The Cambrian

TJElJE ~C*dMBRIv4j¥. SWANSEA, FRIDAY, November 30. TO Tin A-t+MY, HARDY's new-invented ti\ .VCiaNG-POWDER, Patronised and used 1 vi thr ]\ing and Royal Family, Which softens the leather, repels water, and produces the finest jet lustre to cartouch boxes, boots, shoes, ladies c!<ja;.s, &c. in boxes at Is. 6d. and 1s. also, a mixture at 3s, which, by once using, will take out ii^Jt,"or any stain from boot-tops, and the original colour may, ft; presor ved by his- Cteam at Is. fid. or Liquid ior those of a darker colour, at Is. per boitle. The genuine are signed liobert Hardy, I3ai nard's-I:m, LondÜn. Sold by him; by T. Jenkins, tiie Printer of this Paper; and one or more persons in every principal town in the United Kingdom. N.R. Oue trial will be sufficient to convince the public that the above arlicies are superior and cheaper than any that has been otfered. Col. SIadden has appointed Monday next to commence his second inspection of the volun- teers in this town and neighbourhood. On Tuesday the 20th inst, a most superb pair of colours were presented to the 4th (Derllis) bat- talion oi Carmarthenshire volunteers, by Sir Henry Prothero. The ceremony took place in the grounds of Penycoed, the seat of their Colonel, whither Sir Henry was escorted from St. Clear's by an officer's guard, the colours, also guarded, fol- lowing him in a chaise and tour. He was received on the ground by Lieutenant-Col. Williams, and by the men with presented arms: a semi-circle.\be- ing formed, the colours were brought into the centre, and being elevated on a military altar of haiberts, the ceremony of consecrati on took place, which was performed in a. most emphatic and ener- getic manner by the Rev. William I) ivies, Vicar ol Langathen. It would be impossiMe, by any encomium of ours, to do justice to his oration, which was composed and given in a masterly style, and seemed to impress the heart of every hearer with a religious, yet a military ardour. After the consecration, Mr. Davies handed the colours to Sir Henry, who, at the close of a speech of con- siderAble length, delivered in a highly animated and impressive style, presented them to the Colonel. We lament that our limits prevent us from giving this -speech, in detail, which was fraught witti every noble, loyal, and patriotic sen- timent. His address and allusion to our lair countrywomen, (a beauteous assemblage of whom were present) wa.s particularly noticed, as not only a masterly piece of gallantry to them, but as 9 .1 7 exciting such a stimulus, supposing it could possi- bly be wanting, as must have fanned the most. glimmering htelltspark of heroism, into a glowing 'I -ic z" i flame, and have warmed the heart of apathy it- sci). On receiving the colours, Col. VViliiayis made a very neat and appropriate reply, and on delivering them to the officers appointed to receive and carry them, exhorted them in a very proper manner not to quit them but with life. The usual ceremony then took place of marching round with the colours through the different ranks, the men presenting arms, the officers saluting the colours individually as they passed, and the band, drums, &c. playing God save the. King. The circle being reduced, the battalion was put through several' evoiutions, which lasted till near four o'clock, when the men were plentifully regaled with ale by their, worthy Colonel. All the beau ty and tashion scom the environs, and even from Carmarthen, were present, and the assemblage would have bt.i much greater, but that the unfavourable weather prevented many from attending.—In the evening;, the officers of the .battalion entertained Sir Henry with an elegant dinner at the King's Arms, Car- marthen; and, injustice to Morris, the landlord/ J .•. r it must be said,'that a better repast could not have been served; it consisted of every iuxory and delicacy that could be procured, with mos; admirable wines, —Many loyal, patriotic, ano. appropriate toasts were drank; but. when the health of Sir Henry Prothero was given from the chair, as the new Second' Majorj (he having ac- cepted the second Majority, vacant by Major Starke's promotion to the first, vice Major Bowe;. resigned) it was received and drank with an en- thusiasm that plainly manifested, the happiness oi all present, on- his accepting a situation., among them -as no man in the hundred of Derllis, at well from his property in it, as from his possess- ing every other possible requisite, could be mure eligible to take a high command in times like the present. The evening was spent throughout with the utmost conviviality, hilarity, and glee, and the pleasures of the night would even bear the test of next morning's reflection, Sir Hugh Owen's Pembrokeshire cavalry have en- tered upon permanent duty at Tenby, and not at Pembroke, as inserted in our last by mistake. The new chapel at Carmarthen, in theWesleya) connection, will be opened, we understand, on the 9th of December; and Mr. Roberts, of Bristol, i- expected there, to deliver a discourse on the oc- casion. As the following paragraph varies-a little from 7 the one on the same subject inserted in our paper of the IFthinst. we are induced to comply with the very pressing request'of the writer for its re- appearance:—" The Rev. Thomas Butt, A. M. or Christ-Church, Oxford, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of St. David's to the living of Tal- garth, Breconshire, oh" the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Windsor.—This gentleman, (an Englishman) by great and laudable assiduity and application, under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Harris, of Llangattock, in the same county, Z! I Y, in less than three months has made such asto- nishing proficiency in attaining a knowledge of the Welsh tongue, as to be capable of performing divine service and of preaching in that language to the satisfaction and applause. of his parishion- ers and other congregations." Running and walking matches are become as much the rage, here as in other places two bets of which description were decided on Monday last: Mr. Jones, of the Bush inn, was allowed 13 mi- nutes to walk thrice round our Burrows, which he performed in 12; and a race, once round, be- tween Mr. Simpson, of the Ferry-house, and Mr. Murray, of the navy, was won with great ease by the former. The extraordinary event of all the capital Prizes in the last Lottery being sold in Shares, by which numbers have considerably increased their antece- dent Funds, and many others been placed in a most comfortable situation, has exciter a very ge- neral ardour throughout the Metropolis for adven- ture in the ensuing Grand Lottery. This rage will, doubtless, soon spread to the Country—so that it is by no means improbable, from the unpreceden- ted richness of the Scheme in capital Prizes, and but 25,000 Numbers only, that every Ticket may be disposed of before Christmas Day. Sir Willi ant and Lady Paxton and family are amongst the last arrivals at Bath. Earl Grosvenox is at present building a most magnificent gothic mansion, near Chester, the ex- pence of which will be little short of 150,0001. Considering every attempt to subject a religious sect to ridicule as highly reprehensible, we cannot withhold our reprobation of the wanton individual, whose mischievous inclination led him to fill the key-hole of the market-house door at Milford with stones, on Monday last, which occasioned a morti- fying disappointment to a great number of mem- bers of the respectable society of Methodists, who had assembled On that evening to hear a favourite preacher, it being found impossible to open the door. By a reference to our report of the London mar- ket, on Monday last, (in our 4th page) our readers will find that wheat experienced a material reduc- tion on that day; and we have the satisfaction t6, state, that a further decline of 3s. and 4s. per quar- ter took place on Wednesday. The country mar- kets are also falling: wheat was at least twenty shillings, per quarter cheaper at Devizes market last wèek; at Warminster* 1Qs,; and at various other markets the prices were lower. This is con- solatory. The general prices of grain in the principal Welsh markets, it appears by our returns of this week, are Wheat 9s. to lis. Barley 5s. to 6s. and Oats 2s. 9d. to 3s. 6d. per Winchester bushel.-Meat is extremely reasonable, particularly at Carmarthen, where prime beef, mutton, veal, and pork, last mar- ket-day, sold from 3d. to 3!d. per lb. Mutton and pork sell at the same rate here and in most other towns, but beef and veal are something higher.— Poultry is also, moderate.—The average wholesale price of salt butter, of which great quantities arc exported from Wales, is, now Irom 9îd. to lOd. per lb. I At Landovery fair, on Monday last, there was but a very indifferent shew of cattle, and few buyers the following day, fat pigs went off brisk- ly, but lean stock was less in demand. Monday a private in the Bradford corps of vo- lunteers, was convicted before the Rev. t. Bird, oi that place, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace tor the West Riding, of having damaged his arms and accoutrements, contrary to the statute of the 44th Geo. 3d. chap. 34, and paid the mitigated penalty of twenty shillings. A circular letter has been sent from the Tax-office, to the Surveyors in the country, stating, that it being apprehended that many districts oh ilie inhabited house- duty is not to the full amount of the rental, where the premises are let, or to tiie-amount at-which they are worth to be let, where they; are occupied by the owner, and as a compare of the assessment, ou that duty with the assessment made on houses under the property act may be ot considerable service in ascertaining the real annual value of the premises liable to be charged; it is ordered, that in all cases in which the former is not equal to the latter, and where no land nor otherprclllisesthan what are changeable to the inhabited bouse-dutv, are included in the property assessment, the -suj-wym ure to increase the rate by sur- charge, to the amount t» urged under the property act; and in those instances where land or premises not Chargeable to tbetnhabitea 1,1 L iireincinded in the same-assessment under the property, »i in,,st ascertain separately the .value ot the house, with the oiiices, Hardens, and pleasure grounds, not exceeding one acre,.and charge the same ac- cordingly. Pennant in the third vol. (8vo.) of his British Zoology, p. S4?2, class 4, has tiie iolicwing remark :—" It is very sin- gular that most nations give the name of their favourite dish to the fdcetioils.-atteadant- on every mountebank. Tims the Dutch, call him Pickle Herring: the ItvHum, Macaroni; the PI t'ncltl Jean ifottage; the'Crernuitus, Hans Waist, Ci. c. Jack Sausage); and we dignify him with the title of Jack Pudding." At Baidock, in Hertfordshire, there is, going into the town, a very capital mansion-house, and near it, a very snug box, the former of which, a few years ago, belonged to one Mr. Vulture, a Counsellor a'- Law; and. the latter to cne Mr, Spanowha-wk, an Attorney. From a (ate Gfomnetl Journal.—" Run away last night, my wife, Bridget Coole^.she is a tight neat body, and has lost on.; ieg; she-wassecu riding behind the priest oi the parish through Femoy.-snd as we never was married Iwiti pay ncs debt she dues lIot contract: she lisps tfith one tooth* and is always laiking about fairies, and is of no use but to the owner.—COOI.K." The Dead Alive.—Mt. Patrick O'Brien, the celebrated Irish giant, whose death was announced in tiie papers some time affo, and whose skeleton was said to have teen h-m^ up in the Dublin museum, arrived a"few days since at the Hot- wcJl", Bristol. He has written severa. letters to a friend at Giocester, to assure him of exikeBce>in which, alluding t» his reported demise, he: appropriately stile* himself a Glmi refreshed I « Copper Ores sold at Redruth, en Thursday the 2 2d inst. Mined Terns. Parchment. at per Ton. Crenver 15:3 BriiSSWircCo. £5 16 6, ditto 120 English Co. 9 13 6 ditto 108 Mines Royal Co. 6 1 6 ditto PS Brass Wire Co, 9 2 6 ditto 78 English Co. 3 16 6 ditto 63 Kose Co. 16 8 0 ditto 51 ditto 116 0 Oatfiuid 142 Brass Wire Co. 8 2 6 ditto. 141 English Co. 6 1 0 ditto 98 London Co. 8 6 0 vVh. Abraham 58 Rose Co.. 5 13 0 tiusprowai 20 English Co. 6 5 6, Tons 1243-—-Standard 142. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. Radnorshire Militia, Edward Beav.au, jun. to be Ensign Royul Merioneth Militia, Ensign Roger Jones, and John Samuel Edwards, Gent. to be Lieutefisnts. 1st Battalion of Herefordshire Volunteer Infantry, Lieut. William Lee to be Captain; Joha Hemming, Ue-.i. to be Lieutenant, vice A. Racster. '• 2d Battalioji vf ditto, William Geiit. to he Lieu- lenant; Samuel Smith, and William Morris, Gents, .t-u be Ensigns.

MARRIED. Saturday, Jast, the Hoii Berkefev Paget, yenr.gzd ?on.of the Ear101 U x bridge, to Mifcs Grimstone, niect- to '.Lord Viscount Grimstone. DIED. Last week, at Talliaris, in Carinarih-n- esteemed and iameuted, the Lady ot loi-d ] S .L Friday, at Conway, North-Wales, on her wa.v to ire::Mtd, with the Countess, her mother, the Hon. 2>h<- tb rd daughter of the Earl of Londonderry.. Wednesday last aged ,54, Mr. « Beirett, postmaster of Swansea, which situation i L, < .< p. • t < s with great credit to himself, .a.td satislacrioH I»,his private capacity, he discharged »ne j J.dt <. life with religious exactness, and -ftm vwni "<-i' t be said of hira, that he-lived and died all 'jjd Mr. Jas. Powell, surgeomand ap,;theLdr- m n Mr. James, wile of,Mr.:John James, oi »ili aUJs Coui, near Chepstow. — Mr. Owen Jones, of Oswestry. Sunday, at Bath, where he took rehire ah Jt.' C vea-s tiiacc from the trouhleson the coti-ttiieilf., the Dr. Machii.n.e, iitty ygars Minister oi tlu } i.Juh ji t< e Hague, and well known as tlie tidnsirtioi t.l M<»«. u^^c- ciesiastical History, the aiuthbr oi Letu i to is >a i 1 of Sermons, ike. Monday, at Bath, the Hoa. George Browne, t' i:: the Bedtord militia, and third son of the late a .« olireian.d..

SHIP NEWS. SMTANSEA.—Arrived, the Phc»n I IDund; E;pe<Jnion, Hawk u d Happy Coupie, Phillips, froi<» Bn r 1 Unity, Jones,, from Giocester, w *t r dries; Fancy; Williams, from Nt-a sy, Margrate, from Giocester; Ann, Alexander, 'iro:i» Hrj: thl;'Oceari, Williams, tromApplcdore;.W<it'rmci L liif, from Iifracombe; Prosper, Webb, from a. i i Thomas and Judith, Moyse, irom Peuzanct, -ih i i ° Cfeared out,' the Sampson, Karris and Mar-j-s f »• for Watcribrd; Corr.wailis, Power, fofDVimi n i r; ,d Intent, Marshaii; Betsy, Peak; and, i for Bideford; St. Ives, '-Stephens ;-M.ar\, Jo. tree, Stevens and Ann and Sarah, Prt cott, ui- combe Mariner,-Banks, for Fowey a kins, tor Padstow. Neath.—-Arrived, the Heart of Oak, Perrott, from Cork, in ballast. Cleared out, the Lark, Graves, fOf. London; ? Stride, for Southampton; Staii'of Lh R lwe ib: y; mouth, with stone coal and Samuci, Lt t riu » •" Ives, with coaL Cardiff.—Arrived, the St. Pieirc, D »^ F;:c Richards, from Bristol, with sui>dii-s ,u 1 Ali" 4- ineiine, Roberts, from ditto, in baiidit. Silted, the Dxyades, Jones, lor Cor » i « Che i- uig Peggy, Harries; and Hebe, Har 1 1 sundries; Nancy and Marv, Sprige, or 1 ii • t arid coais; and Charming"feetty,~Gr,tit' c with coals. Carmarthen:Arrived, the Rebecca, L! neliy, witti -coals. Cleared .out, the Pclly and Betsy, tol, with oats, beans, and butter Lsik, P with oafsand butter; John and Mary, Swrk" aiid bria, Evans, I or -ditto, %vitit sill k l » for LlaneiUs with ditto; and Venus, Lewis, for BiielQT 3, I with ships'stores. Llmteily.—Arrived, the Mar> >, 7 > ->/ i „ mart lies; and Elizabeth, Mulard, iH'tu i Cieajed. out, the Co'.co.d, Le J >t -r>v S'v David, HnU, for CWmarthen Iwu ht" >j8.x»n., füf .Barnstaple; Eagle, Hancock, lor D<«r m uti. A..r, II j-- ve- d Cior Bid e,'otl JBristol.—Arrived, the Atneha, ————, ire S' { e"! the Swal!ov.», Cravvford 'and Elizabeth, Stott; i <. iord 1 wee Gebroeden, v\earda;-froin Samara, tina, AJ. 'gada, from Lisbott; Neptune, Cc{>,».4 *n Cork Minna, ——: iroin Biiboa; and. CJ'J Jenkms, from Swansea. Entered out, the Trial Morris arid Ka"p\ 5 Broom'sani, for. Neath. Hero, Roberts; ana Liiiiy l, lx i. is, tor Carmarthen; Weiueme, Da\ ics, tor ijiatigliarrie; i- ssuna, Jones, for Pembroke Speedwell, Maek«y,.jcf Pt .broke and Milfotd. Perseverance, Richards; and Liber;y, .VVr:ittow,forHaverfordwest. f Scitly.—Arrived, the■ Rambler,"G.yton wi<f*Ex-perimer:?, Piuilips, ifo.n Swansea ,or London; -Ind.u8try,iRobert*, from Carmarthen, with coals and iauyer ior,LoiifkHi ;» Lord |Nelson, Che^seman,- from Milford, .with culm ior$i.cre- ham: and. Industry, C.oliiu, irom Milforcf, with coals ior Arundel." roill Livt'rpoel—Arrived, the Glory; Towers, from C ep, wnli oak bark Jenny, Owen, from Bristol, with -1 luri »s • Diana, Rowlands; and Ann,- Wrench, from C*u*vj\j witti wheat. Talmnuth^.rrived, the Fortitude, Jenkins- from.Swan- sea; Endeavour, Dennis; and Four Sisters, vViilhims, tana Burry Gertrude, Cundy, fr«Sa Carditf John -and Sally, Colims, from Carmarthen; and Brothers, Oidrid^e, Irom Mniord.. v Sailed, the. Friendship, Hoskin, for Swansea.. Truro.—Arrived, the Mary, Rowe"; Bouitpn, San-rs; Marianna, Btmd;, Cotton, Hockm'; Betsy, Trei. Earl of Uxbridge, -Roberts ;■ Friends, Maine V. •Dalton and Union, Rees, all from Swansea, with Sailed, the John, Tretuddra; Polly, Cook; Sinei*, alills; Friends, Dysart; Mary,. Cromer; and Aoiiers, Dalton, all for Swansea with copper ore. St. Ices.—Arrived, the, Margam, Wiiliasn.?, from Aber- avon, with copper; Brothers,' Thomas; and Industry, Quick, from Wales, with coals. Sailed,, the Union, Tricky and ——, Torsel, for-Wales. Padstow.—Arrived, the TV ill ia»»,Barrett j. Union, Burt; and Padgey, Richards,.atliron Swansea. Sailed, the Treore, Jeiuiings; and Ebenezer, Harvev, for Swansea. I Penzance.—Arrived,^ the Richard and Mary, Sennett, from Swansea, and saiied again for Looe. The Ancient Briton, Qt Pembroke, Davies, master, from Bristol bound to Milford and Pembroke, arrived auhe for- mer port on Tuesday, abournoon. U ntortunately, after encountering s-icccsstoliy the-tiaugers of the sea, »i c striuit upon an anchor of a br.ig.lymg in Hubherston pi It.' wiuch stuve a hole in her bottom; and the water has -d.nu £ ».u al- 7 most the w hole of her cargo. Tne loss .susraine'd is ,ik< to be very considerabievas nerlading was chiefly e-rocenA. The Vra.de ioi London sod the ports in theciianne!, tailed from Mil lord on Monday, under convoy. The James, OHterbrjdge, froM -Bristol to Cork, is put into Milford w-tth the loss of boat, and sails split; and-the Catlia- nae,'Oweii,- irom JJewjrort to Liverpool, leaky.-

HIGH WATElt ON SWANSEA-BAIt for tne ensmm Week. Days. I Morning. Evening. I Heieht. i » fl. M. n. M. j r. i. Saturday 5 41 6 5 18 S Sunday 6 10 6 38 13 10 Monday 6-55 7 0 i-t 3 Tuesday j 7- 12- 7 28 3.4 g Wednesday 7 -14 8 0$ Ihursday 8 | B ,'54 14 3 Friday | 8 ,rx-> 9 13 5 HIGH WATER AT THE PASSAGiiS For the eusains H'eek. Days, ) Jtionnnir. { Evening.. p | H. V>. H. M. Saturday o 6 I- #> ^7 N.um, i 6 42 f 7 0 *»T »11- r i? ? 22 T I 7 34 j 7s 5:) Vw due-v.ay S 6 j 8 U'i 1 -ui-CiV 3 4Q ^,s; laomy i$if< j 9 ,j;

fice spies circulate repeated rep.orf.? of the pacific 1 intentions ol the Emperor of the French, who, the) J preteudr has gone so far as to postpone, several j times, the day of his coronation, in hope of seeing, even by great sacrifices, England tired (!f' bloodshed-, and- an English Ambassador present at this me- inora.bte ceremony. At last, to gain the admiration of the lovers of peace, or to silence the clamours of thy peace faction, the pretended proposds of Bouaparte, both to Austria and Prussia, to become mediators, between France, on one side, and Eng- land and Russia, on the- other, are handed about both in the diplomatic court, and popular circles and societies. They are too long to be copied into' a letter, but though their object is a cessation of hostilities, their language, at least in the begin- ning, so far from being pacific or is bus- tile and scurrilous. The former calumnies against England, r,ad abusive reproaches against Russia, are repeated in a preliminary political discussion on the means of restoring the lost balance of pow- er, which England, by her conquests in India, and RusSta,by her conquests in the Turkish Empire, are said to have broken, and by it forced France, for sclt-preservation, to extend her frontiers, and to' augment her military, power. No mention is made either of the partition of Poland, or the or- ganised usurpations of France iuhaJy and Ger- many. Bonaparte there repeats the -old proposal for a congress for pacification, which, it will not be the fault of France, should it not afterwards be changed into a conservative congress for a perpetual peace. Before the Members ot this congress meet, the preliminaries between the present belligerent or disunited parties arc to be signed according to thèïollowing plan, proposed by France; 1.:> u 1st, France consents to evacuate the kingdoms of Naples and Etruria, the Papal territory, and the Republics ofLiguria, Helvetia, and Batavia; toge- ther with the Electorate of Hanover, and all places, occupied by her on the right bank* <if the Rhine. 2(1, England consents to restore all her con- quests in the West-Indies, and to give up Malta to the King of Sardinia, as a part of the indemnities destined thisSovereigh. 3d, The remainder of the indemnities to his Sardinian Majesty are to be taken from the king- dom of Etruria, round Sienna. 4th France promises in return to give up to his Ejrurian Majesty the Duchies of Parma and Plaisance. 5th, Russia is to evacuate the Seven Islands, and all other .places occupied by her troops in the Mediterranean. The Seven Islands are in future to be under the exclusive protection of the Ottoman ,Porte.. 1 dth, The differences between Spain and Eng- land, as well as those between Russia and Rpme, are to be settled in an amicable manner immedi- ately, without the interference of the congress, ac- cording to the decision of the respective mediators. f* 7th, The differences between Spain and Ame- rica are to be settled by the sole mediation of the Emperor of the French. ash, The Emperor of Germany and Austria, and the King of Prussia, are by all par Lies acknow- ledged as mediators. 9th, France promises for the future, during a peace; to respect the independence of those king- cti Z, doms, states, and, republics, evacuated by her troops, in consequence of the present peace. 10th, As France allows the late Grand Master of Malta, Baron Hompesch, an annuity of 300,000 iivres, (12,0001.) England is to assign and pay an equal and annual sum to the present Grand Mas- ter, who resigns his sovereignty over, the island of Malta to the King of Sardinia, whose heirs or de- sqendants are for the future to be hereditary Grand Masters of the Maltese Order. -Bes.ides the above, the plan contains five other long articles; the 11th concerns the respective eva- cuations and disarmaments, &cc. In the .12th ar- ticle, England is to consent, for many reasons men- tioned at full length, that the mediators, who are entrusted to regelate the political balance'- •of power, may, at the same time, fix rules for restoring a. commercial balance of trade. In the mth, Rus- sia and England, in return for being permitted to Jiave deputies at a congress, where the affairs of Italy and Germany are regulated, to which both are said to be strangers, to permit the mediators to listen to the complaints of the Princes of Persia, as well as to those of the native Princes in India. In the 14th Article, the necessity is agreed to, of mak- ing a new constitution, not only for the German Empire, but for the Turkish Empire; the obedience to which is to be enforced even by the armies of the mediators. The 15th and last article fixes the dumber of deputies and of votes, and the city of Utrecht as the place where the congress is to be hëld. '-— "Though this pretended plan for a pacification is handed about, and permitted to be copied even in coffee-houses at Paris, all the editors of newspa- pers have been prohibited from publishing it. The editor of the Gazette, de France was sent for four days to the Temple, because the police was inform- ed by its spiesat his printing-office, that he intend- ed to insert the outlines of it in his paper of the 4t.h iiist. which he stopped.—-The reason of this prohi- bition is supposed to be the little attei-ition or faith paid in, France to the contents of newspapers; ■whilst every thing circulated, as with a: kind of se- crecy, is read and believed with aridity." Business of every kind is at a stand in Hol- lind, and yet there is no remission cf the public burthens. Some letters were received yesterday from Ame- rica, by which we have become possessed of the! following particulars respecting the present state of St. Domingo: ".His Honour (as he is termed) the Emperor J. J. Des-salines, has lately received from America six armed fast sailing schooners, and one brig; the for- mer mounting from 10 to 12 guns/the latter 13 twelve-pounders, and oncbrass eighteen-pounder, that goes on a swivel. He expeets shortly six other vessels from America of the same description.— His Honour has appointed two Admirals and 20 Chefs de Escadre• he means to extend his marine forces to 4000 men, and has actually.now in com- mission upwards of 20 armed vessels, containing from 70 to *00 men.. One of his cruisers (a felucca) lately captured a Spanish brig richly laden, bound from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, and carried her to Aux Cayes. There is now on sale in the different ports of St. Domingo, an immense quantity of powder, imported by the Americans, and the:price is re- duced from four dollars to | dollar per lb. Dessa- lines has now got a sufficient quantity of powder to answer his purpose; and from this circumstance, it is probable that he may make fresh overtures to the British, as they refused toifurnish him with any ammunition.—The men of colour now in St. Do- mingo a.re much more attached to the French than to Dessalines, and they would 'receive them with open arms, (to use their own expression) provided a Bourbon was on the Throne of France." -• We fear that the late tremendous gales have done considerable damage upon our coast. To the loss of his Majesty's ship Venerable, Lord Duncan's flag ship in the glorious battle off Cam- perdown, we have to add the loss of his Majesty's ship Romney, of 50 gyns, on the coast of Hol- land, Last Monday week, at nine o'clock in the morning, she ran on the South Haak Sand, five miles west of the Texel. All attempts to save her were in vain, her masts went overboard on Monday, aiid on Tuesday the officers and crew f qnitted her upofl rafts, and were made' prisoners by the Dutch, whose conduct in attempting to save the crew is highly spoken of in our flcctöH the Dutch coast. The cause of her having run ashore is. said to have been her mistaking three Americans which were on shore for part of our fleet. The Romney was a very fine ship. Great apprehensions were entertained in the fleet for the Alricaine frigate, which received such damage in the gale, that she was forced to be sent home ill care of another slilp,-Fortuii,itely she is arrived. Letters received at Piymoinh from Gibraltar oi a late date, state, that the malignant fever there had much subsided. The Young Roscius is arrived in London, and is announced to perform at Drury-lane Theatre early in the second week of December. It is believed he will appear at Covent-garden Theatre on Mon- day next. Twenty guineas have already been offered in vain for the security of a box on his first appearance, and ten guineas have been offered" with equal success for the reversion of any box on the second night. In the Court o-f King's Bench, yesterday, the rule obtained by Mr. Erskine for leave to file a criminal information against Mr. Bourne, as the author of two pamphlets reflecting on the late Board of Admiralty, was discharged, Mr. F. W. Hiagdon, of the Cockpit, Westminster, having avowed himself, by affidavit, the author of the first pamphlet,, which was suppressed, although an. extract therefrom had been obtained by some unknown means, and' published U) the other pam- phlet.—The rule was made absolute against the printer and publisher. William Adair Jackson, Esq. departed this life this morning. His death occasions a vacancy in the East-India Directiafe). PRICE OF STOCKS. Bank Stpck ..166* Ann. lfif 3 per C. Red. 57 India .Vock 1U0 5 per C. 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