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been joined by other corporations and public bodies. It was true that thefe lands were no longer poffeffed by the city of London, but till this city might be confidered in fome degree as the mother of Londonderry, and on this account, as well as because fuch a grant could not fail to be grateful in every part of the fifter island, he hoped the prefent grant would be acceded to. He fhould, therefore, propofe that this fum fhould be fubmitted to the committee of Irish lands, in order that the funds might be made good by them.

Mr. Waithman faid, that he should foon have occasion to notice feveral abufes which had crept into the public charities of this country, and before he agreed to the prefent motion, he should be glad to know what means were taken to prevent the recurrence of fimilar abufes in the charity in question.

A long conversation then enfued, in the course of which mr. Slade fupported the motion, on the grounds of the deficiency in the means of educating the higher and middle claffes in Ireland.

Mr. Quin, from his own experience of the ftate of education in Ireland, denied this to be the cafe; and contended, that as it was well known that the expenditure of the corporation of London was above its income, it became them to be just before they were generous.

It was contended, on the other hand, that tho' the city was confiderably minus at prefent, yet a number of leafs would foon drop in, which would place thèm in a different fituation.

After a good deal of difcuffion the motion was acceded to, though not unanimoully.

New Theatre. Covent-Garden.

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The fubfcriptions to be received ty mears. Stephenfon, Batfon and company, and the whole of the fubfcription money to be lodged in their hands, together wri the £.44,500 to be received from the levera infurance offices, for the fole purpofe of erecting and completing the faid new thea tre, and for providing the neceffary materials for dramatic and other performances.

The earl of Berkeley had lately the fol lowing very perilous adventure:-Walking in the deer park with his fon, a child, his lordflip was attacked by an American decr, whofe horns he immediately feized with both arms, and kept taft hold thereof, whet he was thrown down, and trampled en the furious animal. In this Guation le defired the child not to be afraid, but to take from his (the father's) pocket a large knife, and therewith to ftab the deer, anu to cut his throat, if poffible. The ca obeyed his father's orders; but had set trength enough to fevere the wind-pipe, however, by frequent ftabs, occafioned th and completely cut the deer's throat. H,

creature to lofe much blood, and at laf a haufted, but has fince recovered from me run away. Lord Berkeley was quite e«. injury received.

The following is the profpectus iffued by the managers of Covent-garden theatre; and we have great pleasure in saying, that the fubfcription is already full. Such is the confequence of the honour with which the proprietors of this theatre have always ac9.] Government yesterday received "1"quitted their engagements:-A new theatre will be erected with all poffible expediti- able nature: they are dated the 314 patches from St. Andero of a very favou on, by Robert Smirk, jun. elq. Architect, The intrepid general Blake, who had aon the fite of the late theatre royal, in Covanced beyond Bilboa, had attacked vent-garden, and that of the honfes adjoining. In order to defray, in part, the great expence attached to this undertaking, it is propofed to raife the fum of fifty thofand pounds by fubfcription, in fhares of L. 500 each, under the immediate patronage of his molt gracious majesty the king.

Each of the fubfcribers to receive, clear of the property tax, and all other charges and outgoings whatever, an annuity of

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It was thought when thefe difpatches came away, that the enemy had refolved to defend Durango, and would risk a general action for that purpofe, but they might otherwife be reduced to great difficulty if obliged to retreat. Every thing was arranging by Blake, who had connoitred their pofition on the 27th, and was refolved to bring them to a general engagement as foon as poffible. It was reported that Lefebvre had received a reinforcement of about 8000 men from France, but not more. From the whole of thefe dispatches we are induced to look with confident expectation for fpeedy and happy accounts of Spanish fucceffes.

The army under the command of Blake is eftimated at 50,000 nien, mostly infan. try; that under Caftanos is nearly 60,000, including a great number of cavalry. An army from Catalonia, amounting to be tween 30 and 40,000, under the command of Vivas, had alfo procceded to join the main body. The army of arrogan, which continued to advance, had been itrengthened by great numbers of recruits, who flocked voluntarily from all parts of that province, to fhare in the glory which was expected foon to refult from the joint exertions of the patriotic forces.

12.] On Tuesday evening last, about fix o'clock, a dreadful fire broke out at the farm of Coverton mill, in the neighbourhood of Kelfo, poffeffed by meffis, D. and A M'Dougal. A fervant firft gave the alarm that the dwelling houfe was on fire, when mr. A. M'Dougal immediately ran out, and found the roof of the house alrea dy in a blaze. The wind blew at the time with exceffive violence, so that every attempt to mitigate the rage of the flames, or top their progrefs was in vain. The dwellinghoufe was quickly confumed, together with nearly the whole of the furniture. The fire then communicated to the tables, barns, &c. and all but one table were burnt to the ground. Two horfes, unable to be got out, perifhed in the flames; the rett were faved. The fire next reached the barnyard, in which were 33 ftacks of corn and hay, 14 of which were confumed; the prudent precautions and active exertions of the people, who flocked from all quarters to render their afftance, preferved the remainder. Thefe, with the holes and cattle, one ftable, and a few implements of hulbandry, are all that now remain. The household furniture and farm frock are in fured in the Sun fire office. This fire was accidental.

The following is a literal copy of a letter from a feaman on board the Africa, and gives

fo interesting an account of the action betwen that fhip and the Danifh gun-boats, fo honourable to our gallant tars, that we are perfuaded it will be highly acceptable to our reader:

His majesty's fhip Africa of Copenhagen, Oct. 29, 1808.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

I offer finecie thanks to Almighty God, for his Infinite mercy in preferving my life this day, during a very fevere action with the Danifn gun-boats. We failed from Carlferona, in Sweden, about a week fince with a convoy under our protectio naf rear 200 fail of merchantmen, for Malino. Our convoy got into the wifhed for port, all I believe, except one taken, and 3 on fhore, which were burnt by our people, to prevent their falling into the hands of the Danes.

The Africa kept between the convoy and the Danes, to cover and protect them. About one o'clock this day it was quite calm. We faw the Danish gun-boats rowing towards us, to the number of 32 boats; perhaps you do not know, but for your information I tell you, when a large fhip is becalined, the is quite unmanageable, a mere log on the water, which was our cafe. The Danes with their oars took the oppor tunity to come on our quarters and bows, where they knew we were weakefl, and endeavoured to rake us.-About half past two o'clock they came within gun fhot of us, and we opened a brifk fire on them, from as many of our guns as we could bring to bear on them. They continued advancing, and ftationed themfelves fome on the quarters, and fome on the bows.

Thefe boats have in a calm much fuperiority over a thip; by means of their oars, they can pull round a ship in any direction, and being almost comparatively only like a fpeck on the water, they are no mark to aim at like a large hip. They aimounted, ia all, as far as we can learn, to about 1920 men, and 128 guns, 32's and 42's, and fwives. To do them justice, they fhewed much courage in coming near us, for otr fhot went far over them.

• Į was stationed on the lower gun-deck, to hand powder from the magazine; and I confefs I fhuddered to fee the poor failors knocked down in our fhip, as I could fometimes, through a flat in a thin flannel fereen, which was hung round the hatchway on which I ftood, to prevent any fire from the flaflies of the guns communicating to the powder as it was banded up to the people above us, immediately over the magazine. I confefs my weaknets; my ftanding over the powder room, the thots pouring in, in every direction, together with fhells, I. thought the magazine would be blown up. I endeavoured

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Their grape fhot could only be likened to fhowers of tones or dust thrown into the fhip by hovele. The skreen round me was foon knocked away entirely, by splinters. A cartridge of powder, of 14lbs, which I held up over my head to the man above me, blew up, the lid of the cartridge-box being off, without hurting me, except a flight froke on the eye. I cannot think how I e caped, but by an over-ruling providence, from destruction. Several large fhots came through the fhip's fide, clofe to me. Two iron ftaunchons, fix or leven inches in diameter, were hot through and broken to pieces. The man over me to whom I handed the powder, was wounded in both arms, and in the breast.

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At half past feven, thofe that remained of the enemy began to pull away from us. I am informed by our people who were on deck, they fuppofed the Danes fuffered extremely by our fire, as they law feveral boats fink, and they were picking up the people out of the water. Some had not inore than five men lert in them, The darkness of the night finished the buûnefs.

At the conclufion we find that we have eight men killed outright, and in wounded many badly. The total is 61.

Our colours were twice hot away. The enemy foppofing, we had truck, huz zaed and pulled nearer; we huzzied and pelted away at them; they drew back.

We expected the maits to fall if we fould have much wind, before we can reach a port; in thort, we have had many hots between wind and water, and fome fuch large pieces knocked out of the fice, that I could almott creep through, and we are a mere wreck. Our boats are thot all to pieces, an arm chett on the poop blown to pieces by their fhells; but thank God we beat them off. We fuppofe their lois in men must be three times greater than ours, confidering their numbers. and from what thote on our decks faw. Thote now in the hip, and who were in lord Nelfon's laft action at Trafalgar, fay, this furpalled it for hard fighting.

The enemy thewed great courage. We have three officers wounded, and the ferjeant-major of marines badly. Captain Barrett is unhurt, except in his feelings for his men who have fuffered. He walked the deck all the time during the action, as cool and compoted as if nothing was doing, encouraging his men. He has given both his cabins to the wounded, and the officers have given them their cots.

We are going to Cariferona to refit. The wort is, we have nothing but empty honour for this, and hard knocks no prize money.

I am writing this on Saturday night, I drink all your healths and happicefs in a glais of grog. This is a brave hip's com pany, fomewhat under 400 men, and tos much cannot be faid in their praife.

If they day light had continued two hours longer, and the enemy perfevered with a little more judgment, they had kil led two thirds of us, or funk the fhip, for The will, faid the captain, never ftrike her flag while the fwims.

I fuppofe we shall next come to Englands, as our fhip is above 30 years cid, and quite done up. This evening (Satur day), about ten o'clock, we fell in with our commander-in-chief, fi J. Saumarez, in the Victory. Captain Barrett went on board to him, and got orders to go to Carlferona to repair his damages.

Sunday. I have been on flore with fome linen; on returning to the hip wa furprised on viewing the fhip's flern and fides. In the Rtern there is not a square foot without a fhot ftriking, or a hole; there are 70 holes in it.

We have got fome carpenters from the flip's here, and they are bufy in repairing the damages, in order, as we suppose, to proceed to England, where I hope foon to fee you all. In the mean time I hope that God may bless and protect you all.'

26. It is generally that a feries of actions has been fought betweenthe French under gen. Ney and general Blake, fich the 31t uit. to the 11th inftant, in which the Spaniards have conftantly lott ground, and have been driven as far as Reyne'a. They have, however, conftantly forga conftantly preferved order in their retrea and are no ways fubdued in fpirit. If tha be true, the war is full of hope and p mife. For the Spaniards, to continue to fight, will be ultimately to cor quer. They have befides quitted their pofitions pardy from want, and by yielding up the barren defart to the foe, they put hun into the dificulty they before fattained, and dras him further from France, where his refo ces lie. His cavalry must dreadfully fal the want of forage; there is none where it is now, and the beats that draw it fen France will consume the greater part of it on their journey.

A gentleman who arrived in Londea from St. Andero which be ift on the 13th fays, the great attack was made by French on the 8th, when the Spamats retreated to a very woody pofition, in whee they thought themfelves fecure again French cavaly; but they were driven from this place, and confiderably difperted; but they rallied, and had taken a strong a advantageous height near Reynola, 11th, which was the late ft date knową A St. Andero when he came away.

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DUBLIN, Nov. 10.

LIMERICK.-Thursday night, the houfe of nr. Thomas Murray, of Dunmoylan, in this county, was attacked by a number of fellows armed, who endeavoured to force in, but meeting with reliftance, were obliged to retreat, however, in retiring one of the villains fired a blunderbuís, by which we are concerned to fay, mr. Murray received two flugs in the arm, which have not been yet extracted, notwithstanding the best furgical advice. It is hoped a difcovery will be made of thofe nocturnal affaffins, and that they will meet the juft punishment of the law.

TRALEE. A woman of the name of Grady, was moft brutally murdered on Tuesday night laft, near Ballybanion in this county, by a gang of thofe villains

who fill continue to commit the moit atro

cious crimes in that part of the country. The only caufe that can be aligned for this fhocking deed is, that the unfortunate woman had been heard to fay, fome time lince, that the knew fone of the whiteboys. A haggart belonging to Oliver Stokes, efq. at Glanalapa, was allo fet fire to on the above night, and corn to a confiderable amount which it contained was confumed to afhes. 12.] On Friday night last, a number of villains fet fire to the naggard of mr. Jeftry Prendergast, at New Burgels, near Clogheen. The lofs was complete of fix and thirty facks of wheat, which were entirely confumed. Attempts were allo made to fet fire to the house, but mr. Prendergaft and mr. Houghton, being alarmed, and prepared to make refiftance fired upon the ruffians, four only of whom they then faw, and who inftantly fled. Our readers will recollect that fome time fince a molt audacious attack was made at the fame place upon mr. Houghton, by a party of mifcreants, who entered his houfe at an early hour in the afternoon, and fixed on him and his wife, by which mis. Houghton was dang-roudly wounded. The only affignabie ieaton for thofe repeated outrages, was mr, Prendergatt's prefuming to take from lord Waterpark a new leafe of thole lands, which had been in the tenure of his family

for near a century before the expuation of the last lace.

26.] On Saturday laft their graces the lord lieutenant and duchefs of Richmond, with lady Mary Lennox and fuite, returned to Dublin from Ballinteer, where they had been on a vilit to lord and lady Tara, and were met by the archbishop of Dublin, counters of Gormanflown, and family, ea! and counters Conyngham, &c. where were allo entertained the principal nobility and gentry of the neighbourhood.

On Monday evening laft, at the fair at Fe thard, a man named Fitzgerald, was mur dered in the street of that town, by fome perfon or persons who fractured his fkull in fo defperate a manner that the man never articulated afterwards, and on that night he died. Tueday an inqueft, was holden on the body, before Benjamin Bennet Bradfhaw, efq. and the rev. William Stephenfon, when, as no evidence could be adduced to identify the affaflins, the verdict was of courfe murder by fome perfon or perfons unknown. This is one of the confequences of caravatifin and fhanavefting-for Fitzgerald was very generally acknowledged to have been a pretty prominent character in one or other (we do not know, nor is it worth knowing which) of those factions.

Tuesday about noon, as a number of perfons had proceeded with a funeral as far as the burial ground at Deriygrath, county of Tipperary, they were followed into the grave yard by a number of perfons, of whom only five or fix were armed with guns or blunderbuffes; the remainder, above 20, were provided with fpade-handles and clubs of various forts, and a short distance in a field appear the main body, confifting of about 100. The advanced guard who entered the grave yard, very deliberately fearched the crowd for fome perfons on whom they wanted to wreak their vengeance; but on finding that they were not there, the party fired a few shots by way of bravado, and departed.

The prefent grand jury of the city of Dublin, on Monday latt came to the icolution of addrelling the right hen, the lord mayo, praying his lordship to convene a meeting of the magistrates of the city of Dublin, for the purpose of ex mining into the conduct of the matter bakers of this city, and recent ftatute for the regulation. of the baking-trade, as well as the expedi ency of making an application to the imperial parliament upon that subject.

BIRTHS.

IN Wexford, the lady of the rev. mr. Richards, of a f→ Newgrove, county of Tipperary, the lady of Weftropp Smith, eiq, or a fon and heir.-At Woburn-abbey, er grave the du- chefs of Bedford a fon.---At

Adamftown, county Meath, the lady of J. Vincent, eq. of a fon an 1 heir.→→ The Lady of captain Blood, of he Clare militia, ol a daughter.-Ac Fort-Willion, near Cork, the lady of colonel Baker, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

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MARRIED. AT Gibraltar, Francis Smith, efq. of the county of Meath, captain in the royal artillery, to mifs Holloway, eld. eft daughter of lieutenant colonel fir Charles Holloway.-Edward Moftyn, efq. of Prefton, only fon of fir Piers Mollyn, bait. of Talacre, Flintshire, to Frances, eldest daughter, of the late N. Blundell, efq. of Crofby-hall, Lan-In Kilkenny, mrs. Blakeney, wie cafhire. Mr. Robert Milton Sale, of of Walter Blakeney, efq. of Bally cor. Carberry, county of Kildare, to mifs mick, county of Carlow.-The rev Deborah Colclough, daughter of D. D. Blundell, dean of Kildare, and H. Colclough, efq. of Carlow.-Mr. Smith, jun. of Naffau-treet, to mifs many years rector of the parish of St. Eliza M Kew-Gilbert S. O'Grady, county of Wexford, mrs. Safannch Mary, in this city.-At Streamville, efq. county of Limerick regiment, to Barlow, aged 20 years, wife of Arthar mifs Vernon of Downpatrick.-Mr. J. Barlow, efq. of Charlemont Street.Browne, of Capel-ftreet, to mifs Binns, At her houfe in Wexford, mrs. Halt niece to John Pemberton, efq. of ings, relict of the late archdeacon Mount Olive, county of Dublin. Mr. Haltings, and fister of the late rev. dr. Robt. Hamerton, jun. to mifs Mour- Harvey, of Temple hill, county of toun, both of the Belfaft theatre. Wexford.-At Caftledawfon, county Mr. M. Meara, of Dublin, to mifs F. of Derry, in the 106th year of her age, Shields, daughter of the late Wade Shields, efq.-Mr. Chriftopher Burke, tended to the grave hy her children, mrs. Mary Richardfon; fhe was at of Chamber-street, to mifs Berford, of grand-children, great grand-children the Coombe.--At Cork, the rev. and great-great-grand children.--At Charles L. Coghlan, to mifs Mary Barnrick, county of Tipperary, la Cummins, daughter of Nicholas Cum- dy Peacocke, wife of fir Jofeph Pea mins, efq.-Mr. John Laird, of Car- cocke, bart.-At Studley mill. War rickfergus, to mifs Aguefs Hill, of wickshire, mr. H. Moore aged 86; be Iland Magee.-W. Matin, efq. of Bailey's Mill, to mifs Elizabeth Todd, thers and one fifter, whofe united ager was attended to the grave by three bro of Todditown--Mr. Heary Allen, to mifs Stewart, both of Helfft.-At mr. William Bryfon, of Donegal-treet, amounted to 368 years.-At Belfait, Kifmury church, county of Limerick, Belfalt, aged 80.Mrs. Thom.pfon, Geo. Rowan, efq. collector of Tralee, wife of mr. Jofeph Thompson, of Bal to mifs Elizabeth Raymond, of Bally- lyainet,In the Soth year of his age, loughran, efq. -The v. William at Portpatrick on his way to Ireland, Browne, to mifs Auchinleck, Belfall. Valentine Jones, efq. formerly of Bar-Edward Scully, efq. county Tippe- badoes.-At Croffnacreevy, mrs. Jane rary, to mifs Tuke, A ran quay, Moore aged 100.daughter of the late James Tuke, elq. Strand, London, in his 86th year, the -In Effex-freet, -At St. Georges, Hanover-fquare, rev. Theophilus Lindfey, formerly vi the hon. Fhzroy Stanhope, to mifs Caroline Wyndham. car of Catterick, in Yorkshire.-In Lower Brook treet, London, fudden ly, in the 84th year of his age, the chefter, knight of the Bath, a general right hon. Guy Carleton, lord Dor in the army, colonel of the 4th or foit Charlemont in this kingdom, and Queen's own dragoons, governor governor-general and commander is chief in Canada.

DEATHS.

ON the 5th of Nov. at Wexford, mrs. Lyons, wife of Robert Lyons, efq. of Dorfet-freet. While the human heart can retain the memory of one en deared by affability, engaging manners, and the exercife of every domellie vir

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