North Wales Gazette

The capture of the Delight, of 18 guns, appears tcrhavc taken place at Ttezgio, not far from Sicily she was cruising with a small squadron, of which the Giatton, of 50 guns, Capt. Seccombe, was the Commodore and I, an attempt was made to, attack, and cut out some gnu-boats. The Giatton being too large to approach the shore, the Delight wns ap- ¡ pointed to this dangerous service, and Capt. I Seccombe volunteered on board that ship I but in standing into the bay, she unfortu- nately missed stays, and got on shore, so that she was exposed to the fire of 1000 soldiers that came down from the forts. The Com- mander ordered them to surrender; but Capt. Seccombe refusing, thinking to get the Delight off, a heavy volley of musketry was fired on the Delight's decks, which were soon cleared I of every officer and rnari among those that ¡ fell, were Capt. Seccombe and Capt. Handheld, who were afterwards buried at Sicily with military honours: the expedition pi course 1 completely failed. On Saturday week a vessel arrived in Cork harbour, laded with salt and fruit, after a pas- sage of 12 days. She cleared from St. Ube's for Gallicia, and taking advantage of the wind, or Cork. When she sailed, there were 40,000 French troops in Lisbon, who had marched in by detachments of 1000 men each. The French colours were flying in that city, but the French Genera! had not taken possession of the Russian fleet, as reported. Eight thousand Spanish troops were quartered at St. Ube's, but no tiag of any nation had been hoisted there since they entered the town. The want of provisions was severely felt, and the prospect in general very loomy. Extract of a letter from a Gentleman in Petcrsburgh, to his friend in Dundee, dated lltb January.—•' I was lately at a Court Masquerade. Monsieur Caulincourt has in every instance the decided preference shewn him by the great ones. He sat down on the right hand of the Empress's Mother, and was the first to play cards with her. Her Majesty,' after gaining a few ducats from him, turned to Count Meerfelut, the Austrian Ambassador, and invited him to play cards with her. Cau- lincourt then joined the promenade, leading by the hand the Grand Duchess Catharine, whom reporl h"-e tit).w. detaire-.i to be the bride of his Imperial Master. At the grand cere- mony on Twelfth Day, of christening the waters, Caulmcourtalolle rode upon the Em- peror's right hand, and was the only person whom I observed his Majesty speak to. There were 52,000 men under arms, all in new uni- forms, after the French fashions. The fleet of merchantmen from the Medi- terranean has had its passage home interrupted by two large French frigates, being collvoyed by only one frigate, the Sirius. The enemy did not think proper to attack the.Sirius, but attempted to secure some of the vessels under her protection. The fleet was ordered to dis- perse. The enemy was seen to capture one brig, and may possibly have made some fur- ther prizes; but the particulars are not yet known. Private letters from Paris state, that seve- ral Merchants have been arrested at Brussels and Antwerp, in consequence of all order from Paris, where they have been conveyed for exa- mination on charges of having infringed the taws, by transmitting goods and merchandize to England. Among the arrecics of the former place is a Mr. V'audeveld, "an eminent c-alico-printer. MONDW, M.Vfcm 28. Letters from l,ord Cuilil)P,;IVood-,s Peet tion, that the Tdrks, under the apprehension of a renewed attempt on the part of the English to enter the Bosphonrs, had drawn immense chains across the Dardanells, and stationed a considerable number of gun-boats behind them, constructing at, the same time some new batteries for throwing red-hot shot. These works are represented as being of such a. nature as to prevent the passage of any vessel of war, without the co-operation of a land force. A vessel is arrived at Portsmouth, which I y sailed from otr Lisbon on Wednesday se'nnight with a number of Portuguese refugees and others, who had escaped on board. Commis- sioner Dilucan and his dang! <ter are jHnongst the passengers, and are the latest frowi' Lisbon. They state, that there was not above twenty days supply of corn at Lisbon when they came away. The following is stated to be the project for the dismemberment of Turkey. It is extracted from a letter from Petersburg)!, dated the 12th February, in which it is represented as the substance of the propositions made by M. I Caulincourt to the Emperor Alexander :— Russia to rcccive part of WaHachia, Moldavia, and Bessarabia Austria to receive Servia, Bosnia, part of YY'ailachia, and Upper Bul- garia Franee to receive Albania, and the whole of Greece, extending from the Adriatic to the Guiph of Saioniea, together with Candia and Cyprus; and to receive from Austria, in consideration of the above cessions to that power, the surrender of Trieste and her other possessions in the Adriatic. A new Telegraph is erected on the West square of the inner quadrangle at Chelsea Col- leg;e,to correspond with Yarmouth,in Norfolk: the one it immediately corresponds with is on Highgatc-hiil; it is of very large dimensions, more than they usually are The Boadicea and Medusa frigates arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday, wilh 47 nil of French fishing smacks, which they captured French fishing smacks, which they captured oil'Havre. Letters were received on Saturday from Lis- bon, dated the 25 uit. Bonaparte was expected there; the Marquis d'Abrautes (who was left as Regent by the Prince), Don Nuuo, (brother of the Duke de Caidaval), and Mr. lleaucamp were n-onctomeet him: some said at Madrid. The Spanish troops at Oporto and St. tbes I are to he relteved by French. All the Portu- guese regiments, excepting five, are to be dis- banded, and a conscription (after the French fashion) of 40,009 men is to be levied, no doubt, for tlie purpose of assisting to carry into execution the views of Bonaparte on Turkey and India, as the Portuguese can bear a Southern climate, and endure privations and great fatigue. All the immensely rich plate of the church of St. Hochc has been seized by Junot, and conveyed to the mint; and it was daily ex- pected, !hat all the religious houses would be emptied of their inhabitants. The Monks and I! Friars (of all descriptions) m Portugal, are estimated at 80,000 1 while their army was only 60,000. Mr. Whitbread, of Brewer-street, London, lately undertook, for a wager of SO, guineas, to go two miles in eleven mnutes. Consider- able sums were depending, and the match was decided-oii llighgate Common. Mr. W. who ¡ weighs 13 stone, performed the distance iti ten seconds less than the given time. Mrs. Eleanor Fry was interred in St. Paul's ¡ Church-yard, on Sunday, the 21st of last mouth, and her grave has been: regularly I watched from that period by her faithful friend, a ^ma!! black and white dog, who is I never missed from his post but for a few minutes before dusk each evening, when he is supposed to retire for food, and returns again to his watch, where he lies pressing the cold ground, his eyes fixed on the grave of his mistress. Edward Ball, Svho was convicted of forgery at the last Summer Assizes at Lewes, but whose sentence was respited on the ground of improper evidence having been received) against him, was put to the bar, and the g, Judge told him, the Judges were of opinion that his conviction was right. He was there- fore sentenced to die. Tiie Assizes concluded. Letters have been received from St. Peters- burgh, dated the 22 d ult., it appears from them, that the Russian' Government bus re- laxed in its severities against the British mer- chants, and has agreed to furnish tbem with passports. A letter from that date, which has been transmitted to London, for the informa- tion of merchants, by Mr. Edward Cleve Bayley, expressly states, that Count Roman- xoir has sellt a "formal notification that pass- I. ports would be granted. It was supposed that this apparent favour to the English was, not- withstanding, proposed by the French, who saw with a jealous eye the friendly intercourse which still subsisted between the British and Russians. On Wednesday morning seven Portuguese seamen landed at. Dover from Flushing, having escaped from thence in an open boat on Mon- day night last; they had been detained in Holland ever since the embargo was laid on the ships of their nation, and a short time siac were informed that they must either go on board the ships of war to assist in fitting them out, or go to prison they accepted of I the former but as soon as an opportunity offered, they seized a Dutch boat and came away. There are eight ships of the line now I ready for sea, besicbs frigates, at Flushing, but they want men to man them. Two Dutch frigates and two schooners made their escape from the Texel a few days since, and got sale to Flushing roads, where they now remain. Yesterday a meeting of the inhabitants of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, was held in the Parish Church for the choice of a Lecturer, to suc- ceed the HeY. Dr. Gregory, deceased, when the Rev. G. F. Bates, B. A. Queen's College, Cambridge, was unanimously elected to the feame. Bonaparte has nominat.ed French Ofiicers to several corps of the Rhenish Confederation. General Lefevre is to command the army of the new King of Westphalia. Baron Diemar, formedy COlumisnry for the Hessians in the Bi-if isti service, is now Lieutcnant-Goncral I under Lefevre. General Whitelocke carried with him to the Bio Piata a Commission, appointing him Z, Governor-General" of Bucnoj; Ayres, with a salary of 12,0001. per annum, and almost un- limited powers in every part of the Adminis- tration, civil as well as military. Bonaparte, according' to the Gorman Jour- nals, towards the close of the last year, sent a Mission to China, oN announcing to the Emperor the recent events in Europe, his intended operations in India, and exhorting him to break oif ail commercial intercourse with England. Commodore Greig, and other English offi- cers, why were on board the Russian ships in the Tagus, have left them to proceed by land to St. retershurgh. Great exertions arc making to improve the fortification's of Copenhagen, by the addition of a strong chain of out-works. A Commis- sion has been appointed to inspect, the works. Beithier, Prince of l'>.e¡¡fchatt.], is, accord- ing to a report prevalent on the Continent, about to be advanced to the regal dignity, under the title of King of tlhotia the greater part of Switzerland, it is expected v/iil be added to his present dominions. In one of Mr. Garlike'.s letters, contained among the. Papers laid before Parliament, is the following passage :— t should think U unnecessary to lay these re- marks before your Lordship, if 1 had net to make the melancholy aiklition, that several of Use prin- cil)al (I exce t file of iis of (he inferior ones with (heir dependencies, are tilled by persons in, a state of.delusion and blind .attachment to the interests or France.-The only check to flits more open display of these disposi- tions, is the character of rhe Prince Royal who marks in the strongest terms his see.se of the ¡ firmness of his Royal Highness, observed to me- yesterday, 'hat the most entire reliance may l;e placed on his nor yielding -to the proposals it may be expected France would make." Gotienbvrgh,.March 21.—A Courier has ar- rived this mottling from Stockholm, with dis- patches for England itsecms there has been an affair in Finland between the Russians and Swedes, in which the former are said to have lost 5,000 men, and the latter 1100 the Swedes have, however, retreated. This hap- pened near Travastchus; we have not yet re ceived the particulars. An esnhargo was laid last week in this harbour, upon ail Russian, I Danish, and Prussian ships. The N'orih-casl winds had driven the float- ing ice against the coast of llolslem, and in that manner so completely penned up the boats and small craft stationed near Kiel, on board of which the French were to take their pas- sage for Zealand, that the enemy was yet unable to make the first, of the voyages which must precede an invasion. We rejoice, how- ever, to hear that the ice was breaking up.in ail points, and in consequence the Quebec frigate and the three Brit .h ships of the line, were ordered to tin; Sound.

JCCIDEXTS, OFFENCES, &c. jj A dreadful fire happened at Chelmsford last week, which broke out in the dwelling-house of illl's. Smith, milliner. Two Jadies, fell ¡idin; to tÎJe devouriug clemcnt: The flames had made such rapid progress before they were discovered, that it -was with diffi- cully Mrs. Emith, ".ith her niece, ln infa!Jt, some other VOUIl" ladies aud tbe maul-servant .were rescued froni them? and Miss Williams, of Ongar, in attempting to escape, unfortu- nately fell from one of the windows, her scull whs fractured, and she is not likely to recover. ."our houses were consumed'with ail the ef- feels. A dreadi"u! fire broke.out on Thursday even- ing, at Clenton-Range, Surrey, at the house I of Mrs. Lacey, which destroyed the s.aifte iu less than two hours. It was occasioned by a very frequent neglect, that of Icaving; a candle burning in a bed-room, after a child had been put to bed. The servant-maid, who had gone up stairs to hang up some wet clothes, had no opportunity of descending, and in jumping from the window to the leads-of an adjoining house, she broke her thigh. The infant, who Mas the grandson of Mrs. Lacey, perished. The [alter slept in the Borough on the ni«rht ol the fiie. ° Shocking Accident.—An inquisition was taken yesterday at Somers-town, on the body of a lady of the name of Wallis, 1 ho was burnt to death. It appeared lhat the deceased, whilst silting at breakfast with an infant child, the lafter had thrown a part of the hrcakfastthinws off the table, and Mrs. Wallis hastily stooping to save then, e fire to her head-dress. Her cloathing was instantly in one blaze, and she ran down stairs, and in her fright returned back to her room. She was followed by the landlord of the house, who wrapped some baize round her, and so stifled the flame, but not until even her chemise was burnt. ]a this deplorable situation the unfor- tunate woman languished until Friday last, when she died. Verdict, Jceidenlal Death. On Tuesday morning, the 15th instant, as the Rev. James Palmer, curate ot Hiliingdou, I Middlesex, and late of Headington, near Ox- ford, was riding in company with several friends upon Oxbridge common, his burse ran away, and threw him with great violence against a stone, by which his head was so much fractured as to cause his immediate deatll. The town of Black Biver, Jamaica, was almost totally destroyed by fire in the begin- ning of January. The property consumed is t, very great, not less than to the amount of 150,0001.

BANKRUPTS. George Baker Tatfield Durham, spirit-merchant. Francis L-oiidon, John (been, Kingston upon Hull, tlax-dresser. N. Peaah Singer, W estbury, common-brewer. Rohe. t Core, Bristol, hal-manufacturer. W illiam ('.(H'.krill, Stalling-borough, salesman, (ieorge Smith, VVarulord-eotirf,-London merchant. George Tytlar, Houndsditeh, London, slopseller. Stephen Morgan, and Matthew Rad,haw Morley, York-street, nonthwark, Surrey, hopfaetors. AVERAGE PR i CE OF CORN, By the Quarter of Eight. Winches'er Bushels. IVheat Rye. Barley Oats. v. d. s. d. s. ct. -jf. d. Anglesey, — — ."5 6 23- 10 Carnarvonsh. 77 9 — 38 6 24 7 Denbighshire 78 0 ,h (j 6 9 Flintshire, ———— -——— 48 0 27 0 Merioncttish. 72 8 ——— 37 0 22 4 Montgomery. G3 4 ———— 31 6 31 9 Cliestel-, ti7 0 8 8 28 8 LIVERPOOL. Wheat, English, ,10s. (»d. to lis 6d. per 701bs I Barley, do ,6s. 0d. to (is. Oct. per 601 bs Oats, do 4s. 5tl. to 4s. 8d. per 451bs

-œ IRELAND. CLONMEL-ASSIZES, MAtlCII S, John Ryan-and Matthew Keariuge were indicted for the ifiurder of David Bourkc in. a second count, with the murder of John Dougherty; in a third, with setting fire to the bouse of Laurence Boarke, with an intent to kiil him. They pleaded the general issue. After the Solicitor General had opened the case, he called Laurence Bourke, the ilrosell- cutor, who stated, that on the night of the nth of Occorf^r, between tii,e houfs ofAQ and II o'clock, h6 wa's informed by his servant, that there was a number of men in arms ad- vancing tosvards the house. In consequence of this information he went to the window, and saty'lhe Prisoners, with severa! others, all armed, surrounding his house; they desired M him to open the door, but he refused, and they then fired several shots in through th« different windows. There was in the house Dougherty, the deceased, a man who was servant to the witness, the witness's wife and child they were armed, but had no amnni- tion but what the g'uns were loaded with. The Prisoners and the party finding; they could not get into the house, get it on lire; and the witness heard the prisoner, Ryan, say, 44 Take it easy, boys, vou will see what bolting we shall have by and by." The witness's wife and child then went to the window, and called out to Ryan (who was her relation) not to burn the house; but be replied with an oath, that he would, and a shot was fired at her, which, though it did not take effect, fright- ened her so much, that she and her child fell out of the window, and were seized by the prisoner Kearinge, but they aftewards fortu- nately made their escape. The house was now I failing in (lames about the wltncss head, and he therefore opened the door, and ran out: several shots were fired at him, but he escaped them, and made his way to David Rourke's, his father's ho.usc. In his flight he fired Iii-i piece, and killed one of Hyan's party. When witness arrived at his father's, he found he had gone to the assistance of the wituess; and on returning to the place where his house stood, in search of his father, he found that Rvan and his party m ere gone, and his father's corpse was lying about 12 yards from the sinoaking ruins of iris dwelling. Winfred Kennedy, and other witnesses, were examined, who corroborated the testimony of Bourke, and proved, that the deceased, John ¡ Dougherty, was burned i.i Bourke's house, it was also proved-fhat the whofe of "Ryan's party were entertained at dinner by him that day, and they all left his house armed, for the purpose of attacking Bourke. t, On the part of prisoner, Ryan, an alibi was attempted to be proved by a. woman who lived with him, which entirely ftilet] and after a very minute charge from the Learned Judge*, the Jury brotit, L In a verdict ol—Guilty—~ against both the prisoners.—They "were, in- stantly sentenced to be executed- The two parties of insurgents whose inces- sant outrages keep the county of Tipperary in its present disturbed state, distinguish them- selves by the names of and Sharavata. They had lately a pitched battle, about coo a-side, at the fair of Golden they kept up an incessant and well-directed fire of musquetry. for a short time, when a number ot men were killed and wounded, They openly ap- pear in the town of Clonniel, wearing the dis- tinguished badges of their respective clans. The Assizes al Clonmel have already produced four executions. These disturbances, however, do not proceed from political causes they are the outrages of a lawless baaditte. (

LONDON, SATURDAY MAKC?! 26. The Gazette of this day contains a letier from Capt. Maitland, of the Emerald,- to Ad- miral Gardner, dated 14th March, off ViYero, and by him transmitted to the Hon. W. W. PookC from w h ich the following are extracts: H I beer leave to state, that having fulfilled the first part of your Lordship's order, bear- ing date the 13iii I was proceeding to "ommunicte with the commanding officer oft" 1'errol, when, in running along shore about live o'clock yesterday afternoon, a very large schooner was discovered at anchor in Vivero harbour, with a French ensign and pendant fiying. Though 1 had never been in that port, from its appearance, and the place laid down In Eossino's chart, it seemed, to me not a ,.i, ii o ,i very difficult matter either to bring her out her. It was late in the day for such an undertaking,but as íe had afullmoon, -and alarm guns were firing from the forts and schooner, I without hesitation decided on put- ting it instantly into execution, as they would ■doubtless-have been better prepared for our reception had it been deferred till morning. At about half an hour after five P. M. the first fort on the right going in, consisting of eight 24-pounders, opened- on the ship, as did the other (containing five of the same calibre) on the left, as soon as she was within range. As I saw it was impossible to place tbe ship in a situation la act upon the batteries at the same tiziie, I sent the first Lieutenant, Mr. Berram, accompanied by Lieutenants Meek and Hus- band, of the Marines, and Messrs. Mildndge and Saudin, Masters' mates, to storm the outer fort, and proceeded with the sbip as near the other (which was about a mile farther in), as the depth of water would allow, where she was placed, the sails furled, &t. I sent Mr. Win. Smith, thethirrl Licuifiiant, with another party, to -endeavour to spike the guns of the fort, then engaged with the Emerald, Mr. Bertram having happily succeeded in driving the Spaniards out of the battery he had been sent to attack, and spiked the guns. Lieut. Smith, almost immediately on lauding was Z, opposed by a party of soldiers, most of Nv ioin-, fell, and their officer among the number; but before they were completely subdued they had led him a considerable distance into the coun- try, being by that time quite dark, and from the nature of the ground, having been obliged to land nearly a mile from the fort, he Mas under the necessity of returning without find- ing it, as it had been silenced a considerable time by our fire; it opened again, however, about i o'clock, and continued engaged with the ship till near two hours, when she was out of range. While these occurrences were taking place, Mr. Bertram, with his party, had.walked on over land, and joined Mr- Baird, the mid. shipman, who had been .sent to take possession of the schooner, which had ran on-shore on the rocks. As soon as they made out our deter. mination of entering the port on the road, he was met by a party. of the schooner's crew, consisting of about sixty men they gave and received a disch-trge oft-rusquetry-, from our people but on their advancing with the pike and bayonet, took to flight, leaving several dead on the road. Mr. Bertram's anxiety to save the schooner induced him to persevere for several hours, in attempting to get her off, (which was rendered impracticable from her having gone on shore at high water ;) during which time a large body of infantry had been collected, and galled our men so excessively with Biusquetry, that it became absolutely ne- cessary to set her on fire, which was accord- iogly done about one A. M. when she soon blew up, and at day-light there was not a ves- tige of her to be seen. From the papers I have in my .possession, the schooner appears to have been a French corvette, called V A propos, commanded by Mens. Lagary, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, which had arrived with dispatches from the Isle of France on the 24 th of Decem- ber mounted eight 12-pounder carronades, but pierced for 18 gútlS, with upwards of seventy men. he had yesterday put to sea, but returned to an anchor on the signal being made for au enemy. he appeared to rise the largest schooner 1 ever saw; oiir ofli cci's in- formed me she must have been upwards of two fo "led Die must ii,,ivt, ii hundred and fifty tons burthen, copper-bot- iomed, and in all respects a complete vessel. When the boats had returned after -firi;;g the schooner we weighed, and had the good fortune to obtain a light air of wind, that sent us just out of the shot of the batteries- when we were obliged again to anchor, otherwise our situation this morning ivould have been by no means pleasant, as the Spaniards must by that time have unspiked the guns in the outer fort, and at day-light six gun-boats were seen pulling from the Westward. About eight A. M. a light breeze springing up, we weigh- ed and made sail towards them;, whea.within two gun-shots of the enemy, it fell again per- fectly calm, and they had the temerity still to row for us: finding the ship's broadside could not be kept towards them by the boats, I or- dered the anchor to be let go with a spring, and when within gun reach of grape, opened a fire, which they received and returned with tolerable spirit for about half an hour, when they made the best of their way into Vivero Jlay and as several shots were seen to strike th,{m, I have no doubt considerably damaged them. The total want of wind prevented me from following and destroying them." Total, 9 killed, and I G wounded. Amongst the latter ere Lieutenants Bertram, Meek, and Husband. A vessel which left. Oporto on the 10th inst. has been brought in by one of our c: uizers. The Captain reports, that the Spanish soldiers at Oporto were about to be superseded by a French force from Lisbon. Various reasons are assigned for the charge but the true one is, that the Spaniards have acted with too much lenity towards the Portuguese, and suf- fered occasionally a ship to depart laden with wine. This will he prevented in future. It is stated from Mexico, that in case Bonaparte succeeds in revolutionizing Spain, the people of that conutrv are not indisposed to throw off the yoke of foreign dominion, and raise among themselves an independent Government- Advices from Madrid state, that a Decree, bearing date 21st January, I SOS), had been published there, prohibiting the sailing of any vessel belonging to the nations in alliance with France and Spain. The reason assigned for this act of the Government is, that such ves- sels may not fall into the hands of the British.

.SUSSEX. V HORSHAM ASSIZES, MARCH S3. CROWN SIDE. John Baker, James Baker, Benj. Baker, and three others, 1 were indicted for assaulting, the Rev. H. Williams, and keeping mill in imprisonment the whole of the night of Sun- day. the SOih December, and making him. sign.a promise to pay 5/. as a consideration for being released. The Rev. called. iT jwas a young man, and told the following extraor- dinary tale: he said he was Curate of the parish of Kirtford, in this county, and that he permitted John Raker to live in the Vicarage-house with him, who, in return performed little domestic services for him. Oil December 20, after the perform- ance of his clerical duties, he returned home, and hearing a great noise in the kitchen, he sent for John linker to come to him in the parlour, and remonstrated with him. Baker upon this grew very insolent, clenched both his fists, and thrust them in a menacing manner in his Lee. Upon this he said he was alarmed, and seeing an old gun in a corner, which he knew to he unloaded, lie took it up wih a view to defend hmnseif wheu Baker seized him, and beat him to the ground he was joined by the other two Bakers, who dragged him out of doors to the green, on which there wer.e several people, some of whom cried out give it him we! They afterwards dragged him to the public-house, sod made him sit down in a little room. After he had been there a short time, lie ran out, and tseaped about 100 yards; but J. and IL Baker pursued him, and forced hitti to return to the house ,• here they kept him all night, and sung profane and indecent songs in his bearing. In the morning they said they would take him before a Magistrate but by his in- Ireaties, they permitted him- to go home and change his clothe! Eldridge and Hillyer accompanied; and they frightened him by telling him, that he had committed a tran- sportable odence by having Ü:kea the old gun. Me was so much alarmed, that he vi-as induced to sign a promise to give them five pounds, if they would let hitn go. On his cross-examination, it appeared, that he had actually pointed the gun at Barker, t, and that be signed the paper, which was written by his own dictation, as a. compromise for an assault, which he acknowledged he had committed on Raker. He also contradicted himself in so many particulars, that the Jury immediately found the prisoners—-A'ot Guilty.