixpence per mile for a cart or other carriage, w ith less than four horses and not carrying fifteen hundred weight, payable under the said Act; a further sum of four- pence for every mile, any such wag- gon with five horses, or wain with six oxen, or four oxen and two horses- threepence for every mile, fur any such cart with four horses, or carrying not less than fifteen hundred- wsight j and two- penCe for every mile, for any such cart or carriage, with y- ss than four horses, and not carrying fifteen hundred weight, shall' respectively travel, And that this Order shall continue in force, until the 29th dav of April next. By the Court, E. EALES, Clerk of the Peace FLINDELLs LUMINARY. PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES. The good cause of the deliverance of Europe continues to prosper. ! t was announced in a Government bulletin On Tuesday last, that, " The dispatches received this morn- " ing by Government, state, that the head- quarters of the " Allies were still at Lorrach.- General Kleist, at the head " of a Prussian army, has crossed ihe Rhine at Dussel- " dorff.— Nimeguen, Torgau, Erfurt, Zara, and Blamont, " are all in possession of the Allies.. Blamont is in Lor- " raine, not far from Luneville." - - Oil Wednesday the following bulletin was issued at the Admiralty:— Dis- " patches have, this morning, been received foom Captain " Farquhar, of his Majesty's Ship Desiree, dated oJfGluck- stadt, the 2d and Oth instant, announcing, that after an " investment of 10 days, and a heavy bombardment of six " days, the fortress of Gluckstadt surrendered by capitu- " lation to the officers commanding ihe British squadron, and a division of the Swedish army.— The garrison, of " about, 3000 men, were lo march to Kelinhausen for the " further orders of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince " of Sweden.— rThe British loss in the alludes preceding " the capitulation was 3 seamen killed, and 2 officers and " 15 seamen wounded. - A third bulletin was issued by Ministers on Thursday night, stating that, " Sir Charles •' Stewart writes, on the bill instant, from Frankfort, that " Marshal Blucher's army had successfully, passed the " Rhine in three . columns.— Gen. St. Priest at Coblentz, '' who made himself master of the town, took 500 prisoners. " — Generals Langeron and d'York passed at Caub, and " on the 3d took Bingen, forcing a strong position, and " defeating a corps of the enemy.—- General Sacken passed " at Manheim, and drove the enemy from an opposite in- " trenched position.— General Bluchers army have ad- " vanced; the right to Ingelheim, the centre to Kreutz- " nack.— Gen. d' York marches on ihe Lawtern ; General " Sacken, on the left, was at Alsig." • The aggregate number of troops which hava now crossed the Rhine, is estimated, at from 250 to 300,000 men :— these are to be supported by 250,000, more-, raised and " raising by the states of Germany, exclusive of the several corps under the Crown Prince and io Holland. Bavaria raises 36,000 regular troops and 41,000 landwehr j Baden 10,000 ; Hanover, Hesse, Brunswick, and all the other states, in like proportions. Even" Switzerland, it is asserted, furnishes 20,000. For her pretended neutrality, was dic- tated by French policy alone ; and Switzerland is as anx- ious for emancipation from French thraldom, as every other state which has felt its miseries. Geneva has thrown off the French yoke too. The inha- bitants drove out the French garrison, and invited Count ftubna, with an Austrian force, to take their city under his protection. A letter from Basle states, that 80,000 Austrians have proceeded through the Semplon, by^ forced marches, for the Milanese.— Is this force, descending upon Italy, connected with the negotiations understood to be carrying on with Murat ?— This King of Naples has been represented as wavering in his attachment to Napoleon, ever since his fai- lure in Russia. It would appear that he is now openly ne- gotiating with the. Allies. The Austrian Count Neuperg's journey from the head- quarters of the Emperor Francis, and the journey , of the Austrian Envoy Count Mier, from Na- ples to Vienna, is openly announced in the German papers;" while letters from Palermo affirm, that Lord William Ben- tinck was about to embark for Naples,- for the purpose of havlrlg a conference with Murat. Murat would fain follow the example of the Crown Prince, if it be not too late.— lie is said to offer 40,000 men to the common cause. Another report states, that he has taken possession of Rome) in the name of the Pope ; but this needs confirmation. While the limbs of the French empire are thus successively dropping off, and the Allies are " advancing into the bow- els of the land," what is THE STATE Of FRANCE? The French press indeed is actively employed, but we see not now one spark of the enthusiasm produced by this formidable engine twenty years ago. The excitability of French minds is exhausted ; or has suffered a reaction correspondent with the fortunes of their Ruler. God knows, the French people have been long enough the dupes of vicious passion aud bewildered imaginations'; and have awakened from their . illusions. iFrom the. dream of" liberty and equality," they awoke in anarchy and bloodshed ; that of " military glory," which followed, has gradually wrought the conviction in every family in Franco, by the victims it has exacted, that it is " the spirit which maketh desolate." Nearly all tie materials " that excite. or feed enthusiasm, are therefore extinct in France. Yet many generous individuals oo doubt remain, whose minds struggle between the painful alternative of despotism or invasion.;— thousands more, who would rejoice in the restoration Of the Bourbons and Peace, wili ' also be Constrained by'ihe shackles of the con- scription, io fight against both, with the machines of disci- pline, and the dependant!) on the Tyrant's fortune. To excite all these, and slill to aftbrd colourable pretences for exciting them, the Paris paper* are filled with declarations and declamations— which, as they grow cut of the circum- stances to which the Tyrant is reduced by his madness and folly, exhibit glaring contradictions of ti. e principles and sentiments vyliic^ emanated from his' better fortune. It is necessary to his degradation that he should publish these self- convictions, " When the Devil was sick— the Devil a Monk would be j-— " When the Devil was well— the Devil a Monk was he." In a laboured, article, he charges the Allies with repeated breaches of faith ; because, in the failure of his plans for the Conquest of Europe, they have taken occasion to eman- cipate themselves from bonds designed to make them instru- mental thereto. In all his sophistries he aims to touch those chords of the French character, whose vibration may tend to shake the conviction, that France may be happier under another Ruler than him. Yet the Paris papers give testi- mony of no popular feelings responsive to his hopes. The good people of the sections, the communes, the revolution- ary heroes and heroines of the faubourgs, the poissardes— all are atill and silent.— The call of Segur, his commissioner in the department Aube, is given at length, in the papers, but not a word of its effects upon the people. The Pre- fect of the Upper Rhine, we are told, has " received orders . to raise the inhabitants. in mass,"—" Commissioners are said to have arrived at Langres to make arrangements for an army of 1130,000 men under the Duke of Treviso."— " Troops of every kind are arriving in the departments of Vosges, Jura, and Doubs"—( which are occupied by the Allies!) These are the conscripts, now assembling, after the Rhine is passed at half a dozen places, without obstruc- tion ; because there are evidently no armies competent to the task; nor to garrison the strong places, so as to deter the Allies from leaving them behind them. The troops which should protect his miserable subjects from the hor » rot's of invasion, which he is so fond of late of painting to them, are shut up in garrisons oil the Elbe, the Oder, and Vistula ; or prisoners in Russia, rebuilding Moscow, or wandering in Siberia. From the Army of Catalonia he has been obliged to recall 50 pieces of artillery, and 4000 veterans to become the seijeants and corporals of his new conscripts. The march to Paris has become practicable then at last, in the reaction of that mania which was once so formidable. The Tiger himself too is cooped up in his den. On the 7th instant he reviewed 18,000 men there. " PARIS, Jan. 8.— Imperial Decree— We, have decreed and do decree, as follows :— Article I. The National Guard of our good City of Paris is put in actual service.— II. Tlie Emperor is Com- mander in Chief-— III. The General- Staff is composed of a Major General ( second in command), and 1 Generals, as Adjutant- Generals ; or 4 Adjutant Commandants; aud of .8 Adjutant Cap- tains.— IV. The National Guard of Paris is to be formed of one legion of 4 battalions.—• V. The Generals and Colonels w ill swear fidelity to us in. person ; the officers of inferior ranks to do the same before the person of our cousin the Vice Constable.— VI. The Grenadiers to arm and equip themselves at their own er- pence.— V11. An person can be a substitute in the National Guard, - unless it be a, father for a son, a father- in- law for a son- in- law, an uncle for his nephew, or one brother for another. ( Signed) " NAPOLEON." Such is the last resource of this devotee of fortune, who could settle in no medium between the extremes ( which have met in him) of destroying others, or working his own de- struction. What now can save him, but the magnanimity and moderation, or some gross error, of the Allies ?— THE LAST FRENCH PAPERS' are to the 9tb inst. They are destitute of military events ; but tell us, that the head- quarters of the Allies are at Bas- soncourt, before Befort, which is besieged. They complain, that the Allies are throwing Congreve rockets into Hunin- guen, which, we suspect, is not likely to make a long resis- tance. The Bavarians are said to be at Delle aud Mont- belliard. THE BOURBONS, are every where talked off on the Continent, as well as in England, as likely to ' Jia restored ; and, though the Allies do not deem it politic to espouse their cause openly and directly, the Declaration ( in our fifth page), of Prince Schwartzenberg, on crossing the Rhine, not only leaves an opening for the French people to introduce them, but ap- plies an obvious stimulus to. excite them to it.— It is again confidently repeated,' as from authority, that the Emperor of Austria has no objection to their restoration ; and we see with great pleasure, in the TREATY BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA, just published in the Vienna Gazette, that both parties bind themselves not to enter into' any seperate negotiations with II the common enemy, nor to make or conclude any peace, armistice, or any other convention whatever, unless, by mu- tual consent. HAMBURGH. Davoust having turned 30,000 starving men, women and children, cut of Hamburgh, at this inclement season, to reduce the consumption of his provisions, and destroyed an immense number of houses which stood in the way of his plans of defence; made all classe work in the trenches, and threatened to whip the ladies with rods, if they dared tot complain of his tyranny; has issued another order, by which he decrees the punishment of death, to persons " using in- flammatory speeches, tending to exasperate the inhabitants against the troops." . \ THE CROWN PRINCE, has appropriated 20,000 dollars to the relief of the poor Hamburghers turned out by Davoust, who have mostly ta- ken shelter at Bremen, and a subscription has been set on foot at Heligoland for the same benevolent purpose. The • Crown Prince's last Bulletin does not bring down opera- tions in the North later than the 26th ult. He wits then at at Keil. His Royal Highness mentions the prolongation off the Armistice with Denmark to the Gth of January. He> hopes the conditions offered to her will be accepted; but'^ the. recfent attack made by the Danes on a convoy in the Sound, and tlie taking from a messenger his dispatches for the English Minister, by the Danish Govenor of Keudsberg, are no pacific symptoms.— The Crown Prince geonis to wait the result of these negotiations, before he makes a se- rious attack upon Hamburgh. He was expected at Bremen on the 14th, on his way to HOLLAND. The French are still in possession of Bergen- op- Zoom . and have threatened the Dutch on the island of Walcheren" that if they rise upon them, they will open the sluices and drown the country. Lord Castlereagh has left Amsterdam for the head- quarters of the Allied Sovereigns;— who are understood to have recognised the Sovereignty of the Prince of Orange. Another detachment of Guard, about 550 embarked at Deal, on Thursday last, fur Helveotsluys. FROM LORD WELLINGTON, we have no accounts, since our last publication. It is doubted whether it is his Lordship's intention to advance to the North towards Bourdeaux, or to the Eastward, for the double purpose of intercepting the communication of Su- chat's army with France, and of co- operating with an Aus- trian corps expected to enter France from the side of Italy. The partizans of the Bourbons are understood to he very numerous in the South of France. Large reinforcements are to be sent out to Lord Wellington immediately. " I have seen ( says a confidential letter) persons who left France last evening ( Monday the 10th) at live o'clock. The People are- v, in a state of the utmost confusion, aud are like a flock of sheep ( excuse the simile) looking for a Leader Their fears, or better feelings, magnify the amount of the Allies marching on Paris to 400,000 men, and they know of no obstacle of Importance to check' their progress. Every Soldier, and every piece of ordnance and musket, is taken from the sea- ports and all other towns, marched to the depot of Ihe army collecting for the defence of the capi- tal ! !— The military duty at the sea- ports is done by the fisher- men !— The above is given me by the parties who witnessed all they state.— It is also said, that ( 10,000 of the Allies ire to pene- trate into France by way of Italy ; aud the Marquess Wellington is to cross the country from Bayonnc to the Eastern Pyrennees, and act in conduction with the before- mentioned force." LOCAL AND DOMESTIC. DISTRESSING EVENT.— In the heavy gale at E. S. E. on Friday last, the Transport ship Queen, ( 332) Capt. Carr, lying in Carrick- roads, Falmouth, parted her cable and drove on the rocks of Trefusis- point, where she struck at about 5 o'clock in the morning, and by 8, was entirely beat to - pieces. There were, unhappily on board at the time', 159 artillery- men, 32 men ami officers of tlie 30th regiment, G2 soldiers wives, and 59 children, besides 6 French officers, prisoners of war, and the crew ( 21) of the vessel; making an aggregate of 339 souls; and of whom, about 215 were drowned The Queen was from Lisbon, and the sol- diers were invalids.— Lieut. Daniells of the artillery, and Lieut. Burke of the 30th foot, were on board ;— the former has. lost his wife and five children - - - . The snow, which began to fall in this neighbourhood in the evening of Monday the 10th instant, and continued falling till the afternoon of tile following day, is believed by our aged neighbours to have farmed a heavier mass, than' has fallen, in this quarter, within . the same space of time, since the hard winter of .1777- 8. Intelligent observers of natural phoenomera estimate it at the depth- of inches ; but, as it was borne along by a strong gale of wind ( sO'e our. meteorological report) it drifted into heaps in sonic'', duces, j of incredible magnitude ; and, acquiring coition by frtteK-- I ing as. it fell, it- wreathed itself from trees and l ouse- tops, ! in pendant forms of infinite Variety and beatify. Through- j out Tuesday, the greater part of our shops were shut up, I and some of our streets rendered almost impassable ; while I the roads diverging from exeter, were in many parts ab- solutely blocked up. The London mails throughout the ; week, have lost from twelve to 1 h hous each of their usual time, owing chiefly to the great' accumulation of snow at H. place called, Longbury ( or longbreedy Hut, near Bridport j't Dorset, where the coaches have been stopped, and the i t AND FAMILY nEWSpAPER. 363 bag.; seat forward on horses. The snow appears to have declined, as it advanced to the northward. The Bath mail coach has kept to within an hour or two of its time, fhrou& h- out t: ie week, i tie mails from the North of Devon have lost time on an average, of about twelve hours per day.— The mail direct from Exeter through Launceston, for Fal- mouth, which started last Tuesday morning, was stopped ( we understand) somewhere about Lautioeston, Five Lanes, or the Jamaica Inn ; and, up to yesterday afternoon, tiiere had been no exchange of letters by that line of road. About three o'clock, the Falmouth mails arrived here, on horses ; having been brought from Bodmin to Launceston on men's shoulders. Neither has there been any passing over Dart- moor to PrincetOwn. The heights of Haldon ( 6 miles from Exeter on the Plymouth road) were • iso impassible. Two fish- carls, caught there oil Tuesday, were abandoned ; their drivers glad to get off with their horses. Coaches and Chaises which attempted that road, from Exeter, were com- pelled to return. The mails sent hence on Friday last, on three horses, for Plymouth, were forced back again. On Saturday the accumulated mails for Plymouth, and for Cornwail via Plymouth, were sent from Footers Hotel on eight horses, and succeeded in crossing Haldown :— 15 or 16 horses came in here on the same day, with mails from Plymouth. On Friday there was another pretty smart shower of snow : but on Saturday it thawed, and continued to do so till yesterday morning, when it froze again. This partial reduction of the snow, encouraged the stage coaches t<? start again, and some of them went olli provided with spades to work their Way through.— Otir letters by yester- day's mail from Cornwall speak of little else than'the effects of the weather. At Five- lanes, 8 miles west of Launceston, there was a cluster ot'coaches, chaises, eavts, waggons, & c. stopped by an impassable barrier of snow. At LaUnceston,' winter birds came so thick to market on Saturday last , that wood- cocks sold at U'. each ; snipes at 18 d. a dozen: ducks, widgeon, & c. in proportion; but the thaw setting in, they soon rose 1( X) per cent. We have only heard of one- life lost in the snow ;— a private of the East Devon Militia, coming to Exeter on furlough, was found up to the chin, on Haldon, frozen to death. He had about 15/. in his pockets- The rumour, that three of the Renfrew Militia had been lost iu the. snow, is not correct. . Among those who, at this season of extraordinary hard- ship on the poor, have enjoyed the luxury of doing good, Lord Rolle caused a fine fat bullock and. six fat sheep to be distributed dnesday last to the poor of the parish of St. Giles, round his Lordship's seat of Stevenstone, near Torrington :— and next day ( being that of the Thanks- giving) his Lordship, us Recorder of Torrington, opened a subscription, which was liberally followed up by the respect- able inhabitants, and expected in regaling their labouring and . labours. After divine service, two fat bullocks up. and a fat sheep roasted whole; which, due proportions of bread and beer, regaled a thousand persons. The excellent band of the Local Militia attended, playing God save the King, and other national airs. In the evening there were bonfires, and fire works let off at the Castle.- A select party of Ladies and Gentlemen spent the evening at the town- hall.. the bells rung out the day at Little Torrington and all was joy and thankfulness- The general Thanksgiving appears to have been every Where . observed with great decorum and sincerity. In Exeter, the Mayor, Recorder, and other officers of the Chamber, went iu procession to the Cathedral, with their regalia and music. The' sermon was preached by the Rev. Canon Howell. The anthem for the day, was a judicious selection from Handel's oratorio of, Isreal in Egypt: com- mencing with the chorus of, Moses and the children of Is- real; the duet of, the Lord is a man of war; followed; and the performance concluded with the double chorus of The Horse and his Rider. The solo of, Sing ye to the Lord, was admirably sung by. Master Dart. Mr. Paddon presided at the organ with iiis usual excellence: and the effect of the whole Was sublime and impressive. The Magistrates, Ministers, Church-' wardens' and over- the. relief of the poor at this inclimint season. Considerable sums were collected and distributed in articles best adapted to their several wonts. About four o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday the 8tb of January, a small boat, was observed by the fishermen and in- habitants of the shores in the Stare Bay, ( between Dartmouth and the Start) drifting towards the land. As the boat approached the shore, two men were distinctly seen in it, steering with an oar. As, however, the sea was very rough, it. was impossible to render them any assistance, until the boat approached the land, when a tremendous wave lifted it u ar 20 feet high, and dashed it to pieces on the shore. One of the men, by twisting a rope which was attached to the boat round his arm, was thrown so- high upon the beach, that by the active exertions of the. fish- ermen and inhabitants ( one of whom risked . his life on the occa- sion) he was dragged on shore, alive, but. much swollen. and bruised. The other poor fellow was seen struggling in the waves, and one of the dogs for which this coast is famous, had actually seized him by the collar, when another tremendous wave over- whelmed, and, by its recoil, carried both away. Tiie dog, after a. short interval, was seen again buffeting the waves, and at length. arrived safe, on the shore ; but- the poor man found an end to his sufferings in a watery grave.- It appears that the men above mentioned were marines, belonging to his majesty's gun- brig Swinger, and that on Friday the 7th in> tam, about seven o'clock ill the evening, tivy, in Company with ' another, marine, rowed off the shore to join their ship then lying in Portland Road's ; but not being able to reach her, and being numbed by the cold, they were driven by the gale from Portland Roads to Start Bay, a dis- tance of 18 leagues; after having been exposed to the inclemency of the weather and the dreadful snow storm on Friday night, for 1 hours; in consequence of which one had already died in the boat. The name of the survivor is James Webb, corporal of marines; and of the dead, John Hutchinson and Richard Saun- ders, private marines. seers, cf the city, and its several. parishes-, zealously exerted themselves during the Inst week to obtain subscriptions for Coals on ship- board, at exemouth, Sunderland, per quarter 24s. Newjasl le-- 2 is. We omit all notice of our Provincial Markets this week; because the weather has prevented regular supplies.— There was no assize of bread affixed at the court held at our Guild- hall yesterday. THE WALTZ. MR. EDITOR— Some lines appeared lately in your paper on the subject of Waltzing, which certainly contained heavy charges of impropriety against those Ladies who practise that dance—• such as, " What! the girl of my heart by another embrac'd ' " What! the balm of her lips shall another man taste? " What touched in the twirl by another man's knee' " What! panting recline on another than me After having allowed your paper to be the medium of such serious imputations, you cannot in candour refuse admission to the following Justificatory Address to the author of them;— Shall another man touch!— By another embrac'd! Shall another man taste her lip's dew ! Why, it's only another that can be so grac'd ; for, d— n it, she'd never let you! A most inexplicable and delicate occurrence has given birth to much speculation in a country town, during the last wee!;,— A young Lady, of respectable connections, was on the eve of being married to a Gentleman who lived in the same street-. As she was a minor, and her parents being both dead, the banns had been published in the. parish church, mid to all appearance, a few days only could have intervened before the solemnization of mar- riage would have taken place. One evening in the last week but one, he called, to pay her a visit, and as the . sister of the I. ady was rather indisposed, she went early to bed,, and, in short, the young couple remained together., after the family had retired- for the night. In the morning, however, it appeared that the Lady i atl not been in bed, and a paper was found in the room ap- parently written by her, in which she conjured her friends to be- lieve the- assertion's of a dying woman that what, Mr. would say of her, would not be true. The distress ot her family may be easily conceived, when we add, they have not'yet discovered a trace which will eludieate her fate. The Gentlemen says, he left her soon after twelve o'clock, and that they had quarclled previous to separation. Here the affair at present rests; and the most dreadful suspense is harrowing- up the minds of the friends of both parties. BIRTHS. On Tuesday last, at the house of her father, Robert Williams, esq. Moor Park, Herts, the Lady of John Colman Rashleigh, esq. of Prideaux, Cornwall, of a daughter. MARRIED— at Bath, Mr. W. Tregerthen to Miss Griffiths— James Birkit, M. D, to Mrs. Beezley, relict of James Beezley, esq.— Mr. Stephen Bowyer - of Frome, to Miss Ann Lewis of Brad- ford— at St. Gluvias Church Penryn, Mr. Hook, of Plymouth, to Miss Dillon,- of Penryn.— at Truro, Mr. John Lewis, druggist, of Falmouth, to Miss S. Carne of Truro.— at Gwennap, Mr N. Andrew, to Miss Eliza. Thomas, both of that place. The Rev. William Coney, to Caroline, youngest daughter of Charles Baring esq. of Exmouth. DIED, After a short illness, on Sunday the 16 inst. at his Parsonage at Sandford in Crediton, Devon,- aged 72, the Rev. George Bent, M. Rector of High Bray, and also of Jacobstowe, in this coun- ty, and chaplain of Sandford. He was an eminently pious and learned Divine. Ou Sunday the 2d instant at Bishopsteignton of- a pulmonary consumption, Mr. Wm. Jackman, jun. eldest son of Mr. Jack- man of Teignmouth, anchor- smith, and clerk to Messrs. Lang- mead & Co. of that, place ; gentle, unassuming and singularly attentive to business, he won in a particular manner the. esteem of his employers. In the filial and fraternal relations, most ten- der and affectionate ; his loss will be deeply felt by every branch J of his family ; thoughtful far beyond his years, and looking ( at. an age of " giddy rambling impulse") to the hope that perishes not with time,— this amiable youth may be said, at the early age of 21, to hart: filled the measure of his existence here, as to human eyes it would seem, he attained a more than ordinary de- gree of fitness for another and a happier state. At Carvedras, near Truro, Mr. James Milford. At Penryn, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth Jenkin. Yesterday, se'nnight at Falmouth, Mr. John Bunny, druggist, aged 76. The doctor ( as he was universally called) was a cha- racter— rich iu humour, excentricity, and benevolence. long shall the Wags of Falmouth laughing tell Of all thy freaks at Commins's Hotel Recount thy battles-— quote thy sayings- queer— But mingle with the laugh affection's tear ;'— Not thy own " Bunny's Mustard'.' double strong, , • E'er made them wheeze so loud Or weep. so long ! Weep, that such spirits to the grave should drop ! The veriest Pickle of thy pickle- shopJ- r Exalt thy " horn"— thy gallantries relate— And sigh to yield thee to the stroke of fate !--- Long on thy grave shall mushrooms fondly grow-'. Long to thy neme tho purling liquor flow ! — METEOROLOGICAL REPORT OF THE LAST WEEK. Kept at Heavitree.-— Exeter. Foote's Hotel, Exeter. THE PUBLIC BALL in honour of The Birth- days of her Majesty the Queen And the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE of WALES, will positively take place this present evening, TUESDA Y 18th January, 1814. LADy- PATrOneSS— MRS. KEKEW1CH, S tEWARD— SIR JOHK T. DUCKWORTH, K. B. HOTEL ASSEMBLY- ROOM. ON WEDNESDAY afternoon, 19th January instant at one o'clock, Dr. KEMP will deliver A LECTURE on MUSIC, POETRY, the DRAMA, and ELOCUTION, the LEC- TURER'S NEW SYSTEM of MUSICAL EDUCATION, with ILLUSTRATIONS, INSTRUMENTAL and VOCAL ; in Song, written and - composed by the Lecturer, to show the power of Music, and force tof Language, through an adherence to the esta- blished principles- of Composition and Elocution ; as delivered by the Doctor, in the Metropolis, at the National, the RusSell, the Philomathic, and the London Institutions. PART 1. The Lecturer's mode of attaining a thorough know- ledge of the Science of Music. Musical Illustrations, E. vcrcis, s for the Piano Forte.— Song, " Can I forget my Father and Mo- ther*"—" The Secret"—" The Nine- Pea."—- Carohacakacu." —" Pit a Pat."— Song, " Nature hath framed strange fellows in her time." PART 2. Musical Illustrations, An Extravagant love Song.—... Songs, 11 Draw the Thorn from her bosom that breaks her re- pose."—" Hark the Chimes."—" Oh, for my beads!—" The Cypress Wreathe."—" Old England for ever and ever re- peated by desire.—" Manhood is melted into Courtesy."—" Come blow the blast," repeated by desire. Admission Ticket, Five Shillings— Three, Half- a- Guinea. To be had at the hoTEl, and of Messrs. TREWMAN and SON. THE Rev. WM. CARWITHEN, A. M. of the Uni- versity of Oxford, proposes to receive into his House, at Lady- day next, SIX YOUNG GENTLEMEN, who will be educated on the Eton Plan, and to which the admirable princi- ples of Dr. Bell's method of instruction, will be also applied. Mr. C. will also, at the same time, attend to a limited number of day boys. St. Thomas's, Exeter, 17t. li January, 181- 1. To be had of EDWARD UPHAM, Exeter. ThIS DAY IS PUBLISHED IN FOUR VOLUMES, T2MO. pATRONAGE : by MARIA EDGWORTh.— Author of Tales of Fashionable Life, Belinda, Leonora, Sec. " Without a Patron,— though I condescend " Sometimes to call a Minister my Friend." Sold by EDWARD UTHAM, Bookseller, Fore- street, F. xeter; where may be had COMPLETE SETTS of Miss EDGWORTH'S WORKS. THE SEVERITY of the WEATHER, during the last week, probably prevented such Ladies and Gentlemen as intended it, entering into engagements with Mr. RAPIER, tcr improve their hand writing according to his systematic plan, IN SIX LESSONS ONLY, His engagements, and prospect of en- gagements elsewhere, forbid him remaining any longer in Exeter excepting on decided certainty' He leaves the city this evening; and his return hereafter must entirely depend on the success of this day ! ! ! Enquire at Mr. WInSBOrrOW'S, near the London Inn.. Exeter, Jan. 18th, 1814. HAVANNAH SEGARS. SANFORD and HUXLEY, Finsbury,- London, have recently Imported sortie real HAVANNAH SEGARS—• To accommodate their friends in the West they intend keeping a few Boxes with their Wholesale Agent, HENRY HILL-, New Inn- court, High- street, Exeter. N. B. H. H. will charge the postage of letters and carriage from London. BURN, JUN. Taylor and Habit- Maker, BEGS leave to inform his Friends, he has COM- MENCED BUSINESS on his own account, at- No. 19, High- street; where he hopes for a portiou of the favours of those who so liberally bestowed them oil the late firm of Burn and Son ( when he bore the name ONLY of a Partner). Those Ladies and Gentlemen who may be pleased to favor him with tlieir com- mands, may- depend on having them execuscd ill the most faslu ionahlo style, and of the best- materials. Ladies and Gentlemen in the country are respectfully in- formed,' it is his intention to wait on them, as usual. Their or- ders ad interim, will be strictly attended to. Exeter, January 17, 1814. DEVON COUNTY- RATE. ADDITIONAL PARISHES WHICH HAVE CONTRI- bUTEd towards the FUN D for defraying the Expences of the intended renewed " Application to Parliament for a fair and equal County Rate for the County of Devon.— Number of Parishes as adversised in our last, 76; received since, 77. COOKBurY.— 78. IDDeSLEIGH.— 79. POUGHILL. . Additional Subscribing Parishes will be inserted occasionally until March next. Arid in the mean time . contributions from in- dividuals will also be received atjhe EXETER BAN K, where a book is opened for that purpose. M. BARRETT, Secretary. I7th January. 1814. HONitON, January 13// t, 1814. AT a Meeting of the Inhabitants of this Town and neighbourhood, who are contributors to she Devon, and Exeter Auxiliary Bible Society, held at the Golden Lion Inn N— JAMES TOWNShEND, esq., iu the chair: Resolved,— On the motion of H. B, Lott, esq. seconded by J. B. Pearse, esq, That, being desirous, to assist the endeavours of the British and Foreign Bible Society in encouraging 0 midtr circulation of . the Holy Scriptures, according to the authorised, version ( without note or comment.) both at home and abroad, to tbe- Utmost of our i- oxc, if is. expedient forthwith to call a Meet- ing fttr the purpose of ' ees- i- dering the propriety of fji'inii. g- a Branch Society for town and neighbourhood, to connect* itself with the IK-' an arid Exeter Auxillary Bible Society. Resolved,— Ob the motion of Mr. Richard Brown, seconded by the Rev. John HugheS That a MEETING for the above purpose be therefore called by public advertisement, to be holdeii at the GOldEN LION INn . on t'-. e 3d day of February next, at elev - N o'clock in the noon, at which a general attendance of the In- habitants of this town and neighbourhood ^' earnestly requested-, and the several persons now present do engage to use their tit- most endeavours, in the mean time, to interest the public miud in so benevolent an undertaking. JAMES TOWNSEND, Chairman. ' S ats will be provided fur Lailiis, whose attendant is par- ticularly requested.- £ 64 FliNDELL's WESTERN LUMINARY: . . DEVON CQuNTY MEETING. , Friday last, about 12 o'clock, the High Sheriff, Richard Hippisley Tuckfield, esq. took the chair, in the crown court of the Castie of Exeter, and having explained with brevity and precision the object of the " meeting, which he said he had called with great pleasure ; and Mr. Barnes, the under- sheriff', having read the requisition ( as advertised in our last '' paper) Earl FORTESCUE, rose to move the Address.—[ We do not feel ourselves competent to dp justice to the speeches delivered on this occasion ;— and, in giving the substance ef them, as well as we could note it, we wish to be clearly understood, that should we err in any particular, we shall feel ourselves greatly obliged to any gentleman who will enable us to correct it in our next.]— Earl Fortescue, as we understood his Lordship, began by observing, in substance, that the happy change which had taken place in the pros- pects of Europe, after twenty years of anarchy, massacre, - and conquest, was such as the youngest person present could scarcely have hoped he should live to see, The . person at the head of the French government had no other rule for his conduct, than to convert the resources of a great aiation into the means of gratifying his own personal ambi- tion; and his use of the resources and population of France, had produced what. might naturally have been expected.— Pouring the armed population of that country into those around it, he had subjugated many. A noble Lord had said in Parliament, that no other man could have raised such an empire, and none other could destroy it. Coali- tions had been formed at different times against him, with more or less prospect of success ; but they had all ended in disappointment. What then had co- operated with his cha- racter to produce the present crisis ?— The whole popula- tion of the countries opposed tohim, had been put in motion, and this constituted a power which nothing could resist.— This, assisted by our armies, had expelled him from the Peninsula. This had expelled him from Russia, even at the expence of firing their own capital. So of Prussia. And the same course had been followed by the countries through which they had passed. His Lordship apologised for his attempt to describe what would be- better conceived, he said, in the feelings of all present. On one topic, how- ever, that of peace, he must observe, that no. one present was more anxious for peace than himself. ( Plaudits.)— He feared that these plaudits might arise, from some, in misapprehension of his meaning. There was a charm in the name of peace. But the states of the. Continent had suffered by accepting peace prematurely— without adequate securities. War is a curse: but experience of the nature of man shewed that it was more or less inevitable. The res- toration of the balance of power, would be our best security, that even in future war, one state would not be permitted to domineer over another. Peace, with adequate securities, would restore this country to the high situation in which it had stood before the present contest, and ought to. stand.— His Lordship concluded a very sensible and manly speech, which was warmly applauded, and which we regret that we cannot do justice to, by proposing the address, of which an authorised copy will be found in our first page. Lord ROLLE seconded the address, which entirely met his concurrence; and which, his Lordship hoped, would be carried unanimously. Mr. BRICKDALE took a summary review of the events of the great contest, and the character of Napoleon, who had seen " mankind grow thin by his destructive sword ;" re- minded the meeting of his threat to " drive the English into the sea;" within two years of which, our own immortal Wellington had planted the British standard on the soil of France!— This reverse had kindled the spirit of resistance in Russia; and, from the flames of Moscow, the invader had been driven across the Rhine. [ We could only hear a part of Mr. Brickdale's summary, which is spoken of as being very neat and judicious.] Dr. PERKISS said, that England had saved herself by her persevering firmness, and Europe by her example. The deliverance of the world from tyranny was owing to this country. The voice of independence had been raised here, and the deliverance of Europe was the consequence. The restoration of the balance of power was the united object of the victorious Allies. But to whom were we indebted for these. benefits? Will not every voice say, to the firmness and moderation of our councils— to our venerable King, with w hom every heart sympathises— and to. the Prince Re- gent's continuance of his father's ministers ;— but for whom, this gre-. t and independent country would not now have to send up an address of congratulation upon events— which spoke more exalted commendation than language had the power of givmg. The Reverend Doctor also expressed his sense of the paternal care with which the high authori- ties to whom he had alluded, had protected the national church ; expressing a fervent hope that this country might long enjoy the blessings of civil liberty and social order, Lord EBrINGTON had not intended to address the meet- ing; but having, during his short political life, generally opposed Ministers, he could not but express his dissent from some of the observations of the gentleman who spoke fast. His Lordship cordially acquiesced in the sentiments of the address.; but could not go die length of ascribing such high merits to Administration. Sir STAFFORD NORThCOTe. recalled the attention of the averting to the address, which the honourable Baronet mo- ved should be now adopted ; and the meeting proceed to vote its thanks to the Sheriff. Mr. ARTHUR rose, and declared, in few words, his con- viction, that, under Divine Providence, to the wisdom, firmness, and manly determination of the councils and energies of this kingdom, these signal successes were mainly to be attributed ; and they were still the great maintenance « ad support- of the contest. This was not only his opinioir2 but, he believed, that of a great majority of the present meeting, as we'. l its the genuine feelings of the county at large, lie therefore wished, that our approbation of their nipusures seotild be distinctly noticed in the address. Lord RolLe rose again, and said, in substance, that al- though he differed with Noble' Lords and Gentlemen on some points, he was convinced that they all agreed at the bottom of their hearts in wishing well to the country. His Lordship disapproved of the motion which had just been brought forward, because he wished that nothing should oc- cur to disturb the unanimity of the meeting. Yet he could not suppress his conviction, that to. the course which govern- ment had pursued, we owed the present happy change. If Britain had not made a stand— If, when in possession of Spain and Portugal, and when opinions were given that we j ought not to remain there, we had submitted to those opin- ions, the Tyrant would, at this day, have had one foot on Lisbon and the other at Moscow. Britain had drove him out of Spain, by the valour of our armies, the talents of Lord Wellington, and the persevercnce of the Regent, hiscouncil, and Ministers. When their perseverance, and consequent success, had rousikl the other powers, those powers could not have succeeded, as they had done, but for the assistance they obtained from this country. After the Emperor of Russia had submitted to lose a capital city, he could not have gone on, but for the assistance he derived from this country.— The other powers had been equally assisted. The enemy would not now have been shut up in his capital, but for the perseverance of the Government and people of this country, Let merit be, then ( said his Lordship) to whom merit is due. I glory in having supported the war. And I think I should not have discharged my duty faithfully, if I had not said what I have."— His Lordship, who spoke with great animation, and was cheered with' loud and reite- rated applauses, concluded by recommending perfect and cordial unanimity in the business of the day. Mr. ARTHUR spoke again in favour of his motion ; but we were so placed, as not to be able to hear clearly what this gentleman, said. Sir STAFFORD NORTHCOTE again callcd the attention ofthe meeting to its advertised object; and, repeating . his exhorta- tions to unanimity, moved that the question should be now put- on the address. The SHERIFF proceeded to put" the question ;— when, Earl FORTESCUE said, that all that had passed was extra- neous and foreign to the subject. The question before the meeting was, to consider of the propriety of presenting an address to the Prince Regent on the success of His Majes- ty's arms and those of his Allies, and the improved state of public affairs. His Lordship exulted, as others, in this state of affairs ; but did not place the same implicit confi- dence in Ministers. Nor did his Lordship know how a respectable gentleman had brought them neck and shoulders under consideration, It is certainly of the essence of free- dom to express a difference of opinion : and it is practically understood in this country ( said his Lordship} what is meant by a constitutional opposition. Mr. ARTHUR observed upon his Lordship's expression, as to his bringing in his motion by the " neck and should- ers ;"— but agreed to withdraw it. The Address was then adopted unanimously. Itlvas agreed that it should be signed by the Sheriff, in the name of the meeting ; and proposed, that it be sent to the Secre- tary of State, for present ion— unless, as it was good liu- ineuredly observed, the Sheriff wished to be knighted— an honor which the worthy Chief Magistrate of the county, did not seem to be ambitious of.— The meeting was a highly respectable one ; but less numerous than, most probably, it would have been, but for tho heavy fall of snow ;— which, ( as an eloquent gentleman observed in the hall) " had com- pelled those who attended from the country, to travel, like the children of Israel through the red sea, with a wall of water [ snow] on the right hand and on the left. DEVON COUNTY SESSIONS. The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for this coun- ty, commenced on Tuesday last, at the Castle of Exeter, before a respectable but not numerous Bench; John Brick- dale, esq. in the chair. Tho business was not generally interesting. Passing over the usual routine, vagrancy, bastardy-, & c. & c. we select the following criminal cases:— Edward Chappell, who had been committed by John Inglett Fortescue, esq. on a charge of stealing two geese, on the night of the 9th Dec. from a pen in the court yard of Edward Longman, was found guilty, and sentenced to six months hard labour in Bridewell. David Nicholls and Richard Evans ( the master pf a coal brig and his man) were convicted of stealing two tur- keys, the property of Mr. Stackpole of Instow, in the morn- ing of the 10th October last. It appeared from the evidence of George Mitchell ( Mr. Stackpole's hind) that, these sailors, in passing over his master's farm ( from Fremington) had knocked down two, of a flock of twelve, turkeys, put them into a bag, and were carrying them off towards the ferry which crosses towards Appledore; when he pursued tmd overtook them. The captain, called to his man Slippery to bring back the bag, but he would not. While Mitchell re- turned to tell his master what had happened, John Dann, the coachman, followed the sailors to the ferry. George Hooper, another sailor, deposed that he, with a mail called Kinner, ( also a seaman) wore walking in company with Nicholls and Evans, from Fremington to Appledore, when Nicholls knocked down the turkeys, arid Kinner picked them up and put them into Evans's bag.— David Rymers, who keeps a public house a. t Appledore, was also present wljen Nicholls knocked down the turkeys bv throwing tllb stick at them. Mr. Henry Spiller, of St. Thomas's; gave captain Nicholls a good character. But the Jury found both guilty : and the court sentenced Nicholls to seven and Evans to three months hard labour. A letter from Mr. Stackpole, was read in court, recommending Nicholls to mercy, on account of his large family. Robert Jellelt, a tailor, with a wooden leg, was convicted of stealing two shirts, the property of Mr. W. Radford, c'" Sandford near Crediton, as they hung to dry, on the 23a of November last. One of the shirts was found on his back.— To be imprisoned ( lure months, and whipped, al Sandford. John Hunt, was found guilty of stealing a screw wrench: and a bag, from his master, Mr. Henry Shapton, farmer ; and sentenced to. three months hard labour. Elizabeth Burt, an old woman, found guilty of stealing A cotton gown from the line on which it hung to dry, tktv property of Elizabeth Yeo, of Dock:— one month hard labour. Catherine Frost was acquitted of the charge of stealing, a bed- sheet at Dock. Ann Martin, servant in the house of Aaron Moore of. Broadclist, esq. charged with stealing several articles, the. property of her master.— Acquitted. Chambers, a begging sailor, found guilty of stealing a shawl handkerchief, the property of Elizabeth Taylor, to be imprisoned three months. George Luscombe was convicted of. stealing three geese, the property of Mr. Matthews, a farmer near Modbury, in the last Christmas eve. Mr. Matthews's son and the con- stable found one ofthe geese in the prisoner's pot, boiling, on Christinas day, and the other two in a bag, in the corner of his room.— Six months hard labour. Ann Lear, a very young- looking little married woman was tried on a charge of stealing bed furniture and a bag. I The articles were found in the house of her husband, who is abroad ; and there being no evidence how the goods came there, she was acquitted. A foreign seaman was convicted of stealing a woman's chemise at Dock, and sentenced to six months hard labour. He had been convicted at the same bar, a twelvemonth ago, of stealing a watch. Samuel Searle, a house carpenter at Collumpton, was next tried for stealing 11 ducks, on the 19th of October lust, the property of Mr. Hewett, a farmer, near that tewn. There was a good deal of contradictory evidence giv^ n in this case. The principal witnesses for the prosecution, were James Millar ( a life- guards- man) and his wife, who lodged in the prisoner's parlour. Mrs. Millar had overheard a conversation between the prisoner and another person, ca the Sunday evening, about going out to tuke the ducks, which were said to be in a neighbouring field, and which Searle said he would do, as soon as lie saw it convenient. He accordingly went out, at half past eight, and returned at. half past eleven; she got up on hearing him, and situ? him, by a light on the stairs, pass through his kitchen and go tip to his bed- room with a heavy bag oil his back, apparently tired. Next morning, she went into his. bed- room, and saw the ducks on the floor. It was not till the 5th of Novem- ber, after a scuffle between Searle and Millar about a dis- puted bill, detaining a gun, See. and about which they had' gone before a Magistrate, who had dismissed the complaint, that Millar informed the Magistrate of tho affair of the ducks. Several witnesses, who appeared to have sided with- Searle in the scuffle at the George Inn, attempted to prove, that Millar having declined to fight Searle, after having chal- lenged; and been struck by him, had said he would swear his life away, and that the charge of duck- stealing then first made, was the invention of his own malice; while Millar, on the other hand, swore, that some of these witnesses ( Tommy Cross and John Bult) had pledged themselves to give him ten pounds if he would not appear against Searie, and further hinted that they would charge him with killing a hare if he did not comply. After a very ingenious sifting by the several advocates, and a patient hearing of the bench; the jury found the prisoner guilty, The Chairman; said, that in consideration of the prisoner's family, the court would be so lenient as only to condemn him to two years hard labour. All the prosecutors in these cases, who chose to apply ft* it, were allowed their expences. A true bill has been found against Mr. Henry Terrell, one of the overseers of the parish of Tavistock, for disobe- dience and contempt of an order made by the Chairman and Bench of Justices at the last sessions. By the Statute, this is punishable with a fine and imprisonment, The inhabitants of the parish of Ilsiiigton were indicted for not repairing a piece of road in their parish ; and were ordered to repair it against the next quarter sessions. NATIONAL FINANCE.— The income of the Consolidated Fund for the quarter endins: the 5th instant, amounts to 11,352.0001, exceeding that of the corresponding quarter of hist year by 1,01 1,0001. The charge iTpon the Consoli- dated Fund is about 12,000,000?. being an excess of about 279,000/. compared with that ofthe 5th of January, 1813. The deficiency, it thus appears, is not more than G 17,000/. whereas last year it amounted to 1,383,000/. The war taxes, after deducting 013,000/. carried to the Consolidated Fund to defray the charges of different loans, have pro- duced about 3,829,000?. yielding a surplus of 1,001,000/. over the receipts ot the corresponding quarter of last year. The properly taxes have produced near 200,000/. more.— The Customs have fallen off to the amount of 3^ 000/.; but, on the other hand, the Excise has experienced an in- crease of near 700,0001. AVe understand, that in the Ja- nuary quarter, gbout 400,000/. have been paid into the Ex- cise for tea duties, towards the war taxes, arid un equal a- mount towards the Consolidated Fund. AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. From the. LONDON GAZETTE. Jan. 11. ADMIRALTY- OFFICE, JAN. 11, 1814. Copy of u letter from Rear- Admiral Freemantle to John Wil- son Croker, esq. dated on board his Majesty's ship Milford, Trieste, Dec: 1814. SIR— I have the honour of enclosing a report from the Hon. Captain Cauogan, of his Majesty's ship Havannah, giving an account, of the surrender of tire very important fortress of Zara to the Austrian and British forces. The judgment, perseverance and ability shewn by htm, on every occasion, will not, lam ' persuaded, escape their Lordships observation. Captain Cado^ gaii, with the crews of a frigate and a sloop, has accompli bed as much as required the services of the squadron united at Trieste. I have the honour to be, & e. ( Signed) T. F. FREEMANTLE. His Majesty's Ship Havannah, before Zara, Dec. 6. SIR:— It is with great satisfaction I have the honour to inform you, that the fortress of Zara, has this day capitulated to the combined Austrian and English forces, after sustaining a canno- nade of thirteen days from the English batteries, consisting of two thirty- two pound carronades, eight eighteen pounders, and seven twelve pound long guns, as well as two howitzers worked thy Austrians. As the courier which conveys this infor- mation will set out immediately, I shall defer entering into par- ticulars until another opportunity, and confine myself to the ge- neral terms gfanted, which are, that the garrison are to march out with honours of war ; to ground their arms on the glacis, and then to he. conducted as prisoners of war, until exchanged, to the out- posts of the nearest French army. The outwork of the garrison to be occupied this evening by the Austrian troops, and the whole of the enemy to march out on the 9th, at ten a. in.— As soon as I can make ready a copy of the terms, I shall have the honor of forwarding them to you : in the mean time, 1 have the honor to he, & e. * GEO. CADOGAN, Capt. Rear- Admiral Freemantle, . . his Majesty's sloop Swallow, at sea, Sept. 16. Sir.— Being well in- shore at day light this morning, between - the Tiber and D'Anzo, a brig and xebeck were discovered be- tween us. and the latter harbour, and having light ballling winds • at the time from the eastward, I thought the boats would have a chance of reaching them before they got into port, and they were dispatched, under the direction of Lieutenant Samuel Ed- ward Cook, ( first of the Swallow) assisted by Mr. Thomas Cole, mate, and Mr. Henry Thomas, midshipman, and after a tow of two hours, they came up with,. and brought out from close under D'Anzo, ( from whence numerous boats, besides two gun- boats had been sent to her assistance, and kept her in tow till the mo- ment of the boats hoarding,) the French birg Guerriere, of four guns and sixty stand of small arms.— There could not have been more steady cool bravery displayed than on this occasion. Lieut. Cook speaks in the highest terms of every person with him. I am sorry to say his loss has been severe, having had two men killed, and four severely wounded in his boat, as you will find in the enclosed return. I have the honor to be, & c. F.. R. SIBLY, Commander. killed— Thomas Philps and N. Jones, ordinary seamen. Wounded— James Fitzgerald, and John Boyles, ordinary sea- men, and James, Dorsey, able seaman, severely ; William Dix- on, ordinary seaman, dangerously. his Majesty's ship Edinburgh, off D'Anzo, Oct. 8'. Sir— In obedience to your directions, 1 put to sea and joined Captain Duncan, of the Imperieuse, and the ships named in the margin, ( the Resistance, Swallow, Eclair, and Pylades) this Morning, otf this place, where he had been watching a convoy I, ; some days, with the intention of attacking them the first fa vourable opportunity. The necessary arrangements having been made by that officer for the attack, I added the force of this ship to. it, and made the signal that those arrangements would be ad- hered to, and to prepare for battle. The place was defended by two batteries, mounting three heavy guns each on a mole; a lower to the northward of this with one gun, and a battery to the southward with two guns, to cover the mole. Every thing being prepared at half- past one p. in. the ships bore up and took their Stations as follows : The Imperieuse and Resistance to the mole batteries ; the Swallow to the tower ; the Eclair and Pylades to tbe battery to the southward ; the Edinburgh supported the last- named ships.— Shortly after the ships opened their fire, which thev did by signal together, the storming party, under Lieut. Travers, of the Imperieuse, and marines, under Captain Mit- chell, landed in the best order close under the southern battery, which Lieutenant Travers carried instantly, on which the enemy flew in all directions ; Lieutenant Mapleton having taken pos- session of the mole head, the convoy, consisting of twenty nine vessels, was brought out without any loss, twenty of which are laden with timber for the arsenal at Toulon.— On leaving the place all tbe works were blown up, and most completely destroyed. I feel the destruction of the defences of this place to be of conse- quence, as it was a convenient port for shipping the very large quantity of timber the enemy now have on the adjacent coast. The captains', officers, and ships companies deserve my warm acknowledgement for their exertions on this occasion. A few shot in the hulls and rigging of the ships is the only damage done. Captain Duncan informs me that he gained very material and " necessary information respecting this place, by a vjr'y gallant exploit performed a few nights ago by Lieutenant Travers,' of the Imperieuse, who stormed, with a boat's crew, a tower of one gun, destroying it, and bringing the guard away. .1 am & c. G. H. L. DUNDAS, Captain. His Majesty's Ship Furicuse, at sea, Oct. 8. Sir— I beg to acquaint you, that on the 4th instant, running along the coast to the " island of Ponza, at one p. m. 1 observed a convoy of 19 vessels in the harbour of Marinello, ( about six miles to the eastward of Civita Vecchia) protected by two gun- boats, a fort of two long twenty- four- pounders, and a strong for- tified castle and tower, and it appearing practicable to cut them out, as ihe wind was fair for that purpose, Lieutenants Crtiker and Lester, with Lieutenant Whylock and Davies, of marines, gallantly volunteered to storm t're fort on the land- side with the whole of the marines and boat's crews, whilst tic ship anchored before it, which service was promptly performed; and after a few broadsides I had the satisfaction of seing the battery carried and guns spiked by our gallant party on shore. The enemy re- treated, and took the strong positions of the castle and tower overlooking the harbour, where they kept up a constant fire of musketry through loop- holes, withor. t the possibility of being dislodged; although 1 weighed and stood in, so that the whole fire of the ship was directed against it. Nothing could damp the ardour of the party onshore, who together with Lieutenant Les- ter in the boats, lost not a moment in boarding and cutting the cables of 16 vessels, under a most galling fire, two oi which were sunk in the entrance of the harbour, md fourteen got off I have to regret the loss of twelve brave men killed and w ounded, which is less than might have been expected, as more than 500 regular troop, arrived from Civita vecchia; but were kept in check in coming' along, and forced to take a circuitous route, by a well- directed fire from the ship, which allowed sufficient time for all our men to embark.— The whole of this service was most successfully accomplished - in three hours, and 14 vessels deeply laden got h. I was obliged to take in tow, as their sails had all been unbent, and taken on shore to prevent our getting them out, I have the honour to be, i*. c. ( Signed) WW. MOUNSEY, Captain. Killed— William Wilson, seaman, William Chambers, marine. Wounfed— Henry Wabby, William Govier, Archibald Cowan, William Hogg, John Thompson, Joseph Kempster, Samuel Roo- ker, Christopher Weeks, William Vinnicombe, and Henry Luke. A iist of vessels captured. ( lUn- boat Le Bacchus, 1 long brass 24- pounder and 4 swivels. — gun.- boat name unknown.— Xebeck St. Antonio, pierced ( or 12 guns, 2 long 6- pounders mounted; and 13 settees, laden with salt, tobacco, marble, and sundries. His Majesty's ship Revenge, off Palamos, Nov. 0, SIR— I have the honor to inform you, that I discovered yester- day a French felucca privateer, in the harbour of Palamos, which Lieutenant Richards, senior Lieutenant of this ship, handsomely offered to bring out. Upon reconnoitring the place, I did not observe any insurmountable impediments to the enterprise; con- sequently, at. half past eight p. m. I gave him the boats of this ship, aided by Lieut. Blakiston, Capt. Speerin ( and a detach- ment of Royal Marines under his command; and Messrs. Quelch, Rolfe, Fisher, Mainwaring, Harwood, Munbee, Fraser, Maxwell Buchanan, and Davey, masters mates aud midshipmen ; and I have the satisfaction to state, that they completely achieved their object at eleven p. m. without an officer or man being hurt; and at one o'clock brought alongside their prize, with twenty prisoners out of forty- nine, the others having jumped overboard ; and it is a very gratifying part of my duty to inform you, that Lieut. Richards highly commends the good conduct and gallantry of every officer and man under his orders. I have the honour to be, & c. J. GORE, Captain. IIis Majesty's ship Undaunted, off Port Nouvelle, Nov. 9. SIR— I have the honour to report to you, that the port of Nou- v. elle was attacked to- day, and tbe batteries stormed in the most gallant manner by Lieutenant Hastings and Lieutenant Hunt, of the Marines, the whole under the command of Lieutenant IIovv- liain, senior Lieutenant, who speaks in great praise of the officers and men of this ship, and those of the Guadaloupe, under the command of Lieutenant Hurst, and Mr. Lewis, Master. The vessels as per margin, ( vessels captured, 2; destroyed, 5) fell into our hands. It affords me great pleasure to state that only one man was wounded. 1 have the honour to be, See. THOMAS USHER, Captain. ADMIRALTY- OFFICE, JANUARY 11, 1811. Vice- Admiral Sir Edward Pellew has also transmitted to John Wilson Croker, esq. a letter from Captain Hamilton, of his Ma- jesty's ship Rainbow, dated off Madalena, the 11th September, stating that her boats, under Lieutenant Coffin, had captured, in the Bay of Ajaccio, two lattine vessels, one having on board a Lieutenant and several men of the 2d bat*, of French pioneers ; and the other laden with wheat. And one from Captain Hole, of his Majesty's sloop Badger, dated off Port Mabon, the 30th Oct. giving an account of his having captured L'Aventure French pri- vateer, of two gnus and twenty- eight men, outfour days from Barcelona, and had not taken any prize. BANKRUPTS.— J. Cook and D. Sheppatd, Ipswich, maltsters. R. Anthony, Plymouth, grocer ; Jan. 20, 24, Feb. 22, Royal Ho- tel, Plymouth; att. Mr. Prideaux, Plymouth. T. Beare; South- ampton, plumber. D. Gorely, Canterbury, hatter. W. Brown, jun. Arinsby, Lincoln, cow- jobber. T. Bunn, Southtown, Suf- folk, and R. Bunn, Newcastle, merchants, li. Gilardone, Ex- eter, jeweller, Jan. 12, Feb. 2, 22, Old London Inn, Exeter; att. Mr. Terrell, North- street, Exeter. R, Burrows and W. Winn, Broken- wharf, Upper Thames- street, merchants. J. Frimling, Chislehurst, coach- maker. Isaac Loplastrier, Minories, watch- maker. E. Woodgate, sen. Burrows- buildings, timber- merchant. PROCLAMATION of the ALLIED POWERS TO THE FRENCH NATION. " FRENCHMEN,— Victory has conducted the Allied Armies to your frontier. They are about to pass it. We do not make- war upon France ; but we repel far from us the yoke which your Government wished to impose upon our" respective countries, which have the same rights to independence and happiness, as your's. Magistrates, Landholders, Cultivators, remain at your homes. The maintenance of public order, respect for private property, the most severe discipline, shall characterise the pro- gress and the stay of the Allied Armies. They are r. ot animated by the spirit of vengeance— they wish not to retaliate upon France the numberless calamities with which , for tbe last twenty years overwhelmed her neighbours, and the most distant countries. Other principles and other views than those which led your armies among us, preside over the counsels of the Allied Monarchs. Their glory will consist in having put the speediest period to the misfortunes ef Europe. The only con- quest which is the object of their ambition is that of peace; but at the same time, a peace which shall secure to their ownpeople^ to France, and to Europe, a state of real repose. We hoped to find it before touching the soil of France. WK come thither in in quest of it. " The Marshal Prince SCHWARTZENBERG,. " Commanding in Chief the Grand Allied Army. " Head- quarters, at Learrach, Dec. 21, 1814." IRISH CATHOLIC BOARD.— In our paper of the 21st DE- cember last, we gave a copy of the resolution, which passed w ith- out a division, that the Board " never could consent to any inter- ference on the part of the Crown in the appointment of Irish Ca- tholic Bishops, & c. and that no settlement can be final or satis- factory which lias for its basis, or at all involves, any innovation or alteration, to be made by authority of Parliament," & c. In our paper of the 2Hth, we gave extracts from the speech made by Dr. Dromgoole, in support of that resolution ; and on the 4th Jan. we copied the subsequent resolution of the Board, in which Dr. Dromgoole's sentiments were then reprobated and con- demned.— We have now before us in an article from the Dublin Evening Post ( the zealous organ of the Irish Catholics) a descrip- tion of ihe noisy orators ot that Board, which confirms the opinion generally entertained of those turbulent gentlemen, on this side of the water ; and which w e copy— as follows:— " It required no extraordinary powers of divination to foresee, that the late very childish and very cowardly Vote of the Catho- lic Board, as il has excited the disgust of rational men, who have even defended the conduct of the Board, would call forth the sarcasm and ridicule, suelv as they . are, of the enemies- of Eman- cipation, as well as hired maligners of Members who. distin- guish themselves in what arc called the Debates of. the Body. It was easy to foresee, that a few miserable and rotten common- places about liberality— common- places as flat and as flimsy as those which the incipient spun us use in the Historical Society of the College— common- places which no man of un original mind — no man who had tSe faculty of think in:, would condecended to employ— it was easy, we say, to foresee, that all this fustian and folly, instead of setting . up the character of tbe Board " with our Protestant Fellow- Subjects," would have the effect of reader? ing the Board, as far as the Board i- concerned, an object of un- mitigated coutempt. We say, as far as the Board is concerned, for, to the honour of that. Body, which The Evening Post, at least, never will desert, we can state, that the Vote was carried by an - 36$ ! lions in the Jacobin Club, when decency, and propriety, and rea- son. were lost in the war of vulgar acclamation. " But the Public out of doors, those not acquainted with the machine of the Body, those w ho regard it as containing five hun- dred Catholic Gentlemen, including the Catholic Hierarchy, can- not be blamed ; nay, it was natural that they should visit upon? the whole Body the scorn which we must reluctantly admit, the: supporters of the Vote in question ( unanimous) have so amply merited. Yet nothing can be more unjust. In that Board there are many pure spirited and manly minds, with Irish hearts, and views only to Irish good, who hold hypocrisy in sovereign dis- dain. These men are not the eiamorers of the Body, the exclu- sive and noisy Patrons of that bastard bantling, which every courtezan and libertine in the Land call Liberality ; the dai^ y j Orators, who fatigue the public ear, even ad nauseam, with their own mighty deeds in the service of their Country— quite other- wise I They are most of them silent Members— but they ar » > firm and principled. They are not political gladiators who fence" for tbe public sport— who are only governed in their movements by the plaudits of the million, who give up a principle or a posi- tion, and assume it. as it may suit the convenience of the hour ; who, provided they are in the front of the arena, care very little which side of the question they support— in short, the majority, the great, the respectable majority— the men who . really govern those who appear to lead the Body, are not formed of such Cameleon stuff', of such unsubstantial wordiness, as* the Public too often, the Lord knows, have reason to suspect. For our own parts, we have supported the Board, and shall conti- nue our support, because we know that there is a spirit ill it, which atones for the absurdity of its Member.-, and which, . oil all great occasions, will be found superior to the paltry politics and private views, to the factious follies or miserable vanity of any of its component parts. But though The Evening Post has been employed in repelling the slanders of the Castle Pres$ against the Board, as well as in exposing tbe hollowness of its pretended friends— though it has fought all its battles, when the Board itself was not able to fight them— though it has^ tood ill the breach between the Board and the Government, it suffered for its romantic chivalry— while the Patriots laughed at its suf- ferings— though it has hitherto taken the Board under its pro- tection— for, after all their talking, and voting, and resolving, what would the Board be without the Evening Post ?— it doeo not follow, as some of our Correspondents seem to intimate, that we should defend the Board, even in its aberrations from dignity and reason. Do the Gentlemen, who make this modest pro- posal, really imagine that we are the hired advocates of the Board ? Do they really imagine- as the Castle Papers swear, that we are in the pay of the Body ? that their will- is our will ; and their opinion ours? Do they imagine that the Gentlemen of this establishment feel themselves inferior in consideration to any Member of the Board, except the titled Members,— or that, in point of talent and public spirit, they do, not fee} themselves at least equal to the veriest egotist of the Catholic B. ody ? Where is the man amongst them that would have pxposed his purse and, person for the cause ? . If this be their opinion, it is high time the public should be disabused. Wc have supported the Catholie Board hitherto, because the Catholic . Board, ill our opinion, have hitherto acted with spirit and good sense. . Having acted with neither good sense nor spirit oil the last occasion, they miscalcu-* • late very miserably upon our want of both, if they suppose, that we should run with the torrent, and echo the. driftlcss trash of the declaimers. For the sake of the holy cause of freedom in which we are engaged, we wish to take both out of the hands of those who set up an exclusive claim to honesty and patriotism." ' CROSSING THE RHINE.— A letter from an English Gen- tleman at Schaffhausen, dated the 21st Dec. says,—" Yes-- terday the Austrian troops broke the neutrality by advanc- ing to this town. There were here at the time about seven hundred of the St. Gall militia, who, on the advance of the Austrians, retired . across, the;. Rhine,. and barrieadoed the bridge, and double gates, which are plated at each end of it. They then halted on the other side drawn up in line, and determined to defend the, passage. This. morning, Prince Lichtenstein with a large, body o. f cuirassiers and • other cavalry, and some, grenadiers; entered the. town ; ; and, after a little delay, a party were ordered to force the bridge, and we had the satisfaction of crossing the Rhine at the head of the troops, the Swiss, troops . marching off very quietly without firing a shot. - As I fancy.. these must be about the first troops who have crossed the Rhine, we t'elt this a very interesting sight. to seo. The people all. came out of their houses to help in removing fhe barricadoes, and in fact seemed very willing, to assist in any thiog. I have had a good deal of ' talk with, two or . three intelligent people of. the town, and: I think iuat, ir, o." n . what I make out, that at least in this neighbourhood they are all for the Allies, and they in fact told me , that all they wished for was to be forced into declaring for the. good cause." Captain Canning, of kite sloop( of war has been susr pended from his command, for various acts of misconduct, in attacking Turkish vessels, & c. antl particularly by an un- authorised attempt to . destroy some, pirate boats at Iciromo, an Island near the gul f of Salonica, by which 20' of his crew were killed and 18 wounded; The first Lieutenant, Mr. Williams,- the purser, Mr. Edgar, - and the senior Mid- shipman, are included in the list of killed and wounded. The Kite is arrived at Malta, in c. harge of Lieut. Johnstone. MAIL ROBBERY.— On 4j. lt November last the Stroud' Mail Coach was robbed of a parcel containing Cirencester Bank- notes to the amount of 2,200?, Stale time after, two pf the stolen notes ( for 10/. each) were presented tor payment at Messrs. Mas- termann and Co.' s, bankers, London, but were refused— In a. short time after, two notes for 10/. each, part of the stolen nctej, were presented for payment at the Cirencester Bank, by ME,. Mountain, a respectable attorney at Cirencester, which were le- ftist d payment. Mr. Mountain being asked how he became pos- sessed of them, very readily said, he was- agentf of Mr. Gilbert Davis fishmonger, of Gloucester, and had received ( heto of hitji. A most rigid enquiry respecting the notes was immediately' made the result of which afforded grounds for issuing warrants from, Bow- street for the apprehension of Benjamin Benjamin, and. Lewis Benjamin, fishmongers, of Duke's- place, London, with whom Mr. Davis has been in the habit of transacting business-— After bearing counsel as to admitting these prisoners to bail, which was refused, they were committed; and G. Davis was sum- moned frote Glu'- i ster to give evidence.— Accordingly on Satur-. day a further investigation took place, at Bow- street; when Mr. Gilbert Davis was discharged from the recognizance entered into before the Mayor of Glocester, and liberated from custody, upon his entering into sureties to appear as evidence against t e Ben- jamins at the ensuing Sessions at the Old Bailey.: if npp a- e. l sufficiently clear, that. he was by no means , implicated with tiie Benjamins in circulating the notes stolen from the Stround mail knowing them to have been stolen.. JJM> TRADE.— An Officer who has lately returned from the Adriatic, states, that Trade may. be soon expected to take its wonted course at Trieste, which the, presence oi' the French had greatly impoverished, ( The carriages of the merchants at Trieste, which used to am. ount to !> 0, were reduced to five)— The Island of Lissa, from the Continent being opened, will become comparatively depopulated.— Coffee at Trieste is half a dollar per lb. Colonial produce and English goods are in great demand there, being wanted ror Germany, Hungary, and Bohemia. Several merchants had already arrived at Trieste from Vienna, to purchase English goods. FAlMOUTH, Saturday, Jun. I .).- Wind variable.— Ar- rived, the Snake packet, fm London ; brig Charlotte, Craze, fm Lisbon, with fruit fr London-.' days, was boarded on Monday night off Scilly, by an Amerucan privateer but escaped. FOWRY, Jan. 14.-— Arrived, the Endeavour and Hope, Reed, foi. Sunderland j. Unity, Taylor, fm Looe ; Un- ion, Matthews, fm Chepstow ; Hero,' prettyjohns, fm Swansea; Union, hannaford, Ann, Swaffin, and Pallas; Varwell, fin Newport; Ann and Elizabeth, Moysey fm Penryn ; Mary Ann, Brokensha, fm. Plymouth; Hero, Stephens, fin ' Dartmonth- j Eliza cartel Morgan, fm Morlaix.— saied, his Majesty's lugger Sandwich., Lieut. Drake, and Surley cutter, Lieut. Welsh, on a cruize; ' Flora, Rosignol, fr Guernsey; Endeavour, Hobson. Hope, Reed, Union, Matthews, Hero, Prettyjohns, Union, Hannaford, Ann, Swaffin,, Young Benjamin, Pentreath, and Elizabeth Ann, Ross, for various posts coastwise. PLYMOUTH, Monday, Jan. 10.— Arrived the Magnifi- cent, of 74 gun's, fm Basque Road.-; and Scylla brig of war fm a cruise. Sailed the Warspite of 74 guns, fr Basque Roads. en- tered- inwards the Robert and Jane, Armstrong, Acorn, Armand, Shannon, Pybus, Royal Jubtilee, Christie, all fm Sunderland; Perseverance, Scantlebury, fm Fowey 5 Unicorn, Archer, Unity, Morgan, Perseverance, Hogg, all fin London ; Thomas and Eli- zabeth, Sweeney, fm Portsmouth; Hannah, German, fm Hull. Cleared outwards the Mary Ann, Brokensha, fr Fowey Grati- tude, Jenkins, fr Swansea. - Tuesday;—- three of the lighters, employed at the Breakwater • were wrecked last night; owing to a sudden storm ; their crews were all saved. entEered inwards the Isabella, Corner, fm Sun- derland ; Good Intent,. Ham, and Betsy, Pearse, fm Portsmouth; Fame, Waltram, fm Hull ;- Grace. Langmead, fm Looe; Jane, Hodge, aud Friends Goodwill, Jewell, both fm Fowey ; Susanna, Mathews, fm Penzance. Wednesday:—- Sailed the. Kangaroo sloop of war;- fr Passages, having, under her convoy about 6 transports with supplies fr Lord Wellington's armys Sailed the Scylla brig: war on a cruise. Arrived the Ulysses of 14 gums^ fm Portsmouth. Entered- in wards- the Endeavour, Hobson, fm Sunderland - 9 friendship, Stroud, fr Arundel';. Amity, Nickels fm Llanelly, Thursday.— Arrived the Bellona 74 guns, for the Channel fleet. Friday.— Cleared out the Goodson;. Broomham, fr Bristol. saturday.— Entered inwards the Eunice, Ellis, fin Dublin; Charlotte, Davey, fm. Yarmouth; Commodore, Churchward, and Hibernia, Vaughan, fm London y Hope, Benoke, fm Dartmouth ; Bee, Hill, fm Penryn ^ Rosamond. Clark, fm Wales. Cleared outwards tlie William and George, Pearse, fm Fowey. EXMOUTH, Jan.. Arrived, since our last, the Flora, Cook, fm Sunderland ; Dasher, Dally, fm Cardiff; Friendship, Shears , and Selina, Marther fm London. DARTMOUTH, Jan, 15.— Arrived, the Two Sisters, Web- ber, fm London j Providence, Wright, and Diana, Reynolds, fm Sunderland ; Caroline, Fox, fm Lyme, Samuel and John, Mor- ford, fm Plymouth ; Susan and Mary, Slater, and Union, Han- naford, fm Newport; Fortitude, Brooks, fm Exeter; Maria, Cooke, fm London; Savage, and Scylla, sloops of war fm a cruize.— Sailed, the Union, Trenick, and Hope, Benoke fr Plymouth j John, Stokes, fr Exeter ; Dart, Cuming, fr Ply- mouth; Bee, Davies, fr Exeter. . ILFRACOMBE, Jan. 16.— Arrived, the Kelly, Noel, and Industry, Rumney, fm Bristol; Coneord, Buse, and Sally, Crews, fm Waterford ; Speculation, Barnes, and Henry, Curtis, fm St. Ives ; Resolution, Yeo, and Hope, Hancock, fm Barnstaple ; John, Crillmore, fm Morlaix. HUSBANDRY OF SCOTLAND. The second edition of An Account of the Husbandry of Scotland, by the President of the Board of Agriculture, lias just been published. The following short view of this ce- lebrated . system; extracted from Sir John Sinclair's work, we trust be unacceptable to our agricultural readers: " The foundation of'improved agriculture is certainly laid, in the best cultivated' districts of Scotland, in as great perfection as it possibly can be any coim*. rV:. The farms are- usually of a proper size; the* fanners,, in general, have capitals adequate to their cultivation; they are bound to pay the landlord such- a' proportion- ' of the .. value of the produce as renders it,- necessary for them io be industrious and economical, and. to acquise all the skill, in the art of husbandry,' tdwhieh they can have access; theip leases are commonly of sutfr a; duration' as to encourage judicious expenditure in the improvement of" their lands, with'' the prospect of an adequate return;. the covenants contained in their leases are sufficiently fair, being almost in every case well calculated to promote, and not to retard'improvement; a liberal system of connexion is established between the landlord an ' the tenant; and the characters of those, by whom the labours of agriculture'are carried on, whether farmers,- . apprentices,- farrn- ' servants, or common labourers, cannot be surpassed by- those of the same description of life in any other nation. The experience of Scotland has likewise proved the superior advantages of hav- ing married servants on large farms., by means of which the po- pulation of a country is increased, and the kingdom filled with sober, healthy, and industrious subject The various points which require to be attended to, previous, to the actual cultivayion of an arable farm, are, in general, as- certained by the practice of Scotland, with a degree of precision hitherto unexampled. " The farmers oi that country have established it as a princi- ple, that the position of a farm- house and offices ought to- make a material difference in the rent of a farm ; they have ascertained the best construction of farm- houses and offices, uniting econo- my with convenience j they have pointed out the- best size- and shape of fields, by means of which much land is rendered product- ive, that- would otherwise be wasted in useless fences, and much la- bour in their cultivation saved, inso much, that where the fields are large, five ploughs will- do as much work as six Can in small fields and every other part of the cultivation of'a farm will be executed with iess power in nearly the same proportion ; they have like- wise pointed out the inconveniencies attending expensive fences, - which are more ornamental than useful to. a- country ; they are fully aware oi the importance of draining, and have practised it with success; they have ascertained, that by the introduction of good roads, the value of a country will be greatly increased; their implements of husbandry are cheap, and we 1 constructed; • their plough ; excellent, worked by two horses, and peculiarly well calculated for general use; and their carts superior to any other for agricultural purposes their life stock are valuable^ w ell calculated for their soil and climate } and their horses, not only well adapted for the labours of husbandry, but maintained in such a manner as to render them capable of performing a great deal of labour. , tn some cases they have tried a particular use of oxen with success, mere especially in threshing mills ; nor do they neglect to pay a proper- degree of attention to the articles that ought to be raised upon a farm, according to its soil, its Climate, its elevation and exposure, and situation in respect of markets. " In regard, to the actual cultivation of an arable farm, many points of infinite importance have been ascertained by the ex- perience of Scots farmers, in a manner the most satisfactory.-— They have ascertained the proper length, breadth, and. shape of ridges ; in the uSe of putrescent, and still more of calcareous manures, they have made great improvements; they have proved, beyond the possibility of doubt, the advantages of deep plough- ' ing ; they have completely ascertained the advantages of sum- mer- fallowing, where soils are either of a clayey nature, or are incumbent on wet subsoils :. they have carried on with success, some essential improvements in the cultivation of various crops, in particular, in regard to those Important articles turnips . and potatoes ; they have also brought to a high degree of perfection the course of crops calculated for different soils ; and have ascer- tained the rotation's for whjch each description of soil is re- spectively best adapted ; t^ ey cultivate in drills, beans, turnips, and potatoes, in a manner not to . be surpassed lor its excellence^ • and they have laid it down as a maxim that crops of grain should be drilled, where the laud is sown in spring, particularly wjiere it is subjecte d to annual weeds'; they have also made some im- provements, in harvesting grain, in particular the. plans of- e ast iron pillars and bosses are admirable inventions for a v^ t climate, by means of which the harvesting of grain, and of pulse in par- ticular, may be completed m half, the usual time; they have brought the cleaning and threshing of grain to the highest degree of perfection ; almost every individual who has any claim to the character of a farmer, having fanners in his possession, a: id threshing: mills having become almost equally general; th; y have carried,, to a great extent, the practice of soiling horses,. and even cattle ; and have proved, by decisive experiments, the superiority of that plan ; they have restricted the practice of pre~, serving permanent pastures within reasonable bounds, am! have proved, that the convertible system of husbandry may be gene- rally adopted, to the great benelit of the landed proprietor, and' ofthe public. , " These are circumstances connected with the improved sys- tem of husbandry established in Scotland, the existence of which, I trusty is abunelantly proved in the course of the preceding ob- servations. " The result of this system is in the highest degree satisfactory. In all the corn districts, where the convertible husbandry is tho- roughly established, greater corps are raised, and higher rents are paid,* than in any other part of the British dominions, and,, what is equally remarkable, the condition or " circumstances of those engaged in agriculture, evidently bear the like marks of abundance. Without enlarging upon these matters in this place,.' 1 may. only add, that the produce of crops, in ge> odseasons, and iu fertile districts, is calculated to be from § 2 to 4o bushels of w< beat, from 48 to 55 b. shels of barky, from 60 to 75 bushels of oats, and from 30 to 35 bushels of beans,. Wincester measure, per statute acre. As to green Crops, 30 tons of turnips,, three tons- of clover, and eight tons of potatoes, per statute acre are no uncommon crops. Any system that can produce crops of so su- perior a description, even on fertile soils, is well^ entitled to imi- tation, more especially when it. is accompanied with great eco- nomy in the expence of cultivation. * Mr. Curwen, in his report to the Workinton- Society for the,! year 1810, p. 36r states the rent of fertile land in Easy Lothian to. be 62. per Scots acre, and the produce ' 40 bushels of wheat, 60 of barley, 90 of oatsr excellent beans, weighty ctops of turnips, and most luxuriant crops of clover. It- is proper to observe, that this is only applicable to the more fertile soils. A farm of 330 acres of Arable land, near Dunbar has lately been let at 8I. 2s. per Scots, or GL 10s. per English acre. We- are informed by letters from our squadron in Basque Roads, that one of the French line- of- battle ships left the anchorage Isle d' Aix oil the 22d nit and, having taken out her guns, had gone up to Rochfort. The squadron at Isle d'Aix then consisted of one three- decker, three 74' s. and ' 2 frigates, They exercirsed occasionally, one or two at a time, iii setting under weigh, firing at marks,* kc. but there wgs no prospect of their making any attempt to put to sea. The American schooner Antoinette, 35 days from Philadelphia, laden with cotton, ran into Basque Roads, by mistake,, and was taken possession of by our squardron. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Jan. 15. A notice from the foreign office directs, iliat the blockade of such ports and places in France, as may be placed under the protection of his Majesty's arms, shall cease, as soon as such places shall be declared by the British commander thereat open for trade. Dispatch from Lieut.- Gen. Sir Charles Stewart, t Frankfurt, January 5. , MY LORD,— Marshal Blucher's passage of the Rhine will be as memorable tor its rapidity and decision, in military annals, as his passage of the Elbe ; and 1 much regret my absence in holstein has prevent: d my being a personal witness of an event which I should have been proud to detail in all its parts. The hasty accounts that have reached me here state the Mar- shal, to have passed with his army at three points Lieutenant- General Count de Priest, of Count Langeton's corps d'armee, passed opposite Cobleutz on the night of the 1st end ' id instant. He occupied this town, took seven pieces of can- non, and five hundred prisoners. f Generals Count Langeron and d'York passed at Kaub, where • Marshal Blucher assisted in person, without much resistance on the part of the enemy. On the 3d Count Langeron attacked and forced Bingen, which is considered very strong in point of situation, and which was defended by a General of Brigade, with cannon and infantry. Count Langeron made some prisoners, and his loss is triflling. The advanced posts of Count Langeron are already on the Salz- bach, opposite Ingelheim. Marshal Blucher has advanced, notwithstanding every diffi- culty of roads and season, to Kreuznach, and General d'York's advanced posts are directed upon the Lauter. General Baron Sachen's corps forced the enemy's entrenchment near Manhiem, after passing the Rhine, and is directed on Altzey. I have & c. CHARLES STEWART, Lieutenant- General. Two letters from Capt. Farquhar of the Desiree, dated Jan. 2 and 6, detail the bombardment and surrender of Gluckstadt—- the bombardment was carried ou by the gun- brigs Shamrock, Hearty, Blazer, Piercer, Redbreast, and 8 gun- boats, on board of which there were three men killed and 16 wounded. BANKRUPTS.— E. Ambrose, of King- street, warehouseman. -- T. Holdsworth, of Auction- Mart Coffee- House, victualler.— M. Duke, of York, comb- manufacturer.— r. Fleming of West- minster, carpenter.— S. Souther, of Bristol, painter.—- G. Clay, of Poplar, baker.— J. Evans, of Margate, victualler.— W. Mad- docks, of Tower- Royal, broker.— Jesse Cole's, of New Bond- street, jeweller.—- E. Maney Ferne, of West- Smithfield, baker.— Edgeworth Moore, of West- square, dealer and chapman.— G. Dowdell, of Southwark, flour- factor..— R. and T. Shaw, of Stoke- upon- Trent, corn- factors.— J. Fairbairn, of Southwark, baker.— W. Lawrence, of Enfield- Highway, tanner.— J. Powell, of High Holborn, linendraper. DIVIDEND— Feb . 22, R. - Griffiths and W. Z. Holwell, coach- makers, at the Half Moon, Exeter, at eleven.— Feb 1, J. Bennett, Plymouth, haberdasher, at Guildhall, London. " BREMEN, Jan. 4.— The Crown Prince of Sweden, who was before Hamburgh with his corps d'armee, is expected to pass through here ou his way to Holland.—- It is likewise expected that the Hanseatic Legion will break up from hence for Holland.— Numbers of Hamburgers arrive here, who, driven fron their homes by the severe measures of Marshal DaVoust, repair hither to seek covering and support, an d they have found it. Nothing strious has yet been attempted against Hamburgh, and that business appears to go on very slowly.— Hamburgh is sufficiently- provisioned, and is very strongly fortified. FRANKFORT, D c. 26.— The corps d'armee of Gen. """ Count Langeron, which forms part of the army of Silesia, and is cantoned in the vicinity of this town, received an ad- dition in the course of 14 days ol'M- 0,000 infantry and 3000 cavalry, excellently mounted. This corps, notwithstanding the loss it'has sustained in this bloody and memorable cam- paign, will soon again be under arms, 50,000 men strong; WARSAW, Dec. 11.— A third army of reserve of 40,000 men, lately organised in Russia, has already entered Poland, under the command of Lieutenant- Genera! Berabrazow, and will very shortly break up to join the amy on. the Rhine.-— The recruiting service in Prussia is likewise carried on with the utmost vigour, so that an army of 50 to 60,000 men is nearly ready to march, and which can shortly break up lb: its destination. Sir Edward Pellew returned to Port . Mahon, from oft' Toulon, on the 15th Nov. at which port the liivoli, 80, captain Hammond, had previously arrived. The Revenge, ip. Sir John Gore, Ocean, Berwick, Armada, and Swiftsure, W were left off Cape Sace, as a squadron of observation.— | " , The Swiftsure had made an. attack, with her boats, on a French privateer schooner, near Corsica, in which Lieut. I Harvey, a . Midshipman, and nine seamen, were killed ; and several wounded. The schooner mounted eight- guns, with 85 men, 19 of w hom were killed and wounded? She fired all fter guns and small arms into the boats, as soon as they got alongside, and thfcn surrendered. Lieut. Harvey was buried at Mahon with military honours. The follow- ing ships w ere at Mahon w hen the Resistance sailed :— Ca- , ledonia, Hibernia, San Josef,. Bovne, Prince of Wal « s, j Union, Barfleur, Royal George, Pompee, Scipion, Bombay, Mulgrave, Alemene, Pylades, Badge, Guadaloupe, Sheer- water, and Carlotta. , The Pembroke, 74, Captain G. Bristow, had sailed to relieve the Bombay, on the coast of Catalonia ; and tiie Rivoli, for St. Sebastian's: The Resistance spoke the Iphigenia and Cossack, cruizing off Cape de Gat. The Crocus sailed from Malta, for Lissa. on the 20dt Novem- ber, with two transports, to join the Adriatic squadron ; and the Paulina', for Smyrna. The West India fleet, consisting of upwards of sail, sailed from Cork on the 6th instant, under convoy or the Leviathan' man of war. Isler frigate, and Echo sloop of war, and were joined off Cork harbour by about 40 sail more, froms liverpool and Bristol Sir W. W. Wynne, bart. Colonel of the Denbighshire Militia, has, we understand, accepted of a command the N. R. Dr. KEMP's LECTURE, advertised in our third page, is ADJOURNED. We received notice of this too late to take out the advertisrtr. ent. EXETER, Tuesday Morning, Jan. 18. The late and uncertain hours at which, the posts continue to arrive at Exeter, tnust be our apology for the omission of many articles. We have thought it be « er to publish at our usual hour than to wait for them. Letters from Bremen of- the 8th, announce, that peace has been concluded between Sweden and Denmark— Pomerania to be exchanged for Norway, and Denmark to furnish 15,000 troops to tire common cause; General Bulow has joined Sir Thomas Graham. They are to enter Brabant together. 30,000 of the Crown Prince's army has arrived at Dusseldorff, and are to proceed across the Rhine to join Marshal Blucher. General Ben- nissen, with 30,000 men, has arrived at Bommel. Hu- ninguen is said to have fallen. Letters from Augsburgh state, that a good understanding subsists between the English and Murat, who is marching for Rome, with the view, of revolutionizing Italy. It is stated ou the authority of intercepted letters, that the greatest consternation prevails at Paris. DEAL, Jan. 12.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Tiger from the Roompot, and proceeded to Portsmouth. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pactolus, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence on board, for Helvoetsluys ; Pioneer schooner, for the same destination ; and Active hired armed cutter, with dispatches for Admiral Young in the Roompot.— A detachment of Guards, of ab, out 550, embarked this morning on board his Majesty's ship Dictator, and will proceed im- mediately for Helvoetsluys. Remain the rest of his Ma- jesty's ships as before. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 13.— Sailed the Cordelia, 18, and the Viper cutter, with a convoy for the Downs. The Rod- ney is ordered to take convoy to Corunna, Oporto and Lis- bon. The Blenheim takes convoy to the Mediterranean and Cadiz ; and the Gloucester takes convoy to the West Indies. The Saturn, 50, will accompany the Asia, 74, to Bermuda. The Resistance frigate is expected here daily from Plymouth. The sailing of the West India convoy is deferred until the 22d instant, for the purpose of allowing more ships to join; there being anly 15 at Spithead, that have received instructions. The Gloucester 74, Rota, Hazard, and ( Jar- nation, are appointed to take the convoy. The Rota and Carnation go to Jamaica, Extract of a letter from Gottenburgh, dated Dec. 31. " We have now authority to state, that tranquilty between Denmark and Sweden is restored, the Court of Copenhagen having at length assented to the basis required, thealienation in full sovereignty to Sweden, not only of the territory of. Dronthiem, but of the entire Kingdom of Norway. A con- gress is shortly to be held to arrange some matters respecting privileges attached to particular harbours, and the place ap- pointed for the reception of the Commissioners is Hel- sinburgh." Private accounts from Lord Wellingtons's army are said to report, that the French statement, respecting the severe rencontre of some of their cavalry with a detachment of the British 18th hussars ( ou Dec. TSlh), is' not unfounded,— The detachment of the 18th consisted of two troops only,, which were severely cut up. Among the casualties of the Officers, it is i ajd that Major. Hughes was dangerously wounded ; and Captains Bolton and Croker, and two subal- terns, are said to have been- cut down. The Felicity, Block, fioni Rotterdam ; and Euphemia transport, Jones, were totally lost near Harwich, on Tues- day morning: two of the crew and a passenger of the former drowned, crew of the latter saved. The Aurora, Cope, from Dover to St. Sebastian; the Two Friends. Sewell, from Gibraltar to London ; the Hog, Cook, from Malta to London; the Lightning, Riddle, from St. Michael's to London,- and six other vessels before en- tered on the books at Lloyd's, Were taken and destroyed between the 5th and 14th ultimo, by the Pallas and Cora French frigates. On Thursday last, while the Overseers of Liverpool were distributing relief to upwards of 100 poor persons, in their office, iu Cumberland- street, a man. apparently labouring under the greatest distress attendant on poverty, was brought, to them, literally on, the back of a black, whose feelings for his fellow- creatures had been touched on the finest chord; but, melancholy to relate, while one of the officers was in the very act of preparing something nourishing for him, and another dispatched for . medical assistance,, he died. This catastrophe, occasioned an extraordinary sensation in the breasts of all present, and the conclusion was," that he had died of extreme want, but on searching his pockets, there was found upon him, in Irish notes and money, no less a sum that ; 33I Is. 8 An inquest was taken last week, at Sommers- town, on the body of a fine young woman,: who was burned to death, by means of her clothes catching fire; and when she was in the agonies of death she . was taken in labour, and deli- vered of a fine child, which is likely to live. Colonel Bunbury has set off for Lord Wellington's head- quarters ; and it is supposed that his Lordship will make a. forward movement, en such a plan as to co- operate, in some degree, with the Allies, who are advancing upon Lyons. We cannot suppress our mite of approbation of the ex- ertions made by every officer of the General Post Office in - Exeter, to overcome obstacles, and facilitate the duties of their several stations during this harassing and fatiguing, season. • A DESIRABLE SITUATION FOR TRADE. tO be SOLD by AUCTION, on Monday 31st. Jan- _ gary, 1814, at Commins's Hotel, Falmouth, at six o'clock in the evening, the LEASEHOLD INTEREST in the HOUSE, SHOP, and PREMISES, with WAREHOUSES to the water- ' side ; situated on the Market- strand, Falmourh, occupied. by- Mr. Fortescue, surgeon, in which the Drug Business has been ex- tensively established for many years. The above is held on tw* good livfes, and may be entered on immediately: Further particulars may be known on the premises ; or on ap- plication to JOHN ELLIS, Broker, Auctioneer, & c. Dated Falmouth, 14th Jan. 1814. CORNWALL. Capital Timber and Coppice Wood. TO be SOLD by PUBLIC SURVEY, to be holdea on WEDNESDAY the 2tjth day of January instant, at the , KING'S ARMS INN, in the borough of Liskeard, precisely by three o'clock in the afternoon, the following TIMBER TREES, with their Tops, Lops, and Bark, numerically marked with white paint, and standing and growing in the parish of Saint Keyne. LOT I. 13 OAK TREES, marked A, on East Treviles Wood. 2. 27 ditto, ditto... B, ditto 3. 30 ditto, ditto... C, ditto 4. 60 ditto, ditto... D, ditto 5. 8( i ditto, ditto... E, ditto 6. 30 ditto, ditto... F, on Killcrew Woo4 7. 25 ditto,... ditto... G, ditto 8. 23 ditto, ditto... H, ditto 9. 25 ditto, ditto... 1, ditto 10. 20 ditto, ditto.., K, ditto 11. 39 ditto, ditto... L, ditto 12. 30 ditto, ditto... M, on East Killcrew Wuiwi, 13. 25 ditto, ditto,.. N, ditto 14. 55 ditto, ditto... O, on Trussell Wood 15. 13ditto and 1 ASH, ditto.,. P, on Lametton' Hi. 2t OAK TREES,... ditto... Q, ditto 17. 41 . ditto, ditto... R, ditto 18. 32 ditto, ditto... S, ditto 1<). 20 ditto, ditto... T, ditto 20. 2( i ditto, ditto... U, ditto 21. 2t) ditto, ditto... V, ditto 22. 27 ditto,... ditto... W, ditto 23. 38 ELM TREES,.. ditto... X, on Treviles. Also, the SHRED of all that COPPICE WOOD, commonly- called Hockin's Wood in the parish of St. Veep, containing about 30 Acres, about 25 years giowth, situated very uear Lerrin, where, the river is navigable to Fowey. The Oak Timber is very large and fine, and fit for the navy or ship- building, and lies within about 3 miles from Sandplace, where the river is navigable to Looe. A Deposit of 20 per cent, of the purchase money on each lot, and security for the remainder, will be required at the time of Sale. For viewing the Timber, apply to Mr. Hony Snell, surveyor,, Liskeard, and the Coppice Wood, to Mr. John Parkin, Lostwithiel,. and for further information to Mr. ROBINS, attorney, Liikeard. Dated 5th January, 1814. DEVON.— CAPITAL FARMS, TIVERTON & OAKFORD. TiO be LET by PRIVATE CONTRACT, for a term of 7, 14, or 21 years, from Lady- day next, in Lots, all that highlv cultivated BARTON and FARM, called or known by the name of COLI. IPRIEST BARTON, situate, lying and being within the parish and adjoing to the town of Tiverton, iu the county of Devon ; comprising a good Farm- House, with con- venient and necessary Barns, Outhouses, Oxstalls, . and other Buildings, a capital Threshing- Machine, about 14 Acres of prime Orcharding, 100 Acres of most improved bedded Meadow Land, watered by the river Lotnari, which receives all the rich fall and manure of the town of Tiverton, and about 218 Acres of " Arable and Pasture Land, well drained and in the highest state of cultivation. Also, all that CAPITAL ESTATF, called or known by the name of STuCKERiDGE FARM, situate, lying and being in the parish of Oakford, in Iho'said county of Devon consisting of a good House, suited for a genteel fapiily, with a con venient Farm- House attached thereto, iu a pleasant Lawn of 20 Acres, Coach- House, 5- stalI Stable, good Farm Stabling, Outhouses ami Buildings, a new erected Barn and improved Threshing- Machine, of4- horse power, and about 200 Acres of excellent Orchard, Meadow, Arable and Pasture Land. The taker of this Estate may also have 200 Acres of valuable Oak Coppice. Also, all that ESTATE called LOWER OAKFORD FARM, situate in Oakford aforesaid, and nearly adjoining Stuckeridge Estate, consisting of a Farm- House and Offices, and about 80 Acres of Orcharding, Meadow, Arable and Pasture Land, in ex- cellent condition. Also, all that ESTATE, called or known by the name of FORI), situate in the said parish of Oakford, and consisting of a good Farm- House, Outhouses, Oxstalls, and new Barn, with it very good Thrashing- Machine, drove by water, and about 2< i0 Acres of exceeding good Orchard, Arable, Meadow and Pasture Land. Also, a SET of WATER GRIST MILLS, adjoining to Oak- ford Bridge, well situated for business. Oakford is distant about seven miles from Tiverton, well known for its excellent Markets and Schools ; 5 miles from Dul- . vertou and 2 from Bamptpn. The whole of these Estates arc in a regular course of tillage* and in excellent order, having been farmed for several years past by the Proprietor, who has' expended very considerable sums thereof! in manuring, draining, & c. The new Turnpike- road from Tiverton to Bampton and Dulverton, pass the Oakford Estates,' and will open a good communication with these towns- without a hill. For vieiying the several Farms and for further particular?, ap- plication to be made at the Office of Mr. RENdll, solicitor, Ti- verton by whom Tenders in writing for each Estate, will be received at any time before the first day of March next, after which the persons approved of will have notice. Tiverton, 17th January, 1814. FLINDELL's WESTERN LUMINARY To the Editor. As w e flow down the stream of life, it is right we should be oc- casionally reminded of the vanity of all human pursuits. In every condition of life, ' Happiness" is the first and last object qf our desires, and we fancy, that we have only to set ourselves in motion tor the attainment of it, to make ourselves Certain of Success. There are innumerable from the straight road, which lead us. far astray : . But death at last comes upon us unexpectedly ; stops I N course of va- nity ; and holding up the truth, as it is, naked to our view, con- vinces lis, contrary to our will, that " happiness" is not to be found upon earth, except, in the citadels of wisdom and the fast- nesses of religion. Illustrative of this " unseemly" doctrine, the following lines may not be unacceptable to your Readers:— ON HAPPINESS. Oft will inquirihg mind this theme pursoe, \ nd deem in Poet's hands the Subject new— The moral strain a tranquil hour impart, And nature's mirror chear the lonely heart, survey mankind in ev'ry walk of life ! Search ev'ry feature of our mortal strife ! One anxious care prevades the human breast, One point alone prevails—' tis Happiness Of those, who seek, how few can gain the prize '. How error Winds an eager moral's'eyes ! — from childhood's op'ning bloom to drooping age, The Airy vision lasts ; e'en lures the sage; ' Till awful truth unfolded in the grave, Alarms the coward soul;— appalls the brave. Ah! then reflection's voice awakes the mind To view' the dreary path, that's left behind : Life's gloomy waste its scented flowers have lost; And there Man's hopeless projects, all are cross'd. No longer love th' impetuous soul can fire ; Ambition's quell'd ; aud lucre's base desire. stripp'd of its gorgeous robe e'en honor's self descends, And prostrate falls,- where every phantom ends. There virtue shines alone in ray serene, By mortal sense her beauty yet unseen. Look! in the- world- does happiness reside, Where all is wrong, and vanity, and pride Will selfish man this cutting truth avow, that vain the search for happiness below ? In childihood's hour we love the limpid stream, Or press the dews still pendant on the green, Or mount the sunny bank, where May invites, * And fragrant boughs our toilsome search requires- 1-. As pure the mind, as stream, and vernal flow'r ; Unstain'd by vree in childhood's simple hour. All nature opes her stores on ev'ry side, And rising'joys proclaim life's early tide— Delusive dream ! for soon to care awakes Our infant mind— too soon the vision brea's ! Nor recks ingenuous youth what ills await Our after Hours— nor heeds the minister of fate » Of unrequited love, in manhood's bloom, The victim droops to meet an'early tomb: See! o'er the mournful bier a mother bend.-;, And to the grave her bursting soul descends ! see ! from consumption's brow, in dumb despair, The husband strike cold damps, that linger there ! See! man, ' gainst man in deadly heat array'd; Earth's paradise by man a hell be made! See' stalking envy wound man's guiltless name, AND MALICE SheD HEr MILDEWS O'ER hIS FAME ! Such " JOY" IS their's, who happiness have sought, And from the world deceitful pleasure bought. These are the pangs an hateful world bestows; Such are the griefs an human victim knows ! — Sline be the cloister'd scene, where lenient heav'a, Has to weak man from ills a respite giv'n : No faithless friend !— no passions dare invade, Where science' self enshrines her peaceful shade ' Religion's voice will there proclaim aloud, " mine's PEACE TO GIVE !— Avoid the treach'rous crowd! u The world no happiness can e'er impart! " Here give to nature's Lord unchanged thine heart." Celestial truth, and happiness supreme, Here o'er the mind in bright effulgence beam; Angelic bliss here lifts the soul on high, Far ' hove the world's deceitful phantasy ! That heav'llly peace, no human pow'r can tell, Th' enraptur'd heart with purest joys shall swell; While Seraphs, bending from their sphere's above, For spotless man proclaim Jehovah's love : To learn— to know— to feel— t' ensue the best, This— this alone on earth is " HAPPINESS." exmouth, January 11th, 1814. V. — . EXETER ASSEMBLIES. To the Editor of the Western Luminary. SIR,— Through the medium of your well conducted and widely circulated paper, I wish the following remarks to meet the pe- rusal of the families around and within the city of Exeter : being, ( notwithstanding the frequently misrepresented rank I hold in society, that of an old maid) strongly induced, by the most be- nevolent and impartial motives, to offer them to thei£ attention- 1 have the pleasure of calling two amiable and unaffected girls — my nieces. They lost their mother in their infancy ; and it lias been my chief earthly happiness to be to them, to the utmost of my power, a substitute fur my lamented sister. My efforts have been repaid most amply, by the innate good qualities they possess, and the genteel accomplishments they have acquired ; and, on their having recently attained an age, when, according to modern usage, young ladies' are deemed old enough for'public introduction,— they were taken, by their affectionate aunt, to oue of the Subscription Balls at the Exeter Hotel, We met with friends; the girls got partners;— and, though they might have been eclipsed by particular instances of beauty, I was gratified to see the happy creatures, in general appearance and polite demeanour, as eminent as any of the fair assemblage; at least, / thought so; and, if 1 was mistaken, it is an error too common to excite surprize, and too natural to need extenuation. My satisfaction, however, was very unexpectedly interrupted, by the sudden movement of two or three young ladies, who, not having been so soon engaged to dance, were of course, in a lower Situation of the room ; but who,— feeling, it should seem, a sud- den impulse of impatience at the rather distant prospect of their entering into the mazes of the figure,— or—( may I dare to sup- pose it?)— influenced by invidious dissatisfaction— left their places; and, with a degree of boldness and resolution, ( of which, 1 am sure, their exterior gentleness did not warrant a suspicion) pushed themselves, literally speaking, into the ranks considerably nearer to the top, followed, of course, by a simultaneous movement on the part of the gentlemen with whom they were to dance:— and, I add, with concern for the delicacy of my sex, that, on casting my eyes along the dancers to discover the sensation such an obvious breach of propriety might occasion, two or three ad- ditional instances of similar indecorum met my view nor did the irregularities of the evening terminate here : for a few— and very few— contrived— with more confidence indeed than inge- nuity— to call every dance ; while many, after the commence- ment of, and throughout the ball, only stood up to dance the figure; which being accomplished, they sat down, untit— it oc- curred to them to dance again .'! These circumstances might well surprize an old woman, who had not, for many yests, visited so gay a scene ; and who, ( with- out at all meaning to follow the too prevalent example or many of her cotemporaries, of praising times long past away, at the expence of the present) remembers the day, when such disorder, if ever thought of was inadmissible, in practice; and I have since found, that it occasions much displeasure and complaint; as, in- deed, without objecting to a certain and fair degree ol prece- dency, it very reasonably may. Now, Mr. editor, the Bail advertisements are decorated with the names of some distinguished, respectable female as Lady Patroness, and of an indisputable gentleman as too Steward;— whose duty, in these appointments, is not achieved by their merely inducing their several connections to join the party. To make the Ball a good one, should not the Lady Patroness feel in- terested in the attention and activity of the Steward ; and might not the latter, with uo discredit to himself, feel anxious to ad- minister to the satisfaction and good order of the company ?— or, ought they not, if uninterested in the general success of the,, evening's amusements, to decline the dignity of office altogether ? If, as some have said, circumstantiality be an indication of good- nature, ( and, certainly, in proof of it, spleen and malice are snappish and abrupt) my long story will serve to authenti- cate my previous assumption of benevolent intentions: aud 1 beg, in conclusion, to assure you, that toy end is answered, if these remarks should tend to disseminate that satisfaction at our public Balls— whichg little attention, on the parts of the Lady Patroness and Steward, will essentially confer. Exeter. I am, Sir, your ' hble. GERTRUDE, THEATRICALS & c.— The new Tragedy of The Witness, is said to be from the pen of a worthy of Devon Mr. Coleridge. - - The annual rents of the property boxes of the Opera House was 20,000£. ; the aggregate salaries of the principal singers and dan- cers, now rehearsing at Mr. Colman's Theatre, reach from 15, to 16,000(. The affairs of this theatre, after being five years in chan- cery, have been referred to arbitration.— Mr. Taylor of the Opera House has failed in his attempt to get into Parliament for the bo- rough of Ileydon, Yorkshire. Mrs. Siddons's subscription plan for public readings at Bath, failed entirely. Mrs. Jordan is performing at Bristol; where the critics are indignant at see- a female " who has done the state some service," sustaining, with " the burthen of three score," the characters of hoydens and co- quettes, flirting her fan and simpering out mimine- pimine double entendres, in a tone of voice which, they say, grates upon the ear like the turning of a rusty hinge. ..... we have received, from an elevated quarter, suggestions for a plan of radical reform in our exeter Theaticals. ARRIVED AT BATH.— Count and Countess Orloff, Lord Say and Sele, Dowager Lady and Miss Carew, Lady Eltoh, Hon, Mrs. Bertie, Admiral Sir R. Keates, Sir J. and lady . Scott, Gen. Drummond, Admiral Robinson, Admiral Fleeming, Col. Thornhill, Cot. Johnson, Col. O'Toole, Col. Macauley, Major Hoffman, Rev, Dr. Woolcombe, Rev. Dr. Holmes, Dr. Hamel, Dr. Meyer, Dr. Croker, Dr. Drever, Dr. Kearsley, Rev. H. Main, Rev. R. Urticke, Rev. R. Wetherell, Rev. J. Greenly, Rev. Mr, and Mrs. Daniel,., Rev. J. Mansfield, Rev, A. Gardner, Rev, Mr, and Mrs., Spry, Rev. E. and . Mrs. Glossop, Rev, Mr. Daubeny, Rev. E. Spencer, Rev, Mr, Sandiford, Captains Blackwood, Bateman, Nicholson, Capt. and Mrs, Bourge, Capts. Williams, and Lloyd,. Mr. and Mrs. Meredith, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, Mr, and Mrs. Bendey, Mr. and Mrs. F. Glossop, Mr. and Mrs. Price, Sir. and Mrs. Stuart, Mr. and Miss. Swinneton, Mr. and Miss. Vignoles, Mr. Mrs. and 2 Miss Schofield, Mr, Mrs. and Miss Quicke, Mr, Mrs. and Miss Brooks, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Olivers, Messrs. Tuson, Frankling, . Seagram T. Warre, Awdry, Burne, Gregory, Myers, Yerbury, Pearce, Cotton, Hickes, u Parkin, son, Sta Coloma, Rowland, Donne. Lewis, Large, Oustey, Mackintosh Sy- mons, Lillley, Purley, Hickes, Lloyd, Brookhouse, Williams, Norris, Dal- rymple, Bowles, Gale, 8 Parish. 2 Scott, P. Herve, Beamish, Goodwin, Sal- mon, Hatherell, Gordon, Burroughs, Boyle, Shewry, Mrs. and Miss Berney, ( of BraCon- hall, Norfolk), Messdms. Jackson, Kettleby, J. Vaughan, Wells, Prettijohn, Le evre, Haslen, Drummond, Jordan, Thompson and family- Wood, Blagrave, Robinson, Ironside, Misses Campbell, Ward, M. Noble, L. Barnston, Fountayne, Hayward, Biggs, Wood, Highatt, Draper, See. See. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS— Admiral Sir Alexander Coch- rane, K. B. to be Commander in Chief at Halifax, in the room of Admiral Sir. J. B. Warren, ordered home.— Capt. Johnstone to the command of the Scarborough, 74, the flag ship of Rear Admi- ral Ferrier, off the Texel.— Lieut. Oliver, of the Sultan, 74, pro- moted to the rank of commander.— Capt, Christian to the com mand of the Leveret sloop, in Hosely bay— Capt. Bowden to the Gorgon; Lieut. N. Duff to be flag- Lieut, to Sir A. Cochrane ; Lieutenants M. Wrayford, N. Lock, S, Malbon, and G, Roberts, Asia; J. Moffatt, Myrtle ; W. Jacobs, and H. Slade, Bulwark; 11. Bird, Elephant; C. Hearle, Nemesis; Hon. G. Trefusis, Etha- liou ; H. Davis, Seahorse; Lieutenants W. Marley, Pilch, Bow- den, R. Finnis, are promoted to the rank of Commanders.— Messrs, H. T. Lancaster, J. H. Bellaris, G. Synie, R. Brush, and S. Wed- pole, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant VARIETIES.— rTlie Buckingham stage was robbed last week ( supposed, on its stopping in Oxford- street) of a parcel of notes from the Aylesbury bank, addressed to Messrs Praeds and Co. - - - - The York Lunatic Assylum was burnt down last week; the lunatics shouted, laughed, and appeared to enjoy the sight; four of them were burnt to death ; two escaped ; one of whom had not been found again. - - - - The Magistrates of Edinburgh have voted the freedom of that city, with a piece of plate,, to Walter Scott, esq. aj a mark of their esteem for his literary ta. lents. - - - - The new opera of Narensky, or the road to Yaroslof, brought forward at Drury- lane on Tuesday last, is highly spoken of; some of the songs composed and sung by Braham, are said to be admirable. - - - - Mr. Wellesley Pole Wellesley, is said to be fitting up Wanstead house in a style of extraordinary magni- ficence. The interior will present one uniform blaze of burnished gold. The alteration is preparatory to the baptism of his infant son ; and also in expectation of the . return of his uncle Lord Wellington in the spring, in the event of a general peace ; when an entertainment will be given at Wanstead house, of which the private hospitalities of England, furnish no precedent, in ex- pense, variety and extent, since the days of Cardinal Wolsey - - - We are told in the Tyne Mercury, that a young female in that qu. u-^- r lately poisoned a young man and two of his friends, out of pure revenge; and that all the parties being quakers, no crimi- nal proceedings can be had against her, as none of them will give evidence on oath. - - - - A quantity of small silver aud some gold coin, of great antiquity, was found lately by a labourer, in a Roman urn at Cleve, near Worcester : the owner of the soil has given up his claim to the - treasure, and the finder- bat realised by it near a thousand pounds.— Tuesday as the Rev. Mr. Guise, Mrs. Guise, the youngest sister, two infant children, and the nursemaid, were returning from Rendcombe Park to Frampton, the horses took fright near Birdlip, ran away, and overturned the carriage ; by which unfortunate accident, ths youngest child, an infant of four months oid, was killed on the spot! The rest of the party miraculously escaped with some slight contusions. Friday John Hagger, gamekeeper to Thomas Thornhill, esq, of Riddlesworth, Norfolk, killed an eagle, which measured, from the point of the beak to ( he end of the tail, Sfeet; its breadth, when its wings were extended, was 7 feet 1 inch ; fsnd it. weighed 91b. An aged and respectable correspondent suggests the pro- priety of placing stoves in our churches, at litis cold and damp season, and kindling fires in them some hours before tile time of service; to dissipate the dense cold vapours, which are necessrily collected in every large and unaired building. That this would be an innovation, he admits ; but, one which, he conceives, is rendered necessary by the great change in our personal habits, The sudden transition from a close warm room and carpet floor, to the cold damp air of the Cathedral, or other large church, cannot but be imminently hazardous to the lives of weak, aged, and deli- cate constitutions;— and the uncomfortableness of it, he adds, even to more robust habits, may bp fairly reckoned among the causes which thin our congregations. The Lord Bishop of London has collated the Rev. Joseph Hol- den Pott, M. A. Archdeaton of St. Alban's, tothe. Archdeaconry of Loudon, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Bingham ; and the Rev. John Banks Hollingworth, M. A. Fellow, of S » . Pe- ter's College, Cambridge, t. o. the united rectories of St. Margaret, lothbury, and St. Cbristopher- le- Stocks, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Whitfield. * The Rev. William Wilbraham has been elected a minor canon of Glocester Cathedral, upon the resignation of the, Rev, S. F. Sadler. ROYALTY AND RANK.— The Duke of Cumberland has left Hanover on a visit to his uncle, the Queen's brother. - - - Sir Thomas Tyrwhit is on a visit to tfie Queen of Wirtemberg - - -.. The Prince Regent attended, divine service at the Chapel Royal on the General Thanksgiving day. - - - - The princess Charlotte took an airing in her carriage, in Hyde Park, to survey the beau- ties of the snow. . The Princess Sophia is very much indis- posed. The Duke of Clarence sailed fur Holland on Wed- nesday last. ^ CURIOUS STATISTICAL ACCOUNTS.— In Great Britain the number of men. capable of rising in arms en masse, from 15 to 60 years of age, is 2,74l, 847, or about 4 in every 17 males.— There are about 90,000 marriag'es yearly, and of 63 marriages 3 only are observed to be without offspring.— In Great Britain there dip every year about 332,700 ; every month about 25,592; every week 6,398 ; every day 914 ; and every hour about 40.— Among 115 deaths, there may be reckoned one woman in child- bed ; bi t only one in 400 dies in labour— The proportion of the deaths cf women to that of men is 50 to 51— Married women live longer than those who are not married.— In country places there are OB an average 4 children born of each marriage; in cities and large towns the proportions is 7 to every two marriages.— The. married women are to all the female inhabitants of a country, as I to 3 j and the married men to all the males, as 3 to 5.— The number of widows is to that of widowers as 3 to 1 ; but that of widows who re- marry to that of widowers, as 4 to 5.— The number of old per- sons who die during thecold weather, is to those who die during the warm seasons, as 7 to 4,— Half of all that are born die be- fore they attain 17 years.— The number of twins is to that of single births, as 1 to 65,— According to tho observations of Boer- baave, the healthiest children are bom in January, February, and March..— From calculations founded on the Bills of Morality, only 1 out of 3,125 reaches 100 years— The greatest number of births is in February and March.— The. proportion of males born, to that of females, is as 20 to 25,— In the- sea- ports of Great Britain there are 132 females to 100 males, and in the manufac- turing towns 113 females to 100 males.— The total of the male population of Great Britain, in 1801, was 5,450,292, and of fe- males 5,492,351, w hich is in the proportion of 100 females to !>!! males.— Taking the whole population of the metropolis, accord- ing to the recent enumeration at 1,099,104, the proportion of males to females is as 100 to 12S.— During the first 30 years of the eighteenth century, the number of deaths in London, from small poX was 71 out of 1000.— In the last 30 years of the same the deaths from the same cause, were about one- tenth of J_. o whole mortality, or 95 out of 1000.— Inoculation for small- pox has therefore actually multiplied the disease which it was in- tended to ameliorate, in the proportion of 5 to 4 Out of more than 40,000 cases, which had fallen under the observation of an eminent physician, he never met with one in which a person w ith red or light flaxen hair, had the small- pox to confluence.-— Since vaceination. has been fully established, no death has in any instance occurred from small- pox after a proper inoculation by the cow- pock.— In most of the eases in which vaccination has failed the small- pox has been remarkably mild, and of short du- ration.— It does not appear that failures iu the vaccine- pock, in- cluding mistakes, negligencies, and mis- statements, have oc- curred more than. as 1 to St- 0,— According tothe most unfavour- able estimates that has been drawn, only 1 in 3000 vaccinated dies.— Of all the inhabitants of a country, 25 in 100 live in cities and large towns, and the remaining 75 iu village*.— V.' iere are Great Britain ti, 000,000 of males, and in. Ireland, 2,000,000, whom 807,000 were in 1812 in arms, that is, in the- proportiW 1 to 10.— Jt appears, from tables, from 1772 to 1787, that r one in eight, of all the eases of insanity, are imputable to i ous fanaticism. DIED — At Greenwich, Mr. George Sanderson, an eminent mathematician-— At Guadaloupe, Capt. Charles Robertson of to Royal Engineers,— Col. H. de Berniere, of the 9th foot— T. God- dard, esq. of Swindon House, Wilts.— Mrs. Bailey, widow of Mr E, Bailey, attorney, of frome,— Mr, Samuel Provis of Warmin- ster.— The Rev. James Tuson, rector of Binegar, aud one of Ii., M. Justices of Somerset,— Mr. Giller, of the Bear Inn, Wells,— At Bristol, Mrs. Fripp ; Maria Elizabeth, wife of W, Dymoek, esq; Mr. Robert Vizor, a respectable merchant; Mr, Wm. Rice, officer of t'ae customs ; Mr. Wm. Blannin, ship- builder ; Richard Ivyleafe, esq.; Mrs. Eleanor Gilbert of cannon- street; Mrs, Rolph, wife of George Rolph, esq. The waggon by which we receive our Stamps from London, being stopped on the road by the same, ware compellef to pub- lish a part of our impression of this week upon blank paper—- which will be accounted for on oath.