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hen opposed by the present Ministers. The doctt. on the 15th ultimo, addressed a circular letter to thei runt alluded to is sufficiently explicit, nor does it re- , Captains of ships at Gibraltar, expressing his satis uire any farther notice. ! faction and admiration of the gallant conduct of Lieu ! tenant P. WILLIAMS, of the Entreprenante cutter, in Letters were received at Kingston, in Jamaica, on beating off four of the enemy's privateers, close to t the Ist December , announcin g that a Revolution hadlte Castle of Faro. The united force of the enemy been commenced at Cuba, and that the Governor of was 17 guns and 170 men ; that of the Entreprenante the Island and all the Judges had been arrested and 12 guns and men—of whom'one Ws killed and thrown into prison, and their lives threatened. Two ten wounded in the action. violent Proclamations have been issued by the party in I power from Ptincip6, censuring the conduct of the Real Audiencia, the Cabildo, Governor, &c. in the administration of justice, and declaring their determi nation no longer to pay obedience to their authority. This insurrection is headed by the Archbishop of the Island, and under his name a public instrument -as issued, declaring its object. Among other things it speaks as follows : It is always necessary to pay obedience to a law ul superior tribunal: thus the island of Cuba cannot follow the plan of the Caraccas, because it has acknow ledged the Regency, and because nw-aly politicians agree in opinion that Caraccas and its confederate provinces will terminate their revolution in anarchy, which state must always be an object of dread with tl:e inhabitants of Cuba.' What is desired is, that the Wand shall be governed by a Junta of wise and opu lent men (not by Magistrates called Cidores, whose iniquities are well known, and cannot be recollected wit:tout indignation) acknowledging the Regency and the alliance with Great Britain. This is their ob jed in aspirin: to the establishment of a Junta, and no other." We have received letters from the Mediterranean Fleet to the 4th ult. They were still lying at Port Mahon, Minorca, watering, refitting, and sheltering themselves from the dreadfully-blowing weather which is experienced at this season of the year off Toulon. The enemy seem to have no immediate ob ject to accomplish in that quarter by sea ; therefore ility continue secure in Toulon harbour. Sir C. Cox- Tot: finds that it tears the ships to pieces to keep the sea ; several of them have sprung their masts, yards, /cc. and will be obliged to go to Gibraltar to refit.— Sir Charles has left a squadron to watch the enemy at Toulon. The ships at Minorca were— The Su loser, Hibernia, Vine de Paris, Royal Sovereign, Te• steraire, liVarspite, Conqueror, Invincible, Sultan, Centaur, ViC tonics, Bombay, Rodney, York, Tigre, Achille, Unite, Cann brio, Nautilus, Minorca, and Shearwater, Those watching Toulon are-- The Ajax, Repulse, Euryalus, and Imperieuse. _ _ _ . _ The enemy had lately chaced them, and would have captured the Imperieuse had they continued the pur suit: but they appeared to be afraid of being drawn too" far from the land. The Eagle was gone to Malta to repair, she having got on shore at Mahon. The Victorious is to relieve the Montague off Corfu : the Montague is to proceed to Cadiz, and from thence Rumours of a change of Administration still con.' tinue to be circulated. Lord HOLLAND, who is now confined with the gout in his left knee, had a select party with him yesterday at his house in Pall Mall. At this meeting, as it is said, arrangements to the following effect were proposed :—Lord HOLLAND to be first Lord of the Treasury, Mr. TIERNEY to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Admiralty rests between Earl SPENCER and Lord KEITH. The To. reign Secretaryship between Lord GRENVILLE and Earl GREY ; both Noblemen having already filled that office, it is a point of etiquette, which of the two will take the appointment. she is to come home. The Warrior is coming to ! England immediately. The Fame is on her passage home with her convoy. The Seahorse is likewise to bring a convoy home. The Leviathan is at Gibral tar, getting a new main -mast, having been struck by lightning—nobody hurt. The Blake has left Gib raltar to rejoin the fleet at Mahon. The Kent is craizing off Genoa. The Volontaire is assisting the Spaniards at Tarragona. The Magnificent is off Corfu ; the Thames and Salcette, at Malta; the Blos- sorl, cruizing off Marseilles. Rear-Admiral Sir C. Divr.r3 has hoisted his flag on board the Canopus, at Palermo, in the room of Admiral MARrIN, who has On Saturday moning, about nine o'clock, the Lord CHANCELLOR and Mr. PEaCEVAL left town for Wind sor, where they arrived a little before twelve o'clock, at which time the QUEEN was about to take an airing, hut relinquished it, and was closetted with the two Chancellors for upwards of an hour. They after wards had a long consultation with his MAJESTY'S Physicians, and, it is added, they saw the KING ; but of this we are not certain. They set of for London about three o'clock, and arrived in Downing-street at half-past five. We understand his MAJESTY repeated his walk, on Windsor Terrace on Saturday, for about an hoar, at tended by three of the Physicians. There was a general assembly of the Royal Family at Windsor Castle on Saturday evening. The Prince of WALES, Dukes of CLARENCE, CUMBERLANR, and SUSSEX arrived there before four and five o'clock ; the Dukes of YORK and KENT were there previously toseseet them. All of them spent the evening with the Quextt, together with the PRINCESSES. resigned his command in the Mediterranean fleet.— Sir S. HOOD has shifted his flag to the Hibernia— Capt. J. C. Whirrs: has taken the command of the Centaur. The Spanish ship of the line El Vincedor, 74, has been lost on the West side of Sardinia. She sailed from Gibraltar in company with the Rodney. for Minorca bat tempestuous weather blew her past that island, and occasioned her loss in the Bay of Rosas. Fourteen of the crew of the Rodney were un fortunately lost in her. Yesterday at twelve o'clock the Prince of WALES ind Duke of CUMBERLAND left Windsor for London. 'The other Royal Dukes remained at Windsor when our account left that place. Yesterday morning the Qum: and the PRINCESSES beard divine service to Windsor Castle. . It is said, that a cabinet-maker inWindsor has made for the KING a draft-bQard and men, with such marks that his MAJESTY knows them perfectly well by the feel, and now sometimes plays with General FITZROY. An order has been issued from Whitehall, that no Frenchwomen shall be permitted to land.in this coun try, who might have left France to see their husbands. The reason to be assigned to them for such refusal is, that the French Government would not permit Lady LAVA and family to land in France, to join Sir THOMAS, who is a prisoner at Verdun. The order is in force at Portsmouth. The remains of Mr. Lewis, the Comedian, were, on Saturday, removed from his house, Westbourne-place, for interment in a family vault, at Liverpool. The Parks yesterday were visited by a numerous assemblage of fashion. Sir DAVID BAIRD arrived in town on Saturday, from Scotland. We have received, vie Gibraltar, letters from Tar ragona to the Ist ult. accompanied by two Catalonia Gazettes to the 26th November. The former state that the enemy had been reinforced before Tortosa ; and that Suenzrototwithstanding the hiclensency of the season, was pushing the operations with such vi_ goer that the early surrender of that fortress was ex , pasted. Both the letters and papers concur in repro -11 tenting that a contagious fever had broke out at Bar eelona, and which had been destructive equally to the garrison and the inhabitants. From the numerous military details in these Ga vettes, in all of which the bravery of the Patriots is conspicuous, we select one gallant atchievement, plan ned with skill, and boldly executed by Col. Rovino. This Officer, at the bead of 1000 men, under favour cf a diversion made by the Marquis de CAIAPOVYRDE at Puycegerda, ascended the Eastern Pyrennecs, and penetrated into Rousillon. The garrisons of Villa franche and Perpignan, enfeebled and irresolute, were i:rable to impede his march. His little force crossed the river Tet, dispersed a body of troops eqpported by the peasantry, entered the towns of Candles, St. Paul, Zouchan, and Peruses, and afor laying their inhabitants, as well as ten villages under contribution, and collecting in money and valuables near 80,000 dollars, evaded, by a Arafat and rapid march, the force collected to intercept him, and re-entered Cata lonia in triumph. Commodore PENAOSZ, commanding a flotilla of tan boats and small vessels in the Gut of Gibraltar, Lieutenant THOMAS MOOR, of the Royal 'Marines, 1 (the second, for there are two of that name in the Marines) was, by his Majesty, last Novemher, pro moted to the Brevet rank of Captain in the A.rmy, for his great and gallant conduct in having, when landed at Grao with a party of Royal Marines from his Majesty's ship Amphion, attacked a French guard, vastly superior in number, and after a severe contest, where both officers and men were actually engaged I man to man, hand to hand, every individual of the guard was either killed, wounded, or taken prisoners; he also spiked some guns and carried off two, which, as well as the prisoners, he took on board the Am phion ; and this was done in view of a considerable French force which was at a small distance. _ _ _ _ . Thursday se'nuight, a boat belonging to the Sal. danha, Captain STEWARD, having on board a mid- ; shipman and eleven of the ship's crew, was returning to the frigate from the shore, near Rathmullen, Ire land, where they had been filling some water casks, when she was struck by a sea, which diove the casks astern, and the boat immediately filled with water, and the midshipman, whose name is GRAHAM, and seven of the crew, found a watery grave. The four ' others survived the fury cf the billows, by the assist ance of the oars and casks which floated ; but two of them finding it impracticable to sit alone, agreed to join hands in 'the centre of the same cask, and hold it also at the ends, by which means both were saved. A Court-Martial was held on Friday, at Portsmouth, on Lieutenant GEORGE 'Km, of his Majesty's ship Royal William ; and Lieutenant JAMES READ, of the Royal Marines, on board the said ship ; for unofficer. like, disorderly, and contemptuous behaviour; fur pre , suming to quarrel with their superior Officer, and for using reproachful or provoking speeches or gestures tending to breed a quarrel or disturbance. Lieute nant KING was admonished to be more careful in his I conduct in future ; and Lieut. RI AD reprimanded, Fand ordered to be put at the bottom of the list of the Royal Marine Forces.—Rear.Admiral HAEGOOD D President. MARE-LANE.—The fresh arrivals of Wheat tn-day make the supply considerable—with part of )ast week's foreign upwards of 6000 quarters; and sales named about 2s. lower. Barley in middling supply, j and, with Malt, maintains last prices. White and Grey Peas, and Beans of the two sorts, have varied but little since our last quotation. Oats are in short supply, waiting arrivals; few sales are effected, and I those at little variation. Flour at last week's reduc j tion. GINICIAL (VIRIXIT AS UNDelt. Wheat 68s. R2s 901. [bans, 50s. 555. Fiue ditto, 941. 95,. Tick ditto, 445. SW. Rye, (new) 345. 321. Oats, 245. 223.214. Barley, 265. 42a, Poland ditto, 325. 351. Malt, 116 s. i3l. Potatoe ditto, 96 a. White Pea. (Rapers) 45,. 844. Rape Seed id4s Fine Fleur, tiOs. to 85..--Sogoads, 73s 1• 294 Ate ARMY..,, Rear Admiral llifJosapti Swam Yoater will hcist his flag fn4mrresr at Portsmouth, on board the Vit. TORY, and, as soon as possible afterwards, will sail with eight sail of the line, a,44-gar.-ship, two frigates and a sloop under his command, for Lisbon.' The ships appointe d fur this set vice are— - Ships. Victory (flag ship) Formidable .• Ganges Dan w etuark Poinpee Gems. Commanders. it rapt. Uuwuaresq. 98 J. N. Morrie. 74 pundits: - - 74 Eine. - - SO Sir James Athol Wood. Orion Revenge Vengeur Ethalion ' - - Fisgard (frigate) - Psinous; (sloop) 74 Sir Arch. Dick.uni. 74 Capt. Nash. 74 T. Brown. - , .-- Heywood. - Ma.,on. Yi,illoit. These ships will take 5000 troops on board ; for the better accommodation of which, some of the line of-battle-ships have taken out their lower-deck guns. When they will embark is not at present known, no preparatory orders having yet been received there.— We understand Sir JosaPH will return from Libon immediately, and take upon him a command in the Channel Fleet. A reinforcement of 10,000 men will immediately be sent to join Lord WELLINGTON, to enable him to attack the French ; and if possible, to dr;-:e them from the Peninsula. Tile 2d battalion of the llth regiment has arrived at Portsmouth from Guernsey. They will sail immediately for Cadiz. The following regiments are lying within three or four days march of Po: tsmouth, preparatory, it is supposed, to their being embarked : id Regiment (or Queen's) - . Chichester 68th Regiment (Light Infantry) Bognor Seth Regiment Horsham 51st Regiment (Light Infantry) - - Ditto 52d Reriment, si Bottalion (Light Infantry) Lewes Ssth Regiment (Light Infantry) - - Bexhill Ist ani td Battalion Light Infantry, K. G. L. Ditto. They will be immediately embarked on board the following ships :—Victory, 100 guns, (flag-ship) Cap tain DUSIARESQ ; Formidable, 98, Capt. J. N. MORRIS; Ganges, 74, Capt. DUNDAS ; Danmark, 74, Capt. BISSETT ; Pompee, 80, Sir JAMES ATHOL WOOD; Orion, 74, Sir Altai. DICKSON ; Revenge, 74, Capt. NASH ' • Vengeur, 74, Capt. T. BaowN ; Ethalion, Capt. HEYWOOD ; Fisgard, (frigates) Capt. MASON ; and the Primrose sloop, Capt. Puiu.orr. The following detachments of the 13th, 14th, and 16th Light Dragoons, with the 3d Dragoon Guards, and 4th Dragoons, have re-embarked on board trans ports, at Plymouth, for Lisbon ; and on Thursday morning, the German Legion Hussars embarked for the same destination. They will sail when the wind suits. The 11th Regiment of Dragoons is tinder orders for embarkation, we believe at Plymouth, and for Portugal. A number of farmers were last week summoned before the Magistrates at Stafford, for making a deduc tion from the wages of their servants enrolled in the Local Militra, os account of their having been absent from service during the period of training and ex ercise. The Magistrates observed, that the Legis lature had provided for the point in dispute, and re-' ferred to the 15th clause of the 48th Geo. 111. c. S. which ordains, that no ballot, enrolment, and service tinder the Act shall make void, or in any manner af fect, any indenture of apprenticeship or contract of service. The defendants, upon the Act being read, agreed to pay their servants full wages. NAVAL INTELLIGENCI. FALMOUTH, JANUARY is. Sailed the Expedition, Speculation, and Richard cutters, for Lisbon ; and the Swallow packet, for Ply mouth. PLYMOUTH, JANUARY IL Arrived the TALBOT sloop of war from the Irish station. Came up harbour to repair the AMAZON and Lotus frigates. Put back, owing to a foul wind, the ' MARINER gun brig, with a Dock-yard lighter, bound to Scilly. The CONSTANT gun brig, which sailed on Wednesday, was forced to to put back on Thursday evening, but sailed again yesterday for the Rochefort station. Went out of harbour the BLOODIICrCND gun brig. Sailed the REVENGE, of 74 guns, for Ports. mouth ; MAmmonoucu, of 74 guns, for the Roche. fort station ; the Roven brig of war, with a convoy to the Eastward; MARINZR gun brig, with a Dock yard lighter under convoy for Scilly : and the Nocton packet with mails for the Mediterranean, Cadiz, kc. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY ilo. Arrived the SNAPI sloop of war from the Leeward Islands. DIAL, JANUARY 20. Sailed his Majesty's ships SAN DOMINGO, Drrrvcit t and FOIITOSPE, for Portsmouth.---Put back the Val. met - Castle, Milford, and the Henry Addington E Ist ladiamen.—Wind S.W. ind fine weather. SHF.E!NESS, JANUARY L , O. Arrived the MANLY gun-brig, from Chatham I OLYMPIA, from the River Thames; the MAartat. CRUIZER, and LYNX, from the Eastward ; and Ciao., staa, from the Westward, Sailed for Chatham t MERcustius and SIIELDRAXE sloops. Came into his. bour the GLUCXSTADT sloop of wTai-. 'Went out c 4 harbour the RUBY, TherAyoa, and TRINCULO. YARMOUTH, JANUARY 20. Yesterday and this morning the followipg ships left these Roads for the Norc, viz --PAkttAnz fri- Sgate EREBUS, RALEIGH, cRUIZER, RANGER, and itzusaasts sloops; PORTIA, ItIDBRIAST, EXERTION, LOCUST, MARTIAL, HEARTY, BLAZER, CRACKER, TRASHER, and:Pptcuaa gnn-brigs ; and on a cruize, BRITOMART, VIXEN, and CHARTICLEEK.—Remain the Roebuck and Leveret ; and in dm harbour, refitting Acute, Censor, and Snipe gun brigs, Chee r f u l an d Swan cutters, Emms, Paz, Jande, and Patriot armed vessels.—Wind S.W. LEITH, JAN. 17. The Ardent, GI, which sailed on Sunday, has corm, bu'anchor ten or twelve miles down the Frith ; and the Amiable frigate has returned to the Roads, and is at anctionvith her convoy to the eastwafd of Inch keith. The Snake brig made the signal for sailing yesterday morning- ; she is goir on a cruise. These vessels hive siace sailed. I A large three Matted vestel,lits*4lo,o 44 lo . ' tend a few days Vince. The following whalers were 041 od the coast of reru at the uedermtntioned dates t The Venus with. 844) barrels, the end of August; the Petseve. ;owe. with 1500 ditto, in September4:l 4 bames, With 1100 ditto, in August $ Leviathan, with 600 ditto, in Jilly Seringanatam, with 120 ditto, in September. The Halberts ; WrasoN, from Honduras to I.teadott o was in company with the Fortitude on Tuestlay night. The Fortitude arrived off Dover on Wedneadq. The Lady Mitchell, HoDD, sailed from Nova Scotia on the 28th of September, and has not since been heard of. The Catherine, TAIT, frcm London to Tarragona. went into Barceßma by mistake, and was captured by the French. • The outward-bound West India fleet, 1 t 9 sail, was spt ke on the sth instant in lat. 41. 4 81. N. long. 15. 52. W. all well. ADMIRALTY COVET, lAMARY 17. Allacrtino, Boyer master.—This was a further proof cue,evlth respect to destination.—Condemned. Dash, master.—This vessel, with others, was seized by order of Commodore Owen, on the surrender of Brouweishavt.o g and the question was, whether she was to be considered is a pet. vateer or a merchant vessel? The Court concluded her to be the latter, and entitled to protection, under one of the articles of capitulation.—Rest oted. master.---This was a case of a similar descrips don.—Restnre d. Die Fran Margaretha, Bohne maiter..-There being no chilli in this case, ship and cargo were condemned. Maria Dorothea, Kohlen master.—This vessel sailed ender Swedish colours, and was captured going into an interdicted port. —Cargo condensneL Dorothea L.ouisa, Zirk master.—further proof required of that property of the cargo. Frederica Dorothea, Dahl master.—Thts vessel, under Danish colours, vas laden with deals and iron.—Condemned. Helena Rebecca, Fairings master.—This ship, laden with corn, was captuted en a voyage from Humes to North Bergen.—Con demned. Patrioten, Hermansen master.—This vessel, under Danish to. lours, was laden with barley and rye. Further proof required. Fertuna, Cordsea master,—The claimants declined proceeding any further.—Condemued. Heilperon Forjusen master.—This verse!, laden with malt, was proceeding from Rostock to Bergen.—Condemned. Frau lenge, Hendrick master.—Property restored, subject to the captors expellees. Anna Maria, Hagman master.—Tkis vessel was under Prtgs sian colours, laden with tobacco, tallow, ai.l flaz.Condenaned. Ingelbourg Maria, Forjusen /Ant:n-7'li% vessel was El , ln with malt, &c.—Ship and cargo condemned, and the private alveraures restored. Pilaulch, Cuyt muter 4 and longe Pieter, hos nuster.—Pro. perty restored. JANUARY 18. Alexander, Raabe master:— rhis vessel, under tnis;an co. lops, Was bound from Rubsia to London. Itestored, reserving the question of costs, damages ant captor? erpences. Hoop, Wryland master.—This vessel i under DLitt% colours, laden with tar and mats, was proceeding from Archangel, ustvn. silly, to a port in Hollant—The Court required the letters front the owners to be produced. CEconomie Erin master.--This Prussian vessel was lades with wheat st:sd rye, from Stettin to Getterburg.—The Court gave leave for the admissi on of capture affidavits. Marquis Cornwallis.—This was a question of salver —One. sixth salvage pronounced. Vrow Elizabeth, Cloudappel master.—This vessel undtr Dutell colours, was laden with pitch and tir.--Restored. Entlin Gabriel, --: master —This vessel was sailing under Danish colours, with barley and rye.—Restered, Subject to Use expeoces of taking depositions. HIGH COURT OF APPEAL, Lew. 19. THZ BRIG IiERMIONE. This was an appeal from the Court of Admiralty, in a case of salvage of ship and . cargo, brought by the owners of the vessel against a decree of that Court, which had been pronounced in favour of the clainnusts, under the following circumstances : The vessel in question was captured by a French privateer, on her voyage borne from the Leeward Islands, the crew were all taken out iiteept the mate and three ordinary seamen, and a prize -master, with eight hands, put on board for the purpose of carrying the captured ship into Guadaloupe. These men were all well provided with arms—cutlasses, pistol's, ace. During the voyage, the mate discovered, that four of the enemy's crew were not Frenchmen, but foreigners serving on board the French vessel, and, not o . hole crew, only four could steer, two of those were French, and the other two foreigners, who took the helm alternately. The mate contrived to enter into a sort of confidential intercourse or conspinicy with the foreign seamen, and whenever the watch came to their turn persuaded them to keep the vessel to the Inorthward as much as possible, in the hope of falling in with some friendly ship or island. In this manner the voyage was prosecuted, the ship going for twelve hours out - of the twenty-four, doe north, and directly out of their intended course. The prizentaster, who `was a bad sailor, was ignorant of this proceeding, and when the Frenchmen took the helm, the mare contrived to slip one of the pump-bolts into the bin. nacle, by which stratagem the compass was attracted to the southward, so that by this means, while thir Frenchmen had the watch, they steered at least two points to the northward of their regular course, and eventually.they were brought into a most intricate navigation among the islands, and g ot aground on a reef of rocks, which run off an unnown land -by the exertion of the crew; however, , the vessel eras again put to rights, and proceeded on her voyage.— The mate, disappointed thus far in his hopes, had recourse to further stratagem, and threw is an addi tional quantity of old iron into the binnacle, which had the desired effect, and made the compass swerve still more from its point, and the next morning the 'Vessel got so fast on a ridge of rocks that all the exer tions of the crew woe vain. By this time the French. men discovered that it was not the island of Guada. lonpe that they had made,. but to their chagrin and disappointment founphey were fast, almost within a cable's length of the shore of the island of Antigua. At this moment the mate seized all the arms he could collect, and having • armed himself and comrades, threw the remainder overboard, and bid defiance to the enemy. The Frenchmen, panic struck, jumped overboard, the mate immediately hoisted Epglish co lours, and fired three guns, and soon after assistance came from the shore, and after much exertion the vessel was got off, and brought, with her cargo, side (into port, having sustained some injury. . 010 The defence against the claim f or sa l vage was, that the mate had only acted in this m anner wit h a v i ew be p revert his being tarriedhuo an enemy's port, an d g made a prisoner of war ; and that by his means the vessel was driven on a reef of rocks, where both vessel and cargo might have been ultimately lost, and therefore it was contended that the claimants were not entitled to salvage. The Court, after hell th e argument s on b ot h sides, affirmed the decree the Court below.