the rainy feafon had paffed without the death of any European. A factory had been lately established by the company on a neighbouring river, the Rio Pongas, with the view of maintaining the intercourfe lately open terially injured in the removing the furniture, &c. great part of which is now depofited in the streets, guarded by the military, to whom great credit is due for their exertions in preventing the fpreading of the flames, as well as for their promptitude and steadiness ined with the kingdom of the Foulahs, to preferving the property from plunder. Unfortunately, two or three of the North Deyon militia were wounded, but it is faid, not dangerously. the capital of which, fituated about 300 miles inland, a small body of new colonifts, who carry with them the arts of civilifed life, are on the point of The engines belonging to the Dock- embarking from this country. It apyard arrived very opportunely, and pears by the prefent difpatches, that afforded the greateft affiftance, owing attempts had been made by the flaveto which the prefervation of the whole traders in the neighbouring parts to town may in a great measure be attri-deftroy this new factory, but that their buted. Great part of the property deftroyed is faid not to be insured. The confternation of the inhabitants on this melancholy occafion, it is impoffible to defcribe,-fuch a fire not having happened here for nearly half a century: great praife is due to them for their exertions and affiftance rendered the diftreffed fufferers. The prenafes deftroyed being conti guous to the water, and the tide fortunately flowing, the veffels (of which there were nearly an hundred in the Pool) were hauled off; otherwife the flames muft inevitably have communicated to the shipping, and in all probability the greater part would have been deftroyed. The whole lofs is eftimated at near 30,000l. 21. Three fhips of the line and one frigate of the Ruffian fleet, which was lately in the Downs, under the command of vice-admiral Makaroff, have put into the Elbe, and are now at Cruxhaven, waiting for repairs. On their voyage from England they met with a fevere gale of wind, and fuftained confiderable injury, 22. Mr. Mafon, one of his majefty's meffengers, arrived in town with difpatches from general Dundas, whom he left on Thursday last at Cruxhaven, waiting to return to England in the Veftal frigate, which is to convoy the remaining cavalry home, confifling of the 11th and rgth regiments of light dragoons, with a few others now at Stade, and in the environs, and which will fail in a week or ten days. 24. This day advices were received from Sierra Leone, dated the 1ft of November, by which it appears, that the colony was in good health, and that endeavours had happily been defeated through the good will of feveral natives. It appears by another account re. ceived from Rio Pongas, that Alimamee Sadoo, king of the Foulahs, having heard of the attempt made by the flave-traders to deftroy the company's factory, fent a mellage in the following terms: If them white flave-traders in the Rio Pongas go for do bad to the company's factory, you need only fend to let Alimamee Sadoo know it, and he will fend plenty of people. to chaftife them for their impertinence." A brigade is forming for the purpofe of doing duty at the Cape of Good Hope. It is to confift of three regiments of infantry, a regiment of light cavalry, and a corps of artillery. The men will be got chiefly from thofe now difcharging from the fencible corps, and of courfe fit for immediate fervice; and they will be officered by gentlemen who raised thetr quotas for rank in the corps above number 100, lately reduced. They will be fent out as foon as tranfports can be got ready; and the veffels are to proceed to Benga!, to bring home fugars. 26. One of the paffage-boats deftined to ply on the royal canal was launched from her flips near the Eroadfone. This boat is of a new and curious conftruction, being double bottomed, and having a recefs from item to fern, deep as her bearings, by which means a confiderable body of the refiting water has free paffage where the keels of other boats are placed; her double flems and iron fheathing give her altogether a most uncommon ap pearance. Mr. Mr. Spiller, the great American traveller, was preparing, by the laft accounts from that quarter, to fet out for Africa, in order to explore the interior of that country. cured, that the flames got to so great a head, that it confumed the house in which it broke out, and those on each fide of it. It burnt back into Duke'scourt-but we are happy to ftate, that from the exertions of the firemen, and humanity of the fpectators, no lives were loft, though several were in immi 28. The masters of the Trinity-house have removed the floating lights, which were moored near the North head of the Goodwin Sands, a quarter of a milenent danger. Much praise is due to nearer the English land. They have already proved their great usefulness, as not one vellel of any defcription has grounded in that part fince the lights were firft placed there on the 24th of Auguft laft. Mr. Brandon, of Covent-Garden theatre, for his activity and good conduct on this melancholy occafion. By the Corunna mail, we learn, that his majefty's fhip the Barfleur, with general O'Hara, the lieutenant-governor of Gibraltar, and the convoy under the command of admiral Waldegrave, are fafe arrived at that place. The general, as will be readily believed, was re Portsmouth, Dec. 28. A cartel floop is this day arrived from Havre de Grace. She carried prifoners to Fecamp, was ordered to Havre de Grace to take Britifh prisoners in return: failed from Fe-ceived with every demonftration of joy camp on Friday laft, arrived at Havre yefterday morning. The mafter was not fuffered to land, but ordered immediately to depart the port, and in confequence failed immediately. We fuppole the rumour of an embargo being faid on veffels in France must only be partial, and not extend to the Weitern ports. 31. Arrived his majesty's ship Orion, and a great many tranfports from Quiberon Bay. The whole British fleet failed from the bay the 27th inftant and were the next day difperfed in a gale of wind. Several of the tranfports, which are arrived here, have received damage. It is fuppofed many of the fleet are put into Falmouth and Plymouth. About twelve or fourteen French fishing boats with natives of Ifle Dieu are in the fleet: they left the island for fear of punishment from the Republicans, for the affiftance given by them to the English. There will be three eclipfes of the fun and one of the moon, in the enfu. ing year, neither of which will be vifible in England. On the 11th of January, however, Jupiter and Venus will be feen together, the difference of their latitudes being only 54 minutes. Jun. 1. About three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the house of Mr. ireland, cabinet-maker, Bow ftreet, Covent garden, which, notwithstanding it was immediately perceived, and a number of hire enguies almofl inftantly collected, yet it was fuch a confiderable time before water could be pro by the garrifon, both military and civil but more particularly by those who had the good fortune to refide under his former happy government. The town was illuminated upon the occafion, and the inhabitants feemed to vie with each other in expreffing their fatisfaction at seeing the worthy lieutenant- governor once more amongst them. 2. On Sunday laft, 86 of the Somerfetfhire, and 29 of the Suffolk reduced fencibles, with five women, were put, at Jerfey, on board a small veffel of 35 tons burthen, called the John and Elizabeth, William Michell, mafter, belonging to Cowes, to return to Eng land. In the paffage they had much tempeftuous weather, and on Tuesday night, being not far from land, a moft violent hurricane came on, and continued with fuch force, that the mafter, feeing inevitable deftruction by running afhore if he fteered his courfe, put his veffél about, and endeavoured to lay to. In this pofition, every sea paffing over the deck, he judged it expedient for the fafety of the vessel and lives on board to batten down the hatches to prevent the water finking her. Dreadful alternative! for in a fhort time, from the numbers below, and being deprived of all air, many became delirious, and fo frantic as to rob and maim each other. But here the tale of diftress does not flop, which humanity fhudders to relate. On opening the hatches next morning, after the gale had fubfided, 52 miferable disfigured victims victims to fuffocation and rage · prefented themselves to the unhappy Tuffering furvivors. Those who read this catastrophe, and bear in remembrance the fate of the unfortunate prifoners in the hole at Calcutta, may find fome parallel in the excefs of human wretchedness. This, charity inclines us to believe, arofe from indifcretion and ignorance alone. The mafter of the vessel has made an affidavit of the fact, before the collector and comptroller of the customs, at Cowes. 4. A small schooner-rigg'd veffel, of only fix carriage guns, is now fitting out in the river at Deptford, to carry difpatches to the East Indies; and afterwards to remain in that country with admiral Elphinstone, for the purpose of conveying dispatches to and from the different fettlements. ertions of their friends on fhore, who made a chain of perfons, through a most tremendous furf, to refcue them. The failors' clothes and bedding are all faved, and having their pockets full of money, very little regulation can take place among then fo long as it lafts. The fquadron under citizen Manguy, which failed in September laft from Rochelle, is now pretty clearly afcertained to be gone to the Mauritius. It confifts of three fhips of the line, and as many of inferior force. The Fly, a fmall cutter-floop of only four guns, is difpatched to Gibraltar, with difpatches for the new governor, general O'Hara. This little veffel, from the preffure of affairs, has made no fewer than three trips from the Old Rock to the channel, and back again, in the courfe of the laft three months. transferred to the marine fervice, with permiffion to receive the bounties now offered for fuch augmentation. Four regiments of infantry are order. The convoy ordered and now equip-ed to be reduced immediately, and ping for the Mediterranean is to confift of five fail of the line, and four others of inferior force; the Atlas of 98, Namur of 90, Defiance of 74, and Repulfe of 64, are already ordered on this fervice: they are to remain on the ftation as a reinforcement to the fquadron under the command of admiral fir John Jarvis. This day the Amethyft failed from Torbay in company with the Trufty, on a cruife in the channel. Early in the night the miffed the commodore's lights, and by the fevere gale of wind which then raged, fhe was driven on the Hannouaux rocks, near Guernsey, where fhe ftruck on Tuesday morning at four o'clock; and having got off from thence, was driven upon the island of Alderney, and at half past nine ran on fhore in the Bay of Prayne in that ifland. It was luckily near high water, and by waiting till the water was low, the crew was fafely landed without lofing a man. The three mafts and bowfprit are gone, but if the weather proves moderate, the ftores will probably be. faved. The people of Alderney were extremely earneft in carrying warps and meffengers to the fhip; but the lea ran fo very high that they could not get near her, excepting one boat, which got under her quarter, and near enough to catch a rope, but was unfortunately overfet, and two of the men drowned; the four ethers were faved by the great ex A late letter from the Cape mentions the lofs of the leading boat of the detachmnt fent from the fleet to co-operate with the military; the commanding officer of the detachment, and all on board the boat, except two persons, perifhed. The bread fruit trees, landed in Jamaica by captain Bligh, on his return from the South Seas, were in full bearing when our laft advices left that island. 5. Sir Sydney Smith, on board the Diamond frigate, with his fquadron of gun-boats, are at anchor in a bay off the ifland of St. Marcoul, on the coaft of Normandy: he has landed fome ftores, intended for the ufe of the royalifts. This afternoon arrived the Leighton tranfport, of London, capt. John Hamilton, one of admiral Chriftian's fleet, having on board 200 of the Irish artillery, under the command of capt. Hugh Swain. She parted from the fleet on the 19th of Dec. in a gale of wind, and joined them again on the 20th; parted again in another gale on the 22d, in lat. 49. 28. North; long. 10. 44. W. Next day fell in with the Fowler tranfport, belonging to Scarborough, and three others of the fleet; parted from those veflels in a gale of wind on the 30th following. BIRTES. BIRTHS. Jan. 5. The lady of Wyndham Gooden, of Clifton, near Briftol, efq. of a fon. 7 The lady of colonel Noel Edwards, of a daughter. 8. The lady of lieutenant colonel Campbell, of the first infantry, of a daughter. 13. The lady of Thomas Duncombe, of Albemarle-street, of a fon. MARRIAGES. Jan. 4. Thomas Bradford, of Oundle, Northamptonshire, efq. to mifs Johnfon, fecond daughter of the late George Johnson, of Norton, efq.. The rev. Thomas Leman, of Wenbafton Hall, Suffolk, to Mrs. Champion, relict of the late colonel Champion, of the Crefcent, Bath. 6. John Engelbert Liebenrood, of Purfley, Berks, efq. to mifs Hancock, of Newbury. Capt. Mansfield, of the royal garrifon battalion, to mifs E. Heyrich, second daughter of John Heyrich, of Leicefter, efq. George Palmer, of Nazing, efq. to mifs Bund, daughter of the late William Bund, of Wick, Worcestershire, efq. The rev. Charles Proby, rector of Stanwick, in the county of Northampton, to mifs Catharine Proby, fecond daughter of the dean of Litchfield. Willam Tweddell, efq. only fon of John Tweddell, of Unthank-hall, Northumberland, efq. to mifs Ann Cradock, fecond daughter of Sheldon Cradock, of Hartforth, near Richmond, Yorkshire, efq. Melmoth Guy, of Swanfea, South Wales, efq. to mifs Heridt, daughter of John Heriot, fen. of Catharine-ftreet, Strand, efq. George Rofe, jun. efq. fon of George Rofe, of the Treafury, to miss Duncombe, daughter of Henry Duncombe, efq. member of parliament for York fhire. 9. The rev. Thomas Drewit, B. A. of Christ Church, to mifs Ann Sadler, daughter of the late Edward Sadler, of Gartington, efq. 12. Charles Pye, of Wadley, Berks, efq. major in the 3d regiment of dragoons, to mifs Mary Colt, daughter of the late Oliver Colt, of Auldhame, efq. 15. William Gatkell, efq. of the Herts militia, to mifs Elizabeth Kynatson, second daughter of Thomas Kynaffon, of the Grove, Effex, efq. DEATH S. Jan. 5. George Edmund Harrington Hayward, efq lieutenant of the firft Devonshire regiment. Roger Onflow, efq. eldeft, fon of vice admiral Onflow. John Eyfton, of Eaft Hendred, Berks, efq. Mrs. Elizabeth Goodere, of Exning, near Newmarket, eldest daughter of Samuel Goodere, efq. commander of his majefty's fhip, Ruby man of war. The countefs dowager of Finlater. 7. The viscountefs Kenmore. 9. Thomas Foxall, of Twickenham, efq. late a commander in the Eait India company's fervice. 16. The hon. Richard Fitzpatrick, of Curzon-flreet. Lieutenant William Nicholfon, of his majefty's fhip, Le Commerce de Marseilles. Lieutenant colonel Boyd Manningham, of the eighty-firft regiment. THE Lady's Magazine; OR, Entertaining Companion for the FAIR SEX, appropriated folely to their Ufe and Amusement. This Number is embellished with the following Copper-Plates, viz. 1. A new Pattern of Sprigs for Gown or Apron. 2. Carnarvon Cafle, North Wales. 3. The Detection, and 4. Tit for Tat. Mufic by R. Hudson, M. B. LONDON, Printed for G. G. and J. Robinfon, No. 25, Paternofter Row, where Favours from Correfpondents will be received. |