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;,~ ; SIIAW, MAYOR. '-' A N ESPECIAL COURT, held on the Vigil LA. or the Nativ..y of our Lord; that it to say, 'rotalab', I t.te 11th dm .4 Uretrartaer. I,lo'l, and tit the 4th tear of the . . Petri of Georg e th e 'Eltint, of the U•tited Kingdom of Great Britain and I:elatot Kum, .he. Keiolse.l, That it be reconamentie I by this Come to the Itig, .1 11/stowable t..,e Lord Mayus, to give such directions as OA elleetJally prevesst Use salmi me or affixing 5117 ort*rit 4 r erection or !woke:v.o. htTlt• •sr a s tam.t the 1 . r.01t isr si NI 4..tay house or buidnig sa woo rot. Ca,. so the Idlustses therror, on or b-fore the Dth thirsof Ja.,aaty next, linse , st the Jar a I.POint , l 1 Ca thy 4urialr4 the late Ifter-A.lntivel Horatio Lord Viscount 0 Nasost, at the cathedral climes of St Pass. WOODTHO:t PE. 1 AT a Meeting of th- Friends of Mr. JOSEPH WELLS, Candidate fa the Ulric- of 3 , idee-Mater, vacant hr the &all' of Mr kainuel blaariott, held ut the llorn Tavern, Doctors' Cationniri, Mi. ALDERNIAN PRINSEP in the Clia'r. A M. 41011 was secnded, end carried noaninsous'y, that a General Me-tinr of the Livory of London, be rentirsial at the London Tarrris, ott T0e.1141, 111VXt, at &awn o'clock, to take into considilation the measure, whirl it guar he ile•es nary to adopt for the purpo.4 of securing the electiou of Mr. Wei's. Resolved unininionsly, that the T:iatiks of thh Meeting h. given to %11 , 111O+. Eafifir, Tet,V. alio! P,je ek, of the f,..tiJ Tavern. nut to Mr. Griffith.' of the. lle u, "or their vt..ry h.l A aron. ant liberal otter of acceinninlati n t.. M.. Wt`iti ..11.1 his (.Signed) .1 1 )1IN PRINSFP, C:uhotao. Itrto'freti un tit se the Thanks ot this Methilg he ig.trit t Mr A1.1,- , o an Po4-irii i , fur his obliging coodoct in the Chatr.....tti January, Iblo6. FOR SCHOOLS. • This My Is pishltshrgt. price Ss. boom!, SUMMARY of MODERN GEOGRAPHY. Fur the T.J.e of lichtio!a. Thin! Edition. • a • rdis Soot:net, was drawn up for th- rir of Dv. 5en....1 at Ren.inet..... Its uto:.ty the e rend d 4 it highly deserving .4 public atieliticni Printed for Nlawn:ao, Poultry I and Global apt Da% isr, Strand. Of whom may he h.d, by the una• author, CLASSICAL GEOGRAPHY, being ri.e p,, rt a a. Summary of GengraphY, Antiani and Moiletii. A 'lry an •i imi.iroyed Edition, price SB. frr! henna. f 4 PROM THE cALcurrA GAZETTE. soar witto•ss, /tat 27. The ailerfta, belonging to Bengal, formerly corn. ' manded by (:aptaip Drysdale, which was cot off at . Borneo, three yeas ago, and converted into an armed ship in the service of the Rajah of Sambas, had Leen attacked in Sambas River by the I l og . Company's cruiser Lu Flares Mi, Lieut. Robert Deane. and carried, after a sharp anion of lofty minutes, in which Ler Fires trai lost one man killed and one wounded. Lu F l74a had ar rived at Penang with her prize. The enemy had ten men found dead in the Calesita, and eighteen ~n board one of the junks ; the other vessels' 1 0 0 not ascertained. The Pirate, brother to the R.Jah of Sambas, escaped on shore, but died of his wounds. To the foregoin7 we are concerned to add the n.eancholy fate or the ship Peerevrea:;ee,• Capt—lames Johnstone, belonging to Madras. sh e sailed from Penang, in April last, bound to Ran gnnn, but, three days after leaving the Island. the Manilla Seacunnies murdered the Captain, Officers, and passengers, and then set ire to die ship, mak ing off in a boat, carrying with them about 1.09r1 dollars, which they found, and actually left amine unfortunate Lacers on board, to perish in the ilemes. It is to he h N:nd. that it will prove a cau tions to Commanders of . coontry ships, against shipping Manilla Seacunnies, as this is not the first iostance of such melancholy events from the saunc caese. Advice from the Persian Gulf state, that the Dola of Mocha had rolered a salaam so be fired.'an commemoration of a viaory sail to have been gain ed by the Imaum's troops over the Wthalie, in the vicinity of the capital of Yemen. This report is not, however, generally credited, for the Wababies have been in possession of the two Princes of Hee dejah and Korai, only tour days march from 6enna, ter twelve months previous to this farilliant event.. FROIS•ART'S CIITUrNICLES—. - x - rAvo Eptros. 03 Wu , lam lay nt.et, the /Sri trait will be putili%lied, th. three ion V.:.imea of Cm .d Vlition, m Octavo/of SIR JOHN FROISS.kWI''S CHRONICLFS OF EIIaLAND. FRANCE, SPAIN, and tho An- COVN fRIES, trout tit. latter part of R•lacr rirta.l 11 tt t Corussatio% of Ileury IV. a wl, trAst4 , auf: front tin , F,e,leh F. Minn, with Vitiations and Additions Loon many cf!esuateff USS By THOMAS 3OHNES. T:m. M. P. To which is omAnim. a I..tr me Alt:10f 461 Etieo nn Work... a Crativiaan *a h.s fi.st.re, and a ettemitmlo.t on Iris . - P. t wed for I , ntnian, 11.1 , and Orave. Pitlrnoster tow i aqd J. White. Fleet *mitt. 1 1 ()RD NELSoN. • lembenished with fight C.i.nwf- j ilates, els. A Pnrt as of 11-s Lowilehris; fire Mans of the Fear rrineiral im which he was rcitsred Viers of hi; EaLannter With Ad miral Tyra esu. Csmossindrr of tht I;vni.h Fhwills. on •he Night oP 0%, 3J of 1777; and a Fat Simile of hi. Lesnliihr".4 Ott "an will he si..h:sobei. erica 10... f.l in 'Haws, Nik . ) 3 o LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, with to. forestial;. Crit.cal and Es p . 89140.1.7; thr whole ineattatect by the 011114.4 t.vis of hie Li.alship. a nd IL,Tr a *Meal Now, cum.anineliketd.., no the Live. or varier,. (Ai mee with whom lie ems at differcht times eo:anezted in Service; HMO/ Tt:c tad of tit. Vitteeat Lord ti .tr% d ro Lori V tecrruut C.p Rub, iier•n To.ret.Mtlgrom Sir klelward Berry ...• Sh turker S.r "rininp-ort Gorr f•ock, r Prericric: Thriller Sir reter l'ai krt I.nr I Celli: , ed oud. B. .1 CfIARNOCK, EM FS A. Author of the 11.4 aphid Navaho. history of Mdrine Archi tecture. &c. Imuct..n P ilved for H Symouds, Paternoster-row ; Hatchaid, Pico odilly end Black* god Parry. Leadenhall..trect. E /IST I iVh I ES. 1 rolty WILLIAM, .11.Tt 6, 1805. Divtvecites (nf which the following c , spies are petni , ihed tor prner.il informa:ion) have been re ceived by hie kicellency tne men Noble the Go vernor.Gem.ral in Council, horn the Lieutenant- Governor of Prince of W.iles TO .1. LUNICDIIII, celery stewirr hY TO Via CO NLANIIILINT AT ♦ONT WILLIAAS. St ft-I have the hnvoor to transmit to yoto,fr,r the irdorm aims of his Excellency the Most No'ile the Governm-General is Council. a copy of a letter tin der date the gd instant, from Lieutenant Deane, commanding rte Honourable Company's miser Mu, conveying the accounts of his hay. the ship Colt rile on the 22si ult. and captured that vessel, after a contest of fotty mi nutes. I have already had the hot.ritir of detailing to his Eliellency the mode in which the Calrritta had been manned and:111111AL and the great injury that the Eastern trade had sustained from the ,puratical freebooter who comma:Hied her. I ant happy to inform you, this man, the brother of the Rajah of Sarnbac, w is killed in the adion. The dith.ulties of access to the adessta, stationed in a strong and supported by two la:gr China Junks, several miles up the tivcr of Sambas, contribute greatly to the honour of the achieve ment. and refle!t great credit on Lieutenant Deane's abilities, valour, Lid perseverance. Lieutenant Deane I.as served under my 'ldle nearly fire years, during which period of time I have invariably experienced in him every getal.fica ton of a valuable officer, and a series of eondud, that has uniformly entitled him to my highest :ap probation. 1, therefore, take the lihey yof recorm mending Lieutenant Deane to the mast favourable notice of his Excellency in Council. T:-e able support that Lieutenant Deane received from Capt. Lynch,commanding the ship Xiocrive, is highly creditable to the public zeal and intrepid ity of that *ollicer, and correspnnds with the fa vourable report that I have, on frequent occasions, made to Itra Excellency, respeding the meritorious condo& of Capt. Lvneb, in volunteering for the public benefit. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, It. T. FA 111011 11, 1. , ..ne..(1 , ,,,nnr of Prince of Wales'. (.land, ke. Ras Cornwallis, Pre., r f Wake'. Wind. June 12, ISO). 10 N. T. lAuQuNAR, mit. LIEIIT..GO•TRNOR MINCE Or WALES 1111411bD AND ITS DEPENDZ,N. Cies. Sic--1 have the hnnoor M inform you, that I left Rhin on the 9:h of April, at night, in company wi,h the Rel eanins and Warren 117rtingr, Captain Scott, who wished much to proceed with es t,) Pon tiana, where we anchored on the 14th, and delivered ynur letters and presents to the Suhauns of Pontiana and Mompawa, who were much pleased, and ex pressed themselves highly sensible of the honour ne them. _ Having pine! every information respecting the Calcutta, and .t party of Chinese, in seven boats, to attend us up Saunas River, where the ship was&ei d to he lying, I put to sea with the Befisariat. on the morning of the Rob, and, on the 18th, anchored abreast of the River ; on the lath, atter much trou ble, and the Ica., of two hundred bags of rice, which Captain Lynch was obliged to throw overboard, we succeeded in getting the ships over the bar, and hrnceeded up the river. 'On the `2lst, at night, we seized five Chinese, who informed me the Ce/ruitc was at anchor about four or five miles up the small river of Sambas, and that two China junks, and six large prows were moored near her, and well prn vided with guns, to prevent any tking passing. Hav ing g tined this inro.niation, and not !:.:sting a Food opinion of the Chinese in their boats, determined me to attaclethem with both vessels; and sit 11, c. m on the tald, I weighed and stood up thi squill river, folios - A by theßdi.a,i4. ;at a quartet before neon, I saw the ship with a junk, and three large plows moored on each Ade of her, and so close, as to pre vent a vessel going between them. Immediately we got near, they began to fire from al the vessels. which was rot returned by me until within pistol shot, when I anchored, and commenced the action upon at many as we could get guns to bear; in forty minutes we had sunk two poem, and silemed the ship, the junk, and the remaining prow. that was moored on her lariat aid side ; the ()Ours kept up a brisk fire, until they were driven from their guns overboa►d by the beiarding putty ; at a quarter al:er two, f. ni. we took possession of the ship, two junks, and two prows, the other two made their es cape up the river. Captain Lynch was prevented, by the narrowness of the River, getting so near as he could have wished ; nor could he, although every exertion was made, get a gun to bear upon t,:e enemy, until the close of the altion. I am happy to inform you, that our loss is very small, cnnsideving the number of guns we had at one time playing upon us, having only one Euro pean killed, and four Eititmeans and two Srpovs seconded ; who, I WTI happy in say, are all re rrve►ed. The Serang Est t.!e Rchs4rtus was shot through the leg, in boarding, who hai since died of his wounds 1 timid not, in jnrice, close th:s, wirlinut ex pressing my entire satisfaelion of the o:ficers and ship's company. fnr their steady behaviour dieing the anion ; particularly Wheatali and Phillips and Mr. Lord, in being so salve in boarding. The lnsi nn the part of the enemy must bare been ver► cnasiderablv haring latild 10 men dead on bnard the ship, and la nn hoard one of the junks. I haTT not been able to ascertain the number on b vArtl the other vessels. The pirate, brother of the Rajah of Sambas, was reminded in two plAcci, but e:Tected his escape in a small bat ; I have since been informed that he died of his wounds. We have bad great difficulty in getting the Br/i -tem, and Cdratig over the bar, which was not ef fected until Captain Lyr.eh had thrown overboard • 200 bags of rice, and a great quantity of ballast, ont of the Carona. .'e returned to Pontiana Roads on the 2J May, in order to repair our damage., aid put the C. kretta in a state for sea, and sailed agaiii for this place on the lU:h. I am sorry to inform you, that we were prevented from returning through the Straits of Banca, owing in the di.ahled state of the Calcutta, which we have been ooligedro tow all roe way. I sailed from Malacca on the 221 of May, and sr.chore.l elf the Fort Cornwallis this morning. The following is as account of the guns in the dire ent v?ssels Cak-toits, IV. , 91.61. and 4s. - - 26 Two kinks, dats S;a rows, - . - - 12 Total numb', - - - 60 I hare the honour to be, Sir, Yotir mo s t obedient humble ,errant, • RODell r I)eliNg, Unlit. Coat. C. Croiter, 1.0. Firms Uni, Prinv: of Walts's 14 1 4n4, June 2, 1804. [The farewell Arldrese.l the ishabitants of Crnkutta to the Nivotwo Wr11441.1. arad his Ammer, are gives 4a the " P4-.3 THE BRITISI-1 PRESS. U; MON *, K JANUARY 6. Three Gottenbtsr &Mails attired yesterday, but the - letters and pape rs they brought were not delivered until this moruing.—Three Messengers also arrived on Saturday night from the Continent. Fhey left Cuxhaven on Saturday se'nnight, and 1 inded at Yarmouth late on Friday night. On the evening before they sailed fromCurhaven, 72 trans ports w::h troops had arriv-J at Bremen —The three Messengers are, Mr. Kean, an English Cou rier from India, by the way of Constantinople, charged with particular dispatches for the East- India Company and for Government ; Mr. Coon vorsist from Mr. JacEson, at Berlin t and Mr. PROIJOHAN, from Lord Cerstorrar, who is with the British army ors the Continent. He also brought dispatches from Mr. THORNTON at Ham burgh, dated the 25th, and letters from Bremen of the 26th. . A letterfrom Vienna, dated the 12th, had been received at Hamburgh on the 25th, mentioning, that, notwithstanding the . publication of the armistice there, by Genmal Cr./tang, several bodies of troops, WM! of whom were from Moravia, had on that Jay marched through the City, against the Archduke .0111LCS, from which ci , ctunstance, it was sup posed, the Arri.tiee would not be kept ; it like wise appears that, oh the 9th 10th, some af fairs of posts took pies in the neghbourhond of Mucha, and that a corps of 1 lohlsns in the Moun tains, had cut nff a Ft , n:ch detachmet:t. • Some of the Meoengers report that the Emperor of Gear a% v had n't .igned the expeat..l naries of Peace wi.h the Emperor of the Fero( on the 14th ult. although they had dir.ed together I on th • 10th, in the neigohnurhood of Brunn. Toe Archduke CHARLES Wel% in the neighbour , bond of Mitch, on the 12th of Dt.c..nih-r, and h..d sent express for Prince Licurr.N•lT LIN and Prince Sw A le TZENSUROII to attend him. The Emperor . of Russt• left lin!itch on the 4th of December, on his retreat homeward ; and it was then understood that he absolutely refused to enter into any negociation with the Emperor of the French, but dcclared he would, in his retreat, defend his co.vn army and country to the last eraernity, if it should he invaded. Mr. KERR, on his ronte from Constantinople, by the way of Preshurg, Ho'itch, and l'roppeau, passed through Olmutz. On his way, about two leagues from Hnlitch, on the evening of the bth, he was stopped by three Cossacks ou horseback, and robbed of all his dispatches, letters, money, and clothes ; hut, from the assistance of Prince SWARI ZLbl BURCH. a chief Commander in the Austrian service, the rob bers were detected, and the greatest pact of his dis patches and property recovered. Mr. KEA R farther states, that the tariff between Turkey and England, has been settled upon terms highly favourable to this country. Letters and Papers %I ere received from New. York, Charlesten, and Alexandria, down to the I l th inst.—The following article is the most interestir•.g part of their contents. " ISLE OF 1' ItAsCE, SE,T. 17. " WC have received various accounts from the Peninsula, that the British Admiiai L LW, is mak ing great preparations at Calcutta, and along the Mal, har coast, for an attack on these Islands, and this Government is maising corresponding seertions. " A British squadron, under the orders of Corn. msdore OsnonN, consisting of the Tremr.slou., of 74 grins ; Grampus, BA SKS ,of 5t.); VASIIION, of 40; Terri:chore, BA THeIIST, of 36; was ten vreeks off this island; but left us on the I flth ult. Tire Pile, dining her blockade of Bourbon, cut out of the roads the French ship Fulleix, of and titian Marseilles, with 600 hags of coffee on board. masons here are so overstocked with lo r‘zign produce, that a very considerable portion of it cauwat find purchasers at the prime cost. Money is uncommonly scarce, and credit so shaken, by the fears of invasion, that the best paper in the ishr.,l beats a discount of SI to per cent. pet month. Island produce is so high, that numerous vessels have been obliged to sail in ballast. It is supposed that the quantity of inyorted provisions now here, is equal to a year's consumption of both islands. Several Engiish vessels have been sent in, but, with one or two exceptions,. they are only voastiss with rice. The lettets brought from India. by the Ripe, were *livered from the Post-office. on Saturday. They state, that the confederacy among th.s Native Powers begins to assume a formidable appearance, and is coth"urted with extraordinary secrecy and ckcumspeAitso The BlltAlt RAJAH. it IS said, has been seconerled to Nat.ttaa, and was expected to declate in his favour. as soon as their plans mere ripe for execution. Every part of India stow swarms with emissasirs . , from tLe insurgent CLiefs, 1010 trAt...l a .der re:,. ginus habits, and the pretence of pilgrir.ta-.• ; _ Several of these agents have been drieste.l m 0. ! Bundlecund and Cohnhatoor ci , itnir!, and tLeir dispatches found contealed in th.:ir turbaos, &c. Others appear to have b.en entrusted with verbal messages ; but threats and pmfnises Lave he:a equally ineffeetual to induce a disclo• ore. A detachment from Lard 1../ote's army, it 11:e latter end of July, fell is with a carps of predator cavalry, who had plundered and destroyed severs' villages on the banks of the Chamhul River, and,. after a feeble resistance, put them to the rout. The enemy left behind all their hoots, whi-h, when pm. perty identified, will be restored to the ut.fortunn e owners. Mesa KNAN. the aetive partisan of Illate As, not dead, as was reported : he was severely wous.i. ed, but was carried off by I ; and, accord ing to the last accounts, was :It I.a)ore, with a as was supposed, of entering the service of t • Seiks, or of exciting them to 11:,st:lity against tl.e British. The Marquis CORNWALLIS has made tumerons reforms in the Administration of India, and derablv retrenchments in its disbursements ; tuting a system of simple and statist:into:ins economy, for the parade and splendour which has hitherto been considered essential to the state and enndition of the Chief Governor. A few weeks after his Lordship's arrival, he proceeded up the river, on buiiness, when his whole retinue was Cool. prised in six boats. Lord %Vat txsat v, a year since, made the like excursion, under similar mo tives, and there were ne tily six lan:tired boats in his mite. We hear, too, that Lord CoutswAtuis has convected the magnitizent Goveriimmt-house, lately bu It for the residence of the Governor-Cs. neral, into public offices. Strong adverse win Is have prevented Sir J 0 ,14 IVARREN'S sqltadson from sailing from St. Helen's. The Canndo is taken from Sir Imre: squadron, and is come up to Spithead. The Resistance frigate, Capt. ADAM, joined the sqoadroa on 1% illy night, from the Downs. That ship was employed mil night in receiving stores and provisions from the Apollo, ne cessary for her voyage. alfal.'a and Scorpion came up to Spithead, Saturday ?lint trin; it is uncer tain when they sail with the Mediterranean convey. The escape of the squadron, supposed to have sailed from Brest, will, we understand, delay the sailing of both that, and the West India convoy, which is collent.d at Spithead, to the number of 125 ships. It is understand, that the French squadron is gone to the West Indies. Ilia packet. with a mail from Lisbor, is arrived :it Falmouth ; she sailed on the '?ist nit . ; fettersc e will be delivered this day. The Lora Hobart and the Prime 4f Waits p...tcaszt arrive! at Lisbon on the I9th ult. Several Newspapers stated, on Saturday, that Lord HAW &CMS Y had ( rJered, on Friday, by command of his MAJtcTY, that the funeral pro cession of Lord Viscount Net.sost should take a circuitous course to the Strand, through the Ilona Guards, up St. Jame.'s Park, and down Piccadilly and Pall Mall. The orders in Me att.effe of Satur day, clearly import, in contradiction et the state ment, that the procession will move dire from the Admiralty, up the Strand. The Declaration of the King of S% ones, stating his motives for waging war against France is given in the last page. It is a dignified and yet moderate produaion. On I'llday, at one o'clock, the Rossi ass A .t s 41- SADOR lad an ioterview with Lord MeLnesis L, ..• his Office, and remained with his Lordship till i. pact two. .1 he garrison of Hameln made a sortie on night of tiw 17th last, to take the baggas,,e of the fir,: battalion of the German Legion, but were repul..ed with considerable loss. It has at length been ascertained, that the squad. ron which slipped out of Brest. during the late gale which drove our fleet off that Pnrr. cent pi ises seven sail of the line and lour frigates, hav• jag troops on board, the number tit which is, boy ever, VAliously imported. I Tispalches were received on Saturday, at the A•imiralty, from Lord CoLLinownoo. dated this !tth December. His Lordship announce% having sent Sir .1 DUCKWORTH. with the Superb, Donegal. Deenehoevik, Pranv, Ti:,., Zeddow,, and with some smaller vessels, to cruise 44 the Canaries, for the enemy's squadrons, which his Lordship ender stood to be at sea. Rem-Admisal Sir SIDSZY SMITII has struck his flag on board the Antelope, and is now in town, nn his way to join the Ponmee, to which he has been Lately appointed. She is completely equipped and ready for sea in Cawsand Bay. and is under &Alin orders for the Mediterranean. Sir kat we Cor vs w strotek his flap, at Pm; smooth, on Saturday morning, and came to I...tailstn. Extract front the Journal of the It:Jl...ar:a . Packet. from 1.i.i.n0. arrival at Fall:town " Itt. sailed—and left in the Tagil. Cie I: Fate, convoy to the I.i.bou ship.. The Coma', - intended to sail to-morrow with the Oporto .; below the Castle ; 29th, saw .even sail under Toy at a frigate." 1,. F,„„ a kis eng.tgeJ IL! Scc. hal 11:e >t .r.tl .'he rn. . rd. '' • • tl.e sly ei • nts tai red .ks lie mi• !Ar to- tis las se. s nd pt. : in ne- :•er. sy lei • isig h is 3Ue Oep ara at • hat by ro- ta Tit illy nr- ite- the ing Veil eie 41- I .b• ir•: ate en- AV • )0. the " thee ing a Fl • far let• Lis n Roil Ind th. /ec.. 1:. e •