"PROCLAMATION.

THE OTHER.

"The Marquis de Alegrete, Privy Coun sellor of his Majesty the King my Lord, Gentleman of the Bedchamber, Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword, Commander of that of Christ, Mariscal de Campo of the Royal Armies, and Captain-General of the Captainship of San Pedro South of the Rio Grande :

"Inhabitants of the country of MonteVideo!-The Portuguese troops, as brave as disciplined, as warlike as invincible, have entered your territory. Let the good bless Divine Providence, which, employing the always powerful and beneficent hand of his most Faithful Majesty the King my Lord, and myself, makes disappear the calamities which persecute you, chastises their authors when they do not betake themselves to flight, and which will make them be succeeded by other benefits, which you will know how to appreciate when you enjoy them. Abandon not your houses; but, in order to place them in security from the evil-inclined, join the army. When it stands in need of you, you shall be paid in the name of his most Faithful Majesty. I answer for the security of your persens and property. Let clamours for ever cease; and let your voices mixed with ours repeat thousands of times, with the joy which has so long been a stranger to you-Live the King! (Signed) "MARQUIS De Alegrete "

General Toledo, one of the Patriot Chiefs of South America, is said to have deserted the independent cause, and made his peace with Ferdinand.

The Paris Papers mention the receipt of authentic letters from Rio Janeiro, announcing that the King of Portugal was preparing to make a voyage to his States

in Europe; and that he will probably arrive at Lisbon in the course of next May.

Letters have been received from Havannah, dated 25th November, which, referring to official accounts from Vera Cruz, of the 3d of the same month, communicate the important intelligence, that the latter port has been opened to all friendly and allied nations for the importation of provisions. This was one of the first measures Viceroy Apodaca resolved upon, after assuming the supreme command of the country; it is further stated to be the intention of the King of Spain, to declare several ports of America free for the commerce of all friendly and allied nations.

Advices from New South Wales represent the settlement to be in a very disturbed state, and lamentably retrograding in point of prosperity. The convicts, but little affected with the leniency with which they are treated by the present Governor Macquarrie, a man, it is said, of mild and amiable manners, have fallen into a state of great insubordination, which, in is much feared, may spread its contagion to the soldiery. Hence it has been determined to change the regiment stationed (the 46th), which is to be sent to Madras, and the 48th is to be dispatched in its place to Sidney.

Extract of a letter from the Rev. Mr. Marsden to the Secretary of the Missionary Society, dated June 7, 1816"A vessel has just arrived from the Society Islands, but has brought: no letters for me, or for your Society: they are on board another vessel which is not yet arrived here. I have seen a letter from Mr. Davies to my colleague, the Rev. W. Cowper, which contains the most flattering accounts. I have conversed with the Master of the vessel, and passengers, on the subject of the mission; and all accounts agree, that a most wonderful change has been produced in all the So. ciely Islands; and the spread of the Gospef seems to be almost universal. Pomare is become a great man, and a pious Christian, as appears from the whole of his conduct. I understand he is now a Sovereign once more. His enemies made an attack upon him and his people on the Sabbath day, when they imagined they would not defend themselves; but Pomare felt it his duty to fight on the Sabbath, in defence of himself and subjects. In this battle he obtained a complete victory, and took many prisoners, whose lives he spared, contrary to their custom; which has had the most happy effect upon the minds of his enemies, as it has convinced them that the new religion is a merciful religion. Many have joined him from the accounts of his clemency."

COUNTRY

COUNTRY NEWS.

Dec. 16. At a meeting of the Bath Literary and Philosophical Society, Dr. Wilkinson made an experiment of wellrubbing a magnetic needle with onionjuice, and shewed to the Society that it made no alteration with respect to its polarity, or in any way disturbing its magnetic property, as had been stated in different periodical publications.

Dec. 28. This evening the extensive collieries at Chirk in Denbighshire were destroyed by inundation. Owing, as it is supposed, to the servants in the Ellesmere Canal Company, the stop-gates, plugs, &c. for regulating the quantity of water on that part of the canal which is embanked up to the Chirk aqueduct, were neglected; the fatal consequence was, that the embankment being overpowered by the great weight of superfluous water, gave way, and, falling down a precipice, completely dammed up the river Cering, which flows below it, and over which the canal is carried by an aqueduct. The water being thus impeded, quickly found its way in another direction, and in half an hour every pit belonging to the colliery was filled with water, earth, gravel, &c. The machinery was torn to pieces by the tremendous force of the current, and very considerable damage done to the surrounding country. Had it not been for the judicious and timely interference of Mr. Edward Davies, engineer to the Chirk Colliery, in stopping the wickers or stopgates of the canal, the whole of its water increased by the overflowing of the Dee river, which is received by a feeder into the canal, must have swept away Chirk Mills, and every thing in the valley, into one general destruction. Most providentially this was the only night in which, for several years past, the workmen were absent from the pits! They had been allowed a little time to collect Christmas bounties, &c. and thus this dreadful calamity is not aggravated by the loss of so many valuable lives, as must have been otherwise inevitably sacrificed. All the horses employed in the works were instantly drowned. The immense loss to the proprietors of the works, and to the estate of the late William Lloyd, esq. of Plas Power, on whose land the colliery is chiefly worked, is immense. This, it is presumed, must ultimately be made good by the Canal Company; but although a remuneration from them may in some measure compensate the pecuniary damages, yet the destruction of so valuable a colliery, which has for a long series of years produced fuel for the country, and employment for the poor, is, as a public calamity, irretrievable. (Shrewsbury Chronicle.)

Ely, Jan. 13.It is with extreme regret we state, that a tremendous breach or gull has taken place in the Burnt Fen Bank, near Mr. Speaker's, on the river Lark, by which nearly 15,000 acres of land are inundated.

DREADFUL STORM.

Extract of a Letter from Plymouth, dated Jan. 21.

"We experienced yesterday morning one of the most dreadful storms that has been remembered by the oldest inhabitant. On Sunday evening, the wind at S. E. increased to a violent storm, and about twelve o'clock flew round to South, where it continued to blow with increasing violence until nearly eight o'clock in the morning, with a most terrible sea pouring into the Sound. This caused the water to flow many feet beyond the usual height, and all the lower parts of the town were, inundated, and the damage done thereby is very considerable. The appearance of the sea over the Breakwater was awfully grand, and the damage done to that work is supposed to amount to upwards of 100,000. The effect of this storm on the vessels in this port has been truly distressing; and had not the force of the sea in some measure been broken by the Breakwater, it must have been worse. The Jasper brig of war parted from her anchors in the Sound, during the gale, and went on shore near the Batten Point, where she shortly after went to pieces; and, melancholy to relate, only one seaman, and a marine were saved; the remainder on board, amounting to about 90 persons, amongst which were several women, were all drowned. The only officers on board of rank were the Master and Purser. The Telegraph schooner, Lieut. Little, drifted from her anchor between the Island and Main, and went on the rocks under, the Hooe, and dashed to atoms. One. seaman was killed by the wreck, and the purser and several of the crew were severely hurt. The Princess Mary packet, lately arrived from Jamaica, was lying at anchor in Catwater, from whence she drifted on the rocks in Deadman's Bay, and she soon went to pieces. Mr. Gidley, the master, his wife and son, a brother of Mrs. Gidley, and two seamen, were drowned. The sloop Albion, of this port, Captain Coose, was totally lost at the back of the Breakwater, during the gale, and all the crew perished. The Lapwing revenue cutter, during the gale, went on the rocks in Mill Bay; the crew fortunately got on shore in the boat: it is hoped that she may be got off. A fine new trawl-boat went on shore in Mul Bay, and is lost. Several ships have been stranded in different parts of the harbour, and great da-. mage done to the small craft and small boats. At Cawsand the damage has been

very great, estimated at upwards of 10,000l. where eight or ten houses have been washed away, and nearly 50 small boats destroyed, besides other damages. One person was washed away, and several others severely hurt by falling of houses -At Polperro 40 beats out of 45 were lost, and very considerable other damages. Indeed, we may expect to hear of nothing but calamity from all along the coast."

Considerable injury has also been sustained on various parts of the coast by this calamitous and awful visitation.-At Exmouth the tide rose higher than was ever remembered; the Passage. House was totally destroyed by the fury of the waves; as was also that strong stone-built Custom Office, commonly called the WatchHouse.-At Dawlish the storm was most tremendous, and has left, strong marks of its ravages; a garden, in front of Mr. Cox's house, with all its contents, was completely swept off by the tide, and the large stones which formed the embank. ment wall, were carried as far as the Warren, a distance of a mile and a half.The banks of the Exe were overflowed, and many thousand seams of hay borne off by the waters.

A new Roman Catholic Chapel at Glasgow has been just opened, which has cost upwards of 13,000.

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An instance of manly fortitude, resignation, and self-possession, is thus corded in a Country Paper:-Two coracle men were fishing together, in the Towy, between Llangattock and Llandilo, about four o'clock in the morning of Dec. 24, when one of them hearing a plunge in the water, and perceiving at the same instant, that something had got into the net, hastily drew the end he held in his hand towards him, fully persuaded that he had caught a salmon: but his astonishment and terror may be more easily conceived than described, on the head of his partner appearing above the water, The coracle of the latter had been upset by the entanglement of the net, and the sufferer now supported himself by taking hold of the hind part of his friend's coracle. In this situation, so imminently perilous to both, by the management of the man in the coracle, who followed the directions of the other, they had almost reached the land; when it was discovered that the latter was so entangled in the net as to preclude the possibility of their proceeding any further! A ray of hope, however, still remained-that by pulling back to the place where the poor devoted sufferer had fallen into the water, he might possibly be enabled to extricate himself from the net; but sorry are we to say, that every effort and every exertion used on this heart-rending occasion proved unavailing. After struggling with his fate

for nearly half an hour, all hope of assistance being at an end, and his strength completely exhausted, he, with a firmuéss of mind of which no words can convey an adequate idea, observed to his comrade, that his lot was cast for eternity; that the coracle would be endangered by his quitting his hold, but that he would give notice before it happened. He then prayed fervently, hoping that God would be merciful to him, and bidding his friend an affectionate farewell, sunk into the deep! [A coracle is a boat used in Wales by fishermen, made by drawing leather or oiled cloth upon a frame of wicker-work.]

Mr. William Lancaster, in his lectures on Acoustics, lately delivered before the Plymouth Dock Literary and Philosophical Society, stated the following curious fact relative to an Echo. When the bells of Stoke Church ring, the echo of them only is heard at a particular spot on the Mill causeway, though the interval between that spot and the church, in a straight direction, is very trifling. He supposes the original sound to be transmitted by angles of incidence, first from the tower to the Military Hospital just opposite, thence across the water to the Naval Hospital, next to the Mill buildings, and thence to the place of echo on the causeway.

Mr. James Stockton, of Malton, has found, from a long series of regular and diligent observations, that the Horseleech is an accurate prognosticator of the wea-. ther. He describes the peculiarities exhibited by one kept in a large phial covered with a piece of linen rag, three parts full of clear spring water, which is regularly changed twice a week, and placed in a room at a distance from the fire. In fair and frosty weather it lies motionless, and rolled up in a spiral form at the bottom of the glass; but before rain or snow, it creeps up to the top, where, if the rain will be heavy or of some coutinuance, it remains a considerable time; if trifling, it quickly descends. Before rain or snow accompanied with wind, it darts about with amazing celerity, and seldom ceases until it begins to blow hard. Previous to a storm of thunder and lightning, it is exceedingly agitated, and expresses its feelings in violent convulsive starts at the top or bottom of the glass. It is remarkable, that however fine and serene the weather may be; when not the least indication is given either by the sky, the barometer, or any other circumstance; if the animal ever quit the water, or move in a desultory way, so certainly will the coincident results occur in 36, 24, or perhaps 12 hours; though its motions chiefly depend on the fall and duration of the wet, and the strength of the wind, of which in many cases it has been known to give a week's

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warning. We have always been of opinion, that a proper attention to natural objects would furnish man with a far more useful weather-guide than any that his boasted arts and sciences can enable him to construct.

A Clock, on an entire new system, has been made by John Thomas, a native of Caerleon, who resides at Newport, Monmouthshire, as a working smith and farrier. This piece of mechanism continues going, after once winding up, for the space of 384 days. It has a pendant, Vibrating seconds, dial - plate, shewing minutes and seconds. The plates and wheels are of brass, the pinions of the, best cast steel. It is in action at the maker's house.

An extraordinary instance of inuate sei. entific genius has been lately evinced in the person of a man of the name of Bird, who, less than a twelvemonth since, followed the humble occupation of a journeyman carpenter at Abingdon; but on reading a small tract on astronomy, he obtained so clear an insight into the truths of that divine study, that though he has but little education, never heard a lecture on any science, and never saw an orrery, he has made one from his own ideas, assisted by the subscriptions of the inhabitants of Abingdon, where it was first exhibited in June last. He has since delivered lectures, with astonishing perspicuity, in the principal towns of Berkshire, Wiltshire, and Somersetshire.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. "Windsor Castle, Jan. 4. His Majesty continues to enjoy a good state of bodily health, and has been generally tranquil during the last month. His Majesty's disorder remains unaltered."

The Prince Regent has been pleased to grant out of the funds at the disposal of his Majesty, 1000%. in aid of the subscription for the relief of the labouring classes within the city and suburbs of Edinburgh.

NEW SILVER COINAGE. Royal Mint, Jan. 17.-The New Silver Coinage being now very nearly finished, arrangements are making for enabling all his Majesty's subjects, in every part of Great Britain, to exchange, at the same period, the Old for the New Silver Coin of the realm. This exchange will commence on or before Monday, the 3d of February next *; and all standard Silver Coin of the Realm, however defaced or reduced in weight by use, will be received in exchange for the New Coin, by tale, at its nominal value. The Public are requested to observe, that the

By a Proclamation of later date it has been deferred to the 13th of February.

New Silver Coin to be issued from bis Majesty's Mint, upon this occasion, will be delivered in exchange to the holders of the Old Coin. It is therefore strongly recommended, that all Silver Coin of the realm, however defaced or reduced in weight by use, which is now in circulation, should continue to be given and received in payment, for the very short period that will elapse before the issue of the New Silver Coin. By this means no interruption in the circulation will arise.-N. B. The Old Silver Coin of the realm, however defaced or reduced in weight by use, is received in payments, at its nominal value, by all branches of the revenue, and at the Bank of England, and will continue to be so until it is exchanged for the New Silver Coinage. (Signed) W. W. POLE, Master and Worker of his Majesty's Mint.

Bank Dollar Tokens.-Aa Advertisement has appeared in the London Papers, stating that the Bank of England, with a view to the convenience of trade, has extended the time for giving value for all Bank Dollar Tokens at the rate of 5s. 6d.* to the 1st day of May next.

Tuesday, January 28.

This day being appointed for opening the Session, at Two the Prince Regent entered the House of Lords; and, having sent to the Commons, to command their attendance, his Royal Highness delivered from the throne the following Speech:

"My Lords and Gentlemen,—It is with deep regret that I am again obliged to aunounce to you, that no alteration has occurred in the state of his Majesty's lamented indisposition. I continue to receive from Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country; and of their earnest desire, to maintain the general tranquility. The hostilities to which I was compelled to resort, in vindication of the honour of the country, against the Government of Algiers, have been attended with the most complete success. The splendid achievement of His Majesty's fleet, in conjunction with a squadron of the King of the Netherlands, under the gallant and able conduct of Admiral Viscount Exmouth, led to the immediate and unconditional liberation of all Christian captives then within the territory of Algiers, and to the renunciation by its Government of the practice of Christian slavery. I am persuaded that you will be duly sensible of the importance of an arrangement, so interesting to humanity, and reflecting, from the manner in which it has been accomplished, such signal honour on the British nation. In India, the refusal of the Government of Nepaul to ratify a Treaty of Peace which had been signed by its Plenipotentiaries, occasioned a renewal of military operations. The judicious arrangements

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of the Governor-General, seconded by the bravery and perseverance of his Majesty's Forces, and of those of the East India Company, brought the campaign to a speedy and successful issue; and peace has been finally established upon the just and honourable terms of the original Treaty.

Gentlemen of the House of Commons, I have directed the Estimates for the current year to be laid before you. They have been formed upon a full consideration of all the present circumstances of the country, with an anxious desire to make every reduction in our establishments which the safety of the empire and sound policy allow. I recommend the state of the Public Income and Expenditure to your early and serious attention. I regret to be under the necessity of informing you that there has been a deficiency in the produce of the Revenue in the last year; but I trust that it is to be ascribed to temporary causes; and I have the consolation to believe that you will find it practicable to provide for the pub lic service of the year, without making any addition to the burthens of the people, and without adopting any measure injurious to that system by which the public credit of the country has been hitherto sustained.

My Lords and Gentlemen,-I have the satisfaction of informing you that the arrangements which were made in the last Session of Parliament, with a view to a New Silver Coinage, have been completed with unprecedented expedition. I have given directions for the immediate issue of the New Coin, and I trust that this measure will be productive of considerable advantages to the trade and internal transactions of the country. The distresses consequent upon the termination of a war of such unusual extent and duration, have been felt, with greater or less severity, throughout all the nations of Europe; and have been considerably aggravated by the unfavourable state of the season. Deeply as I lament the pressure of these evils upon the country, I am sensible that they are of a nature not to admit of an immediate remedy; but whilst I observe with peculiar satisfaction the fortitude with which so many privations have been borne, and the active benevolence which has been employed to mitigate them, I am persuaded that the great sources of our national prosperity are essentially unimpaired, and I entertain a confident expectation that the native energy of the country will at no distant period surmount all the difficulties in which we are involved. In considering our internal situation, you will, I doubt not, feel a just indignation at the attempts which have been made to take advantage of the distresses of the country, for the purpose of exciting a spirit of sedition and violence. I am too well convinced

of the loyalty and good sense of the great body of His Majesty's subjects, to believe them capable of being perverted by the aris which are employed to seduce them; but I am determined to omit no precautions for preserving the public peace, and for counteracting the designs of the disaffected: And I rely with the utmost confidence on your cordial support and cooperation, in apholding a system of law and Government, from which we have de.. rived inestimable advantages, which has enabled us to conclude, with unexampled glory, a contest whereon depended the best interests of mankind, and which has been hitherto felt by ourselves, as it is acknowledged by other nations, to be the most perfect that has ever fallen to the lot of any people."

Our Readers will hear with just indig nation, that several daring outrages were committed on the person of the Prince Regent, on his return from the House of Lords; the particulars of which were communicated to both Houses by Lord James Murray, the Lord in waiting. The Life-guards were instilted, and gravel and other missiles thrown at the Royal carriage; between Carleton-House-Gardens and the Stable-yard Gate one glass of the state - coach was struck thrice, and broken. Lord J Murray was of opinion one or two bullets were fired from an air

gun, but no bullet was found. One man active in the disturbance has been secured. The Debates on the usual Address in answer to the Speech were adjourned; and both Houses unanimously agreed to the following Address.

"We, his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to approach your Royal Highness, humbly to express our abhorrence of the outrage offered to your Royal Highness on your passage from Parliament -to assure your Royal Highness that we feel the deepest concern and indignation that there should be found any individual in his Majesty's Dominions capable of an attack so daring and flagitious; and to express our earnest wishes, in which we are confident we shall be joined by all descriptions of His Majesty's subjects, that you will be pleased to order measures to be taken without delay, to discover and bring to justice the aiders and abettors of this atrocious proceeding."

To this Address his R. H. the Prince Regent returned the following most gracious answer:-" This additional proof of your duty and loyalty affords me the highest satisfaction. Relying on the affection of the great part of his Majesty's subjects, I have nothing to regret but a breach of the laws. I have ordered that the persons concerned in that outrage should be brought before the proper tribunal."