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Tor -.. . TR MOLT. AFfil"l4 , i INFORMATION FROM TUE AMERICAN SOCAI , KON OFF TRIPOLI, CCMAUNICAIED SY AIN OFF:CLN (1 , 1 NO•SCI TOE SYRLN. " Off Tripoli, August 9, 1804. " I received your favour by the frigate Jan AJortrg, which arrived here yesterday. " The wants of the captives at Tripoli have been liherally supplied by Commodore Prelate, who, not Ling since, sent them a vessel with cloathing. and a variety of other articles, all of which they have re vived, and say they amply supplied. Their situa tion has been comfortable, as much so as captivity will admit of. We had two actions with the ene my ; on the 3d inst. they left three of their gun boats, captuied by ours under their battery, and they sustained considerable loss in men. On the 7th. we bombarded the town for five hours, when they must have sustained great damage. Our loss in both was trifling, considering what we had to contend n ith. But lam sorry to inform you pf the loss of Lieut. Caldwell. a brave and excellent Officer, who sa the 7th cods blown up in his gun boat. The .favout.thle effeaaheee two aftions have had upon the enemy is very visible; and as a communication is to take plane to-morrow, these are groat hopes that Nam wall Webs consequence, when our unfortunate • 'Welfaitereas will be reseed to liberty." " Syleis, off Tripoli, August 1, 1804. "On t h e lath ult. we attempted to brig off, with Sue beam under the command of Lieut. - Caldwell, god Mr. Dorsey, a mull vessel, but did not succeed. the collodion of troops brought down for her ties *pa was so numerous that my boats had to retire the loss of one man killed and three ,evenly wounded; the, loss of the enemy was considerabte ; We tyre been informed by a Maltese Captain (whom the Commodore sent into Tripoli with cloarhing, ec. for the prisoners) that they had one hundred and fifty killed and wounded. - " Commodore Treble arrived here on the 23d ult, with the remainder of hi.. force, but, on account of de weather. he could attempt nothing until the : 4411, when he anchoerd in dine befole Tripoli, about ...rime miles from the batteries , where we had not it porn two hours befor« we mega obliged to get under L way on account of the wind blowing so fresh on , shore; but the wind has this day moderated, and $ \we will again he enabled to take our station before their batteries. " The Tripolitans are much distressed at present, do. Nair crops hare failed, and vigilance of the „ dusg squadron has prevented their getti ng ~,,, plies from abioail. They have been fortifying - themolve; at every point, have removed every thing • eralnable from the town, and Lave made, and are . L...t• still making, great exertions for its defence." TOWN TNT SAMS TO TOL SAME. 4 . Sprit, off Tra d ol,, cl..tecl AuKust 9. ip . " The scene of combat commenced on the third rimitant, when the we 10.er became favourable for its ; aecordingly, at two o'clock, p. as. al was made to prepare for battle. At ... ei.look we got within gun-shot of the bat. and ease off the gun boats and bomb 1 . They advanced into a line a-head, led on . ain Stephen Decatur, and covered by die ' and the brigs and schooners. The enemy ileverateen gun boats moored in a line in front jilt:mos. • the batteries, and a brig of sixteen, and a et ten guns, to aid and cover their boats. • x were anxious as we ach anted—a dis .. .dliells from the bomb boats induced the • ea ollen their fire, which was heavy and in. :apart i yet our brave fellows advanced with all . =intrepidity through a shower of grape-shot oat gun boats got within twenty yards of the esemy. they dimbarged their great guns, loaded with forty pounds ofairesket balls, which was im mediately followed by a volley of musketry. This obliged five of the gun boats, composing the enseufs right wing, to cot their cables and retreat; Mr bests th en bore op for those to leeward—Capt. maw hoarded and carried the first boat—Lieut. T boarded and carried the second; and Lieut. James Decatur, in the aft of carrying the third, was killed. Captain Decatur continued down their line, and carried the third—all of which were safely brought WI. The attack continued an hour and a half. " The Turks were driven out of Fort Francais, and must have mitered much from our fire into the town, as well as into their batteries. The reason of the enemy's fire doing ns little damage, was on ac count of its being so badly diretted. The three gun boats taken are excellent—two of them carry a twenty-six pounder each, of brass: and the third an eighteen pounder. Lient. 'l'rip, who carried the second boat, received eleven sabre wounds, but stone of them dangerous, and he Is likely to do well. " On the 5111, we had the captured boats rigged. Anil should have retooled to the attack; but a small French privateer, finding her birth too warm in the birbour, cense out. By her we learned that the enemy had one heat sunk ; mother lost two-thirds of crew; and all the rust were very much shat tired. Vie alto informed us. that the enemy were employed all night repairing their damages. The platforms of their batteries were torn up, and our usfortunate countrymen were employed to repair than. The Commodore sent the privateer back •eith the wounded; and the next day she returned y.• 11.11 a letter frees the French Consul, bearing stron g marks of a pacific dispo‘ition. '1 he fkinmaiiid ee, however, determined to attack diem again the Jost day to the westward. " Accordingly, on the 7th, et eight o'clock a. In. the signal was made to advance in two lines, and attack the batteries. The morning was warm and calm, which prevented our getting in before twelve o'clock, when the enemy opened their fire from the batteries, and in their confusion fired at least .50 grans withou env ball The bomb-boats got their position at half-past 12, and anchored— their• position was within point blank range, and in a little time they dismounted two guns in the Western bottuoy, and drone out the enemy. A shell was thrown Into brttery Francais, which burst, and silenced their fire for :wade half an hour. " At ot.e o'clock p. at. the quartet deck of gun boat No. 9 blew up, by 0h . ..i event we have to Lament the hiss of Li"ii. Ja:nes Caldwell, corn. mander, and Mr. Dorsey, two promising young officers. and sigh: of her crew. Mr. Spence, who was sponging th. go., with tame others, escaped unlaurt—tbcy 1141 ready completed the loading of LON DON, THURSDAY, histuay 10. A Court of Directors was yesterday held at the East India House, when the Most Noble Csaatts Marquis CORNWA L Lis, K.G. was appointed Gover nor General of India. The ships Comet and Retreat, of GOO tons burthen each, were taken up for the Company's service for one voyage certain, to carry out and bring home tram India the tonnage of individuals. C tptajn JAMES JOHN WILLIAMS, Commander of the Ocean, took leave of the Co m, previous to de pavtin; for Madras and Bengal. The undermentioned Captains were sworn into the ccmmand of their several ships, stationed for China dired, viz. Capt. Henry Wilson W.uley. -- Jame, P.-ndergrals Hope. James Hunter Brown.. Dorettatire. The Court adjourned at six o'clock, till to morrow. Great alterations must take place in India, in con sequence of the recent appointments made by the Court of Directors ; and the re-appointment of Marquis Comma xtis to the high and important station of Governor General of India. The well known difference between that Nobleman and the Marquis WeLt. est.ty, in regard to the best rank of improving the British interests in the East, will produce a considerable change abroad. The objecil of Marquis CORNW A r.Lis's Government. when for. merly in India, was rather to consolidate than es tend the British possessions; while, on the other hand, Marquis Wtt.xast.ev's views have been to carry the triumph of the British arms to the re motest parts of the Fast, without strengthening that which was already obtained, or acquiring country which might prove advantageous to his employers, or the English nation at large. The Direttors have long experienced. with regret, the lavish expenditures in India ; and, we under-' stand, the main objed, in appointing Marquis Co an- I I wax ts, is to bring back the establishments to their former footing, and to economise generally through out the Company's possessions. Every person, who studies Indian Politics, must well know the influence Marquis COIItiW4LLIS has over the N ttives—and the necessity of appointing a person generally beloved by the Powers in India must he too evident to need discussion. llis Lord ship being also a military charafler, it is most pro bable he will be appointed Commander in Chief— an appoihtment which he held when formerly in In dia. Considerable advantage is derived, when the two offices are united in one person ; and no man could be selefled more qualified for this important station than Marquis Con NWA LLIS. Too much credit cannot possibly be bestowed upon Marquis Coimwa Li.ts, for accepting this ap pointment, and going to so distant a part of the world, at his advanced age—his Lordship being now in his tiBth year. We understand, that, no sooner were the wishes of the Direftors known to his Lordship, than he instantly declared himself ready to go to any part of the world, at the request of the East-India Company; a body to whom he was under such obligations, that he could refuse them nothing. A nets and important change ii EAst In li.. poli tics must also take place by the estahliNhment at Prince of Wales's Island, which is expeded to prove a death-blow to the Dutch interests in India. All their possessions are in the East of India ; and, At l i e. (her war continues, or the blessiiiti of peace will be restored, all the commerce of the eastern parts of Asia, which has hitherto enriched the Dutch, must Row into this new settlement. At Ceylon, a new Governor is appointed, Gene ral MAITLAND, to whom the Public look forward for the establishment of peace on that Island, on a more permanent footing than it has hitherto been. From these important alterations, we are led to ex peel, that our possessions in India will be secured to us, on a more lasting, and solid foundation ; and that the efforts of our enemies, to injure us in that ' quarter, will prove fruitless and ineffectual. A contemporary print has, for some time past, amused its readers with act:aunts of the Coronation of DESSILLNES, as " Ear;• or of Ilnyee," pur porting to b.: ermined horn New York, and other American newspapers. Although given in a much more plausiole shape than the various ludicrous re ports of the Coronation of the here of Gerrrii, they have always appeared to us extremely suspici ous.' Our doubts are now completely confirmed, as we ate in possession of a ret;olar and complete series of New-York Papers, from the middle of Ooh ba to the f;th of Decembtr, none of which take the least notice of the Black emperor, or his coronation ceremony. We do not conceive it probable that such an event, if founded in fait, should not have been circulated generally through the public press of a country so deeply interested in the fortune and affairs of St. Domingo. A Paper of the .sth states, that Janos's BONAAA&TC, his Lady, and suite, had returned to their seat near Baltimore, after an un snccessful attempt to make their escape from Hampton Roads, in the French frigate, Le Pre silent. The Daum and Cybele, in one of which they were supposed to have taken their departure from New York on the 3d November, were spoken with on the 13th, in lat. 35, long. 58, from which it was presumed they were destined for the West In dies. The Estimate of the Expenditure of the United States for the present year has been laid before the House of Representatives : it consists of Civil List, 611,911 dollars. MiscelLuscons expenses, 310,9112 d. Expenses of intercourse with Foreign Nations, 269,550 d. Military Establishment, 942,192 d.— Nav4l Establishment, 1,240,000 d. making altogether the sum of 3,375,435 d. The Speculators in the Funds were uncommonly adive yesterday, and the Exchange exhibited a scene of life and bustle, to whisk it isat been for some time past a stranger. The Co , isols experienced a rise of a half per cent. ; and it ~ cas said, that Om nium was done so high as at twelve, but we could not trace any bargains at that rate to any authentic source. Various causes were assigned for this im provement in the Funds in the face of the Spanish Manifesto, and the extended warfare which it an nounces. Some attributed it to the great influx of money into the market by the payment of the divi dends ; others is the arrival of the Messenger from France, which we announced yesterday. It is re ported that he is a General of the n:tme of Fa ANCOS but persons, upon whose information we can rely, re• present him as only a Sub-Lieutenant in the French Navy. A person of that rank would scarcely be made the bearer of a proposition fur peace, and, therefore, the more probable case is, that his mission relates to the plan for the exchange of prisoners. The event, however, is, in any point of view, con sidered of a pacific quality, and may have co-operat ed with the other cause assigned for the rise in the funds. The Sub-Lieutenant remains on board the Admiral's flag ship in the Downs. In a preceding column is given an account of an attack upon Tripoli, by the A merican squadron. A Dublin Ktil arrived yesterday morning, with letters and papers to the Pith. Six Hamburgh Mails are now doe. Yesterday the RUSSIAN and SwEmses Ams 11. SADOIS tranSilaed busines at i.nrd caots at 's Office. The UM', .1 g S kt. 1.14, bum Swansea. for Exeter, is lost Saltcombe. A letter from the Downs, dated on Tuesd.iy, says, " A large fleet of transports cease in here yesterday, on their way to the westward, to take in troops." A Jamaica Mail is arrived, in forty-eight days. Two men having died of the fever, on her passage, the letters arc to be fumigated. and will be delivered this day. Private letters from Gibraltar hive been received, dated the lith ult, which state, '!tat there were then only five or six of the garrison arid that the fever was considered as entirely subdued. I:lmmortalise, and a parr our blockading %qua dren, are returned to the Downs. Every thing on the other side seems to remain tit ststri Leo. In.leed an advanced movement on the part of the enemf is rather th be wished than feared. Their assembled force is almost beyond calculation; but still this tremendous flotilla which was d est i ne d to annihi late this tight hal:lsland, is still inaftire, and re intim' pent up is their harbours by a few of our cruise's. xi mad tiro: 'o'.~ fiv ex fai 34 The Mot Indian drew a full holism last niet ro Drury Lane. In Tile HOW(' 1.1 Sold, Mias CAMP displayed her usual excellence. Mr. B. GOLDIIIIIID entertained, on Monday. .t his house is Guildford -street, a sele& party of his city Wends, with a concert of vocal aid instill mcr.tal music. The performers consisted of gentle men in the highest rank of their profession, as cell as amaten:s. Among the vocal performers were 13041 1 / 1 11, tile Wat.ca's, &c. &c. who were assisted in the instrumental department by Captsiii Mesa s. COLE, ScHxAss, ASH E. and the newly arrived German, Mr. BINGIOI. whose perfOTM.lnCe 00 the violin is ailnwed to exceed any thing ever yet heard in this country: it was a most exquisite tre.d, and high); relished by the party, uhich did nA separate until four on fuesday mor.ing. Among the company were, Sir Arens sw and Lady Elammovn, Colonel and Mrs. W:a.sori, Mr. B. WINTHROP. Mr. and MI s. 8e.., Mr. 1101,101.11. STOti, &C. &C. P 1 i 11 Rol',ll, HUNT. _ On Tuesday morning, His MAJEsTY hlitned,(' the first time, since the setting-in o f t h e frost After the arrival of His Madura-, th e d ter — A B turned out about half past eleven upo n Ascot Had B oa At first he made for Swinley Park with swiftness, taking his course across the Fo jowled on b°2l wards Black water, where he made a doubl e t n. left by Bagshot Park, crossing the He at h by TO;he Hill, leaving Swinley to the left, whe re he ran s• theTha: great speed towards the dog kennel, an d te , t ,,.. - 7 1 i ha n na r ddM an r r. during T. Duringo s i sgamr theden; sy after rThy olaen da time rs uuni it ofte e n.bci Roads The in the chace during the whole time. h a ve t EASHIONABLZ ARRIVALS. fort th having Miles I' Andrews, Esq. M. P. from Dartford, to Cletsu ri . square. The ha Henry Strachey, M. P. front Rook'. A n t, s w ,„ New street. heavy Sir Ihontai Miller, from Froyle, I iant., t.i Uner II"th nor-street. George G. Mills, Esq. M P. from WallirgioNi, Ikek, is 0 " borer-sl eet. in Oa Col. Hope, Late from India, to th rSi 'me:. Mativil Wiles% Pens ! , inner, t. , , t J, la Hotel. Road c; ea . Windham. frosts.Nottinghansthire, ru khentarle.o :it 160 Gta. Gra sille,tolaw houseinliii grecs, lierkek, - • - Jet OR His MAJL.TI's retLitn to Windsor from hmu. rem ing, on Tuesday •he called at Cumberland Lodge, men and just:eat& the works carrying an there, to of •Yestet day morning, His MAJ est . and then* for f of CADS Mune took an airing on horseback by the New 'Barracks. Tuesday morning the Princess AMELIA left th. Qu Eon's House for Windsor, On Monday evening Their MAJ Bayles will 1... las; nour Covent Garden Theatre with then presn ce ea L Died at Fs ankfort (Kentucky), on Friday the • of November, of an iafiammation of the hr.u u , • rad: ncral JoHN CALDWELL, Lieuternuit-Governoi w i t h that commonwealth. Isle, The Earl of Powss, and. family, return in t on Friday, from Oakley Park, Shropshire, ,o house in Berkeley-square. wins The Marquis and Marchioness of SA:Ash , 1 . • , with the whole of the family, will return iron , the field, on Monday, for the season, to their k s A Arlington-street. to , d The beautiful Miss HUNLOK It, daughter cf -s HMNs r, is dangerously ill at Bristol lint Writ s . s tai Earl ROMNEY and Lord M•RIMAII4 are erf..:'d It i in town on Saturday, from the Mote near M.A. art stone, at their house in Arlington-street. bee' The Marquis of STAr:ORD commenced fro-. ing his valuable library, yesterday, to his late ther's house in Whitehall ; and on Monday the kg , whole of the family will remove there from Arlin. 54, ton-street. ste/, The Charleston Theatre opened on Monday, is AM ftris of November, with Orwsr ' s Tragedy ,i kb Ptak: Prrservid. jalfer, Ho Doi:INS° N Pierre, Ind BA tar? ; and Belt.rdera, Mrs. Bakker. den The Archbishop OfCaiITFRISURY lies dangerously ir, c. ill as his palace at Lambeth. alto The Count and Countess De ST .4 Hitt:BERG entm tained a large party of the first distinnion on Moo. ate day evening,at their charmino Villa at Twickenham, the still a private theatrical pertorman,...aan:.-s. . the French language. The Ball given by the Duchess of 13zatioRD, at fiv Wolvarn, on 'Monday eVening, was attended by at the Fadtionables for many miles round. Amo a fat the company were the Duchess of Mason's arias, Sp Lady LUDLow, Mr. and Mts. WHITBREAD, Mt. and Mrs. Fosoyct, Mi . . and Mrs Dcr ea, &c Sce. DI A magnificent bail seas given last week at Lo:d Movesosee seat, near Lincoln. Sc i very Vows was announced for representation at the ew York l'heatre, fcr December 3d, with th: adlitional novelty of Mrs. Joins sots as ifsailso ; the its F,t-dertek of Courts; and the Amelia of Mrs. col DAILEY. de Master BETTY is so much recovered from kis Jo late indisposition, that he intends leaving town i• 11 Saturday for Bushy Park, the seat of His Royal se; highness the Duke of CLARI•CE. No Mr. B. GeLDsm o's elegant villa, at Roehamp• of ton, during the residence of the family in Guildford- to street, undergoes alterations and improvements of ant the most cursous and magnificent kind. In addi. an tion to this superb retreat, already, perhaps, the da most so within the same distance of the Metropolis, lr baths of every description are to be ereeled in all the s: e astern stile of splendour, convenience, and luxury. The whole has been beAtin, and is fast proceeding tl to completion under the sole management and well- known taste of Mrs. GoLosm in. Thursday se'nnight, a most elegant supper WAS given at Jersey, by the second battalion cot the swll ti. regiment, after the assembly. The company v.. extremely tele&R. Nothing could exceed the pate- ness and attention of the Officers. The supper con• la slued of every delicacy of the season. General wo Goccoos gave a large dinner party on Chiaman- day, to all the Officers of the different regiments quartered there. There was a great assemblage of iii beauty and elegance. A grand ball will be gives at on the Queues birtli.day ; splendid preparations are maim; for it. Lady ELtZABETH HATTON will give a spicndi f an ball, tm-morrow, at her house in Kent: it will he bo attended by all the elegance and fashion of the onsglibourioood. su arrugr our bcaor companions. " At five o'clock, the signal of recal was made, and the firing ceased; we, as in the other affair, have suffered nothing like what might be calculated on, owing to the bad management of the enemy. We have lost, on this occasion, two officers and ten men, and some wounded. It is not certain whether gun-boat No. 9. blew up by accident, or by a shot; that it was caused 'oy a shot we have the observation of one of the men saved, who says, he felt the shot strike, but, before he could communicate the cir cumstance, her quarter deck blew up. 'I The frigate juin Adams joined us this day, August 9th: by her I received yours of the 26th of May and 14th of June, for which I thank you. 11 Your's, &c." TIMM rue. SAME TO Tilt SAME. " August I!, " 1 wrote you a long letter on the gth, infl,rni ing you of our operations on this coast, since when nothing has occurred. The Bashaw, in his commu nication, has offered peace. and the restoration of the prisoners to us, for 150,000 dollars ; 100,000 dollars, I believe, have been offered, but the Bashaw has declared, he will suffer himself to be buried in the ruins of his castle, or driven into the countr), rather than take less than the 150,000 dollars ; there fore, we are preparing for another attack this day— the weather is favourable." thorn, when the romaining ?art of the boat began I to sink, and the brave surviving few save three cheers as it went down. We lay alio* tOO yards from her when she went down, and asy boats were immediately dispatched, and picked up those who 'survived. 'Mis caused a small cessatioa of our fire, but it was only momentary—it was renewed with redoubled vigour, which seemed to say, we will THE BRITISH PRESS• the 1