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AMERICA PeovIDFNCE, (a. t.) JONI 26.—1 t is laid that Ad miral Geavia A is Commander in Chief of the Naval Torre, and that General Lavatrrota commands the Allied Army. On Friday afternoon the armed bt ig Sukey and Polly, from Jamaica, Capt. Cll.O/4tiRTIF, was ftruek with lightning, which fitivered her main-top, and main-top-gallant maft to pieces, fplit the main malt, to the kelfon, burft the pump-wells, fplit ore of the pumps, fet her main-top•fail on fire, and did other damage. Several perfons an board were liunned, but none materially hurt. The lightning aft - caed perfons Soo yards from the veffel (truck. New Yogic, Juwa 24.—The United States (to►e fhip, with provifions for our little lquadron in the Alediterranean, has been captuted by a Spanifh pri vateer. Government have given orders for a like q11:411:ity of ftores to be prepared for the ufe of our brave tars in that fea, in order to prevent their full feting from the want of thofe laid to be captured. The Wallington Federalift of June Is. lays,— is We have heard a report this morning that dif patches of an unufually important nature frorti`Loui liiana were received yefterday by our Government. 'What they are has not yet tranfpired." LONDON. SATURDAY, JULY 27. PrIICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCKa Conrols For money, 5811—for AuEurt, 5 Reduced 59i—Onmiurn PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. Pink Stock at ant India Stock at zEc 3 per Cent. Red. An. f seof Imp. 3 per Cent. 58157! 58f 3 rer Cent . COllf. SI 57f 381 Imp. Ann. 9'f 4 per C.nt. ?, Onmium 4 3# 4.1 5 rer C. nt. Navy 89:-,t Lottery Tickets 19!. 31. 5 per Cri;:. 5797. 994 Cont. for aee. 58itt Long Aim. 17 16 15-16ths 171 Since the arrival of the laft mails, vat inns and cr,n undiaory accounts have been circulated refpecting M. lirrvosiLTZOF F. Some affert that he has not been recalled, but only ordered not to proceed on his jour ney without frelh infiruelions. Certain it is that he has not proceeded for Paris, and that this delay has arifen from the late annexation of Genoa to the French Empire. It is aliened in the higher political circles, that the Ruffian army is in motion on the Pruflian frontiers, and that the Emperor of Russia, in confequence of the above proceeding on the part of France, has re• folved toemploy arms in arranging the affairs of Italy. We fhould be inclined to give but little credit to the latter part of the above intelligence, had we not grounds to believe that another tower, without the co. operation of which Ruffia can do but little, is on the ea of a war with France. We are generally very cau tious in hazarding opinions on the probabilities of events : the public may therefore ref! Allred that we do not (peak on flight grounds, when we repeat again that a war between France and another great conti nental Power, is believed by the Miniflers of that Power to be unavoidable. Difpatches have been received at the Admiralty from Admiral Decaes, dated the loth Jane, on board his Majefty's fhip Hracuxs. They bring ac counts of the capture of feveral French and Spattifh merchantmen, and privateers. Difpatches have likewife been received from Africa, brought by the TROMFEUSII, arrived in the Downs ; alfo from Lord KEITH, but neither of there bring any news of importance. In confequence of the difpatches received yeßer day from Lord NELSON, fiat initiations were for warded to our different fquadrons to keep a good look out for the enemy's Reet. Some people have fuppofed an error to exift in the date given to the difpatches from Lord Nstscon in the notice fent from the Admiral: y to Lloyd's, becaure the difpatches are faid to be of the 15th June, and his lorigitude and latitude is given for the 19th. The fait is, the difpatches were dated the 15th, but the fleet wa, under fuch a prefs of fail that the Drcens aid fight of it till the 19:11. IlisLorclfhip's zeal and ferefight is ftrongly marked by his anxiety to fend information to every quarter where it might be ufeful, of the return of the ene my's fleet to Europe. The Cue ux was difpatched for England on the int; of June, the day before his Lordfaip failed from Antigua. On the 15th of June the DICADS was furnifhed with difpatchcs for our (hips of war off the Tagus, that information might reach our fquadrons is that quarter ; his Lordfhip alfo difpatched on the fame day the MARTIN {loop of war, of LS guns, Captain S A vxci, to Gibraltar, to apprife Sir RICHARD BICK- EitTON of the probable return of the Combined Fleet into the Mediterranean, and of his progrefs in purfuit of them. On the arrival of the DECADE at Lifbon, our Conful hired a lugger, and tent her off on the s zth with the news to Admiral Cotrom off Ferrol. The wind was at W.S.W. fair and bung, and there fore the lugger probably reached her deflination in good time. We underhand, that to make affurance doubly lure, he alfo fent off a vette' with the intelli. gence to Cadiz and Gibraltar. Capt. Rims ea FORD, of tLe DECADE, informed the Brit;fh Conful at Lifbtin, that the day before he quit ted Lord NELSON'S fleet, one of the look-out frigates spoke an American flip, the Captain of which Rated, lac he had fallen in'Avith a large fleet,• which he (up lied to confat of the French and Spann Squadrons. is fleet could be no other than the enetnr; and r is il4Ciefo;e emery rearm to croft 'that Lord Naxsoir would fpeeday come up with them. The DICADE failed from the Tagus on the t ith, for Cape St. Vincent, for the purpofe of rejoining Lord NEL SON. At this time our Corfu' bad received pofitive information of the failing of the Carthagena fleet, on the 25th of June. It had previoufly made two or three fhort cruises, but at fall finally put to fea. Sir R►CHARD BICKERTON had received an account (Idle failing of this fleet, and had palled the Strain in the hope of meeting it. If any reliance can be placed two private advices, (and we think they are entitled to credit,) received yeacrday from Lifbon, intelligence of an engage ment in the Mediterranean, bet xeen the Carthagena fleet and the fquadron commanded by Sir R. BICK• RRTON, may be lhortly expeSed. Before the ex pedition under the command of Sir Jamas CRAIG failed from Gibraltar, a confultation was held be tween the Captain of the DRAGON and Sir R. BICKER , TON, when it was agreed, that information of its failing and declination Mould be fent to Carthagena, under a friendly colour, in the hope of alluring the Spaniards to come out, and give the Bridal fquadron an opportunity of falling in with them. It is laid that the fcheme fucceeded, and that the Carthagesia fquadron, confiding of fix fail of the line, failed in quell of the expedition, purfnant to the information they had received. Sir R►CHARD BICKERTON had alto palled into the Mediterranean, in the hope of intercepting them ; he had five fail of the line trader his command. If thefe fats be correft, it is not unreafonable to conclude, that there is confiderable chance that a battle will take place in the Mediter ranean. The AUCKLAND packet, on her voyage home, on' the r9th init. in lat. 43. 5o long. 13. S. taw a large fleet of !hips of war, and was fpoken by one of them; the Ajax, who Rated that they confified of fifteen (another letter from Falmouth lays ten) (hips of the line, two frigates, and a cutter. They were (landing to the S. E. An opinion was entertained that this was Admiral CORNWALLIS'S fleet, but we have reafon to believe it to be the fquadron under the command of Sir Ro BERT CALDIR, as we know that he had been rein forced, and that the AJAX was one of his thipt. It was the general imprellion at Lilbon, that Lord NELSON would overtake the fugitive fleets. Much, and we fear, well grounded apprebenfion was enter tained there, that the French and Spaniards would fliortly make an attack upon Portugal. We are forry we can Rate no farther accounts re fpefting the veffel fpoke with off the Land's End, as Rated in our Penzance letter yeflerdly. The rub_ joined letter, which we copy from a refpedable . Morn. ing Paper of this day, though it does not amount to a confirmation, tends in fame degree to corroborate it GLOUCESTER. JULY 25. " A Gentleman has jolt arrived here from Bethel, who lays that a vegil is put in there from the Welt Indies, the matter 'of which reported, that an adieu bad taken place betvreen Lard NrLsoN and the Combined Fleet, in which the latter hid been de f Lated, with the lofs of (even! Slips ; and that our gallant Admi ral was on his way home with his prizes. It will be feeolledted, that the defeat of the French at Aboukir was received left at Ba te' near a month before the official account.' We yefterday evening received American Papers to the 28th of June inclufive. There were, it'appears, various rumours and fpeculations afloat, with regard to the amount and dellination of the Combined Fleets. Their inataivity, and long continuance at Martinique, was junly regarded with aftonithment. According to the Itatements of fome paffengers who had arrived at New York, from Martinique, it was generally underftood at that ifland, that the French Admiral was not aware of the ultimate obja of this extraordinary expedition. He had fealed orders which he was not to open until he hid failed from Martinique, and reached a certain latitude. The reafon of the delay at Martinique, is (hied to have been in order to wait die arrival of AdmirilGß AVM A. In 'cafe, however, that the Spanith Admiral (Mould net have returned within a certain time, the French Commander was infirucled to proceed to the la titude where the fealed orders referring to his rub fequent courfe were to be opened. It is obferved by the American Editors, that the time pre - foil:fed to wait for GR•VIN4 hav:ng expired, was the real reafon for the departure of the French fleet from Martinique, and not the arrival of Lord Naesom in thc WeR Indieb. The American Editors profetred to repeat the reafon 21Egned by the French themfelves. _ _ On the authority of a Captain &own, who had arrived at New York, it is Rated that a fecond Frinch fleet had entered Port Royal on the 29th of May.— But this fink:rant is contradiaed in a fubiequent paper. which Mentions that a Captain FOV/Lilt had left Port Royal on the ill of June, at which time no fecond fleet whateVer had entered that harbour. We know that two flips of the line arrived at Guadaloupe on the 29th May.' • The New York Mercantile ifivertifer Rates, that ac cording to intelligence received from varldus fources, the Combined Fleets failed from Martiiique on the sth of June for Guadaloupe, whtrc they viived, and failed again on the Bth, bound for Antigua, which was fuppofed to be the firft objeft of attack.--This we know to be a miaake. Two frigates are Paid to have Leen engaged for thirty minute:, off Sandp•hook. No further parti culars are mentioned. An Americanllote riip, ectlined for the Meterra neani is flared to have: bred cAptur4l by the Spani ards is t h e Straits of • •••. • "111 ' .•• .I'.. i NAUTICAL INTELLIOEXCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—Wind Ws. ft. ♦ll. DLit. All. DOR. Dahlia z 0 Hatohurgh o 3 Waterford 0 I Gottcnburgh 0 1 Lilco s o Ga a 'soca, JuiY 24.—The Columbia, WATT, pair ed lall night to Port-Glafgow, from Charlfton, after a paffage of 28 days. Captain KeLLOCH, late of the Clyde, of this port, came pafTenger in the Colombia, his own fhip having been captured by the French privateer fchooner Matilda, Captain GRAF Fl 11, from Guadaloupe, on the t4th June, in lat. 29. long. 65. W. bound from St. Thomas, for Liverpool. The privateer is a large fchooner, nearly two hundred tons burthen, and a compliment of 180 men, and is reported to have now r2o, and mounts IS nine and flu pounders. Arrived here yellerday, the Volant, &or; from Savannah, in 28 days. Spoke an Ira Tail, with palTengers, for America, name unknown. The brig Margaret, HaiRDII, arrived here on Sun day from Quebec : failed thence the 24th June, in company with the Caledonia. Witsoa. for Clyde; parted cn the 25th, off Train Illand, in the River St. Lawrence : fpoke, on the 17th irritant, the chip Ann Phillipa, from Port-Glafgow for Newfoundland, in lat. 55.40. N. long. t it. On the tBth, was boarded by his Majelly's (hip ROSARIA, lat. 56. long. so.— and on the 19th, off My, was boarded by his Ma (hip TOURTIRELLS. The Caledonia, WILSON, arrived at Ayr, from ClLiebec, after a pafTage of 24 days. TORPAY. JULY 25.—Sailed the (hip William Pitt, of London, Capt. Bores, for Botany Bay, having 127 women convies on board, betides feveral fami• lies going out as fettlers ; alto failed for Plymouth, the Lord Mellon fchooner privateer, of Plymouth, Capt. W. Ceor a, with the Dutch galliotVrow Mar garetta, her prize, laden with brandy, captured on her pafTage from Bourdeauz for Amlterdam. Came into this pier the (loop Betfey, of Dartmouth, Bs:- s srr mailer, from Guernfey, in diftrefs, and remains with the NIMSSIS frigate, Capt. Sosesavrtta. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 26o—Sailed theWILAZLI 11001:), Capt. PARKER, for Falmouth, to give inflrutions to (hips bound to the Mediterranean. The MALAIAR and DART, with the Welt-India convey, remain at Sp ahead. 77 - 77 7 DIAL, JULY 26.—Sailed the firms , bomb, on a cruise.—Arrives la Taompsusa Hoop of war, frot% the Coaft of Africa, and remains in the Downs wise the St. Albans, Utrecht, Trufty, and the Antelope men of war ; Vefal, Renomme, Hebe, Ariadne,Cham pion, and Arab frigates; Hermes, Bonetta, l'Utile, Alert, Auttimn, Calypfd, Speedy, itailleur, Cygnet, and Harlequin floopi of war .; Difcovery, Lucifer; Vefuvius, Hecla, Explofion, Volcano, Devaftation, and Profpero bombs, a large fleet of gun and fire veffels, Zebra bomb, with a Signal flying for a con voy to the weftward, Euphrates Ealt Indiaman, and feveral other outward bound veffels. Wind S. W. • The following extra& of a letter from an intelli gent Officer, contaiim a coiled and circumstantial account of the anion with a part of the n Freach flo tilla off ecamp, an Ttlefday laft :' • • • ' • '4 Champion in the Downs , July 25. " We arrived In the Downs east evening from the trench cog:, where we had a (mart adieu with a divifion of large brigs and luuers of the enemy. After wirehing for fix weeks the flotilla of the enemy at Feast", it was Joined by a reinforcement from Havre•de-Grace. We law them at day light, bat were too far from the land to prevent their jun.tion. Accordingly, on Tad. day morning, the whole came mit, to the number of thirty-four, eleven of them brigs, and fleeted :awards houlogae, bnder the eaves of astir flying artillery and batteries. We had but two brigs to of ft us. At (even A. M. we brought them to adtlon within.piftot !hot, as dole to the beach as the water would per mit. The (trip once Bruck the ground, (rpm oar eagernefs to dole them,but got off without damage : *6 refereed our fire till aisnoil within bail of the rear of their UDe ; the fecond broadfide from us fotecd three of them on the beach, and made great havoc among their troops, who deferred two of the lugger*, but we found it impoffible to take poftalion without greater lots of Wien than the objed was worth, as the flying artillery covered the beach. We then elided their van and centte, and engaged them clad) , from &camp to St. Valery, a diltance of fifteen miles ; we made great havoc on board them as they were full of men, and our grape ardmufquetry carrying to the beach. The wind taring aloag thore, we could ant get them out from the beach, as their coat is fa Itronely fortified, and they having it always in their power to run on [luxe. This surnefearest tatted three hours and abaft - , when we were obliged to haul off , the malts being entirely difabled ; the rigging and fails cut to pieces; twenty-fie round and grape Shot in the hull, three of them under water.. The batteries slid us the matt mifchief, as they fired with great preeifion ; we, however loft but two men, who were killed outright, and three wounded —a (mailer lots than we carded ander loch a heavy fire : it fe med their intention was chiefly tellable the malts and rig. ging. Though we Idiom fueceed in capturing .any thing, owing to their keeping fo dlefero the more, theft fkinnilbes have a good effect, by (hewing them wheat they are to taped when fighting on their own bottoms when they make the grand dab fa long in con templation. Thei r cost is very convenient der their protedlon, asthey have a port they can put into every few miles, when di& abled. Their Commodore and fix loggers put into St. Valery, as they were attach mauled and unable to proceed's.° Boulogoe we mould have continued the adiion to Boulogne, but the tore and misco malts were czceflively damaged, and exp elled momentarily to go over the fide, previous to our thorteniug fail, and the ihip making a foot water an hour, fo you will perceive they gave us a good Laaantriag from the batteries, Ste- aid you may he allured the.Monfieurs bad their mare of the fun." FROM LLOYD'S LIST. GRATIS/MD JOLT 26.—Palled by the Min Read ; Harvey, Atklnfon • Ariel, Brown • Dart, Weft.; Castrate Cochrane ; Ox enhope, Thonmfon ; and t he Albion, Cora rth, from Peteriburgh; Elk, Worth, from Stockholm ; Attila+, Davidfuo; Alexander, Dosing; Ranger, Richardfon ; Peggy, Cowley; ant the Alexan der, Dappell, from Riga ; Cornwallis, Coullon, from , Dantzic ; Refource, Adams ; and the James, Stone. from Norway ; Anna Marla, Staberg, from Charente; Young Ankle, Veneer ; Aurora, Donan ' • and the Pon Mary, Purcell, !ran Harlingen. The Venus has captured the kftrondelle French privateer, of 16 guns and 90 men, and carried her into Cork. She took her in lat. 48- long. 14 weft.' Thetilrondelle hail taken in her kit cruise the (tartan Charlotte Packet, after an adios elan hour and twenty minutes. The American dap Charles,--, from Amftcrdam to jolted, is detained and felt into Dover. _ The following velfels were at Antigua, laden, ready fail, on the , 3d of June, and are thole . feppoced to have been taken on the Bth, -by the Combined Fleets: Pau int, Stranah; Mary, Pizzie ; emerald, Cook? Byam, Daw ion ; Martha, Johnfon ; Welt Indian, Dann; Kirby, Drylklale; ;, Cook ; Prioce of Wales, Wad Chriitiao; i,;;l;lquies,, Uttliaias Walker. • iprn tha' pot r l '111; ARRIVED. At Cowes, the ?Maeda William, Captain frntit Havannah. At Dartmouth, Dorfetildre, Pritde, from Newfound. land. At Falmouth, William, Hall, from Bolton ;and the Racrr. Waite, from Virginia. At Liver Fool, Jane, M'lnt , fh ; the sal , B an k, f rom Jamaica ; and Speculation, Lyons, from St Tao. mass; Harmony, Farnham; Hero, Carleton : Charlotte, i.o. thian ; and the Harriet, Blake, from Matfachuftts; Mar's, lingtou, from Philadelphia ; William Penn, Huffey ; am' to- South, from New York; Stapleton, Gordon, from Baltim ore; Rofinante, Brown ; and the Newton, Kelly, from New O r l eans. In the Clyde, Alias, Reemingtoo, from Wilmington ; and th e Hero, Currie, from St. Kitt's. At Dublin, Neutrality, ---.. from Button ; VCDUP. Montgomery, from London ; Ceres, N e rd: Mercury, Roche; and the Mary, Ward. fram Oporto. At way , w e ft Indian,—, from Mcrae( At Waterford, Rachad, Ball ; and the Polly, Stratton, from Phi:adelphia. Our port letters this day are fluent refpefling the arrival of the EaR India fleet off the Ifle et Wight. We are, therefore, apprVhenfive that the reported Telegraphic account, which we Rated yelterday, and which was fent us from Deal, was incorreft. orAL FA.IIILr. Wermourn, JULY 25.—This morning their Royal Highnelles the Duke* of CAMNIIDOR and Corm LAND rode to the Camps, where the troops were bri- gaded, and waiting the arrival of their Highneffes, they went through their different manoeuvres which they are to perform at the approaching review. This morning, loon after breakiaa, his MAJESTY converted with Lord Coyest:tit and ROLLS, who artived yeflerday. After which, their m ...ajaartas, and all the Nutt:ism, with their ufual attendant!, with the addition of Lady NE•LE, went on board the Royal Yacht. The weather is favourable, and there is every appearance of the Family having a pleafant cruize. All the Royal Yachts failed with them, and the two frigates Rationed here ; the ROYAL Sovs. REICH, with their Majeflies on board, kept a.head of the reit ; the others followed in a line, after taking a tack as far as Portland, and afterwards tacked again. The Royal Standard was hoifled on board the It. , yal Sovereign, and all the colours belonging to the other reels flying made a moa beautiful fight. We had teveral experiments tried within thefe few days with a new life-boat, invented by a man in So. merfetfhire. It has been examined by Sir HARRY BOLLARD Weeks, and a number of feafaring men, who (peak of it with greatpraife, and think it likely to anfwer the pnrpofe. The Inventor is an old feaman. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel— _ _ Marquis of Hertford, Eirl Coventry, Lord Rolle, Mr. Darby Coventry, Mr. and Mrs. Lygon, Col. Hill, and Mr. Coma. Arrivals at Luce's Hotel,— Mr. Naylor, Mr. Leigh, Mn. Baker and Family, and Mn. Savannah. Yeflerday the Ruffian Ambafrador tranadled buff• nes at Lord Mu LGR VIE'S Office. Lord and Lady CASTLIte•GH left town yeflerday morning for Ireland. Lord Hama ISSUR v gave a grand dinner yefterday to Mr. PITT, and a large party a falhior..ibles, it his fear, Cnomb Wuod. ThetarlofAilaitossi has taken Lord Masvissa's book at Wimbkdon. Lady Msosouar left town yeflerday f:lr Lord and Lady Cowraa's feat in Herts. His LOrdihip left town this day for the fame place. His Grace the Duke of Norritusisszt.atin, with ,his wonted liberality, has prifented thrill's Hofpital ' with Soo guineas, and become a Governor. Lord CATHCARTll ) holdihis Staff in the vicinity of Black Rock. As Commander of the Forces, he tides to Dublin every day, to infp'ea the garrifon and tranfaet military affairs, His Lardihip, it isfuppofed, will partly re:ide at the Curragh during the encamp. ment, to forth which, troops are every day marching from different parts of the country. On Tuefday hitt, at his feat at Chipilead-place, ;n the county' of Kent, in the Si ft year of his age, CHARM'S Pinar:A, Efq. : of this worthy gentleman iumay with flrift regard to truth be laid, that dm! he lived to a good old age, he lived to the belt of purpofes, having through the cootie of his life dif charged the relative duties of hu;hand, father, bro ther and friend, as became him as a good man and a Chriftian : deeply impreffed with a firong fenfe of our excellent religion, his aftioni were all guided by its admirable precepts, and as he had lived, fo he found in the hour of extreme trial that comfort and fupport underalong illnefs from it, which it alone could afford, and which gives to his furviving children and friends the grateful 'hope that he is gone to receive thole rewards which are pros:riled to the faithful in this life. The following is the decifion refpeeting the three fights which' were to have taken place' on Saturday last : The Chicken is backed to fight Galley in Oc taber, boo guineas to 400. Dutch Sam has declin ed to enter the lifts with Young Belcher, and the (takes are forfeited, Ryan is backed by his old maf ter to fight Caleb Baldwin within a week. The know ing ones fay it will be a Fght. _ _ The I).s-trolls of boxing-masches without T hole en. conra'gedient tittle violatious - of the peace would fd dom occur, have much more mit - chief to anfiver for than appears at firff fight. It is not in the wake of their fortunes, it is ii not in 'the Wounds, or e?en is the deathT.af the fellows they maintain, that tl:e ca lamity ends. The great evil of them is the attrac tion of thoufands of the middle and lower claffes from their occupations, who lofe, together with their money and their time, their refped for all lawful in. disfity, and their difpolition to actin employment. The match appointed for Saturday lan drew many hundkels from London during Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. At this time their minds were occupied upon an infringement of the laws, and their admiration excited by' the mere prevalence of brutal force. What a very (host liep it is from inch amtifenteuts to 9 . a-elation: the•mon dangerous to fociety and to thensfeives! A neutral Captain, who arrived yeflerday morn• ing from Rotterdam Rates. that throughout the Ba ta:Tian Republic all is hurry and baffle, In fitting out vefels to join the Boulogne flotilla. The prevailing idea in Holland was, that the attempt will be made early in the enfuing month. LA week another Roman vafe or urn, containing . 'human bones, was dug up, in the road, about ball way up the hill leading from Houndean Bottom to Lewes Race courfe, not snore than fix inches below the turf: .• 1 p.m