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, 14 NEWS. NAVAL eji Nos i*peristm setwirgue tridentern, Sed mibi a&rtt datum. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Ilfzreh 3I . Admiralty-Office, March 31, 'Sol. • Copy of a Letter from Admir.7l Lurwidge, Com mander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Ves sels in the Downs, to Evan Nepean, Es'. dated the 29th of March, 1 80 I . ,1)1) have the satisfaftion to inclose to you, for the ipformation of my Lords Commissioners of the Ad miralty, a Letter which I have re c eived from Cap. tain Cotgrave, of His Majesty's Sloop Gannet, giving mt an account of his having last night cap. tired the French Privateer La Vengeance, ef Four. seen Guns, and Forty-three Men, belonging to Boulogne, I am, &c. SKEFF. LUTWIDGE. Gannet, Downs, March 29, ISol. SI B - • • beg leave to acquaint you, that yestqrday, at bag past Eight P. M. I discovered a Lugger dose in with Duagetiess, to whiCh L immediately gave Chace, and have the pleasdre to Inforni . you,' that • at half past eleven I came up with and captured her close in_ with the . French Shore ;.- She proves to. be La Vengeance, French Lugger, of .Ten Three ana, roar 'Two-Rounders, manned with Yorcy-three . lVlen, ' commanded by Nicholas Saillard She-sailed frtim • Boulogne on the same morning; and had not made any captures. . . I have the Honour to be, — &e. , t. , (signed) ISAAC COTGRAVe Shtf. La' ftr.vi4e, Esq. tee. fee. . 3r, 1861. 1 • .t.tiioll e if a 4etter:from Captdid loseph je ... thisAvtifer; vr. His , Majesty's Shp • Hind, 'to BottliNeteatt,' El,. dated at Spithead, the 27th_ I have inclosed the Copy ,of my Letter to the Might Hon. Lord Hugh •SeyMour, respetting the: capture of a small Spanish Packer. Hind, Halifax Harimr,. MV LORD, FeLrgaiy 27, iSot. 4 I have to inform your Lordship, that His Ma psty's Ship wider my Command captured on the 6th of January, off the West End of Jamaica, a Si:12111J) Schooner Packet, called El Reyna Louisa, on Manuel Palay, Commander, of Two Guns and Twenty Men, from Trinidada; in the Island of. Cuba, 'btrand to Carthagena, with a small. cargo of tobacco and, wax, which I have sent into Provi dence : The Mail was destroyed previous to her capture. I am, &c. JOSEPH LARCOM. R;:bt llonouratle Lori Thil h Se_j'mcur, Egc. &r. PORTS,IIJUTM, MAR.cil 31. SAME?, the Ifoerable and Superb Men of War, xpel : da,/Ibrimi Frigate, with the Fleet under con_ troy for the East Indies, which, owing to the S'verb getting on the Warren, are brought to :q . _;ain. Sailed tlle . Sogie Frigate, with the Convoy for NewfoundlAnd. Arrived the Kangaroo, Sloop, with a Convoy trwn the Doi;•ns. • SHEERNESS,. iViRCH, .A Court-M4rtia4,wasthis day held on - board His Malesty's..Sitip:Rs.ty, - at Sheerness (of which loltairatltk aME was President), for. the .. Trial-' Ittordiabnbfforrvi and the - surviving Officers 'and 6 late Ship. .the le, and Crcw 4 tbfklikMajesty' inquirt-into the Cutts& and circumstances thereof; when (it heing.roved to' The -Cour t that it was eu_ tirely through the ignorarieeof the Pilot) they were honourably acquitteJ, Arrived His :Vlajesty's -Sloop Gannet, of _l6 gnus, Capt. COTGRAVE, froth the DOwns. YAILVOUTII, IVIARcn 31. 'ARRIVED the Liberty_ Cutter. Aso arrivtd n d ,th-g Favourite Sloop. Zhe Ca...s.:ari9it, of Hartley, coal.laclen to Lc. don, having been on Happisburgh Sands, was run on shore at Winterton, wtiere slie most probably will be wrecked. ~ .. ~ JVIIJTEJIM'EN, m Axcli 24. Tat Jamei Packet, -Capt. 11 / I LIN-rasii, which 44W-from hence for Liverpool, about .one o'clock in.,the.afternoon of Saturday, the. i 4th inst: struck u° ll a sand bank between the mOuthS of thi"Lutie and the Ribble, on the Lancashire Coasc, about seVen,o'clockthe same evening. There were sigh_ teep..mple 0p board, fifteen of whqm unfortunately peroA!ritwejve of theSe were passengers. Thu :u Ytvors o ld` ibis lamentable accident a re , t he Mate 'edrtte WSW; and two ' , citing men (Mariners) be. kngitig to the town, who had taken passage-in her, The following sire,ome of the particulars relative to this Melancholy accident : I - The games about: half past five . o'clock, after' ! _ from Wh ' itehaven, made . .the lower end . of vtias then Mowing hard, 'with sleet. Abolit half,past . eight,. Capt. Wltrrosii said they would lay her to at. that instant she struck upon, a sand bank, on ;he main," .ihont four miles -from Lytham.- The stroke knot ked'offher rudder. - They then let gb the anchors but she Made SO , roach Water, that they cut the cables intending to run her up, but she filled wit}} water and laid down, on the lee side.! The confusion and alarm .upon'cleck was very great ; .and six persons were almost instantly wash. ed off the deck, and no more seen. The remainder ( twelve in number) climbed into the shrouds, but benumbed by the severity of the weather, nine of these dropped off one after another ; The surviving three remained in the rigging till about half past film o'clock on Sunday morning, when the vessel ebbed dry, and they got on shore. The bodies of four men and two women were cast - --- up (Friday last) and buried. One of Elie Men Oas'a porter ,in_this town; the two . cirilaiih eatieWaison, and one of the name of Cain): iltb belonginttto - the town. Of the other two, one- hia'Scots boy, and the other a young man, Mate of iVessel belonging to Liverpool. The other, sufferers were Mr. David Evans, Lieutenant and Surgeon in the Montgomery Militia; Mr. Simpson, .clerk to Messrs: Sutton and Hughs, of -Chester; Mr. Alexander:Fleming,. the boy mentioned above was.his son) from Blackhole,. in Perthshire two young mend the name of R eid, from Scotland';' a. wife.; Mr. Mthitosh,' the Master of the Packet ; 'Mr. Hugginian, 'the. Steward ; and John Collins, (of Parton) a Seaman on board her. The Vessel, on Friday last, was so sanded as to afford no prospeet of her eret being goi up; a part of the materials had been saved, and one box, con tainirt wearing apparel. , Diligent search making for the remainder or the bodies.; and care will be taken of..any property tha.t may .be found upon them. STATE::`,IENT . OF TOT D . ISTRIET:IION or 'nit BRITiSII NAVAL•FORCE TO THIS-DAY... Exclusive of the Hiatn A Kiri - 'VI ssr Ls . ; which are chiefly ,:mployed in proicatnt she' Co::sting ,Tratic'9l GREAT BRITAIN. _ • - • Lint( In Port and fitting, . - - . - 2 .3 Guard.;:ships, Hospital & ) Prison-ships at the se- `r . 1 9 veal Ports - - ' ) In the English . and Irish ? Channels . - 4 - • S . 29 In the Downs - Ad North ? - it Seas - .1 5 At theyest I ndla Islands i 1- and on the-Passage ' At Taladiel': • S In America and at Ncw- foundlitnd - S r East Indiis, and on the S Passage - - Coast or Africa - o Gibraltar and in'the Me- ? diftrrancan • - S 21 On the Baltic Service - - 16 On the Lisbon Station - - 4 Total in Commission 1 39 Receiving Ships - 1 0 Serviceable and repairing S 2 for Service - :- 4 In ordinary -' - - 2^ Building - , 19 cO't 3 I 0 Q Frig 8: It? tv ;0:110I) 11 24 2.4 t; Sys,. og~, l 0 4 r 1:14; It 6 ! S 37 26 Toi. s 9 . ' ~~ ~ : 'se • Y ~ Total - ' 1 99 i 2 1 , 2 54 j 347 1 Sig :tti ORDINARY. Line.,, Fifties. Frigees. Ships. Total. Total 41 6 38 4 2 .127 His Majesty .c4tt cr Ro ED, rived at Spitheaa on itighrwiih the Frievi sbip BFigr ,which .Npsel the UFian re-c iptured the preceding,,nighi i 4 ose 'in. with Cherbo urg . The Friendship . way captured hy a French Privateer the ; .day .Hievkous ~to the re-capture, about; six t vgtp . ft9rn Portland. :• ' .On' Monday an Puler was reeeivgditt PortrAnputh by:lex:press, b Captain IY/Atis.ar.l t D, of jest Y's 'Shilftity44 toisut Fertex,swpiish Frigate, ,whic he :ditained. toui brought linjq , that Port, , under the cojnmand of the Swedish 04a*, .:rhe•CarliOrr, Nlcrig-in4, from GreenockhviDe inerara, haibeen. capture til by the f i rbserpide' teer, of 20 guns, and 2..80 meri, frOinl3burdcAii4o taken by the ResOliftiOn: Cutter bf Guernsey, and arrived there. The ; Privatter ‘ihad captured two other light vessels and burnt them ; also one out ward-bound AfriCan , ship, and s'ent her for Bour deauxt µli} ~ Thd-Duke of RiPhrpotid t ProffOrs:ftwyffol4ra to Londi•ii,. ffiundered at 5e4 on the Bth Febygi. CaprAlipaor, a LOv,, 3 9alitirer4. and 7 Sea - saved by-the Nary, 114m0, torn tlymputh, ; - ved at Vir:epia, ,29111 February-=i2 of the 'Cr : o;r drowned. he 13,etseb SetAs tcan'l . l9 Cprunpa t is. taken by the Ner?tupe, Priv-itteei," ifd artivefl at Je rsey. CherEavoyrite ,Emma, Franidili,'"from (7 ( o` IPalt Oporto, is stranded Si., Aubin's - Bav, •jeis`et; , t p2r,r of the Ca'rgo.,saved.' .r nt t ithg.Nor.val, frorni*don to Demerara, has Arine tu , thc Leew4r*V.of:that place, and Is 141 spur vci ! !: i\e'prtine, Bowic, from .o.t r rica attue . 111.~rtittirl le, but not condeihried-asf6pOrttM: The Lftli 'Regiment of Light nratoons-march ed through . .Canterbuty on Tuesd e ays . morning for Reading. The following numbers are tb be permitted to volunteer front the English - Feneible Infantry in Ireland, into the pd zitia 'Phil:Regiments of FoOr, ; viz. Cheshire Fencibles go—Dei4ii and - Cornwall 90—Durham •90- , —Essex go—Ljiecster 90—Nor. t thampton go—Northumberland no--Suffolk go— IVlanx.l ;o---Somel•set t é nd irotit 1230 ;Attn. The volunteers are to be;marched to Newry, and the period of volunteerin• is to he confined to the 31st of May. text« - 3? 1 ment.ivants!sB2, the '3Bth, Oa!, to ..p '•e'' ,• rank and file 'each: • At Smithfield Market on Monday, there appeared a general - , consternation among -the ,-Salesrs)en.—: )3eats fell 51. a head . , and sheep tos.; very large and fat iheep,aos. We have great pleasure in corn.; =minting this information, as many Country 1 Markets depend on the Smithfield prices. • - • - Tke weather has been extremely, serete during the last week in Ireland. The hail-stones were so sharp on the Carragh on the. zph, as to render-it izzypssibre for Anne travellers to keep the hears bY theu horses to the storm. . 'I?ANCE Mmten 2g. • , . Three smail ships Which came from Ifavre, kr.. rived this morning at Path in full sail. The crowd of persons upon the bridges , and quays to see them was very considerable. On the iid of this rliontii the Minister-of War . gave a very brilliant Fete in honour of the Pea Ce. It was conceived and conduCted with great taste ; all the parts of it were executed- ivith great preci s sion. The Ladi es disputed the prize of youth, •of elegance, and :of' t)eraut . Y. - From them the' eye turned to ifi 4 tiFfcist& - c)nciaurie crT Officers, who - United- decotti irate, and gaiety with urba nity.' .The Consuls, Mitdsters, a great . numbeleof Members of ,the - first authorities, - and the Diploma tic Corps assisted at the Fete. We shall not detail the different parts Which - contributed to the'magic effe& of the decoration of a rootri, built' as it •svere by enchantment, in the spacti of a few days, in tlie Minister's garden: But, an ingenious itlea - waspar. ticularly 'remarked : throtighout the extent of the saloon, and from the bosom of the most dreadful in. strumenfs of war, were' icen' standards crowned with laurel and united by Olive bran - cites.' Happy alle. gory, under the ,veil- which we recognised the image of thebenefits of Peace, issuing even from the bosom, of the furies of War. At the extremity of the Saloon a Theatre was erected, and a Piece atialogous to ,the occasion• Was performed. A Ban c:filet succeeded, and then a Bali.—The Fete lasted long after day-break. 2;:?. . - E MAR C I .--The entrance of a - SWed. ish Ship into Our Port, after-a passage of s 6 days, witlinurhitving met ,with an' 'English one, proves that _that Nation, occupied in 'he: -preparations against the PoWers of the North, has •no longer leisure to a chain of her Frigates along our Coasts. This will give us some . - respite, and favour the Expeditions of our- Ships of Aktr. The' en trance . of this, Ship into our Port, constantly hlockaded by three Frigates and a Corvette, has nothing miraculous-in Every - day we see French Shipt, comeini!lihtga Out, under the convoy of buggers, Ctittkftili . 4o l Giati.boats, going - and corn= ing - from Ch6.1504 - rtibridtnankirk. With a'perfea kndwledgc - orourßiy; and by taking the. necessary precautions, one may - navigate freely in- spite of the hhickaile. Horse Foot . . It4as with ;stonishment rriExea with . indignation, rhat we tead,the'rollowing'paraki-arli in an English Journ l:• " Ixt,ttaN is an accomplished Gentleman; free of access r afiaLle and polite .without affeaation, not less remarkable for the elegance of his Manners than far his extensive knowledge And political informa. firm." • We should never, we own,.have believed that. any being could have been ford•safticiently vile and suf. ficiently impudent. thus-,to: outrage. public opinion, reason, and virtue. We should not, above all, have be lieved that there could be found,such a being in our own Country, which.has generally shewn so just a sense of horror at the crimes of the Trench Revolution, in which few indiiiduals, have borne, sogreat a share as TALL CI it is well known; that ii was he who signed the order for the Massacres o'the zd Septem. .ber, that it was! hc.who made the; strects of sour deauxtow -with blood ; that it was he who broke the Capitulation: c.on . cluded at . Quibercitn . by 5014- =BR au tL. Such is the man, however,• whom the Joiirnal qUestion tails dm aectunfi/44. Pottle man, and, besides, a cekbrat,i.d cLarfaltr; and it is this man who se . 'hands are still dyed with blood, whose breath-iv atiU , tinaured with crime, that cer tain men, whose,names we shall not venture to pro nounce, most anxiously receiveana caress. It is this man whom persons,of elevated rank invite to, their table. If the adions and speeches of, these men.had not long accustomed us to their: political . turpitude, we would ask them what motive could induce them • to .best6w such, a welcome on this ,critninal ac who has escaped the plague in. Egypt to claim ttie gallows in Europe.- .#4 , ilebfrotts bf becnittivg.popular in France or in thiVVciiititty-1 ) :- We Can assure them that eike French doyoci - 119.1 ti • t. reN and those who resemble him; irriessliofror 'than ourselves, and we know that he is far from being,ge present in favour at the Court- - of'•the Ctrief.Cconsial...What advantage then tan. those who ,i:e.eic.his company so ardently, derive from it ? We will, venture to assert none, but we can ourcil;cs_derive one btnefit from .5-I*.circumstance, that of knowing iow far want of undersvin49g-And - ineannessiof cool can is td their. A etirious:catise hislarelt it/cc:vied the.attention of the Criminal .• Tribunal arr. young -woman was brOi . iiht .before: it. Lyon an 'accpsation `of having murdered her. child. This accusation was made against her ,the gc - mer:ti vice of her riei r because'she `cbtild rot ill'odUee any Plonf of the- death of a.chila of which -she ,w j ag' said - tolia.vesbeeri'deTivcrecl. The,tiej'ence.she has-set up, and rbich is hutch confirmed by the report of the Officeicof Health, by. whom she has been e - i(amin-• • led, is, that her. prc.•griancy was fe:gpedifin order to force her-lover, who, was a ialier - in 'the Army of Dijon; to marry her. . A citrionssharangue'delivered in o;:etycetirn, on the influence of the Sex, .Francc, - upon the ornmerce of cwt Country, icts been pai:iisSed in Paris. In this .the, Orator cot ier the',prcAperity of England:as . greatly the reA:l.c of ihr.; . patriotic spirit of our fair counirp,ii•oriten ivho by preferring British to.Fiench*Manufatures, have given the greatest encoulagemint 'the -Manufadures of Great Britain, and hartbdert.the foundat ion •Nav4ti superiority vgikliviltit to much excites their envy. ,But what*s ... `siiott irritated 'this Orator/ and what cannot, we.should suppose, but shew the French Golernment, the coy of their efforts to shut us from the Continent . is; he complains, that French articles cannot find a inirkettven in France Avithot a fraudulent 'assurance on the part of the Vcrtcor that they are Eirilis . bl RENIAititiABLE ,FECUNDITY.---A few days since 1! poll-ewe ? belonging ;a Mr, pines Guy; of Shop_ wyke, yeaneCi six lambs, four 'of which saoh af t e r died, bat the, two. are now living, and in a thriving state with their dam., Ark. AR Accourit of the Ex/ience atteneling tie Atzi;iy - Tft—ainfairld by this Country; incldingAtititia awl all Othcr Corps; lii ' the Years,l;93-, 1794, r 795, and 1791 - 7 diStirtgilisliing earl; Year, aim lierse - amiTctot—ise 'fir as the same can beltigeLl up at the %V -Office. • 1 793 1 .794 i j'9!. t~99 t: • Z' • }Terse G 0t,119 • 273,468 1,214,127 1',6e7.7:i soot, Militia, and other 4,97 2 ,07 i r0i164,461 1 4 , 4 0 9 , 974 12 . 8 7 1 it1016 Corps 5,5 So , 214 • , . ~;,,%;.„_. • ~. Tot , a e l ar forfach 11, 1 .5t7,919 15 ,62 44 01 1 4 , 474 g''' fi ' l, N. B. The Charge attending the 1-forle has been separated: ":,:: • in every case whereit could be clearly distinguished : where -- -- it could nut, it is included in the Cnarge above Stated_.:Ot Infantry. - ' . - . An Account of the Number 0f:1'444;0s Maintained _by, this Country in the Years 1793, 1794, 1795, and 1795 ;.'distin guishing each Year, and tne Number of Horse and root': so far as th.: saint , can be made up at the War-Office. /793 , 1 794- 1 795". ; . - 1 7 9 6 . . 13,40 .19,13$ 23, 32,01 111,959 1 90,0 1 0. 1 5 2 ,4 1 3 - 1 4. 6 74 Total for each Year 135,151 209.45 , 275,63 i ar':,575 It appears, from the 1411 now before 'the House - of Commons, for the more effeeltially•preventing 'the. Forgery of Bank Notes, that, "in order the. better to deted the For g ery of B an k Notes atid - Bank'Pbst . Bills, the Bank have procured to he mace; for the purpose of bes used__ in future, a new Paper of a different Manuladure from that formerly used, in which new Paper, instead of the Bar Lines heir:g straight and parallel to each other, as in the Paper heretofore used,. the same are curved or. 'waiving-, and the laying Wire \ Lines are formed in a waived or curved shape, and the numerical,Amount or Sum of each Bank Note and_Bank Post'Bill ex pressed in a word or words, is to appear visible in the substance of the Paper. • ThiS Yager, the Bill' prop Os. to allot exeltisively to the use of the Bank. The Bill likewise-requires, that all Persons prilitifl,g Bills ofEkchange for Individuals or Public Bodies, shall add their names and places of abode. • . the French Govern.ment, in consequence of the • frequency of forgeries. in France, hive , issued a. 4::, cree,..reqUiring all persons using presses, and E;tiipc gravers, to take out a licence, and to specify thec4i,;c : : mensions of their Machine : .they have also imposed many other restrifiions.on that brancli'of trade. A certain frvidowed dame whose beatify and dila rafter were highly admired in'the fashionable world, anti whO very tately entered ineo nuptial bonds with a well-known fayourite of the Ladies, is already separated from her treWhusband. Different causes ate assigned for this strange event; but to the honour cif both parties it - should be observed that nothing' is alladged of that kind which so often furnishes, employment to the Gentymen-Of .Doors Commons. Mr. Popes engagement a t Covent Garden Thea tre expires at the end'erfithe presenr . Season. It said that he means w go to the East Indies in order to exercise his talents as a Painter. The celebrated female swindler, Nll , --c Pobertson, has, found her way into Huntingdon jai, been arrested in that neighbourhood lot .10°,01. tb amount of We' earOfiter s finishing the splendid house on Blackheath. On Sunday died, at „Clapham Common, Mrs. Beac LAy, wife of ROBILI' .11 - 4 AR L„A. . - On Wednesday lait the'l!ress.gangi on boarding a vessel in the Humber, found - a -poor boy on board, nearly exhausted With. hunger and the most cruel treatment. He was immediately taken on shore, and•examined,at the Town-hall, when such a scene of . villainy and. barbarity'on the part of the m aster of the vessel was developed, as was .- alniost-be . yond conception. ,; It appears the inhuman wretch had taken him as an apprentice only a short time ago, and ,with him had received a premium of twelve guineas from the Overseers of a Parish in' the. South: The boy Was taken under the care of the governors of the Workousei, and every attention paid to him which humanity can - Suggest. We understand tlic. master is confined in .the 1-Louse of Correetion; and: that the Magistrates are determined to prOsectfW him with the utrnott;rigro4r of the, law.. Yesterday morning as the Keeper of the Cage at Gitenwich,inteeding to take three of `his prisoners to Maidstime Gaol, he was not a little surprised to find they had made their escape through the bac.c. of Cage under ground to'the chutth yard. On Sunday.night as Mr. Boddy, grocer, of Upper Thames -street, was travelling.over. Barnes Com mon, he was stopped byiHighwayman, who robbed hi m o f his cash. , On Saturday the Assizel for die County ,of Sur rey ended at Kingston, when the followitlg . fifteen persons received Tudgmehrof.death, viz. , • • Charles Payne, for: t telling five live geese 'Joseph Carvili, for sheep-stealing. ; • William Brerwyn, for a burglary ' - Samuel Wood, for stealing . a copper out of a wash-house ; 'rho. 'Hazard,. talias Durham,. for a highwry robbery ; John Sims for the like offence ; Joseph Cherrington: for horse-stealing; Mary Smith; for. shop-lifting; Ann Dore, lane Snelling, James Badeool4, and jal#s Stone, for sheep.:siealing . ; SVil. Liam Tucker, -and pebrge Ellis, for 'a burglary ; acid Jams Pay, .10? Joblzing a caliCo.gtoniid ;it .Mitcham: ten .01 Whom were reprieved, and" the five'following, are to suffer execution on Monday next : over the gateway ofthe New Gaol in the 80. tough, viz. • • • NVilliarn Brown,. Joseph Carvill, 'Thomas Ha, zard,,alias . D;lrhatit, James Sims, and James Day. OnNfonday night Mr. Woodman, of the King's Head Inn, Merton, on his return froM London, was stopped near Baalam.hill, by a single highwayman, to 'whom he gave a few shillings ; and intnediatelY after an hostler from the Swan Inn coming up, they pursued and took hint before he had passed over Clapham Com Mon. He was yesterday committed. It is computed that there - are not at present above' twenty . titopsand Tickets to draw, and to answer this number of Tickets (calculating the .zo,oool. Prize, ‘yhich must be drawn on Saturday next, and the 30,0001. which likewise must he drawn ;on the Thursday following) thete arc Prizes now in the Wheel more then to the lanoline of two hundred and twenty-five thousand Pnand::—a curnstance so extraordinary kas not bees iretue bcce4 for rimy rears. back.