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NAVAL NEWS. • ..." ?Lintio UT u,. JUNE 4.—Arrived ifie lipy;i G eorge; _ _f .00 guns; from Portsmouth, and anchored in caut /Ind Bay, where the conquerOr, of 74 . guns, also 411 chored last evening, haing quitted. the Harbour, after a thorough repair. Arrived his Maj esty's Ship Quail, from Madeira. Sailed the Santa Margarita Frigate on a Cruize ; ibernia,. of 110 guns, to join. the Channel Fled ; katrz4e - Sloopot War with a Convoy for Jersey"; . 1114 Humber" Sloe? of War fOr Falmouth. ' This being the AnniirersarY of the tiith of• Our most gracions SOVEitEIGN, the s:ime was Observed here in.;he . uSual manner; the mOrningbeingusher dia With the ringing of 'bells at all the ChuiChes' the neiihbourhood ; the gins a the Citidel, ount Wise, Eastern King; and angle *subordinate Batteries, Were . fired at twelve o'cloak; and arone tile Ships of War.in Hamoaze, CaWSand' 'Bay, .and the Sound; fired' a Royal Salute. 'The day was ue autifullr'fitie, and the whole bad a grand effeat, Ivh icli was eonsiderably lightened . by the steady and soldier-like condua, of the Troops of the Line Volunteers,, who assembled before theGovern kent House, Attionn ting to several thousands, where t hey fired three vollies in the greatest style. , , , PORTSMOUTH, 3t7 , 251E: s.=—Sailed La Fleche Sloop 4 ' War, Capt.WiirTE, on a cruize off Havre. Wen( out of the Harbour the FOne, of 74 guns, C opt. BENNETT. passed by to the Eastward the Ship /Veptune -from 'Arrived - His Majesty's Ship Unique from Ply 410tith. • His Majesti's Ship st. Alban's is appointed Con for the. Cape of Good Hope and the East Indies. Th e Twee 4, new Sloop of War is appointed to eke convoy to the West Indies ; and the Star t i , "'op, Capt. SimpsOl.4, the convoy to Newfound• . . SHEERNESS, JUNE 4.—This day being the:Anni. tsary of his Majesty's Birth, the Garrison saluted 4t twelve o'clock, and the Man of War at the Great k ld Little Nore at one, with 21 guns each., Arrived from Yarmouth His Majesty's Sloop Ze 7 of t 6 guns, Capt. Bowt..es ; and Starling 4 un-brig . , Lieut. Nirikljt, from the Downs. Cade into harbOur His Majesty's Ship L'dliqable, tit • • 32 guns, Capt. UPTON. Sailed this morning His Majesty's Sloop Pandora ' ) pith Convoy to the Baltic. The Trade for Tonningen still remain. DEAL, JUNE 8.— , -Sailed several Transports fOr the River.* Arrived the Otter Sloop of War, from a "uize, arid remains in the Downs with the rest of t lle Ships, as per last. I.Jtveßroot., foils 3.--The Romulus, WILLIAMS,_ rived here, spoke the Mosel Brig, in lat. 48. long. out ten dayS, all well. On the Bth May, in 4 t. 4& 30: long. 39. saw a Brig with mainmast 6 / l e, foretop-gallant-yard arid all' her sails bloWn 4 .vvay ; from her appearance she Might be about 'oci tons burden, free from water ; and had not any krson on board all the spars and her boot-top . hinted fleo colour, sideS yellow; black stern .and 'khite carted work round it, with bull work all I r Ptind her; her' larbOard ballast port appeared .to i tiare been fresh Paid' but not 4crapetli.:had her long °oat In her chocks; and anchtin stowed on deck ; , t he•booby hatch and afteryatcliWay were 60en, and !'eltn lash's A heally gale at N. W. blow- Iti g at the titie, - Captain WILLIAMS could not boaid ,„,tliS Majesty's Ships Centaur, Sir SAS4tTEL ‘.aptain; 4chille, Ganges, Defence, Contus, and Cra ze , arrived at Madeira on the 17th ,Ult. from a quize. Th e Lady Barlow, Capt. MACK'ASKILI., which iailed from Portsmouth the 7th of June,,arrived at onabay the 4th of December last. Extra& from a... Letter received A Gi - eariock 41 -onuay, .from a Captain in` General CRATIFURD'S .4 Cape of Good Hope, .ilfarch ISO 7. " Little did I think when I wrote to you from St. No, that my next would be from this place. In deed, in all our conje6tureS no one ever thought of the Cape of Good Hope. We arrived liere,yester ga7, after a tedious paSsage of 'sine weeks and five uays, frcim,St. , Jago. We are the dark about 15or destination, though we think we are intended against the Phillippine Islands, as we have received 1 ( ..,..rders to take on- board provisions fOr silt months, 'they are situated in the China Seas, and belong to the Crown.of Spain. ' Manilla, the capital, and seat of Government, lg situated on the Islard of - Luconia, the largest and host fruitful of all the Islands, and is 400 miles Pllg, and nearly 200 broad. Manila is strongly z ortified, and extremely rich. Luconia is said to be fine climate, and.very healthy. They are much amore distant than the East IndieS, and we cannot leach them sooner than July, supposing our - stay ,'ere does not exceed a fortnight.- What a dreary "'Ale we had ,on board- Ship. - We are now in our s eventh month, and little more than half way. We ar e now in a place called False Bay, and I've just_ C ape we are ordered round to Table Bay, to lie off 'ape Town,. the,seat of Government, and that we a re to sail this-evening.• " OFF CAPE Tow:; MARCH t4.—Just as We W ere tacking- in, some of our Officers went on s h o r e , _ said a Mail was to be made up this evening for 'c'ngland ; so I've only time .to say,- God bl e ss You; NEW PARLrAMEAT. MEMBERS ELECTED. WrGTox,&c.—The HOnourai)i Edward 'nic hard Stewart. . . ., ABERDEtN COUNTY—James Fergusson, Esq. BANFF, ALGI+I, &c. BURGHS—Right lion. Archibald Cblquhoun, Lord Advocate for Scotland. ! YORK COUNTY—State of the Poll from the corn ' mencernent to this Day, June 4, 1807. w ilberforce. tascel les. Milton. . - ist Day 76 t • -774 — 1 - 656 .- 21 923 914 ---- 1295 ------' 1173 .1010 ----- 1080 , 4th 1422 1195 1122 . s,th ---- 1641' 1403 ------ 1037 6th 1353 -- —94 s 7th -rt.—. 936 845 871 9th 766 659 697 • gth -- 600 692 , 560 both -- 459 -- • 465 --- 444 llth 487 504 619 12. th ------ 373 363 506 • 13th 291 341 471 .14th 381 401 502 11,556 10,655 10,808 YORKSHIRE ELECTION. [FROM A CORNESPONDENT.] Lord MILTON has now been. for three days ad vancing on ,Mr. LkscELLEs, and having attained a majority over him of 52; it is expeded ,that Lord MILTON will carry his eledion. At the cloSe of the. Poll oil Wednesday Lord MIL; TON congratulated the Freeholders, that the County of York was f9und " to adwhenever the Constitution was in danger ; ' and observed, " that if the people failed to watch the Ministry, we might soon become the subjects of a profligate King, and of a corrupt and Weak Ministry." His Lordship then alluded to the reigns of Charles 11. and Jaws IL He com plained of his antagonists having made use of the sacred name. of'the King, and of the Arms of Eng land; as ' a watch-word to a Party ; and observed; that he was good a friend both to the King and the balance of the Constitution, as his .competitors. ' Mr. LA SCE LLEs observed, that his friends appeared to have given offence to his Lordship, merely by using I. in their hatS a name and a device, which, he believed, were very Commonly assumed at 'Eledions, and often perhaps, with too little meaning. He now begged the attention of the Eledors to a prophecy which he would'ventuft to make. His ill Success resulted froM a dislike to him on the part of the great body of the Clothiers.. He had done his ditty with respell to the Clothiers' Bill, and could confidently appeal tp them as having done it. He prophecied that this prejudice would soon subside, and that it would then appear to them,. that he suffered in the minds of the Clothiers from the circumstance of some men having wished to deliver themselves from unpopu larity with the inferior Clothiers, by throwing the blame on their Member. Sir R. HILLYARD made an apology 'for the ab sence of Mr. WILBERFORCE, on account of a slight indisposition. We have already briefly adverted to the subjeet of. the Clothiers' Bill, on which the Yorkshire Election appears likely to.turn, as Mr. LASCELLES intimated. A few more, words of explanation seem now, how ever, to be necessary. A contest has, for some subsisted between the small independent Ma., 'nufa6turers of - cloth, who area most numerous body, and 'a - few great master manufaCiurtrs, who have begun to introduce, on a very large scale, a • new system of workmanship. The small inde pendent men have wished to, enforce some obso-' lete laws,` rending to enforce apprenticeship, .and leave even pthposed to limit the number of looms' in Yorkshire. . The West of England. was first in sa ferment, and the North caught the: infec tion. The Yorkshire croppers (or finishers). have at the same time taken the opportunity .to urge the abolition of gig-mills. In short, the question has been the old one respecting the 'prohibition of im provements. A very able Report of a Committee of the House of Commons has been made on this subjeCt, to which Mr. LASCELLES, as well, indeed, as Mr. WiLissaloacE, was a party, and ,which- is in. favour of the great manufaCturers ; and a Bill, - in. pursuance of the Report, was pre ; pared when the late Parliament was dissolved, in 'perfeCt accordance; as we have understood, with: the sentiments of Mr. FAWKES. The same Bill will doubtlesS be revived in the present Parliament, and under the auspices, we presume, of the two new Members for Yorkshire ; whoever they May be. Both Mr.WiLßEavolice and MroLAseeLLEs have suffered from this measure,. though c i hiefty Mr. L. who declined standing fo r Yorkshire about . a year ago, in cohsequellce chiefly of the strength of the Clothiers' prejudice: Lord MILTON has not clearly declared himself on this topic, but he has certainly gained some thousand votes by the violent hostility'to ' Mr. LASCELLES, of the great populous distrkts of Leeds,. Halifax, Bradford, &c: from which quarter almost the whole of Lord MILTON'S majority during the last. three days has proceeded. CATALANI..-"The engagement with tliii great Performer for next Season, at the Opera-House, is at length finally adjusted. She is to have '5OOO guineas and two Benefits, one of which is, by .guarantee, to amount to 1000' guineas. These are high terms, but if her talents'are so attratlive as to fill that great Theatre every nightiwho can be more justly entitled to an ample share of the profits than the person whose exertions•prOcure them ? • _ , The Opera of Fontaintleau was represented last night, at Covent Garden'Theatre, for the benefit of Miss Bourow. At the end of the Opera Mils Box.- TON assumed the part of Eloisa, at the tomb of Abdard, and sung an Air appropriate to the occasion with considerable effect. The house was well at tended. • • Mrs. LITCHFIELD has not wholly retired from the ~stage,.as reported, but hos engaged to perform in the approaching season, at the Haymarket Theatre. On Sunday se'nnight Major ANDERSOZi and his Lady, Miss PEMBERTON, their niece, and a draughts man of Newcastle, sailed from Shields,on a voyage of observation to Iceland, to return by the Urkwy and Shetland Islands. We have been favoured with.the perusal of a let ter from an Officer of rank at Monte Video, from' which, we learn the 'important faa,of the people-of Buenos Ayres having declared thernselves,- an Inde pendent Nation. Upon this subjea. we. shall here after have much to say ; for the, present, the fa&s themselves must prbve' more acceptable to the public'. They , are as follow !..• T• , • , MONTE Mancit t 6,-- An event of the ~most extraordinary nature •-has just come to our' knowledge, Whiah is, that the ' people of Buenos 'Ayres; with a • Frenchman of the name of Liniers at their head, have declared themselves an Independent Nation, like' NOrth America. In answer to a flag of truce, they say, that if we sup port diem in this obje&; they - will receive us with open arms, as their deliverers; but, on the contrary, if WC want to make the country a colony to Great Britain, they will contest it to the last inch. In the mean time, - we are obliged to content ourselves with remaining -as we'are, as Our General wisely conceives his -force too. small to divide, by leaving a garrison here, and with the remainder to attack Buenos Ayres ; he therefore * has determined to wait rein= forcenients, Or perhaps; as theyare quarreling among themselves, we may at last be called in to.- settle the dispute. I have been with the General fifty miles up the Country, which is one continued flat, as we - are told, of five hundred leagues, without even a hill. It is thinly inhabited, and those poor and wretched in the extreme, owing to, the narrow policy and of the Spaniards. They 'are,, as you 'know from what hai been written of the Country, of a darkeopper 'colour, with remarkably long black -hair-; -but, I think - , the finest muscular made men I ever beheld in general they are very tall. 4 think -the women extremely handsome : they live, to be sure, in the greatest filth. I do - not exaggerate when I tell you the price clan ox is a dollar, and of a ve ry good horse front two to five. :With both these animals the whOle face of the country, for miles, is covered. • " What a momentous moment is this for its in habitants !, Har,ging in uncertainty, whether their former chains are to be new rivetted, or whether they shall become an appendage to Great Britain, or, finally, whether they shall be an-independent country." We yesterday mentioned that Mr. COLCLOUGH bad been killed in a Duel ; the following are some 'of the particulars of that unfbrtunate affair DUBLIN, JUNE I.—We are concerned to state, that on Saturday last, at 2 o'clock, a meeting took plaCe near Wexford, between Mr. lit.coch. and Mr. COLCLOUGH, Candidates forthat County, when, On 'the first fire, the latter received: a shot through the heart, which instantly deprived him of existence.— The origin of this fatal disPute, we understand, was 'in consequence of the deceased procuring the tenants of a Lady, Who, supported the interest of Mr. cocx, to vote against him. We trust that the mat- . :ter may rest here, and that this most awful circum- Stance may restrain the unbridled impetuosity with which electioneering contests are commonly pursued, and that, guided by 'moderation, each party may have the good sense to let this fatal ad stand alone: and unimitated hereafter. On the preceding Thursday evening, a meeting took place on the Strand, at Ferrybank, near Wex ford, betweell M. M'C6RD, Esq. of Ross, the part ner of Mr. CoLciotron; in a Bank at New Ross, and S. LOGUAY, of the same place. The parties tired two shots• each, and on the second fire Mr. [AMWAY was wounded in the groin. The duel, no doubt, ori ginated in the same cause and motives. The following is in Extract ' of a.Letter from Rear• Admiral STIRLING, dated Diadem, off Monte Video, Bth March, to Wm. MARSDEN, Esq. Admi ralty, transmitted to Lloyd's ; . . . . " I understand from Buenos Ayres, that five English Ships have got in since the re.'cal►ture ; and I. am of opinion, the Underwriters outlit to inquire into the circumstances of their going there before they make payment,,•as well as into the particulars of the loss of the American Ship'Bengal, which rail on shore on the island of Gorietti." • Yesterday a Gentleman residing in one of the Most fashionable .streets at the West end of the town put a period to his existence, by lodging the con tents of a pistol in his head. Pecuniary embarrass ment is supposed to have occasioned this rash aetion. On Thursday night, at nine o'clock, a man,gen teellydresSed, crossing Piccadilly; was stru4 down , by a coach driving furiously; and on being carried into . Grainge's, thg Confectioner, died soon after he was • taP.en up stairs: Thecoachman escaped with very little observation of : the speaators that can lead to a dis -covery. All that was observed was, Oat he had white livery, three lamps'in front of the carriage, and two females in it, apparently servants. The Gentleman proves to be a Mr, LOVEN E4L, who possessed a con siderable property. , S'i.krarOtD.A person of proMising circumstances . and respectable connexions in life, on Monday se'n night decoyed a •girl only twelve years of age into a barn at Terrington, near Lynn, and committed a rape upon her person. The girl; when Mr. John Paterson, the offender; accosted her, , was dibbling potatoes in a field; with several other . persons, who • were under his orders, and to whom, as soon as re leaSed, she complained of the treatment she had received. A warrant for the apprehension of the ravisher, was: soon. atter procured; in consequence of which, he absconded ; bUt being pursued, was traced to Startiford about eleven o'clock on Thurs day night.'Here he took the Nelson Coach, and proceeded into the North. The party in quest of him being joined by Mr. Tickler, of Stamford; set off after him; and about eight o'clock on Friday morning found him at breakfast at Markham. Moor. Being apprehended, he acknowledged the offence with which he was charged, and said that he did hot meal' to evade justice, but intended, after having been in Camberland to .see • his wife and three chil dren, who were then residing there,. to Lave re 'turned in o - Norfolk to take his trial. After talking rationally and col,leCiedly for a few minutes,' he requested permis'iop to go into the garden, which was granted, and he returned. Complaining of in disposition, he begged ro retire a second time, which was 'pert pitted .but he had 'not been . absent'above two minutes when • the report of a pistol attracted attention.; and the miserable man was found fo have. blown his brains out.—A Coronet's Inquest sat-on his body on , Saturday, and returned a verdia—feio de se. He was i.nmediateity buried in the cross-road Markham. Moor. SIUDISII ARMISTICE. z.l 'We have. received' the following - .Letter from. Hamburkh, by the Mail ; but We tiO liat know from what source it comes., We canjedure , , how. ever; that it is .from some Officer who. has been in the engagement, and conceives that the circum stances have not been fairly stated :-- • EXTRACT OF A LETTER . F . HONI . I,IAiIBtIRGII TO 'A. FRIEND 1(S; LONDON cr An erroneous opinion .respetling, men and events, having hitherto been . one of the principal disturbers of the repose,of Europe, it may. not 'be iniproper to really the statements whicilhave t been published relative••to'.t he affair of:the lath. of April, between the Swedes and the French, and which rather partake-Of that miserable spirit of., persona lity, which has contributed so much to'the success of the French armies, than of that Military' ser , .._rit which has nqabje6ts in view but the public,wellaro and honotir. • • • • " Although.the French Papers have done justice` to the valour of the Swedish troops, `they have never theless exaggerated their loss in, men and cannon ; that, however, is already known, and cannot but be known whether they will or not, when these ex ; travagancies are not practised at too great a distance. But what cannot fail to strike every one is, that the . statements given of that day, so far from containing any thing that can do honour to tjle Swedish troops, appear to have no other object thin that of exci►ing a belief in thb rnindrcrf the iKing of Sweden', and in the minds of those who do not know the particulars, that that affiir was a total defeat. Perhaps, the Gn vernor-General, Baron D'EssEty, felt himself under the necessity of taking steps equally extraordinary, in order to place himself under' the protection of an useless ArmistiCe which he concluded, and to avoid being eclipsed by the glory of that column which alone sustained the attack of the enemy (that of M. DE TAVAST, and the brigade of Colonel CARRELL not having come 'to ,his aid)•and Which, althoUgh - consisting of only four battalions k two squadrons, and four pieces of cannon, sustained a combat from break of day till'night, on a Space of ground of Pout German miles (fourteen English) with ig,ooo men, supported by fifteen .field pieces. The French had besides great advantages of position. ; The following re the particulars ‘• The right division, under the . Command of the Baron D'EssEN, assisted by the Baron TAvAsT, was stationed in the Tollense from Vicun), by Osten; Barlow, Isen, and. Dapenzin, to Rubenow. A Corpi of obsertration was stationed between beinen and• Damgarten." , , "The left division, under the cOmmand.of pen. Baron D'ARMFELDT, was composed of the Brigaclei of Baron VEGES'ACK and Colonel CARRELL. , 4 ‘‘'as stationed in front of the Landgrobetl and the Sarov, its left was covered by the Ucker, where Colonel CARDELL was posteu in force. The alarm poi..ts were pushed to Humniwald, Rothernuhl, Belling; Neukrug, Jagerbruckei, and Mutzelberg. The ad vanced guards were stationed at BrUckfnuhle, Ginzo, Lavitz, Denmitz, Frederickshagen, Jatzenitz,' Lupe, and Neumale. Boldekow, Wittirock, Ferdinand= short; .Heinrickemuble, Hamner, and Torgelow, offered return posts. The line was at Rubenow, Springensde, and Uckermunde, and the Corps 'de Re = serve was stationed at I ranow,Wusseken, Rosin,Saie 7 bur, Neundorff, Hetnrickshoff, and Alsershagen. The ground which the division occupied, was, in all, of the extent of four, German miles.. The French attacked and carried the post of Belling. The ad vanced posts, turned by the superiority of the enemy; fell back in good order; s atid the Baron Posh had ati opportunity of signalizing himself at FingenbruCkei and at Langendoms, at each of which places he kept the Enemy in check for two hours. 'Gen - eral Amu, FELDT had direEted Altkosenow to Be the .point of rendezvous; and waited in vain, notwithstanding the orderS which were expedited, for'the brigade of Col. CARDELL. He sustained the attack for More than two hours with-a very weak: brigade; but was at length obliged to : yield to numbers ; -and,- .after vi gorously, defending eVeryfoot;9f ground, he retired to Anclam, where heseven fought in the streets. It is evident, that if M. DE CARDEI,I. had se concledtbe central cotumnS, and if the itiatl'ti'vity . of the division.of DzMn' had .:not.left the Enetny-per fealy free' to a& upon one point, the result, notwit'n stan'ding the superiority of the Enemy's force, would have 'been doubtful. 'lt waS not, libwever, of that nature to oblige the . General, Baron D'EsSvg; to sign an Armistice; to which Marshal MORitER would never hive agreed, if he had not obtained, by the re-occupation of EJsedom 'and Wolin], mere than he could hayv obtained by six weeks' continua! fight ing ; paOcularly as the loss of -the , division which had been engaged was very trifling. " The cession of these Isles has patalited„all present and future operations, in Conseq u en ce of t h e facility which they afforded for the organization of Prussian soldiers dispersed through the Country, and the advantage which they gave of ading with tlying .ores on the rear ofithe French Anny its Uilerior Pomerania: Nothing'promiseS'More sathlaelion to 13oNAPieTti than the care which,. his admirers and secret friends take to, be beforehand in every, thing . which can save him from embarrassment, even 'after .the continuance and permanence of his success have been fOr a few moments checked." CiticKEt.The grand match for one; thousand guineas, between eight Gentlemen of the Mary-le bone Club, with Latnbert, Beldam, and Hainmond, against eleven of All England, commenced playing on Tuesday last, in Lord's, Ground, and was decided on Thursday in favour of the Club, by nine wickets. _ . Died on , Thar'sday evening last, at Gloucester place; to the inexpressible grief of her parents, Miss HELEN HAMILTON' HARDACRE, eldest\ (laughter cf T. HARDACRE, E3q. She possessed gfeat sweet ness and innocence of manners, was enciowod with a most uncommonly' brilliant capacity, and was ever dutiful and affealionate. " Quick work, my boys !—great gains may be made in a shorttime"Hs oft the .language of ati eminent city merchant to his sons and office Clerfis, It is submitted ; to all the depi.irtinenfs town andsountry,.whether the present most inle reSting Lottery, Scheme is npt highly calculated to make " plat gains in a short time."--But as. the drawing commences on the 14th of - next mo n th, adventurers must make " quiCk work" in their pur chases.