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' must be, from not answering the private signal. There have not been any more, Ships got out of Roo!lefort that have been heard of: it is therefore supposed to be two of the Rochefort Squadron which destroyed Roseau, in Dominica, and hearing . of the approach of Admiral CociittANa's Svadron, Were afraid ola reneontre, and did not relish be. . In blocked up in Martinique, and after doing all the mischief they could on those Islands that Were vulnerable, reinforced Guadaloupe and Mar.' tinique, and returned home to run a greater risque V falling in with one or other of our Squadrons at sea. Great fears are now entertained for the safety bf the Seagull 1 , of 1 8 guns, Captain Btrax E, and . t., 1 4 lortm ) 18 guns, which have been absent on a fi'Cruize four months, and have not since been esta of. Il ya, P. M ' .—To this p er i o d no more accounts time been received here of the relative situation of ,; the Irrench Fleet in Berthaume Bay, or our Fleet eff Bret ti though a Cutter is hourly expected. PORTlnvotlnl, APRIL 6 . —Arrived this day from 'the Downs a large Fleet of Coasters and outward. 1)444 Ships, under Convoy of His I\/1 , ; i J estre Ship 1/6-al10N; among , 't which are the t a L itio Eden, Ad miral Gardner) City of London, Cumber . ' , 11 4 and M etcalfe, for India ; Diana, Hayman. Cumber. L 41 4, Cordon for Surin am • Neva Watson, for Dem erara ; ,t,7 1 6f, --- ' Baltic Merchant , Smith, for Antigua ; an d a,'~— ,'Baltic Young, for S t . Vincent. • Tr4le4 Ail evening for the Downs, a fleet of aders, under convoy of the Champiost Frigate. The Narcissus Frigate is under weigh for Cork, Sis"ecilect the outward.bound West India . Ships. e '4 . ft , , 'era' 'transports will sail with her to take on ulatdTroops for the Expedition. ' Tha Queen and Dragon are not yet retorned and th , West Expedi t i on is at a stand. The n Ex pedition cannot dia ca t ,, now I go, alth oug h t h e w i nd is fair, in tquence of their Convoy being gone. 'III ' I4 c 3 UTII . Shi APRIL .s:—Arrived the A mer i can t) r` , .fourtney, Captain BRYANT, in 25 days from Virginia, with tobacco, coffee, and sugar, for or. 444 ; the Favor:ill the , GUOFREY, from Dartmouth ; Prin ce Eclturirdt COUTT, with provision., from C Olk ; the rigilamt, Ni ctiou,s, f rom Swansea il nd the p w j, B AD Sailed th e ' Dia na ; ', from Penza nce. Diana Packet, Capt. ST. AUBYN, with r t .. A,. • --. malls, sad (2311 ult. an d 2d i nst.) for Lisbon; the liarfard, WALTER, for S vansea ; and His • 1%6. ,-, .--..7's obey Pickier, of i 8 guns, on a Cruize. 1 - ii s A A , • , . —44 Jesty s Ship Humber, of i 8 guns, Captain lit!. .. Li IS eXpelled to sail to-morrow with Convey , 1 0 . ! . Itte.tat . 1 ,,..., ,ward.. 4 4"c PriltCeSt :11)147114111, fur Jamaica, and Prince's _74441 (Packets), for America, will sail on Sunday gitxt with is Of the 33 inst., I. leSty' , Av. a 1 t. 7.—Sailed y ester d ay His Ma t Armed Defence Ships Trusty,. Ausum./; "I" ' 1 11 "e, bi.re've iirx ig ns , I.Y, M, Pierter, ,Man ly, l ) incher, °alLocust, Staunch, and . Royalh. l for their e siatiqns off th e French' Coast. S a il e d a l so the ;N utt'. I : rut - r Lau Arawd Ship with a C onvoy for -FAL. , .. I , B tiltd the 'lrak, Railleur, anti Alta Sloops ; r v4trnorah; Purious, Bloodhound, IVrasix le r, Bl azer , 0 .4.41 ) an Grip er , Gun.brigs, for their stations off Illid d it i 'and the Argus Sloop, wh C with Convoy for th e riettern,lslands. . The noise East.indiaman, Capt. (Jo J. Pt ND RRGR ASS . 0"e "4"hin fro m the River, an d sa il ed with the .co rtsraouth, City of 1:olci, Castle Ed en, and Ci Londolis fur d The Com: Easi Indi3ma n , Ca. thi J. 114 yS, came "'II s morning, pt and ailed for Portsmouth. Came i n the Leda Fri sailed from a Cruize. Rce I"ki v len, A PRIL 7, His Majesty's post Of. fio , • deltet 3 C arr • I . FAMILTON) arrived t hi s mor ni ng , 111 tinsurn, wi t h 'the Hamburgh and Bre mem ti nburo +Yu' ' • '. 'll a lso the .44,-.4.lasid, wi t h a M a il' from Got' . The..Ereprt Ctia.vewtl, Lieut. GAR LAND, arrived from 4 Cruiz.e, ;erethe °orwarsi.hlund Mail s ' of yesterday remain on board the Auckland Packet, Capt. BR I 1 )G °' r litlCUrns and the •i" rivre of ilietles,:fillataN I fur ttenburgh. 1(e,.. . -,, '''"" HI% Majesty. s Frigate Pi:it - mi., and the '-kte r i f i real, ,and Eseorj Gun.brig6. 1 Sli 91 Aran. 7.—it is with extreme re. Arecx ! have to communicate the unfortunate loss of ...,,tut !). " 4 "r J. Er „BAKER) who had lately been ol'- ,c)in"(1 r 4l the irinchelsta, at the Note, wh,, co tiesslvtaxrin4 tlni,rii:ayn ImliasiSnliiniPg f, roambouNtewiwS:uoti:clEocnkd:' :r "r M. %vas upset in I Juily Boat heloositag to th e IvIrt:81; (rePeAtini Signal. Ship), ~when himself, 41", Gunne r ; EDWARD fItrCHES, 10/I,ER T CilieLty f t lu , 11::',__ • ' .-ii• Mr. Git I KAN b o TH DM AS RALPH, , , "cno alt belonging to the Terror, and a person 0,111)°" to be Lieut. _BARER'S servant, were drown.. ' Litutenant BAK E a WU An oClicer very highly esteemed and respeeled, and had lust a leg in the de. fence of his King and Country. The Pomona, Renommi, Vestal, and Valorous, will he paid bounty, and two mon►hs advance, in a few days, and proceed immediately to sea. Arrived a West Indiaman, with the Captain, Officers, and Ships' Company of the Imogene, which lately foundered on her passage from the West In dies. Passed by three Spanish Prizes for the River. Arrived the Minx Gun-brig,. and Leith Tender, with Impressed Men and Volunteers for the Fleet. The Ranier Armed Ship continues the Signal for Convoy to the "'tic,. and jobs Armed Ship that for the Elbe. DISTRIEFTION OF PRIZE MONEY. To the Officers 4nd Company: of His Majesty's Ship To. prize, for the capture of the French Letter of Marque La Mi. nerve, the 2sth September, 1804, on board said Ship at Ply mouth, or at No. iz, Arundel-street. To the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Sloop Lynx, for the capture of the L'ilnion, in company with the Ethanol), the loth May, 1804, on board said Sloop at Sheer ness More she proceeds to sea, or at No. it, Cecil -street. The following is a List of the Ships of 'Mir at Jamaica, under the command of Sir THO. Ducx. woATH Cunt. Guns. Hercule - • 74 Blanche ..• - 36 Theseus - . 74 "Tartar . - 32 Vanguard • - 74 Unictirn - - 32 Acasta • - - 44 Magicienne . - 3 2 Diana .. - .38 Princess Charlotte Franchise • - 36 I asson (sailed with the last La Desiree • 36 Convoy troin Cork) 32 La Pique .. 36 Mermaid ' - - • 22 Survetilante . . 36 Bacchante - • - .2* La Seine - - 36 And several smaller Vessels. The Ships of War in the Leeward Islands, under the orders of Sir SAMU E L Hoof), are— . Guns, Guns, Centaur - - 74 Carysfort - 2 8 Beaulieu - • -38 fleureux - - 24 Amelia - . 36 Hyzena - - 2 4 Fort untie . 36 Proselyte (sailed with the A rnsttrdam - - 3z last convoy but one from Galatea - - 32 Cork) - •24 Besides - small Vessels. Nov. Privat e Letters f rom C anton , d ate d zoth v received by an American Ship which arrived at Port , ontnith on Friday evening, contains intelli gence, that our homeward-bound China Fleet were nearly all loaded, and were expeded to Sdil the be. ginning of January Jas!, consisting of the following undermentioned Ships, viz. Clattun, • - Capt. DRumstoup. Cirencester, -..--..... Ron KicrsoN. Whichelsea, - .i. -- CAMI'itZLL. Wiatrner Castle, - -- BON D. Thames, - - ----- SF; ITTOWE. Brunswick, - a , ....._ (; RANT. Marquis of Ely, - - HA N NA Y. Canton - - - LUSH iNGTON. With a Botany liy Ship. The following is an Extract of a Letter from an Officer in the Channel Fieet, dated March 31. " The Enemy have all returned to their anchorage in Brest. The following list of the enemy's ships has been comtnunicatcd to Sir C. COTTO N, by a fishing.bnat taken in the Passage du Raz t-.--Le Vengeur, 120, Le Republieaio, t to, L' L' Alexandre, 80, Le Foudrojant, petueux, 74, Lr Brutus, 74, Le Castor,, 74, Le Veteran, 7+, Le Pelage, 7+, Le Conyterant, 7+, L'Ulysse, 74, Le Tourville, 74., L'Eole, 74, La Revolution, 74., Le Dix .lout, 74., La Constitution, 74., L' Alliance, 74., Le .Batave, 7+, Le l'atriotr, 74, and Le Gaulotre, 74." The itochelort Squadron, which has. reached the West Indies, consists tit Le Majesturux, 120, Le Magnanime, SO, Le sufrein, 74., Le Lion, 74., Le iernappe,. 7+, L'indefatigabk, 24., L'Armide, 18, and La Gloire, 18. The names or the miter two Frigate are not'inentioued; part of the tromps which they carried out were sickly, 'and were landed , and the troops previUusly on the Island were embarked for the Expedition against Dominic.i. A Letter frOm an ()Meer on. board the Repulse, one of the Squadron blockading Ferrol, states, that nn the zoth ult. a Neotral Vessel, coming out of Ferrol, was boarded, from the . Captain of which information was received that ten Sail of the Enemy were expeaed to put to sea in tlie course of a .few weeks. " This," says the Writer, " we deem very probable, from the atlive preparations which have for some time past been making ; ao you MILISt not be surprised if you soon hear of the Relulu towing an Enemy's 74. into Plymouth. 41 Our Force, at present (continues the. Writer), _Consists of seven Sail of the Line and one gate, with which we watch twenty-one Sail of the Line, seven Frigates, and two Sloops, of which tlevenof the Line are near ly rea d y for sea, and se. veral of the others in a forward state of preparation. The:reason why Admiral COCHRANE did not sail froM this station before the 2.0 h of February, in quest of . the Rechefort SquadrOn, was, that the ob. jetkof the Enemy was supposed . to be to e,tfett a. jundion with the Fleet at Ferrol. " The French Ships Le Heron, Duguay Troth:, Redoubtable, Pooseuw, and Argonote, of guns each, are aniong those which are.now ready for sea at that port. Our Squadron has lately ben rein forced. The whole are most admirably appointed, and the crews ate in high spirits, in the pleasing expectation of soon /having a , meeting with the Enemy. The Brest Fleet, according to the inior. tnation of a Dant just strived front that Port, has twelve months provisions on board. :The Ships, which have all returned to port,: continue in Feadi. nets to sail at the :shortest notice, and arc suKosed to be destined for the East Indies." L „ . • apt. HANWtLL ,is appointed to the ilfajestre; , 4.. . Capt . . L0a,1N . 9, to the Salvador del 112utiao; ...1 1 101t) J. COO KEt IQ the Bel/ere/ 1 4M; Capt. PICOT, to the Parattleu Frigate. • A Convoy for the trade hound to Archangel 114 S been appointed to sail from Leith - Rdads on the loth inst. Accounts have reached the India House, that liotxmt has been reduced to the greatest embar rassment by the want of provender , : vast numbers of his horses had died, others had been dispatched to distant distriets, and his utmost exertions could not procure sufficient supplies fur those which he found neceiraly to retala with him. POETRY. WE have is , tets favcnted by a friend With the fol.. lowing spirited version of one of MARTI-Ws Epi. grami, written by ED WARD COX E, Esq. of Hamp. steed Heath, and not included in the recent Publics. Lion from that Gentleman, which does'so much Ns. noun to the British Muse. IMITATION OF AN EPIGRAM FROM MARTIAL. (2112 to cauu frabit, flusicia Rothe fr Egfc. FROM the pure air you breath'd on Marlbro' Down, Rica A R D !--Nhat Übjeet brings you up to town ? " The Law to follow—there display my sense ; " And shame e'en Ctesito in eloquence." You're mad, if front the Bar you hope ;chef ; RALPH studied bard, but never got a Brief. " woo the Muses then, if you but say " That VI/ter L's Spirit animates my lay." Trust not such golden Dreams --;thy fancy doats—. VI c its, and Uvzns now have thread-bare Coats. " I'll court the Great"--you will not if you're wise; SAM flatters well, but St_m with hunger dies. " Advise some plan—l'm fried to live in London." If honest* -then, you'rejx'd—on being undone I - * A similar sentiment is to be seen in [uvenal : Quid faciam mentiri Til It OPERA.--Mrs. BILL I NCTON deserves great credit fi)r having rescued from such an ad mirable 'Opera at La Clemenza di Stipione. Tr was on Saturday last performed, fur the third time, at the King's Theatre, with the most rapturous ap plause, before a remarkably numerous Audience. It is impossible to' do justice to the excellent style of her singing... Indeed nothing but absolute proof could excite a belief of a capability of executing some passages of her songs. The Duet in the first Ai}, and the Rodeo, in the second, were univer sally encored. RI CHI amply shared in the applause of the Audience. The Ballet of Crazy fame did not go Mr as well as at first. Madame LABoar E, however, was charmingly expressive, and,RAtti sor's hornpipe was much admired. BAAHATsI is said to have entered into an engage. meet at Drury lane Theatre. SToRAc E, of course, will follow his fortunes. Indeed she can hardly be considered as a musical nouu-substantive. ICI MBLE passes the holiday week at Wroxton, with the Earl of GUILDFORD, who Ins been one of his earliest friends, " even from his finish days." Or tit•had sent a very fine portrait of little BETTY to the Royal Academy, for the ensuing Exhibition, but the father of the boy, who had given his per. irsission, has recanted it, without any assigned rea son; and the picture is not to appear. The acknowledged fabricator of the SHAK. spRARE MS. is coming forward with afid/ expla nation of that mysterious business. But in ,y nut the world, after so many different and contradictory stories, consider the explanaticn itbell as anew dr. ceptionP AS spore of Sir F. Bu DETT'S Subscription Mott , : have refused to give any account or what they received expressly for the purpose of r•elievi„g him from the expences of the Eteaim), he ought to pr o _ tecute them for having obtained money upon false pretences, and vend them to canvass for a Seat in &tam; Ray. _ _ _ An Ofkcer of one of the ships at Siithead having occasion to send to his country house in great haste, a lea , days since, dispatched a sailor on horseback with a Letter, who, after delivering it, and being refreshed and the horse fed, went to the stable to prepare for his return—a hy.stander observed to him that he was purring on the saddle the hind patt be. fore, the sailor repiied, Row do jox know fuihich way I am sours 1e ride ?" We have received the Jamaica Papers to the loth of February inclusive.—Admirats DUCK. WoRTH and DAc RFS were then -at Port R with the Theseus atrA l'anguartioi 74 guno, Acasta, Print. cess Charlotte, Firrturree Frigates, Godan and Papillon Brigs, and Gipt ) , Schooner.— The Hercule a 74, 11,1ansbe, fraucaise, and .51:r. Frig ates , sailed rime days before to et uize off St. Domingo, as dig the Penguin, Bacchante, Cerf, .Redbridge. , Renard, SU 'release, and John Bull. The Racoon and Pelican sailed on the loth, to ciu.'ze in the Windward Passage. . The Amelia Frigate was well at Tortola on the tot ult. having captured three or fur Spanish vessels. War against Spain was proclaimed at Antigua on the ;6th - ot February, in consequence of the arrival of the PicA!, Schooner there with Dispatches irciin England. At that date the arrival of the French Fleet in the 'West ,Indies was unknoWn at St. John's. . - The Bjarn Mail.boat, with the Mails from Bar. badOes, for St. Vincent and Greilada, was lately taken by the Mazer, French Privateers the Mails were sunk during the chime. Another Mail-boat, the Anna Maria, taken some time since off Domi. nit), and fitted out as a Privateer, has been re. captured - by one of our Sloops of War, and sent to Grenada. The Cat:nfort ,Frigate has captured a valuable Dutch West . Indianian in the Wcst Indies, and 're. taken three British Vessels, richly freighted, and a Guineatnan with 227 Staves. Curacoa 'continued blockaded by a British &pa. dron on 'the 9111 February. - Provisions had be me scarce and dear; flour sold at to and 2 CLlOliars per barrel. Fourteen Privateers sailed from New Providence, Bahamas, within twelve hours atter they received Letters of Marque against Spain. On Friday last a Petition of TitemAs O'REILLY and JMtts O'Rr 'Lt.'s', praying leave to 14ring in a Private Bill for the purposes therein-mentiotiedi was p resente d to th e ti otoe o f Lords, and read; and or. tiered to he referred to two Judges in Ireland, to consider and report. LEoAss, an artificial florist., in Wigmore. street, undertook, for a wager of 20 gUitleiii, to walk from Hyde Park Corner to Windsor in tour hours. He started on Friday, sand he walked to the six mile stone at Turnhain-Green in an hour. Ile afterwards slackened his pace, and arrived . at Wind sor in-ii minutes l ess t h an t h e g i ven time. A considerable eonc.,ursc of horsemen accompanied titn the sv:101e distance, at miles and it L 1414 DUE 1-I,4MBURGII VIENNA, MAlttl4 23. Lieutenant . dentral MACK is appointed Atioil Privy Councillor of State. It it ntaw taid, that the j ,urney or the EMPEROi to Italy will not take place this year. ITALY, MARCH I is said chat a marriage is propsed between the Que EN of Eiltua A and Prince BEAuxArstrots, and in this case. the King. dom of Etruria may be united to a neighbouring Country. The Krxd of NAPLES has not ratified the Con. vention of Neutrality, but has caused representations to be made by the Marquis Dt GALL 6, hit Ambat. sador at Paris, against several of the conditions re. (Faired on the part of France. MILAN, MARCH 16.—T0-day Prince ELME NR AUH ARNOIS arrived here TIMM Paris, with the Horse Chasseur,s and Grenadiers, the G ens .d' Arnverie d'Elite, and Mamelukes, and stopped at lip:Palace of Government. The greatest part of the French Troops hare were marched out to receive him, and the Italian Trok.ps mounted guard at the Palace ; the Prince ha, a very prepossessing figure. FRANKFoRT, MARCH 26.--They write from Stu'gardt, that M. St NC LAI It and M. SECKKNDORFF have been set at liberty. BERLIN, MARCH 30.--It is generally reported that six decorations of the Fiench Grand Order have been received here ; end that as nuny - insignia of the Grand Order of the Black Eigle, viz. for the Etta. peror NAPOLEON, Marsh ,, l BERNADOTTE, the Mi. 'lister BERTHIER, M. TAIARYIAND PERICORD, M. CAM/lAC R ES, and Prince AUK AT, be sent in return to P,tris. LYONS, MARCIt 15.—GreAt preparations are making here to receive the Emperor ; His Mjesty will stay some lijs in this City. Though our garrison is already very strong, it will be aug. !fumed, as orders to that effect have been sent to the neighbouring Departments. The greater part of the Prefects and Generals commanding in the Southern Departments .have re. ceived orders to repair hither before the 3 tcr of March, whence, it is presumed, that the Emperor Will arrive in the beginning of April. The day before yesterday several detachments uf the Imperial Guard arrived, and in a few days are expeCted the Marshals MORT, ER, MONCEY, and 13E361E9.E5, as also the Ministers TALL EYRAND and BERTH! Eft. Many Letters Irorn the Mediterranean give reason to fear, that a war bet ts reit France and Naples is at no great distance ; all commercial affairs, both with that Kingdom, and with the Island of Sicily, ate provisionally suspended. EXTRACT OF A LETTFE FROM PARIS, MARCH 22.—" There is talk of two expelled Alliances ; the one between Austria and France, and the other between France and Russia. • There is even men. lion of a reciprocal Embassy between two En_ pires. It is said that conformably to the promi se made to the Emperor ALEXAND6It, France will evacuate the Elettorate of Hanover. In fad the Army which occupies that Eleflorate is dimini4l - It is also said, that the different corps of the Coast, which had been detached from it for some time, as well to serve as a garrison in Paris, and to march into Italy, where hostilities were feared, have 'received orders to .return to their respedive Armies. On the other side, all the Officers who had received leave of absence for six months are required to rejoin their Corps, though their furloughs are not expired; and all the Generals employed in the Army on the Coast have received orders to repair to their posts. From these dis positions it is presumed, that the Expedition against England, sn long deferred, will at length he car ried into effdt. Seteral circumstances contribute to support this opinion, of which time alone can ascertain the truth. We are assured, in the mean time, that Marshal MASSENA will have the corn. mend of the Expedition against England, Marshal AUGER EAU that of the army destined against Ire-. land, and Marshal MARMONT that of the army which is to land in Scotland. All these preparations, it is said, are completed as all points. " It is determined that the Nis shall crown the King of Italy at Milan. The Emperor has pre sented him with Fix millions of livres to indemnify him for the expences of his journey." CORN EXCHANGE, Aran. 8. 'nut quantity of fresh Wheat in to.day is rather short, and early higher prices Were effeeted, but s des in general at small variation, ordinary qualities very heavy ; Barley in tolerable supply, and is ea. flier lower, as are Pease, with Beans of each sort. which are plentiful ; although not many arrivals of Oats, this trade is very dull, at less prices ; Flour is plentiful, but that and other articles have small floduation. Wlint 75s a 88s a IcoS o 1 Deans - 4ZS a 4gs on Fine Old - lo2i a 107 oil Tick Beans 4i) a 4•6 ort Rye - • SO a. 6 es wl Oats 22$ 3 24 $ a 27$ o d Barley • • 43$ a 48; od Poland do. . 24S a 29$ oci M4ll . . 74s a Sos od Rape Seed . - —! -—1 White Pease 42$ a 483 od Fllle Flour . Bos a Sis od . Grey ditto . 36s a 4os od Seconds - -75 s A Bas od ____ • Saturday an afrdir of a curious n'ture took place at the . Poliac.ofli se, hi.albotoogh.street Brooks, the Owner of the Mettasetie at the toy of the Haymarket, was charged with having privily in his possession a pug dog, the property of Co!oncl MACKENZIE, h e Defendant sold the d'og in question.to the Colonel six moths ago, Et!. three gui. neas, anti the anitnli was stolen from him i;ili'dlroary.. Mrs. MACK I tvzi I soon afterwards called on the De.. fendant, and requested him to ativeriite tt,e dog, with a reward of two guineas for its recovery, or to de. lain it it distovered. The dog, however, was not restored ;. but General HALL having c died, st. few clays since at the Defentidnea phop to look at some pugs, recognised the one in question. A Search Warrant was conacquence procured , and 4 : 1 ‘); vo,.s found chained tqr dovaigst others irk tt back room, Cot. MACKENZIE declared in- rite most po_ sitive manner, that the dog Area hi; property, and Men tai,..J it by several m.irks ; on the other hand,, the Delen'aunt swore, that the dog had been six months in his possession, and during that time publicly pxposed ter sale The Magiatrate , w ever, were of opinion, that he was to pnas,,, ior , s 11.- I t •