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NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.—\Vind W. o Hamburgit • Dublin, o Waterford, • Doonaghadee PLYMOUTH, MARCH i. but. Came in the Dattifh alp Jomfrue Valena, Cap iain Dosuve joss, from Malaga, bound to Ham hurgh, laden with with wine and brandy, detained by the ALCMENE, of 32 guns, Captain DIGRY. The privateer which captured the nine velfels off the Start, on Friday evening laft, is a black cut ter, pierced for 16 guns, and had been the greater part of that day in the middle of Brixham Traul ing !loops, that were fithing off the Bolt, without giving the fmalleft fttfpicion of what the was, never !hewing more than fcven men on deck, having her guns houfed, and all her ports clofely !hut in : to wards the dole of the day, fhe hauled in for the land, and in the evening fell in with the fleet that went from hence on that morning, very near the bore off the Bolt, becalmed, and by getting out her fweeps was foon in the min of them ; it is very much feared that the has efcaped with her prizes, which will handfomely reward the captors for their dexterity: the Grace, of this port, had on board among other goods, near too tons iron. PORTSMbUTH, MARCH 3. Sailed the following !kips for North Yarmouth, Rasmus, of 74 guns, Capt. &Row ; LONDON, Of 98, Capt. PURVIS ; BELLONA, of 74, Sir T. B. Tuoresoir ; and the GANGES, of 74, Captaiti FEEEMANTLE.—Arrived from the Channel Fleet the DEVIANCE, Captlin Riy4Lic.- 7 -Arriyed the AURORA and ULYSSES, with a large fleet of traWports, Btc. from Lillson. SHEERNESS, MARCH T. Sailed on the 27th ult. his Majcfty's armed-fhip Hottrisr, Captain Warsom; with a convoy for Leith; and yefterday the AGAMEMNON, of 64 guns, Captain FANCOORT, for Yarmouth ; alfo the BLANCHE, of 36 guns, Captain HAMOND, and the DART floop, Captain DEVONSHIRE, for Portf mouth.—Arrived the ALBION armed-111;p, of 22 gins, Captain Hitt., and the, OTTER fire-vella, of 14 guns, Captain KINLLY, from a cruize.— The Isis is undocked, and the Jamaica taken into dock. MARCH T.—Sailed this day hit Majefty's fhip TERPSICHORE, of 36 guns, Captain GAGE, for the Downs.—The tt.A, of 20 guns, came intb harbour, and the HECLA and VOLCANO bombs went out of harbottr to the Nore. MARCH 3.—Sailed yefferday his Majefty's fhip IikTrRAN, of 64 guns, Captain Dixow, to join the North Sea fleet ; and this day the VOLCANO bomb, Captain BRODIE, for Yarrnonth.—The JA MAICA has been undocked. YAttMOUTH, MARCH 3. Two Foreign Meffcngers having arrived here this morning with an order for a Packet to fail, the PRINCE of ORANGE Packet, Capt. THOMAS BRIDGE, immediately got under way, and failed with a fair wind at W. S.W. in confequence of which the Ktwo Gsottot Packet, Capt. Ftvw, will take the mails and paffengers on Thurfday for Ctuhaven. The Cosowto cutter has brought in here this morning a French lugger privateer, mounting 6 guns, which (he capotred between the Mies; the privateer had taken two (hips.—The following men of war are now lying here, MON MOUTH, GLATTON, PRINCESS of ()RANG'', AR DENT, RAISONALLE, POLYPHEMUS, MONARCH, MADRAS, LRYDEN, ISIS, TRILL, ASSISTANCE, AGAMEMNON, II frigates, 4 !loops, 3 brigs, and 5 gua.brigs. PROM LLOYD'S LIST. Drat, Maim, t.—Arrived, and failed for the River, the TRITON, DUNLOP, from India; and is Beet of Tranfports from Portfmonth.--.—Came down the LORD Duscas, for India, and remains.—Wind S. W. MARCH 2.—Arrived, and failed for the River, the Euridice, Comeron, from Martinique. MARCH 3.—Sailed the ST. GRORGF, ADMIRAL Nrt.soti, Russet., and AGINCOURT, men of war. Wind W. S. W. GRAVESEND, MARCH t.—Sailed the Mary, DA VIDS'On, for New Providence ; Minerva, Cu AT. lAN, for Dublin; and Afia, WARDLOW, for India. MAf CN 2.•••Pda' (Ted by the St. Andrew, tom Malaga; Ariel, BRAWL), from Baltimore; Gibraltar Packet, Moose, from Lifbon ; Concord, from Cork ; Three Sifters, Boseess, from Charleftown; Galen, —, General Lincoln, Hop sins, Sophia Heorica, Fabius, Fier LL, and Abigail, BELL, alt from Virginia.—Sailed the WALPOLF, SANDILAIIMI, for India; Ann, //ICI.. ILL, and Little Melville, - -, for Africa ; Mer cury, Tares, for Charleftown; Fair American, Woon, for Virginia; Hamburgcn, BORIC, and Louif.i, Lassie, for Hamburgh. Mato, 3.—Paflcd by the AIIA, —; and Experiment, Gowill , from London; John, Cortin•m, from St. Sebaftian's ; and Hebe, Hay, fr'tn Cork.—Sailed the Patty, for Lon donderry; Juno, —; and Friendfhip, J•es, for Hamburgh; Alexander, GIAIY, for Virginia; and Northern Libertas, for Charleftown. CAPTURE OF THE KENT EAST4NDIAMAN. • We are extremely lorry to announce the unfor tunate capture of the Honourable Eaft India Com pany's fhip the Kurt-, Captain ROBERT RIVING TON, by a French privateer in the Bay of Bengal in Odober laft, after fuftaining a gallant anionfor nearly two hours. This fhip failed from England on the 3d May laft, in company with the QUEEN, and was at Saint Salvador at the time the qv kll was confumed in July following. The KENT at the time of her capture wks full of paffengers ; for in addition to her own, fhe took all the QusFN'S paffengers on to Bengal, , after the lots of ffie Paid fhip. The KENT was an entire new fhip, of Bzo tons burthen, and her firft voyage, as well as the firft voyage as Commander, of the late gallant Captain RIVINGTON. Captain ItiviNcrom, of the Keur, was unfor tunately killed, bravely defending the Company's property till the laft moment of his exiftence, when he exclaimed, " Do not give up the fhip."—Mr. Caron, a Free Merchant, alfo fell, covered with wounds. All the furviving pallingers who were able to be moved, were put on board an Arab, and landed at Calcutta. The KENT was in 25 fathoms water, and took the Confiance for a Pilot Sloop. The crew of the Confiance were all armed with fabres and pif tots, and had been thrice encouraged with liquor, previous to their boarding the KENT. The fituation of Mr. and Mifs Crroit muff have been diftrefling in the extreme. General Sr. JoH N and his family were on board the KENT, and appear to have been particularly unfortunate. All his jewels, plate, and baggage had been burnt on board the gym., and he was now almoff defined to behold" his lovely wife, daughter to the Margravine of ANSPACH, and his three charming daughters, viaims to the lawlefs excels of a favage banditti. The gallant Captain Pit itiN oroN, the General's Aid-de-Camp, was fe verelv wounded in defending the General's faraily. The French behaved with a cruelty almoft un exampled in fea-fights, giving no quarter, and Itabbing with their fabres even the lick in their hammocks. Previous to their boarding, the KENT had evi dently the advantage ; and had the Crew been equally armed with offenfive weapons, or had more mufquetry, the Confiance would, in all probability, have paid dearly for the rafhnefs of her attempt. This is the fame (hip which was beat off formerly by the Aftsisrom. The above unpleafant intelligence was received by private letters which arrived overland from Bombay on Monday night: the following is copied from the India Telegraph. CALCUTTA, OCTOBER 18, 1800. On Sunday left accounts were received in town of the capture of the Honourable Company's (hip KENT, Capt. RIVINGTON, after an engagement of confiderable duration with the Confiance, Captain SURCOUFF, off the Sand Heads. The following are the particulars : On Tuefday morning the 7th infant, at day light, a ftrange fail was dikovered in the N. W. quarter; the KENT at that time was lying too for a pilot, and Captain RIVINGTON, conceiving the veffel in fight to be a pilot fehooner, immediately bore down, hoifled his colours, and made the fig nal for a pilot ; the (ranger, upon this, made fail and hauled up towards the KENT; it was loon afterwards diwovered that fhe was a (hip, the bands svere immediately called to quarters, and the Ihip prepared for aftion ; upon her approach to the KENT, as fhe fhewed no colours, a shot was fired at her from the larboard fide, which was followed up, as The paffed upon the oppofite tack, by a broadfide, and a conftant fire kept up while fhe was within reach of the guns;—the privateer, for it was now afcertained to be fo, loon after wards tacked, came up on the larboard fide, and commenced .I.e engagement within about midket (hot, but without doing much injury, although (he continued in this pofition for fome time: then Mot a-head, and palling round the bow of the KENT, renewed the engagement on the other fide, nearly at the fame diftance and for the fame length of time, but with as little effeil as before. She afterwards made fail a-head, as if with the intention of relinquilhing the attack and making off s which The could eafily have done, having greatly the fuperiority in failing • when Ile had got about the difiance of half a mile a-head of the KENT, fhe was, however, obfcrved to haul her main-fail up, and wear round immediately to. i wards her, and in about ten or fifteen minutes afterwards, or as loon as her guns would bear, fhe, for the &it time, hoifled the National colours, (Suacourr afterwards declared that he had for gotten them before,) and fired a broadfide and a volley of mufquetry from every part of the (hip, which was immediately returned by the KENT, and continued while her guns would bear; the privateer tlit.n .' caring round her km, ranged clofe up alongfide, and received a full dikharge from the Kss is itarbnai d guns: at this moment the fired a whole broadfide, and threw a number of hand grenades horn her taps into the KENT, lime of which penetrated the upper deck and burg on the gun deck, at the fame time a fire of mnfquctry was kept up from her tops, which killed and wounded a number of the paffengers and recruits that were on the quarter deck and poop : when the ,fhips were completely locked with each other, Captain SURCOOFF entered at the head of about i;o men, completely armed for boarding, having each a fabre and a brace of pif tols ; the contelt upon deck was now defperate, and tailed for about twenty minutes, but the enemy, having greatly the fuperiority, both in numbers and aims, were viliorions, and a dread ful carnage enfued, they (hewing no quarter to any who came in thcir way, whe the r with or with out arms; and fuch was their favage cruelty, that they even Rabbet' fame of the rick in bed. Upon gaining poffeffion of the poop, the French immediately cut down the colours, and loon after this had complete poffeffion of the 114. Captain SVICOUTT, finding form difinclination in his crew to board, had been under the n.:ceflity of plying tilt= Cenral times with liquor, as well as to promifc them an hour's pillage, in the event . . of carrying the Ihip, and this time they coin. pletely occupied, breaking open every package they could come at, and even taking the coats, hats, limes, &c. from the perfons of the , officers and paiforgers. From the commencement of the anion until the French were in polfeffion olthc 'hip, u:as about an hour and forty-feven minutes, and from the gallant manner . in which the officers and crew 01 the KENT behaved while the (hips were clear of each other, there is not a doubt but the would have overcome the privateer ; but illZre being a very great deficiency of (mall arms, they had no means of repelling fuch a number of hoarders, fo well prepared for clofe ation, and Captain Sea -1 COUFF acknowledged that had he not fucceeded in carrying her, his own flip mutt loon have funk allngfide. It is with extreme regret we add, that Captain 111%1r:crow, after the molt manly conduit in the defence of his (hip, fell by the mufquetry from the tops of the privateer while SURCOUTE was in the aft of boarding. In the afternoon the officers, paffengers, and crew of the KENT, were fent on board an Arab veal, which hove in fight, and which had been plundered by the privateer the day before ; fome of the fe:imen were, however, detained on board the privateer and put in irons, with the hopes of inducing them to enter. The Chief Officer, Sur geon, and Surgeon's Mate, with about thirteen of the molt dangeroully wounded, were detained on board the Keay, under pretence of its requiring too much time to remove them. Although the prize-mailer informed the unfor tunate people who were fent on board the Arab, that there was abundance of provifions and water, yet upon enquiry there was found only a very final) quantity of rain water, scarcely equal to half a pint each per day, for four days, with a few dates and raw rice to fubfift on, and they were confequently reduced to the utmoft diftrels, before they were relieved by one of the pilot falconers which they met in the roads. LIST of OEFICIRS SEAMEN, PASSENGERS, and TROIP9. killed and wounded on board the Hon. Company 'a 'lip Kr N 7, in laical with la Confiancc ' French Privateer, off the sand Heads, in the Ray of Bengal, 7th of October, in twelay five fathoms water. [Publifficd by Order of Government.] Robert Rivington, Efq. commander, Killed. Mr. J. Findlay, carpenter, Ditto. Mr. Wm. Rudy, boatfwain's mate, Ditto. Mr. R. Youl, third officer, J)angeroufly wounded, Mr. J. Tween, fourth ditto, Ditto, Ditto. John Cooper, fuman, Ditto, and left on board I teary Bradley, ditto, We Kent. Cornelius Zadhn, ditto, William Karr, ditto, Wounded. Mr. W. Cator, free merchant,Bengal Killed. Mr.T. H. Graham, writer, ditto, Ditto. Mr. J. Puller, ditto, ditto, Danperoufly wounded, Mr. Benj. Tichburn, cadet, Madras, and could not be re- Mr. R. Sherwood, affift. furgeon, do. moved from the Kent. Mr. . Ewer, writer, Bengal, Slightly wounded. Mr Jo hn Warner, cadet, Wounded. Mr. . Glbfon, AIR. furgeon, Ditto. Mr. R. Moor, cadet, Madras, c Severely wounded, fusee I dead. , Mr. Alex. Penland, ditto, ditto, Ditto. Mr. Charles Gaghan, ditto, ditto, Wounded. Mr. Charles Mitchell, ditto, ditt o, Ditto. Mr. I. S. Smith, ditto, ditto, Dkto. Corporal Wally, H.M. roth reg. foot, Killed. T. Cooper, —76th ditto, Ditto. S. Cole, H. M. 27th Light Drags. Ditto. . Darks, IL Pd. sgtb ditto, . I Pickering, H. M. apth ditto, Ditto. Ditto. . Mullagen, H. Company's recruit. Ditto. Capt. Pilkington, Aid-de-Camp to - . . . }severely wounded Hon. Gen. St. John, Edigu Palmer, H.M. zoth reg. of foot Wounded dangerouly Enfign Syne, H. M. 76th ditto, Ditto. Se*. Olnien, H. M. toth ditto, Sedt. Mc Cullum, H. M. 29th Light Dragoons, D.ingeroufly wounded. P. Lucas, H. M. 76th ditto , and could not be re- A. Crowdall, H. M. ditto,ditto, moved irons the Kent. Francis Fletcher, H. M. ditto, Henry Magnefi, H. M. ditto, ditto, J. Floyd, H. M. 25th light dragoons, J Corporal Finegan, H. M. 29th ditto, Wounded. Corporal Spicer, IL M. 76th foot, Ditto. l ohn Healing, ditto, w Ditto. ohn Scawood, ditto, Ditto. . Potts, ditto, Ditto. W. Colliers, H. M. 27th light drag. Ditto. Henry Perry, ditto, Ditto. Sam. Daniels, H. M. Kith reg. foot, Ditto. Richard Gating', ditto, Ditto. G. Wright, H. M. 29th light drags. Ditto. J. Griffiths, Hon. Company's recruit Ditto. Henry Hayding, ditto, Ditto. John Garnerith, ditto, Ditto. Andrew O'Neal, ditto, Ditto. John Stafford, ditto. Ditto. William Diskfon, ditto, Ditto. 1 Dangeroutly wounded, E. Ford, private, H. M. 76th foot, } and left on board the J Kent. Abftradt i t Killcd. 44 Wounded, Total killed and wounded SS FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MARCH j. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, PIARCIt 3. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Lord G , Commander in Chief of his Mope'''. Ships and Veffels on the coon of Ireland, to EVAN NRIPLAN, Efq. dated at Cort, the 22d ultinto. Sir—l herewith enclofe, for the information of the Lords Commiffionen of the Admiralty, the copy of a letter which I received yelterday after noon from Captain 'Twysospi, of his Majelty's fhip RIVOLUTIONNAIRt, giving an account of his having captured the Moucheron French Brig Pri vateer, belonging to Bourdeaux, mounting fix tecn guns and one hundred and thirty men. (Signed) GARDNIR. RICVOLOTIONNAIII, at fca, ifith Ftb. My Lord—l have the honour to info: in your Lordfhip, that early this morning, I captured the French brig privateer Moucheron, belonging to Bourdeaux, mounting fixteen guns, twelve and fix pounders, and one hundred and thirty men, out twenty days from Palfae, but had only made one capture, the William brig, of London, from Saint Michael's, loaded with fruit. (Signed) THOMAS rvn'soam• Extra& or a Letter from the Hemourahle Captain 11.oaaar SrortollD, of his Majefty's Otip Excetta NT, so Quibasm Bay, to Earl ST. VI VCR r, the std February tsot. My Lord—l have the honour to acquaint your Lord hip, that on the night of the soth inflant. I fent the boats of the Esc LLLLL r to endeavour to bring off a Cutter and a Sloop which were at an chor near the Point of %Oberon; unfortunately that fame evening, after dark, a large Citafre Maree with troops on board, going to the iflanci. of Belleifle, had taken her Ration chile to the above veffels, the refinance which the boats met with was consequently much greater than there was at fira reafon to exfsea; this circuniftance did not, however, prevent Lieutenant CHURCH (having the command of the boats) from making the-at tack upon the Chaffe Maree, in which he gallantly perfevertd, till being badly wounded hinuell, ani two men killed in his boat, he was obliged to re tire; the other boats under the command of Melfr>. CRAWFORD and Nlsmigiso, (M:ifhipmen,) lutcly boarded and fucceeded in bringing off the Cutter, called I'Arc, an armed veffelthe fer. vice o f in the Republic, commanded by an Etilyle de Vaiffeau, and employed as convoy to ~i, 3 from Belleifle; this vellel had alio on board a de tachment of troops, who were nude pritimers, and who made the vedel's force much fuprior to that of the affailants. (Signed) a. srut•oxil. Copy of a Letter from Mr. Husarraer Glows, Mailer at the Luau Nt LSON,private (hip of wit, to EVA MI No PLAN Rig. dated PI moot) Sound, ilith Yet Wary as Sir—Be pleated to inform the Lords Commit !loners of the Admiralty, that, on the 26th inftant, at three P.M. being between the Ifle of Wight and Portland, a lugger hove in fight to leeward, with a large fail in chace of her; conceiving I might cut her off, I inftantly bore away in a direCtion for that purpofe, and. after a chace of four hours, had the good fortone to dee it, and being about to board her, The (truck her colours. On taking poffegion of her I found her to be the Efpoir lug ger privateer, Monfieur Assots BASSET, Com mander, mounting fourteen carriage-guns, with feventv-five men, had sailed only two days before from St. Maloe's, and had taken nothing The fail in chace proved to be his Majefty's frigate the °allay, Lord AUGUSTUS FITZROY Comman der, which came np as we were exchanging pri foncrs. None killed or wounded. (Signed) HUMPHREY GIBSON. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The crew of the cutter Swt FT will be paid the proceeds of the remainder of the cargo of the In gebtrrg Mathia, henceforward at Arundel-ftreet, the till& Thurfday mon•lily for three years. To the crew of the GANG Es, for the capture of the French fhip la Marl onen, (by the ESEsui.uto, and for which they (bare by agreement.) the un paid 'lures remitted from the Welt Indies, by WALT t R Cotn_uuoum, Efq. of Antigua, will be in courfe of recall at No. i so, High-ftreet, in the Borough, from Saturday next the 7th infant. The crew of the 13,1, for the capture of the Jo hanna Dutch hoy, in company with the Gssr- TOM, KIST, Roles ILY and RANGIER will be paid their proportions of the proceeds on board the Paid ,fitip, to-morrow, the sth initant ; and a ft erwards at the Swan in Arundel-ftreet. The crew of the be brig Omuta for the captum of the Elizabeth, will paid their proportions of proceeds of twenty-five hogilseads of fugar con demned out of faid prize, on board the faid brig at Yarmouth, on Saturday the 7th ital. (For Wharf Promotions, Bankrupts, are. fee the IA peel NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, JAN. Is. Arrived the French privateer le Jeane Creole, price to the United States frigate Chefispeake, Captain S. BARRON; captured on the in of Janu ary, in lat. 26, long. 66, after a chace of go hours. She was fitted out at Porto-Rico, is pierced for i 6 guns, but had only 6 mounted when the chace commenced, which the threw overboard; the re maining ten, with their carriages, were down in the hold. The privateer had been out so days, during which the captured a Britith thip from St. John's, New Brunfwicic, and an American (hip._ Il e prize arrived here under charge of Lieut. SINCLAIR. ARRIVED. At Dover—the Wafbington, Nei, from Virginia; and Co lumbia, Bryint, from New York. At Lanettlter—the George, Noble, from Trinidad. • - -- At Falmouth—the C!th;rine, Moore, from Virginia. At Liverpool—the Mary, Barrett ; Ocean, Howland ; New York, Seward; Commerce ' Reynolds; Edward, Hall; and R a r e , --, from New York ; Franklyn, Tucker, from Phi ladelphia; Courier, M'Connel, from Virginia; Union, Red man, from Maffaehufett's ; Sally, Gordon, from Baltimore; Mercurius, Benckley, from Dantziek ; Two Friends, Chandler, front Baltimore; Sympathy, from Virginia; Peggy, Lattimore; Warren, Parker; and Albion, Atkinfon, from New York; and Rufus, from Sagannah. At New York— he Cluirleftoo, Church ; Prefident, Bunker and Felicity, Rtid, from LiverpooL At Baltimore—the Padia, Carter; and Alexander, Bayne, from Baltimore. In the Weft fattier—the &Ilion, Poftlethwalte ; Juno, Par. kinfon ; and Commerce. Frnarri from Lam - after. At Virginia—the Eagle, Morrifon, from Bdfaft. At Cowes—Hopewell, Fairfield. from Virginia; anil Le vant, Dalton, from Bolton. At Surinam—Atalanta, Muirhead, from Londsn. At Barbadoes—Phenix, Shaw; Thetis, Carrier ;SrA. & Hammond, Thonspfon ; and Mars, Crawford, tram London. At Sr. Kitt's—Dublin, Dixon, from London. _ _ _ At Africa—Tobago, Meehan, from London. At Damon—Fame, from Africa; Weftm neland, and Calls Douglas, Clark, from Angola ; Brooks • and Hannah, Moore, from Loudon ; Neptune, In glis; and Mary Arm, —, from Liverpool. At St. Vineent's---Maria, Ormond, from New Provilence. At Savannah—Polly and Harris, Noble, front Liverpool. At Antigua—Loon - a Bridger, Eve, from New York. At New York—Pomona, Mirrell, and Felicity, Reid, from Liverpool. At Cork—Rochdale, Shamrock, from Liverpool At Waterford—Mary, Parry, from Fo*ey. At Dublin—Alesuer, Heart; Palace. Wilton; Fame, Crayfon; Sally, Muncatier ; ltabelia. Dawfon ; Mary, Tom- Linton, and Favourite, Wood, from Liverpool. At &Waft—Neptune, Grißiths; Shamrock, Winn; and Cunningham, Boyle, —, from Liverpool. At Newry—Ellis, Alcorn, from Liverpool. At Londonderry—Surprise, Wilton, from Liverpool At Cork •-.Bollock, Kelly, and Bartick, Mudge, from Li verpool. Laft Monday night, Mr. Joni; DOWDIN, a re fpeeable Farmer of Lyndhurft,was found drowned at Minefteed, with his horfe Ilanding in the water by his fide. It is fuppofed he had fallen in at tempting to ride along the foot-bridge. _ . _ This dor No. 57.346 was drawn a Prize of wool. Sold in 'hares at Daustrorio's lucky Of. fice, No. 65, Fleet-(Feet ; where the firft drawn Prize of 3031. in this Lottery, was alto fold. ad hat icir ned the net and nce far ay? De. to Incl is the [ to :ity the Lin!! Lip an tion Vet riz. his iuit • his the sick refs taid !m Puei t, is I.