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few weeks, to have again to notice the fatal effects of a very dangerous reef of rocks, which extend from the shore at Fifeness, fully a mile and a half to sea. ward, and terminating in Carr Rock. The sloop Janet of St Andrews, forty tons register, Elder master, bound from Alloa, with coals, sprung a leak off the Carr Rock about six o'clock on the evening of the 6th. The crew, finding that the water gained fast upon them, were making to the shore, to run the vessel upon Balcombie Sands, when she unfortunately struck upon one of the outer rocks of the Brigs, near the Carr. The crew immediately took to the boat, and landed in safety. Robert Watson, Lord Kellie's fisherman, who has been resident at Fifeness about sixty years, is enabled, from what he recollects of the shipwrecks at the Carr Rock, to remark, that there has been, in his time, "at least sixty vessels lost upon the Carr!--for if she missed her mark one year, she is sure to hit twice the year following."

17. A meeting of the advocates for a reform in Parliament was held at Freemason's Tavern this day, when several resolutions were adopted, expressing the necessity for a constitutional reform in the representation, the abolition of useless offices and unmerited pensions, and a reduction of the military establishment.

IRELAND. A meeting, convened by requisition, took place on the 13th inst. at the Green of Harold's Cross, Dublin, when a respectful address was voted to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, humbly praying that he would give his royal countenance and support to the measure of parliamentary reform.--Several resolutions were also carried, stating the public distress, and declaring that the object of the meeting was reform, not revolution. A petition to Parliament, founded on the resolutions, was read and adopted.

20.—The trial of the rioters for plundering Mr Beckwith's premises on the 2d of December, the day of the first Spafields meeting, commenced this morning at 10 o'clock, at the Old Bailey, when John Cashman was found guilty, John Hooper, Richard Gamble, William Gunnel, and John Carpenter, not guilty. Cashman has since been executed. The trial of the other rioters was resumed on the 21st, but none of them were capitally

convicted.

22. The loss of the Mistletoe schooner, tender to the flag-ship at Portsmouth, with all her crew, upon the coast of Sussex, whilst cruising in search of smugglers, can no longer be doubted: she must have foundered in one of the violent gales. It is ascertained that the

vessel sunk off Rottingdean is not the Mistletoe, but some merchantman. The officers who have unfortunately perished in her are, Lieut. Wade Blake (commander); Mr J. Duncan, second master; Mr Tully, master's mate; Mr J. Brenham, midshipman; Mr Thomas Kennail, pilot; and thirty-two able seamen and boys.

James Watson, senior, who has attracted so much of public notice, was in dicted for having assaulted Joseph Rhodes with a sharp instrument, with which he struck and stabbed him. The jury re turned a verdict of acquittal, when seve ral persons below, and in the galleries, gave very indecorous demonstrations of joy.

23. This day a meeting of delegates from various petitioning bodies in Great Britain for reform in Parliament was held at the Crown and Anchor-Major Cartwright in the chair; when it was resolved, that representation should be co-existent with taxation, and that property ought to form no part of a member of Parliament's qualification-virtue and talents being sufficient.

Common Council.-Mr Waithman moved a number of resolutions on the subject of parliamentary reform. These resolutions do not go so far as those of the delegates just mentioned, having for their object "the shortening of the duration of Parliaments, and a fair and equal distri. bution of the elective franchise to all freeholders, copyholders, and householders paying taxes, with such regulations as would preserve the purity and integrity of the members, and render the House of Commons an efficient organ of the people." The resolutions were carried with not more than ten dissenting voices.

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Hatton Garden.—Mr Hunt, Mr Cobbet, and the boy, Thomas Dogood, who tore down a posting-bill, entitled, Hunt hissed out of the City of Bristol," came to this office, when a good deal of conversation passed between the magistrate and Messrs Hunt and Cobbet, respecting the committal of Dogood, and the conduct of the officer, Limbrick, who apprehended him,—which led to no result.

Dreadful Catastrophe.-On Friday evening, the 3d instant, about eleven o'clock, Mr Cobbett, jun. of Kingston, having just retired to rest with his wife, to whom he had been married but a few weeks, put an end to his existence by blowing bis brains out with a pistol (of three barrels) which he had previously concealed under his pillow. The horrid circumstance has occasioned his wife to be insensible ever since, and she is not expected to live.-Coroner's verdict, Insanity.

Coroner's Inquest.-An inquisition was

taken before Mr Stirling, coroner for Middlesex, upon the body of Mary Ann Golding, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Golding, of No 30, Molineux Street, Mary-le-bone, whose death was occasioned by the barbarous treatment of her parents. The deceased was only five years of age. The jury viewed the body; its appearance was shocking, being covered with marks of violence from the neck downwards to the thigh. The back had several old wounds upon it; the legs were bruised; and the whole frame was emaciated. The evidence taken before the jury disclosed a repetition of acts of bru tality on the part of the child's parents, which left no doubt on the minds of the jury, that they had been the cause of her death. After an hour's consultation, the jury returned the following verdict: "The deceased died in convulsions, caused by the cruel treatment of her unnatural parents."

25.-Johanna Southcote.-The delusion at this time practised upon the believers in the predictions and doctrine of the late prophetess, is matter of great astonishment. An interdict arrived at Newark on Sunday, the 19th instant, from a disciple of the conclave at Leeds, inhihiting those of the faith, amongst other things, from attending to their ordinary business during the ensuing eight or nine days; and a manufacturer's shop in that place is at this time entirely deserted, and the business of many small dealers suspended in consequence.

The following letter has been sent by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Lord Lieutenant of the county of Leicester, and, we believe, to the Lords Lieutenant of several other counties. Whitehall, Jan. 11, 1817. My Lord,It being deemed expedient, under present circumstances, that the civil power should be strengthened in the county under your Grace's charge, I have to request that you will recommend to the magistrates in the principal towns within the same (in which the measure is not already adopted), to encourage the enrolment of respectable householders, to act, as occasion may require, as special constables for a fixed period of time, not less than three months; and I have farther to request that your Grace will communicate to the commanding officers of the several yeomanry corps within the county of Leicester, the wish of his Majesty's government, that they will hold themselves, and the corps under their respective commands, in a state of preparation to afford prompt assistance to the civil authorities in case of necessity.-I have, &c. SIDMOUTH.

The Lord Lieutenant of the
County of Leicester.

One of the Leith smacks arrived from London on the 26th instant, having on board nearly forty tons of the new silver coinage. This valuable cargo, amounting to £300,000, was insured at Lloyd's at the low rate of 10s. 6d. per £100,-a strong proof of the confidence placed in the superior class of Leith smacks.

On Saturday, the 11th January, the inhabitants of New Lanark met in the New Institution, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of presenting an address to Robert Owen, Esq. expressive of their high satisfaction with his conduct, and that of the other proprietors, in introducing various ameliorations in the condition of their community; and more particularly in reducing the time of working in their mills an hour a-day; which regulation took place the 1st Jan. 1815, the time of labour being from six to seven previously to that date; since which it has been from six to six only. This proposition being unanimously agreed to, a committee was appointed to prepare and present the same. It was then resolved, that the village should be illuminated on the Tuesday evening following, in testimony of their regard for his disinterested conduct in the management of the establishment, and also in commemoration of the purchase of the mills by the present proprietors.

28. Yesterday a third meeting of the reform delegates was held at the King's Arms tavern, Palace Yard. There were upwards of thirty delegates present, who affected to represent one hundred and ninety towns throughout the kingdom. After some discussion, which brought out nothing new or interesting, it was agreed that those delegates having petitions to present to Parliament should assemble this day at three o'clock, in Palace Yard, to put them into the hands of Sir F. Burdett and Lord Cochrane.-The meeting was then finally dissolved.

This being the day fixed for the meeting of Parliament, the Prince Regent left Carleton House at half-past one, and repaired to St James's Palace.—His Royal Highness took his seat in the state carriage accompanied by the Duke of Montrose, master of the horse, and Lord James Murray, a lord in waiting; the other royal attendants followed in other carriages. The procession to the House was not seriously disturbed; some discontented voices mixed their murmurs with the applause of the more loyal, yet there was no such expression of disapprobation as to excite alarm. On the return of the royal procession the discontent broke out into the most outrageous abuse, and even into acts of violence. The life guards were insulted,

Common Hall, and passed some additional resolutions in favour of parliamentary reform; the most important of which was one for triennial Parliaments, which was carried by a large majority against an amendment, by which it was propos ed to declare in favour of annual Parlia ments.

LORD EXMOUTH.-After the adjourn ment of the Common Hall, the Lord Mayor proceeded to the Common Coun cil-Chamber, where Lord Exmouth had been in waiting a considerable time in consequence of invitation, to receive the sword voted to him, as a mark of public approbation and thanks for his splendid victory in the bombardment of Algiers.

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and gravel-stones and other missiles were thrown at the royal carriage: between Carleton-house gardens and the stableyard, one glass of the state coach was struck three times and broken. It ap pears from the evidence of Lord James Murray, that his lordship was inclined to think one or two bullets had been fired at the coach, but no gun or pistol was seen, no smoke appeared, no report was heard, no bullet has been found. As soon as the Prince Regent alighted from the state coach, he informed Sir N. Conant, the magistrate in waiting, of the outrage that had occurred, and the Duke of Montrose was immediately despatched to the office of the home department in search of Lord Sidmouth. The prince, after The noble Lord was attended by ten waiting at St James's some time for the noble secretary, went in his private carriage to Carleton House; and whether the mob had relented from their malignant violence, or whether the tumultuous part of them had withdrawn to attend their favourite, Hunt, his royal highness was saluted with huzzas.About the time of these violent proceedings, that is about half-past two, nearly twenty of Hunt's delegates made a procession by Charing-cross through Parliament Street, with about half a dozen petitions on rolls of parchment in favour of reform, carried on their arms like muskets, they marching in a military step.-Hunt, it is said, wished the parchments to be unrolled, that the length of them might as tonish the passers-by. His myrmidons, however, did not choose to comply with this request; upon which he observed, that he never had to do with such cowardly persons before.

A proclamation was issued on Wednesday morning, the 29th instant, offering £1000 reward for the apprehension of the person or persons guilty of the late treasonable attempt on the life of the Prince Regent.

On the same day the joint address of congratulation of both Houses of Parlia ment to the Prince Regent, on his late happy escape, was presented to His Royal Highness at Carleton House, which he received with all the accustomed state seated upon the throne. The attendance of Lords and Commons on this occasion was very numerous-headed by the Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Commons. From ten o'clock in the morning till five in the afternoon, Carleton House was crowded with the nobility and gentry of both sexes, making their anxious inquiries, and offering their sen timents of congratulation; and addresses from all parts of the country will doubt less be speedily presented on this most interesting public occasion.

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captains of his fleet who had shared the dangers and glory of that expedition. The Lord Mayor accompanied the presentation by an appropriate speech; to which Lord Exmouth replied by the most cordial expression of his grateful feelings for the honour conferred upon him by the city of London.

After the ceremony, his lordship and his colleagues, accompanied by the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, and several other members of the corporation, proceeded to Ironmonger's Hall to partake of a banquet prepared for him by the company, who took a peculiar interest in the results of that victory. The circumstance which rendered that event so interesting to the Ironmonger's Company was, that they are the trustees of an estate of £2000 a year bequeathed many years ago by one of their members, a Mr Betton, who had the misfortune to be captured by a Barbary Corsair, and was several years in slavery, from which he was ultimately ransomed. In memory of his own sufferings, and in gratitude for his liberation, he directed that £1000 of the legacy above-named should be annually appropriated for the ransom of British captives, who might chance to be enslaved by any of the Barbary States. The company have religiously obeyed the injunctions of the humane testator, and commissioned a regular agent at Mogadore for the purpose.

IRELAND. The Committee appointed to appropriate the general fund for the relief of the poor of Dublin have determined to give premiums at the rate of £5 per acre, for the planting of early potatoes, within two miles of the castle of Dublin. The managers of the Cork institution have voted £700 for the same purpose; the premiums to be distributed under such regulations as the Committee shall see fit.

Desperate Poachers.-We had hoped that the determined resistance to well known laws had been confined on this

side of the Tweed to the pursuit of the pure spirit of malt; we regret to hear, however, that a desperate affray lately took place on Lord Blantyre's estate near Haddington, betwixt three poachers and his lordship's game keeper and two as sistants. After a most determined resistance, in which shots were exchanged and severe wounds given, (one of the poachers having his arm broken) two out of the three were taken into custody. This was mainly effected by the timely appearance of a countryman at the moment when the depredators had the best of the fight. (Edinburgh Courant:)

The most interesting of the other occurrences of this month, which our limits do not permit us to detail, were the severe gales, which have occasioned much dam age on different parts of the coast ;--the distressed condition of the labouring classes, partly owing to the last unfavourable harvest and the high price of

provisions;-and the unparalleled exertions made in every part of the united kingdom for their relief. The benevolence of the higher orders, while it was never at any fomer period so extensively displayed, has not been, on the present occasion, alloyed by that want of reflection which recognized no other mode of relief than by means of pecuniary donations. The practice has heen, almost universally, to employ those who were able to work, and to allow them such wages as would save them froin want, though at the same time so moderate as to induce them to return to their former habits of independent industry as soon as the demand for labour should revive. Happily, at the moment we are now writing, several of our manufacturing towns begin to resume their former activity; and our prospects are becoming daily less gloomy and doubtful.

COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COLONIAL PRODUCE-Sugars have of late been in considerable demand, without much improvement in prices. Muscovados proper for refining have been purchased freely at a small advance. The stocks of Refined Sugars being very small, and con→→ siderable orders having arrived from the Continent, this article has a little improved. The sales of Brazil and East India Sugars, lately brought forward, have gone off briskly, at prices a shade higher. Coffee has been in some demand for exportation, though not such as to diminish greatly the superabundant stock of this article, which has for many years past been produced in too large quantity for the consumption, Cottons continue in steady demand, without much variation in prices. In East India descriptions there has been considerable briskness, at an advance of 4. to Id. per lb. Tobaccos extremely dull, and prices lower. Rums having fallen considerably in price, the exporters were induced to come into the market, and much business has been done in this article. The last Tea sale at the East India House, which finally closed on the 14th ult., proved that the general freedom of trade with every part of Europe to China, and particularly the exertions of the Americans to supplant the English in the European market, have not had the expected effect; for the average prices shewed an advance of 2d. per lb.

EUROPEAN PRODUCE-In articles from the Baltic little business is doing, and prices declining,-Hemp from £1 to £2 per ton, and Tallow 1s. to 2s. per cwt. Sowing Linseed in considerable demand, and 110s. has been refused. Clover Seeds are also on the advance, and the stock of American very limited: Red 130s. to 140s. per cwt. There has been much briskness in the Provision trade, and prices have advanced. Brandies and Genevas a shade lower in price. The Wine trade with the Cape of Good Hope is increasing, and now may be called extensive. The remission of the duties has effected this; but, at the same time that it renders essential service to that settlement, it gives occasion to the introduction, by fraud, into the Cape, of large quantities of foreign wines, which are from thence exported to this country as the native produce, to the great injury of the revenue: the present prices, £28 to £32 per ton. In the demand for the Manufactures of this country we are happy to announce some improvement, though not yet such as to be very generally felt; still we think the worst is past, and that the late universal depression will in a short time be considerably removed; not, however, that we hope the sanguine expectations of speculators, at the conclusion of the war, can ever be realized. From the most important Continental markets, France and Austria, our manufactures are completely shut out; and other states, into which they are admitted, have been for a long time inundated, what with our excessive exports and the produce of native manufactures. The same applies to the North American market; and the present distracted state of South America has much diminished our trade with that important continent,

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Premiums of Insurance at Lloyd's Coffeehouse.-Guernsey or Jersey, 20s. Cork, Dublin, or Belfast, 20s. Hamburgh, 14 gs. Madeira, 14 gs. Jamaica, 50s. Course of Exchange, April 4.-Amsterdam, 39: 6 B. Hamburgh, 36: 2. Paris. 25: 40. Madrid, 35 effect. Lisbon, 57. Dublin, 124.

Gold in bars, £3: 18: 6 per oz. New doubloons, £3:15:6. Silver in bars, 5s. 1d.

THE following is an account of the official value of the Exports from Great Britain in each year from 1792 to 1816, both inclusive,-distinguishing the value of British Produce and Manufactures from that of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize :

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