L'Union, of 150 tons; burnt.-Landed her cargo.

La Bien Aime, of 150 tons, laden with biscuit; burnt.

Notre Dame de Rosaire, of 150 tons; burnt.-Landed her cargo.

Felucca Notre Dame de Grace, of 50 tons; burnt.-Landed her cargo.

Bombard Le Grondire, Coreille, Enseigne de Vaisseau, commander, of eight six-pounders and 45 men, laden with biscuit; taken.-Transport belonging to go

vernment.

Zebeck, La Nermande, Arnaut, Enseigne de Vaisseau, commander, of 10 four-pounders, and 48 men; taken. Vessel of war.

Le Dragon, of 200 tons, laden with biscuit; taken.

L'Indien, of 200 tons, laden with corn and flour; taken.

(Signed)

B. HALLOWELL. A return of killed and wounded in the attack on the enemy's vessels on the morning of the 1st of Nov. 1809, in the bay of Rosas.

Tigre.-Killed; James Caldwell, master's mate; Thomas Jones (1), able; Alexander Duncan, ditto; James Anderson, ditto.-Wounded; John Tailour, lieutenant, severely; D. R. Syer, midshipman, ditto; James Kilfoyle, carpenter's orew, slightly; William Window, quarter-gunner, ditto; Peter M'Laughlin, able, slightly; John Riley (1), ordinary, ditto; John Westway, private marine, ditto; James Terry, private marine, ditto; James Grant, private marine, ditto; George Lemon, able, ditto.

Cumberland.-Killed; John Leigh, ordinary; T. Gibson, marine.-Wounded; Richard Stuart, lieutenant, slightly; John Webster, master's mate; W. H. Brady, midshipman; John White, able; John James, able, slightly; Charles Spraggs, ordinary; Oliver Isaac, ordinary, slightly; Timothy Collins, ordinary; Isaac Stafford, ordinary, very slightly; Stephen Miller, ordinary; John Reilly, ordinary; Robert Kelley, ordinary; George Hetherston, private marine, very dangerously; Thomas Bowles, private marine, slightly; George Mitchell, private marine.

Volontaire.-Killed; Dalhousie Tait, lieutenant; Thomas Harrison, quartergunner.-Wounded; Robert Grant, marine, dangerously; Thomas Sutton, seaman, badly; Christopher Anderson, seaman, ditto; James Hays, seaman, ditto; Jacob Schwerin, seaman, ditto; Wil liam Hinson, marine, slightly; James Dawden, marine, ditto; John Davis, seaman, ditto; William Thomas, seaman, ditto; Christopher Feat, seaman, ditto; William Thompson, seaman, ditto; Joseph Lewis, seaman, ditto; John Smith, seaman, ditto; Hon. J. A. Maude, lie tenant, ditto, a volunteer from the Ville de Paris; John Armstead, midshipman, ditto, a volunteer from the Ville de Paris.

Apollo.-Killed; Evan Jones, serjeant of marines; William Saunders, private marine; John Mackie, able.-Wounded; J. Begbie, first lieutenant, slightly; J. Forster, lieutenant, severely; Peter Manning, private marine, dangerously; Lous O. Sauf, ordinary, badly; Caul Sauster, able, slightly,

Topaze.-Killed; James Calaghan, or dinary; Doug. Carmichael, able; James M'Donald, ordinary; William March, or able, very severely; William Holberston, Wounded; Thomas Wilson, dinary.ordinary, ditto; James Wright, ordinary, top, ditto; James Harrington, able, dit slightly; John Roberts, captain of fore to; John Card, private marine, severely ously; Henry Tub, ordinary, slightly. Joseph Carter, private marine, danger.

Philomel and Scout.-None killed or wounded.

Tuscan.-Wounded; Pasco Dunn, lieutenant, slightly; James Lamb, ordinary, dangerously.-Total killed; 1 lieutenant, marines, 2 privates of marines.-To 1 master's mate, 10 seamen, 1 serjeant o rines, dangerously; 2 lieutenants, 1 mid wounded; 1 seaman, 4 privates of me shipman, 7 seamen, 1 private of marines, midshipmen, 98 seamen, 5 privates of severely; 3 lieutenants, 1 master's mate, marines, slightly.-Grand total; ed, 55 wounded.

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(Signed)

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B. HALLOWELL 30th.- ST ANDREW'S DAY IN LONDON.-This festival was obser

ved by the Scotch in London with the accustomed exactness. The Duke of York took the chair in behalf of the Scottish hospital. On his right sat the Dukes of Clarence and Kent, Sir D.Dundas, Lord Keith, the Spanish ambassador, Admiral Apodaca, and the Tyrolese deputies. On his left, the Duke of Montrose, presiIdent of the Society, the Duke of Sussex, &c. After a sumptuous dinner, of which upwards of 700 partook in the upper and lower rooms, many loyal and constitutional toasts were drank, and several glees and sentimental songs were sung by Messrs Hill, Elliot, &c., the company joining in chorus. On the Spanish Patriots" being given, Admiral Apodaca returned thanks in the name of Ferdinand VII. This was followed by "Success to the Tyroleans struggling in defence of their liberties," on which a Scotch gentleman spoke in their stead. He declared, that the Tyrolese looked to their fellow mountaineers to support them in the cause of liberty, and that though, in the language of Burns, they might be reduced by "Stern Oppression's iron rod," their efforts to avert it were not the less glorious. His remarks, delivered in the native language of Scotchmen, were received with enthusiasm. "The memory of General Melville, the founder of the Spring Meeting," was then given; and the health of the Society in India, who had sent 10001. to aid the funds, was warmly received. The bagpipe and union pipe added to the delight of the company, and at ten o'clock they separated.

THIS STATUE,

attention, the prisons of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Ayr, Dumfries, &c. &c., and, besides contributing li berally from his purse to provide necessaries of various kinds for the pri soners confined in these places, he has suggested plans for the general improvement of the system of manage ment, to which the magistrates have listened with the most grateful atten tion. He has a very poor opinion of the state of the gaols in Scotland, and it is hoped will publish his report. This excellent man, moving in the sphere of Howard, has devoted many years of his valuable life in visiting and carrying mercy to these sad abodes.

HUMANE ASSOCIATION IN LIVERPOOL. A society has recently been established in Liverpool, for sup pressing cruelty to animals. They proposed noticing particularly the overloading or ill treatment of cart horses, &c.

WAS ERECTED BY

THE INHABITANTS OF BIRMINGHAM,

A. D. MDCCCIX.

On that part of the pedestal which faces High street, is seen the Genius of Britain, lamenting the loss of her favourite hero, surrounded by Genii, one of whom bears a trident, and another the rudder and tiller of a ship.

MR NEILD'S PHILANTHROPIC TOUR.-James Nield, Esq. late sheriff for the county of Bucks, and treasurer to the society for the relief of small debtors, has lately been employed in making an extensive tour through the principal parts of Scotland, for the purpose of visiting the prisons, and contributing to the improvement of the condition of those whose crimes or misfortunes have deprived them of personal liberty. He has inspected, with the most minute

the Highlands of Scotland, we can state, that there is to be seen, at the mansion-house of Poyntzfield, near Cromarty, upon a wall of south exposure, a large jargonelle pear tree, covered with blossoms.

A short time ago, a large ship, completely equipped for a slave trading voyage, was secured in the river Thames. She will, it is expect ed and hoped, be condemned.

Dr Clamy, of Sunderland, has constructed a lamp which will effectual ly prevent explosion of inflammable gas in coal-mines.

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The Bishop of Londonderry, the jubilee day, with a truly Chris tian benevolence, liberated every prisoner in the jail of that place, fined for any sum less than 501., at his sole expence. Thus nine persons (nearly the whole of those in cus

tody) were restored to their families and to the blessings of liberty. Mindful of the eternal happiness, as well as the present comforts of the poor and needy, his lordship further caused 50 Bibles to be distributed by the hands of the curates and presbyterian clergy; and presented, besides, to 50 poor but deserving families, an ample supply of the best provisions.

DECEMBER.

1st.-PROCLAMATION BY THE SUPREME JUNTA, ANNOUNCING THE APPROACHING MEETING OF THE SPANISH CORTES.-On the 3d of November, the Supreme Juntas published a long and eloquent proclamation, dated Royal Alcasar of Seville, October 28, announcing, in name of Ferdinand VII., that the General Cortes of the monarchy, which has not been called together for three centuries, are to be assembled on the 1st day of January, 1810, in order to enter on their august functions on the 1st day of March. The proclamation reminds the Spanish people of the state of political degradation into which they had fallen, and of the base means by which France, availing itself of the feebleness and folly of the government, prepared to subject them to a yoke of iron. "The tyranny of the French at first exhibited itself like every new tyranny, under an imposing form, and its political impostors presumed they should gain your favour, by promising you reforms in the administration, and renouncing, in a constitution framed at their pleasure, the empire of the laws; a barbarous and absurd contradiction, worthy certainly of their insolence! Would they have us to

believe that the moral edifice of the liberty and fortune of a nation can be securely founded on usurpation, iniquity, and treachery? But the Spanish people, who were the first of modern nations to recognize the true principles of the social equilibriumthat people who enjoyed before any other the prerogatives and advantages of civil liberty, and knew how to oppose to arbitrary power the eternal barrier directed by justice, will borrow from no other nation maxims of

prudence and political precaution, and tell those impudent legislators, that they will not acknowledge as laws the artifices of intrigues, nor the mandates of tyrants."

The proclamation then refers to the indignant enthusiasm with which the Spanish flew to arms in defence of their independence, and established a supreme authority without violence; thus shewing that Spanish circumspection and sagacity are superior even to French Machiavelism. The first care of the junta had been to expel the French; the next should be to make liberty go hand in hand with independence, by convoking the Cortes, a name which, though terrible to tyrants, will henceforth be the surest basis of the monarchy, a right for the people, and for the government an obligation. That moral resistance, as generous as sublime, would thus be rendered stable and permanent in its operations; and even the battles which had been lost, and the armies which had been destroyed, would excite new armies to display the standard of loyalty amid ashes and desolation, and to present a scene at once terrible and magnificent, which history should record in her fairest page, for the admiration and example of posterity. The proclamation proceeds to state the reas

sons for which it appears to the Junta that the present executive government is better than a regency, which would expose the country to the intrigues of individuals, and might eventually subject it to a new form of despotism. After recapitulating the exertions of the Supreme Junta, and expatiating upon the wise means by which the Cortes may provide for the independence and the permanent liberty of Spain, the proclamation concludes as follows:-" Such is, O Spaniards! the use we have made of the unlimited power and authority confided to us; and when our wisdom shall have established the basis and form of government most proper for the independence and good of the state, we will resign the authority into the hands you shall point out; contented with the glory of having given to the Spaniards the dignity of a nation, legitimately constituted. May this solemn and magnificent as sembly be productive of efficacious means, energy, and fortune; may it be an immense, inextinguishable volcano, from which may flow torrents of patriotism, to revivify every part of this vast monarchy; to inflame all minds with that divine enthusiasm which produces the safety and glory of nations, and the despair of tyrants! Raise yourselves, noble fathers of the country, to the elevation of your high duties; and Spain, exalted with you to an equally brilliant destiny, shall see returned into her bosom for her happiness, Ferdinand the Seventh and his unfortunate family-shall see her sons enter on the paths of prosperity and glory, which they ought henceforth to pursue; and receive the crown of the sublime and almost divine efforts which they are making.

(Signed) "MARQUIS OF ASTORGA, President. “Pedro de RIVERO, Sec. Gen.”

GENERAL ORDER OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.-The following state paper is received from Prague, of date November 1st.

"I have put an end to the war, in order to restore to my people the blessings of peace, and no longer to expose their prosperity to the fortune of uncertain events. You have shewn your fidelity and unshaken attachment in the midst of every danger, and thus have you drawn closer, and made still more indissoluble, the ties which bind the sovereign to the happiness of his people. In my ar my, upon whose achievements I shall ever reflect with heartfelt gratitude, I recognize the supporters of my throne, and the protectors and gua rantees of the future tranquillity of my subjects. In the three last sanguinary engagements, they acquired the esteem and admiration of the whole world. Your innumerable proofs of inflexible fidelity and attachment to my person give you the strongest claims upon my affection; they are to you the surest pledges of my gratitude. The means of promoting your prosperity, and distinguishing you, shall accordingly be the most important object of my future cares. To reward the services of every individual, according to the wish of my heart, whilst the happiness of all is equally dear to me, is at this moment impossible. But, in the mean time, my army shall receive the highest proofs of gratitude and satisfaction which, under existing cir cumstances, it is possible for me to give. I confidently expect that they will continue to cherish the same spi rit of discipline, ever allied with true valour; the same patriotism and har mony with their fellow citizens, which have hitherto animated them; that their justly-earned consciousness of their own worth and dignity shall