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board the MiDUSA, confining of 60, divided into four divifions_ each, confining of 15 boats, commanded by a,Mafter and Commander, and a Lieutenant in each boat. At it o'clock P. M. the boats were all ready, at a quarter paft we flatted, and at one o'clock in the morning we began the at tack. We were the fecond boat alongfide one of the enemy's gun-brigs, but we could not board her : they were too well prePared for us. We had four men badly wounded on the firft onfet, and feveral {hot-holes through the boat. We had three boats funk, and ours was obliged to take in the wounded and crew of one of them. Dreadful has been the (laughter, without doing any thing. The enemy's boats were all moored with chains, within pillol fbot of the (hore, and the beach covered with foldiers. At four o'clock yef terday morning, I got on board the MEDUSA : the firft thing I faw when I got up the fide, was the deck full of killed and wounded. We have at leall so men killed, and upwards of too dangerouily wounded. We are going to bordbard the town ad loon as the veffels are collefted." SHEERNESS, AUGUST is. Sailed the Al-Liarics, fitted as a floating bat. tery, to be Rationedin the SWin likewice the HUNTER brig, Captain joins, for the Downs. The Amino* frigate has got in a New main and rnizen malts, fhe having received feveral fhot through her old ones in the battle off Copenhagen : the will be ready to fail to-morrow. The EoLus is fitting out with all poffible difpatch, and will be ready in a few days.—Arrived the MANLY and CLINIC az ion brigs, with a large convoy from the Baltic.—The Arcasys is gone out of harbour. —Arrived the Swedifh !hip Eliza, BROWN, with a cargo of !pars , &c. ibr his Majefty's fervice.— A large fleet of (hips are affembled at the Norc, waiting for convoy to the Baltic. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST sg. Pared by for the Downs, the Am rn ITRI r a and ASIDROMIVA frigates, with the fleet under convoy from the Weft Indies.—Arrived the Severn, WATSON, from Barbadoes. His Majefty's (hips Genoa: and SoLEBAY are appointed convoy to Gibraltar, and are to take charge of the tranfports bound to the Mediterra- bean. — Came into harbour, the Ventume and Elitabeth, detained by his Majefly's fhip St. FIORENZO. The Bsevsa is appointed convoy to the well ward..—Arrivcd a few vieuallers and colliers frum the eallward ; Fraw Goleliel, S,saecH,from Riga; and Severn, Hecawnon, from Waterford., Sailed the Sophia fcbooner for Cherburgh. The following fhips, which are viaualled and fitted for five months, are expeaed to fail to-mor row, under Vice Admiral Piro : Droalsolnin 98 Elephant • - 74 Se. Clone 93 Zealous • - 74 Ganges . - 74 Edgar - 74 • 74 Vanguard - - 74 Raman - E 74 Powerful • - 74 Triumph - - 74 Alcmene sz Valance • 74 TORBAY, AUGUST 16. Landed hen blt evening, the following Gentle. rnan i--Creneral GRUM, Major STRICKSR, Lieut. MALAPII, of 6oth fteg r ment, Captain CA N1P1111.1., Mr. HORSLIY, and . Haan', from the Welt. Indies. They fire their leaving the following Sips, on Saturday morning off the Stan, viz:— hem a. 7, Cltgea 2 l Rafe, (Jaw sM Sae. =fa miring.) From St. latt'a—aaaky. Caratiee. WiBlam litaraing. From Tabvia—fiercula, Staley/al. Hazard. Altred. Tram Martiatgoe+WlLliam Seaford. Freya le. Viseastpa-Delatontd Tram Nab-.Comberlaato The whole under convoy of theAwtetrairt, of 28 guns, Captain HAIMsr, and the hulas' of 38 post the latter only joined them a few days IrAIUtiOUTH, AUGUST it. Vice-Admiral C. PARR sa has arrived here ;obis Majefly's Chip laasstsvaatt, in very bad health; the (hip is immediately to coMplete her floras and to join the Squadron off Gone. HARWICH, AUGUST 17. This morning brought up in Hofcley Bay, his Majeßy's armed Ihip ARP, Capt. DaLassos, with the outward bound Harnburgh convoy. Rear-Admiral PHlLtrs is juit arrived here, and it is faid, for the purport of taking a furvey of the harbour and this part of the coati- HULL, AUGUST This forenoon a large fleet of (hips for the Bal tic, from this and the neighbouring ports, failed from the Humber with a fair wind, under convoy of the Shun , armed Slip, Captain Ws uststs.—This fleet has been detained by contrary winds Gnce the Nth infant. The PRINCE WiLitast armed (hip is ap pointed convoy fur Hambnrgh. Brenscn.and Emb den, and will fail horn hence the t9th init. with fuch Ships as are ready. A convoy for the Baltic pill fail from hence the firft week in September. PROM LLOYD'S UST. DIAL, AUGUST al.—Remain as per laa, with the Friendfliip, SMITH, for the Cape of Good Hop e . F. N. E. C AAAAA KIINAVOUST ilk—Pared by the Catha ill/ Barra, W. WORTH, from Sweden ; Penman, from New York t Carolina, Gaaavas, from l'neriburgh ; Endraght, --; EnfleThi•• row Anna, Mama ; Maria literietta, —; ansl Zeeloli . Mamma., from Damealth.--asami . the Fountain, for Homb.rgb f mg Pen PAH.crrr, for Savannah. • ELSINEUR, AUGUST 1. The upward-bound are all failed hew; ; and thofe from the Baltic are waiting to proceed un• der his Majeity's gun-brig MANLY; at prefent too little wind. Abourr 4.—On the tft init. in the evening; an hour after the departure of the Mail, a freth breeze fprnng up, and all the homeward-bound failed hence, under convoy of the MANLY gun-brig, Lieu tenant MAL9NE, commander. Thofe fume ar rived from the Baltic are Rill waiting the arrival of another convoy. The upward-bound are all failed for their refpedive ports in the Baltic. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The crew of the TisALIA, for the capture of the Spanith zebecque Saint Antonio di Radua, will be paid their proportions of the laid prize, on Wed nefday, the id day of SepteMber next, at No. 36, Broad-fireet buildings. A part of the proceeds of the Gutte Erwantig, captured by the hired cutter Fox, will be paid to the feveral claimants entitled thereto, at the Ca therine Wheel Inn, Borough High-ttreet, on Sa turday the azd inftant. To the crew of the !loop SAVAGE, for the cap ture of the (hip Johannes Matia, a diftribution of tool. on account of her proportion of the con demned part ()Cher cargo, will be ma-le on board the &vacs, on her arrival in port. At the fame time, the crew of the fame Tail, for the capture of the French privateers la Renard and la Modere, and the re-capture of the (hip At las, will be paid their proportions of the above prizes. The Martha, Livisarrou, from London to Dublin, reported to have been captured, is arriv ed at the Cullom-haute-quay, Dublin. The WELLESLEY, GORDON, reported to be loft at Madras ) was fafe.by the lalt accounts from that place. The Hiram, KEENE, from Madeira to Deme rara, is taken by the new la Mouche privateer, and carried into Tenerife. On Sunday fe'nnight, the Cora, a Leith trader, in pal Eng Tynemouth Bar in a heavy fea, ran up on the Herd Sand. Four people in the foy-boat were unfortunately drowned ; but the veffel has fine been got off with little damage. The Angola, KING, from Africa and St. Vin cent's, arrived at Liverpool on Sunday laft, left the fleet Sunday fe'nnight off Cape Clear.—The fleet, confifted of about 180 fail, upwards of thirty of which were for Liverpool. In the packet which failed laft week for Halifax and New York, went perefigers, Lieutenant Cola nel WETHERALL, of the 82d - Regiment, his Lady, four children, and one fervant; Hon. ANDREW BELCHER, JOHN Isior.xs, Efq. Mr. COCHRAN, Chief J u (lice of Halifax, and fervant; Mr. BRENT z, Mr. PATTY, and Mr. SAMMIE DX. The chips LADY JANI DUNDAS, BINGAL)and LADY Boacts, lately arrived from Bengal have now fent up all their packets to the Ead-India Houle. Thefe contain a voluminous collection of 'ccords in every department, the increafe of which is prodigious beyond example. The extent of ter ritory, over which we have now the dominion and management in Afia, produces various writings and flatements applicable to circumilances, the whole of which are tranfcribed in India, and tranf mined to the Court of Dirpc.tors. An account has been received from the Compa ny's fhip HINRY DLINDAS, which left Madeira in the month of May laft, of a moft extraordinary fin, having come afhore there. Its length was fifty fix feet (even inches ; it was fuppofed to be as much or more in diameter; but half its body being funk into the land, it had not been meafured. The ex tremity of the tail was twelve feet broad, its jaw about eight or nine feet long; it had large teeth in the under jaw, with (paces between each tooth, but no teeth an the upper jaw, which was only full of rockets, to receive the teeth of the under one. It had been feen about the Deferrers for Tome time, and came alive on !bore; when the inhabi t tants killed it. We have advice by the taa accounts from Hali fax, in Nova Scotia, that the Chief of the Cherokee Nation was arrived at Williamfburgh, to renew the Treaty of Frieridfhip with-that Government, and the fix Nations in Alliance with the Twitwees, a people much morc powerful than themfelves, have ratified the fame. The Society of the Jefuits, from whole fchool fo many of the moll celebrated names in the re cords of literature have fprung, and whole maxims had long to powerful an influence on the councils of Princes, are about to be retftablifhed in the ifland of Sardinia under their orient defignation. In this fpot they may find a temporary retreat from poverty and wretchednefs, but we have too high an opinion of the knowledge and refinement or the prefent times to dread the general Eftablithment of this body. Their empire over mankind is, we trult, for ever dellroyed, and (mall indeed is, we be lieve, the number of thole who with the return of an influence which, though produEtive of partial advantages, had a dire& tendency to injure the belt rights of our nature. _ _ _ It appears by letters from Wefel that the prof pee of the evacuation of Hanover is Rill removed to a confiderable dißance. The different maga zines of provifions, which are colleeed in that part of the Duchy of Cleves which lies on the left bank of the Rhine, are immediately, it is laid, to be conveyed into the vicinity of Minden, for the put pole of affording an adequate fupply to the Pruf Gan troops who at prefcnt occupy that eleeordtei The furloughs given to a particular number of men from each regiment are mended, and the French Government has received farther proofs of the favourable difpofitions of his Pruffian Ma yasry. To all the remonfirances made on the fubjee of the evac nation, his ?slag ssrr has returned fucb anfwers as lead to a hong conviction of his determination to retain poileffion till Come final =Net has taken place in the fyitens of Ger arrzogcnsents. CORN MARKETS. At Mark-Lane, this morning, there were a fe-av fales of Wheat, hut buyers very Ihy.—Prices from tos. to 'is. per. quarter lower than on Monday. Oats had a brifk fale at Monday's prices.— Other articles as then given. Flour we hardly know how to Date, fume would willingly have fold at 80.1 i: while otheri afked yos. per fuck.— Very little fold. ASSIZE or BREao—Yeflerday the Mailer and Wardens of the Bakers' Company waited upon the Right Hon. the Loiso MAYOR, at the Manfion- Houfe, refpe.bng the Afllze of Bread, and it ap pearing by the Ilealweighers' Reports, that be ween the_ 33d and Bth inftant, 10,067 gßarters, and feven Bawls of Wheat, fold from 7as. to 1405. per Quarter; and between the Sth and 14th init. 9,426 Sacks of Flour were fold at the Ci•.n Ex change, from 705. to I los. per Sack, forming averages upon the whole of i 1 3s. sod. per (Z}lar ter Nflieat, and 995. per Sack Flour, which being 3s. 4d. per Q . s2arter, and 135. aid. per Sack lower than their lall Reports, his Lordfhip had the &Lis faaion of reducing the Bread four Mins, or Bd. in the Peck-Loaf, to take place to-morrow the weight and priees of Bread will then be as fol lows, viz.— a. ye. dr. r. et Peck Loaf Wheaten is to Weigh t 7 6 oTo be fold for c 6 Ditto Houfehold, do. - i 7 6 o 5 o Half Peck Loaf Wheaten 80tt 0 -- 2 9 to weigh - - Ditto Houfehold, dO. - Bit 0 - 2 6 Qiiartern Loaf Wheaten tat 4 S 8 I 4i to weigh Ditto, Houfehoki, do - 4 s 8 - 1 HallltuarternLoaf Wheaten 2 212 0 84 is to weigh - Ditto, Houfehokl, do. - a 212 0 74 oz. dr. Penny Loaf Wheaten is to weigh - - 4.3 Ditto, Honfehold, do. - - - 4 to Twopenny Loaf Wheaten is to weigh 8 6 Ditto, Houfehold, do. - - 9 4 Threepenny Loaf Wheaten is to weigh - 11 to Ditto, Houfehold, do. - - - 1 3 4 CANTERBURY, AUGUST is. Wheat -67 s to 11011 Hog Peak - 44 to 45 New Wheat zoos to top Bolling Peas to Barley - 36 to 46 Nay, per tell 41 os 10 41 106 Oats i'l t. js sai;ailin, do. - 41 zoo to's) ss New disco ag to io Clover, 'do 41 os to 41 les Beans - 4o to 44 Straw, do. 3101 to 01 a Tick BOOM • 44 to 48 Routh Meal 64s to 66s od MALT—Brown 884—Second Bsis—Pale 90.. Fine Flour fold at Abbots Mill at the rate of 4. los. per lack. The Addrefs to the Kum, fpoken at the fete at Radipole, was not written by thdrrineds AMILIA as we were at first informed. BON MOT.—Mr. CONRAN, the celebrated Irifh Barrißer, was force time fince pleading in the Court of Chancery, when he complained of being twice interrupted by the Lord Chancellor's Clerk, whole name is Halfpenny. On the third interrup tion the Chancellor preremptorily ordered the Clerk to fit down ; upon which CuRIAN exclaimed, " My Lord, I thank you—you have at length nailed the rap to the counter." SOISIX AGRICULTURAL Marrisc.—The An• niverfary thew of Cattle and Sheep for the pre miums given by the Sae: Agricultural Soc iety_ held at Lewes, on Wednefday LIR, was numeroufly attended. Among the company were his Royal Highnefs the Palm cs of WALE the STADTROLDER, the Dukes of RICHMOND and BEDFORD; the Earl of Eos amour, Lord PELNAM, and the Prefident of the Board of Agriculture (Lord CARRI mcrora ) with a long train of the Nobility and Gentry, and Breeders off' Cattle from every part of the United Kingdom. After the judges had examined the cattle ex. hibited, and the company gratified their curiofity in the field, they adjourned to the Star Inn, where between two and three hundred fat down to din ner. The Earl of Eca■MoNT, Prefident of the Society, took the Chair, and after having received the report of the judges, in a handfome fpeech, made their decifion known to the company. His Lordthip then prefented the piece of plate given by the Society, to Mr. ALFRIT, and after compli- ' menting him upon the breed of Rock he had (hewn, challenged the cup himfelf, as did alfo Sir TeoMas CAUL. Lord EGRIIIIONT afterwards noticed the very liberal offer of a filver cup, value five guineas, from Mr. Effuse, of Glyndc, for the bell one year old South Down Ram, got by a ram of his breed, and with an appropriate addrefs, prefented the cup to Mr. PACKHAM, of Charlfton. Mr. Effuse then informed the Meeting, that it was his intention to give a cup every year, of the value of five guineas, upon the fame condi tions as the one then difpofed of. The Earl of EGasswer next read a challenge from Sir HINRY JOHN MILDMAY, to produce of the Devonfhire breed at this Meeting a yearling Bnft, a yearling Heifer, and a three year old Heifer, for five guineas each, and ten guineas the main, pay or play, againft an equal - num ber of the Suffer breed, which challenge had I been accepted, and the Rock produced by Mr. ALFILIT. Sir H. MILDMAY did not produce any flock, thereby tacitly ceding the proud palm of fuperiority to the Suffer breed. The company then repaired to the field to view the feveral prize 'animals which were detained there for the purpofe. Sir THOMAS Case's flock made a diftinguifhed figure; he exhibited nearly fourfeore oxen, twenty yoke of which were driven in one chain; and alfo produced a coofiderable number of (beep. Mr. Effuse produced for competition only fps yoke of oxen, for which the judges awarded him a premium. Twelve of Mr. Effuse's Ewes and three Rams were driven into the thew field, and were much admired by the amateurs. We underiland the fweepilakes for the bell pen of twelve South Down flock Ewes, were gained by the following fubfcribers, vis.— Mr.naoss. Es* Douro; belt, Sis Gaines. Mr. SCRAM Witbdean, ad, Five Genesis. Mr. Mama, Psalms. id, Tbrea Geom. 0 Genitor, 11111 Raft licarne..ett, Two Geom. Mr. Oesautes, Linters, jtb, One Odom BPIG,7IOAr, AUGUST 17. fly walking, on the Stcine of an evening, y.. 1 meet grouper of a dozen I.Adies with •nrly oh: Gentleman ; lad night, Ahough nearlya 1114)111,01d perlons promenaded, there no; tha•t twenty to one. Indeed it is geoerally aJmittzd that we have eight Ladies to one Ge:l:lern,,r.. The PRlNct•'s party yeqcld:ly ~Nraa,.-d a great croud round the honk, drawt:•iiidl;:r to vi :Ire elegance of the company, and decorati-m•. : tite table ; for, (Mee the bow window 1:. thrown out, the PRINcE dim!: in pub'io. 1 he tii::c of dining t‘as :even o'clock: ain ment the PRINCE'S band played lo•cral n:nv of mule with fine egket. Soon :cf . ter LLe party walked on the Stehle. The evening wa tine. Every day fome accident happens from Ca:. fare can't, viz. leaving light rarriage, at the d.,..r fat inns, or other plac_s. Yellerday aid G,i tleman got out of a one hot-le ch.nle :it Rotten dean, and went into a h..iire to rah:. fr,tne reE,:lh ment. The animal luddenly let , ar at full gallop to Brighton; near the New 'trine tlie carriage was overturned and dallied to pieces. Y. lappily no fur ther mifchief was done. Th.: i. nle eleaped union t. An accident happened on Saturday near this place, which was neatly attended with very lerlous confequences. The lion. MARTINI iIA KF, fon of Lord HAWKE, and another Genzleman, Were returning from the Brighron Coorfe in a phaeton. When they got near the barracks at Lewes, the horles Darted, and let off at full gallop. Mr. riAWKE, not being able to (top them,jumped out ; but, rot clearing the wheel, his coat caught in it, and he was dragged Tome dillance before .it gave way. Happily no limbs were broken, and though he was much broiled, the confequences are not dangerous. The Gentleman who was left in the carriage was thrown into a ditch unhurt; but the vehicle was broke to pieces again(' a poD on the road fide. Mr.Maarta HAWKE continues much indifpOfed from the britifes he received. Mr. S—, th • Gen tleman in company, was likewife hurt. He re ceived a fcratch from the right fide of the neck to the breaft bone. The wound is painful, but not dangerous. Parties are daily made here to go by water to Portfmouth, .ditlance about so miles ; a boat to that place is three guineas. This day being fine, and the wind favourable, many boats have fet fail thither. A capital match at billiards was played at the Caale on Saturday evening, between VANDFIC • coocK, the marker of the tables, and a Mr. B.— VANDEROOOCH won. About 7001. were depending. The Ladies' bathing-machines are in the center, and the Gentlemen's at the two extremities of the town. The machines are this year more numer ous than ever, in confcquence of an oppofition called the Blue Machine ; they are at prefent con. fined to the Ladies. The number of machines now in ufe are about one hundred. The Secret Short Nord —Of this new and (Ingo lar invention, the Mosiieur exprefles itfelf in the following terms:—" Citizen BLAN c offers to the world a myllerious language, which every perfon can learn, and yet which each learner can keep fecret to all but himfelf. It appears, that of 400 fcholars, each taking the fame oral leiron from the preceptor, each may retire and write olygraphically to his father or his friend, and that non; of his fa. lowitudents can decypher one fellable of that which (hall be perfeEtiy underilood by the perfon to whom it is addreffed." The Magnificent and pathetic Spedacle of Fair RVasesond or iroodflaci Bean r, (till holds its power ful atrudions at the Royal Amphitheatre, Wea mintier Bridge ; and while this fine produßion is to be witneffed, with the Dance of the Lillie Trader, las LAND'S wonderful performances, and the Pan. tomime of Zeixate, a falltionable and crowded au dience will be the confequenec every evening this week. The driver of a coach on the Chelmsford road coming to Loudon was yellerday charged before the Magiftrates at the Public Office, Whitechapel, by fome Gentlemen, with driving in the moil furi ous manner, and in his career running again( a poft.chaife, whin the latter vehicle was uplet, and two gentlemen feverely hurt. The coachman was bound over to appear at the next General Set= lions at Chelmsford. Saturday a young man !minting the fecond floor windows of a honk in Gofwell-tlreet, fell on the pavement, and although none of his bones were broken, he was fo bruited that his life is defpaired of. Yefterday Mamas Jones was brought before Nl cmotas Boats, Eft!. at the Public Office, Bow fireet, ou a charge of affaulting RISA PASS, a Captain of an Algerine frigate, and one cf the fuite of the Turkifh Ambaffitdor, refident here , The prifoner was one of many others, who, without the fmalleft provocation, violently affitulted and ill treated Captain Pass, and another of the Ambaffador's fuite a few days ago in tile Strand as already mentioned in the State Papers. Find ing his perfon known, and being a deferter tram the navy, he had gone and furrendered himfell (under his Majefty's late proclamation) to the Regulating Captain on board the tender at the Tower. This, however, being di:Covered, an Of ficer was fent with a warrant to apprehend him ; but the very fame morning he had been tent to the guard:hip at the Nore; Mr. Borro therefore made application to Mr. N , at the Admiralty, sho jailed an order for his being delivered over to the Ci v it Power, and he was accordingly brought to town. Captain PAII, with his interpreter, attendcs: yekerday, and, identifying the pri&•ntr's ',error, he was ordered to find bail to anfoer the com plaint; and we underfland it is the determin.ttioi: r Government to profecute this Tiolent outrage with the utmoft fevcrity. Yeflerday morning fifty male conviets under fentence of tranfportat ion were removed from New. gate in a waggon to Portfruoutb, iu order to be !hipped for Botany Bay. _ " ...II i