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Mar-01K, e, /au. 14. • • 1 " Reenumt 0 r Magoon Gualk--Corriet Stanrostt Carrel lobo Lieuten,tot, without purchase, ewe Bruise ol 4 ter wh'' """"• Reerrient of Fe.ut...C•arit.iiia J•FfeSe..e.Slo.l use h • Maior, by purchase, vice Doyle, promoted in the Sith Fuut. Ordhatsee Ohre, Jen. 14. R0v..1 Itegiinent of A rtillery. Major Brooke Young to be Lieutenetit.C.lonel, vie: Judgeon, retired. Brevet Major Robert Evan+ to be Nitijor, vice Yitung Coria.ai.siorn IN the Royal Wei.totiniites Keriin int of Mid,lleum Militia, aiinef iy the Lord Liottettow It the C.tuttety hiadlnev. G,trige Event, Gent, to he Lieutenant. DaterlrPie. 24, 11115. Henry Thompson, Gent. to be Ensign. Dated Pee. 7, 160. Admiralty-Ofire, Jen. 14. Conics of Four Letters ( with Inclosuresi from VieseAdmiral Ducrss, Co.runatider in Chief of Hu Majesty' Ships and V:VitiS at Jamaica, eutViliiaai Marsden Esq. SIR, Shark, Port Royal, Oct. 15, 1805. You will receive herewith, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the copy of a letter I have received from Capt. Chant bers,• of the Port Mahon, acquainting me of hit having captured His Catholic Majesty's packet El Galgo. 1 am, Stc. J. R. Dacus. 114 Majesty's sloop Port Mahon, Srpt 30, I'los, Trinidad de Cuba, N.E. by N. /want twenty. six leagues Si a—His Majesty's sloop P.:rt Mahon, under my command, this morning crossed upon a schooner, laying to ; bur, on our near approach, made sail from us. I have the honour of informing you she was captured after a chase of two hours, and proves His Catholic Majesty's picket El Galgo, command ed by Lieutenant Ignacio Guosquez, with thirty men ; pierced for fourteen guns, but only four bass swivels mounted. She is a very fine vessel, copper ed, and copper fastened, well found, and sails fast ; left Cadiz on the 9th of August, had delivered dis patches at Canaan*, and was bound, with others, to Trinidad de Cuba and Vera Cruz, which were thrown overboard. I have, &c. (Signed) SAM. CHAMSERS• lames lUchard Dacus, Esq. Commander in Chief, he. he. SIR, , Pori Royal, (Vt..Ser 51, 1505 I am to request you to acquaint the Lords Corn miss'onees of the Admiralty, that I have received a letter from Captain Macdonnell, of the Franchise, informing me of the boats of that ship having cap• Lured the General. Ferrand felucca privateer, of one six-pounder, two four-pounder swivels, mus ketry. &c. belonging to Santo Domingo. She had sailed from Paint Jago four days, and had taken nothing. I am, &c. J. R. Dec an. SIR, Shark, Port Royal, Cletober 51, ISOS. Herewith von will receive, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the cony of a letter I have received from Captain Wright, of the Swift, enclosing a letter from Lieut. Smith, of that sloop, acquainting him with the suc cess of an enterprise conducted with great bravery, which reflects great credit to the party engaged in it, particularly to Mr. Bowler, who has sot been two years at sea. I am, &c. (Signed) J. R. DACIVI. His Maiasts's stoop Swift, Putt Royal, Wrobei k 7, 14‘4. Sic—ln consequence of information I received while on my station at Honduras, that a schooner guards costa had taken several vessels trading to that settlement, and if not captured, was likely to do much more mischief ; I was determined to de tach Mr. James South, Second Lieutenant of the ship 1 command, with a party of men, to see what could be effected, and I take the honour to refer you to a perusal of his letter to me for an account of his success, which, for coca:ion and bravery has been acknowledged to bid fair for proteCtion and La Caridad Prefefta is a very fine new vessel, and in my opinion, every way fit for His Majesty's ser vice. I remain, Sir, fitc. (Signed) J. WRIGNT. To Resit Admits! Metes, tc. P it Royal 311 t, Mansions schooner, Halos, Sept. •, tsss. I beg leave to acquaint you, that, in pursuance of your orders, I proceeded with the schooner you placed under my command, to the Southward ; and while cruising on that station, and off the Island of Bmacca, received information from the Caribbean fishermen, that a guards costa was at anchor under the batteries of Trusillo, and that she had lately captured and carried into that port the schooner Admiral Duckworth, of Jamaica, with Another vessel, name unknown, from Honduras ; 1 therefore maturely considered theincalculable injury such a vessel might cause to the settlement, and conceiving it a duty incumbent en myself to prevent, if possi ble. further depredations, summoned the people al, and, on my stating the case to them, they very rea dily volunteered to make an attempt to cut her our. Accordingly, en the evening of the 13th ultimo, I stood over, under Cover of the night, for the har bour of Truxillo, and got well into the bay without being discovered, when I manned two small beats, with six men in each, under charge of Mr. Wilkes., boatswain, in the one, and Mr. Bawler, midshipman, in the other, with chretions to pull in close along shore, and examine if our information was corm& standing in, at tire same time, with the se/sooner, to cover the boats, if occasion'required. Shortly alter, ' we got in sight of the vessel we were in pururil of ; which was immediately hoarded with great bravery by the boar's clew under charge of Mr. Bowler, (the other, from pulling heavy, not being able to get up,) and, after some resistance from the people on deck, they very gallantly got possession of her, the Captain and others jumping overboard ; the wise this contest occasioned, alarmed the forts, which opened on us a very heavy fire. The cables were then cur, and sail made, the forts keeping a continual fire on us, till out of gunshot, which was returned from both vessels. She proves to be La Caridad Perfe&a, schooner-rigged, copper-bot- Corned, and pierced for sisteen guns, but mounted only with twelve, and had on board but fifteen men, She remainder of her complement being on shore at the time. I am he-opy to add, that in performing this ser vice, no person has been hurt. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) JAMES SMITH. relishes Wt ett, Eas t e.unenomilmi HIS Majest)'. sit i o Swat, 111 , 4klutac SIR. Iter, Ale, :sotatobt , ", LCD►. I enclose yon, for the ioformation of the Lords '7nmmisaionerf of the .‘ilm4 Thy, the copy of a let ter I have received from Captain IT Kenzie, of the Wolf, acquaintidg me of his having recapttred an Americ in ship, And run on shore the privateer that captured her. I am, /cc. J. R. llamas. Hii MajeatyN SI-op Wolf, at Sea, SIR, October 20, 180) have to acquaint you, that yesterday evening, in consequence of information I received from the ‘here, I gave chase two sail. lin the otEng, and soon came up with a ship, which proved to be an American, captured a few minutes before by a Spa nish privateer, then standing in shore : I dropped a boat to take possession of her, and stood after the privateer; but it falling calm shortly after, I di'- patched two boats in chase ; they came op with, and boarded her, at the very moment she struck on a reef, near the shore, and about ten miles t” lee ward of Falmouth: every effort proved ineffeftual to get her off and she went to pieces soon after. She proved to be La Precieusa, a new cutter, out six days from St. Jago Cuba, commanded by Galana Garsa, carrying three small guns, and twenty-three men, five of whom made their escape,, in a canoe. previous to her being boarded, had made no other captures. I have the honour to be, &a. (Signed) G. C. Al'KlNxl a. To Jame. Riolia.d Daerea, Fiq. Isa , Adtrwal of the Red, &c. ate. &c. Jamaica. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY IS. From the state of Mr. Pi T r's health, it is doubt ful whether he will be able to attend his duty in Parliament at the opening of the Session. Doc tors VAUGHAN and BAILICV have been in to attend hire, at the request of Su WALIga FA sot.- ss. Should he net experience a change for th worse, he certainly will attend in his place on the first day. It has been frequently stated, as matter of regret and surprise, that an attempt was aot made to destroy the Boulogne flotilla immediately after BOMA, ARTIC withdrew the great body of the troops from that quarter into Germany It was said at the time. that no more than 4300 regular troops remained to garrison the place, and that the batteries along shore were served by the crews of the flotilla. Under these circumsances, it bas been presumed that the force which we sent tie Hanover wonld have been perfettly competent to the taking of Boulogne, and the destruflion of the flotilla, in the harbour. It is no answer to this objec tion to say, that our Allies demanded our first cares, and that the destrudion of the Boulogne flotilla, being a purely British objea, it did not become the generosity of the British nation to begin by striking the first blow for herself. If the British trcnps could have been carried at once into the theatre of the continental war, and there become operative in the decision of the campaign, this argument would have some weight. But that is not the case. We could not strike an immediate blow for our and there fore an attempt on Boulogne would not have fairly subjetted us to the charge of a selfish preference to our own interests. We believe, therefore, the. nothing but a convinioa of the impralicability of an attack upon Boulogne prevented the attempt.— Could it have been made with the slightest pros pet of success, it would ha►e justified a great sacrifice of men and money, but the place was re connoitred by General Mooat, by Sir SIDNLY Smarm, and several bther enterprising officer and skilful engineers, all of whom. we under stand, reported it impregnable. Could we have destroyed the Boulogne flotilla, i.ivasion would have become impossible, and nothing would have remained to distract our attention from a vigorous prosecution of the war upon the Continent. The re occupation of Hanover by the British tro ps, is also supposed to be a measure objectionable in the eyes of the Opposition, and likely to form a ground of complaint against the Minister.— If considered as a whole. a distinet, and sub stantive proceeding, it would, perhaps, be diffi cult to defend it from the imputation of preci pitancy, or folly. But it is idle to Assert that the British troops were sent to the Continent, merely to occupy Hancivo-. Alley went to co-operate on that side of against France. with their Allies. Europe, the Swedes, the Russians, and the Prussians. The Swedes and Russians have entered Hanover, in common with the British troops, but surely it will not be said that the obje& of the Swedes and Rnssians is merely the occupation of that eleclorate? Were the Allies to prove successful, every man must have known that Hanover would follow of course; and to promote their muss was the pri- mary object of the march of our troops into Hano ver. That etre& it was well calculated to produce, from the very moment the expedition appeared in sight of the Elbe and the Weser. The accu. mulation of a large army in Hanover, although it should never fire a shot, must operate as a diversion in taynnr of the Allies, in th. heart .if Germany. Had the carnpaig.s in Austria and Moravia proved long and dosh•fol, had Bor.:seal ra suffered a great teverse, or been driven track from Vienna. the weigh: the aim). in 'fano • ver would have told in the scale ; it would Lav e tided the deubtful, And cons ,led the clefe.a- ot. enemy. The allied army i s ,11.m.sver w„ssid begin to :hew itszif on the frontless of Hol I to-i. the oppressed, impuverished, and ensl sved 1)0 might, perhaps, begin to remember, that they of possessed h.ippiness, liberty, and commerce. But, is Government to blame, because the e e , has not answered the speculation? not. Considering the physical strongth. the ation, and resources of the Austro-Rus,iani, man had a right to anticip.tte the result has unfortunately taken place. We hrk back the annihilation of the Austrian army at Ulm, 4 astonisment, as the ef - eA of almost supernatu agency, and even the armistice entered i.:to by Emperor of Gee ss a my, after he had,by his s tcrii, proved himself prepared to encounter every er mitt', at the very moment when his gallant hr , t was approaching with viaory in his van, generous Ally, ALEXAMDEII, was still zealous combat in his cause, is an event wil(ch has right to anticipate. Upon a view, therefore, ot• affairs of the Continent, there is much to lame and perhaps hale to condi/ma in the condus of( country. We have received New Yurk Papers to the 71 last, from which we have extraded the heads the Proceedings of Congress beans the only ligence which they contain, of any interest. The C;pfain, of 74 guns, for the safer of apprehensions were entertained, and the Son "7. of 11'2 guns. another of the Channel fleet, safely arrived at Portsmouth. Our Deal letter announces the arrival, oa sl,ty, of YO sal of transports, under convoy., fr'm We,er ; but whether with, or without tr,i. does not state. A letter of the same date. ft, Ramsgate, says, that none of our troops have rived from the Elba ; that from th: most recent a: counts it does not appear that they were preivaiir l to come away, and that a Pilot who lett Licit ri,r on Friday sennight, met a fleet of light uanspoit amounting to 25 sail, off its mouth. It is expe&ed His MAJISTY will hold a Pri. Council to-morrow. Yesterday, the Duke of Yona held a public dan at his Office, and saw a number of Officers. I e understand there is no truth in the repo.. that a second squadron has sailed from Brest. Sir T. DUCKWORTH intends to proceed for West Indies in pursuit of the French squadron, Sr sae corifident:y trust, will firing it back with his. The rumours of the loss of the Plantazenet a Recolsttionnaire, are unfounded. YesterdAy, a Court of Direffeirs was held the East India Ikuse, when GIOROL M ILL KTT Esq. took the oaths, and his seat as a Dire tor, an Was appointed to the Committees of Governme. Troops and Stores, Private 'Trade and Shippipg 'Flie Court adjeurrnea at six o'clock, till this dot. The lfuwe frigate, in uhich Lord Wet (Asti came passenger, spoke, on the I eth of September, t. J.Lenheser, ni 74 guns, Admiral Sir Tarim •451 Twee BUDGE. The Blenaeim *v.'s then on her passage fro Madras to Prince of Wales's Island. IVe are happ to add, that the Admiral was very well. By the remererr,e British cartel, which has jut sailed from the Note, with Dutch prisoners for the 'Fermi, Government have, at the particular requca ul the French Admiral Vittsstcve, allowed his Captain, M. M ntsnia, to return to France ea his parole. Captain Mac:snot c is the bearer of renewed proposal to the French Government, for s general cartel or exchange; and it will give us the most heartfelt satisfadion to be enabled to inform the public of the success of our present overture. Major-General the Marquis of Hearts- is ap poiated Clunel of the 42J regiment of root, in the room of Sir liccroa Writ°, deceased ; Maj ' t. General the Hon. Lam Hoes is appointed Colonel of the Ord, in room of the Nlarquis of I-lust ; and Lieut -General N Are. Ch IsT IZ, is apviiited C010n...1 Commandant of a battalion of the 601:., rice M.ijor-General I lot ,:. !since the death cf hereon SULTAN, the F.l7,iisti have had an opportunity of exploring the Mese... country ; their researches have been atteaded with success ; as Lieutenant W• a Kass, in the service of the East India Company, has discov, red some gold mines, which he is examining; as yet, we are to leara wh-ther they wig prove equ to the expeslto duos first forared of them. ' Certain Powers on the Continent, some time Ar. expressed their earnest wishes to have General I)t mot:mut oil the Continent ; hut their wishes Were signaled to this Officer, when it WAS too late. The General, however, by the approbation of Govern ment, set out, with every pns , ihl., expedition. to the scene (.1 anion; but, shortly atter his larding at Cu,- haven, the fatal intelligence arrived of the French having entered Vienna. I his information obliged General Du...neatest to change his route, and r— sented difficulties of the most serious descriptins. Still be determined, it possible, to join the Allies, and he arrived at Dresden on the 4th of December. entered Prakue on. the 7th, and on the 13th reached the two Emperors at TsoppaU. TLe LORD M•YOR and MAGISTRATES of York being of opinion that every mirk of respea and gra titude should be shown to the memory of the late Lot i.sum, whose feneral took place on 'I huis day, recommended that the shops of the city should be kept shut, and that the inhabitants should Ai:- pear in mourning. The citizens of York, impressed with sentiments of the acepest regret, on the great national loss, sustained by the death of that trim,' Hero, redly expre ,. .sed their feelings on mournful oscabiou, in tile mainuer thus rispelably recommended.