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MAILS. ARRiVill—l Dublin.' Das Cadiz, t Lisbon, 1 Malta, Guernsey, t Jersey, t Waterford. PRICE OF WrOCIN.S. Tfll3 DAY AT Tvv,Lvico'cLocic 61 a Red. Ann. Consols. - - - TH,', SUN. 6oif 101 FM QUIS DlClftl FILLSUM AUDICAT? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1812. The.rnerchant br:g Eagle, arrived at Bristol from the Adriatic, brings an account 61 the action be ftween his Majesty's ship Victorious and lVeazel brig, with the Rivoti, of 80,guns, and 862 men ; Le Alercure, 1 S guns, and 143 den; La Jean brig, 18 guns ; Le Mumeluc x io guns ; and two gun boats, on the 22d February last in the Gulf of Trieste. At dity-Tight, the 'Teazel came up with Le Mer flue and Manzelllc,and after an action of 45 minutes, Le .I:ercure bl , w up," and three only of her crew were 'avec!. About the same time, the Victorious broihzht the liivoti to action, which continued above fo. hours, when the Rivoli struck; having up war.l. four hundred of her crew killed and wound ed. ►iwards the close of the adion, the Rivoli is sal to have been raked by the IVeazel. She is .a new ship, had left Venice on the 21st February, bound to Polar ; she was commandedZby COMITIO• 411 BARRIE, an experienced Officer in the French service. The other two brigs escaped into Trieste. It has been stated that the communication from France by the Flag of Truce, which has occasioned so much speculation, was nor on the subject of Peace, but related to the distresses experienced in France for want of grain. The French Ruler, it is said, informed the British Government that it had collected a large Depot of Wheat in Prussia, a por tion of which it was anxious to bring into France to relieve the distresses of the inhabitants, and pro posed that if the British Government would suffer a moiety of it to be imported into France, that the other moiety should be imported into England. To this proposition, it is said, that our Government gave its assent, on the condition, that, the Prus sian vessels with the corn should come, in the first instance, to this country, and, having dis. charged half their cargo, should make up their freight with English Manufaaures. The answer of the French Government to this demand is not yet, arrived. W give this as a report in very general circulation, without pledging ourselves to its ac curacy. Ever f►esh account from Russia spews the in creasing <lispositi 'n of the Government of that Country to adjust all its differences with Great ,GREIG and TATE have been restored to thel; situations in the Russian Navy, and the other British Officers that were, soon after the Peace of Tilsit, exiled to Moscow, have been re called to Petersburgh.—lt is now stated that SPE.. HANSKI has not been sent to Siberia, as was re- Ported, but that he has quitted the Russian capital. We hare extracted from the French Papers a cu rious narrative of the proceedings of the French squadron during its cruize. It will, we think, af ford considerable amusement to our nautical readers. Mr. RYDER yesterday moved for, leave to bring in a Bill for punishing with death persons admini stering and taking unlawful oaths. The necessity 'of some decisive steps on the part of the Legislature is apparent, from the activity displayed to exaspe rate and to mislead the people. That there were emissaries in this country from France, endea vouring to _promote dissension, there can be no, doubt ; and it is now the imperative duty of all loyal men, whatever may be - their po litical Party, to unite 'in order to put down out rages, Which . tend to the utter destruction of all social order. Mr. RYDER, in the course of his speech, read an oath,which was found in the pockets of one of the persons who was killed in the attack upon Mr. BURTON. The following is the substance of tie oath : • " I, .A.p• of my own voluntary will, declare and swear never to dicta - se the names of the persons who compose the Secre - . Committee, or by describing either by word or sign heir persons, features, clothes, conne&ions, &c. or cause them to be discovered, under the penalty of being put out of the world by the first. brother who may meet me, and of having rriy witne and charaEter ever. held in abhorrence. I swear also to punish with death any traitors to this compa&, and to pursue them for that purpose, al though they should fly to the verge of nature." It is said, that many thousands of persons have either by terror or delusion been induced to take this oath ; we hope, for the honour of the country, that the number is greatly exaggerated. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, MAY c--Arrived the Pickle brig of war, and is appointed convoy to Guernsey and Jer sey, and will sail lo morroW.—Also arrived this day the.elaive, LA NG4DON, Speculator, LANGDON, Marianna, BRowNE, and the Mercury, ADAMS, from Wales; the [Pillion!, MITCHELL; and the Mentor, NOBLE ) from London ; and the Heart of Oak, WELLs,from Gloucester. The Fantome brig of war takes convoy to Lisbon. Sailed the Intelligent gun-brig, with a convoy, for the Downs; the Denmark man of war for Ports mouth ; the Foxhound and Helicon brigs of war on a cruize ; and the Goldfinch brig of war for Co runna. Put back the Intelligent, with her convoy. DEAL, MAY .5.-The Apelles sloop of war, which we stated yesterday to have run on shore on the French coast (with the Skylark, which latter was afterwards destroyed) was there taken possession of by the enemy, but has since been recaptured, after a hard struggle with the French batteries and troops on shore, by his Majesty's brigs Rinaldo and Casti lian, and brought in a shattered condition into the Downs. We have reason to fear, that in performing 'his gallant gxplit, the British loss has been somewhat severe. DovEt, MAY s.—The firing which I stated last evening to ha ' e been heard on the Ft'ench coast was attributed to the right cause. The Castilian and Redpole sloops of war, and Phipps schooner, manned three boats to bring off the Apelles, which had been previously got afloat by about 200 sol diers and sailors, ordered for the purpose by the Commandant at Boulogne ; which service they per formed in the most gallant manner, and brought her off in . triumph, having caused a most precipitate retreat amongst the Frenchmen, who left four of their comrade;, and also a large quantity of muskets, &c. on board the Apelles. Capt. HOITMAN, the Purser, Surgeon, and 9 men, were taken prisoners: the rest of the crew, as well as those of the Skylark, are arrived safe. A General Court of Proprietors was held yester day at the India-House, conformable to adjourn ment. The Chairman observed that the pre sent Court met agreeably to adjournment from the last meeting, to which they had been called by the Court of Directors, from a desire to be fully apprized of the sentiments of the Proprietary at large, as to the proceedings which it might be deemed necessary to adopt on the important subject of the Rene Aral of the Company's Charter.—Mr. HANDLE JACKSON addressed the Meeting, in a speech of considerable length, in which he displayed profound knowledge of the subject, and urged many ,powerful arguments in support of the policy of a continuance of the East India trade upon the system which had hitherto been so successful, and which had procured this country such vast advantages in their Asiatic possessions. • Among these advantages he specified sixty millions of subjects, and a vast revenue, observing that, to support them, not e , •,- elusively for themselves, but for the benefirof the Empire, they, at their own expence, had main tained an army of 150,000 men. He stated, be sides, that their commerce afforded four millions sterling a year revenue, and that as they employed in their trade near 40,000 tons of shipping, the seamen necessarily engaged in their service consti tuted a considerable portion of the national defence. Mr. JACKSON urged many other topics with great ability, and placed the subject in a variety of lights, dwelling particularly on the policy of confining their imports to the Port of London.—This speech made a strong impression on the Court. It was proposed, and unanimously agreed to, that the speech should be printed. The Thanks of the Court to Mr. JACKSON, to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Court of Directors, were then . re solved,. and the Court adjourned. The battle between Maltby and Cope took place yesterday on a plat on the London side of Uxbridge. After the first round, which was worth a modern fight by the general expression amongst, recent ex hibitors, the battle can be better conveyed to the amateur by generalizing it. he second round was as courageously maintained as the first, and although Maltby displayed the best knack of h►tting, yet his adversary was always with him, and the de termined rallies were reciprocal. Cope made hits, which by his strength told, and Maltby, from ral• lying in this and former rounds, was bled by his antagonist from every organ. Cope, however, re ceived two good hits from Maltby's left hand, which nearly closed his right eye. The battle lasted alto gether 26 minutes, and every second was spent in real fighting. In closing, where a trial of strength look place, Cope had the advantage. Maltby was the best and weightiest hitter, but Cope was covered with the flesh of manhood, and disputed the purse with him; but however good in nature, he hit often at random, Wanted quickness, and the sequel proved him infe rior in punishing. He received two destructive hits in rounds, second and third, from which he never completely recovered, but although the senses (to use the phrase) were hit out of him, he had no lack of -- confidence until nature ceased to perform her functions, as he could not be got of his second's knee, when called after the twelfth round. LONDON : Printed by THOMAS WOOD, of No. 3s, Maiden-lane, Covent-garden; and Published by WI I LIAM A RMIC E SCRIPPS, South Pel At the SUN Ovricß,' Ao, 11:!, Strand; where ildvertisements, Orders for the Paper, I aim for the Editor, &c. (post-poi FRENCH PAPERS, VIENNA, APRIL I 8.-All the troops which were dispersed in garrisons and upon different points of the empire of Austria being now concentrated, the Government is occupied in establishing magaz4fes and furnishing subsistence. A treaty has been con cluded with the Bavarian Government ; in virtue of winch, Bavaria wilt- furnish Austria with a number of horned cattle sufficient for the wants of the troops which are in Galicia. We have no official intelligence from Constanti nople ; but some private letters inform us that the Asiatic troops continue to arrive in the Grand Vizier's camp, and are from thence sent to their different destinations. The Russians who are -in Wallachia receive re inforcements. Three coulters lately arrived from Paris, and on the 14th a courier set out for St. Petersburgh. There are conjeaures without end respeBitig the great ac tivity among the European Cabinets, but nothing, positive is known. In addition to the couriers ex pedited to Paris anti St. Petersburgh, others have been dispatched to she different provinces of the Monarchy. We are assured that an Officer of the Staff set out on the • 16th for Transylvania, with orders for reinforcing the Cordon with hix regiments of the line. BERLIN, APRIL 18.—At Berlin, Brandenburgh, Spandau, and Charlottenburgh, large magazines are fbrming. The contractors are sending thither con siderable quantities of corn, rye, and forage. They have also ritaLle large purchases in horned cattle ; the whole are paid for in ready money. A consider able part of the coffee in the environs of this town has been confiscated, the owners not being able to prove it had paid the Continenial impost, or produce certificAtes of origin. The Prussian It gency of Lugnitz has sent a de putation to his Excellency the Duke of Abrantes. ST. PETERSBURGH, APRIL 3.—The General of Infantry, Barclay .;e Tolli, has been named General in Chief of the first Corps cl'Armee of the West.— G , nerals Kutusow and Bragation are continued •in their present posts, viz. the former as Commander in Chief of the Army of the Danube, and the latter in the same capacity with the second Cora d'Armee. FURTHER EXTRACTS. I [ Received this Morning. BREsT, Mau. 2.o.—The folio's ing are some devil's of the operations of the squadron arrived from L'Orien t : On the gth March, at ten in the morning, the wind hating shifted to N.N.E. Rear-Admiral Count ALLRMAND, Commandant of the Orient scpadron, composed of four ships of the line and. two cots ettes, tanmoored from that port, in sight of the e.t2„l.'s fleet, consisting of four ships, one of three-decker, four frigates, and some corvettei. The following - day, at day-light, his Majesty's squadron was eleven leagues W. and S,W. from the Causeway of the Saints. Two of the ene my's ships reconnoitred them, prudently keeping three leagues to windward. Quickly were ob served a frigete; and five other vessels holding com munication with the two first by means of signals and firing of cannon. The Admiral though*, it was the enemy's squadron which had been blockading L'O.:ient, that was in pursuit of him, particularly when he discovered four other sail to the east; it therefore became necessary to get out of sight of him, which was accomplished by chang ing the course several times ; for at half-past eleven at night,,the enemy ceased to show lights, throw up rockers, and fire cannon. On the 11th, the Admiral captured and burnt the brig George-Will, Captain bowNoRG, of 136 tons, with a crew of five men, and mounting two guns, laden with wine and oranges, from St. Michael's to London. This vessel, with her cargo; was worth 98,000 franks. On the 12th and 13th, we experienced a dread ful storm, which obliged us to lie to till evening, when the wind having moderated a little, the Ad miral took the American brig Dauphin, Captain R. WILLIAMS, proceeding from Lisbon to Gotheuburg. This vessel was a good prize, particularly in respect to her cargo; but the Admiral contented him :elf with taking the Captain's parole of honour, that he would not inform any vessels which might visit him that he had met our Squadron. WILLIAIrs' gave this in writing, and was allowed to continue his voyage This condua towards the United States is very dif.• ferent to that of the English, who press' the Ame rican sailors. On the 14th he captured the Camel, Captain Monmins, of 396 tons, 14 guns, and 27 men, laden with salt provisions, beer, &c. &c. from Kin sale to Baibadoes, worth 700,000 franks: The wea ther was so bad, he could not burn her till the 17th. On the 18th two vessels were seen approaching the squadron, with the English flag flying.- The wind was too high to send aboard them, but the corvettes were ordered to keep them in with the squadron during the night. On the 'gill it captured the English galliot, the Mary, Capt. DONAU:4ON, of 150 tons, laden with raisins, &c. &c. bound from Gilbraltar to Bristol, worth 330,000 franks. This vessel was burnt. On the nth were also burnt the two prizes taken on the 18th, one of them was of 242 tons, with '• sugar, coffee, &c. from Surinam to London, worth 1,{'30,000 frPnl;s; the other was named the John, Capt. CLEGG, of 292 tons, similarity laden, and from and to the same place. ' On the 2ist was taken and burnt, the Engliol brig kepturre, Captain MORISON, of 17G tons, laden with vat ious merchandize from Aberdeen ; La, St. Croix, worth 78,000 franks. Hitherto the squa dron has experienced gales of wind, but on the 22d it was assailed by a dreadful one. On the ^7th the winds shifted to S.W. when tha Admiral directed his course towards land. On the 2811), he somded, when it was dis covered he was entering the Bay of _Auditlnc. At nine at night the watch exclaimeJ they saw breakers a-head, which, although very u„- iifiely, the Admiral, out_ of prudence, made the squadron stand upon the starboard, when it was quickly discovered it was merely the reflect ing of the sun upon a very thick sea.. Ile sailed to discover the Penmarks—the weather was dreadful, At three quarters past ten land was seen at a great distance, and quickly afterwards the Penmarks wcro discovered, and at half post three anchored in J34-cst Roads. In the evening the enemy bad seven vessels within sight at l'lroise. We think that undoubtedly this short, but diili‘ cult, voyage is not without honour to the French Marine; it has occasioned to the enemy a loss of 80 men, 44 guns, and 1363 tons of merchand.ze, worth, together with the ships, 6,5c.).1,000 franks, probably the raising of insurances, an embargo on his ships till our entry was ascertained, alarm throughout his colonies by the ships who escaped us, under favour of night or bad weather, the sending of considerable forces in pursuit of us to New England, in the Co lonies, the Gul'ph, La Manche, to the mouth of oil our ports, in order to prevent our entering them. COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday, a Court of Common Council wag holden, for the purpose of rectivh,g the report of Lord Mayor, relative to the Ad.lre4s voted on a for , rner day to the Prince Regent. The Chair having been taken, his Lordship infortned the Court, th the Petition had been preened w his Royal Highness, who bad returned an answer', which 43 read. Mr. S. DIXON moved immediately, (Mt the Prince Regent's ‘‘. most gracious answer" be entered on the Journals. Mr. WAITHMAN moved an amendment, orn;tting the words " most gracious." Mr. HEARNE insisted that the 'Regent was pet" featly at liberty to mak2 what answer he plciotd. • After a tew raords from Mr. Keroble, axon, and Mr. Quin, Mr. Waithatan withdrew 1;1.5 motion. Mr. Aldermtm Comae then inquired why the late Address had not, 2ccording to custom, tr4cn insert' end in the London Gazette After .a short convet sa , ion between Mr. Dixon , Mr. Quin, Mr. Box, Mr.Wheeble, and Mr. .:itir' men, we understand the Deputy lemembr-it►m''' r was direaed . to inquire at the Sx:ret,..ry of ti,itie' g Office, how the Address and Answer came not t ° appear in .the Gazette. The volunteering from the Militia into -the Life Was very successful on Monu.iy at Dover-134 torn' ed out from the Derby into the 43d and 48th P“'4 l "' ments, and 12.8 from the Lancashire to tie taF Guards, and 14th and 29th-Regiment`. Yesterday evening, about nine o' c l oc k, a fire broke out in a small wooden house in Stn-rand, the Strand. 'The Swan public-house and se. , [a l small wooden houses were consumed, 'and other ° • considerably damaged. About eleven o'cl,-ck the fire was got under : no lives were lost. Mr.' PATTER ON, brother-in-law to JEROME BO' NAPA RTE, was On Monday night ap,,rehen , !ed br the Bow-street Officers. rlson arrived, several others, in the Hornet sloop of war f'° °/ , France all of whom obtained passporis- to proceco to town, except Mr. PATTERSON and a`Mr. ..IUN who notwithstanding ventured to accompany th e ' companions. The .oificers are in . quot of Julie" but have not yet found him. CORN-EXCHANOE, MAY 6.—To-day the Mitrk et has several fresh arrivals of Wileat ; fine s ample r hardly support the last quotation, and second will inferior somewhat cheaper ; P;ltley in demand the West'Country, and fully at lace advatce 1 \ 441 , nearly so; Peas and Beans, of each description , 31 little fluctuation ; we have likewise several fresh ar — . rivals of Oats, 6t which has the eif:• of dull sales a r rather less price ; and Flour again without vaTi'tig t) ' Ti , .:l; Beans -66 s a Ditto fiao old) 73 s a-, 7 ( 1 Oats 485 a ses a 5 4 ; Poland ditto - 575 a .1 Potatoe ditto - 59 5 a Rare Seed _ 7 01 a ;?: s Filie Fleur - t 055 Seconds toes a I°s Wheat 9ss a lzos a r;6s Pine ditto - -138 s a :42s Rye - -7 8 s a 84s Barley - - 7os a 77s Malt - Os . a toss WhitePease(boil.) ?.6s a gas Grey ditto - srs , a 7:5 Beans . 7os a 7os • lIIARRI4D. On Monday, john flays, .Esq. of illackl , !ath, to Nl, rs. Breese, relia of I. Q. Breese, and (laughter of U. Atkinson, Esq. of the Roval Mint. On Tuesday last, at St. George the Martyr's, Queen square, Mr. Thomas Perkins, of Chelmsford, Solicitor, 0 Mary, second daughter of the late Rev. George C. Brodbe l !; of Loudwater, Bucks, and Reaor of A s t on S a ndford ll ' sane County. Tile same day, at Mary-le-bonne Church, Sydney 5 11 °, , Esq. the eldest son of S amue l Sh ore , Esq, of t , orton - H l ' Derbyshire, and of Castle- htil, Dorsetshire, to only daughter of the late Cbarle:: White, Esq. of tile Co" t /. of Lincoln. DIED. On Thursday last, at Bristol, Miss Elizabeth Sta,..i.eY eldest daughter of the late Samuel Stuckey, Esq. In March last, near Funchal], Madeira, in his 2.6 t h Ye ar : Mr. 4dmund Lloyd, of Thtead u eedle- s treet, broker. On Sunday last, at Richmond, in Surrey, Major- General Clark. , Th.. ady same evening, in the 2Sth year of her age, the of H. 1. Barchard, Esq. of Wandsworth. insurance To' ten- stree.t ? G r svero . r-square, ',d), must be addrut•sed;