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• meat. as of War, of nasties t of Mar ine s of For e igi Relations, MA of the Horne Department. It is likewife Paid that the French army here are to be no longer paid it the e!pence of the Republic." The Ronal= Cerra* of the tth, contains accoun6 from the Cape of Gnnd Hope, fo late as the begin. sling of November, at which tinle it appears that the inhabitants were in daily expeaition or an attack from the Englilk : • •-• az react. of • LITTER BROW Till CAPS Of 00011 Hole, MITID sortlr l aa 4 1 3804. " The unfortunate fitu at i on we are in, h is taktn from ine all deGre of writing. , We expe@ every mo ment an attack from the enemy. Molt people have vi,ted the town, but I Rill reinain. I (hall Rai in the town as long as I can—where &odd I fiy t Itt every place there is danger. We bark thisday beat off (;ebeniarden4) an enemy's fbip, apparently Eng. lith. }harts only knows what our fits will bia-4 cannot, nor dare I write more." The Nesikstr of the ill intl. contains the fallowing : " Porls,FebroseisB. The names of the two corvettes taken in the Me diterranean by his Majeßy's frigates l'Hartenfe,Capr Lamm:As la, and l'lncorruptible. Captain Baum are not yet known. " There two corvettes endeavoured to protect a convoy of forty fail. which they had under convoy. and dropped iffern to engage the two From& frigates which were id ptwfuit of them. They had chafed them the 41 , 12b1e of the t3th Nivofe (Jan. 3.) and the vagagensent did not tike place tM the t4th at break of day. • " The Incorruptible engaged the large& of there ycfcls within piaol that, and the Hortenfe the other. In an hour and a quarter the kr& hauled down her colours, and was taktb in tow, but the made fo much water that Capt. BtLitre was obliged to take out the clew, end the wounded, who amotinted to thirty,:— The crew; Canal/tag of iso area, were !lifted on board the Inecirttpdhle, and the prize foots after funk. She had ag men killed dtiring the &Ilion.— This veffel was of a peculiar boiltruaion, ind'failed remarkably fall. She ntorintrd thirty je•pound cer tainties, VS of which were on the main deck. and fug on the quarter deck.—The Incorrtlptifile had bat nun .killed and fire wounded. “ While the was engaged with this veffel the Hor tenfe attacked the feeond corvette, which the took after a lort refidance, and then funk her. She was boitib-veffel, carr Ting two mortars and feveral large guns. The two frigates then parted, and went in parfait of the corivoy which difperfecl, taking diffe rent courfes. The Incorruptible, betides other vet: f:l3, funk fcveral from Malta laded with artillery.,:— The Hortenfe did the fame t and the incorruptible having loft fight of her, and being encumbered with prifoners, was obliged to bear away and make for Carthagena, which me entered on the iith, to land the Firmer'. " Captain BILLIIT, who fends this account, bi no s the highea praife a the diem and crew of the Incorruptible." The Meekest of the ad; after Rating iEe arrival of tAe frigate la Prefielenti from the Welllndiess tap— She left our colonies of Guadaloupe and Martinique in the molt flourithing Rate. They were abundantly fupplied with provifions; agriculture war is a molt thriving condition, and the garrifoo was fufficient and in good health. The privateers iit Goada.loive were making great havoc among the Boiling traing Ter cels." Then folloiss ad account of the capture of the Lilly, Captain Cow 'Too, by it French privateer be longing to M. MaLasvias, and Of the onfacceniul at tempt made by the boats of the GALATIA frigate, to cut out the Lilly from the Saints, as Nis already been (fated in this Paper. The Mourne contains allb a lin of its Files taken by the French priviteers of Guaddloope, Mims the month of Thermidor, year t t, (Austin) and the sd of Floreal, year 12, (April) tranfmitted to the Minifter of the Marine and Colivies, by General Ea- POUT, Captain General of Guadaloupe. This hit see fludl give to-morrow. From the laiataecounts given in tisk Molitor of the attack made on our Mediterranean fieet, we have firong hopes it will torn out, that but few of the trading vefiels have been captured. It is not to be believed that they would lie by while the Aaaow hoop and the bomb brig were fighting the French frigates. Friday morning, a little before ten, his Malts?! anived from Kew at the Cattle of Windfor, atten ded by the Eqnerries in waiting. After dreffing in the uniform of the Blues, his favourite regiment, he wi nt out to the regiment in the Great Park,where they had a field day. His Mai DUTY was attended by Gene rals Mama t as and FITZLOY, and raw the regiment ge through a number of evolutions. About one o'clock the regiment returned, and his MAIISTY rode at their - head through Windfor to the barracks at Clewer. His MAJESTY looked in the be& health and f?irits. On Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, his Ma. juts', accompanied by his Equerries in Waiting, rode to Langley Broom, where a fine flag was Anted. The deer at Rafting went with great (peed through the inclofures towards Stoke-green, where he got into a farm-yard, but the hounds be in doh up with him he had no time to fhelter himfelc and flirted again, and went by Stf.ke•common, leaving Langley-park to the right, and was taken within about two miles of Bulitrnde before one o'clock. After the hunt his MAJESTY rode to Frogman, and nut her Mai ISTT at..l the Prtncelres. • y 4 (4,04 &MIL: this daY a Masi arrived from iff digs to Falmouth. We are Corry to learn that the yellow Meyer was raging with great violence en there when the packet failed ; hat we are happy to add, that the crews of the different velfels lying there were parti cularly healthy. The jomiNlltsci cutter arrived at Port Royal on the i.4.th, in 38 days from Plymouth ; on her paltaie (poke the Acasra frigate off Madeira, which left Portfmouth on the aith of Noveniber, with convoy for Jamaica ; but a few days after, had parted from the convoy in it gale of wind, and was cruising off Madeira, with chi hope of falling in' with them again. Ten of the fleet had arrived at Barbadoes before the Joao Byte; which touched there, left that Wand; and it was believed that the HT*IIA remained in Charge of the , remainder. Th e Ad o l p h us pac k et , CaPtain Boutitaason, in forty days from Falmouth, arrived at Jamaica on the 25th. On the 32d, the RePrefedtatives in Affembly, and the Magilirates of Jamaica, prefented a highly komplimentary addrefs to Vice Admiral Sir Jona DUCIWONTII, on his ap proaching departure for England. A Spanifh cor vette of to guni, from (Ad Spain; hoiind to the vannah, with naiii floret, detaineJ by la Suaviti.- cawrs frigate, and the Speak brig El Deftino, from Cadii bound to Carthagena, with wine and dry goods, detained by the DIANA frigate, arrived at Port Royal on the reth. The Palaces, CUAILLOTTII frigate has fent into Port Royal, a Spanifh fhip from Carthageua to Barcelona, with 35,000 dollars.—The Palliest (loop of war has detained and fent in the Dana Ichooner Raario; and another ichooner from Santa Cruz to Curracoa, has been detained by hi FILMIC...US. Lieutenant Data with the other offi- Ctrs and 'crew of the brig Monte /Torrance, wrecked on the bahaieasi arrived at Jamaica. The MINYAID frigate, Captain Motive, was at the Havannah on the 15th Now:zither, and had given invitations to all the principal gpanifh officers at the Havannab, to a ball and fuppei that evening on board the Magmata; when a brig fat by Admiral DUCIIWONTII arrived, and informed Capt. Hotta, of the war; he inftantly weighed and flood out to tea, and the whole of the Britilh merchant Gips in harbour followed and were thus preferved from falling into the hands of the Spa niards. The cartel &ip Athanaife, Lieut. Moos s, with 170 French prifoners from Jamaica, was loft on the 3d November at New River, Florida, and about to perfons drowned.—The Nile, Gyve, from Africa, arrived at Naftali, New Providence, informs of the lots of the Louifa, of Liverpool, on the 4th Septem ber, on Cape Lopei; with all her crew; except feven ; and the Nile loft (even of her min in raving thefe. The Mary-Ann Guineaman was alfo loft on the mail —ere* rived. The French fehooner privateer Feu gofi, is captured by the Naffau. The Sips Flora, Haan, and the Benjamin and Elizabeth Glass, both of London ; with the James. of Briftol, BUTTER matter, are captuted by the French brig privateer, Flibuftier, and carried lino Cuadalobpe. Three hundred Britifh feafnen from Guadeloupe have been landed from the Comet cartel at Barbadoes.— The Spanith brig St. Sebaltian, with French pro-, petty, and a Span& Dojo with 4. guns aid so men, laden with naval and military Rotes. i Spanifh Ge neral an& a Colohel, with their faMilies, are fent into Barbadoes by PHani hoz, Captain Yointon osier°. The Spanifk brig Ifabella, with wine and brandy, is fent into Barbddoes by the Auntie frigate.—The Loyalift, LYNDON, (tons London, on the 9th Decem ber, near Defeada, after a [mart aaion of so nil nutes,beat off a French !chooser privateer of 18 guns. Loyalift loft no men; two only were wounded, and haft roue recovered. The Enterprise, CAT ILIN I from Africa, with negroes, had an a6ion of (even hoors, with a French fchooner, of 14 guns, off Bar badoes, and beat hci off. The Enterprise bad one Gutman and one Have wounded. The Baps Jane, Ceveraila. ; Atlas, Virstrresinas ; and Cornwall, CAMPSOM, from Liverpool; and John, PIITCHABD and Minerva, GARDIMIIIt, from Briaol, arrived at Montego Bay on the 4c13 of January. The lhips Bellona, Cos, and Clyde. KMMAILI. from Liverpool, are arrived—the forgoer at Silt River, and the latter at Old Harbour. Captain J. P. &gamma has been appointed to the comihand of the CAMBRIAN, of 44 guns, and Captain Coarasa, to the LIANDSII, of so, on the American Ration, in the room of Captains BRADLEY and Salsas, removed from thole veffels on account of their preffing fawn from American 'hips off New York, while they were blockading the two French frigates in that port. It is now determined that the Channel Beet !hall in future rendezvous at Falmouth : and moorings (which are preparing with all poffible expedition at Plymouth) are to be laid down immedittely in Car rick :Inds for 15 fail of the line. Lieut. BEmums Full Lieutenant to Admiral CORNWALLIS, has been promoted to the rank of Com. minder, and appointed to the NAUTILUS. ----- An Englifh brig of 14 guns and 6o men *it "met ed on the 23d alt. between Vimermix and Vimille— the people au fared. We hear with &afore, that a fableription has, within thefe few days, been ooppeenoed at Lloyd's, for the pupas of bringing op and pmting oat to &twice the numerous orphans now at Gihrortar, whole pa. rents were carried off by Llie dreadful hirer which lately raged there. )ILObRAPING StPAD.ROW. Dam, - Mica to.—Sailed the Hattie: hoop of war, on a cruize off the French coaft, and the Bo nri-ra hoop of war to the Weftward. Arrited the Stator hoop of war from a cruise, and remains in the tkmns with the reft of the (hips as per left. On the Bth inft. at 7 P.M. arrived in the Downs - the Locvsr gnn brig, commanded by Lient. Lass, towed in by the Pim c H sa gun brig, almoft a complete wreck, with ber foreman totally difabled with (hot, the havizig, by fignal from the INstoarstara frigate, ran, elofe fir under the Batteries of Ambleteufe, to deftroy and drive on (bore a number of the elle4 my' (mall craft coming from-the ea ftward, which fervme bras completely performed, although a fieavy fife from eleven batteries and field pieces was kept up; and in the at of lowering the jolly-boat to take poffeßion of i cutter rigged vet Tel, a forty-two-pound thot buck her foremaft,which obliged the Loeusr to defift or the enemy's teffel would have been in her froffetfion in a few minutes! Ose is going to Sheeruefs to repair her damages, being much cut in her hull and rigging. Wild Eafterly. Hip biosity's brig tweusr, Downs, mach 9, rtes. tall night we armed in the Downs, after baring hail na ilaton off boulozne yefterday morning. At nine A. M. the liinomiiita having obferved feveral of the enemy! Vella; coming round Cape Crifises, clofe in with the land, made our fignal to choice in the N. E. At ten we commenced, on thirteen tug gers and two cutters, a heavy fire, which was warmly returned by eleven batteries. After an engagement of two hours and a half we drove on !bore all the enemy's *del', and funk feveral of them ; but, in the stet of boarding bne ,of the cutters which had ftruck, the Locust received a 32-pounder through her fore-maft 3 her fails and rigging were alfo much cut, ;end as we were in two fathom water, with little wind; and the enemy were pouring in round and grape like thowers of hail, Lieutenant LAaa thought it neeerary for the prefervation of the brig to haul off and cleir the wreck. We were towed into the Downs Taft night by the Plzen at gun-brig. We left the Immoarnitre, ARA% and eight or nine gun brigs it anchbr before Boulogne. We bad no men killed, and none wounded but Sub-Lieutenant Hononton, nightly in the band by a fplinter. • NWITICAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MITCH B.—Arrived this day the John privateer, Captain MiPereasos, very leaky; alfo the Princefs Augulia packet, Tuotersom, with mails from Jamaica, in 38 days; the left lying there his Majeßy's (hip THISRUS, of 74 guns, which haft jug returned from a cruise, very leaky; alto his Maier. ty's (hip Faaacatis, of 44 guns, and Prince Adol phus packet, Bousseasors, which arrived at Jamaica the 25th January, after beating of a French priva teer ; the packet brings no particular news : the Af (nobly at Jamaica has prefented a very (Iron re :no:n(4am on the meafures adopted by this Govern inent, in not ',Emitting corn to be imported in Ame rican bottoms. Several Spanifb velfels were detained and fent into Jamaica: on the arrival there of the Joan BULL cutter, in 30 days from Plymouth, with difpatches, (laid t. contain a declaration of war again& Spain,) the EWA flag was homed over that of the' Spanilh.—Sailed his bLijelly's . (hip ',mow- STANT, of 36 guns, Capt. Dixon, with twelve tranf pens, for Cork, and his Majetty's !hip Ay/emcee, of 18 guns, Capt. Wstrri, with fix fail under convoy for Lilbon.—Arrived the (hip Aquilon, Capt. PAOO - and the Coverdaile, RooLtY, from London for Ireland, to wait convoy for the Weft Indies ; alfo ar rived the Falcon. Swoon, from Poole for Youghall. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Came iR the LADY WAlL ass, of a guns, from the eattward, with a fleet of vefels under her convoy; NAIAD, of 38 guns, front a cruise; and the HILIR a, of t 8 guns, from ditto. Sailed the Foot:mown., of 84 guns, to join the Channel fleet. PORTSMOUTH. MARCH ro.—Sailed the MIRIAM and AURORA hoops of war, on a cruise. Wind S.E. YARMOUTH, MARCH lo.—Arrived the John armed Grip from the North, and a flag of truce from Hol land, with difpatches ; the hoop failed immediately after. Yellerday arrived the Palmtops frigate from a cruise, MOSILLI hoop of war, and ANI brig; the latter has brought difpatchei of importance. This day failed the John armed (hip. The Buys& hoop of war will take the trade from this port to Tonnin. gen, as foon as wind and weather permits. The (hips in the Roads are the Moursourn, Rear-Admiral Russel.; Antelope, Ardent, Adamant, Infpeaor, Scout, Cormorant, and Moffelle hoops; la Conllance and Penelope frigates ; Vixen and Ann gun brigs r Drake, Badger, and Princels of Wales cutters. _ FROM LLOYD'S LIST. ORA sssss D. Mwac■ B.—Paled by, the Caroline (a prise) from Havanna.; Two Friends, M.Neil, from Charleftnn ; Nile, POW, from Surinam ; Little lien, Gray, from St. Michael; Pearl, Amy, from Leghorn ; and Argo, Kansan from Waterford.— Sailed the Anne. Scott, for the Raft India; Amazon, Chrittbell, far Newfoundland; Mary, Payffter. for Waterford; and Maria Elisabeth Wydenham, for Tonnlngen. TIONOPPItIZE-MONEY. E-MO N E Tie Hoop Atalente, foe the capture of the Sip Ocean and her cargo, Jtme 7, Ohs, will be paid on board the Atalanta, at Ply mouth, the isth Minot, and recalled every Tuefilny and Friday for three years. The guo brig Center, for tie re-eaptore of thaUnacirstity. No vember 17, idoe, will be paid on board the Cenfor, u o her ar rival M Ifermonili, and recalled at Mb. 37. Scatbanipetra-ftreer, Covent-Clerden, every Wedoefday and Saturday for three years. The Om." for the recapture of the Illza, February it, ziO4, will be paid at No. 7, %brook, on Thurfday, the s tit tenant, aid meld airy Tbufilay sod Saturday for . three ram if,et Ir. L ANZ. aim mccuAxos, mAlta it. The fee% fupplies of Wheat hereto•day are ra..iict , &oft, and the buyers principally declining pfefzi); prices, caufes few (ales to be effeaed ; fine is as dear —inferior famples heavy, and at lefs—Good Dant zic about tt6s. per quarter—Barley, with Malt, at little difference of price. —The demand for Bea continuing, caufes better prices for this article— There is a good fupply of Oats, chiefly of Friday's famples, and the file heavy at a trivial reduEtion.— Flour in plenty, and much from the North, at prices, nearly as laR week. GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER. Vaunt, 764 904, soBa per qr. Grey Peafe 4os. to 431. Fiat D o, attli. ILµ od. Beans, 441 sos. od. Rye, As. 63e. od. Tick Ditto 421.485. od 82212 1, 44 2 49 4 od. Oats, ads. as. 31a. Malt, 765. Bas. od. Poland ditto, ss& 335. 6d. White Pear; 434 49 4 .0 d. Cinquefoil, 301. 401.' Rape SeA, 441. to 471. per fad. PRICE OF FLOUR. Fine Rout kis. to 901. Seconds lios. to 83s. per rack. riON TNa LONDON (MUTTS, SATIIRDAT, SeAtal 9. AVctage Price of Cum in England and Wales, from the returns ending the ad of March, Wiwat. Rye, Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pale. s. d. a. s. d. a. d. a . d. s. d. 91 8 39 0 47 9 27 3 47 s Iso n The average Price of Sugar, computed from the Returns made la the week ending March 6, is 335. 4'd per hundred weight. COUNTRY MARKETS. retrial)). WI/1111AT TVS lOLLOWIDIC M I. RAMMOVIORA.+WheIIt 8411 Aid to 1101 Od per quarter. Batley ass od to 49i ad !Beans 40 od to 56s od Oats 24s od to los od Peafe oos od to 53s 64 klaitsetsuems.=.Wheat Eos ad to not od per Q. Barley 48s od to su od I Boos so t od to s6 s od Oats ags od to 343 Od Pcafe 545 od to Ps ed Nassaoar.—Wheat 63s od to tate ad per qr . Bartel , 443 od to s3s od I Beans .5211 od to sem od OM 23/ C4l to 284 od Pure 52s od to 58s od HiNLZT —Wheat 65s od to rsos od per O. Barley 45s cd to Sts od I Beans 45s od to Sts od Oat' 241 cd to 3rl cd Pcafe 48s od to s4s 04 RIADINCI.-.-Whel , t 66+ ad to 1301 od per Qr. Barley 451 od to Sts od Beans 464 od to ! , Si od I Oats 24 $ 6d to aB 4 od Pcafe 47s od to sets od It is Rated In the Dutch papers, that Bomaraava has tent to the King of Paussta the decorations cf the Legion of Honour, and that his Prullian Majelly fent to Paris in return five orders of the Black Eagle. The Queen Dowager of Pao ssu died on the asth ult. after a month's illnefs. There was on Saturday a full and fplendid meeting of the Highland Club, at which a number of the Lhief Nobility and Gentry of Scotland attended, dreffed in the ancient garb of the country, to receive his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Suss gx and Earl of Invernefs as a member. His Highnefs was alfo fuperbly dreffed in a Highland garb (the fete of the Invernefs plaid) highly embroidered. The Marquis of DOUGLAS was in the chair, and the day and night were !pent with joyous feßivity. Lift of the Minority in the Houfe of Lords on Ftiday, on the moti.w of 1. ,, rd Kivu, for a Corn. mittee to Enquire into the Military Ellabliihmentst Sec. &c. Duke of Claret= Norfolk Devon Bedford Richmond °tartan St. Alban. Mamie of Buckingham Bute Stafford .anfdowne trifeount Hereford Headfort Maynard limo baby Lord De Clifford Suffolk St. John Carlifie Walpole Fitzwilliam King 8p racer Stayed! Berkeley Grantley Thaoet Grenville Alb‘marie Dundas Peterborough Yarborough Chohnondeky Carrion Stanhope Hutch infon Portftnouth Minto Guildford Cawdor Cowper Bifhop of Bangor. ABSINT-.Marls St. Vincent and Prosy, Darlington, Pglintows, Montfort, Say and Sele, Foley, Fite. Earls Tankerwille CarnaryoQ Lekefta Fond= Darnley Caifilis Stair Breadatbane Bi.tborough Moira '1 he Earl and Counters of HARDWICK& honoured the Dublin Theatre with their pretence on Saturday evening. The Houk was filled with elegant com pany. The performance was at different periods in• terrupted by the vocifcrations of a few inebriated per tons, whole condua did not efcape the penetrating eye of his Excellency. There offenders againft decency did not confine their aaions to the Theatre—they at tacked the watch in Dante-fireet, with drawn fwords and, we are happy to fay, to their own compl ete dig comfiture. It is a pity that men, into whole hands weapot.s are entrulted for the protection of the laws, should have been the firft to violate them. On his paffage from Bengal to Bombay, where he intended to embark for his native country, was lately drowned, Court Awnsesow, M. D. Surgeon of his Majefly's 75th Regiment, and who had ferved about 35 years as a Surgeon in the Army. During the American war, he was in that country as Surgeon of the tsth Foot—during the laft 25 years he ferved in India tucceffively, as Sut geon of the 7 t it, 77th, and 75th Regiments. As a profedional man, and a man of fceince, the fervice could not boaft of an abler for his humanity and focial qualities, Dr. Attniason was efleemed and beloved throughout India." HIGN COURT or ADattßALTY.—Wednefday the Right Hon. Sir W. SCOTT proceeded to the adjudi• cation of diet:Rowing cafes : Three Brothers, Graham mater.—lt appeared that this reed fet fail from Dublin, for the pit-pole of going to Falmouth. in *Ater to jots convoy, to proceed to Dominica, but was ran foua of by a grad belonging to Liverpool; In coal:gut-nee of which, the matter and crew thought it prudent to abandon her, for tl a prefervation of their lives; and atter floaung above 4 hours of the Devonfhire malt, the wird was met by a cutter, w leh took ?elation of heir, and tooted her f-fely into port.—Tbt Court In this cafe prossoare-ii a moiety of the value of the Slip and cargo as a remuneradoo to the (elvers. Image Garit Bart, Croon vefel. made? pretr ial ' colours, iftleu with* a cargo of wheat. vinera., 1 v;r;otta oda= articles, was going to Bane, la Spain s ,at the time of her esp. tarermln this care, the (hip and cargo were 18 o ed, 100 j-Et to the Captors tapalCct of taking tie dcpofitioas. Boa Jefts., match waso section of bixtatle-. Ship reftored, with fr.4`it. 'TheCoort, after &fixing of Come other claims of gootle t adjoutupd to Wedooklay I . , I i' 1 1 1 1 I i, I - r 1 i 1 I 1 r t i 1 -; , 4 , 14 ~ t , J ,c Jr 1 t r i . 1 . 41 c , ~ '. • 1 1 ..: 1 t 1 .1 , , 1 ,