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irilltest 0..01 of their heving left Martiapte, ,;ag sowioleven at Trinelad, we any other of the Wind. srd Islandstring to their trop a being so that it is Sii e t hAre ',TON 3,000 men. Lord Nelson told Cape BAtes • 0 , 0 0 to s* • r particular course, which, he said, would givS sight of the Combiled Fl , et ; he did ao, and yawed i ll % on tho morning of the 19th Julie, 'teeing earn'? the lulSi they consisted of 17 sail of the line ; and Cai.t. B •t• 0.0,th considered Lord Nelson t be a day or a day and a ooeh i n d them ; they sailed en bad t' at the Le Curiemt gothem under her topsails. Lord fleet confined i o air ten sail of the line, "sat not a sick man in the flues, bet 0 1 1 would come to quarters ; and he hal every confidence in o g e e, which inda•-ed him to c.Nirl back Adini.al Cochra:ie Nordiumberland, with the Simulate mum of war, for 0011111. W ind syr— The intelligence contained in this letter diffused toiwsa l jiy, particalai 1 y among those int,erested the tuck of the West Indies, And was confirmed to the following official communication transmitted f re m the Admiralty, to Lloyd's Coffee House, at Titclve o'Clock : 1 . Admiralty Office, July 9. 4 CP%i:l Bettcsworth, of His M..i.ysty's ship Cu,'.co a, ao; j e adla4 night with dispatches tram VlCe Admiral Lnrd Net 40 . dated An - .qua. 12th June. His Lordship arrived with the ~,sunder his commi.id at Bu h adecs on the 4th June. It airs:am that the combined squadrons passed Antigua ▪ tbellth of Jour, and . . 0 the 20th wens seen by the Comm( ▪ lit 33 12. ion 58. %V. steering at firit N. by E. but after. His Lordship intended to sail again in pursuit the enemy, the iiimsent the trix.ps taken on board at Bu boes feu disembarked. le D.auiond Rock has been obliged to surrender from tam xat.•r r after A gallant resistance, in which the French i. y men, ani three gun-boats. is combated squadrans had suffered greatly from s:ck- ▪ f a g of Lori NELION'S arrival in the West ladies, and of his being in close pursuit of the ene my, !wing thus es• ablishei, the following observa iinn, Arise out of the case, combined with some • partteulars, which we have been able to col. left. The Combined Fleet sailed from Cadiz on the IUS ,of April, and arrived at 717artinique on the of May, after a passage of 33 days. Lord NELSON sailed from Lagos Bay on the !Ws of May, bti3: 3 moods after, and arrived at Barbadoes on the SI of June, having thus run through an equal distance in 24 days, or about two-thirds of the tune relaimi by the Combined Fleet. Upon his arrival 2: Barb tdoes, Lori NEL sow took h a supplyof wat,:r ani provisions, aad a military force of 2003 troops. Evening Paper of yesterday states, upon the an. th)sity of an alleged letter from an officer on beard the fleet, that " all this was done in the irce of one day, the 4th, and that his Lordship immediately proceeded to Trinidad with twelve sail c,t the tine, being previously joined by the Spartiala and Noetiotpeeriand, and arrived there on the 6th, when, finding that the information which he had received of the combined fleet's having gone against Trinidad was errnneous, the French not having been at that island, and no enemy's vessel having, been seen there, he determine.' t., proceed to St. Lelia, to get more certain intelligence of the ene rn7, and was off Grenada on the 9th."—We are neither competent nor disposed to assert positively, that the letter which we have tooted is a fabrica tion; but, most assuredly, there never was an ac. tont involving so many apparent inconsistencies and improbabilities. That the &set should reach Trinidad in one day from BA - Isadore, that it s'7.nuld, on its return, only make Grenada, which is not half the distance, in three days, and yet, steering the same course, and passing by Bar badoes, St. Lucia, and Martinique, reach An tigua, which is five times the distance from Tri redid to Grenada, in three days more, are very ex traordinary circumstances. The arrival of the Cotn• band Fleet at Martinique, on the 13th of May, was known to every man in Bat badoes, on the 21st, a.,1 the latest accounts fr im that Island, of the 1, represented the enemy as still in Fort Royal, "Iliad up the bay, the troops being reported in a sickly state. Now, what reason the people of Trinidad had to suppose that the Combined Fleet, which they believed to be snug in Fort Royal on the :15th, had left Martinique, and, passing them by, had proceeded to Trinidad and taken it in the menial, between the lith of May, and the 21 of June, we are not informed ; nor can we form any conjedure upon the sulied.—Lord Nitre scot being assured, as he must have been. On his ar• lira! at Barbaines, that the enemy remained at .M utiniqoe, in the North, sin late an the C3th, would nit be very likely to seek them at Trinidad, in the upon light grounds.—Having made these few observations upon the unofficial reports of his Lordship's voyage, we come now to the communica. Can from the Admiralty, and our Plymouth letter, which is cmsidered equally authentic. The intelli gence which they Lontain, we ennf.:sit, exceeds our most sanguine expedations, and promises a victory not less splendid and glorious than that which im mortalised the name of Aboukir, and placed the British Navy upon the highett pinnacle h the tem ple n' Fame. It appears from the former that Lord NILSON, not finding the enemy at Martinique, proceeded to Antigua, where he arrived en the Ilth ; add being interned treat Combined Fleet had passed that island moon the Bth preced ing, he immediately prepared to disembark the troops which he had taken on board at Birbadocs, for the purpose, no doubt, of strength eaing such places as might be threatened by the enemy ; or, of disl edging them, in case of their having made a successful landing in any of our Islands. His Lordship also sent away Admiral COCHRANE with the NurileumGerland and Spertiate men of war, to their respthive stations, and next day dispatched Le Curirscr to Europe, with an ac count of his operations, and his intention to continue the pursuit of the enemy from Antigua, with his fleet of ten sail of the line. It would appear that Lord Ner,son, in these proceedings at Antigua, was ailing under an impression that the Coashined Fleet had abandoned the object of its visit to the West Indies, and was bravely running away, covet ed with glory, back to France. It was generally understood from the first arrival of the Conshined Fleet in the West Indies, that the troops were in a very sickly state. They ale said to have buried 3000 at Martintrae, and to have lett as many more sick behind. It appears, also, that after remaining so long at Mai tinique, they atchieved nothing but the conquest of the Diamond Rock, a small barren spot, defended by a garrison of 2.3 men, and within a mile of Martinique. It sppears, also, that in tead of running down to Jamaica, or St. Domingo, ss'ith the trade winds, as they would have done if they meditated any enterprise in that quarter, they crossed them in the very direelion wnicl , we are informed, by nauticil men, a fleet would steer that wished to catch those westerly gales, whizh prevail us the more northern latitudes, and would carry them to Europe. To his great r:aturai sagacity Lord Ner.sore adds the advantage of muie: experience in the West Indies. How, or in what manner he was able to ascertain the course of the Combined Fleet we cannot pret-nd to say; but it is evident, from the circumstance of Captain BET reswo rw's felling in with them, that his Lordship's intormation was correct. When first discovered by Capttin Be rr esworrts they were steering N. N. E. the direct course for Europe ; and though they af terwards changed to N. N. W. that may have been only in hopes to deceive the Curirwr. Loa rade 33. I?. the point in which they were seen, is the s ime as that of Charlestcevn in North America, far out of the range of the West In dies. Thus, even supposing the ene:ny to escape tine pursuit of Lord NetsoN, and to return to a French or Spanish port, of which there is but little chance, has ended an expedition which was to strike a blow which should resound through the universe. After holding Europe in suspense for three months, and sprealling fear and anxiety through every part of the British Empire, the Combined Fleet have fled from the West Indies, leaving the conquest of a barren rock the only monument of their prowess; a rock scarcely severed from Martinique, and not affording even earth sufficient to cover the dead who remain behind. The Funds yesterJay rose About a half per Cent. is consequence of the intelligence from Lord NaLsorr. It was reported yesterday, that the Austrian Minister, Count STARHENISFRG, had set out upon an important rifss:on to his Court. The report is, at all events, premature, as Count Sraitusxszac remained in town last night. We hive received American Papers: from Charles. ton to the 2 t )th May, from Baltimore to the Sd June, from New-York to the Ctli, from Philadelphia to the sth, and from Boston down to the 11th of the same month. Their contents are not important. Monday evening His MAJZSTY and the PRIN CESSES walked on the Terrace, Windsor. Yesterday morning His MAJESTY, the Duke of KENT, Princesses At.ousra, SOPHIA, and AULLIA, attended by Generals GARTH and FITZROY, and Colonel DIiSIROW, rode on horseback in Windsor Great Park. This day the ROYAL FAIII LT will come to town. Yesterday the dispatches for Madras and Bengal by the tb,icet were finally closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser. The following are the Union's passengers : Fnr Benga!—.Mr. M. Moore Writer; Rev. Ff. Martyrs, Cara J. Davidson, Ens.en W. G. Mackenzie, Mr. J. H. de Rorie ; Messrs. W. S. Ration, W. Rabinron, T. P Moore, J. Franeklin, G. Moore, T 'Welt, A. Gordon, M. C Paul, C. M`Donsld, 0. Cluistie, and C. A. Munig ..... erie, Cadets. For R Stone, Surgeon; Messrs. J. Myers, ati4 M. C. Hunter, Cadets. The /in man of war, with the fleet under her convoy, which sailed from P. irtsmonth on the 22,1 May. are arrived at Newfoundland. The French Emperor has declared himself against allowing American Consuls to reside in the French Colonies. Mr. LivproszoN, the American Minister, has re turned to Paris, from his tour of Switzerland; and is 'shortly to s.til for the United States. On his arrival at Paris, he had an interview with the Impe rial Bonapaite, and the following day received tl-e Bmperor's portrait in a gold box, elegantly set in diamonds, said to cost 45,000 francs (upwards of 8000 dollars), and a flattering letter, written by the Emperor's order, expressive of his high esteem and THAATI?L' RO rA HAYMARKET. Last night the lively Comedy of The School for Avi,lice was perfr.rmed, for the first time, at this Theaf , e, and received loud and continued applause. Mr. I owrox, in the benevolent Jelv, was in that line of aging in which he so much excels. Mr. Limn:, as the keen Yorksi.irern in, Thri Cr-,ottk was ex tremely e-tertlininr. Mr. MATTnEWS. in Old Li- Ayed much comic hum'ur. Mrs. G I so % Mr.. Ilali owe, indeed all the Performers, exerted themselves to the utmost. The hors.e overflowed wdb elegant company ; there was not even standing room in any part of it. MADEMOISELLE DE BOURDON. This Lady was yesterday to take the Black VeiLat the Convent to which she has retired, in Norfr i lk, " The world forgetting," but not " by the world forgot." Her mt!dness and fortitude will live in the minds of all thnie who had the honour of her acquaintance. In celebration of this event, High Mass was ye;terday performed at the Duke Da Bout lON'S Chapel, Little George's -street, 14ortman square. The Chapel was decorated most eleganrly fir the occasion, and attended by numbers of the nobility; amongst whom were Lord DILLON and morros. BY °Li) NICK. THE S ['AGE. IlaridersssDo they (the oil players) hold the taws estimation they d:cl when I was in the city! Are they so to/lowed Matocrasts --Pie, indeed, they are not. ifoorter —Flow comer it ? Do th.o voer catty ? Raane • esits.--Nar, their r *steamer keeps is she meted pare? But Civet is, Si-, an etery of chit 'reo, irttle 'yaws, that ay out on the :op of question, ar.d are moil tyrannically clspped fort: %tie are slaw the lasliteres. SWAIM LORD VISCOUNT MP.LVILLE. Sojaatus duritur nom Spectandus : g.ude , 4 NUliqUeT, si quid ms'n cedis, envoi Ilunc bianinern. Rene babe, nil pens interrozn. Set quid Turtra Remit Sequitur lu:tumuli, ut semper, et edit Dainnaun. Juestrat.. SAT. X. The nuptial ceremony ont o F lon. Colonel Acar. sow, son of Viscount Gosrcmo, will Miss SP•R• Row, is deferred until neat week. Lady S tr riet.o was to present an elegant rand of colours yesterday to the North Pevensey Volun teers, on the plains of Crowborough. Miss Siarrit, of the Bath and Bristol Theatres, whom Mr. HARRIS has engaged. had recently ess* tereJ into an engagement fur three years with Mr. Dimon°, their manager; but Mr. Thaws% wishing to promote the interest of Miss SIIITB, has, with a liberality which does him honour, cancelled her engagement. Mrs. Secose. never was in finer voice than at the Musical Festival at Warminster. She sung, Fare well, ye limpid stream, ; Holy, holy ; f know that sty Redeemer; Sired Bird, ac. in a most sweet and cap tivating style. Mrs. Stumm commenced h-r engagement at Edir.burei on 'Thursday last, in the part of Jane shore, and on Friday she was to perform Lkira in the tragedy of Pisirro. _ _ Mrs7Ssii DONS will return to Newcastle, after her engagement at Edinburgh is closed, to perform a few nights with her Brother STEPHEN KEMBLE'S Company during the Assize week. She is to be followed at that place by Master BETTY. The Italians, including Mesdames BOLLA, 3T al• ?IA Sam, and CANTON!, Signors N02A611, RAF. ?MILLI. and CItUCCI ATI, who composed the esta blishment of the Opera tiara, at Paris, have been all disbanded, except Nozasi, and are to be sue ceeded by a new corps. Among the many juvenile candidates for theatric fame which have lately appeared, one of the most remarkable is a Conic Ranier, of the name of Diawsori ; he is only six years of age, and has played the part of Strut, and ether comic characters. on the Exeter stage. with astonishing success. The Ma nager of the Yeovil Theatre has engaged him to perform two nights. Colonel Vint-, of the Dublin County Militia. ! who received a ball in his body during the rebellion of 1793• and which has never been extraCted, is niiw in a very alarming state of health, from the opening of his wound. His physicians have recommended the waters of Bareges. The Colonel has written a letter to Bort A 1 ARTIL for permission to go there. A grand Match of Cricket for 1000 guineas a is;cle between ten players, whose sir-names begin with 8., at the head of whom is Lord F. BEAU. ccsalc, against ten of all England, commenced playing on Monday in Loan's Cricket Ground Yesterday. the second day, was very interesting. A vast concourse of speelators attended, and there was much betting. The odds in the forenoon we e 4 to 9 in favour of all England. but in the latter part of the day they eh:in:zed to ti to 5 in favour of the B.'s. Among the betters were the Dnke of ST. Atria o's, Lord WILLIAM IItASELL. and Lord F. BE/it:CI-MIK. It is considered one of the best matches ever played in this celebrated Cricket ground. On Thursday week, an amiable young lady of Burnley, Yorkshire, joined by several others of the first respectability in that neighSourhood. in a neat and elegant address, presented, in the name of the Ladies of Burnley, a purse of 401. to the privates of the Preston Volunteers, hte on permanent duty there, as a testimony of their respect for the studious attention of the men on their military duty, as well as exemplary behavilur. E. Town cIT Sr Noisa. Vsq. of Townley }fall, likewise presented one slid. ling to each man, to regale himself with. SPORTING liirEiLi4tket; "—entre-- NE*MAIIK . ET JULY MEECI§G,, 1606. MONDAY, JCL' 8. Second and last !..ear of the July Stalcec, a Subscrip tion of 50gs. each, 30gs. ft. te- old . colts cars. Tying Bst. 61b. and fillies, Est. 4ib . Taro year old Course. Mr Wilton's brother to Merrvmsft . . . . Mr. R. R..yee't eh f. Wretch, by G...haria, out of Berin erorm's dam . . ..... . ti Sir C. B ilibury's b. f. by Whiekey, out of; Oraogebud . D. of ti , aft ,n't b. c be Grouse, out of Pz o provnt . 4 Mr P.nroai%br e. by Wookey, dant by Tt,Anpator, oat of Cnntp . 5 Clernymet‘, e. bT T:rnirzror, out or Young Noitere pd Mr. ?sown'. v. by Waiskee, .1... n by PutflO's, UM of Di. elteu pr rive to 2 against Mr. Wilson-8 v . ) 1 *villa Wretch-7 to '2 against D. of G.afton-3 to I agdim,t. Mr. ?Anton. Mr. Watson's Dreadnought, Bst. 71b. beat Lord I;rosrenor's Agincourt. Bst. Gib A. M. 14.1pgsr h t:.-5 to 4 against Dreadnought. Lord Grosvenor's Meteora. 7st. 3:h. boat Mr. Lake's Lynctas s by Buzzard, out of It-slots'. 41b. Two year Course, 50gs.-2 to I on Meteors. Mr. Watson's Dreadnought, 9st. received 40gs. from Mr. K. Buyce's Punch, 7st. Sih.' .:Iwo year old Course, illgs. Mr. Wastell's Lumbago, 7st. 9131. teceived ft. Pram Mr. Howorit's Pimlico, est. D. I. 100rjs. b. ft. CI7 }" BU•INESS. A Court of Aldu.men was held at Guldhall yes. , tardy, at which were p•esent, the Low Mayor.. fifteen Aldermen, Rectoence, and SHEllf FS. The Court, after having erstn:ned the Meal we; .4 -rs Retiuns, ordered the t.rice of Bread to be continued the same as last week, viz. 14d. the Qiiartern Loaf, wheaten, and Is. OA. household. Inc usual precepts for Michaelmas Day were ens der-d to be issued. Mr. Alderman Aest.tv and Mr. Alderman Tno vt as SMITH, the S'ietiffs elea . . attended, and gave the usual bond in the penalty of 10)01. each f,r the execution of that office. Tile several Offi:ers' s tlaries due at. Midsummer Day were ordered to be paid. We are infia.meLl that Mr. Cusasesvass of Du. lane, and Mr. Leicit, of Bridge-street, Blackfly.% are appointed under Sher . ffs to Mr. Alderman ANSL EY and Mr. Alderman THOM AS Salmi. lit CRP; ETA. CON E•, Esq is the Cetwleman recom mended by the Court of D:rzetors of the flank of England, to fill up the vacancy in tl.e Direftion, occasioned by the cltazb of JOH V Puotr. Esq. The Li de Rdweirii, PAT R IDOL. from L'Verp.lol for Newfoundland. has been deserted at sea, hav ing s:x feet water in her hold. We understand that the venerable Pairlr p Oak tree has been partially injured by fire, notwitlistand ing_the report to the contrary._ At a 11. mercrts meeting of the Corporat;oe of Carpenters, held in Dublin, on Thursday last, be ing Put)lie Quarter Day, the freedom of that Guild teas presented to Lieutenant Yen, and to be pre sented to him in a box of Heart of Oak, for his late gallant condua. _ _ _ —ion has been as yet made from Government to the Stock Exchange, of the doy on which the Gentlemen, composing the several Lists, are to wait upon thc Minister, to offer terms for the ensuing Lottery. It is, however, under stood, that this day, at half past eleven o'clock, will he the time of lauckfing. The following are the Lists of Bidders already declared : Mr. T Mr T. Cope, Messrs. H.nslel, IVlav o and Cape), MeArs. GICITCA and Bio.ni.ter, MMUS. To wsood and saw-well. Statement of the qiuntity of Strang Beer brewed in London by the first twelve Houses, from the sth July, 1801, to the sth July, 1805. fialciay and Ralt , ns 1.4,500 Bartels Rrad, and Co 156,700 Tru.nan,Hanbury, and Co 125,400 Wrotbread and Co . _ official Shun, Cootbe, and Co F Calvert and Ca Goodwyn and Co. J. Calvert and Co 46,•00 Elliott and Co 45,100 Cox and Co Clowes and Co $4,1i.00 ley and Co Gram A• 4 Tnerres.—Last Monday Evening this Theatre, which now seems to become quite fashion able, was very respeCtable, not only as to the au dience, but also as to the performance. The Musi cal Piece, represented first, though rather ton short, ha'. nevertheless, some very hamourous scenes, which are interesting even to those that do not tit • der,tand the language; and, Master FKEDIIII ICk ticatevs.a, who personitie4 the Sehoc/nvister, has gives; us a new Specimen of his comicralents. TI e Farce, entitled The Diceoreet, in Two ACII, is a very entertaining Piece, and we can only wish that the Manager would provide his audience with books of each play, both in German and English, 41 it then would be the means of shewing to those who are unacquainted with the language, why those that understand the language laugh and clap their bands. The audience at the Rov at. Clare, were again highly gratified with the New National spedacie of The Feueth of Jane; or, Maros Boy—which made i.s second appearance last night, at this Theatre. The story is full of animation, and the situations create a strong impression —the last of which is particularly felt from the Prison Scene, between Mrs. Roster' and MONTI:10M ERY, in Kato C peter* and Samba ; and their escape is happily rife:fed.— The Songs and Chorusses throughout are excellent and the one in particnlar, given by MN. Sire* A es in Coptern, is ia the first stile of execution and taste, and loudly applauded. The bearing up of the Lit Leore, and the whole of the engagement, wotts the storming of the Fort, Ike. are admirably con. duffed, and display much of superior mechanic in vention. The unanimous arprohation of a very crowded house setlicieney evinces how strong an aiditienal attrattion this Piece will prove, to the titan j or ma e of gal s i , ttr a egen gut , c2 te Haskol admire ttata d E d q e u The _VvdTde. n o es, H.- cr tas 'Es a hat oks it rho hat rain eof lads are. ions h is ripen ler* ; l• • RT, ste, the vita on- • in- 64 , 0 1 ery urt • tha •, t , cf