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~, ~.,~"': PLYMOUTH, the SuVisure, of PRICE OF STOC KS = 4 /4 guns, - itea-Adtilirid Sir J. B.AVARKE'N, for Tilt& DA 'I Ar TWE Vl. O,CLO,CK. CCI,I£OIS t 04 I.o,!unium pr, I Red. Ann. 6zi Arrived the audacious, 7 4 gt. 1115, frail) the Chati nel Fleet. , , N AVA L NEW S. ' • MAt Du Gottenbuigh, i Dublin, 31Waterford. THE SUN. SOLEI4I Q,VIS PICK&K FA•LSUM AUDgAT ? LONDON, TIitTUSDAY, DECEMBER It), 1807. ' Wu understand that, in consequence of the Dis vitches brought bylVio Messenger that arrived the ddy lwfore yesterday from Russia, orders havdibeen ilsuvti to all our Ships of War, and Privateers, to seize and detain all Russian Vessels, and forbidding all Ships from clearing out for ;toy Russian Wp. are still unable to communicate to our Read ers any authentic information respeCting Portugal. It seems; however, to be generally believed, that 'Lord S 11 Nowlin „and 11 , 1r.GANItii Ea 'have quitted Lisbon, an.:l are coming home in the Aaive. We entertain, however, very winguine hopes that we shall, ere loi;g, have it in our power to communicate to our Readers some very gratifying intelligence from that quArter. Y64terday, at' twelv.., o'clock, His MA3135-TY .r 4,11 at the Queen's Palace from Windsor, where the Dukes of YORK, KliNT t CUMBERLAND, and Strs6ki:s.,,, were in readiness to receive him. They ss , ;;:p,A, pad partook:of, 111,, ;MAO ESTY'S early ditmer. At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a private Levee, v.; wai attctidva b ot,Caliterbilry, the Lord President nf the co tio ' c ii, th e L o r,i Privy Se.ll, theSecretiries'of State Mr nig wit! Fhreign :the Finit 'Lard at the Ad- y, th Ctuaict 'kr, r>i'th Exclieque,r, Laird Sr, ticket - I'i, ( h, Admiralti C, Cottua 1. Et,ini. , ,t t en Ouvvilcsv%iell, (7artwiii.,ht, and Pairtie, CutorteCeniden, ;Aw l FaolkUrier, prodetiek, Merry, Hill, and Pierre. I.;:nt : Thelollowing lid the honour of being presented t o in' ',\liJEsTv : 11,!. Hon,. Wm. 11itl, by Mr. Canning. upon being alp. ,1 1"' ,1 -*( 1 11. 0; Md.ieM's Envoy Extraordinary ::ad Ministr 1'l;•1 , I liotentiary . to t ue Court of Sardinia. Goneral Payou'upon his promotion. (. 01 , ri 1 Cartwright, upon being appointed to the conimuncl of t Itegiintlit• of Dragoon Guards. c010n.31 Coldert, upon his return from India. Mc. Merry, upao his return iron - , Swi4eriand and Copcn toi, t;nl , :lat Dovidetwell, upon his return from Itidia. r e, Isiodgfik, ttpo►l ht being 4ppoiated A Lord of tho . . Adraii . .si 'ir Charles Cotton, by Lord Mu!grave, upon his heiog appointed to the COrptuand or the ,Expedition ; and . at Cie s4rite.tinte the Rallaut Admiral hal the honour to kiss I I,s Maj,:sty's ltarii, and look le4ve, previous...lo going nn l),,,Ai'd and the sailing .: ., 1" the fleet. . . .. . . Hera:point, upon his I.:turn from Sweden, „ . NI A 3 E)Ty hol3 a Privy Council, and gave. an dlewes to the Archbishop of CANTRABURY , I -E2rts CAnnut4 and WiATMOIt LA ND ; 'Lords HAW KILMSURY atht CANNItiG And,Mr. PERCEVAI,. 141 v NIAJESTY set off ottbis return to Windsor, rben alter five o'clock. 'The Ctunial and l'n TI/CESSE4 were expealed to havo •ttitied yesterday with the Doke of York;but - were in . evetnea by the heavy fall of snow on Tuusrlay. Yo;terdoy all, the Cobinet Ministers in Lond on Earl „ yv„ dith.ct with the' E et asa-AwaLANn.. , PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 9. —Yesterday arrived ,the Wansteck, ALLEN, and Ann, irom Sunder, land ; . and this day about '3O Vessels from the Downs, the names of which we have not yet been able to learn. I.resterday a Committee of, the Privy cs)tincil was hehl at the .Cockpit, Whitehall, for: the pnrpose of henhcg Petitions of Ofize Appeals.. • The Right Ho n,,u!gbk, tho , Lords pre,ent were, •I he MASTER of itoLLs, thy' JUDGE of the AbMIRALTY, Sir WM.; Sir E. Nl' criAN, and Mr. Ci.. Rost, Ggverurnent, we underF;taud, detenDliled C.Ot rw:fror.:olly iOrc•it,!;ti to land a single passep-'. thjs:. Cotintty. A Vessel arriyed,atiYarmouth or two Iron' ;t Dutch Port . With,losolOgers; inumdidtdy, without y 111 : .. 11).11 1 .1 . Cd t Set .i , toot il ls shore. brought into . Cowes Sho h Fri, The Cupt4iii #td arrivkA con.,:olu,;cettcd cqd three . week:{ ha ;m - y ; 0;,, ;-u hid on all Vesids in the port Ott the order was (Alec ivi.o Ve!,sels might ob: A. 1. thc'Arcluar:At th,, CA.Asloilli-hotliC, and pro- Another. order, however, for ft - irtiwr :cl,llOO oral! At.o6ll4`.:iiti Ships reached I'ari4 on , 4th nor could the •IMich irly.tql at Cowes on Monday, 'have; kid rot the C,lstain hastily proceeded on ( Sailed the Neptune; of ' 9 B &di,. Capt. Sir Tnot.: WILLIAMS, to join the, Channel 'Fleet; Pompee,, of 74 guns, to the Eastward ; and Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAM, on a cruize. The Jimpltion Frigate, Capt. KOSTE, gives convoy instruaions to Ships bound to the West Indies; and the Liberty Cutten.brig, Lieut. THBACY, takes 'con voy to the Downs, and will sailto-morrow morning. DEAL, Due. 9.—Arrived the Speculator Lugger from a cruize, and remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last. PETWIEAD, DEC. 4.—This morning the !fiber. nice arrived from Riga, with the loss of her bow sprit ; came through the Grounds with the Spiyire Sloop of War, and a Cutter Btig, and has sailing orders from ,the Heti Armed Ship, for Lon ;hope. That Ship sailed from Helsingburgh before her, as all the Ships were obliged to cut their cables. The Hibernia and a great many more cane down the next day with a Ship of War. Fou'r Ships were taken about the time she kit Heisingburgh,' Td vember The Aberdeen. Paper states, that a Ffcnch Priva.* teer has taken seven Ships off the Tees. The Good Inte:V., CLARK, froin rt , teisb,.irgh to London, is reportc;cl to be taken nc:arElineur. the ::iotoel , t he hvard of thenes.v order, itott : 4 booth,;, SIC. which were on In s escaiAi in the coinse ©f the tight. a French Prigaie, of provisiotteti.for 3 voytige seven month g , from Cberhurgh to }hest. Therc was in tho t",,rtne.r portitt . ; : krench Corvette, carrying tG guns, reitaneti front a cruize. She NO been to sea 4"1 . e her eruhttk WI in With tht:;),,ww.c;tri-boutici h was this. (:Ic;r : 0 1 tc: that iJoardt;:ti tin.. Lora Ficion,lhdiattort in Purtikq.-1 Itos(k, w.:is uU galiankly rtlinthled 3 she iq the nephew of Geo. loschis life at-the wheel of the Lbrii: -Eldon., by sAivc froth-Coptain You NG, which' ildVered bi , ,.!;ead ttolli ids hotly. . . larks William, I under stand, from a Ship arrived here, has proceeded- no further than Copenhagen, .and will return to Lon don with the first convoy. Hint., Dec. 8.-- , Tilt,l'Citarla j Capt. CLANtAst, sailed from the Humber on Thursday afternoon, for Yarmouth Roads, itit, the Frigate Ifyperio . ii, and the remaining crew of the Doris Danish Galliot i prize to the AUrea Frigate, ordered into Grimsby; • after being taken under quarantine to WhitehoOth Roads. • Providence Axim3 Sh;p, Capt. RYE, sailed from Elsineur on the until, having under convoy a great' nuniber Vessels that had sailed Tor RuSsia, but I eLurtio4 wit 4 their cargoes, iO,Collbecitl:tliCe of the topture between Great Britain and Russia. The ,Providence arrived in the Humber on'Tuesday af ternoon, h4ving, parted with the greatest . pprt of the Fleet off the &haw, in the late heavy galeo. Upon intelligence being received of so valuable a Fleet, having parted Convoy in a gale of wind, a Petition was sent to the Commanding Officer in the Humber, requesting that he ' would ithmediately, it in his. power', send out What NreSers of War might l.ve iu the Humber,- to eruir.e between this Doggee Bank and the 'Humber. A comainitication to a similar 'etleti was also inade 'to 'Admiral itusszt,L, at Xar. , Mouth, .by Admiral LoatwroN, in the abSence 01, the Mayor, • • , . • The following Leiter was received here this morn ing by .103EPH EGG, tNToN , Esq. front Vix-,A , ltoiral DotioLas,,at Yarinooth, iii an!,,vcr to the above' application, dated :North • i'irinonth, th Deetzin- . bet', 1 E"): . —" Sir, 1144'e the .I . IOIIM-11 1,0 (,)Wt) re ceipt of your 14.iter, <Weil the and have in 'consequerice Orcic.vad rill tire to VOCted . W.sea, for the ptirpweol,Pro,oany ; and couvbying' the (Ifs, persol Ships and Ves , ,ol, to which you allude; which you will be pleased to communicate to the Met... chants 'and Ship-owners of ExelusiVeof the 1411414 re, I have five or six. Croi r zers betivecu Newcastle, Humber, and ,Flamboraugb Head, &c. &c." i r * I I 4learrA levet; Croat oil' Lisbon. Vebs.:l, apcict:, thi OA of last:int.:wit, the i f .Th+d hiwitect ith i uired of her whether she ,t e ;:n the Rape/. Tho roasort (or the in'. q 61") , ti at Lout bap!: xNavoßn and Mr. gAW. PAL 1; 'A...:14 1 ) CM board the bot,w,qt.: to be imt I ..„ Ar d Rawl in she were vet with. ;)v., , the iitiven hits heeiLairea a tly r 9.1 tic here set 1 -;11 days from OP/rtos whither 4ho went Iron) Litbon. Oh the st.,:cee..ht.g thy, the kliztii,y H e i m n wo k e t lug Sp!, Nty, pat of Sir Sligir? mil hat's Sittadron, a tit?le to the eastward Lisbon. It was under.; th .„ si r SmNity NV:iti going tolbel.'itgns, itlla vv ..;,h.l Lberet44utit the t7t.h.. Extra& of a Letter reeeive4 here this morning from Capt. JACEiON,, _of the Ayred, of this dated Ilelsingbuygh EQads, Nov. 19 On the 6th inst. we were attacked by three Sloop Cutters, off the North Bind- ot Bornholm. With great diffi culty we kept them off! we Lad them &log upon its, within musket-shot, two hours. From the sailini of the .Alfred, and brave 6tertions of the crew, they sheered off from us, ,r 1 am afraid they will pick up a great many Ships ;4 obseryed a num. ber of Ships in Larthoims as I passed." The .Moxon, R i tortota, of and for this port, from Carlsharn, was captured in Elsineur Roads on the, 543 ult. by a Row-boat and 15 men; and the, , Cap. tain and'crew sent next day to Copenhagen, 'The Lunt Nel,on is also said to be captured. Tlit. Jupiter, Kim), from this port, for Memel, with goods, cot being suffered to enter that pat, in returning to some °film loer ports to deliver, was captured on the 4th oh. and carried into Elsineur. Vice', to her Owner in Glasgow, giving hn account of her capture, on tlu teth August, off Berbice Ri ver, by tEriterprise French Privateer " Point Pare. Guadaloupe, Sept. :4. 407. " informed you, in my last letter of the 22d of August, of the capture of your Brig William, on the 12th August, off Berbice Bar, with the Pilot on board, by V Eraerprize French Privateer. Schooner, mounting six short twelve and two long nine-pounders, manned with 'it) men, besides Qffi cers. "‘ She engaged the [Pillion almost an hour and a quarter, when she was obliged to sheer off, being nearly sunk; after baying plugged. up their shot holes (having received four between wind and wa ter). Next, day; the winds still off shore, we could not get:in, and the Privateer at anchor in shore of us, at four P.M. she got under sail, and engaged us fora few minutes, when she sheered off, and stretch ed out to sea, but the tide not answering,us to get over the bar, I could not get in. , - "At5P . M. she engaged 'us, when the spring that, was on our cable unfortunately gave way, which occasioned her quarter to swing toward:; her, which they perceiving, came up and obliged us to strike our colours ; they s:iy on hoard of the Privateer they had two killed and six wounded, but .1 observed ten wounded men in the hold myself, and I have reason to beheye there was 'more than_ two killed. "L'Enterprite proves to be one of the Privateers that ; we fell in ,with going to Boston. I ,had 'one man ilnpressed by His Majesty's Ship Maude, off Surinatu, which reduced our number to 18 (as there was oaf below Sick). lam sorry to inform you that .the,Genie' French Privateer of 14 ti-poundeis and one long 24 do. and t men, captured and brought in here, this day, tho ,olio; Dow, America, MAC 7 EWING, Brig Morgare4s,,APFARLAN s(Clyle Ships), and the Porlsea Brig, CLARE, of Liverpool, who has not arrived here yet.—The Gild had six men wound ed ; the rest, t believe, had none. PEEENOCK, DEC. 7.—The following Sib topy of A . Letter from .the hfabter of the Brig of Glasgow, bound from Boston, in America, to Berw, There is no, exchange of Prisoners at present, nor has been. these six months past,' which occasions the Prison Ships to be crowded with people. They allow tue to sway on shore, which is a fiivour granted to very 'few of the Masters and to none of the lYlates. The above Ships were from Demerara and lierhice, running Vessels„ and were captured the next day after they sailed from Dement a." CAPTURE OF THE MARTHA, OF SHOREIIAM.--- We 'are sorry to state the capture of this 510 , ,p, of Which Captain R. Hotcpws, late of Brighton, vas niiiiner, by is French I..voter Privateer; , 'and the un fortunate death of the Captain, in getting into his boat to prevent being taken prisoner by the Enemy, as detailed by his brother,. Who formed a part of the little unfortunate crew: The' Sloop Martha sailed from New Shoreham, with a eargo of 'wheat, con signed by Air. Rice, a merchant at Plymouth, but. through contrary 'winds, Captain dottit Nos found it prudent to put into Lymington Creek, from whence he again Sailed for Plymouth on Saturdayse"nnight, the 28th of November, about twelve o'clock at noon, .but at ten in the evening, he was, hailed cuff Portland, six 'or bran miles from the land, by, the crew of a French Logger Privateet.Captaio tioLLAN,os per ceiving that he had no means left -of etfetting the escape of ins Vessel, put seVerat articlesiintoh is boat, which was then Viion- the deck of the Sloop, got his watch and pocket hook, put . tilt ills CMG and a jacket over it, and then-proceeded to launch his boat -frorOthe Stoop, the Privateer tirit4 into her but' while in • the act of launching, and betore the boat got seated upon water, the Captain not ktiowing (as is supposed) that the rope.,wlis still fast. to the Vessel, and leering the boat might be launch, ed.aWay without them, primped into it, when it 'Mt , ' mediately °versa, and floated whit her bottom up.: pertnest. The other parr of the crew, .three: in nuitiber, werestill on board-the Sloop , among Whom* wit George HoLLANDs, who heard the Captain (hii btother) call omit several times while in time water, bur the night was so dark, that he could not be seen, nor could ahy asskraucC be afforded iamb as the little crew were still annoyedbY, a very heavy tire of nuts quetry 'from the Privareerand thus was lost a very' deserving . and- industrit,wr man, a tender Imiband, and an atfedionate parent ; and what is soli more t be lamented, he has left a wile very far advanced in, her pregnancy, and four children unnrovided for. A subscription is immediately to be set on foot for this poor widow and her infant e.tnpring. The crew of time Privateer, while the Captain was struggling With thi, watery clement, hoarded the Sloop, and although they were infortned by Captain 1 - lott..ANii's brother, of the disaster which bud happened, they were hardeued to hi* distress, hurried Abe :crew into their boau, and told them to go on board the :Privateer; httt instead of this they dropped astern from 'her,. and through the darkness of the night escaped ti.unt their enemies, whom they afterwards satil , looking out for them, but the bOat belt* very' sird', the Vrenehmett could not disco them: . taken op the next montitPr, about - ten o'clock, (ahnest spent), by d'l - lamburgit 81 0 , - and got oh shore' tile second day ,at Brix* hain Bay, in Devenshire, and the brother on:Sater day last arrived at Brighton; to relate - the' melan cholytidiogs. , • • • Lord BOYI.E, a young man of great expeEtation, SOB to the' Elul of G►i:nsoow, serving on board the GOraliar, was, about the month of July last, Capt. aired by the French. He had taken charge offs Chasse Marie, prize go Gibraltar, rmd was steeringthr port, when he fell in with a french Flotilla, against which he maintained a very gallant attion before he was overpowered. Several of his men were killed, but we arc happy to hcor that be himself switaltied no injury. BOMBAY INTELLIGENCE, MAY 14, 1807. On Sunday last anchored in the !whom . the Ship Diamond, Captain WEUSTER, from Bussorah,•frorn whence ; she salted the tit h April,, leaving at anchor the Cempany's Cruizers Prince of Wales, .and Prin cess 4m i pfta and the Forth Country Ship. • I,lii Diamond touched Viso at Muscat, where she learnt the avivai of l>ls Majesty's Ship Foi, Capt.'Cocrt rtAwaiLiniithe Gulph of Perna with her convoy, the Arieb Ship having on board.the Persian Anahassador. A few days previous to the arrival of the Dianiond at Mus Cat, a party -of the JoSeorn •Piratoi, amount-, ing tette number of :Pit boats, landed and made a furious attack on ,a village a little to the southward '‘ of Muscat, but they experienced so *yarn a recep tion --from the inliabitantrof the village, that after a long, and for some time a r doubtful conflict, they succeeded in driving them back to their boats, it is' said witty the loss of foyr hundred killed; and great-,• numbers tvounded,during their re-embarkation Two of therSultan of MuSCAT's.Ships had sailed in pursuit of theM. During the time the 'Diamond. lay at Muscat two dingeyi arrived from Cutch , who had fallen in with three .of the Pirates, and after ,a long and smart engagement"they sitcceeckd in sinking one of them, and the . ' other two blade • oir, very much shattered: EDINBURGH, DEc, 7, T Nit Ocean, W.44.surr, , if 4111) Quebec, arrived it Ayr on Wednesday: she. piled on the 00th 4 .43 c. toper. Sir JAMES Caddo arrived do the IStili to take upon biro the military command of Canada :4)a / A tIC 19th, eight Transports, with v4)00 troops on bona,. arrived from Nova The loth Battalion of Veterans had tt rived.a few . gays before. The Elizabeth, M'ConNocurs, of Ayr, is lost ill Cardigan Bay, on the night of the i gth ; the C 1 were saved. The Fame, to the same gale, got ashore at Dottagh-Idee, but got off; she . has received ow, damage in her keel. The Adventure, IVIISHIvit, c. Ayr, was totally lost on the 4th of Oetober, on the ItiWid of Cape Breton ; the .people saved ; she was bound from Greenock to Nova Scotia. The Captain mentions, in his:letter, that- the crew were robbed and di used by the inhabitants. AMER!C4. FIRE AT FIIEDERI6LSIIiIRG, VIRGINIA. Extraa of a:Letter fromrlYlessrc'Tnosiss and Co. dated Falmouth, 19th Oariber shall probably be she. tisbt to communicate to you 3 dreadPii calamity which! this .clay Wel Frederias .4oFfrat ,eleven o'clock, .aud duriog a severe storm foram-,N. W. A lire brake out in the large hOusi , Upon cite, hill, formerly occupied by Mrs. .Carter, nearly opposite Mr. Patton's store, which soon COur municated to_ the , main street, and burnt 0 0 1 house on that side of the street, ,at the Order beif low, Ross's large brick •honie, and destroyed every house on that side of the street, down, us lotv a s Itawlin and Co.'s. It bOrnt all the houses on the river as low as the Rank ) . which is now flames, with the exception of James 13rown'a ling-house.. Great fears are entertained fora great: de l of : paper in the vault of tl3e Hank,. which t ~~, not say the damage that has been sustained; MoD, ~ dollars is not perhaps too large a calculatio°• t. ' 1 great sum for FFedericksburg.. Adam, Cook, alts Henderson, we are infOrmeti, are - r amongst 11 .greatest sufferers. This Ore happened a few tm' nutes before the ; great . race was to have been rani And of course few people were at hOme, which &hied much to the loss that most peitn" 113 ' 4 sustained." The 24th Regiment of Infantry are to receive tig it new Colours, at.Cheluzsford Ragtaglts, on Wedn e . , 4 s ,, cloy next, ftosn the hands of Mrs. Musnior, "i lly of Major-General I'O4MA; who commands .t • Eastern district : m the evening the Otkers f tuft gallant Corps will give a grand . hall and 5 d the garrison, and the poinnipol families in that nail' bout hood. e tirions EQUIPAOE'IO. 140141.42411A1138,•—•A very carriage ,was exhibited yesterdayin 'the city a, ferent parts of the tVII. Mr. Dt lilts, .en ll ° e : fA 1 ineehaitt of the Crescent, Minories, ionch ec i ti,Y ,bandstone Dutch' sledge in the form of an et which-Let drove to Hyde-park an d b ac k join. this DE Biz was accompanied by a Mr. HALL w ere excorsion, to which the snow.ccverect streets , visry.favontable. The novel form of the 11% 111 ' 4 )' cite.i touch curiosity, and ittratted crowds - A•eatl tori. • The following is a Copy of the Motion of sv h , p vc b i Mr. WAITIIMAN gave notice' at the last c;( 0 " Common Council: p That statements having appeared' hi the . nb:cf (and which hare nor been controverte or denied) - s r° , La Abuses in the Presentation and Admission a Cliriit's Hospital, contrary to the rules, orders 40 4 , O't, and benevolent purposes of /hat CharitY , opinion, that it is highly necessary, as well tar the h o Go' kis 'CourLii, rot the Lord Mayor, Aldesmen, Commoners, and 0 1,- 11° ,, r vo in. venters of the said Kospital, 44 for the Altura' goo n _ l %,;:.ra• Mein thereof, that an imme3tatn inquiry should be ",. 1 1011 13 , spetting the same. They do, therefore request oir, tie William Anderson, Bart. Alderman, and Presideflf„,_°lo-4 said Hospital , convene, as early as pbssible, a " 41 0 1 04 Court or Meeting of the GOkfilOtti at large for that iturP o py a:ld also in inquire whether any, and what other abut °, (b e exist, in order eirettuaily to remedy the same, all" t o ei ucp ineas . 9res as ina , ;prevent the recurrence of sucll AV in future." 4.„ et ira It is said that MT. Justice ROoKE is SDOUt • t from the Bench, on account of ill health, and th# g Mr. Dixetan is likely to succeed 14111. • We roili c h 1 think that if there should be a vacancy on the BcPc'" Ir.' Pmts.": will be the new Judge. - • Mr. 1 1 .U.ssia, M.P. for Bath, is so much vered, lbat he is likely to he very SOOII- restorcu the. society of ,his numerbus friemls • The.c4plaiu of an American Vessel just arr. ,, -, 1 - `an front Cherburgh states, that he slipped his cable . 71 , run away, in COn%dpende af an Imbargo hivie; been laid on all Arnerican Vessels. He aid iwt ' ti re fYols4e.r the act was Int7lliit• as lin 'host:lit, O le° to , i t) order pri?st Arilerica, or whether it-vvas drine . As of TreYdnt American Vosiels falling into the how the - the English. hot betters from Consontinople announce, t 310 .. .Sultan NIUSTAPIIA has sent, as a present to 0° 10 , 3 , eror NAPoLSQN,... ten Arabian horses; 'as ble for their beaky, as for ti l e ma- 6 nition Ice 0 ' OA a° Cl ' trappings. . The housings of one tho tidied with pearls and diamonds. •