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ti ZI s V , L- 7 2 * '' - 0 t . ?'\ ' r ' NAVAL ,•:, —.. —.4, ,_ r ~,- NEWS. itK,'-, 4 ' t?.... •e< 'cl'l No: illi bottetium Detagi, „tavumgue tridentem, Sid m;bi torte datum. TORBAY, JAR. 20. ARRIVED the Channel Fleet from a Craite. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 20. SAILED the Prince, of 98 guns, Captain the Earl of NORTHESK, for Torbay. Arrived the Diamond, of 38 guns, Captain E. GILIFFITH, from a Cruize. PORTSMOUTH, J. 21. - i AItRIVED the Julian,' and:Two Friends, two Danish vessels, detained by the Harpy and Sa turn Sloops. Sailed the Tickler Gun-vessel, with a Convoy to the EastOard. SHEERNESS, JAN. 2t. SAILED His.Majesry's Sloop Plover, of 18 guns, Capt. GALwEy, for Portsmouth ; and the Biter Gun-brig for Yarmouth. POOLE, JAN. 2t. ToE Halifax, Gorr t, from Newfoundland, as just allivedyttuite a wreck, having on the Ist inst. encountered the same heavy gale of wind that did so much mischief to His Majesty's Ship Ca - fnilla: The Halifax carried away her fore-mast, main-trip-mast, and bowsprit ; both her boats si.ere stove to pieces, besides a great deal of other damage s in consequence of which ) a French Pri *steer, of zz guns, that run alongside of her, would have nothing to do with her ) but told t belt to make the best of their way to the Port she was bound to. CHATHAA •• • • LArr Week arrived at the Dock,vard,. the navy -Board, which consisted of Sir A. SHAPE HAMMOND, Comptroller., Commissioner HARI-- WILL, Clerk of the Ads, Commissioner flor.v, and Sir joHN HENsLow, Surveyors the Board sat three days, inspeCted all 'the Ships in the harbour, and ordered the whole to be equipped •- or Sea—the first in rotation are the Int . iincible, fon.yerfid, Zealoia,• ri.cia, and the Lion ; the Bienbeim to be cut down to make a 74 Gun-;hip, and the Gelykheid. The Workmen of the Yard were ordered to Work by candle-light an additional tide extra, and in order to clear the Dock where the Di rec to was. pulling to pieces, they worked until two o'clock Saturday morning, and docked the Zeit, ipra in the same dock on Saturday. • •.- • The Navy-Board inade a proposal to the Ship wrights and House-Carpenters, who are 'entitled tt the. chips that they make ; to allow Sixpence pet day in lieu, and gave them time to consider of it, and send to them at the Board their answer. The men met and formed a Committee, who have sent a Petition, that they will give up their claim for Eight-pence per day ; the reason they assign is, the increase of the price of Fuel, as well as .cvcry necessary of life, HULL, XII. 19. ON Friday morning last, an order was received by the Colleaor of the Customs here, to stop the sailing of all the Swedish and Danish Vessels a t present at this POrt ; in consequence of which order, an ernbargO was immediately laid on 16 sail. Yesterday was brought in here, by 'part of the crew of the Stork Sloop -of. War, , the ' . omii//a, Lewis, front London to Whitby, re-taken on Friday last by the Stark, near Robin Hood's Bay. No part of. the Camilla's crew was on board when ze-taken,, except one boy, the vessel having been entirely taken possession of by Frenchmen. We have,authority to announce the capture of Voyagwo, French Privateer, of 14 guns, and 4.7 men, by His Majesty's Ship .Favourite, on Thor;- day last, off Flambro'. On the 9th ult. the Elgar, of North Shields, Capt. HYMERS, and on the 2th, the Eagle, of ditto, .Capt. ilcurcHnisou, (the former light from London, the latterloaden from the Baltic,) were captured off the Spurn, by Citizen BLACKMAN'S Privateers,. We are just informed, that soon after the above captures, be also took the Robert, of Blyth, Captain W. Ron /NSON, .coal laden, and the Robettaxel Mar garet, Captain S. GREY, of Newcastle, from the Therms, Baltic, laden with timber. The Th f derland, was captured early in December, 'near the Humber. The Doris, of Sunderland, is' taken and carried to France. CORK, JAN. 15. Fits Majestras-Ship, P babe, has been appoint ed by Lord GARDNER, as convoy for Gibraltar ; and his Lordship has intimated to the President of the Committee of Merchants, that she will also take the Trade bound to Portugal, under her pro teaion. The West India Fleet is still detained at Cove, by contrary winds. The Trarveller, French Privateer of 14 guns, taken by the Evuouritt Sloop of War, aud sent into , YartnoElth. She had been out tour days from Ostend, and had taken one light,Brig, which was re-taken, and sent into the Humber. A Letter from. Capt. \'S'ARI), of the Ship Fish. barn, detained at Riga, to his Owner, in New castle, dated at Dorpat in Livonia, Dec. 18, 1800, says—" I take this opportunity of informing you of our situation : we were marched from Riga on the ist December, and arrived at this place on the itth, after being at the expence of my own and thirteen of my Ship's Company's baggage, and at the same time supporting` theirs with money on the road, or they must have starved. I received. eighteen dollars from Messrs. CUMMINS and Ft N - roN, and our expellees amounted to sixty_ four rubles during the time we were on the road. We are allowed twelve and a halt' copecks, sub- sistence money, and that is no more than will provide us with bread, for beef is seven or eight copecks per pound. If I and my people do not meet with a supply before the winter is over, we must starve, as we are at this present time bare foot, and the cold is. so intense that we cannot stir out of doors. We are at liberty to walk aboUt, and lay out what money we have, which is soon done, as every thing is double the price it was last, year. lam quartered upon the estate of a General Bocit ; bur the people, on that of an old widow Lady, who is totally divested of hu manity." 'The press for Seamen on the river and on shore, is at this time more brisk than at any pre ceding period of the War. The following is an account of the number of Men raised since the commencement of the War, fbr the :,ervice of the Navy, distinguishing such as have been raised in the Ports of Newcastle and Sunderland : Nov. 1800. SEAMEN. L. -htEN. By the Tot. Volunteers. Pressed. , ,Civil Power Newcastle 1273 189 2 1 73 3 2 337 3 Sunderland 324 • SS9 4x: 39 1292 / 5 9 7, 273 t 213 7 4662 By A ct of Parliament, 1795. - - 224 Total . - 4886 • Number of Men raised, since the Commence ' menu of the War, for the Service of the Navy, 134,968 To-morrow Hilary Term ethumences, and the Courts of taw'rneet in Westminster Hall for the dispatch of business, • At the Corn Exchange yeiterday, Wheat still kept up its price ;' fine samples were offered for i6os. and sold not lower than 1575. the quarter. Fine Flour appeared to be fixed at isos. It is a fat that Rotyssr.i.Lr, one of the names lately marked down for deportation in the First Cons'ul's proscription list, was in London about six years since, confined for debt, in the Fleet Prison, and during that time was mostly sup ported by' the London Corresponding Society. A Publican of Nottingham last Week paid the" penalty of 51. for. receiving of a Soldier in the Royal Oxford Blues, a pair of regimental shoes, in payment of an ale-score, contrary to the pro visions of the Mutiny Art. A CIVIL AcTION.—A few nights ago, as Mr. was sitting in- his study, reading some papers, on which he was requested to give an opinion, the Servant announced an unknoWn Gentleman, with some papers, which he bad brought from a Client of Mr. — 7 - for his perusal. By the time that the stranger had drawl'd out his pretended message, the servant had retired. When instantly the bundle of law was changed for more forcible arguments, and a pistol presented at Mr. --'s ,head, extorted from him his money. The Sharper was civil and prepared to take his leave, prudently walking off with one of the silver candlesticks to light him self down stairs.. No - sooner was he: out of the room, when the Gentleman rang the bell violent ly, •and a servant running up to answer it, met the Impostor, who, with infinite presence of chin, told him that'it was only . to let 'him out, but that to save him (the Servant) trouble, he had taken the candle to let, himself out. There was no faither occasion for it, and he would, there. fore, lay it down. The Servant let him pass, and he escaped. The Nancy, Sullivan, from Naples to Lyndon, is captured on the Coast of Barbary by a Spanish Privateer. The Mininister 'Van Struensel, Meeres, from Embden to Batavia and China, has put into Limerick in distress, and seized there. The William and Jane, ------, from Cardiff to London, is captured and carried into Cherbourg. 'The Charming Eliza, -, is condemned at Surinam. The Hannah, -, from Bristol to New foundland, is taken by a French Privatcer and burnt. At the General Quarter Sessions, held at the New Sessions-house, at Newington, for the County of Surrey, the following persons were adjudged to be transported, viz.—Henry Bonner, for t.. 1. years, for receiving a quantity of Corn, which he knew to be stolen, the property of . Messrs. Pagett and Sutton, of St. Saviours, South wark. John Morgan and Daniel Druett, for seven years, for stealing nine .quarterS of • wheat, the property of Mr. Mesnard, of Lambeth ; George Noulton, a waterman, for the like term of years, being aaive in removing the corn in a borrowed boar. Catharine Rigby, for seven years, for robbing her ready furnished lodgings ; and Sarah Kinnerly; for the same term,.for stealing at Rei gate, divers articles of household furniture, the property of Mr. James Alexander, of that place. Yesterday J. Fisher, who was conviaed •in December Sessions, was executed in the Old Bai ley, pursuant to his Kntence, for stealing 7zo' } pounds of Havannah sugar from the Dundee Wharf, Wapping, the property of Mr. J. Brown. Although he shoved great levity during his . con- - ftnementf he appeared to evince a decent deport ' rnent on the scaffold, and spent - about ten minutes . in fervent prayers, and -was-- latinchetLinto ctex. nity soon alter eisht o'clock, .: • CORRESPONDENCE .wiTu THE , 4 . . . • , • • lIIENCH GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO PRISONERS OF WAR. CoNtirturf Ji•am PaPor f ;'d .6 . • :1' NUMBER XLVIT. MY LORDS, Thlvning-street, I have laid before the King your Lordships' letter of the 3 tst ult. transmitting the copy of one from Dr. Johnston and Mr. Serle, repre senting that the want of Cloathing has brought on the French Prisoners the reigning complaints at this season of the year; and which May be expected to increase, unless the principal' cause be removed, and proposing that they may be supplied with proper Cloathing ; and, fot the fou"r . ensuing months only, an allowance to every three men of a quart of rice and barley gruel, to be taken warm, as soon as they ale turned out in the morning, as a sustenance which would greatly contribute to their health. His Majesty's plea sure respeaing Cloathing-haying been signified in my letter of yesterday's date, I have only at present to inform your Lordship that then pro posal for making, during the four ensuing months, the allowance of rice and barley gruel, suggested by the Commissioners above-mentioned, has met with His Majesty's approbation, and,to signify to you His Majesty's pleasure, chat your Lord_ ships are to give direaions for its being carried into immediate circa in the manner pointed out in the said letter. I am, &c. (Signed) HENRY MNPAS. To the Lards Commis4kners of the Admiralty, . NUMBER XLVIII. Jett. 2, !Sol. Having received your letter of the 24. th ult. signifying to 'us the direetions of the Right Ho. nourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty, that we should repair forthwith t; Staple ton Prison, in order to inquire into the dream- stances stated in a letter addressed by Messrs. Thomas Batchelor and 'Thomas Andrews to the - Mayor of Bristol, and transmitted by him to:Mr., Rose, Secretary to the Treasury ; and that we would take such Measures as may be necessary, • immediately, for alleviating the distresses of such of the Prisoners whose situations may . require it, reporting to you, for their Lordships' informa tion, a full and particular account of our proceed. ings, and suggesting whether any, and what means should be used for the further relief of the Prisoners ; we kir no time in repairing to Staple.. ton, where we arrived on Saturday last the aoth ult. totally unexpected by the several Officers•of:, the Prison and 'Hospital. We had therefore view of the whole state of things, as, in probability, they are generally traniaaed. Upon examination of the beef, both in and out of the coppers, We folltlti it, agreeably to contraft, good and wholesome meat." • The Prisoners,. upon inquiry, alsO acknowledged that their sup.: ply was tatially of the same kind, and that, when' it appeared to them to be otherwise,' the A. eat, • Lieutenant Ormsby, caused it to be ianne . ,liately returned ; Ad at the same time declaring, thatalie occasionally. returned meat with which they^:eould haVe been perfealy satisfied. The bread also ap_ peared to be good in its kind, though it was aset-.:- , mitted, that the supply was • sometimes en tirely equal to the sample laid before' 'us, ;md• would occasionally have been returned, had there been a possibility of procuring a' , auflieient cosan— tity in the course of the day,' which the distance of the Prison, being about three Wiles , from Bristol' Market-place, entirely precluded. ; We therefore direCted the Agent, that, inamy future occurrence of this leind e lte shduld order-the Con traetor to supply two ounces extraordinary be yond the pound of bread, in, the daily rittiot;, without charge to Government, to each Prisoner on the next 'ensuing day, as•'n ,compensatiors to, him, and as a mut& upon the Contraaor ; and, that in case of the Contraelor'a refusal, the Agent should immediately acquaint the Transport Board,' in order that such deduCtion may; he made in the account as may be deemed reasonable... . Instead of greens the 'Prisoners were served with the quantity of peas allowed by the contract s ; in lieu : this, they declared-to na, was their own option. Its walking throogh the Prisoo.Yards, we found them far advanced in the levelling, steening,omd throwing theM up into 'a convex fano, - as Itipit. lated by the Contrati with the Pavior. The ereelion of new- beildings has :naturally made inequalities on the-surface of the adjoining grounds, which are reducing every day-4 and all the yards, belonging both to the 'Prisms acid to the Hospital, will shortly be in good repair. The Prisoners themselves are, for the most part, but ill accommodated wish Cloaths, nor hav ing received any since the French Government desisted to supply them. Some few, who have had remittances through the French Agent, are in better condition., Those, who are 'not quite ragged and half naked, are generally very dirty , in their scanty apparel, and snake a worse up. penance, as to health, than they would do, had they the power, in such a dress, of beiug • clean. Profligacy and gaming add to the di.itfe,i of many, as is the case in - the other depilits ; it is perhaps impossible to prevent or restrain this • spirit, 'which can exercise itself in camel : a , and sport away the rations of a week together, with the remnant of their Cloaths and ;thereby expose the unfortunate losers to nakedness and famine. We have ordered, however, a quantity of Cloathing, of .the sort proper for Prisoners of War, to be immediately prepared, and issued by the Agent, beginning with such as are the most destitute, and distributing partially the jackets, shirts, shoes, stockings, &c. where such partial supply will suffice. Of those'who are in almost an entire want of Cloathing, the Agent reports the number to be ebout 4.50 ; and of those who need partial assistance, about odo. 'I hose who have remittances fermi the French Agent, and may amount t 0 about i+o or t so, at this del H lTlAtuially assist vhetus.-Iyes with these 'apd.peres6Ary t is Wit trlk vitisfa&ion we inform Lordships,' that, though the deaths in•the pital have lately been many, no contagious I has existed among the Prisoners.; and, not:, eitiastanding the opinion of seine, that die Inor' tality which has oc , :orred its owing to a defit•ictut in the allowance of Provisions, we are convinced' that the real and sole cause is the want of Cloat,lit' iog, We should not think it right to form out; opinion upon abstraci theories, or hypothetic-. speculations, respecting the -quantity of food cessary the nourishment and preservation of health in the human body, but on. the ,uncrring .basis of confirmed eNperiencc. The following , taus will speak fbr - themseives. On the sad o December 1799; the French Government. ab' done& the care of their Prisoners to this Count. at which time they were put opon the present, ration of Provisions: .About- a mouth previous to the , above--period, they were all - comolet With • this • warm and comfbrtai , cloa thing they contimied through. the stitgecding winter, which was trying:mid scvere, in a state, of health almost beyond' exa m pl e: The some , state of. health reinamed with them through the,;: spring ; and during the heat of the last quIMI, their doodling being .threadbare. anti worn ott the deficiency_ was not felt till. the month . September, when the "knot to be frequent,; and have }progressively inerea,ed to the prtsqnti time, according to the coWinct tk weat4eri and the decay or want of Cloachs : . • _ . Previous to the 22d of Deceinher abovernene,' - ' tioned, the 'rations furnished by ,the FreeCh'. Agents to Prisoners, were much greater, tharf:', could be fairly consnme.d; but although the trait- ',' sition from this super-abundant diet to • -the -. present ration was. sudden, it had no area up' t ' their health so long as the Cloathing remait Another proof,which we can offer,. that not thei,,, want of food,. but want of raiment, has occaeion-.e ed the present mortality, is, the, nature of the, diseases which have ptevailed. These are,• with' few -exceptions, of the, pulmonary kind, with.' diarthwas and dysenteries ; disorders oscasioned , e. - by the exposures of bodies without Cloathing to : the damp anti cold winters of this climate. 6 diseases, it is obvious, thus occasioned, no d 'could prevent ; nor can any means secure the 'tients from sutTering under, therm without watintiv.. derived either loom .the state of. the air, or from proper Cloathse: .i , ,-. ,;- , • ~' Another proof of this fa4.AnAy also be found; among the Dutch Prisoners, ~),rltese have exaaly the &tine rations as the French ; but being cloath-e, ed for .the most part by ,their ,own Povernriteit and retaining their d,loaths,-.,:tvithout- sporting;; them away by vices', they have co,ntinued. um- e formlyin a state oflood-healih. ; , t, We do not mean to say, that none of the Frenche have divel.from a deficioney of foci - A as well as,t Cloathiiigi .but thiove can venture tq assert bc...i . , yond denial,. that. the, want'of food has been occa„. dolled by the. Pris'oners: parting with the rations l' - ' of severaLdays. tagetlzrelay•ganiing, in; teell as the4.•cloativi e sod ;bus have„hrought •Upon t Lein-,e' sel ve4 ; and : without pity feein . t heir (onnt t v men ) -, the :coMpLieate4 ,m iseiiet? of_ltunge t -, ,.1 , :k.ca1cf, 11 0 , ;.. der. whiely : many lave- wlc. into, their grave. FrOril. :a Thar m.. , ;.!. ,I.; no tv and see, we ilave 1.16; hesitation, to conelode, that .the proportion of,: fent allowed is fully skint:lent for like and. Itualth,„ if properly received,. atid not shamefully lost, by:. the qqestiou is materially niter: ; for. it - is not,'-: fair. to. conclude, from their present stale of debi. e lity, oetasioned by the ,w,antenf, cloathi,, agaiost,'. , the stifficieney Of the' t t food, if e Cloaths were daly ~,' s u p•plie t r e. . We must repent it,. thaa,, in their con.,- . ,: - : dition; destitutc in many instances of the tuxes. nary warnule of sot' ring, tip diet , %ulnae v t ty p i a ! preserve health.;..and theeefore,. in order to re. storeeit, we, hay 4 dircatlioiin.. conformity with their 44)raships' insto-dtjetts, tint the naked i' '.,Ln t l i i l t : l l g ] } ' ). ° g. t ei ° o t ih r i v i' , se l,.vi ti t t i t le r it' l' i n o 9 t ' ) ‘ i 's r t , al' •i d til .: rrobably in ietin, for theeexereiee. at French Inn., ianity to that end. . . . i 1 • ~. - ,i 0 4 11;6 iTicasta c: w a also think proper, in c0n .;.„,, .. ~.. . sitterittion of t he. pt,..,,,, w...tchonc , ..s. of twiny, through the . cause ; : i 1341 . ementioned,, to. adopt another,. whiclt.v.:e hope aheir Lordships will up. prole. ,We mean tlett the Jettlents who may, be,. di.chargetl e from the _liospital, anti, those. wilt) are in a convalescent state out of it, who may, in the, ~... Surgeon's,opinion,.:tiestkenme additional itonrish e l, melt rather than ; medical assistance, 'shall 6.1:a1e.; towedto:liaire a.mess of rice. and barley gruel in:, the morning'', of about a ,pint fbr each mart, ,inhale .the return of springe This will, prob,,E,, sat e, nmt,,from coming into the Hospital at all, anal others from returning to it again, 'which is - 164 frequently the case ar present, on account of their.: i bein g ol'ilited tole disehargeei at . iiWeady pocio47 j , t . ~ i Vai of tneirq.7ooleAteitC:!, in order, to make room lor4 others. Upon maturti.trvter,4o,l3,!A consideration ':(7. of all circums,trenses, aride, from the 'inforttertion we ha - ve recciyed here, of tie„ opines of mOney through M. Otto,. from Fr:.;:ice, weekly. tiiir rt_ buind by our NgZtft; and ot the'carnings t. 4 some by their little manufataurese we do not intend a • ovnentl dist6htttion .pf this morning allowa e . et .. n.:.t., as-we, suggested incur Letter to you of the loth' oft. but only to 54i m are in a coe:valseent state, :atria have no in,':.:ani of relief; le te tt i tl t - where health shall appear lobe reeestiliii:ihe..l„ `t; -: haee direeTted that this indulgence shall th,:n be diseonlinee , ,l inenediately, and t 1 the !tlefee convaltecencs b the end of Mare% or .'torn. -,4, • - 1 Throtignont tne ritrptral every, thi., t icppti-ated to be io exc.!;lenl o;.ler ; the Wards were neat and clean, as 'IA .!s' the Biding'-and Cloitthing, and the Sick 'tc,c ,.., tnaloilated in the mutt coinfort able manner. The, provit.ions , ‘vere tiv very best lttality, and the IVine, porter, and every oiher nectssary are Eupplied by the Contrattor in the most liberal tnaurm. Tilere are two Dispensvrs, and MO - ," sms ant Surged , s who have _been and - fouad quail. tle,l upon examityr inn. 'To these are added oe. inny French Assistant Surge9:3 and Dispensers a the :er.vice roav require. All tlw x .are resident on or near the. SpOt. Surgeon, Mr, Skutt., of .Pr.stoi, is a Gentleman of great professional abiliti4it L anA r - ! . 11; a vcri terPive private pladicc.