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N.AAi. 4 ....i\thki l § . . Flow the LONDON GAZETTE, June q, 1807. Admiralty-Office, .Tune 9, Copy of a Letter front ConimodOre Sir - S;tmuel Hood, K.B. to William Marsden, Esel. 'dated - on board Hic Majestys••Ship _Centaur, at Sea, I'viarch i 6, 1807. . • SIR, I beg leave to inclose you, for the information of the Lords - Comtilissioner,s of the Admiralty, a-Copy of a Letier I ildve received tri.rn Captain Shipley,. of lis Mjeity's Ship, •Comus, stating the capture of eight of tue gnetny's Vessels, which service appears to have been planned and executed with good judg anent and energy.' ' I have the honour to be, &c. SAMUEL HOOD. Ills Majesty's Ship Comas, SIR, Nardi 15, 1807. X have the honour to report, tor your inforfnation, Ole *Capture of six of the:Enemy's Vessels (described the margin*), by the Boats of His Majesty's Ship Under_ my command, under the direaion of lieutenants G. E. Watts and Hood Knight, and Lieutenant J. Campbell, of the Royal Marines, with detachment of Petty Officers, Seamen, and Ma Fines.. They were moored in the Puerto de Haz, Grand Canaria, and defended by .the cross fire of three batteries; Lieutenant Campbell was the only person wounded on,-the occasion. Since your orders of the i At, instant, His Majes ty4--ship has also captured two Spanish Brigs, St. with salt fish, and Ncistra Senora de los Re itnedioti with a mixed cargo of merchandize. I have the honour tope, &c. ~(Sight.ad) CONWAY . SHIPLEY. Commodore Sj..r S. Hood, K.B. &c. Admiraky-01fire, June g, 1807. eopy of another Letter frrin Commodore Sir Saniurl Hood, K. B. to Wiltiant Marsden, :Esq. dated on 1 °cod His Majesty's Ship 6. , ritctur, Funchal Bay, Madeira, May 18, 1807. SIR, His Majesty's Ship - Comtis' has just anchored, and I have the honour to inclose you a copy of a Letter from Captain - Shipley, detailing . a gallant exploit ef , feCied by . the Boats of that Ship. , I have t hehonour to be, &c.. SAMUEL - HOOD. . P. S. Inclosed 'is - a List 'of the Killed and Wounded in the Boats of .the -Comm. • His Majesty's Ship Ccmus, oi Canaria, SIR, . May 9, 1807'. I have the honour to relate to you the particulars of a gallant exploit performed .last night .:by the I3oats of His Majesty's Ship, under the dire&ion of Lieutenant G. E. Waits, and assisted by Lieutenant hood Knight and Mr, Jeaffreson Miles, Master's vZate, with. a party of Petty Officers, Seamen, and loyal Marines" 'in the Port of Grand Canaria. A large armed Felucca, with his Catholic Majes ty's colours Hying, had been for the three last days lying under•the protedion of a strong fort and two batteries, and the wind .yesterday evening proving favourable, she was boarded by Lieutenant Watts, in the large Cutter, under• a severe fire of musketry -froin..between thirty and forty soldiers, sent to assist in her defence ; .and he had-nearly cleared her deck when the two other Boats, which did not row so Ave:l, arrived, and fully accomplished the business. Her cables were now rut, and the Boats took her in tow (the Enemy having had the .precaution to send her sails and rudder on shore), when a hawser, fast under water a-stern, was manned in the fort, and the Vessel dragged nearly under the muzzle of, the guns before it cotildte cut, upon which an ex ceeding heavy fire .from all the batteries was coin theneed, and continued until She was out of sight. She proves to be the St. Pedro, Spanish Packet, Laving a cargo of bale goods, &c, from Cadiz, bound, to Buenos Ayres.. This was effetted with the loss of one -man killed and live wounded, as per inclosed . list. Mr, Watts has several wounds, • but none of them- dangerous, and I feel convinced his gallant condal,. with the exertions of every Officer and man employed an tliis scrvice,. will meet your approbation. Twenty-One of the Enemy's' Troops Were made prisoners; eighteen of whomare wounded ; the rest, excepting a few who swam. on shore, were killed, as was her Captain and some of her crew. She .had raptured since her departure from Cadiz the Lord Keith, bound from London to Mogadore.. His Majesty's Ship has taken and destroyed, liince the Ist instant, •the St.-Francisco Bpanish Lugger, ..with wheat and salt ; and - La Louisa Schooner, in . ballast : the latter perfectly new. • I am; re. • CONWAY SHIPLEY. 7'o Commodore Sir S. Hood, - &c. &c. Centaur. A List of the Killed and Wounded in the Boats of His Ma-• jtsty's Strip Comus, off Canaria, On the Bth May, 1807. Robert Noble, ,Private Marine, killed. I.ieutenant Watts, severe!) - wounded. Cohn Robinson, Private Marine, ditto. Edward Evans, Seaman, dim). lames Trimble, Seaman, ditto. Rich. Tully; Private . Marine, dangerously _wounded. Given on board the Centaur, Funchal gay, Madeira, 18th May, iSo7. (Signed) CONWAY SHIPLEY. I. Spanish Brig, 5 guns, loaded with salt pork. 2. Spanish Brig, loaded with wine and fruit. 3. Spanish Brig, loaded with salt fish. .4. Spanish Brig in ballast. S. Spanish Brig, in ballast. •6. Spanish'Brig; in ballast. IF3RTSMOUTII, JUNE g.—Arrived the Spencer, of 41F-11”, Hon. R. STO_PEORD j and the Theseus of same force, from a seven months cruize. No corn munication having transpired, we cannot of course learn any news by them. 'Sailed the Cracker Gun Vessel, on a cruize. aux-FAST Savr. M.--Since, writing the above, we understand the Spencer and Theseus are from the Cape of Good Hope. Left that place 10 Weeks since, where they left Admiral MURRAY and his Expedition 3 eight weeks from St. Helena— , brought no Convoy, or saw any thing of the India-. men on their passage. PLYMOUTH, - JUNE B.—Arrived the Prince of Rides, of 98 guns, from the Channel Fleet. L ) . e 1194 George, of 1 t o guns, came into Har- the Dille of Marl- iordagli Packet, JAMES (Acting), with Mails from Jamaica, which she' left on, the 2801.-April ; spoke On the smite day the ltindsor Castle: Packet going into Jamaica, with ntils from England. Pas sengers per the Duke of Marlboroug,ll arc, Colonel HA REFOOT, Mr. KIRBY, Mr. SMART, Mr. CH EESA M, Mr. LUKE, Mr. GREEN, Mr. RoVELL, and Mrs. REMINGTON : the Packet brings tio particular news. The following Vessels were lying at .Jarnaied Majesty's , Ships Fisgard, Mignonne, Shark, -Re nard; Bacchante, Reindeer, Cuba, and• Goeglan. Also arrived this day the Schooner .Felton, 'Capt. MAINWARING, from Bristol, bound to Oporto and the Brig Mary, from • Barnstaple, to take in goods, for Riga. Orders were this day received at the Agent's Office to detain the Packets bound to Jamaica and America till further orders., Sailed yesterday the Prince of !Vales Packet, TODD, with two Mails for. Lisbon. DEAL, JUNE 9.—Arrived yesterday evening the Strenuous Gun-brig, from Portsmouth. and sailed for Leitlr ; also the Musquito Sloop of War, on a cruie ` Came down from . Sheerness the Zel•ra Bomb, Royal George, and the /Farley East Indianian j and several other outward-bound Vessels. Arrived the Pincher Gun-brig, from a cruize ; and remains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships . . as per last : also a large Fleet of Transports, having• on board the King's German Legion, light Trans.- , ports, outward-bound Vessels, Coasters, Collier's, &c. We are sorry to announce the loss, of the.Jackan Brig. She got on a bank near Calais, and in the violent gale 1;)f the .29th and 30th tilt: was driven ashore. The. crew, 1. , ere all saved and made, pri soners. The Mosquito had sent in her boats to. effed, the destrudion of the Brig; but the elements had already destroyed her ; she was A wreck when the beats reached her. But English seamen never return from an el4edition Without doing something. Finding therefore the Brig destroyed, they landed, attacked a French post, and drove the French from it. The following ships were yesterday dispatched from the India House, viz. Royal George, GatunL3, and [Parley, MoyiAoy, for Madras, Ceylon, Bom bay, and China ; 11'eaford, BAAINARD, tor Madras, Ceylon; and Bombay Earl Howe, MURRAY, and Windham, STEWART, for CoaSt and Bays Captain WOODRIFFR, who so gallantly defended the Calcutta, belonging to the East India Company, and who was takeh prisoner and sent to Verdun, has recently returned to England. The manner of his enlargement is singular. Captain W. had made several applications to TALLEYRAND to procure his release ) but without success. Some time in the last Month, however, he received an order signed by BONAPARTE, in Poland, direL•ting him to proceed im mediately to England, and to take the route of St. Maloes, a town which no Englishman is permitted to enter. On Captain W.'s arrival at this place, he found his letters forwarded, by the French Go vernment, which had . been directed to Verdun.—" At St. Maloes Captain W. proceeded to engage a ves sel, or cartel, to convey him to England, for which he expeaed ,to pay 40 or 50 guineas ; but was there ,told that a vessel was provided tbr him by the French Government, free of every expeuce whatever'• Our Government ) not to be outdone in this lthttK peded generosity on the part of the enemy, immedi ately released a French Officer of equal rank with Capt. W. who has been since returned to France, on terms of equal • Monday se'nnight the Hon. and Rev. F. H. EGERTON, after an absence of live years, owing to his detention in France, arrived - at Whitchurch.— The inhabitants expressed their resped and gratifi cation, by ringing of bells, bonfires, roasting everal sheep, &c. and every public demonstration of joy and, the whole was concluded 'with harmony and decorum, honourable to that respedable town, on the return. of their worthy Rector. Mr. EGERTON ordered 501. tb - be distributed among the poor of his parishes. • There xvere sixty transports on Saturday at Dept ford, several of which were dropping down to Wool. wich ; • and we understand that 100 colliers are to be immediately taken up-for similar service. At Rains crate there are 80 transports, ready to take troops on board, and in which it is supposed the German Le gion will embark to-clay. • . . WEST INDIA DOCKS.--The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, the Lords of the Treasury, and other distinguished Charaelers, visited these grand Com mercial Works on Monday last. They were re-. ceived by ROBERT MILLIGAN, Esq. the Chairman, It. LEE, Esq. the Deptity Chairtnan, and the Direc tors of the West India Dock Company, who were in readiness on the spot. The visitors testified the highest satisfacaion in viewing these stupendous and important Works, which fully accomplish the origi , nal purpose in view, After a sight so gratifying to every friend' of this • great Commercial Empire, the- Company adjourned to the London Tavern and en joyed a sumptuous dinner. Yesterday the LORD MAYOR and Sheriffs went in state, accompanied by several of the Aldermen, the Recorder, Water Bailiff, Bre. i?om the Mansion house, to the Swan Tavern at Stratford, where his ,Lordship held a Court of Conservancy for Essex.— They afterwards proceeded to .Blackwall, and took water on board the new City State Barge. They landed at Greenwich, and his Lordship held another Court Of Conservancy for the County of Kent, ,at the Ship Tavern, where they partook of a most sumptuous.dinner. . The County of Tipperary Election has terminated. The Hon. Colonel MATTHEW and HENRY A. PRITTIE, Esq. have been returned. Whatever political disorders may prevail in York shire, it seems generally to be -admitted that the friends of Lord MILTON were very wive in spread ina the v . ellow_fever. . . , i • f N biILIG INTELUGENeE [F.1101;1 +HT.: TI..ti..GP._APH.] I rx 11F.iiLug, Al;ty 30,—Yesterday afternobri, about tive-o'cloc::, the . tiourier SuiY. brought dispatches to the ,Govennii - -Genei - al,.from his Majesty's head 7 •i quarters at Finckenstein, dated May 2(5, according to which bantzic capitulated on 'the 24th. The ' French troops entered it On the 6th. The garrison of Weichsehnunde is not iriclUd , ed in the capitulation. " An English Corvette, of 24 guns,. with powder and ball for the garrison of Dantzic, Was boarded and taken on the 19th of May by a piquet belonging to the Paris. Infantry." . i . LFHOM THE TELEGRAPH.] " BERLIN ; MAY 29 .—MarShal MORTIER his sent t o General LrEBERT, Governor of Prusian Pome rania, the following letter :----- • Pietzkendorf, May i 4, 1807—S o'clock,, P. M. I hasten 'to infornryou; that Dantiic has just now. capitulated. The garrison are prisoners of War. Marshal LEFEBVRE has this instant 'signed the capi tulation. Our troops enter the place the day after to-morrow. (Signed) • ED. MORTIER.' " AdviceS from Thorn. confirm this intelligence, from whitlyirappears that ihe;conditions demanded' by General" KALKRETJTii have not been granted.— This circninstance has prob2bly been the cause of the capittilaiion liaving been protratled L'4 hdurs." 1 3 11.1.A.t.; MAY 219.-IWre ha've received ac counts, that the garrison in the fort c.f Weichsel munde have also been compelled to ,surrender to the 'French arms. . LUBECK, MAY 30.—Since the ::sth of May, ac cording to'ficcounts from sea, tho.Svveclii;i Ships of War in ,the 'Baltic have rece.v . “l grtleis to seize all vessels bound:to.Lubeck, sev.erail of, which have al ready been sent to Ystadt. • [FROM THE TELEORAPH.] " \VIDDIN, MAY Russi ms evacuated Giurgewo on the 26th of A:pril. , MUS - TAPHA PACHA dispatched cavalry in pursuit' f . their rear. Bucha-. rest, it is said, has shared the same tihe ; but this • 'ants contirthation. PELwAN AdAs, -Governor of Ismael, has'ob-' tained signal , advantages , over the Russians, having, taken six Guin-boats and 13 pieces of cannon near one of the iOands•in the .Danube; which the Ene my' wished to make liiruself master of. On the 30th of April' the Grand Vizier's' Army was . .at Adrianople ; it is' very numerous, and is Slow in its movements. " The Servians have been defeated by the Pacha of Nissa, who has sent 400 heads and six standards to Constantinople. " General MicHELsorr • openlky dechires, that un less he receives speedy: reinfOrceinents, he must po sitively evacuate Wallachia." • • . BERLIN, MAY '50.--By letters from Trieste, of the 12t h , it is stated that the English at Alexandria arc under great embarrassments.• The Porte, im mediately after Admiral DUCKWORTH'S retreat, had, ordered considerable detachments of troops to .march, from Syria td Egypt, to oppose the landing of the English ; but, though they were too late for this ser .vice-ot irbetiecred the English will not receive re inforcements' from Malta and Sicily in time to op pose the force collet - ling against them. The death of ELFI BrtY is a.serious loss. to the English ; and what must increase their embarrassment is, the intelli gence brought by.an eyewitness, that. the Regi ment of Emigrants at Malta was in a state ,of incur reEtion, having fought several days with the, rest of. the troops ; nor were the. insurgents reduced when this .deponent left the WARSAW, MAY 25. `f WEG-11' ZYNOW, MAY W.—The Russians have passed the Narew at several points ; and attacked some of our cantonments on the right bank, 'which, in consequence of their distance from each other, were unable to withstand the mass that pressed upon them. The Enemy - had, besideS the Cvssacks, who are better exercised than ever, anfi several squadronS of regular cavalry, 1504 infantry,and eight pieces of . .. __ ... . cannon. At first they drove in several of our out pOsts, and massacred those they took by surprise. Fourteen sOldiers of the ssth were surrounded in a small intrenchment, and chose rattler to Joie their lives.to a man, than surrender. Not one of them survived. .A.cornpany of grenadiers, of the 64th, being attacked by the Russians, the COnithandant of the latter, inflated I.yith, his superior numbers, advanced with a look of comem , A,and ordered the. Preach Captain to surrender, when the latter, s.2iz ing a musket, levelled and shot him dead, exclaim ing, This is the way a Frenchman surrenders; Three battalions came to the assistance of this brave company, defeated the RussianS, and plat - sued them sword in hand. The latter, beside ,their wounded, left 150 dead upon the ground. The French loSt only Go men, atid several Cossacks were drowned in - thc, Narew. " arshal MASSENA, as we learn, has obtained a signal advantage over the enemy, but we have not yet received the details. It seems, the whole army is in mutton. " Yesterday there was a report, that the Russians had made .an attack upon the whole line of the right wing under Mgrshal MAssENA, but were re pulsed with considerable loss. The fifth toys of the army continued in pursuit of the Russians ; and Marshal MASSENA 'liad given orders, for the purpose of accelerating the march of the army, that all the baggage and disposable articles should be sent into the rcar." ANOTHER LETTER FROM WARSAW, MAY 25. On the 23d, the Turkish Ainbassador received dispatches from the Imperial Head-quarters, relative to an affair which took place between the Turks and aussians, near Is:nailow, in which the latter, besides their wounded, lost 1800 men, some standards, and. several pieces of cannon, leaving the honour of the victory to the Turks. Public notice has been given, that ail strangers,, not in any office, or who shall re fuse to give Government a sufficient guarantee of their fidelity, must leave this City in eight days time. VENICE, MAY i6.—On the !lath ult. General LOUVIERS, with 1500 men from Ragusa, began his march to the town . of Trebigna, in Bosnia. Last Saturday Colonel For, Commandant of the second corps ,of artillerY, set Q t lion) Udina to Constgnti- ~ ~ „. .„. r itople, to take the coma - mm.l mere, wei‘e engineers, fdur of whom are Italians, haye alfio set out with the Bost to'Constantinopte, dter ► Ley t `received histriEtions from Geheral l‘viAnnosT. FROM TriE MAINE.—The. declarations and Dro p' osals of . the Engli4h Governhietit rekitive to the proferred mediation of the Attitrian Court, are ex pe6ted with ihe new Emvoy, the Earl of P,r:M:3llo.t:J.;. SPORTING INTELLIG LE AVE. ASCOT HCATE-I RACES. TUESDAY, JUNE 9. . , His Majesty's Plate of rooks: by 'Hooters which have. been • 'regularly hunted with His Majesty's Stag Hounds, the best of three 4-mile heats ; 4-yr olds to carry fist. 's.yr olds t tst. §lh. 6.yr oldsitst: t2.lb. sod aged iz,t. Mares allowed 41,13., - Mr. Starling's b. Blenheim, by Coriander, aged Mr. Ferinor's b. in. surer to Hawk; Aged - Sir f. Shelley's TruMpator t. brat Mr. Lake's f; by Gouty, Bst. each, the Kew Mile, boags.. A Sweepstakes of t 9 gs, each, h. ft. colts. 85t.,51b. fillies, • Bsi. zlb. __The N , •tv Mile. La G. H. Cavendish's c. by Hambletonian . Mr. Windham's c. by Ambrosio - Sire. 'Sunbury's b. c. by Whiskey - D. of G ration's 'Fawn, sister to Forester Sir J ;Shelley's Wood Nymph • - •-• . A goo.l race: Ld Cavendish vvon,by Italia neck. The Second .and . last Year of the refiewed Sweepstakes of • togs. edeli.; to which is added ,zigS. out .:r• the Race Fund, for tour yr - olds, to carry fist. 81b:' - five yr pids. Bst. 51b.• six yr olds, Bst. la lb. and aged 95t,,,.‘1.1 , 1ares allowed 411.) Two miles aiist a h lf. - Mr. Lake`s br, c. by Gouty, "5 yrs old - - named • Mr. Abbey's br. m. Orangeade., 4 yrs, oid • I 2 2i •2 - 3 The Second and .last Year of the renewed Swcepst,keti of logs. each ; to which is aadeii 2.5g5. out of the .1; nod, for three yr olds, colts Bst. 71b. and fil lies, B , Jr. 2,1 b. the . , New Mile. - . The winner of the Derby or 0.4k5.• to carry. 7st. extra. Mr.. S. Batson named Mr. Fcrrnor's Stripling - - ••• Sir F. Standish named ci c Pniice of Wales's bl. c. by Sir' Peter - - - - - - ". On Friday, last, after an examination of some. hours, before the Rev. Dr. Goonnz:ouon and G. GUNNING, Esq. John Leach was commit te d t 4) , stone Gaol, on his confessioh, tbr the cominigF.ion of a rape a hci'murder on the body ofElizabeth Vaughan, more than three years ago, ny:n- Lynn, in Norfolk. The account which this man, gi - ves of the manner in which he. perpetrated the two-fold crime . of which he accused himself, if it is true, must sta'un turn as •a charatler of most unexampled and deliberate cruelty. - He states, that u‘pwards . 4three years ago he lodged at the house of a person near Lynn, who had iwo girls, once of whom was be:- tween nine and ten years of age. He one•day sand this - with othe's, at pl a y i n an orchard ; he Contrived to entice her from her companions, and gradually drawing her towards a little wood, at some distance from the orchard, began to unfold his laitious•de,tign, bptaking indecent liberties with her person : , ,tbe girl 'was alarmed, and called out for assistance. He then threw her on .the ground, and pulling up a quantity of grass by the roots, stuffed it with the dirt that, was' hanging to •it into her mouth : having , completely- deprived her of the power of U4rance, he succeeded in effecting his diabolicaliNfentiOn, in spite of the resistance and . agonizing of his almost suiTocated• tim. To complete the horrid busines:; he bad thus inhumanly begun, he took a knife from his pocket; and stabbed the unfortunate child .several times irf her body, and at last put an end to her existence by beating her on the head with a large branch which he wrenched from one of the trees growing on the spot:, A rabbit warren wasirear the place--there he carried the body---and enlarging one of the bur- , rows with, his hands, he crammed the body into it, covering up the opening with b6hes and rubbish. He immediately changed his place of abode, and some time afterwards enlisted with a recruiting party of the Chatham Division of Royal Marines; goon afterwards he was drafted on board the Mon key Gun-brig, in which he served for a long time — but states that he was alw a y s m i sera ble,' an d h a d several times attempted to- destroy himself: his anxiety and horror at Just became so insupportable, that, on Friday, he made a confession of his guilt to Serieant Major KREVSE, of the Royal Marines, who is bound to appear against him at the Norfolk Assizes. Last week several prisoners on -hoard the Bristol, lying at Gillinghim, attempted to make their escape they had succeeded in ctitfing through the bulk-head, and had secreted themselves in the cOal-hole, where, however, they were sotn discovered by a Newfbund land dog belonging to the Commander, mid proper Means were instantly taken to secure them ; which *was effeCied with very little diSturbance, and order was soon restored. The dog. had before keen in strumental in discovering fugitives, and once or twice had plunged into the river, and brought back to the ship such as Were swimming towardl, the shore, and were nearly exhausted. On the present occa sion, the intrepid and sagacious animal again plung ed into the river, to search for any person that might have.got there; the noise of the plunge alarmed the sentinel, who not receiving any answer to his en quiry or, who was there ? • and supposing that one of the prisoners might have escaped, fired his musket near ,the spot where the noise pro cee d e d f rom , i n order to alarm the supposed fugitive, and cause him to return ; several shots were afterwardi fired with the same intention, before the mistake was discover ed, when the dog was again got on board, without having received any injury. A stone, weighing 1 pound 10 ounces, was found on opening. a fine cart-horse, in Liverpool,' whi c h died oh Thursday se'nnight.. It resembles' a heart pretty nearly, but not so regularly formed, and the apex is flatter; the, circumference ar the end is be tween E. 3 and 9 inches, - and at the small end between 5 and 6 inches ; its perpendicular height about three inches and a half; time colour Of,bronze, or of cop per• deeply tarnished—extremely hard—and where the outward lamina was broken through, would ad mit of an excellent polish, by rubbing with a pieed of smooth iron. The horse was in perle6t health and spitits, until turned out to pasture the evenim g before, ; when he galloped about the field, and the violent motion is suppoSed to have forced the stone through the intestine that enclosed it, so as to occa, sion his death. Our philosophical readers will per haps be able to account for the formation of, such a stone in an animal's body. CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 10.—To-day but few purchasers or faCtors attended the Market, and very few Sales were made, and those nearly:at the prices quoted on Monday. „.