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It 4 1! ;.4 :t %4 ,:.;:,,:iii, ~~ PRICE OF STOCKS TWIS y AT TWILLVII O'CLOCK., reOTVOIS 57 I Oniniurn T H E SUN. . 21 itMEM QUI3 DICERS. TALSUM AUDgAr ? LONDON, 1410!4DAY, APRIL 8, 1805'. vr;' , , MAILS. arvznvo- T-Tarnburgh, 2 Gottenburglt, i Dublin, r W - tertorcl. Du i—r Dublin, I Waterford. has been confidently stated in some of the Pa. peri, that the Force under the command of General Pa.r.vosT, in Dominica, 'does not exceed 3so men. We have alte l ady hated, and we now teas. serr, upon the hist authcirity, that Getieral PR F.- vcwr had, at the time of the landing cf the French in• that 'bland, a force of not less than 900 Regulars,_ exclusive of Militia. PreviOus to his retiring to Sr. Rupert'S he had :contact' provisions sufficient to last him for two months, and in one of th Letters - received from him, he expressly states, had no doubt of being able to hold out as I ..ing as his provision lasted. We are happy to find, by the ,Illambstrgb. which arrived yesterday, that the EMPEROR. of GERMANY has declined the interview s:vhicli was recreated by BONAPARTE ; but in order to avoid tfiis degradation, he has been obliged to defer his intended journey to his Italian Dominions till ano. t h er year. We have of late observed several pa. rtgraphs in'the French Papers, and in those under French influmnee, boasting the perfeel harmony that subsists between the EMPEROR of GERMANY and IjONAP AIM!, announcing the,intended interview be. t wren them this spring, and positively affirming, that iheformer had consented to diminish the number 'of AuStrian Troops on the Italian Frontiers. To these paragraphs we have given very little Credit, because we know that the French'Government fre. quently ipsett in their Papers what they 'wish to be true, rather than what is true ; and we reeollea 'that immediately before the Russian and French Ministers left Paris and Petersburgh; it was posi. tively asserted in. those Papers, that all differences between the two lowers bad been removed, and that the musr perfeft harMony had been restored. But al. though we do, not give credit to these accounts of the great cordiality which is said to subsist between Au. stria and France, yet, on the other hand, we do not see any very strong ground for supposing that Austria is likely very speedily to take an active part in any confederacy against France. When. Bortar.Aata usurped the title . of King of Italy, we ventured to predift that he would very soon take possession of the whsle of hi; dominions;; and we new fiml that our prediction is likely to be veri fied ; for it is stated in' Letters from , Lyons that a war is on the point of breaking out. between France and Naples, and that all. comniercial rela. lions between the two Countries have been suspend. ed, or, in other Words, that BONAPARTE had de• 'winked up•m seizing the Kingdom of Naples.--- 7 Tile - cause alledgetl by France for this rupture is, tkat the Kt No of NAPLEE refused to submit to some of the 101111:4 of the Convention of Neutrality pre , ,ented by BOWApArcre. Itr stating the arrest of one of the newly created Princes of France on S4tnrday, we mentioned IC . Ht%er jOaVP/1 instead of Prince Luc I P.N, wh c, we nrultritandi was the person arrested. We h recrived no furthe ' r details upon the suh- ; hut we by no means consider it' as an lin. 01'0611)1e event, Indeed, a circumitance happened su , ne time ago which will affurd finale clue to .reasnns which might operate in the mind o t:he UltlYptr upon this ocizabion, and we receive i (ruin stielt authority as leaves us little room to doubt of its 4utheilticity. Jost , .Pit, Lye t st.r, and Louts BOriArARTE, having Some degree*of that ambition whiCh t4E, , ert in the heart of the Usurper, hatl'formed plan to seize his person and compel him to-consent to a n at :augment by which each of them should have t ome tihare of the Coripered Countries, Lombardy, 11Aland, Arc. s.7c. For this purpose the Chief Con'sul was rot r,ppeci into an eng,3gement •to dine and pais the night at a Vila belonging to jos F.Pri, a few miles 'rout Paris. The Chief Consul aft j ved 1 0 re, rind tits tii;ilicions being constantly alive, he observed that the windows of a!1 the rooms he passed through were barred. This circumstance, added to the con !:.ciou,ness of the politk . al arms t t his Brothers, tieterinioed hint to be upon his gurod, and to dzfeat .their Plan, whatever it init:ilk` he, by a deeper po licy. He therefore artfully ihrodpc'ed the subjed of the corluercd Count ries . htinself, and, by the whole tenor of 'his conversation, have them reason to believe that he had been' rneilitatitig just such an range men* as eley Wail resolved t 6 ex,,ta from him. pr this 4rli6ce they Were thrown iittu'.4sdoubtful, suyerise, and (110.t'e at a loss how to proceed without farther consultation, which could not conveniently take plaCe at that moment. Probably conceiving, however, that it was better for them to receive the Usurper's spontaneous generosity than to extort what they wanted from his fears, the party broke up, and they all retired to bed.• The Chief Consul had with him his confidential Agent, Gen. Duttoc, and when the latter was retiring to bed also, BONAPARTE detained him. One small window on the stairs the Chief Consul observed had not been secured as well as the rest, and from this window he and aoc escaped in the middle of the night, and arrived in safety at the Thuilleries. BONArARTE was in such an unsettled state of authority at that period, that he did not think it politic to reveal the plan which he had thus frustrated, lest, by bringing disgrace upon his brothers, he• should also de_ grade himself. • OUR Plymouth Letter of this morning supposes that the two ships which chased the Fallen, Lord COCHRANE, were two of the Rochefort Squadron, returning from the West Indies. We consider this, however, as a very vague and , improbable oopjec. tore, and are still of opinion that they were two E ng lios mist:Avon C..- nit Enemy. Ti E Gazette of Saturday contains an Official Ac. mint of the very gallant Aftion lately fought in West Indies between the Cuiieux and La Dame ErnoufFrendi Ship, in which the latter was captur ed, after an obstinate resistance. On Saturday HI% MAJESTY and General FITZ. ROY, &c. wok the diversion of stag-hunting. The deer was started at Langley.Brooni, and taken near Burnham. flea MAJESTY and the PRINCESSES tookan air ing to Frogniore. Yesterday His MAJESTY, the PRINCESSES Au. GUsTA. MARY, and AmELIA, and Attendants, walked'to St. George's Chapel, and heard a sermon by Dr. Cooxsorr, from ist Corinthians, chap. ver. 26. After.divine service the ROYAL. FAMILY 11301 C an airing to Frogmore. On Saturday the Russian Ambassador transafieci business at Lord MULGRAVR'S office, from one till four o'clock. His MAJESTY has been pleased, by Letters Pa- , tent under the Great Seal of Ireland, to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. JOHN FOSTER,, Chan. ' cellor of His Majesty's Exchequer in Ireland ; the Right Hon. NicHooAs VANSITTART, Chief. Se. cretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ire land for the time being, or in the absence of. the Chief Secretary, the Under Secretary for the time being fur the Civil Department of the said, Chief Secretary's Office ; the Right ,Hon. Luooz , Lord Fit ANKFORT, the Right Hon. Joule Lorrus, commonly called Lord. Viscount 1 OT-I.os, the Right FIOn. MAURICE FITZGERALD, together with Sir LAURENCE PARSONs, Bart. and the Hon. GEORCE to b e His Majesty's Commissioners for ex_ K ec Nxi uting the Office of Treasurer cff His Majesty's Ex. chequer in Ireland,—(Dublin Gtq,ette.) The Names of the Officers who command in the Expedition about to sail from Portsmouth, and of the Staff, are, General Sir JAMES CRAIO, K. B. Commander in Chief. Lient. Col, 'Banes, C.T. tains Thornton and , Dalrymple, and Lieut. James, Aides.de-Camp. Brigadier General Campbell, De. Duty Adjutant General. Lieut. Taylor, Assistant Adjutant General. Lieut. Col. Bunbury, Deputy ()carter Master General. Captains kyves and Tomlyn, Assistant Quarter Master Generals. Cap tain Hepburn, Brigadier Major of the Forces. Major General Sir James Stuart. Captains De Seale and Buckley, Aides.de.Camp.. Brigadier Generals Tilson, Hon. Cole, and Achim,. Mr. A. Fernandez, Deputy Commissary General. Mr. Sommerville, Deputy Inspeaor General at Howl. tale. Mr. Hugo, Purveyrr General of Hospitals. Mr. Pinckarel, Deputy Purveyor General. The Gazette of Saturday tontains a notification that he Installation of the. Knighes of the . Garter will take place on the 23.1 inst. at Windsor. • The• K..;ight's are to appear in, the Collars of their Order; and, at the Drawing-roorn in the evening, the Lt_ dies are to appear in full dress without hoops, and the Gentlemen in full dress or uniforms. No persons will he admitted in Mourning. Earl VITZWILLIAM gave a grand dinner yester day at .his hohse in Gisyenor-square. The Earl of De ROY had a • with dinner party yesterday at his house in Grosvenor-square. • Yesterday Lord and Lady ELL toT gave a grand dinner to a large party of Nobility, at their house in Downing-street. iThe. Earl of CuitTilAm gave an elegant dinner yesterday, at his' house in St. James's-square, to Marquis CoxNwALLts, the Eatl ctt 'Rc;tNar, Earl EusTore, Liird BaCste, Lord and Lady SIONRY, Leidy CASTLE It tiACI-I,' General and Mrs. Ross', Ge neral BEI-FOUR, and Colonel Sic r FORD. The Portuguese Ambassadur and a selea party of fashiunables dined yesterday with Lord ain Lady I:UR I NCDO N, at their house in Hill.street, ley. Equate. Hyde rack yesterday, as usual on a fine day, was crowded with' several hundred carriages ; among hose the most conspicuous were---the Duke of MaN. neoss's landau, ILOrd BA It aymoßE's plocfon, the Countess Of CA E. HAM!' TO N'S coach and four, Lady La Dusr Eric it landatilet, and Mrs, CALVERT's The pedestrians; were as numerons as ever. The positio4l n which General Pa I? YOST has assutn. . . e d at the strongest ; it consists of two high hills on a promontory, the i st h mus o f which is a morass, easily defended, and presenting,, almost insurmountable diffieuitiee to 0 0rationSe Marquis Co It NWALLIS will sail in the cou;se of the present week, on board th 111,dlisa 4 Sir JOAN . A'AltilL NEWS. From the LONDON GAZETTE, April 6. ildmiralty-Offee, April 6, 1805. Copy of a Letter from Captain William Selby, Corn manderof His Majesty's Ship Cerberas, to William Marsden, Esq. dated at Sea, April 2, 1805. 8I tt, I beg leave to acquaint you, for the information of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that I this morning, at day-light, discovered a sail to the southward, which, after a chace of six hours, I captured. She proves to be Le Bonheur, private Brig of War, mounting fourteen guns, commanded by Francis Folliott, one hundred and thirty tons burthen, and forty-six men ; sailed from Cherbourg thirteen days since, and had made only one capture. I have the honour to hP, &c. W. SELBY. Admiralty-OJc,, April 6, 1805. Copy of a Letter from Admiral Lord Keith, K. B. commander in Chief of His Majesty's Sh,sps and Vessels in the North Sea, to William Marsden, Esq. dated Monarch, of Ramsgate, April 4, 1 Bos. SIR, I herewith enclose, for their Lordships' informa tion, copies of a Letter which I have received from Captain Owen, of His Majesty's ship Immortalite, and of one from him to Captain Oliver, to which the former refers, reporting the capture of the Spa nish Privateer Brig El Intrepede Corunes, alias La P etF icir. V-aota l Cuintontider. I have the honour to be, &c. KEITH. Leis Majesty's Ship Immortaliti, March 17, iBos, Lat. 36 Deg. 44 MEN. N. 7 Deg. 41 Min. IV. MT LORD, I enclose, for your information, a Copy of a Let. ter I have written to Captain Oliver, who tacked after a large 'ship, which was detained by the Pri vateer, and is a Dane from Dartmouth. I shall stand to the Westward for the night, in hope of re. joining the Melpomene, who, by the shift of wind, is now to windward, and in the morning tontine my course to the rendezvous. I have the honour to be, 4e, (Signed) E. W. C. R. OWEN. Admiral Lord Ktith, K. B. &c. &c. His Majesty's Ship Immo:141W, at Sea, Lat. 36 Deg. 4.6 Ma. N. Long. 7 Deg. SIR, 4.r Min. W. March 7, tBc4. After parting with you this morning I continued in chace till three P. M. when we came up with and rook the Spanish Privateer Brig El Intrepede Corune, alias La Maria, out twenty-two days tram Corunna, without making any capture, carrying 14 guns and 66 men. I am, &c. (Signed) E. W. C. R. OWEN. I?. D. Oliver, Esi. Captain of His Majesty's Sh,p Melpomene. On further inquiry I find s4ie had detained a Por tuguese Schooner and the Danish Sl.iip Isaac this morning. The Commander's name is Patricia Fasto. (A Copy) KEITH. Admiralty Office, April 6, £BO5. .Copy of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Sir jobs Tha. ma: Duckworth, K. U. to Wm. Marsden, Esq. dated oa hoard the Shark, Port Royal, Jamaica, the 9th February, 180 s. SIR, The accompanying recital of the destruftion of a French Felucca Privateer, by His Maje El's Sloop Petterel I send for the intotmation ut tile Lords Collilnissioners of the ,Admiralty. And I am, &c. • J. T. DUCKWORTH. xis Majesty's Ship Petterel, of Cape Anto. S!lts nio, Jan. 24, 1 Zios. I have the honour to acquaint you, that on the 23d instant, in passing Cape Cetientes, we disco. vercd a French Felucca in Sand Bay, who weighed immediately yo seing us ; on finding we were coming up with her, they ran tier on shore, upon which I anchored the Ship, and sent the Boats to burn her, which I had the satisfa4ion of seeing completely effetted before we.got under weigh. She mounted one ~pounder, a swivel, and had a number of small arms, and 27 men, who made their escape on shore, except one man. She had lately captured an Arne. rican Brig, that was carried into the Havanna!), and sold. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) J. I.,AMBORN. To Sir j. T.. Duckworth, K.B. Commander in Chief, &c. Admiralty Vice, April 6, 1805. Cody of a Letter from Commodore Sir Samuel Hood, K.B. Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Shi l is acid Vessels at the Leeward Islands, to William Marsden, dated in Carlisle liffy, liarbadoes, 'Feb. 16, have the honour'to transmit to you the. Copy of a Letter from Captain Bettesworth, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop Curicux, detailing an account of the 'capture of the Madame 14;rnoof Privateer, after a very sharp action, in which the captain of the Privateer 'displayed an extraordinary degree of obstinacy, and by it lost the lives of many . men.— The coolness and bravery of Captain Bettesworth, his Officers and Men, manifested its superio_ rity. Indeed, I want worth tti expreas the gallantry and spirit of this Officer, who 'so lately received three wounds in capturing the Sloop he now. chin. ['lands ; he has again a severe wound by a musket ball in the head ; and, I trust, will' meet the notice of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, as an emulative and promising Officer, that has gained every step by his zeal and courage. I am, &c. SAM. HOOD. Cnrienx, at Sea, Feb. 8, 1805. I hive to inform you, that this morning, at break of day, Barbadoes bearing West about twenty Leagues, I perceived a large Brig on 'otir lee h)w, who immediately bore up and !nude all Sail away, and after a chace of twelve hours, during which time she tried every point of sailing W, escape us, we arrived within point_blatik shot of her, wilco she took; in her studding sails, and brought to On the starboard tack, hoisted French colours, aibi commenced a very brisk and heavy fire of great d puns and small army ; on et , r arriviriF wittily shot, and ranging lion our weather triarter,.we discharged our guns, and the aeiion continued with great Obstinacy on both sides for a bout fort:, mites, when the Enemy getting on . our quarter, I conceived, from their having in Vac measure left their guns, and giving three chests' that they intended to board us ; she was then stett ing for our leeward quarter, when we put our helm to starboard,. and caught his jib.boom between Cur after fore shroud and fore-mast. In this situadoli she remained until her decks were completelr cleared, when, at ti,e moment sve were goilitt° take possession, the Vessels parte d, and her Ito"' topmast went overboard ; she continued a shor t •time firing musketry, and then hauled down her colours, and proved to be La Dame Ernouf, of 16 long French sixes, and r2O men, out t wenty days from Guadaloupe, and had taken one Merchant Ship (since retaken by His Majesty's Sloop Nimrod)loilis very fast, coppered, and remarkably well lu u " but although she carries the same number of gum , and of the same calibre, as the Curieux, she is not near so large. I can attribute her fighting so long and tt nately to nothing but the Captain being part.°owhea4 Cr, her having run, since the curnmencentePt _, ttg W a r, with so much success, and her being' 10 * manned. His Majesty's Brig had five killed, an 6 1, wounded, besides - myself; of the forrnet,.ol;ll, f regret the loss of a valuable Officer,,Mrstg!lest the Purser, who (on account of Mr. * Do!'" {pm, Lieutenant, having been left behind, oragOrelitch the hurry of our sailing) vo lunteered his 1 , 61 0 e• and was killed gallantly fighting at the W. small arm men. I cannot help stating, W it , ri lo u ie. to the memory of so worthy a young 11111.0.6cer, the §erviee, he is the loss of a very gc ) " and to every body that knew him, a valuslileftl. and cciMpanion.• • ipnl eacoe thit but : Lieutenant ltlhoctosnelty ß v i o bc s ye s s h o a j a il ! ! abbeleen and bgeahliinsdn; ordersthe Lieu t Lieutenant were l)on exertiona l d son a : s o the luir:boPtifivttotoigit given in executions v,, the only Officer I had on beard, but 114r,s,sip, Master's Mate, and Mr. Templeton,. Sun the that I did not, by their great assistance), Jgr., want of an individual. The Enemy had 3:0 killed, and 41 wcun`lCil Pifir • 4nl in justice to his gallantry, I unlit say, struck whilst ehere was a man on his deO s '' . I have have honour to he, 45cc ti ,. G. L. 13ETTEv' cornmoLre Sir Same! flood, K.B. . • . C;' c. c , . ralty DAY, 6, sq . $ O4 Admiralty of another Letter . from Commodori Sir s ;to flood, to William Marsden, Et!. dale formation En'csil°Re'cl of l the ha - ... , tilled, and d-rained the rally, a List of Vessels captured and , 't1e01.27101 v L e o t r i d le s Com ho no ur s s t i°t:nseetrititiOf fil)bre':tAli:jini: Return. under my command SL ,1P e I am, (S:c. 900' Here follows a(SL.ligstnco'f!)forty-six ve . to Wm. 411.2 ' by rr SA s N sc l i li s !I:t . ire n d it ;gl Commodu .' .n. fir Snmuzz. tioon, K. 13. sincettie!a, of the . Lords Admiralty Offer, April 6, 1 fl i , ° . s "v MA Copy," ~ another Letterfrom 4Mmodort Off -' ,',, d t e h n e , S E gi s i f ac a ir i on at in Jae at t ahei:tp, SIR , - Prill2l loll . I beg le- vecotomnliinclosessitinteor,yocT:hefoAr t il l i l i e li r 0 1 ty,dgr o o r ti His ' Letter from Captain Cribb, cotrominin 0, __, Majesty's Sloop King's Fisher, giving fci! count of the capture of the Deux in t ! Ar aill Privateer, in company with His 11/lai c°, i SchooLet Grenada. I have the Honour CO he, Ilic° d1)•' SANS' 14° ~ • iloli sr Grenada, E. I V,E. it Leaguis Nit A iso4" SIR, Sloop King's Fisker,'Da. 2 / i I O ,, en' A chace of six hours S. W. to is 1,04', polt Arnie French Schooner Privateer, pierce' ,tiviniitti guns, onl!* two on board as captured, the i:nroloil0 t h ) e yr t ''' 'i Francisr7n, t o a v n e d rph :m ua s t r u iLi c ic i u e e s her fl Crew uediv;e::9ltrlP°l-:l,,cle:ir Lie r iu:°:;1 : 31. ~ Go iid great Encm :irijousinticyevtloewl:lts INlaje,ty's.Sch6,°-;baciiig kie were I not to g ive hercredit nt w - njo 1 0 4 that I hal every chan ce ‘ovfhesnuchceerssC, Di'"lefliaaii°9lll c haced, arid recaptured, the S 001) I - l ac '', a ' C ormod ( o S r i e gn S e i t r i) S. .1 1 1:::, ' b 36.4. : i ''''' 1.‘111.' . dui'7. ~, . , ....,.... _ __ _ ~ pat j PLYNIntITH, APRIL 6.---*Arrigeti t" e 00 Will) /int 'Sloop / ' , 6rtJard and William, la 3c " ill' from R,)tterdam, bound to Ne'vrY. Ctoiie lo Sailed the I,lraisia Frigate uo a i Westward. -- • fil lti i 00 6 ~il The Terreraire, of 9S gun s, is g°ll- ihr ill !-- I 4 boulr,,heanpdaaanacshoFrreidgaitne,Cawsand 133 Y' lin in a day or two to join the Phone' P er. . O P A Coc llll h it capiain ax ing woo s r its COllle into Harbour to r efit, ba y of Si ? mainmast. ; 11 he e l i 110 On her passage to this port , -- I oil. fn e 0 morning of the 27th ult. Lord C°c 14 , 11 0 , 0 0 i h o l 'r himself near, but to windward of ov`l ii; triv'ti tii ° I 74i guns, upon which he made the 1 , 0 t over; „lilt of the day, Which they could not an air , r y tig o 'iti 4ord C. in his flying P a llas, se t ev ` billei , ilia had a fair run for it for ten haut e, .11r g j o g °CC *" dr oig t hand, the two Ship,. chasing ana ", r- ' Etirile- of ,e near ten knots an bout' hapii . g if to r i* . ran ,- • ~. beet' ° Ili " clifOrta' water, but night corning on, 'anti 61 '. ' r if ' 04 41 course, he fortunately e scaped ih r° ' a . •P° AO s t in Cavloaod Bay. ; 101 . ri, A :, it CoOjeactre is afloat as CO "'ha' vnetitil could bel.,,t-4 to Of the F,ricolis Pr i