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Ic luc• SiXti BEN' !sand ye of 00 th each weea nded 1 the pe in :ainst A A ,r- AL NE iil. from the LONEON GAZETTE, Feb. r, t 11. s Florl IsG° ; C 11" Pe r . iry 0 Both •onif with elve s frool Admiralty Office, Feb. 7. wfA City op 4 ith ;JO itimiraltygffice, Feb. • - • - Copics of Letters transmitted by Vice-Admiralnaci - es. His illaidiy's Ship Pique, Mona SIR; Passage, _Nov. 2, 1806. have the honour Pa inform you, that the barge turd two other boats of His Majesty's Ship under my !:cm wand, were sent yesterday to intercept a Schooner coining round Cape Roxo-(Porto Rico), but owing to very heavy squall, with rain, coming off shore, kileylost,sight of her in the night ; but have great ' ,l :i-faCtion in adding, that Lieut. Bell, - who - com ntiinded the party, assisted by Lieut. of the .k . • oyal . pushed in, for Cabaret Bay, where they cornpletelyuCceeded in destroying a battery 7,n shore, of three guns ; spiking them up, breaking carriages, and bringing. out a very fine Spanish (=Jrper-bottomed Brig, pierced for 12 guns.' have theefloctour to be, &c. (Signed) C. B. H. ROSS. His Majesty's Ship Pique, Mond rft , , Passage , I Nov.• • - 1 have :tie honour to inform you, that on the 2d instant, Lidutenant Baker ; in the Launch of His Alajesty's Ship under my, command, cbaced and tlrov o on shore, after some sharp skirmishing upon the reef of Cape Roxo, a' French felucca-rigged Pri vateer, of two guns, four swivels, and 26 men, where 'she was totally lost. I have the pleasure further to inform you that on, his returning to join the Ship, Sze succeeded in taptuling (after a very long cla4ce) another very fast sailiihg French Privateer, of one gun and 20 men. have-,-&c. (Signed) , C. B. H. ROSS. -Admira4 Office; February 7. ( Copy of &other Letter from Vice Admiral Dacres to IFin. Marsden, Esq. dated at Port Royal, Dec. 10, 1806. SIR, have the honour to inclose tot the Won: Iliaticin of the Lords Com rnissioners, of the Admiral the copy of a Letter 1 have received from Capt. B riggs, of the Orpheus, acquainting me of his having captured the Spanish Schooner Susanna', of 4 guns, from Campeche to the Havanuah, with merchan ani, &c. J. R. bACRES J Orpheus, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sat, 13th Nov. 1806. beg'to acquaint you, That on the 12th inst, I fell with, and after a short dace captured, the Spanish Schooner S usanna , o f 4 guns (two e ights and two ;axes), from Campeche to. the Havannah, with trier r:handize. I am, &c. (Signed) T. BRIGGS. :1"0 J. R. Dncres, Esq. Vice Admiral • .of the :White, &c. &c. &c. Copy of another Letter fram - Vice Admiral. .11qcres:to• lfin. Marsden, Esq. dated at Port Royal:,' -.Dec. 12, 4806 SIB, ,Their Lordships will be Concerned to learn that the inclosed Copy of a Letter froth Capt. Ayscougir 714 , his Majesty's ship •Siicceas,acquaintingme of the 4e sfrudion of the Veng - eur,felucca-rigged Privateer, of v ; one gun, and about 50. men ) .by the goats of that reports so great a loss of killed and wounded, , ‘ t Rough .great intrepidity and perseverance Were dis vlayed, very creditable to the party engaged in it. I am, Bcc. J. It. DACRES. Ills Majesty's Ship Success, Lucca, Sza, 6111 Dec. 1806. I beg leave to inforM you, that on the morning of the loth of last month, standing in for the land to the eastward of Cumberland Harbour, I observed a Felucca running into Hidden Port: • Mr. W. Duke, the First. Lieutenant, volunteered his services, with Lieut. C. Spence and Ading Lieut. D. The Barge and Yawl were armed, and instantly &atehed. On their approach they found her crew t Zd landed (about 5o in number) with their small t r 'i)a and the only loner gun ; had lashed the Vessel 0 the trees ; posted themselves on a hill close to the 'each ; and fired down on our Boats with grape and M usketry in the most determined manner. (I am ~,,v e, rY sorry to say Lieut. Duke was killed the first 7 'lley.) Lieut. Spence, wbo took the co,nmand, laform s me it was impossible to'stand the continual fir e kept up from our Boats for one hour and 20 trlinutes (several of the Enemy having fallen during that tim e ). From the Barge being shot through in 1 11 . any, places, and seven wounded men in the Boats, ~..iteut: Spence very properly judged it would be only vkle iificing the lives of the brave party to attempt the ' l 4l, he therefore ordered the Vessel to be towed t 'titi which was done from under a very heavy fire t ..,:gr a p e . By her journal she appears to be the engeur French Privateer, and sailed.tiorn the city rrSt. Domingo the Ist O&. which, from being kY, owing to shot-holes, &:.t. sunk astern of the A kieut. Spence speaks in the highest terms of the ti or N Lieut. O'Reilly (who has been in that situa sr, with tne above eight months), the Petty Officers, am en, and Marines under his orders. cannot omit recommending to your notice Mr. Rand H ug he s , M as t er ' s Mate, wh o p asse d f or a Lie utenant and conduaed himself in a very spirited t laneer. - v. m i ss i ng concern I inclose you, a list of the killed, k ounded, a n d m i ss i n • and have the honour to be, (Signed) J. AYSCOUGH. 270 ;Ice 4dnziral Dircres, Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. Jamaica. Return of Killed, Wounded, and Missing, in the Boats commanded by Lieutenant Charles Spence, of His Majes- John A yscough, Esti. Captain, in action , 'With the Vengeur French Felucca Privateer, of one gun and ?out tifty meo., on the loth of November, 1806, in Hidden g„._gliarort-,n on th e ca ast O f C u b a. Duke, Lieutenant, killed. ni. ve l : l,.o' Reilly, A cling Lieutenant, wounded in the leg. b redcrick, Ordinary, laatily wounded in the thigh. Clcwer Able, badly wounded in the knee-joint. fj) r.rY Bibby, ' Ordinary, badly wounded through the body tlin ornhy, Able, badly wounded through the lungs. lel Burns, Landsman, slightly wounded in the fingers. ... i lteeler,.Marine, slightly wounded in the hand. 't 4 l9nY Pascal! 'Able ! Missing, supposed to havedeserted. Total —I killed, 7 wounded, and I missing. (Sigued) !WIN 4YSCOUGH, Captain. - TIIOMA.S DEAR, Surgeon. Oce, Pet. ;7. `copy oja Letter from the Earl of St. Pinata, K. b. :admiral and Commander in Chic! of H. M. et, employed in the Channel,Soundings, eie. to lf in,. _Marsden, Esq. dated in Town, the 3d inst. .S 1 I inclose for the inforthation Of the Lords Corn missioners of the,Adthiralty, Copy of a Letter I have this day received from Capt. Sir T. Lavie, of his M. Ship the Blanche. I am, &c. ST. VINCENT. His Mfrsty's Skip Blanche, off MY Loßp, Bourdeaa2,- Jan. 15, 1807. I have the - honour to transmit for your, Lordship's information, a Copy of a Letter I have addresSed to Capt.'Keats, Commander of a Squadron,of his. M ajesty's Ships off Rochefort. "With my accustomed good fortune I have in tercepted the .George Washington, and found Cap tain Kargarian, late Commander of the Valeureuse French Frigate, with his Officers and men on board, consisting, is all ) of three hundred and six men; but she has no stores belonging to that ship. I have taken the prisoners out, and sent the Ship to England." I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) THOMAS LAVIE. To the Right Hon. Earl St. Pincent, Cont. mander in . Chief, &c. &c. - ildmiraltyaoflice, February 7. Copy If a Letter from Captain Campbell, of His Maje Sty's Ship the Texel, to William Marsden, Esq. dated in Leith,Roads, the 4th instant. You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords Com , Missioners of the Admiralty of the arrival here yes terday "of . Hia Majesty's hired Defence Ship the Norfolk, from Sheerness ; and herewith I inclose a Letter which I have received from Captain Richan, giving an account of the capture of L'Adolphe French Privateer, as mentioned in. my Letter to you . of the 31st ult.' I am, &c. D. CAMPBELL His Majesty's Armed Defence Ship Norfolk, SIR, Leith Roads, Feb. 3, 1807. I have to acquaint you, that ,on my returning 'from the Nore to this anchorage, we observed on the 26th ult. at eight o'clock A. M. a Lugger, bear, igg E. N.,E, distant . six or seven miles, Flambro' Head bearing N. N. W. distant four miles, the wind W. S. W. several Merchant Vessels in shore ; made all sail in chace, and, at twenty minutes past one O'clock P. M. came up and boardal. The chace proved to be L'Adolphe French Privateer, coni manded by Jaques Francis Leclerc, mounting four teen guns, and having on board thirty-nine men; two guns, fourteen carriages, with' their boat and ports, they had thrown overboard during the chaCe. She sailed froth Dunkirk Roads on the 21st nit. and Made a capture on the 23d ult. of the Leith Packet, laden with hemp, &c. from Tonningen, botind to London, - near the Dogger Bank. We found on board L'Adolphe, the Master, and five of the crew, - With three passengers. I have, &c. (Signed) W. RICHAN. .Donald Cainplel, Esq. Captain of His Ma festy's Ship Tavel,' &c. &c.'• &c. PoßTsstouiiti FRB. 8.-Put into Port the Albi tore Sloop of War, Capt. BURN. Arrived, captured by the Pomone Frigate, Capt. BARRIE, the French Sloop La Colifiance, and Sednina, laden with staves; arrived also the Thomas and Hannah, HOLMES, from Exeter.' Sailed yesterday the Daring Gun-vessel on a Cruize; Jupiter, SIMIENS, for Caen; ACtive, BEAzEN, for Guernsey; and Harriet, PEAnsolv,- for Sunderland. HARWICH; FEB. B.—This morning the Prince o f Wales Packet; Capt. ANTHONY DEANE, and the Diana, Capt. MACIiONOUGH, sailed with the Mails of yesterday the former for Heligoland with the Danish Mail s and the latter for Gottenburgh. The Acute Gun-brig arrived from a Cruize, and remains with the Bonettu Sloop of War, the Gallant and Escort Gun-brigs. No further arrival from the Continents DEAL, FEB. B.—Arrived yesterday the Kite Sloop of War, with a large French Lugger Privateer, mounting 16 guns and 44 men, belonging to Calais, which she fell in with and captured off the North Foreland, at midnight, on the 6th inn. Sailed this morning, the AmaraNthe Sloop of War for Sheerness, and the Privateer (Prize to the Kite) for Ramsgate Harbour. FALMOUTH, FEB. 6.—Arrived yesterday His Ma jesty's Ship Plantagenet, 74 guns, Capt. BRADLEY, and this day His Majesty's Ship Champion, 24 guns, Capt. IVPKENZIE, both from off Brest; also ar rived the Brig Perryland, TURPEN Master, from Dartmouth, with a cargo of cod-fish for Viana ; the Brig Britannia, with a cargo of malt, for Liverpool'; and the Miranda Privateer from a Cruize. The Princess Elizabeth Packet, with Mails of the 2d inst. for Malta, Gibraltar, and Messina, are ex peaed to 'sail to-morrow. The Prince Ernest Packet, for America, and the Marlborough Packet, for Jamaica, with Mails of the 3d inst. are expe&ed to sail on Sunday. His Majesty's Ship Narcissits, of 32 guns, Capt. MALCOLM, has been unfortunate in an attempt to cut out some of the Enemy's Vessels near Brest ; she had seven men killed and 14 wounded. Capt. MALCOLM is also badly wounded. SHEERNESS, FEB. 8.--Arrived the Censor Gan brig, Sheerness and Eliza Tenders, f6nt the North ward. Sailed the Eliza Tender for Shields. Arrived the Ruby, of 64 guns, Capt, DA APEX, . . • • • " • • , trom Yarbouth in working ih'fo Barbourthe) ghe get oh shore, but Ibuil got Off, as the tide was flowing. The Resolution was rxiid ci-day•rip'to six Months'. Co*Es, FF.8.:'5.-Arrived the Porttignese Ship e Jeira, GAttnityo, from Arnsterdatn, bound to • Sailed the Carp Verde, VIDAL , from Lisbon, bound to Amsterdam, with hides, &c. • Cowes, FEB. 8.---Arrived the American Ship Oliver IT'oolcott, RICHARDS, from ,Amsterdam, bound to New Orleans, with tin, provisions, &c. having been ashore near Warden Ledge, and got off by partly lightening her, but has sustaingd great damage; also the American Ship Diamond, IVIANsoN,.. from Philadelphia, bound to Antwerp. GREENOCK, Fan 6.—The Star, I3ALDERSTON, from hence to Deptford, with rum for the Navy, was captured 2bth ult. by the Braave French Priva teer, and supposed to have been destroyed ; the fol lowing day the Braave was taken by the Cruizer Sloop of War, together with two prizes which she had captured, and all are arrived at Falmouth, DISTRIBUTION.OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Donnegal, for the Capture of the Spanish Frigate A mphitrite, on the tqth of November, 11104, their respective portions of a sum received on account of the' proceeds of the hull. stores, and ammunition, of the said Frigate, on the Donnegal's, arrival in_ Port ; atut - every Tuesday and Thursday following, for three years, at No. Ay, Essex -street, Strand. IMPROMPTU. ON " TUE fitEt ENT STATF. OF THE ARTS OP DESIGN," IN THIS COON rat, WRITTEN BY PRINCE HOAEL, tsc,a. HERE Taste and Learning, urg'd by patriot zeal, To elevate the PLASTIC ARTS combine, That Bit tTA IN her inherent worth' may feel, Nor less in GINS US than in GLORY shine. T. Dutch Papers, received on Saturday, mention the landing of Ito British seamen, subje_as of this blockaded Country, upon the . French coast near Bourdeaur, where they took . a battery, 'spiked the cannon, blew up the gunpowder, and returned in safety to their vessels. Saturday intelligence reached town, that the French Squadron; in the Outer Harbour of Brest, consisting of ten Sail of the Line, four Frigates, and several Corvettes, is apparently ready for a start. The Kieran, J.Elioitt BoNAp4RTE's , Ship, has been repaired in a little river near L'.orient, and has been waiting for four months for an opportunity to escape into that Port. The Marquis of DOUpLAs . , on his route to St. Pe 7 tersburgh, has had the narfo*est escape of . his life. As his coach was driving down the side of .a.mountain, not far distant from Koningsburgh, the horses,which go four abreaSt in that country, rail furiously away, and overturned the carriage,, by which accident the coachman was killed on the spot but, fortunately, his Lordship) and suite, received no further personal injury than being much bruised in the fall. Saturday night's Gazette . contains a Proclamation permitting the importation into the Islaild of New foundland; for the ensuing season, of bread, flour, pease, India corn, butter, and live stock ; from the United 'States of America, by British subjels, in British ships. At-a Council of his Royal Highness. the •Prince o f WALES, held at Carlton House on the 3d day of Fe bruary, 1807, Sir WILLIAM PRATT CALL, of White ford, Bart: was appointed Sheriff of the County of Cornwall, for the year 1807, by his Royal Highness the Prince of Witits, in Councils THE OPERA.—CATALANI maintained her full attraction on Saturday, last at the King's Theatre. It is universally admitted that she i s a surprising , singer, but it is regretted that she does not endea vour to affea as well as to astonish. The applause was tumultuous ) but as hardly one in a hundred of her admirers know how to estimate her real merit, much deduction must be made from such clifnorous support. MadenioisellePAESLE increases every night ih public favour. 'The house overflowed with visi- tors in all parts. THE THEATRE..--MASSISIGER'S vigorous but im probable Comedy of A New fray to Pay Old Debts, was rev ived last Saturday at Covent-Garden Theatre. The part of Sir Giles 'Overreach is very well calcu lated for the talents of COOKE, and be supported it With considerable ability.. MUNDEN was diverting enough in Marall. The language of this Play is of so antique a cast that the general effed is heavy. The Audience, however, appeared to be entertained, and their pleasure was abundantly increased by 'the powers of Mother Goose, and the whims of I MAL DI, who is the main prop of the best Pantomime that has been seen for very many years. MASQUERADE. ment, which has never been found congenial with the charaCler and talents of our countrymen, was introduced again on Thursday last, at the Opera House. The higherorders of people, with the ex ception of a very few individuals, have long since abandoned this kind of diversion, which has of late year's been merely the haunt of unfortunate females; but as it was rendered, on Thursday last, a resource for a numerous hand of pickpockets, it is hardly probable that such an opening will be afforded to them again. There was a large company, and 'se veral whimsical charaEters, but none appear to have been well supported. The ManagerS did their part ; the Theatre was splendid in appearance, and the re freshments, provided were good of their kind, but as masquerading and marauding were, on this oc casion, almost convertible terms, we trust that they will have too much regard to decorum to repeat the entertainment. An inquisition was taken on Saturday, on the Watford road, on the body of Mr, Samuel Augler, who was found dead near Selby Farm, on Thursday night. The deceased was a Veterinary Surgeon, who resided on the Edgeware road, and on the morn ing of Thursday had gone as far as-St. Alban's, and parts adjacent, on business. He was found lying in the road, at .ti o'clock at night, by the driver of a hay-Cart, and, although he was not then dead, he was unable to give any account of the accident that had befallen him. His head was very much bruised, and to all appearance he had been inebriated, and in that state his h9rse fell down and rolled over him. iP I ATE COR iS' PO N ' 13E . NCE. bUBLIN, FEB. S. • 'bOI.TP.T OP KING', 13E&C • AFKANNAtruA)THERs, V. (P.U4NLAN. 'Phis was an application for a Critninal informa : ; tion againSt the Defendant, who .is a Magistrate of the Counties of. Down and Armagh, for having pub:- lished a libel against the Plaintiffs, nine in number; all Magistrates of the same Counties. .Mr. .Berjeant BALL; as Counsel' for the Defendant, shewed cause against the Rule. He stated the atli davits made in support of it,' from which it appear ed, that, some time since, a Meeting of the Catho lics of that part of the County was held, at which the Defendantpresided, -and that certain Resolutions. were then entered into, relative to the conduti of Magistrates, in administering justice partially be tween Catholics and Protestants. In consequence of these Resolutions, an Address was framed, signed by the Defendant, and presented to the Duke of Bedford, and afterwards published in some of.the Dublin Papers. The chief paragraph in this Address, alledged to be libellous,. was as follows :—" The poor and industrious mechanics are made to suffer 'under the effects of a Pat dal and ill-executed local authority." The Plaintiffs, chiefly adeninistering justice about NeWry, insisted that this alluded to 'them only. The Defendant's affidavit ,denied that such an allusion was mace; and further slated, that the Address had been received by the Duke, and published by order of Got;ernment in the Gazette. The CHIEF JUSTICE . Sgid ; it * was evident that this was a renewal Of that party spirit which had St) long agitated this Countr;• ; he was sorry th . t_ the appli cation was made, and he, hoped that the Plaintiffs Would not press on the Court to. o any furt4er with it. , . The matter was desired`to -- stinc.l6%;er sine die , acid I understand the Plaintiffs \\ill not ee'd In it. , CEA E . 1‘41, PAO LL . . The loss of this illustrious and diniable mien, of his 'mild but dignified Urbanity of Manners; of his powerful - and cultivated of Ms sweetness - .of temper, whia:nOt even the pangs oca ; most p l :!inful disease could ruffle 'ordiStUrb; his' cordial. warmth , of friendship and aaive benevolence of heart, wiltbe s long and severely felt by • :thoe who loved him. But in. this hour:of sorrow, it is their consolation to refled, that at all times and in all situaiions, kVile ther in the calm .scenes Of retire:net - if, or the tumult of public life, his 'piety never' forsook hiM. He was a sincere, regUlr, fervent,. arid humble' Christian. He had a mind too capaciotis;lan 'understanding too enlightened, and a heart too good, to be misled for one moment by - the flimsy; cold, and cheerless sophistry of the infidel.—He died fearing.GOd. His public charatier it will be th e p rov i nce o f t h e to estimate 'and But it may be interesting as an example of tt'e language , in which one • great man sh o uld be spoke of by another, to exhibit the opinion of Lord CIIBTHth, as- recorded by .Mr. B OS W ELL :—" I t a k e the ,liberty to 'repeat an observation made to me by that illostriousMini ster,- whoin PAOLL callS the PEILES of Great Britain; it may be said of l'Aou as Cardinal D RETZ said •of the great" MowritoE'h—C'est urn ,de ces hommes qu'on'ne trouve this tjue (fans les Vies. de Plutai - que."—Helis 'one 0(._ . !405e men who are no longer to be found but in'the Lives of PLUT.',..II-CH. The SeieCi Committee appointed to.try the merits of the Petition against the Return for the'llbrough of . Plymouth came to 'a determination on Saturday,. that Sir C. M. POLE and Tuomas TYRNVIIITT, Esq. the Sitting Members, were duly elthed. It will be highly gratifying to the Pukilic to , learn that the Princess of WALES' is to appear at the . Queen's Drawing Room on ThUrsday next, at the particular request of their Majesties. - • • Many sportsmen continuing to' kill .game in Fe bruary for, want' of knowing the Add of Parliament, it may be proper, to inform them and the public, that ,by the 39th Geo. 111. cap. 34; ' it is enacted, that no person shall take, kill, destroy, carry, sell, buy, or have in his possession, any part r id ge , b etween t h e Ist of February and the istof September; quali fied or miqualitied,, under the penalty of 51. for each bird. Another accident, occasioned by a Lady's clothes taking fire ) occurred on Thursday evening, in Ox ford-street. Mrs. Wigby, a Lady about 5-0 years of age, had returned from the Theatre, and, on going into her apartments, she, approached too near the fire, which drew her apparel in part up the chim ney. There were two periuils in the room, not withstanding which; Mrs. W. was dreadfully burnt, from. the lightness of her dress, the lower ,part of which was reduced to deinder. Hopes -are enter tained of her recovery,. although she lies in great agony._ • .111. Smith V.as tried at the Court of Justiciary on Monday last, for the murder 01 a female infant Fit Paisley ; he was found guilty, and ordered for exe,- cution on the t Ith of March.—An apothecary's ap prentice, named Tay/or, who was included in the indiatment, was acquitted. SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB Q. This day's market was tolerably well supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in general was pretty good ; Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork are cheaper than our last report, and the trade ftr the most part was somewhat brisk.—The sales in the Haymarket were rather lively ; Hay has dropped in price since Friday's market; Straw fetched a better price ; Clover 'continues the same as per last.—We subjoin a corre& statement of the price and num bers : • To siak the Offal per stone of 311). Beef 4s. 4d. to Ss. od.—Mutton 4s. 4(1. to ss. 41.—Veal Gs. id. to 7s. 6d.—Lamb os. od. to os. oil. -Pork ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. 13casts, 186.—Sheep and Lambs, ►;2Bo.—Calves, 220.-- Pigs, zoo. SMITHFIELD HAY •MARKET. }lay 31. xi's. to4l. £ss.—Clover 41. 43. to 51. ies.—Straw 21. as. to al. 18s. CORN EXCHANOE, FEB. 9.—Wheat has arrived to-day in but short supply, and the buyers rather numerous; has the erfea of ready sales at an advance in price of about ‘'?,s per quarter ; Bar ley is in considerable supply and lower ; • Malt extreme heavy sale ; White Pease are rather deare.r; Beans of each kind in considerable quantities, and rather cheaper ; there are not many fresh arrivals of Oats, but tolerable quantities at hand, and good samples fetch better prices ; 1 4 1 Our as las . : week.