25th October 1817.] Foreign Intelligence.-England. Chronicle. 89 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE Continental journals speak of a meeting of the allied sovereigns at Manheim next year, for the purpose of agreeing to some resolutions relating to the state of France and of Europe, after the experiment which has been made of the present system. The French chambers are appointed to meet on the 5th November. The persons tried for a treasonable conspiracy, designated from its rallying sign "the Black Pin,” have been acquitted at Paris. The prevarication of a witness seems to have saved them; for in other respects the testimony was of a serious complexion. The case of the editor of the Censeur is not yet done with. It has come on before the Cour Royale. An affray between some Guards and Landwehr took place at Berlin on the 23d ult. One or two individuals were killed; but though the contest was not more serious, it bespeaks ill blood, which is like enough to produce greater commotions. The nobility of Courland have adopted a resolution for abolishing the vassalage of peasants in that district, and have solicited the sanction of his Imperial Majesty. It may be remembered, that the nobility of the province of Esthonia granted a similar benefit to their vassals last year. Official reports are received of two actions between the Royalists and Independents in in South America, the one in Upper Peru, and the other in Chili, in which the latter were successful. A copy of a treaty between France and Por tugal relative to the cession of French Guyana to his most Christian Majesty, has reached Lon don. The following additional statement has ap peared officially in the Courier: The excise comparison presents a different result; but the cause is one over which human power had no control, but which is not likely to be permanent. The stamps in the two last quarters, particularly the last, afford an excess beyond the corresponding quarters. The post-office revenue might be expected to fall off, but the diminution is very trifling, and the last quarter is higher than either of the three preceding quarters. The assessed taxes for the three last quarters exceed the assessed taxes in the three corresponding ones; a result which few, we believe, were prepared to expect. The land taxes are more productive in each of the four last quarters than in the four corresponding quarters. The total of the permanent and annual duties for the four last quarters exceeds the total of the four preceding quarters, by above £.1,260,000, viz. Total of 1816 1817 Balance in favour of 1817. The total consolidated fund for the sa me period is, for 1816, 1817, Leaving an excess in favour of 1817, of £40,866,775 42,159,665 1817, Against 1817, 5,281,954 £13,990,134 But the reason of this falling off is known to every body, viz. the repeal of the war excise duty on malt and the property tax. Thus the difference between the whole produce of the revenue for the year is as follows: It was in 1816, 1817, Difference, £60,138,863 47,441,619 £12,697,244 or £483,895 more than the difference between the produce of the war excise duty and the property tax in 1816 and 1817. On Friday, notice was given from the Bank of England to the Stock Exchange, that all bills dated November, 1815, would be paid off, or exchanged for new bills bearing interest at the rate of 2d. per day till the 30th instant. The bills to be taken to the Exchequer Office by the 24th of the present month. The new bills at 2d per day bear a premium of about twenty-one shillings. On Saturday, 30,000 half-sovereigns were received at the bank from the mint. They pass as current and lawful money, if not weighing less than 2 dwts. 13 grains. They are issued from the mint at the weight of 2 dwts. 13 grains, and 6,370-10,000th parts of a grain. From this truly auspicious view, we turn to the other events of the last fortnight, which, as usual, has no feature of marked importance. His Majesty continues to enjoy a good state of bodily health, and has been very composed through the last month, but without auy diminution of his disorder. The Queen intends to proceed to Bath for the restoration of her health. The Gazette of the 11th contains an order in council for the further prorogation of Parliament, from the 3d of November to the 16th of December, but it is understood will not meet till the end of January. Alderman C. Smith has been elected Lord Mayor. An attempt was made to continue alderman Wood for a third year, by a few factious individuals. The following is the state of the votes:-Mr Alderman Smith, 2,273; Mr Alderman Aitkins, 1,585; Lord Mayor, 827; Mr Alderman Goodbehere, 763. The typhus fever seems to be abating in all parts of Ireland, except Newry, Cork, and Downpatrick. In the first of these places subscriptions have been opened for the establishment of a fever-hospital. At Downpatrick 100 persons were lying ill; and in Cork 400. The upper £1,292,890 classes are said to suffer severely in this last city. In Dublin there were no cases of fever. Many cases of the most aggravated misery have occurred. £38,219,757 38,413,523 The grand musical festival at Birmingham has been more productive this year than on the last celebration. The receipts were £.8,000, being £. 193,766 £.1,000 more than on the last occasion. sion-house, London, on the 13th inst. A Maltese Dramatic poet applied to the Lord Mayor to get his writings introduced upon the stage. He The intention of cutting a canal from Newcastle to Carlisle is strongly supported by the Earl of Lonsdale, Sir James Graham of Edmund Castle, and Mr Curwen; and the project is like-stated, that he had numbers of dramatic compoly to be soon carried into execution. Mr Longmire, of Whitehaven, who some time ago proceeded to Russia with some pitmen, in order to search for coal in the vicinity of Toola, has been dignified with the title of Titulary Counsellor, with the rank of Captain in the Army, and has further been allowed the honourable privilege of writing to the Emperor himself, should he meet with any serious difficulty in his pursuit. The rank of Captain is rarely attained under 10 or 12 years of actual service. All these circumstances prove how earnestly the Emperor is bent on accomplishing the important object of supplying at least a part of his widely extended dominions with the prime article of fuel-pit coal. Last week, Baron Strandman, a Russian gentleman, with four Russian youths, left this country for Paris. The Baron has resided in this country four years by order of the Russian Government, in order to acquire, information respecting the state of this country, in regard to education and agriculture. His assiduous attention to the objects of his investigation will enable him to carry home with him the means of rendering the most important services to the Emperor; and all true philanthropists must rejoice that the extensive dominions of Alexander may enjoy the benefits of instruction and civilization. The four youths were instructed in the British system of education, and their talents were such, that in five months from their landing in England, they were able to conduct the Central School in the Borough-road, and to pass their examination in the most satisfactory manner. [October 25, 1817. portant resolutions should be taken into consideration on an early day, when, we have no doubt, the question will be discussed with that temper and feeling, as to show that all parties sitions of all kinds, and could translate them into are only seeking the welfare of the community. every living language except the English, with A few days ago, the Lord Provost and ma which he declared himself wholly unacquaint-gistrates, and several other respectable gentleed! The Lord Mayor advised him to go to men, visited the jail on the Calton-hill, and the the managers, to try if they could overcome this lock-up-house in this city, with the order and difficulty. arrangements of which they were highly pleased. On Sunday, 12th inst. by order of the Lord Provost, the prisoners (65 in number) were provided by Mr Sibbald, the governor, with a most Last week, a person who has been recently selling American flour in Coventry, was detected in the abominable practice of mixing a quantity of burnt Derbyshire stone with his flour !—An information having been laid against him, he was fined in the mitigated penalty of £.5. Several dreadful murders are related in the newspapers of the last ten days. It is remarkable that such horrors seldom occur singly. There were more prisoners for trial at the Old Bailey Sessions which terminated last week than at any preceding session. The number was 476, of which there were-Convicted of capital of. fence, 28; felonies, 241; manslaughter, 3; frauds, 4; acquitted, 101-Total tried, 377. The increase of the number of suicides in Boston of late is remarkable. According to accurate lists in the year 1816, there were 67 instances of suicide-30 hanged and 25 shot themselves, 3 cut their throats, 6 stabbed themselves, and 6 drowned themselves. Besides these 31 dead bodies were found in the river, the manner of whose death is unknown. This year also the number of suicides is considerable, being 32, besides 4 unsuccessful attempts, and 22 dead bodies found in the river. SCOTLAND. Edinburgh, October 24. The new buildings at the north-west end of the North Bridge advance rapidly. The parapet wall in front is taken down, and the intermediate space having been arched over, the operations of the workmen are now carried on with increased facility. It is impossible yet to estimate fully the effect of the design; but of its general expediency, few, we believe, will doubt; at least we wish, and indeed hope, the new Dean of Guild, by promoting a similar improvement on the opposite side, will give us an earnest of that zeal and public spirit which have so highly distin. guished his predecessor, and given him so many claims upon the gratitude of his fellow-citizens. The following interesting story was related a short time ago, at the Brighton Bible Meeting, by a stranger, who requested permission to ad. dress the company :-" The child of a drunken sailor asked him for bread. Irritated by his request, the dissolute father spurned him from him with his foot, and the child fell into the sea from the beach. Nothing could be done from the shore, and the child soon disappeared; but the arm of Providence was extended over him, and by clinging to an oar, or raft, that he came near, he floated till picked up by a vessel then under weigh. The child could only tell them his name was Jack, but the humanity of the crew led them to take care of him. Poor Jack, as he grew up, was promoted to wait on the officers, received instructions easily, was quick, and steady, and served in some actions.gistrates, and Council, appointed Walter Brown, In the last he obtained so much promotion, that he was appointed to the care of the wounded seamen. He observed one with a Bible under his head, and showed him so much attention, that the man, when he was near dying, requested Jack to accept his Bible, which had been the means of reclaiming him from the ways of sin By some circumstance, poor Jack recognised his father in the penitent sailor!"-Thus far the tale excited so much interest, that when the speaker saw the effect it had produced, he, with a modest bow, added, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I am poor Jack !” The town of Neustadt, in Holstein, was almost entirely destroyed on the 28th ult. by a dreadful fire. It is stated that very large maga. zines of corn were consumed. On Friday the 10th inst. the corning house of the gunpowder works at Ore, near Feversham, was blown up, and three men blown to pieces. A curious circumstance occurred at the Man Wednesday se'ennight the Lord Provost, Ma Esq. baron bailie of Canongate and Calton, and William Sibbald, Esq. admiral of Leith. The appointment of baron bailie of Easter and Wester Portsburgh was postponed. substantial dinner. Monsieur Biot arrived in this city on Friday the 10th instant. He returned from the Shetland islands by a merchant vessel, and arrived, after a speedy voyage, at Leith. In Unst, as no proper place could be found for making observations connected with the trigonometrical survey, the fine instrument belonging to the Board of Ordnance was therefore removed to the island of Balta, where there were just tents sufficient to shelter it and its attendants from the weather. The Edinburgh Gas-light company commenced laying the pipes for lighting the City, upon North Bridge street, on Tuesday last. The pipes are of cast iron, and three inches in diameter inside. The second Wet-Dock at Leith has been just completed: a swivel bridge has been placed across the entrance from the other Dock, and in place of flood-gates, a vessel of a peculiar construction is preparing, which may be sunk or raised at pleasure in the gate.way. The Michaelmas head Court of freeholders of Renfrewshire as held on the 7th inst. at Renfrew. There were 39, new claims for enrollment, of which two were withdrawn, 26 sustained, and 11 rejected. At the Aberdeen Michaelmas head Court on Tuesday, the 14th inst. no less than 27 gentlemen were added to the Roll of Freeholders of Aberdeenshire. The annual meeting for the counties of Aberdeen, Forfar, Kincardine, and Banff, commenced on Tuesday the 2d Sept. and was attended by a very numerous and highly respectable assemblage of the nobility and gentry. The crowded ordinaries and balls were distinguished by a brilliant display of beauty and fashion. By the list made up from the returns of the Parochial Clergy, and printed along with Lord Binning's bill for providing Lunatic Asylums in Scotland, it appears that there are 3486 lunatics in the kingdom, exclusive of those in 259 parishes from which no returns have yet been received. Several copies of the different parts of the scriptures in the Hindostanee, Sanscrit, Benga Professor Playfair arrived in London from lee, Mahratta, Orissa, and Chinese languages, Paris on the 15th instant. The subject of burgh reform, which at present excites so much interest in Scotland, has been taken up in this city. Tuesday last, at a meeting of the Merchant Company, resolutions were proposed, expressive of the satisfaction the Company felt at the exertions now making to introduce into the Scots Burghs a more liberal system of Town politics-of their admiration of the enlightened and constitutional conduct of the Lord Advocate, and his Majesty's Privy Council, in the case of Montrose-and the desire of the Company to co-operate with the magistrates and corporate bodies of Edinburgh, to procure a more liberal and popular set for the City. The Company unanimously resolved, that these im a copy of Colloquies in Bengalee, and a few of the circular letters which are printed and circulated in India, have been presented by the Rev. Dr Ryland of Bristol, Secretary to the baptist missionary society, to the library belonging to the Students in Divinity, under the Rev. Dr Lawson, Selkirk. A very elegant copy of the Arabic Bible has also been presented to the same library by the Rev. Thomas Brown, Dalkeith. The thirteenth annual report of the British and Foreign Bible Society contains the following specimen of the contributions in Scotland :--Edinburgh, £.1700; Fife and Kinross, £.500; Ayrshire, £.250; Dumfries-shire, £.240; Aberdeen, £.200; Dundee, £200; Elginshire, £100 Clackmananshire, £.72; Montrose, £.65; Ar 25th October 1817.] Foreign Intelligence.-England. Chronicle. 89 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. THE Continental journals speak of a meeting of the allied sovereigns at Manheim next year, for the purpose of agreeing to some resolutions relating to the state of France and of Europe, after the experiment which has been made of the present system. The French chambers are appointed to meet on the 5th November. The persons tried for a treasonable conspiracy, designated from its rallying sign" the Black Pin," have been acquitted at Paris. The prevarication of a witness seems to have saved them; for in other respects the testimony was of a serious complexion. The case of the editor of the Censeur is not yet done with. It has come on before the Cour Royale. An affray between some Guards and Landwehr took place at Berlin on the 23d ult. One or two individuals were killed; but though the contest was not more serious, it bespeaks ill blood, which is like enough to produce greater commotions. The nobility of Courland have adopted a resolution for abolishing the vassalage of peasants in that district, and have solicited the sanction of his Imperial Majesty. It may be remembered, that the nobility of the province of Esthonia granted a similar benefit to their vassals last year. Official reports are received of two actions between the Royalists and Independents in South America, the one in Upper Peru, and the other in Chili, in which the latter were successful. A copy of a treaty between France and Por tugal relative to the cession of French Guyana to his most Christian Majesty, has reached Lon don. ENGLAND. London, October 20. The most gratifying mode in which we could commence our political compendium, on the present occasion, is to state the accumulating proofs of the returning prosperity of the coun try. Thus, after the storm of five-and-twenty years, the blessings of peace begin to be mani fested. The following is the financial statement of the last quarter, ending with the 10th October, and of the corresponding quarter last year:→→ CUSTOMS. Consolidated, 18163 1817. 99,766 Increase as compared with 1816, The following additional statement has ap peared officially in the Courier: result; but the cause is one over which human The excise comparison presents a different power had no control, but which is not likely to be permanent. The stamps in the two last quarters, particularly the last, afford an excess beyond the corresponding quarters. The post-office revenue might be expected to fall off, but the diminution is very trifling, and the last quarter is higher than either of the three preceding quarters. The assessed taxes for the three last quarters exceed the assessed taxes in the three curresponding ones; a result which few, we be lieve, were prepared to expect. The land taxes are more productive in each of the four last quarters than in the four cor responding quarters. The total of the permanent and anal duties for the four last quarters exceeds the total 1817, Against 1817, 5,281,954 £13,990,134 But the reason of this falling off is known to every body, viz. the repeal of the war excise duty on malt and the property tax. Thus the difference between the whole produce of the revenue for the year is as follows: It was in 1816, 1817, Difference, £60,138,863 47,441,619 £12,697,244 or £483,895 more than the difference between the produce of the war excise duty and the property tax in 1816 and 1817. On Friday, notice was given from the Bank of England to the Stock Exchange, that all bills dated November, 1815, would be paid off, or exchanged for new bills bearing interest at the rate of 2d. per day till the 30th instant. The bills to be taken to the Exchequer Office by the 24th of the present month. The new bills at 2d per day bear a premium of about twenty-one shillings. On Saturday, 30,000 half-sovereigns were received at the bank from the mint. They pass as current and lawful money, if not weighing less than 2 dwts. 13 grains. They are issued from the mint at the weight of 2 dwts. 13 grains, and 6,370-10,000th parts of a grain. From this truly auspicious view, we turn to the other events of the last fortnight, which, as usual, has no feature of marked importance. His Majesty continues to enjoy a good state of bodily health, and has been very composed through the last month, but without auy diminution of his disorder. The Queen intends to proceed to Bath for the restoration of her health. The Gazette of the 11th contains an order in council for the further prorogation of Parliament, from the 3d of November to the 16th of December, but it is understood will not meet till the end of January. Alderman C. Smith has been elected Lord Mayor. An attempt was made to continue sldermar Wood for a third year, by a few factions individuals. The following is the state of the votes:Mir Aiderman Smith, 2,273; Mr A derman Aitkins, 1,585; Lord Mayor, 827; Aldermar Goodbehere, 763. The typhus fever seems to be abaring £.1,499,288 £.4,880,180 of the four preceding quarters, by above parts of Ireland, except Newry, Cork, ***** - 31 Total customs, 2,457,859 nineteen members-fifteen for the Guildry, and Paisley. On Monday the 29th ult. at a meet- opinions in reference to some of the various to. Montrose.His Royal Highness the Prince Regent in Council, has issued a warrant for the poll election of Magistrates and Council for the burgh of Montrose, which took place on the 13th instant. The Council, as before, is to consist of The town's motto. | Dundee.-After the long and severe conflicts which have torn and agitated this town, there is now a prospect of a speedy return of peace, order, and harmony. Provost Riddoch has expressed his readiness to concur with the bur gesses of Dundee in applying to the King in Council for an alteration of the present set of the burgh, and his wish that the constitution, which has just been obtained for Montrose, should form the ground-work for that of Dundee. | [25th October 1817. 9th William Bett and his two sons were found guilty at Cupar, by Jury, before the Sheriffdepute, of stealing a quantity of flour and oatmeal from Auchtermairney mills, and were sen tenced to a short imprisonment, and banishment from the county; one of the sons for seven years, and the father for life: the other son was liberated on account of his youth.-A Highland poney has been detected in the Upper Ward of Lanarkshire, in mangling some sheep, and afterwards tossing them "out of wantonness!" ed. Executions. Friday the 10th instant, William Robertson and Joseph Cairns, convicted of robbery and theft, aggravated by assault and housebreaking, and Margaret Crosan, found guilty of a malicious and cruel act of wilful fire-raising in the same county, were executed at Ayr. Robertson was so weak that he leaned, in coming out, against the wall, and appeared to be supported by the rope, even before he was suspendHe was a Scotsman, and about twentyseven years of age: on the scaffold he addressed the guard, consisting of small detachments of foot and cavalry, and cautioned them against desertion, as he attributed his own untimely end to his having commenced a career of wickedness, by committing that crime. Cairns was about twenty-four years old, and was an Irishman. The woman was also born in Ireland; she appeared to be thirty years of age, and, as well as Cairns, was a Roman catholic. The woman was dressed in white, which, with the dark-coloured clothes of the men, formed a strik. ing and melancholy contrast. On the same day, Bernard and Hugh M'Ilvogue, and Patrick M'Crystal, found guilty of stoutbrief, rape, and robbery, were accordingly brought forth from the jail to the front of the new church, Greenock, at half past two o'clock, where a platform and gallows were previously erected. The unfortunate men appeared deeply impressed with their unhappy situation, and have left a confession and exhortation behind them. They advanced to the front of the platform with a bold and firm step, and after the executioner had adjusted the ropes round their necks, they cordially shook hands with each other, and were immediately afterwards launched into eternity. -The Prince Regent has reprieved Janet Dougmate of the Trusty London smack fell over- las, under sentence of death in this city for board off Flamborough-head, and was drowned. child-stealing, on condition of transportation for A servant of Sir D. Wedderburn, at Ballendean, life. William Hamilton, who was capitally conwas unfortunately killed on Saturday se'ennight victed at Ayr, last circuit, for stealing some by the sudden collision of two carts, on a nar- watches, has also been respited. A petition row road. A boy was killed at Murrayshall, a having been forwarded to the secretary for the few days ago, in a similar manner.-Two child-home department in favour of M'Kechnie and ren have been burnt in the neighbourhood of this city, in consequence of their clothes having caught fire in the absence of their parents; another child was drowned in Glasgow, by falling into a tub of water. Last week, a child, while in its nurse's arms in the Grassmarket, had one of its fingers bitten off by a horse. Accidents.-On Thursday se'ennight a young lady, who resided on the Terrace, was burnt to death. It is supposed that she had been reading in bed, and having fallen asleep, the candle had set fire to the clothes.On the same day two boys were drowned in the river at Montrose. 1 that several hours must have been employed in M Cormick, in Glasgow jail, under sentence of death, his Lordship has declared that he cannot, consistently with his public duty, recommend their case to the Prince Regent. The royal clemency has likewise been refused to Freebairn Whitehill. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Cruisers under the several flags of the SouthAmerican Republies sadly annoy the coasting trade of the mother country, even in the Mediterranean. Within the space of eight days ten Spanish vessels were captured on their way from Valencia and Barcelona to other ports on the coast of Spain. The Algerines are as active as ever in their making of slaves; nor can there be hope of their reformation in this particular, except in their complete extirpation. In the course of eight October 25, 1817-] days they have captured, between Cape Palos and Cape Creus, eight Spanish vessels from VaHence, Barcelona, and other ports on that part of the coast. The American schooner Antelope, from Savannah, has arrived at St Pierre's. Previous to her arrival, the crew had agreed to murder the captain, mate, and supercargo, and one of the mutineer's had his hand uplifted for the purpose of plunging a long knife into the bosom of the captain, when the man at the helm relented, seized, and disarmed him. A parley ensued, when they were induced by promises to relinquish their purpose. They were committed to gaol on their arrival. The Norwegian brig Bergetta, Captain Peterson, was on Friday se'ennight wrecked on Cefn-Sidan Sands, in Carmarthen Bay. She was bound from Barcelona for Stettin, with a cargo of wine, spirits, &c. when the master losing his reckoning, owing to a thick fog, fell into the fatal error of taking the coast of Devon for that of France, and acted under that persuasion. So circumstanced, a violent gale, together with the tide, drove the vessel into the 'Bristol Channel, and she struck upon the above sands, and, in the space of two or three hours, went to pieces. The master and crew, with great difficulty, got into the boat, and were all happily saved. Notwithstanding the greatest exertions on the part of the officers of the customs, supported by several gentlemen and others, acts of plunder were committed to a considerable extent. Of 266 pipes and casks of wine, &c. not above 100 have been saved! Hundreds of men and women were reduced to nearly a state of insensibility through intoxication. Naval and Military Intelligence. mination in a fortnight or three weeks, at which period three of the leaders are expected to arrive from America. It was stated some time since that a mutiny had broke out in the Chapman Convict ship, from Cork, which was put down by force, and that several of the convicts in consequence were shot, and others dangerously wounded. It appears in the evidence of one convict, which was taken in the presence of the officers of the ship, that arrangements had been made for this dar ing attempt before the vessel sailed, and although it was happily frustrated on board the Chapman, yet, from what was disclosed in this evidence, another mutiny must have broken out in the Pilot, which sailed at the same time, and in which it is to be feared the mutineers were more successful. The mutineers on board the Chap. man had taken an oath to take the ship, and to murder every person on board that did not join them. Upon the fortunate discovery of the plot, nine of the mutineers were shot dead upon the spot, and twenty-four have since died of their wounds. There is no longer any concealment attempt. ed respecting assistance being given by British subjects to the South American Independents. Thursday, notices were posted up in several cof. fee-houses in the city, inviting passengers to go on board vessels waiting to sail direct for South America; thus the circuitous route formerly taken is now dispensed with, by which means a considerable reduction in expense, and a great saving of time, will be effected. Ships continue to be equipped in the River for the purpose of conveying officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, to aid the patriots in South Ame rica. At present, one vessel is quite ready to sail, having on board officers fully equipped and 200 privates, to form a rifle corps. Another is in a forward state of preparation, and has appointments for a cavalry regiment 600 strong; Extract of a letter from the agent to Lloyd's a third is freighted with the equipments of a at Sierra Leone, dated 18th July:" The Por lancers' corps. The officers are all men who tuguese ship Amelia arrived here on the 10th have seen service, and are of every rank, from inst. with the expedition that was intended for lieutenant-colonels to ensigns: the organization the interior of Africa. Its return has been is so complete, and the arrangements so happily owing to the deaths of Major Peddie and Cap- made, that they will be ready for immediate tain Campbell ; but I understand that it is in-service on their arrival in America. The brig❘ tended to proceed again, under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Stockoe, royal navy, when I trust, from some new plans, they will succeed. By intelligence from the settlements of Goree and Senegal, the slave-trade is again renewed by the French to no small extent." The Tyger revenue-cutter, Lieutenant Jager, has carried into Grimsby, the Young Thomas, from Rotterdam for Hull, with apples, bark, and hoops, in consequence of a passenger having contraband goods found on his person. The following is from the New York Commercial Advertiser of the 3d September :-" The ship Fanny of New York sailed from Savannah for Greenock on the 25th February last, arrived out in 24 days; sailed again for New York, and arrived in 18 days; sailed again, in company with the ship Pacific, on the 27th June, and arrived in Greenock in 22. days, the same day on which the Pacific arrived in Liverpool, making three passages in 64 days from port to port." Friday week, J. Tatum, J. Cary, G. Cress, J. Gibson, and W. Davis, mariners on board the Sir Joseph Banks West Indiaman, were brought to the Shadwell police office, heavily ironed, charged by Mr A. Ford, Captain of the Sir Joseph Banks, with feloniously and piratically consulting and combining together to make a revolt and mutiny in the said ship on the high seas during their voyage from Jamaica, between the banks of Newfoundland and Great Britain. The prisoners were committed for further exa. Gladwin, and schooner Morgan Rattler, have been fitted out at Portsmouth, for the purpose of taking passengers to join the insurgents in South America, and will sail directly for St Thomas's. The Gladwin has 35 passengers, the Morgan Rattler 20. They are principally young men, who have heretofore filled the lowest offices of Government, and are not entitled to half-pay; they pay 30 guineas for their passage to St Thomas's.. The following regiments have been ordered to be disbanded:2d battalion 53d, 2d batta lion 66th, 5th and 6th West India, 3d Ceylon, and the Garrison Company in the West Indies. The 80th regiment was reduced in establishment 25th August. Major Morrison's company of the royal artillery, in Portsmouth, is to embark for Malta. That distinguished corps, the Royal Marine Artillery, were reviewed on the 17th inst. at Fort Monkton, by Major-General Sir Henry Bell, K. C. B. who expressed himself in terms of the highest admiration at the steadiness and precision with which the various evolutions, both of infantry and artillery, were performed. Friday week, the 93d regiment (Sutherland Highlanders,) commanded by Colonel Creagh, were inspected, in grand Highland costume, at 93 Newcastle, near Limerick, by Major-General O'Loghlin; its appearance and discipline met the highest commendation of the General. By General Orders, the furloughs granted to non-commissioned officers and soldiers are to commence from the 25th of the present month, and to terminate on the 10th of March next, when, in conformity to his Majesty's regulations, all officers and men are to be present with their respective regiments. No officer (except in the performance of duty, or for the purpose of joining his regiment) is to quit the United Kingdom, without having first received the Prince Regent's special commission. The 8th regiment of foot is ordered from Cork, and the 28th regiment from Portsmouth, to the Mediterranean, to relieve the 2d battalion of the 14th and the 31st regiments, ordered home. The 2d battalion 14th foot is to be immediately disbanded, on account of the peace. The 78th foot are ordered from Scotland to Ire, land to replace the 8th regiment of foot. The transports with the 36th regiment on board for Malta, arrived at Gibraltar the 13th ult. Three transports, having on board the 32d regiment, sailed from Malta on the 24th August for Corfu. Tuesday morning, a company of the 88th regiment, or Connaught Rangers, under the com mand of Captain Robertson, marched for Aberdeen, and another company, commanded by Major Dansey, marched for Perth. Mr Dease, assistant to Sir W. Adams, is arrived at Glasgow, by an order from the Secretary at War, for the purpose of examining such blind pensioners of Chelsea as may be relieved by treatment. The cases selected will be sent to London to be placed under the immediate care of Sir W. Adams. Mr Dease is expected in this city on the like service. COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES: The increased probability, if not the absolute certainty, of the speedy independence of all South America, has given a considerable impulse to our commercial and mercantile affairs. In Liverpool, particularly, the shipwrights are in full work, the demands are greater than were ever remembered, and this improvement has more or less extended to every other sphere of em- ployment. From the state of exchange, or some other · cause not explained, the new sovereigns are bought up with avidity.. According to an article from Frankfort, the price of English manufactured goods had risen very considerably. Fine wool, as well as woollen cloths, are in great request. Colonial articles likewise maintain their prices, and are expected to rise still higher. The Swedish Go-vernment seems to have a very tender care of the sobriety of its subjects. At the end of the present year, the use of Champagne, Burgundy, Cape Tokay, Foreign Liqours, and Beer, is to be discontinued. Letters received from St Petersburgh state, that immense quantities of hemp, flax, and tal-low, cannot be shipped on account of the scarThe Sound List, which is just city of vessels. received, mentions the sailing of from two to three hundred ships, mostly. British, for the higher ports of the Baltic. They will, no doubt, We are sorry to find be immediately loaded. that the letters mention two or three failures to a considerable amount; they were all Russian houses. Respecting our manufactures, the accounts |