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V 7,w 14; iSH 'PRE S S. . LONDON. THURSDAY, At3waT . 3. GALLANT. mom EituOrs \Vc hare been apikriaear by the Papers of an.attack upon u in r ite Baltic. ThVTolloviing we underauntl, an auilieutiet ac count of that achievement : In the beginning of last month, the Russian flotilla took up a position under a point called Pencola, baying each of its wings flanked by a rock. [fere the enemy fancied' t ieinselves secure from all attack. Thu British ptad:on entertained a contrary opinion. The boats of the Bellerophon, Implacable, Melpomene, and i` --rgetheas, were accordingly manned, unit, nn the (lithe 7th ult. proceeded, tinder the command i,:cutenant U►wtcY, to attack the enemy in their strong positiou.—They were received, lin their up woad', by a heavy fire from the flotilla, and the , two rocks, on wh i ch the enemy had planted soine cianon.—Oar gallant tars, disregarding the tire of She foamy, advanced with their characteri►tic bre veey, and reserved their fire, until they catue close to the flotill t, when they opened upo t it, litsardoil it sword in hood, mud drove all before them.— , Tile flotilla consisted of eight gun-bo its, each mounting a 32 and g4-poutider, and 46 meu. Six of these were brought nut, and one was sunk. 'flers were, besides, twelve vessels under the pro tection of the flotilla, laden with powder and pro isions for the Mission army—these were all taken, sod a large ship was burnt. We grieve to say, t hat Lieutenant lIAWA v, as piornising an officer *4 Wily in our service, was kill ed by a grape-shot, after he had taken one of the guu-boats. Lieutenant STERLING, of the Prams thews, wa► so severely wounded, that lie died soon after the aetion—Mr. ItitiesTatt EY, a Midshipman, was killed. We had in all I 7 killed, and 37 wounded. The loss of the rtii,sian. wan much greater ; they hail 63 killed, a gr..fat ere drowned, Nal 1 , 27 were made prisoner,, of whom 51 are wounded. Contrary to expectation Lord GAustsii'did not clwe his case yesterday, but proceeded td call more witnesses. A full report of the business of the day WPM received at nor Office this Dwain, it fear o'clock, and is g:%en in OW imecetliag cotaiindi. A vessel arrived at Y.trino-xth, oa Tonality. which left the fire and second divirions of tbe Et perlition off Flushing, oa Saturday evening. At her departwe, we under.,tawl, the troop.. had been embarked in the lves, and ‘, ere pushing on to the point of debarkation. Admiral GARDNIK, with eight sail of the line, was :Jinni a league to leeward. About right o'clock on Saturday evening, she heard a heavy tiring, whirr she supinwed to have been the commencement of the attack, A report pre vailed yesterday in the city, which., if true. would account for it in another way. It was said, that some of our tit excluded inmate/els, and did considerable usury to er inflame:o. We ate happy, howeee• in behering. that this_ tu mour does not sect upon any good untliority, - una that the !irrivid at yarin.kitai is the. only one rrolll the Expedition. The wtild being ativer,e. :ea., Dearly three days on In • pas,age; anrl , from the brisknasairof the gale, ,r Ai found imin-datcable to carry into execute ; n the plan of stationing rut ted at certain.tli:•tala re horn inc Dutch to the Bri ti.h coast, to convey information by telegraphic signals. About eight o'clock, last evening, how ever. the wind veered round to the eastward, and we may therefore confidently presume upon the ar rival of intelligence in the COUNP of this nsorniug. Expeditions appear to Ire the order of the day. There is out now titling out at Cork, but its ex tent is not known. Sixty transports, recently ar rived from Lisbon, will be employed in it. The Dutch paper, of tlw 2#li last, from which we gave some extracts in our preceding immhers, contain a Circular Slaiidute, soldressed by BONA. P•RTF., eii the kith ult. to the Bishops, cum founding them to offer tip prayers on accou n t of fie victories of Eizersderf dud 11'agmtn. In this i ostruinonir he says : Tlmorts ear Lord Jesus crinot sprang from the blood of David, he sought so worldly empire ; on the contrary, he required that is eoweernal of this litr men should obey Caesar. His great object sal, the deli awl satiation of s o u l s IVe, the inheritors of haloes power, we fir.nly resolved to otaisitalo the independency of our throw, and Ilw inviola bility of vet rights. We shall peryyyrre to the great work of the rt-storation of the worlislp of God : we shall c ttttt nos •,.rale to its %eiders that respertahility which we alone . give them we shall list's to their rmer in all that rim . UP spirit., mattrrs aid affairs of cuoscienee. IPe obeli snot hestraan (rout the great earl whirls we *trim to awns, and na which we have hitherto suci•reated ia pan— tie resturateie of the *ltem of our divine sorship ; sot suffer on/selves to he presauded, that three principles, as r:recks, Crighsh, Protestalits, sod Calvinists affirm, ire in. consistent with the inleprndynee of Throne, sod Nations. God has enlightened ris toosizli to Seal ern'', far from as. tier subjects eidertaiii am such f, sr." An awidakity Inked with impicty has slows) s been u proininent feature In the character of Hu- SAPARTC. " 'fhe Devil eau quote Sr:ripture for his purpose;" aad lin with hue. In tiie above passage he tilt, the text where our Ssvtnua enjoined obe dience to Coss's. By this uI tact wan ineuist no thing more than a compliance with a legitimate surd civil duty ; but IfONAPARTF. turning it to his purpooe, be himself• the tegitirmne successor of CASA a, and agenmes•oll. the extent of power which the advocetes for passive obedience Jlid authority, nd jure diviseu," have at soy time eantcioled for; int• piously asserting, that lie is the Vicegerent of God on earth in all temporal affairs. . , sivitc.l;'-z d ,'' I '4) ti r • , .. , 4,1,-- , , - 4 , - ~ :::-'-, 4i.'• ..... . : _...... __. / 43 ... THE COURT. Soon after twelve, yesterday, His —MAJESTY ar rived ut the WEEN'S Palace, from Windsor, where he was received by the Duke of You, the Duke of CUMBERLAND, and the Dukes of Smut end KENT. At half-past two o'clock HIS MAJESTY held a private levee, which was attended by— The Lord Chatter!kw, the Earl of Camden, the Earl of Vre.tionriand, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Bathurst, the Earl of ilanowby, Viscount Castlereagh, Lord Mulerave, Lord Levreou Gower, the Recorder, Lord Iltathtield, Sir David Dundee, Mr. Canning, Mr. Pereeval, Mr. Ryder, &c. &c. The following hail the honour of being presented to IIisIIAJESTY-•-• The Dean of Ktlialoe, on his tworootiou. Brie..d'er•General Stikelin, of the Royal Artilierc, un his return limn the West Indira. Mijor-Genetal flterray, 011 his return from Portugal, and on him appointment to the 3d West India Regiment. Sir Thomas Trigg,. Licineasat-General of the Ordnance, to give in Ordnance Returns iiiijor-Gencr4l F. Mott:old, Governor of Greoali, on his morn from Grenada Lieutenant-Colonel KU M, of the 70th Regiment, late Act ing Guteruor of St Pruitt, on his arrive' front India. Brizmlo.r.l:eueral Montgomerm, of Downie*, on his ar. rive' from the West Indies. • ni I • Captal.l Oa Ant return front the Merloterrancan, iq ethontauel of the ship Ocean ; and General Ton., on be ing appointed Colonel-Commandant of the Royal Eagin4%a• After which, Ilia MAJESTY held a Privy Coun cil, cud gave aJdience to the Cat.i l net Ministers present ; when Mr. ltrocu, the Judge Advocate, tudbefore Ills MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts-Martial ; and the Rat:outs:a repotted the number of convicts under sentence of death, at the last Sessions, MN MAJESTY appeared in good health aced spirits, and, about half past five o'clock, left tuwu for Windsor. SOUTHA M PT I ON,IL 1. This place continuer to overflow with company. Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia ui Gloucester arrived last night about ten o'clock, at the house of Mrs. Heywood, widow of the much-litnenteil Co lonel Heywood, who was wally years Grown of the Bedchamber to the late Duke. Her Royal Hig ness will remain on a visit to Mrs. H. woad, till she is joined by liPr illustrious bristlier ; they will then proce_d to Cowes, in the Isl. irf Wight, A select party is invited this day Mrs. Heywood, consisting of M►. and Lady Gertrude Sloane, Mr. Robert Hughes, Captain Heywood, R.N. Sir Yet vertoil and Lady Peyton, &c. Several of the No bility and Gentry residing iu this neighbourhood, left their cords this morning at Heywood House ; and at three o'clock Her Royal Highness took an airing into the Neer Forest. Our excellent company of Comedians, the ma nagement of which has lately devolved on Mr. Kelly, are expected to perform, here, for the first time this season. on Monday bent; the Balls will corn:nonce in the course of the week; ■nd Mr. Webstyr's interesting Lectures, to which we are happy to see so respectable a list of subscriliers, are expected fully to occupy the time of the Fashion able' in the morning, till they go to the Prome nade on the banks of the Southampton water. Sir 'Muss Tattered, Bart. and John Betters worth Trevansion, Esq. are appointed Stewards of our ensuing Races. LULING MATCH. The mane Sailing Match fur the Vauxhall Silver Cup was eoutestrd, yesterday. by the following boats spitfire—roar tuna, Captain G. Cowell ; Daphne—Ernir Mae, Captain M. Diner St George—Seven tour, Captain J. Gsmstone; Caioliue—Thr, r ton; Captain Fellows They all .tai ted from Dlackfriare-bridge, at ►igh water; the wind was in their teeth. They went round a boat mowed off Putney.lividire, and returned to Vauxhall Stairs. The St. George and Daphne were the favourites, but the Spit fire got the start. The St George and Daphi.e got foul of each other near Somerset House, and lust their distance until thee came to Whitehall, and again gut the lark, sod passed the Caroline at the Nine Elms The Spitfire gai.sed on the tack, at Chelsea Reads, upon the St George, got first through Halleiwa Budge, kept the ie and was tier first ataVauxball Mai's. Ihe St. Georz. rd FU lv,e, that, at coming in, her bowsprit got tutu the main rigging of lie Spitfire. It was allowed a very good match, and attracted a numerous assemblage of visitors.— Thames never exhibited a more beautiful carp d'rri!, and we did not bear of a•ny accident. .... - . _ . _. The Proprietors of the Winter Theatres went yesterday to the Lotto Caaaarahattes office. and Littered their protest against the claims of Messrs. GREVILLIZ and Et.t.taroa, for a license to play dramatic pieces in the ensuing. season at the Opera- Flanse. The officers present, stuted, that they were not apprised of any such intention, on the pert of the Earl of DMITNOUTIA, who is now in Derbyshire. Yesterday, the Karl of Haitatiway gave a din ner, at which most of the CabitiLt Nlinisters is town were present. (1,1 Tuesday,' dinner was given by Lord IfEATllL rteho, at his house, lit hill -street, Berkley-44par, ; at which the Prince of tt'A LES, the Dukcs of Yuan and CUMBERLAND, and many other Noble Person, ages were present. The St. James's Loyal Volunteers will have a grand field nay, in Hyde Park, this (lay. A Patent is preparing for creating Air. COCKE- Rai., of Piccadilly, a Baronet. . Many seeinns, and some fatal accidents, wore caused by lightning. list week, in Suffolk. Ricitatastia, GOODI.VeIt and Co. Joint Cos traetors for die present State Lottery, respectfully acquaint the Pulthc. that Tickets and Shores are oil sale at their Offices, Cornhill and Charing- Cross, London, and by their Agents in the priori, pal towns, &e. The. Scheme is entirely new—only Five Thou s:mil Numbers --all to be drawn in one lay—four Ticket* of. each Nuinher. The pur chaser of a single Ticket will gain a Prise of 20.0001. as usual ; of two Tickets 400001.; three. Tickets 110,00al. ; or four Tickets of the same Number 80,0014.: and all other Priaes in the tame propor-' tion. Those who are partial tri pa rt ,Lula r Numbers should be early in their application, to prevent dis- . oppotatatertf. . • •• • , HOME Clitai KENT ASIIZES. MAIDSTONE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1. The Assizes for this county commenced this day before Lord ELLENsoßounn and the Lord Came BARON. They both arrived here last night, and read the Commission. This morning the lousiness of the county began. The thud Calend.ir is very light, both as to numbers, and not containing any offence of enormity. The business on the Civil Side is also much less them usually falls to the share of this comity. CIVIL SIDE. Befure 1.010 ELLENUOIROURCiI. CONEY O. JONI, .4. This was an actio n of inner, to recover the value of a horse, to which the Plaintiff and Defendant both laid Claire as their own, auu the rpiestion turn ed entirely on the identity of the animal. Mr. Serjeant SHEPHERD, for the Plaintiff; stated, that a person of the name of Nolan hired the horse in question of the Plaintiff, in August last, for the purpose of going to Hythe, and when he arrived there it was claimed at the stable by the Defend ant, who insisted it was his horse, and that it had been stolen from him some time hack. He identi fied it because it h of but one eye, a scar 'you the rump, and heals.) stated that it was a quiet horse in the statute.. Now he should shew iu ebidenre, possession of the horse in question, by the per sons from a hoin the Plaintiff purchased it, from the year 1103. It was true it had but one eye all that time; but, with respect to the scar on the rump, he should prove that it happened since the horse came into the posiseasion of the Plaietiff, by running against a chaise shaft. The other criterion also by winch the Defendant identified the horse, he should 'hew also is fait, for, instead of the animal's being quiet in the stable, she had the habit of biting all those w ho caine near her. Th e following witnesses, for the Plaintiff, were then called :—Jahn Bliss, who purchased the horse in January, 1808, at Dixon's Reposito ry, Barbican, for the Plaintiff, Coney--Dixon's Clerk proved she was sold for one East—and East was called, who said he purchased her of the assignees of one Wright, a bankrupt—Wright was next called, who said he bought her of one King s a cheesemonger in Holborn—and King proved that he purchased the mare in the year 1103. During the whole of this time she hail but one eye, but had no scar on the rump until she met an accident while in possession of the Plaintiff, by running against a chaise shaft. The witnesses, fel. the Defendant, said the horse resembled the one he hail lost, and spoke particu larly to the scar on the rump. Lord ELLENBOROUGH observed, that the Plaint iff had shewn an uilinterrupted possession of the horse in himself, and those under whom he claim ed, since the year tend, and thought the weight of evidence much in his favour.—Verdict for the Plaintiff. FULLAGAR V. WORDED and ANOTHER. This was au action for an assault. The Plaintiff was a man upwards of 74 years of age, and the De •fendantii kept a public house near to the Plain tiff. There MU a dispute between them respect ing the possession of a small piece of land.— The Defendant dug in that pieco of laud, which was claimed by the Plaintiff, and he in return threw about their logs and pieces of wood. On the day of the asaault in question, the Defendants be ing more mischievously inclined than usual, the elder of t h em took about two g:111011S of certain no. savoury liquid from the temple of Cloacista, which he diluted with a proper quantity of water, and when the Plaintiff came to retaliate far their dig ging his fence, by throwing about their pile of wood, they threw the tissanonry horrid over him, and then poked him away with a long pole, by which they also threw him down. Mr. GARROW, for the Dcfcatlant, treated this as a ridiculous affair, and not worth the serious consideration of the Jury. Lord ELLINBOROVRII told the Jury it was a gross insult to so old a m e n, a nd they Mould give him damages accordingly. Verdict for the Plain tiff—Damages 101. CROWN SIDE. Robert Girdler was capitally indicted, under the Statute of the Stith of Geo. 11. for plundering a wreck un the Isle of Sheppey. Mr. Curtwoun haviiil opened the indictment, Mr. COMSWON SCR3aANT stated the facts of the case. He observed, that the prisoner was indicted under a very wholesome statute, which made it a capital felony to steal from any vessel wrecked. The circumstances of the present case were, that on the iii4ht of the 18th of January last, it being • very rough wind, a boat was driven ashore on the Manor of Nlinster. in the Wand of Sheppey. The Bailiff, or his Agelit of that manor, put his mark upon it as a wreck, which of right belonged to the Lord, until the owner appeared ; but in the course of thut night the boot was totally broken to pieces,. and several parts of her were shortly sifter founilan the possession of the prisoner at the bar. This prosecution, he observed, was instituted by the Lord of the Manor, to put an rod to such political depredations in future, and not with ally desire of wishing a severe judgment uo the prisoner at the bar. Several witnesses were then called, of whom Ste phen Hon* deposed, that re was employed by Jack son, the Bailiff of the Manor, to go roupd the shore and secure the wreckage ; on the morning of Sun day, the 18th of January, lie found a large bout driven on shore, upon which he put M. M. the Minster Manor mark. The next day the boat was gone, and he only knew by report that part of it was in possession of the prisoner. Thomas Newly, the owner of the boat, stated, that having been out on the Friday preceding the Sanday, to a ship in distress, he rationed to Lee, it► Essex, on Friday night ; on Saturday, it being a vary blowing day, the boat drifted away, and he afterwards heard that it ran aground in Sheppy. —He went there, and found several parts of the tackle of the boat in possession of the Prisoner, who demanded three guineas for salvage, but he afterwards aceented of a gt . ttttt and a half. Jackson, r!. Bailiff of the Manor, said, he was ill in bed at the time of the wreck, but when he heart' of whut the Prisoner. had done, he told him lid would gu to Canterbury fur it. The Prisouer - - "gir ti~ - r h•gged hint not 61 tell the Lard of the rbf, and offered to retu rn th e 111.1117, mid g iv e 401. ahr would try nothing abo;it it. NOW' of then itnesses could say that the p, i,0,„ lwoke the boat up. or indeed that it iniKht nor ha,. I.reo beaten to pieeta by the waves 4.641:,!„ , t the beach. the I.onct CntrP BARON ARIA, A1111114:1% a 9 a, . tiny of the right of salvage, which 011 , 4 1 N to It o• 111 a civil aetiuu, Mitt reproi)aued Mode of indictment for a capital offettee.—*l Jury found the Prisoner—Not Guilty. NW!: INTELLIG ESC. f. . • coalt, JULY ',?11. A fl...rt or transports arrived on Wecluesclur ing ; it conai.ta it 60 sail, anti left LiAwn ah nu i mouth beck. Those tramports are ordered to verve troops iminediitely. Several of them {met e d up close to the btai.l4 and quay at Cure, •r r receive horsey with more convenience and faci!.: A division ..f the Drivers Corps ',lurched out frl% this gairibmi to-.lay for embarkation. Vi'e are ignorant of the precise regiments orclerril I;.r vice and to embark at this port ; but we itudei,t.u.,i that at least a regiinerit of cavalry will form part of the force now in preparation here. _ TORBAY, JHLT 31. Put in here, in consequence of adverse winds, the Woo/seich and Prevoyante, store ships, from Port.. mouth to Plymouth : they sail again the tirst wind fur Plymouth. suoust I. Yesterday the Defender guii.brig sailed with fleet to the ‘Vestwaril; also a great minty collier., which had been detained here in consequence al t i embargo; but it blowing strong front the W. 5.11 , they pin back last Night. This morning arrived the Hope, of Berwick, Hen. demist, and the long Hope, of London, Gthoos, lad en with tioniser, from Nova Scotia, and the Transport, No. 176, with troops. Caine down the Mentor, Brine, for Malts, awl remains with the Shark, Onyx, Pkomit, sad nom ship Wed.:atom, and many other outivaNh bound merchant situps ; also His Majesty's shit Walton, Unicorn, and Diamond ; Plensanthill owl Harmony naval transports. Arrived from the Lilco., Britannia, Mason, nail the 7inoeller, Colliann, for Gibraltar, and lithe. hunt, Yowl, for Barbadoes. Thelief(*der hut sailed strain, this moniiiz, with convoy ; but, train the state of the is sail atilt weather, it is probable the will return this load. tide. Foam o'clock, p. us.—Strong winds and squally weather ; wind W. S. W.—Several ships are ii,,., cawing round the foreland, but cannot learn *Lit they ure. HARWICH, ania;sr 1. Yesterday sailed the. Ned Elcen, with the halts.! comoy ; and this day s.itell the Lord Domani packet, having on board a Hanoverian ineszei;gri. —Wind N.W. scA nuke JULY SI. Arrived an English cutter from Gottei.burgh. which landed a mail about six o'clock this worming. —Wind S.W. By lettere from St. Helena, dined 36th May ja.t, we learn that the Csithurits, ‘VELBANIK, and Lady Castkreagh, H•stit...rusi, had nearly got nut thin rtol es unci provisions for that mid were ex. pccted to sail from thence, for India, an the course of a week. The Hero, GASONER, of London, was takerrin January last, alter an action of .an hour and a half. Ihe Joseph, of Philadelphia, from Madeira for Liverpool. Ir is been take., by a French privateer, retaken by Ills Ms.resTv's ship Virginia, and ar rived at Cork. The Orpheus frigate, of 3 guns, is to be launched on the 12th instant, at Ucptfurd ; the Qeceit Char lotte, of lio, is in a great state of forwardness, end is expected tube launched the that spring tide la October. Three companies of the waggon-train will he etnharked from Deptford, is the course of the week, to join the expedition. Orders have been issued by the Treasury, to Cie Mint, to receive alf the old halfpence at 'present in circulation. and to issue, for the future, none but those made by Mr. Bouroe. of Soho ; such for;; - ries us are so well done that a common observer could not distinguish them iron% good halfpence. are to la taken. Friday lost the business of the Maize, of Wateil ford was interrupted by an alarm of tire. The Are commenced at the west rids of the Court (Jaot. and at the distance of ten or eleven lions.; from it. Its origin was accidental. The houss in that neighbourhood being covered with thine?), (in of them were consumed in the space of an flour. One life was lost; a boy about four years old. PRICE OF STOCKS IfEirRIIDAT. a per Celli. Rediaced 3 per Cent Comets • per Cent 64 ji s per Cent. Navy ' tang Annuities. lstj 13 16ths Imperial 3 ler Cott. 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