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~„!,....„„,„,, c,„,,,__,_,;9 NAVAL to:-.. • .y' ` 4 NEWS. ...,,,,,,_, • " ... 1 i Non 11 iuut pclagi, sa.vurague :Tamura, Sid mai torte datum. From the LONDON GAZETTE, March 17. Adm;ralty-Oice, March 17, 180 t. Copy of a Letter from Archibald Dickson, Esq. Admiral of the Blue, to Evan Nepean, Esq. dated at Yarmouth,' the 16th inst. SIR, Be pleased to acquaint my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty, of the arrival of His Majesty's Sloop Favorite, having brought in with her L'Optimiste French Schooner Privateer, of fourteen guns and forty-seven men, which she captured after a short chace, on the r zth inst.— I enclose for their Lordships' information, Cap tain \Vestbeach's Letter to me on the subjea ; and am, Sir, &c. &c. &c. ARCH. DICKSON. SIR, Favorite, at Sea, March 13, 1801. I beg leave to acquaint you that at half past ten yesterday morning, I chaced a Lugger from under Scarborough, and continued so till 'ten P.M. when I lost sight of her ; I then saw a Sail to windward, to which I also gave chace, and cap tured ; she proves to be l'Optimiste French Schooner Privateer of Dunkirk, (sailed from thence seven days) mounting fourteen carriage guns, manned with forty-semen men, commanded by Jean Baptiste Corenwinder. I amp, &c, , - - J. WESTBEACH. Admiral Dickson, &c. Vic. &c. Admiralty-Office, March 17, !Sol. Extract of a Letter front Lord Viscount, Garlic:, Captain of His Majesty's Ship tke Hussar, to . Evan Nepean, El. dated Cove of Cork, the I ith instant. In latitude 34. deg. N. long. 25 deg. W. I cap tured the French Schooner Privateer and Letter of Marque Le General Bessieres, pierced for fbutteen guns, armed with four and six swivels, and manned with twenty-four men ; from Bour deaux bound to St. Domingo. PLYAfOUTII, MARCH i 6. ARRIVED the Brig Reward, of Sunderland, PatEs LAvvz master, laden with groceries, from London bound to Limerick. She' was captured on the i ath inst. off gape Clear, by La Durade French Privateer, of to guns, belonging to Bour. Beaux, and re-taken on the following day off Scilly, by the Earl St. Vincent Privateer, of this Tort. The latter is also arrived here. tleven sail of the Channel Fleet passed by yesterday to the Westvtrard; from Torbay. The Outward-bound Mediterranean Fleet, censisting of 25 Sail, tinder convoy of the St. Forenzo Fligate, from Portsmouth, put in here this morning by contrary winds. Sailed La Venturer Sloop of War, with a Con. VOA' for the Downs. Sailed the Ambuscade and Eurydice Frigates) on a Cruize. Arrived the.Triwittb, ot' 74. guns, Capt. E. 1-Imtvrit," from the Channel Fleet. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 17. ARRIVED His Majesty's Frigate La Constance, Capt. HAI-, from the Mediterranean, with Dis. patches from Admiral Lord kEITH. Also the Forturze'r ( Frigate, Capt. Lord 'BE AU CLERCI from the Eastward.—She detained yes terday at sea, the Danish ship E4teditioul, from Barcelona to Lubeck, which she sent to gate. YARMOUTH, 17. Til E Princess Royal Packet, HAMMON D, , ar rived here this morning with Passengers, having landed the Mail at Winterton. Arrived the Vidette and Zephyr Brigs, Drake Cutter, Jamaica Frigate, and Attack pun.birig. Sailed the Ariadne, Watzizamhciel, and 41k - mene Frigates, and Hazard Cutter. SHEERNESS, MARCH .17, ARRIYED Hi& Majesty's" Sloop Gicr,of 'lB guns, Capt. Russrt, from the Downs. The Armed Ship, Capt. DELANOE, has come down the River Thames, and anchored at the Nore. The Hjci a is widocked, and the Sleeilwell is docked. DEAL, MARcitii. His Majesty's Sloop Savagf, with an Armed Brig (name not known), came in this afternoon from the Westvi , ard, and remain with the oucr. Nemesis, Heidi's, Rerven and Eugenie; Stag, F o x, Kent, and Venus (3d) cutters. • :the Nostra Signora de Ks ii , Conis, Spanish Polacre, from Tenerife, with sugar and indigo, Prize to His Majesty's Ship Argo, is arrived iri the Downs. The Taunton Castle East Indiaman is put back, and remains. CORK, MARCH 8. YESTERDAY arrived at the Cove, His Ma jesty's Ship Dryad, Capt. MANSFIELD, after seeing the West India Convoy, with His Ma. jesty's Ship Syren, to the southward of Madeira, where she left them the s 2th ult. with a fair wind. On the 19th, the Dyad fell in with and captured, after a short aaion, a Swedish Frigate, from Lisbon bound to Sr. Bartholomew's ; and on the gth inst. captured Le Premier Consul French Ship Privateer, of 22 guns and 130 men.--Both Prizes' are arrived with the Dryad. NAVAL APPOINTNIENTS,—Captain Sir HARRY NEAL E, to the Centaur; Sir EDMUND NEAG LE, to the Montague ; STEPHENS, to the Brunswick ; DUFF, to the Vengeance ; SPRANGER, to the Zthcs: MACKELLAR, to the Terpichre . ; ROSE, to the Jamaica ; and Pou LD EN, to the Alkmaar. On Friday last, at two o'clock, the remains of Lieut. ALroau j and the . Ouarter-Master, unfor tunately killed by the bursting of a gun on hoard the Triton, of 32 guns, Capt. GORE, were buried with Military Honours in Stonehouse Chapel,. yard : Lieutenant-Colonel DYER'S Party of Ma rines formed the firing party on the melancholy othsion. Capt. GORE and his Officers attended the funeral in mourning. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. YESTERDAY being St. Patrick's Day, the An.. niversary Dinner of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick was held at the - Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Earl of ARMAGH (DUKE of CUMBERLAND), was in the Chair, supported by Lord MOIRA and Lord CLARE. The meeting was uncommonly crowded, and a great many of the most distinguished charafters more particularly connected with Ireland, honoured it by their presence. At six o'clock, about 400 sat down to table in the Great Hail, and the greatest conviviality and harmony prevailed throughout the evening. After the cloth was removed, the children who h:tve been maintained and educated by the Society, were led in procession through the room. A more gra tifying spelacle cannot possibly be conceived. They had been all newly clothed --they rooked healthy and robust, and afforded, from their decent appearance, the strongest reason to be lieve that they will become useful members of so ciety. Had it not been for this Institution, they never would have been rescued from want and wretchedness, and would have been soon ini dated in all the vices of the Capital. While , the breasts of the speaators were still warm, the Stewards made their round, and the sum of 2431. was colleaed by them. The Secretary intima,ed that, in addition to this, the Subscriptions amounted to about 14001. and that the Funds of the Society are in the most flourishing state. After " The KING," " The PRINCE of WArats," " The Navy and Army," and several other loyal toasts had been drank, " The Earl of ARMAGH" was given amidst loud bursts of ap plause. His Royal Highness returned the Society thanks for the honour they had . done him, and assured them he would ever take a lively interest in the proiperity of Ireland, and the welfare of that Institution. A Court of Aldermen was yesterday held at Guildhall, present twenty Aldermen, the LOR D MAYOR ) and Mr: Recorder ; the Court ordered . that no alteration should be made in the Price of Bread. Mr. WILLIAM Box, jun. was tithed by bal lot, Surgeon and Apothecary of Newgate, in the room of WILLIAM R AMSDEN , resigned, and whose appointment vas only Surgeon of the said gaol. The Clerk of the Cocker Office, at the Mansion. house, laid before the Court a return of Flour con sumed the last 12 weeks, amounting to 155,748 Sacks, the average for one' week being 12,979. The Court eleaed several poor children into Emanuel Hospital, founded by Lord and Lady DACR.E. The Court afterwards proceeded to the eleetion of a Professor "of Music- for the LeCtureship of Gresham College, in the room of the late Dr. AYLWARD. The contest was between Mr. Evan, Organist of the Charterhouse and the Temple Church, and Mr. AYRTON, who had each of them six votes, when the LORD MAYOR gave the casting vote in favour of Mr. EVANS. Some bills and.stipends were ordered to be paid, and the Court adjourned at half.past three o'clock: We have good reason to believe, that the Pub lication which some time a gO m a d e it s a p pear _ ance in Dublin upon the subjeCi of the Catholics, was not, as we suspeded at the time, it genuine produaipn.:—The substance of the two Letters, we believe, was communicated in conversation to a person of some rank and weight among the Ca tholics, who reduced that conversation .. to writ ing, and published it in the for m i n , which it ap_ pcarcd. A considerable part of the sentiments there expressed, may be the sentiments of those high charaders to whom therare attributed, but wo such Letters, we believe, were written by them. A drunken Soldier ftsterday got into the lead ing carriage of the Lord Chaucellar, while stand ing in Palace-yard, and insisted on being driven to Chelsea. It was with some difficulty the coachman got the intruder out of the carriage. Died,, on Sunday the-r ;th inst.. in trigmore streerr the widow. of General STA.ATTIS LpNC *. . ''"The Frien l ds , from South. ampton to Oporto, has bcen recaptured, and since 105 t. • , , PAST' MIES. CALCUTTA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINAkT. Fortliiam, OR. z 6, iBo3 Tr' ut day Dispatches have been'received by the Most Noble the GoVanor General in • Council, from Cap tain k np TR len, Resident at l he Cburt of Hydrabad, annouming that on the lath instant ; • a Treaty of per petual and general Defensive Alliance was concluded be tween the .Honourable East India Company, and His Highness the Subadar of the Dekan, whereby His High ness, in commutation for the. Siibsidy payable to the Honourable Company, has ceded to the Honourable Com pany in perpetual Sovereignty, all the Territories acqwired by His Highness under the Treaty of Seriugapatam on the ath of March 1792; and also all the Territories ac quired by His Highness under the Treaty of Mysore, on the zzd June, 1799, with the exception of cer tain distrids situated to the Northward of the river Tumbuddra, which - are retained by his Highness in exchange for the Provinces of Adoni and Nundyal, and for all His Highness's remaining Possessions and Depend encies situated to the Southward of the River Tumbuddra, and of the River Kristna below its jundion with the Tumbuddra, the Provinces of Adoni and Nundyal, and all the said Distrids, Possessions, and Dependencies of his Highness, situated to the Southward of the Tum buddra, and of the Kristna below its junaion with the Tumbuddra, being ceded to the Honourable Company. The annual Revenues of the Countries ceded •by this Treaty to the Honourable COmpany, amount (according to the valuations contained in the schedules of the late Tippoo Sultaun, and of His Highness the Subadar of the Dek1..!. 1 „, to sixty-two lack, seventy-four thousand and two hundred and sixty-two rupees. Ordered, that a Royal Salute be immediately fired from the Garrison of Fort William, in honour of this occasion. By Command of the Most Noble the Governor-General in Council. • (Sighed) C. H. BARLOW, • chicf Secustary to the Government. EAST INDIA HOUSE. YESTERDAY a General Court was held at the East India House, for the purpose Of taking into consideration the pension of 20001. per annum, voted by the Court of Direaors to Mr. Du NIYAS. The business having been very ably opened by Mr. INcLIs (Chairman), the following motion was made by Sir WILLIAM PULTENEYI and seconded by HENCHMANj • Resolved, That this Court approves and confirms th e Resolution of the Court of Direaors of the t ith of i'ebruary last, for granting an Annuity of wool. to the Right Hon. HENRY DUNDAS : but this Court thinks it expedient to declare, that this is done under the sp ec i a l consideration of his able and successful services, during the long period of .sixteen years, in. the..superilitendance of the atEiirs of the' Company, and particularly a t t h e time of the renewal of the late Chatter. The above produced a long converation rather than debate, tn which a doubt of the legality of the Grant, hinted by Mr.. JONES ADAIR, was done away by Mr. Rous,.the Company's Counsel, who clearly justified the legal grounds. of the Motion. The Speakers in favour of it were, besides the Mover and Seconder—Sir jotrx Day, Mcst:rs. THOMPSON, ALLARDYCE, CUISIIOLME and Du- RANI ; against it, Mr. JONES ADAM; on the grounis already stated; a Proprietor whose name we could not learn ; an d hough last not least - , Mr. PETER MOORE who, in the course of long ec centric speech, during which he tvas twice tidied to order by the Chairman and Sir ST E INGTON endeavoured to prove himself, by shelving obstacles against the Motion, the best frienit' (as he termed it) Mr. DUNDAS had in or out of that Court. The Motion was at length put and carried, with only three dissentient voices'. This Question being' disposedroF, Mr. CH S HMLME gave notice of a Motion on Thursday fortnight, to indulge Mr. DUNDAS, during his life, with the house in Downing -street, appro_ priated by the Court of Direaors for his particu lar accommodation when President of the Board of Controul ; the same afterwards to revert to the Company. Mr. HENCHMAN observed, how much satisfac tion it had given him to find that his Hon. and Learned Friend, Mr. 'Randle Jackson, had been appointed Advocate-General of Madras,' and in justice to his own feelings, he should take an Op portunity of moving the Thanks of the Court on Wednesday next to that Learned Gentleman, for' the eminent services he had rendered to the Com pany both in and out of that C our t. Mr. P.ANDLE J,NcitsoN expressedche extreme gratificatidn he felt, on this unsolicited and" Un expeaed culoaiurn. After Mr. - HENCHMAN had signified an intent tion of bringing before the Court, at an early day, the suhjeas of the loss of the Krnt, and the General Trade of India, the Court adjourned, ROYAL Ac AD EMY.--Mr. EMELT, 'Professor. of Painting to this Institution, on Monday night delivered his first Lefliire., in the Great Room, in Somerset House. The Leeture comprehended a brief view of the' origin and progress of Grecian Art, in Painting and Sculpture, with obSer 7 vations on the Works Of some of the earlier Ar, tists of that Country, according to the aadOupts of those Works, which 'are to be found' in the Writings of subsequent Critics and Historians. --He was more particular in his comments upon the celebrated work of TIMANTH ES, Ithigenia Ardis, respefting the Mantle' thrdWn . dvar the face of Agamemnon, in order 'to conceal such' an excess of parental agdny as it was deemed im. possible for the art to expreSs. - Mr. FissEtt defended the ancient Painter against the'ohjec dons or modern Critics, with the late admirable President at their head, displaying great acumen, and strength of argument, , • It is impossible for us to enter-into a detail of the Lefture, which placed the learning, judg ment, taste, and candour of the Professor in a light highly honourable to his critical charaCier. The President of the Academy, with most of the distinguiihed Members were present, as well as a numerous train of visitors, who all testified high approbation of the merits of the Discourse, on its conclusion. POCK, CONCERT. THE Third Performance of these elegant Con. certs took place on .Friday 'night, at Willis's Rooms, and Was very fully attended by the No; bility and Persons of Fashion. In addition to the distinguished Personages we forrncr;v men. tioned, were the Earl and Countess of EiF INC- H ANT, the Earl of ESSEX, Lord anal Lady VER NON, Sir Jo'nfr SmiTti, the Miss Ascutsurs, &c. &c. &c. The Sele6lion was rackr of a grave cast, in conformity to the sacred 'season, but was made with great judgment, and she Per.. formers exerted themselves very successfully in their respeffive Songs; &e. &c. " The ,- .Vvidication," was again brought for ward, with an additional verse, called " The Tha,ikssivin:g-," and received with heart-felt tisfaaion by the whole audience, who rose on the occasion, and testified every mark of respect and reverence. HARRISON'S "Softly aided by Ifor.mts's delightful Accompaniment on the Bassoon ; BAR TLEMAN'S " Arise ye cvinds," from PURCELL'S Works ; Madame - BlANcHt'ss" Non piangete i o 'vado a morle;" and Mrs. HARRISON'S " Vino veechio," were among- the prominent features of the Concert. A new Glee, by Mr..R. COOKE, -displayed much science, and gave general satis faaion ; and a (M. S.) Glee, " Shepherds, I have lost my Love," by Mi. GREATOREX, de lighted the Audience greatly. It. was sweetly sung •by the. HARRIsuNS . , kNvvErr, and BARTLEMANi The Instrumental rani, is perfea.. A Con. certo Of MF.RTIN'I, Obligato, by Mr. CRANIER, and a. Concertantei by CHYROBINI i were much applauded. FUBLIC OFFICE, BOW-37'REET. ROBBERY IN KENSINC; coN" GARDENS. MONDAY evening, Da White, a Soldier' belonging to the Third Rlgiment of Gaards, was examined before R. FORD,• and "1". ROB I:Z.. SON, Esqrs. on' a charge of robbing the Rev. Dolor R. Hamilton, in KensingtOn-Gardens. Do6tor Hamilton stated, that on Tuesday, the loth inst. as he was walking through Kensing.. ton Gardens, about three o'clock in the afternoon, he observed the prisoner, White, standing in one of the alcoves, at the distance of about loci yards from him, 'when having some suspicion of his intention, .he turned back, on which the Pri soner followed him ; and, -- finding- •he gained ground upon him, .Pro;ecuLor stopped, when:the , Prisoner came up to him, - and asked him to give hint somethiog, saying, he was . a Soldier in dis tress ; that, after expostulating with him on the impropriety of his eoralutt in begging, he gave him sipcnee or a shilling, which the Prisoner recei, - ed,i but telling him that would not do, land at the site time hoidinta bludgeon he . had in his hand, in a threatening position over • Vrose. tutor's head, demanded his money, and .swore he , would murder him, unless he instantly de livered .it ; that, after giving him his money' to the amount of about il. Bs. the Prisoner de manded his watch, which was also delivered to him, and he went away, ordering him to return the way he came, and, that if he looked back, he, the Prisoner, would follow and murder him ; that he did not see the Prisoner again till the pre-. sent time, but: was positive he was the man that robbed him as before described. james. - Piercy,. a boy employed to look after His 'Majesty's Sheep, in - Kensington Gardens g saia, that he saw the I'risoner:there on the after noon of the Toth instant, and lent -hiin a knife to trim a stick, he then had with him ; that, haying heard of the robbery, and seeing the Prisoner again this day (Monday), in - the Gardens, he told two men at work there of it, who secured him. ,The two men - alluded to corroborated the boy's testimony As to the apprehension of the Prisoner, and produced a large bludgeon they took from him. - .The Prisoner on being—asked by the Magi.. strate if he would wish to make any reply to the' charge, denied it in toto, but the fad being so strongly supported, the Parties were bound over to prosecute him for the highway robbery, at the next Old. Bailey, Sessions. James Daf t lilliaix Trulogaod i David Evans, Diana BAd, Margaret Cogin, and Ann bogin i were brought in custody on auspit:ion of rob.. bing the calico grounds of Mr. George Sucher.. land, at'Miteharn, in Surrey,. ,of a quantity of /printed calicoes. By the testimony of Revett, Jones, and other ,oflieqrs who apprehended the PiisonerN, it appear.. ed, that 'in consequence of some private informa_ . tion, they had received, they went on Monday evening to a house -in Rose,street, Long-acre, where they found the Prisoner 'thy, and the several remnants of printed calicoes now pro:. duced, together with a. loaded pistol, and that the Prisoner Diana Bond was in company Wiih him. That they went to a. house in BainiiKidge.. street, St. Giles's n in the passage .of which they met the, l'risyntr Twogood, who made a deope. 'rate resistance, and en;w:{voured to draw a loaded pistol , from hi's pocket to shoot Revett. That 'in a room off the ground floor Of the iainellobse, they found the Moiler Evans, Margaret Cogin, ;'and Ann, Cogin, and in -a box several remnants or printed calicoes, a quantity of pick lock kers, an iron crow, two loaded pistols, and two, cut.. : lasses. The remnants of ealico exadly cdrres. ponded with the patterns of those stolen from Mr. SUtherland's grounds,' which were o nly ro b. bed On • Sunday night '• and, Prisoners not bein g able to acco un t ho w ;hey come possessed of them, were coMniitted.foi further examination. During the remainder of the Drawing of the present State Lottery, Tickets and Shares war. ranted undrawn, will continue On sale from eight to nine in !the morning, and from two till eight in the evening, at -the .Offices of RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, and Co. No. toy., Cornhill, and facing:the King's Mews,- Charing Cross, where the two last Prizes of Thirty Thousand Pourida shared, were 301 a. ~ J