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E a F a , v .-,,, :i i,a. NAV AL 1 41311 `i NEWS. Non illi imperium felagi, serweengue ►ridcflrcm, Sed ntibi scree datum. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. Ri'sht Holt. Lord Keith, K. B. &c. &c. &c. FALMOUTH, FE S. r 3. Advdralty-Qffite, Feb. 14, 'to!. Cop, of a Letter from Lieutenant Rand, command ing His Majesty's iScbooner Netley, to .E-:;an Nepean, Es q . d a ted Oporto, 22d Dec. 1800. SIR, . You will be pleaied to communicate to my Lords Commiisioners of the Admiralty, the sub stance of the 'enclosed Copy of a Letter 0 Lord Keith, which I have the honour to transmit to you, giving an account of the transaitions and success of His Majesty's Schooner under my corn mand. I have the Honour to be, &c. • F. G., BOND. MY LORD, koley, Porto, 22d Dec. I have the honour to acquaint you, that His Majesty's Schooner under my - command, sailed from Lisbon on the 18th ultimo ; and that on the 23d she captured the. St. Antonio y Animas La Fortuna, Spanish Lugger Privateer, of 6 Guns and 34 Men. On the ist inst. The took the St. Miguel El Volante, of the same description, of 2 , Guns and 29 Men : And on the 1 6 1 -1-1, 17th, and 18th, successively took possession of the Speedy Brig from Newfoundland, with cod-fish ; a Spanish Coaster, laden with wine, &c. ; and the Spanish Schooner Privateer St. Pedro y San Fran cesco, of 3 Guns and 39 Men. I have the honour to be, &c. F. G: BOND: AlitI141) this morning the Milbrook Schooner, of t 8 guns, Lieut. M. SMITH, after a passage of ten days from Lisbon. She has brought some important Dispatches, with which Lieut. SMITH immediately on his arrival went off for London, accompanied by a Colonel GREV iLLE, of the .Army.—lt is said that a French Squadron, con sisting of seven Sail of the Line, and two Fri. gates, have passed Lisbon, and arc gone up the Mediterranean. The Printe of Wahl Packet, Capt. TODD, is arrived' at Mounts Bay, from Lisbon, and has also brought Dipatches for the Admiralty, said to be respeding this French Squadron. The Privet. of Wales sailed from Lisbon in company with the Milbrook. Arrived 'here also this clay, the Sllffiante and Flour Sloops of War. Dispatches for Lisbon were received early this morning at the Agent's Office, to be conveyed by.thc Prince Adolphus Packet, Capt. ROB EAT lAA JONES, which not being immediately ready, could not sail' till this evening, when she also took the Mail ofthe loth inst. for Lisbon, PLYMOUTH, FE 14* ARRIVED the iiddin; of .28 guns, with a Con. troy from the Downs ; Lgria, of 38 guns, Capt. G.. HOPE, from Portsmouth ; Boadicea, of 38 guns, Captain R. G. K!ATIS, from Torbay ; and Harpy Sloop of War, Eli= a Cruize. Sailed the Boadicea and Unicorn Frigates, on a Cruize to the Westward. PORTSMOUTH, Fry. ts. SAIL ED His Majesty's Ship Relleirle,• to join the Channel Fleet; La Sophie Sloop of War, on 2 Cruizc in the Channel ; and the Jas and La Loire Frigates, on a Craize. on the French Coast. The Saturn, of 74 guns, is gone out of . die Harbour ‘to Spithead. .The Lisbon Fleet and Convoy attempted to sail this day; but the wind blew so hard from the North-east, that they could not purchase 'their anchors. DEAL, FEB. 15. His Majesty's Brig Anacreon, Lieut. Gu Y N, arrived yesterday evening from a . Cruize to the Westward, and remains with the gveryssel, Ra. coon Sloop of War , Lord Dtteatt anti Stag Armed Cutters, and Nile Armed Lugger. SHEERNESS, FLU. ts. Aft RI v I'D His Majesties Ship Ruby, of ( 4 guns, Capt. FERRIS, from the Downi. The Iris is taken into Dock. H A RIVIC 11, Ft a. 13. Tsits afternoon was .captured by the Argni, L;lo,and Piper Revenue Cutters, a French Pri vateer, Itrnier. the disguise of a Fishing.'smack, called the Sax; Prur, of Duokirk; Citizen Jou BUNKE& Commander, mounting 43 guns, from a one to two-pounders, five of which she dire* overboard yesterday in a gale of wind, and car rying 18 men. She left the fielder on Monday last, and has not taken any thing. At the time of her capture she was lying off the entrance of this Harbour, amidst a large Fleet of Merchant. men, part of whom no doubt would have fallen into her, net, but for the fortunate circumstance of her discovery.—This is her second Cruiie on this part of the Coast. Arrived a large number of Hoys, from Rotter. dam 'to - London, laden with grain, &c. HULL, FEB. tf. THE Greenland Ships at this Port are fitting out for the fishery ; most of them will carry from 12 to t 4. guns each, ten and twelve-pounders ; and being well armed and manned, will secure ' them from any Privateers that infest these seas. In the course of last year 44. Privateers have been taken from the French, with 479 guns, and 3308 men ; being 12 Privateers, 264 guns, 883 men, less than weretrought in during the year 1 799. • The Amazon Frigate has . captured and sent into Hull, eight sail of Danish .vestels ; being part of a Fleet of upwards of so sail that left the Ports of Norway a few days ago, The sailing of Admiral G A NTW E AtiNtt 'S Expe dition was concluded with great address. For some days a squadron of seven Ships of the line; and se veral Frigates had come out to the Outer Road ; on the 23d a British Vessel looked in and found these Vessels in the Road. That same night, how ever, in a thick fog, the Expedition sailed, and in half an hour a Squadron of Ships of the same size, appearance, and equipment, took their station. Next day the English Cruizers looked in as usual, and saw what was considered the same Squadron, in the Outer Harbour.—ln consequence of this, our Fleet off Brest had no suspicion at all of the sailing' Of GANTH E AU ME. Capt.l3tritßows, late of the Roebuck, is ap. pointed to command the Seagull Sloop of War, at Portsmouth. . Capt. ,INGLis has been appointed to command the Cruel Cutter, comprised in Sir .STONEY SAIITH'S SquadrOn, in the room of' her former commander; who has been made Post. The Athei.ira, of 64 guns, on her passage from England, in December last, ran on a shoat offthe N. E. end of Ja►naica ) and was with great diffi. culty got into Port Royal ; the damage which she received was to such an extent, as to render her unfit for naive service. The Diligence Brig ) of 16 guns, was lately lost on a ridge of rocks off the N. W. side of Cuba; the officers anti crew escaped from the wreck to a small island, where, with wretched accommoda tion, they remained three days, when the Thu'l derer, of 74 guns, hove in sight and picked them up ; previously to this * however, the Spaniards, who had witnessed their condition, sent an Arm. ed Vessel for the purpose of making Capt. Ross and his people prisoners, but the Boats of the Munderer fortunately fell in with, and raptured her. •_ Much al prehension is entertained for the safety of the Mike El Clarence Packet—she sailed from Tortola for Engluid foufilays before the Tim ;ll sbend Packet, whiCh arr,ived.-five weeks since. Capt. 'CLAY, of the Delaware arrived at Philadelphia from Calcutta and the Isle of Fiance, repOrts, that a Ve4el had. arrived at the latter from Trance, with intelligence that`BONAPARTE was immediately to send two Frigates to the Mauritius, with Commissjoners for finally ad justing the Governments of the Islands; on such terms as were most ccinsistent with the wishes of the Inhabitants. Capt. CLAY was charged by Lord MORNING. TON with the delivery of a piece of Plate, worth 2000 rupees, to an American Captain named WA - 'tans, for having engaged and beaten off a Frepch cruizer of superior force, and thereby saved not only his own Ship, but a British Indiainan of con siderable value. The American . Sloop Merrimack; about ,the middle of December, captured a French Brig of 14. guns, and "one hunched and forty men, and sent her into St. Kitt's, It is calculated, that by the Embargo on Danes and tiVedes, and those in our Military and Coin mercial Navy, not likely 'to return home, these two Northern Powers lose at least 6003 experi enced sailors. The Merchants of Liverpool lately applied to the Admiralty Board for protedion to their Ves. scls bound to the Elbe, and in their Navigation of that River, implying an apprehension from the Danish force at Gluckstads and Altona : to this Mr. NEPEAN, in a letter to Mr. RiCHARDS, dated the 7th inst. replied; " I have received, and communicated to my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, your letter to me of the sth inst. respecting the pro. te&ion of the trade-of Liverpool, bound to Ham_ burgh and Bremen ; and I am commanded by their Lordships to acquaint you in return, that they are ready to give Convoy to the Trade, whenever it .may be desired ; and that they do not conceive any protedion to be necessary for that part of it bound to Hamburg!), beyond-Cux haven." Thefollowing is a list of the India Company's Ships lost during the present War : Madagasc r. 1792, Winterton, wrecked oft' - Princeßoyal, taken. by the French in the Straits of Sunda. - Pisot, taker; by the French oil Bencoolen. ;94r Triton, taken by Fri vatrers.in the Bay of Benga I. I 41, Ocean, lost to the. Eastward. —, Raymond, taken' by the F rench •on the Malabar - Wootlxt, .5 ,Coast. —, Princess Amelia, burnt at Cananore'. I -99, Henry Addington, lost on Benthridge Leke. - Fitzwilliatn, burnt in Saugur Roads. 1 / 4 tao, ; Queen, burnt at St. Salvador. Between the. years 17_57 and 1792, the, Corn pang lbst 46 Ships, of !"hich 6 were burnt, 3o were wrecked, and IQ captured by the Enemy. TIThA•TRES'. Diu ty -Lan. Tilt Tragedy of Cy - cline was repeated on Sacurcliy last, ar ; this Theatre, and very Warn - fly applauded. Krm t, t: has studied the charatler of Paributnils with great care ; but he has, byfAo means, refined away its energies in critical nicetrtt,, He omits -- the Soliloquy immediately following' the supposed evidence of his Wile's and, indeed; notwithstanding its strong featurei of genuine-passion, and high poetical merit; it.. is certainly too coarse, in itsalltisions, fur Oft taste of the present day., It may he, thought, perhaps, that, the chameter of Imagers is too juvenilefor Mrs. SI DDONS : ,the excellence, however, she di,plars in it, ,satisfies the imagination,as much a, it interests the affec tions. A more pathetic, appeal to the feelings has ,seldom been made even by herself. —We, still wish that she would malge, some- zdteration in the: dress she assunies ai..Fielde, which is a strange! mixture of the attire of both 'sues; and is,,in truth,. according to the old phrase; neithei,one thing, nor the other. There is a manliness in the acing of W. ItOU I TON which is peculiarly Kell suited to di.: part of Be/arias. The Rart of Gu;Joiss is supported with a good expresston of modesty, and spirit by CHARLES KEMBLE. The character of. the Quern is of no. great,con..l sequence, and hardly suitable to the rank Mrs. PO%VELL holds in the theatre. She there fore de, , ,erves Critical Re'Speti and public Appro bation for taking it, in order to give more Dig nity to the Play. , There is a lightness and freedom in -13Att R-Y -moßE's exhibition of: fach;,mo very well calcu lated to support it with cffed. No man, how ever, has is our r9tnernbran;e given the charlaer with any thing like the merit of SMITH, of whose peiformatices it was indeed the chef d'a , llq:,;T: We must again pay R l :bate to the liberality . of the Managers, for the handsOrne style in t hich this excellent play is ~brought forward: . the scenesOf tapestry, the )ed-eltamher, the,antique hall, and all the forest views ) are rich, beetutiful, and . appropriate. The Veteran Tar goes •on with unabat?(l 'cle cess, and is indeed an appeal td the j liivalcv of Englishmen; that deservequblic prottetion - and encouragement: C nt a rden. toi.MAie 'kW Pica was on Saturitly night repeated for the third time, and if, as was•foc merly the custom, ,the.profits belong to the Au thor, he certainly cannot be a very luor Gentle man' for the house was completely full.—The Performers all exerted themselves so 'much,' and ao successfully, that it would be iinjubt co parti.. cularize any. DUBLIN, FFu. 11. COURT OF IE,I;CG'S BENcii, FEE. 9. THE KING V. JA NA TANDY. ,7a mei Aapper Tand). was this day broUghi up to the Bar, and theATToRNr ir-Gts rtt R infOtnrki the Court, that it was his intention that Ole Fri_ soner shoUld be tried in the'Countk Donegal', at the next Assizesi white the o'vert-aai of treason are alledged to have" been committed,'zind that though he might- have obtained's' rule of the Court to send the Prisoner and his Indiament to Done .. gall, without bringing' him into Court ; yet as the Prisoner had chosen Counsel under an idea that his trial would rake place in Dublin, he might now wish to,have other, Counsel assigned for his defers —therefore it was, th a t he (th e A ttorn ey Gene t e al) had thought it right to have. the Priso. ner lirought.up this day. , ,-, . . • •.: Tandy being asked by the Court, if .he had any obje&ion to make to the motion, .or if he desired to change the Counsel already assigned for his defence, he said he had not received notice of this motion .lill Saturday evening ; that-he had not had an opportunity of consulting his Counsel, and now wished for their assistance ; upon which Mr. CU RRAN was 'called, and after consulting with the Prisoner, he said,,he saw no objeftion to the -Motion, and as to , the necessity of changing his Counsel, he saw no, oc. casion for it, as he was certain, from the' manner the prosecution was concluded by - the *ATTOR NEY.LEVER4L, no objection would. be. made to Counsel appearing at the trial, although not spe. cially assigned, _ - The ATTCittiFY.GENERAL replied, that he should consent to the Prisoner's having such per : - sons for his Counsel as he desired. • , . The Court accordingly granted the Attorney_ General's Motion, and the Prisoner will of course be tried at Lifford Assi7 j es. • A Duel took place on Saturday at Queenbo rough, between Lieutenant M-- of the Ma rines, on board the Monarch, and Lieutenant L-, of His Majesty's Ship Latona, when the former was shot dead on the spot, and the latter was mortally wounded in the side. The Seconds have both absconded.---They met in con sequence, we learn, of a very slight quarrel, which happened near two years ago between them. Mrs. Smith lately died at Stafford, of the wounds inflicted by her husband. A desperate engagement took place on Wed nesday night, on Mr. PENRUDDOCK'S Manor in Wiltshire, between two poachers and two of the keepers ; after a contest of nearly half an hour, a third keeper came 'up, and the two poachers were secured. One 9f the keepers is severely wounded in the head by the butf.:end of one of the poachers' Several tfiousand hundred weight of Flour were last veek imported from New Providence, Phi ladelphia, Rhode island, and New York. The average Price of Sugar, Computed from the returns made for the week ending the r frit day of February 18ot, is Eighty-three and Nine Pure per hundred weight. STATE . OF PARIS. ~s.. ~, 4 1. .- '*e 1 enabled `by Means of a Correspondent at ft 1 - ' fit burgh, to lay before law. ILP =riots the two following Lettersfrom.garis, which have perhaps an internal re. dinfrnendation /o rtoticu as strong as ilhnr authenticity.] fEXTRACT OF A PiIVATII‘ LETTER. FROM. PARIS, 2.pti 1801._ • - " I shall say nothing to you of no'Veltiqk.or, L faslioni, as 1 . '610w :well th4t - bet tiler Of fhoi : can be-Very' interestiog'to those fiQt on the .sroA. r As ! .' has ever been the case, nothing has sp ;i gAcgcatv . , ascending is ;, titOttgivtuark.sippula. be the 'consequence, every ; vcrNon .0 4 follow it. Luxury and magnificence , arc . again beiginning to be (splayed.' every 'one ieckon i , without knOwing'itily';' on the;'s - tlibitity `repose, and tranquillity -is- Of: affetied by the' iconviradcs of - the disafflied whiOare prosecuted " with rigour, sand whb'Will 'sothrbe 'Vanished for .1 their crimes. Paris is embellished in some resets but the contrast of lrticiiryzailti miicry is much more strikifig. ',than form4rly., , Niminers Atte: mtith less pre; ':.Morality rcli.. gion begins reVive a' little.. ~.As;. for, pater : things, ;liere.. - ista...itiil:greocrJeriq,..ol . mind/ More eager. desireAif pleasure,AwernAins-olgta tifying it, and a confidenoecvh;futuk, % wdi.; is -blind and richt:dohs, holvdy: - !bl?.iit sillta their misfortana are yet ut.an enci,iihtit'Abey'ox.xt periencela interrutitionzi .f:themy.. MOT"' employ . it, in ,amo4,itik tiaembelVei;itad inert is,a business; nneltrize-ileiayesti)r,,NottlivAg thati see, however, amthcs intran end to my busirtotai , as-speedily as I may quit a City w i kiicit, s puiltintlx,,l4:4:t.is 'fo my mind the mos: melancholy recollections.' -, ;:i . • • • 44101 AR Y 23. : . - " Paris continues-Very quiet in. the iniiLt the numerous arrests which take .Lice every day••:, It'is believed, or at least hoped; that ifris a Melt... sure of general security taken byGOVCClfileill 10 destroy all such Parties 'as it';#444l.scif being dangerous to it. All the Chiefs of the Royalists Who had the benefit of the AMnesty, andall connected with the Chouap, are either tirreStedf or sought after with a 'view -to being 'stk. 'The Temple is full of them, andit is much-feared ticali these arrests Will be ekvendedto the:Departments.' (This fear appears well founded, for several per-:c1 sons have been arrested at Brussels.) , : Several La-, dies belonging to Brittany have been taken up among others Madam de Govitt her two daughters, and Mad. de Cis' are mentioned; The Barriers are cons . tarttly shut 1 - ,noq,erson can enter' or depart from Paris 'without Passports, and all those whe, arrive, and' whom the. Govern.: meet suspc 2s, arc inmiediately ! 'The friends- to° good order hope that so g teat. a number of cannot b!... E guilry, and th it ,lie .Govern_, anent,. the permape,-,pif which, 44 , ei)ds on its moderation, intends.tiyqualify so .indiscriminate a measure, - It .is : pr4ended that th;.;: robberies of the Diligences is one of the causes of these ar rests, and that a great 'number of persons are im_ plicated in them. Nothing has become more common than these robberies,a,ndit is undoubted that out of'twerity Diligences 'Which deart from Paris, more than half of that number do not or. rive at the place oft.heir destination without hay. ing undergone the search of, the -Banditti, and without haVing been ransomed. It is said that Government also suspeas some - of the persons - at. rested:of being concerned in ,-the Plot of the In.. finial.- All men are desirous' that those really guilty may, be discovered, ..bet - p§:e theree that,• they are themselves in danger .of being made the - viCtims of a measure'so severe. ;.• The' hopes of the peaceable areniach damped,- even by the measuies pursued against'the gull. . Among those arfested, are Mr de I\ll*******, a Gentleman of Brittany, Who, however, never was a Chouan, as well as several others not more guilty than hithself, - and many of whom were even in a state of surveillance... , - " It is said, that the Person.vvho set fire to the Infernal Machine; is dinarf who figs been at ! rested in a house belonging to -a. Colledion of Nuns . , who let lodgings, and -that 'it was on the recommendation of Madame de *t*?, who cer tainly never had the least connection with !that. v person, -and who probably scarcely eve sa w him —that this man has concealed. himself in this house, where 4 *** happened' to lodge, and.sO violent is the Goverment in their tresumptions b . that they infer from this, that she must know this man, and consequently 'be able -to give-some information respe6ing him. 'I It is certain that there exists a well organized system' of robbing the stage-coaches, and!thatit would be very fortunate if the Go. vernment' could succeed in destroying it.. Nobody will chuse any longer to travel in this manner after what has happened to that of Rouen. It is said that henceforth they are to be escorted by guards 'on horseback, but the brigands, aware of this resolution, will not fail to increase their force for the attack, so that_ this will be no remedy. " A body of :from Is, to 16,000 picked men aro: colleaing •in halo near Bourdeatrx. Their • It, public and apparent .destmation i s Portugal; but their secret destination is . St. Domingo and the Colonies." err 'On Monday, the zd of next , month, the English Lottery begins drawing.—The Tickets, Halves, Quarters, Eighths, and Sixteenth Stampt Shares are selling in the greatest variety of Num. hers, and lowest terms, at Mr. NICHOLSON'S Office,' No. i 6; CornhiA, opposite the 14nk of England ; where the Schemes at large', - contain ng the particulars of the extraordinary success that has attended the purchasers at this Office, are to be had gratis.—N. B. As Tickets and Shares 'will not be lower, Merchants and Clubs, &c. &c. will save money by' 4. immediate pur. chase. • Many wagers are' depending on the siie and weight of the justly celebrated .rigot Diamond, which is the constant topic dt k:o:lvrsation among the Beau Monde: and as the price of the Tickets for -obtaining it, is so very small, when put in ,Antipetilion with its., unrivalled merits, every person is anxious to livid a chanec kr it.