a Member of this Society for goods, which he ordered to be packed and taken with a receipt to a respectable shop in the city. On the porter's arrival, CHAMBERS took the goods from him, and absconded through the back part of the house, where he is not known. He is rather tall; about 30 years old; and dresses in a black coat and waistcoat, with white breeches and stockings.

He also cautions the members that the firm of BARNARD and JONES, late cheesemongers, 204, High Holborn, noticed in March, 1815, is now altered to that of BURCH and JONES,Coal-merchants and agents King's-road, Pimlico.

Also that Bills drawn by a person calling himself W. WHINCUP, York, addressed to Messrt. FARE and FISHER, Corn-merchants, London, have been recently presented to Messrs. PHARE and FISHER, Flour factors, Bear-garden Wharf, Bankside, for accept ance, but they have no knowledge of a person of that name.

And that a person signing his name Lieut. WM. DICKS, R.M. has lately drawn a bill at Rotterdam for £12, upon a Mr. Scott, No. 9, Lancaster-court, Charing-cross, payable to the respectable firm of FERRIER and Co. of Rotterdam, the British consul there, who sent it to their correspondents A. GLENNIE, SON, and Co. of London, to receive; but, upon presenting it to Mr. SCOTT, for pay. ment he said he knew nothing of the drawer, and it was returned to FERRIER, and Co. who have acknowledged the receipt of it but, by some means at present unknown, the bill has been taken out of the hands of FERRIER and Co. and passed at Harwich, to Messrs. HASELTINE and BILLINGSLEY, the agents for packets there, who gave the money for it to a person calling himself JOHN THOMPSON GLENNIE, and some person has forged the indorsement of Messrs. GLENNIE and Co. upon the back of the bill;

And that WM. HALL, frequently noticed, now lives at the Feathers, Great Wild-street, Lincoln's ino Fields.

The celebrated Mr. ANTHONY POWER arrived in Bristol, and began to deal out his orders to the different shopkeepers, The person of this hero is easily distinguishable; he is aged, has grey bair, has lost his front teeth, is very plausible in his conversation, is dressed in a Bath beaver great coat, and a black chip hat.-Bath and Cheltenham Gazette, Sept. 4th, 1816.

Vide, also European Intelligencer, June, July, and August, 1816, and European Magazine, Vol. LXVII, pages 369 and 599; and Vol. LXX, pages 81, 88, and 183.

SIR EYRE COOTE.-A statement has been published of the extraordinary case of this distinguished military Officer.-The public are aware that he was lately degraded from the honour of the Bath, and his name struck out of the Army List. The cause of this proceeding on the part of the Crown, though

whispered about in private circles, has never been clearly promulgated. The object of the pamplet is to state the matter to the public. It is distinctly said, that Sir Eyre has for some time laboured under a temporary derangement, which has at times led to the most eccentric and extravagant acts. From the evidence of several boys, a nurse, and other persons belonging to Christ's Hos pital, it appears, that on Saturday the 25th of November last, Sir E, Coote was found in the Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, under the circumstances stated in the evidence, and taken before the Lord Mayor, on a charge of improper and indecent conduct in the school. It was also stated that so far back as two years before, he had twice entered the school, and conducted himself is a very improper manner; but no particular notice was taken of his extraor dinary behaviour until the 25th of Novem ber. On this latter occasion, it happened that Mrs. Robinson, one of the nurses, entered the room, expressed her surprise and indignation, and sent for the beadle, who took him to the Compter. On the following Monday Sir E. Coote appeared before the Lord Mayor, and being privately examined at the Mansion-house, his Lordship dismissed the complaint; and there is a Letter from him to the Duke of York bear. ing his testimony to the fact. Sir William Curtis, at the time, however, of this investigation said, that though acquitted of guilt, Sir Eyre Coote ought to pay for his folly, and suggested that he should present 1,000!. to the charity. This Sir Eyre objected to do, because it might he attributed to an inproper motive, and might be considered as a compromise instead of an act of benevolence; but he ultimately yielded to the proposal, and sent a draft for 10004, in a blank cover to the Treasurer of the Hospital. This draft was returned by the Committee of Almoners, on learning from what source it came. Five months after, the Comman. der in Chief instituted an inquiry into the case; above 60 Noblemen and Gentlemen bore testimony to the occasional derange ment of Sir E. Coote, and that it was in some degree bereditary. The Board of General Officers appointed by the Commander in Chief, made the following Report:—

“May 17, 1816,

"It appears to us, from a careful exami nation of the declarations of the different persons examined at the Mansion-house on the 18th of April and 15th of May, 1816, as also of the documents furnished by Col. Bagwell (numbered from 1 to 27 inclusive,) to be established,

"I. That General Sir Eyre Coote was detected at Christ's Hospital, on Saturday afternoon in the month of November last, under the circumstances detailed in evidence.

"2. That he had been there before ou the same errand.

the whole family had resolved to rejoice, Alas! how fleeting our earthly joys!--How short of duration our earthly pleasures! To celebrate this event, the whole family except the mother, and a selection of pupris from Mrs. Mills's, and Miss Gilbert's school, in number aitogether (with the waterman), sixteen, to participate in the pleasures of the day, by an excursion up the river Medway, as far as Ibailing. Mrs. Gilbert entreated that a land excursion might be substituted, as more safe; and at the time most reluctantly parted with her children. The party set sail for their dess tination, and nothing occurred to lessen the pleasure of the excursion, until the evening, on their return, about seven o'clock, na passing through the middle arch of Rochester Bridge. They had gone through the arch in their way up the river, but in the interval of their absence, some workmen who were repairing it, had laid a plank across to stop craft of all descriptions passing through; on their return in the evening, Do light having been left, or any precaution used by the workmen, the boat foundered upon it, and, melancholy to relate, every soul perished! The whole of the party were dissenters, of the independent per

to protect the passenger from a precipice of 150 feet: the animal made a dash at the railing, and clearing it, the gig became entangled: two chimney-sweep lads with great presence of mind, seeing the awful situation of the youg man, pulled him out of the gig by the skirts of his coat, when immediately after the coping stones gave way, the horse and gig were precipitated down a fall of 120 feet, and of course, dashed to atoms!

SEPT. 1. The herring fishery at Wick and along the coast of Clyth and Latheron have been very abundant this season: some days it was computed that about 1,000 harrels of fish were delivered at Wick and Pultney Town, which at the prices paid to the fishers for the crane, would amount to 5001, a crane heing little more than a barrel of cured fi-h. The quantities of fisk have been so great, that the curers are now buying the crane for 6s, and some as low

as 5s.

One of those melancholy accidents, which so frequently occur, resulting from excursions upon the water, took place, on Friday Sept. 13, at Rochester. Mrs, Gilbert, who resides at Chatham, was, on the morning of the day on which the accident alluded to happened, blessed with one son, and two daughters, one of whom was married to a gentlemen of the name of Mills; and to add to the happiness of the mother, there was an addition to her family of a beautiful linte grand-daughter, about four-years and a half old. The son (an only son), on the morning of the 13th, hailed the day that completed his 21st year; a day on which

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were singing a hymn in the most melodious style, which attracted the attention of some person who was then on the bridge; but before he could obtain a view of the boat, a heart-rending shriek announced the dread. ful catastrophe, the alarm was instantly given, and many boats with great promptitade put off to the bridge, but not a soul was to be seen.-A faithful dog, which had accompanied the party, and was tied to the boat, was the only life spared; and, when released, swam on shore, to run to his lone home. The names of the unfortunate sufferers are as follows:

Mr. and Mrs. Mills; their little girl, four years and a half old; Miss Gilbert; Miss Brock, daughter of Mr. Brock, linen-draper; Miss Shirley, daughter of Mr. H. Shirley, leather-cutter; Miss Morson, daugh ter of a professional gentleman. The above were all of Chatham. Miss Gange. of Sittingbourne; Miss Meggett, of Sheerness; two young ladies of the names of Millar, from London; and Miss Mathews, daughter of Mr. Joseph Mathews, of the Ware Farm, at Good Easter, Essex.

The greatest part of this tale of woe is disclosed; there are, however, further distresses to relate, the poor waterman has left a wife and seven children to deplore bis absence. The young ladies were between the ages of 12 and 16; and no one of the sufferers exceeded 30, except the water

mao.

A Coroner's Inquest sat on Monday, to investigate the cause of the deaths of the boat party drowned at Roche ter-bridge, They returned, late in the evening the fal

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lowing verdict: Accidentally drowned, occasioned by the negligence of the Bridge Warden.

ATTACK UPON ALGIERS.

DUTCH OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE.

(Staas-Courant Extraordinary.)

THE HAGUE, Sept. 16-Lieutenant Arriens, of the naval service, this morning arrived from the Bay of Algiers, which he left on the 1st of September, at the office of the Marine Department, with dispatches from Vice Admiral Cappellen, of the following contents :

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HON. SIR-Lord Exmouth, during his short stay at Gibraltar, having increased his force with some gun-boats, and made all his arrangements, on the 14th of August the united squadrons put to sea, consisting of the following vessels:-Queen Charlotte, 110 guns; Impregnable, 96; Superb, 74; Minden, 74; Albion, 74; Leander, 50; Severn, 40: Glasgow, 40; Granicus, 86; Hebrus, 36; Heron, 18; Mutine, 18; Prometheus, 18; Cordelia, 10; Britomart, 10; Express, 8; Falmouth, 8; Belzebub, bomb; Fury, idem; Hecla, idem; Infernal, idem; (Dutch) Melampus, 44; Frederica, 44; Dageraad, 30; Diana, 44; Amstel, 44; and Eendragt, 18,

On the 10th, off Cape de Gate, the Prometheus corvette joined the fleet. Capt. Dashwood reported, that he had succeeded in getting the family of the British Consul at Algiers on board by stratagem; but that their flight being too soon discovered, the Consul, together with two boats' crews of the Prometheus, had been arrested by the Dey, who, having already received a report of this second expedition, had made all preparations for an obstinate opposition, and summoning the inhabitants of the interior, had already assembled more than 50,000 men, both Moors and Arabs, under the walls of Algiers. In consequence of a calin, and afterwards by strong easterly winds, we were not before the Bay of Algiers until the 27th of Aug. in the morning. Lord Exmouth immediately sent, by a flag of truce, a written proposal to the Dey, containing in substance, that the late atrocities at Bona having broken all former connections, he demanded in the name,of the Prince Regent

1. The immediate delivering up of all Christian slaves without ransom.

2. The restitution of all the money which had already been received for the Sardinian and Neapolitan captives.

3. A solemn declaration from the Dey, that he bound himself, like those of Tripoli and Tunis, to respect the rights of humanity, and in future wars to treat all prisoners according to the usages of European nations.

4. Peace with bis Majesty the King of the Netherlands on the like terms as with the Prince Regent,

On all these articles his Lordship expected an answer yea or no, or hostilities must immediately commence.

His Lordship, on whom I waited in the morning, was afraid that he should that day be obliged to rest satisfied with coming to anchor, and confine himself for the night to an attack by bomb vessels, gun and rocket boats.-Scarcely had I returned on board my vessel when the sea-breeze sprung up, and the fleet bore into the bay with press of sail: the four bomb-vessels imme. "diately took their station before the town, and every thing was prepared for the attack. Shortly afterwards, his Lordship communicated to me, by private signal, “I shall attack immediately, if the wind does not fail." Upon this I immediately made signal to form line of battle in the order agreed upon, in the supposition that all the officers must have been well acquainted with the position of the forts and batteries that fell to our share, before the attack was to begin; but as it appears that the signal was not well understood, I resolved to change the line, and to lead it myself in the Melampus. At half past one o'clock the whole fleet bore up in succession, the Me lampus closing in with the rearmost ship of the English line; and at 15 minutes past two o'clock, we saw Lord Exmouth with the Queen Charlotte before the wind with sails standing, come to anchor with thres anchors from the stern, with her broadside in the wished-for position, within pistol. shot of the batteries, just before the opening of the mole. This daring and unex. pected manevre of this vessel (a threedecker) appears to have so confounded the enemy, that a second ship of the line had already well nigh taken her position before the batterics opened their fire, which, how violent soever, was fully replied to. Hav ing told Captain de Man that I wished, as speedily as possible, with the Melampus, and the other frigates in succession, to take our position on the larboard side of Lord Exinouth, and to draw upon our squadrea all the fire of the southern batteries, the Captain brought his frigate in a masterly manner under the cross fire of more than 100 guns, the bow-sprit quite free of the Glasgow, with an anchor from the head and stern, in the required position, so as to open our larboard guns at the same minute. Captain Ziervogel, who was fully ac quainted with the above plan, and with the batteries, brought his frigate, the Data, nearly at the same moment within a fathom's length of the place where I had wished it, for our directed position. The Dageraad. Captain Polders, also immediately opened her batteries in the best direction. Captain Van der Straten and Van der Hart by the thick smoke, and not being so fall acquainted with the localities, were not s fortunate in the first moments; but worded with the greatest coolness, and under the

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heaviest fire, so as to give their batteries a good direction. The Eendragt, Captain Lieat, Wardenberg, which I had placed in reserve, in order to be able to bring assistance, remained under the fire of the batte ries close by. Our ships had not fired for more than half an hour when Lord Exmouth acquainted me that he was very much satisfied with the direction of the fire of our squadron on the southern batteries, because these giving now as little hindrance as possible, be commanded the whole of the mole, and all the enemy's ships.

His Majesty's squadron, as well as the British force, appeared to be inspired with the devotedness of our magnanimous chief to the cause of all mankind; and the cool news and order with which the terrible fire of the batteries was replied to, close under the massy walls of Algiers, will as little admit of description, as the heroism and self-devotion of each individual generally, and the greatness of Lord Exmouth in particular, in the attack of this memorable day.

The destruction of nearly half Algiers, and, at 8 o'clock in the evening, the burning of the whole Algerine navy have been the result of it. Till 9 o'clock, Lord Ex mouth remained with the Queen Charlotte in the same position, in the hottest of the fire, thereby encouraging every one not to give up the work until the whole was com pleted, and thus displaying such perseverance, that all were animated with the same spirit, and the fire of the ships against that of a brave and desperate enemy appeared la redouble.

Shortly afterwards, the Queen Charlotte, by the loosening of the burning wreck, being in the greatest danger, we were, under the heaviest fire, only anxious for the safety of our noble leader; hut upon offer. ing him the assistance of all the boats of the squadron, bis reply was: “ that having calculated every thing, it behoved us by no means to be alarmed for his safety, but only to continue our fire with redoubled zeal, for the execution of his orders, and according to his example."

His Lordship, at last, about half an hour to ten o'clock, having completed the des truction in the mole, gave orders to retire without the reach of the enemy's fire; which I, as well as all the others, scrupled to obey, before the Queen Charlotte was in safety from the burning ships.

In this retreat, which, from the want of wind, and the damage suffered in the rigging, was very slow, the ships had still to suffer much from a new-opened and redoubled Sre of the enemy's batteries; at last, the land-breeze springing up, which Lord Exmouth had reckoned upon, the fleet, at 12 came to anchor in the middle of the bay.

The Queen Charlotte, under the fire of the batteries, passing the Melampus under

sail, his Lordship wished to be able to see me, in order to completely reward me by shaking my hand in the heartiest manner, and saying "I have not lost sight of my Dutch friends: they have, as well at mine, done their best for the glory of the day."

This circumstance, and the general order of Lord Exmouth to the fleet, of which I have the honour to inclose a copy, must make the squadron hope for his Majesty's satisfaction.

For our loss in killed and wounded, Í have to refer you to the subjoined list: it is remarkably small for ships exposed to a fire of eight hours' duration, in compari son with that of the English ships. In the damage done to our rigging, &c. your Excellency will observe that we have been less fortunate.

The day after the action, Lord Exmouth sent a second summons to the Dey, of which his Lordship sent me a copy; it stated, that by the destruction of half Algiers and of his whole navy, the Dey was now chastised for his faithless conduct at Bona, &c. and that he could only prevent the total des truction of the town by the acceptance of the conditions of the preceding day. The signal of the acceptance of the conditions was the firing of three shots, which three hours afterwards, we had the satisfaction of hearing. In a conference with two persons empowered by the Dey, on board Lord Exmouth's ship, at which myself, together with Admiral Milne and Captain Brisbane, were present, all the paints were regulated. The conclusion of the peace was, for England and the Netherlands, celebrated by the firing a salute of twice 21 cannon ș, and I have now the satisfaction of wishing you joy on the successful termination of the efforts of his Majesty in the cause of humanity. [Here follow praises bestowed by the Admiral on the different officers of his squadron.]

In proof of his adherence to the treaty the Dey must this day, at 12 o'clock, dełiver up 300,000 dollars; and all the slaves must be rea iy for embarkation at the wharf. Those of our country are in number 26 or 27, all we'', besides many others driven into the interior of the country, and who cannot be here before two or three days.

I shall have the honour, on a future opportunity, to report further to your Excellency; and am, with the highest respect, &c.

T. VAN DE Cappellen.

His Majesty's frigate Melampus, Bay of Algiers, Aug. 80, 1816,

The Netherlanders who were in captivity at Algiers were already, on the 31st of August, on board the flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Van de Cappellen, who had appointed the Dageraad frigate to convey them to their native country, The corvette Eendragt has been sent to Marseilles, to bring the

Consul Frassinet.-The joyful tidings of the victory over the Algerines was made known to the inhabitants of this residence by the firing of cannon,

SEPT. 21. Considerable inconvenience has been experienced for a day or two, and particularly yesterday morning, in the dif ferent shops and markets in the metropolis, For same time it has been known that French shillings and sixpences have been refused, but, on a sudden, the English sixpences have been refused, and Friday and yesterday morning the smooth shillings also. Many shopkeepers would not take any but the shilIng upon which the heads are visible. Now the quantity of these is so very small, that not one perhaps in 30 of those in circulation have any head on them, or indeed any mark to shew that they ever bore any impression. Yet the silver is good-and as they will be received at the Mint in exchange for the new coinage when it comes out, it surprised us that they should be refused. But it proceeded from a report which we are able to contradict by the following Notice, which the Lord Mayor stuck up at the Mansion-house this morning, and which, of course, must produce the desired effect of restoring circulation to the rejected shillings and sixpences:

SILVER COIN." Take notice, the Bank of Eugland do dot refuse any Shillings or Sixpences on account of being plain, provided they are English. By order of the Lord Mayor.

FRANCIS HOBLER,"

In addition to the Lord Mayor's Notice, we have to insert the following Notice from authority:

"SILVER COIN.-Take notice- All ShilJings and Sixpences of the Coin ́ of the Realm, and whether plain or not, will continue to be exchanged at the Bank of EngJand as heretofore, till the issue of the new Silver Coinage, which will not take place

before the month of February next. N.B, Those who refuse to take the current Coin of the Realm are liable to be prosecu. ted.-Sept. 21, 1816."

SECOND NOTICE.

"WOOD, Mayor.-SILVER COIN.-By authority of his Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department, Notice is hereby given that all Shillings and Sixpences that can be considered as of the Established Standard in fineness, will be exchanged for new Silver Coin when it is issued ; and, it appears that large proportions of the Plain Shillings and Sixpences, now in circulation, are of this description,―By order of the Lord Mayor.. "F. HOBLER."

"Mansion-house, Saturday,

21st Sept. 1816,"

As it may be both interesting and useful to many of our fellow citizens, to be in-formed what days the Court of Aldermen and Common Council will be held, we present them with the following dates, for the remainder of this year:

Courts of Aldermen,
Oct. 8.
Nov. 8

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Courts of Common Council, Oct. 24.

An ingenious improvement on the construction of Artificial Legs, has lately been accomplished by Mr. POTTS, of Little Chelsea. The advantages of the present invention are said to lie not only in a simplification in the mechanical construction of the Instrument, but a nearer approximation to the natural actions of the humau limb, besides possessing the peculiar advantage of supplying the deficient appearance at nearly balf the usual weight,

• Vide advertisement,

Sept. 3. In Portland-place, the lady of William Curtis, Esq. of a son.

7. In Hertford street, May-fair, Lady Emily Drummond, of a son.

10. The lady of the Rev. Richard Yates, of Chelsea College, of a son,

13. At Battle Abbey, Sussex, the lady of Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart, of a sup.

16. At Greenwich, Mrs. Fawcet, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, of a son, 17. In Grosvenor square, the Countess of Verulam, of a son.

19. In Connaught place, the lady of Robert Wigram, Esq. M.P. of a son.

ANUARY 19. At St. John's, Calcutta, Elijah linpey, Esq. of the Bengal Medical Establishmen', to Marian, daughter

of Benjamin Bonn, Esq. Paymaster of his Majesty's 9th Regiment of Eosts

Aug. 8. Michie Forbes, Esq. of Fitzroy