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6 THE SU N, SCILEM QU'S DICAAZ 7e.l4Uta A'JLZAT ? 4 0 i'V Ar, AUGUST $, necessarily lost, must, for a Fong time, parallze every effort whicii, they may attempt to make in - that quarter. But advantageous as is the destruc tion of their Vessels and Naval means, it does not appear tows be the greatest benefit which we arc to derive from this bold measure of Lord NELSON. lhe drat which it must necessarily have on the .Hinds of the French Seamen, Soldiers, and people in general, who witnessed the ,A.OiOn, seems still more important. . 'The Sailors, colleded by yiolence and with great 'difficulty in . order to .man these Gun boats, will'be still leSs inclined to i emivrk on a ser-, vice of so much 'danger and so little glory, The Soldiers, though unhappily indeed, accustomed to more success on their'own element, will' have had ,ocular demonstration of the 'bad fortune which them when they venture off . dry land ;while the people of Boulogne, witness to a speaagle which can-never be, effaced froM their recolle.etion, will attest to them CountrYthen our- 14"iival Superiority, arising from the irresistible union of talents in our Officers, and-of courage in our Seamen. Lord NELSON has returned his tßanks to the Of ars and Crews. of his Squadron in the' follo w i ng • Address : lifedura,.ykHoutvguii Aug. 5; " Lord NE o Ni-has reason to be vcrOtiouC - tiVaiisfled 'with the Captains of the Bombs, for their placing of tisiA4,7pssels yes terday ; it was impossib let hat they Could have been better situ ated; and the Artillery Officers have shewn great shill in en tirely disablitig Ten of . the Armed - Vesseisout of fwerity, four apposed to them, and many others,• Lorc NELSON' believes, are much damaged. The Commander in Chief cannot toticing the great heal ayid deSire to attack' the 4nerny in a closer and different combat, which manifested itself in all ranks of persons, and which Lord Nr. t. sop would &lad!) , • have given full , =scdpe *, had the atterh`pjat thus moment been proper i but the Officers and others ynay rely, that an .early opportunity shall be given them for skewing, their' judgnient; zeal arid bravery. The Hired and Reventre cutters kept under sail, and performed the duty intrusted to them with a great deal of skill. • (Signed/ " NELSON AVD pßown." The Supplementary Militia, disbanded at Christ mas 1799,' are to be re-ciribodied, 'Warrants under the King's. Sign' Manuel having been circulated to the Lords Lieutenants of Counties for that purpose. Lord Romsuv, as Lord Lieutenant of the County of Kent,, has publicly ordered the attendance of the Supplementary Militia of that, ounty at Maidstone On Friday, next, to be re-embodied, and sent to join the present Regiments of:Militia of that County. Notices are in general course of delivery i requir ing:all householders to return a list of all male persons residing .jri their houSes, between the ages of is and 4.,years,• under the At of 39th Geo. 11, ch. •xcr, -- seft.• i. . Friday se'nnigbt - theigonmputh Volunteers were assembled• to take into consiaration a letter - from General Rrii..lCE, requesting to be informed, the_ ether - the.Jcorps would join the other Volunteers of the ourit . c. at Newport . , as the place of rendezvpus, in case of Invasion ; fly lien an unanimous expression of assent burst from he ranks.; and.tha Command ina Qtficer declared himself ready on all occasions to attend them, wherever their 'services might be wanted. On Tuesday the Birmingham Loyal Association (Infantry) met on their exercising ground, at Bir lingham Heath ? , and handsomely offered to fulfil, at arty time, their original articles of,cnrohnent. Yesterday se' nn i g h t Ca pta in L EGG E ' S Tfoop..of Wariqielcshire yeomanry assembled on 'Berwood Common, in consequence cf a letter received - by their Commanding Ol*et. The following clause, frotA their Articlei; of En4olment, sag read The Corps to . be suhjeet to be embodied within the County - by special direaion from His MAJESTY, on appearance Of Invasion; and to be marched out of The County to any part of the. Kingdom; of Great Britain, by the authority from 1-Ls MAJESTY, in case of ac-, real Invasion." Much to the honour of this well clisciPlinedend respe6table Troop, it was not ob jeetetl to by a single voice. • The Wheat—Market. at IVlark-lane yesterday was very dull, rl axe. being, hardly any sales, and these lcaver than 14st 'market day. Even Oats, which have been brisk for some time; were very dull, and. .2s, to 3s. lower, as Ni; ere e - v cry k:nd of Corn and Grain Flour continues at 1'55. per sack. The following very large quantities of grain and flour arrived at Hull - in the course of last wee.; viz, 1 9 , 345 (Natters of v:heat ; 50.00' quarters of oats quarters of bark? iOO quarters of rye ; 24.3 tiers :ease ;', § - 3.1. cwt. 'of wheaten, and z6o cwt. a rye. four.. A onside:able •:att - of the above L 2:, cwt . . al - ught I'4'oo Ouebec apd'NetV,Yofisi NOTHINc has yet been officially published re speaing the operations of Lord NELSON, but we have already stared, from private Letters, enough ,to satisfy the curiosity of our• geaders, and ,to prove to them, that on this occasion, as on all, othars, his Lordship has shewn himself more than eqtkal to all that his Country could require at his hands, Of twenty-six Armed Vessels in Boulope Roads, ten have been destroyed;'which,, added to the great injury done by the Bombs to the different pares Of this new Maritime ,Establishment of the french, arid to the nunber of men which they haye . ja Z, cal: 4 ' ' , l, 4 l l f • , •-• ';-.l * , 1 7 • „ 8. , ~..( . 1 . 4 . ..„. N OVAL 'f ' .. -v-& -N 'i l 'i l : N4w s. . 1/1 4, . t•_. . '.'"_•,, 0 , . - 4,.. , ..\:;.)". •=z-- , ---- fe--4:-. Non illi imperium pelagi c s4evumva :rider:toy, SW ,mibi sorte dream. PLYMOUTH, A u . 6. SAILED the Captain, of 74, guns, Capt. Sir R. J. STRACIIAN, and Doris, of 36 guns, Capt, BRIS. BANE, to join the Channel Fleet. • Arrived the refican, of r 8 guns, from the Downs, Sailed the Prince, of- 9Tgons, Captain the Earl of NQRTUESIc, to join the. Channel Fleet. PORTSMOUTH, Auc. 7. ARRIVED last night, His Majesty's Ship St, Al ban' t, Adm . . Sir WM. PARKER, from Halifax, with the America, ROBERTSON, with masts, under con_ voy for this Port. The Lord 'Marartney, with masts for Plymouth, parted company, and it ent into that Port. YARMOUTH, Auc. 7. ARRIVED the Ready. Gun.brig, from the Baltic, with Convoy;; Newstadt, _JOHNSON, from Memel, and Yare, llmutis from Christiana. Sailed the Mary Ann, BARRETT, to Liverpool. . The Wilvert, JErs, from Harlingen to Ports mouth, with oats, is sent in by La jalouse ; Eltyna, KooTER, from •Petersburg to Amsterdam, with linseed, by l'Espiegle, ; and Neptumus, 131.AAs, from Amsterdam to the East, with butter, cheese and spirits, by the Lynx. • y FALMOUTH, AUG. 5. ARRIVED the Ossre . y Sloop of War, of 18 guns, Qapt.-WATTs, to collet the Vessels waiting Con voy-, here for the West Indies; the American Ship S'allj, Capt. BA RTLET, with tobacco, 3o Pays pas sage from City Point. On Saturday last, off Scilly, spOke His Majesty's,Ship St. Alban's, of 64 guns, two Mast Ships under her 'convoy, from Hali ftx, and which passed this Port on Monday evening last. The American Brig Jacob, Capt. ELI BROWN, in twenty-eight days from Boston, with sugar, cof fee; cotton, tea, &c. on 29th ult. spoke His Majes ty's Ship Galatea, Capt. BYNG, in lat. 48. 30. long. 15 2.. West from, London : on the 2;th ult. spoke His Majesty's Ship GlenmOre, Capt.TAL DOT, in lat. 48. 2 0. long. , 24f . West from London, hav ing convoyed Out the Newfoundland Fleet. Sailed the King George Pau, Capt.YEstomtlE, with a Mail for Lisbon. Passengers are, Mons. DELONGRENNOU and Servant, ANTONIO. PPMEN. TELL DE CASTRE, MOBS. REVEItRA. SHEERNESS, AUG. 6. YEsminfor the' tharlotte Tender, formerly at_ tached to Admiral GR dtmE, Commander in Chief of this Port, but now to Lord NELSON, in return ing, from the Bercerifier Dutch Floating Battery,• . Captain FKASER; stationed near the Middle Sand to guard the Swin Passage, was taken posses . SioQ of by about thirty Dutch Prisoners, who have for some time been employed as Volunteers by Rear-Admiral Ro W LEY , iu fitting out the Ships at Chatham, and were on their return to that place, having just 'completed -the Berchermer. The manner they effected their. plan was, when the Tender had. got out of s i g ht o f t h e s hi p; t h e t i de • • coming against her, obliged the Master to come to an anchor; while his men were busied in furling the sails, and himself' forward seeing the cable run our, these fellows knocked him down, broke open , the arm-chest, and, pos%essed themselves com pletely of the vessel. ln the night they got her under weigh, but for want of knowledge as pilots, .they run her aground on the East Barrow _Sand, where eleven of. the most determined , of them, after cutting the Tender's rigging, got into a fourroared boat (the only one belonging to her), and pushed off for either the Coast of Holland or France : . where it is to be hoped some of our cruizers will pick them up. The vessel and all those that the boat could not carry, are again in this Harbour. ! • This trifling circumstance may be of coniderable consequence, by preventing in future any degree of confidence•being placed in such kind of . Volunteers, and_that none will be, permitted henceforward to pass the Port where they are-employed. ' AUGUST 7. • ' This day sailed - His Majesty's Ship Allmaar, of 4_ guns, Captain PouLDEN,. for Yarmonth. . IRISH HIGH COURT, OF ADMIRALTY. • .-• BEFORE J. BARRINGTON, ESQ. I.L.D. ANDERSON AND OTHERS 'V THE OWNERS UP THE JASON AND CARGO. THESE were Suits instituted for Sahrage by B. BEVERLEY, of 'London, Merchant, Owner of the Snow Tapster, of Norfolk, and of JOHN ANDERSON, Capfain of the Tapsier, who claimed for and on behalf of himself and crew, and of a person of the name of MYLES HUGHES, a Passenger on board the Tapster, -who likewise libelled against the said Brig :Jason, and Cargo, as 4- Sailor, for preserving this y14§1:1 and c 4216 from destru4i9,ll The fads of this Case' appeared to be as follow: The Snow Tapster, the property of Mr. BE vE4I, EY, being on her passage from Norfolk, in Virginia, to, Coik, discovered the -Brig Jason about- ro leagues to the Southward and Westward of Cape - Clear, with her head to the North, under a close reefed maintop-sail, and apparently in much disorder., Captain ANDERSON imagining she was in distress, hauled his wind, and made a Stretch to fetch the Brig Jason, and on hailing her, received no answer ; he therefore dispatched his Mate and two of his Sea men on board, who shortly. after returned, and re ported to him that this vessel was totally deserted ; that there were lion- feet and an half of water in the hold; that it appeared to them that it was the in tention of the persons who abandoned her to have sunk her, as she was scuttled, and that she was la den with sundry articles of mefehandize. Captain ANDERSON thereupon made 3uch judicious arrange ments as he thought advisable, and brought this vessel and cargo in safety into the Port. The other Parties who claimed Salvage were ?O'MEARA, Mate of the Tapster, and RICRARD WALKER and PAT TERSON MORRIS, Seamen, who were put on board this vessel to navigate her, under Captain ANDER SON'S directions. - The Cause was argued by Advocates for the re speaive Parties, the Owners of the jam and Cargo submitting to such reasonable compensation as the Court might award. The Larned Judge, with much ability arid legal knowledge, laid down the Law respeaing Salvage, and particularly the duty of Salvors in cases of this kind : he adopted the doctrine of Sir Wm. SCOTT, that the exalt service performed was not the proper test for the quantum of reivard ; that it was for the interest of Commerce-and Navigation that a consi derable reward shall be-held up; and that if meri torious Salvors are to be paid at all, they ought to be paid liberally : in this, case, the Court taking in to consideration, that if' this Vessel and Cargo was not opportunely saved by Captain AA DE RON and Crew, inevitable destruaion must have followed ; he therefore decreed them the one-half value of th - e Ship and Cargo, which was distributed according to the respedive rank and exertions of the Claimants. The Brixham Sea Fencibles, and the Brixbam Trovil-Boat Owners, have_ offered their services, in case of Invasion, to any part of the Coast. Each Trowl_boat can well carry a small Howitzer on the forecastle, being strong-built vessels, and drawing little water. The Pherbe, of 36 guns, Capt.:BAKER, is cruiz ing in the Bay, for La Braave, of 36 guns (the French Corvette Privateer). - The Andromache, of 32 guns, Capt. LAwitrE, has proceeded from Halifax to the Chesapeak, to re lieve the Boston, which has been blocking up a French Frigate there for some time past. His Majesty's Ship America, of 64 guns, which was wrecked near llisFaninla some rim e s i nce , i s weighed by the -Spaniards, And converted into a Prison-ship. His Majesty's Ship Re.vo/utic,w(zire arrived at the CoVe of Cork oil the rst instant, having parted with the Ambuscade Frigate land her Convoy, for the West Indies, in lat. 27, long. zo. all well, with a fair wind; the asth of June. The Jamaica fleet,, consisting of 163 sail, under convoy of His 'Majesty's Ship Porcupine:, arc arrived at Jamaica. The Baltic fleet that passed the Sound on, the 2 7th tilt, consisting of upwards of too sail under convoy of the Inspedor sloop of war and Fox cutter, are arrived in Yarmouth'Roads. All the Letter; from Holland state, that our Forces cruizing upop the * Batavian Coasts are con 4tantly in'ereAsing. Admiral GR AV ES has appeared off the Texel with a numerous Squadron, a great . many Fire ships, and Bombs. The Batavians are taking measures to prevent us from attempting to burn the Ships in the Texel. Admiral Di cxsolv, -w-ho. is cruizing off Gorele, is also reinforced, and his Squadron now consists of Ten Ships of the Line, Three Frigates, and other Vessels of less size. The Dutch Fleet, under the command of Ad miral de WINTER,' Consists of 'tfiree divisions, com, pletely fitted, and ready to sail at the first signal. They form together a total of Eight Ships of the Line, from 74. to 4+ guns, Seven Frigates; and' va_ rious other Vessels. There are besides near one hundred Gun-boats for the defence of the CoastS and the mouths of the rivers. Admiral de WINTER is still at the Texel, and sleeps on board his. Ship. This morning the Dutchess and. Lady GEOR_ GINA GORDON set out from Piccildilly for Gordon Castle, in Banffshire. His Excellecicy Count WoßoNzow, Envoy Ex: traordinary from the Russian Court, has received within the last week the appointment of Ambassa dor, in order that he might be upon an equality with the situation held by Lord Sr. HELENS at Petersburg!). A Letter from Petersburgh, dated July 8, says— " Almost all the English Ships have now sailed from our Harbours with rich cargoes of core and naval it - ores. A great. number of English Ships are also arrived from the Northern Ports. Our, Trade begins to be very brisk ; but the exportation of Wheat remains prohibited till trther supplies are received to replace the quantity exported." .. _ The dorniciliar i y3ivittifts for search and seizure of English MerchAn4ixes, -. lite - extemle,d from al:asse/s to Antwel, most of- she other Cities of the United'Deliartments, New precautions are taken to prevent the introctuftion of .these Mechandizes, which are imported into Upper Germany in great quantities. It is somewhat extraordinary, that while the Play of Deaf and Drunb was performed at Hereford Tim_ atre, on Saturday night last (in which Mr. KEM thE played the part of De l'Ete'e); an Ejeftment Callie.WaS tried before Baron THOMPSON, at Here ford Shire-hall, by the issue of which the heir at law of a man born deaf and dumb recovered his pa.. tenni-estate, situate in tile County of cardigan, South W4lCs/ wzywro U 771, Au e. 6. YEST!RDAT, after the DUKE of KENT, had dined at Gloucester Lodge, His Royal Highness, acconb. panied' by PRINCE ADOLetrirs, walked to the Quay to meet his Royal Parents and Sisters, from their aquatic excursion ; they all appeared in high spirits. The fineness of the day added to their ' pleasing niusetnent on the water, which His MA JESTY is very partial to. • The Theatre was honoured with the presence al the Ro-yAL FAMILY. The performances were, the Comedy of The School for Scandal ; 'the, chariaer of Sir Peter Teazle was well sustained by Mr. PURSER ) and Lady' Teazle by MrS.. HAILOWE. BeiWeen the Platrand Entertaltmicnt, two favourite Songs were sung b y Mrs. BRAMWELL and Master Wok DSWORTH : the Entert'hinineut concluded with the Farce of The Citizen. • This morning PR INCE ADOLPHUS andl'a NC &Si- AUGUSTA bathed.; the KING and Attendants walk.. ed on the Esplanade before breakfast. Soon after eleven o'clock, Trixiß 11/lAIESI'IEs and the PRINCESSES, with Their Royal Highnesses the DUKE of KttlT, apd PRINCE A . poLyKus, ant their ti,,ml party, went on board the _'orturre'e, Where they partook of an elegant dejeuni,, given by tbe‘Commander, Lord A. BEAUC LE RK; they were entertained with several favourite.airs by the band: belonging t o th e R e gi m ents of Scotch Greys , , Staf fordshire, and Berkshire Militia ; the Ship was dressed in sgveral colours, which looked very ba.- : liant, the day being perfectly serene. At Magdalen-hill.. Fair, on Monday last, there was a great quantity of cheese. Prime old fetched, from So t o slos . . best- new 525. to 6o s . ; t h ere w e re a few logs of very prime sold , in the morning at 635. and 655, but the average price was 56s per .cwt.-- The price of two-meal cheese w4s from 34.5. to 425. per-cwt. The sale was' dull, and a great deal re mained.unsold at six o'clock in the evening. The Wool Fair held at Lewes last week, was numerously attended by Wool -staplers trop London, and other parts,. who said the prices lutist b;-con siderably lower than those. of lair 'year. After dinner, Lord .SHEFFIt LD' rose,' observed--=-- " There was no ground for suppo s i ng t h e ' va l ue was much lower than last year; on the contrary, the prospect Was much -better. All the alarming and discouraging circumstances 'of the last year were done away. The Baltic and the German rivers were now completely opened to us. If we should lose part of the trade to Portugal, 'our ma nufadures Would rind their way to the Portugueze Settlements. What deficiency of demand there was last year, must he compensated by an increas ed demand this year : he added, that he had cer tain information the price of Wool had risen con siderably in Yorkshire; and being called on to name a 'price for Wool, he mentioned 575. per tod, that is -one shilling below the price of last year. The Wool_staplers insisted it should be 4. or ss. lower. Only one lot of Wool was sold that day ; but the Wool-staplers, we understand, have since bought up the Wool of the present Growers at one . sh4ling. below the last year's prices.. Yesterday the Reco r d er an d Aldermen again met at Guildhall, for the purpose of proceeding farther in thehearing-of objedions against theliberation of In sollent Debtors who have compiled with the terms oI the ate - Insolvent A. The discharge of one Prisonec was resisted on tin, ground that a Creditor was ready to suear to a debt contra red since the rstofMarch. It WkS allowed by the Counsel that no detainer was lodged against the Prisoner, blithe endeavoured to apolotize for this, by remarking that he was not in fad worth powder and shot. The Counsel for the Pri soner msisted much in behalfof his client, on the score of no letainer being lodged. After hearing all the arguaNits fully, the Court ruled•that a claim might be ma(e, and ohjedions might be . urged against the discharge of a prisoner without a detainer being lodged, or without having sworn to ,tlie debt pre- • vious to making the oblations. The Court also ruled, th at persons i n custody bY the derision of the Court of Conscience, are not en titled to the relief provided by the Ad. Uritort HALL.----Yesterday an d on Thursday 35 Biscuit Bakers, out of upwards of one hundred be longing to the King's Mills at Rotherhithe, and t he Victualling Office at Deptford, appeared before the Magistrates at the instance of th e C omm i ss i oners o f His Majesty's Vidualling Office, op a char ge 0 f conspiring to ehhance their wages, and. deinanding particular privileges. They were convided by the .1 Magistrates, and sentenced to three mon hs confine- ment. From this decision they mad e an. appea l. to the Quarter Sessions, and 'were therefore discharged under sufficient security to abide the deciSion-04z.:a'"'' full Bench of IViagiscrates. A few days ago a person at Huddersfield, in consequence of having drank a' large quantity of spirits, became so much intoxicated as . to .be trou blesome to his Bacchanalian companions, who re lieved themselves from his company by tossing him into a cooler : his wife shortly ',after came to seek him, and' was told where he was lodged , she went to the vessel' and found him quite dead. Her horror and the feelings of the company when ,tho dreadful dreadful discove r y was ma d e, cannot be described+ The folrowing .stale trick was lately praaised with success at Leek, and has aff or d e d consi d era ble diverSiOn co 'the lovers of frin : Two pericO i st'‘ possessed ef more wit than money, andlruireirli-,' pudence . than either, entered a decent publiciliouseot:, 'Leek, and ordered a good dinner, After Litling fared - most sumpttoUsly, and 'regaled themselves with the • best beverage the cellar afforded, they began taarnnse themselves c'ith the game of blindman's buff, in which they were at' length joined by the Landford) whose turn to be blindfolded. came, in due. time when his gwsts, having effectually bound the hand kerchief ove• his eyes, quietly walked off, leaving their host somuch diverted by the game,' that some time elapsed before he discovered his playmates were gone, od that he was blind enough without the heip of abandage ! 2 The,Chatruionet, French Privateer has capture,;. the Prussian cutter Poo, Capt. Thomas AndersoN with passengrs, ( 1 ton, ~r~t~