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a 4~} k _` Dutch East India eompany, Jan Cornelius Paine Commander, mounting zo guns on the upper deck, and-8 guns on the lower-deck, and manned with 320 'men,- part 'of whom had, made their escape on shore. : • • . At the time the boats were sent to prevent the men from landing - from the Ship, other .boats were sent under the direflion of Lieutenant Blay ney, to board . thc. Brig, which was some .miles distant from us. This service he accomplished with Out ioss, and soon after bioughr her near us, when we found her to be the Dolphin Armed Brig, commanded by Jan.Yauntyes, belonging to the Dutch East 'lndia Company, Mounting Forirteen Guns, 'and hay ing . On board Sixty-five Men. May 2+th, at daybreak in the morning, we captured, close under the Land, a small Armed 13 rig, of Six Carriage Guns, and- some Swivels,. on a Cruize from Sumarang, which place sbe had left the preceding day. On the evening - .of the 25th, we got sight of Japura, and the Ship at anchor there ; but it fell little wind, and we were obliged to anchor at the distance of. ten or eleven miles from it ; as, they had observed us frOm the shore, I thought no timc'was to - he lost, and therefore, at eight M. sent,all the Boats, wellananned and armed, with Lieutenant Blayney Rice, who got to the Ship about midnight; and though she had begin hauled close. to the shore, (on seeing us in the evening,) under a small battery, yet the surprise was com plete, and she was boarded Without any loss, many of the Crew jumping.• overboard at the time. The Battery fired on them so soon as they dis ; covered her to be in our possession ; but though some of the Boats' Oars were broke by the shot, no. othh accident happened, and they effeded getting bec out before daylight, when she joined us, and we found her to be the Dutch East India Compaq's Ship Underneming, mounting Six Carriage Guns, and having Eighty Men on board. After putting 'the Priie order, May 28th, joined the Orpheus off Cheribon, and found that in our absence she had captured a Dutch Brig, a Sloop; and two Prows ; the three latter were destroyed. Same day ran into the Anchorage to the Vs'esrward of Point lndramago, where %ve landed most of the Prisoners : some of them being very sickly. The Dolphin Brig i's a new Vessel well cop pered, and equipped, and well adapted for service, (particularly in Shoal Water,) she mounts Four teen Guru, and has good room and security at Quarters. A true ExtraEt, (Signed) J. HOSEASON, .1 ) ;c. Ser. . , • Arrogant, Madras Road. 4 A. M, August it, 1800. I have the- pleasure to ,acquaint you, that on . t ho tnoining of the 4th August, being in sight of lot Divy, we discovered two'•Sitips .in the N. .E, , and a •Brig E. by S. to the former we gave chase, anti about noon we core sufficiently near do see that one of thin was.a small Frigate ) with a tier of guns) and the other a Merchant Ship, both under English colours. At -three 'quarter:, F. ast. two P. M., ' w& had • neared the ( h a ve con.. :siderably, when she began throwing • her guns, .boars, and other heavy articles overboard. • -At four P. M. the shot from our chase guns went _ over ,her, when she. hauled the English ,Ensign :down, and hoisted-French National coloUrs*, her stern awes • two. or three times at .us,. and • ' t hen struck, She proved to be L'Uni,- French ,Privateer, of Thirty Guns, Eighteen 'and Nine - Potinders, all of which were thrown overboard, • during the chacc, except Two Eighteen Pounders, Two Nine Poundersi anti' Two Carronades ; 'she was commanded .by Jean Francois Hodoul). and had .a Crew of Two Hundred and Fift)! Men, on her foiv ing the MauritiuS,on her present cruize : .but had on board only Two Hundred and Sixteen iVien,-when captured, having put the Test into :Prizes. On taking 'possession of her, we found 'shat the othee:Thip was' the Friendship, (English Merchantman,) frOm Bengal bOund to Madras, find that the • Brig was the Bee, from - Madras 'bountl'to Mastiliphram, both of which Vessel's, head ,bceb captured, by her in the morning ; we made sail after .the Ship, which we recaptured at ten at night, but the Brig made her eseapei ,L'Uni. left the Mauritius the 4th May, and - bad captured the English Privateer Harriot, from ~the Cape of ,Good Hope, the Helen belonging - 'to Bombay, and the Ship and Biig before-men tioned. The arrogant, with L'Uni Prize, anchored in this Road last night at nine o'clock, and . re.cap. :Wed Ship ,Friendship 1 expect shortly, as she 'sails tolerably well y And I only parted with her two A l p ago . T have the Honour tube, &e. (Signed) ' EDW. 0. OSBORNE. Peter Rainiers Esq. rice 7 ,4lmired -the Blur, 'and Commander itt Chief; t &t. &t. Eft. sin, Bombay, slept. 3, 1800. I beg leave to itlfottn you of my arrival hereon the 3oth of August, after a pAssage of eleven - day 4 from Mocha, About ft:iy leitgnes to the Eastward of Aden, I fell in with.and took the Clarissa, French.Privatecr,- from the Mauritius, . who threw corer her guns, and cut away her anchors with a view to escape ; we found One . _ _ - Hundred and Forty-eight Men 911 board her; she is, only between two and.three years 010, built at /s • iantz.... I am, &c. &c. &c. j. BLANKET 1. rice-Admiral Rainiet) Admiralty-o.l)Fce, Feb. 28. ecily of a Letter from Lieetelant james • covitnandihg His Majesty's Schconer IVetl to Evan Nrjoopt,: Eq. ,dated of Oporto, • SIR, 1 beg leave to enclose, - for the information of Ely Lords Commissioners of . the Athniiaity, the Copy of .; Letter from me to Admiral Lord . K e i t hN - I am, Sir, - • Ifouririost obedient humble Servant i n JAMES .MEIN, . Netlej, obgtto, Feb. t gc3 t . MY LORD; have the honour to inform your lordship, that, in obedience to Orders, from Capt. Cock_ burn, of His Majesty's. Ship La Minerve; On the zgth ult. I sailed froiii . the Tagus in His Ma jesty's Schooner, Netley, undtr my conittaticli charged with - the Trade from Lisbon bound to the Northward: On the 31st, being off the Bar of Oporto, I fell in with Four Privateers; one of which was captured by the Netley; after a chace of two hours : She is called Santa Viaoria, a Spanish Lugger, mounting Six Guni, and manned with Twenty-six men. The other three Privateers escaped by my being obliged to re-join the Con voy, some of. the Ships having the Signal hoisted for an Enemy to Windward. . I have the Honour. to be, my Lord, Your Lordship's Most•obedient hurnble Servant, JAMES MEIN. „Lord' Keith,' K., B; Admiralty . ..ofice, Feb. iS. Copy ofa Letter from Lieutenant Lloyd, command, ing the -Nimble Cutter, to Evan Nepean, , Esq. dated Feb.= 2¢, 1801. SIR, I beg you will be pleased to acquaint `My Lords Commissioner - of the , Admiralty, that at the Back of the Isle of , Wight, yesterday at two P. M. having the Trade &tilt Dartmouth.Under,my Convoy for the awns, I fell in with, and, after a chace of six hours, engaged and captured the Bonaparte Cutter Privateer, of Cherbourg, of Fourteen Brass Guns, of Four an&Six-pOunders, and Forty-four Men, two days out of Port i She had captured a light Collier from Plymouth. 1 am happy to say the Nimble had no Men killed or wounded ; and that Mr. Watts, the Master, and all the Petty Officers and Seamen, • behaved like: British Seamen. The Privateer had two Men killed, and the First Lieutenant dangerously wounded. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 28. ARRA VED Le Deux Frere4Freneh Brig, laden with corn and flour, from Nantes bound to Bow deaux, captured in the Bay by the Doris Frigate. Arrived the Indefatigahle, of '44 guns, Captain 11. M. Sco.r-r, from a Cruize. • Some days ago she cut out a large.Freuch Cutter fiam under the guns of a heavy battery, in a bay near the Mor billam, having a !great rhany troops on board, which were landed here yesterday from the /Thie. fatikab analodged in the Mill Prison. Licut. Cif Fir'st of the Indefat;,:cahle, and several Seamen, were uniottunately killed in this enterpri'Le; Arrived the /mkortaThe Frigate,' Cart. 11. HOTHAM, from Gibratur, Sailed.the Chapman Armen Ship, with a con. vo'y for Wales ) Bristol, &C. •Clyde Frigate on a Ctuixe ; .and Renard and Garland 510614. of War to ti n c Wotwara. Arrive , ' the Lord Nelson PHvateer, of this Port, mounting to . mins, +.poundits, with 31 men, commanded by Capt. GI as'oN:---On day the zd inst. 20 leagues S.E. of the Start, she fell'in with a French Luggar Privareer, which, after a running Aftion,, and a .chace of six hours, she captured'; the - Lugger proves to be'L'Esp6ir, of St. Malocs, mounting 14. brass guns, with 70 men: she was two days from St. Maloes, when taken, and had not made any captures ; is quite new, and sails remarkably fast.—Capt, Gt asc»; sent her for Pottsmputh., BRIXHAM, FEB. 28. Swtt,tr the Immortalitet, Alcmene, and Meg.rra, on a,Cruize; the Doll; And S towa r row Cutters, for Plymouth , and .7orephCutter, on a Cruize. Arrived the attar, Near. Admiral SA UNIAIt z, , and 11/i/idio. Castle, Admiral M trclizt.t.,. from Portsmouth. • . • 'The rile de 'Path alit San . 7 al made an at tempt yesterday, and also today, to get down charine4 but are preue ateL cuntniry %vinds. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 1. SAIIAD this day,..the . Warrior, Defeire, and ilginourt, with Troops on board, for the Downs, and several other Ships arc expe&cd immediately to follow, Ar4ved the Ganges, of 74 guns, from the Channel Fleet. 'Yesterday the following -Ships passed by the Isle of Wight, viz. Prussian Vessel ,7amge Elizabeth, J. J. EItI CK master, from-Guernsey, with tobaeco awl staves, for Hambro . '; jogge Cbe-istrita, J. F .:lENDERS, from Lisbon to liambro7, laden' with sugar, cof fee, &c. She left a great number of Swedish and Danish Ships there, afraid to lcaVe Port on ac count of -the: Embargo 'in ;the "iiritish , 'PottS ; American Ship 44 3iv , From New-York. FAL M0U17 . 1,. FE 26, ARriTVED the Pheraia NiTtiCet, - Capti THOMP sov,, in twenty .7.evep days fro in New-York left there she Dide of Clarrnee Pae:Uti Car. . . Also al ri the Kills geor:fl'ackets'ap, YES COMIS 2, hi Sevin days 2ftora.,Lisbon. The 11' Earl G , :wer 'and Pri,,,y Aa f elphus Packets, with the Maiii of the *27th nit. and 3d and foth inst. were shfc arrived, each having only fotir (fairs passage.. - The KiagGeorke brings advice of. Sit , R 6 .13 E CALuEtt, with Six fail of the Line, and the Montague, of 7.i. guns, &masted in a gale of wind off Ferrol, having. arrived off the Rock of I,i,bon. No account had been received at Liibon respeaing the French Stitiadron ; but it was gene_ . rally believed there, that they were gone against the Brazils: On Thurscliy last .arrived here; the Portuguese Frigate Triton, Catain M. De MiNEzEs, in - 14. (lays fiom Lisbon, with Dispatches for the Por tugueseAtubassador. On which day also arrived the Amer . 'Can 'ships' hi-, Captain KEMEIELL, from Charlestown, With.stigar ; and :Truxton, last ftom Baltimote; With cotton; &c. Sailed the Robust, of guns, to join the Channel Fleet ; the illi/hro ? k Schooner, - Lioit. Sum', . for Plymouth ; and the Earl St. rinccnt Schodner Privateer, _Captain RICH A. 168, on a cruize. By the K;11, 4 Ge.lrgt's Mail, letters were re ceived from Capt. TILL E y , of the Brig Edward and Mary, which sailed from hence for Oporto with the Fleet under tonvoy of the SeaLisP, Ma;dstorti &c - . stating his and several other ves sels having been cEptured by a Spanish Privateer, which was, captured' the next ciay by one of our cruizing Frig'ates, and serif into Qporto., The Spaniards stripped thtm of almost all their clothes. . . , • The 77:, , :fashend Packet, for the Leeward Islands, made signal for sailing this tray, but it falling calm, prevented his getting out. The Pii,ict of Wale Packet, for Lisbon, is detained for the arrival of a Messenger from London. SHEERNESS, MARCH I. SAILED His Majesty's Ships Bic;Rthei -of 38 guns, Danz; of 30 guns, and Herm, s, of 22 guns ; the nVo former for the Westward, and the latter to Leith. Arrived Majesty's Ship Albion, from the Downs. The Iris Is undocked, and the Jamaica is " • A coat 4dartiiti, "Was held on .board His Ma jesys Ship Ifydeezi at Sheerness, on Saturday the zBth . ulr. to Billinton, a private !.I:,rine belonging, to La . De!irer, for desertion; when the charge.lbeing.proved, -the Court ad. judged'hitn to receive zoo lashes. DEAL ) MARCH' li : 1 nis 1144jesty's Sloop Savage bailed yesterday to theWest*ard ; Lir, of go guns, 'orhore'e and Nemesis Frigates, and Arr: i r vi Sloop; tO,tbeta.st. ward. The. Dant Sloop of ,War, Aancreert Brig, and Lord Diacan East Indianian, cam — e'*douin last night the Rivtri and remain with Hitt Ma jcsty's Shir 0-verysiel,'‘ind'Raccoo SlOpp, reittei ( 2d), and-rias (3a), ArmtdCutters, Lard Armed tuggei, and the East India Ships as per last, with the triton, Captain DUNLOP; from In dia, arrived this Morning: • StATENIENT oF TilE • • DISTRIBUTION or iiti PRITISEINAVAL.FORCE TO THE ?IftrT•INST. • Exclusive of the iliktu Aeits-n VxssELs, which ari! chictlyenyloyed in proteAittg the Coasting Trade o: GREAT' BRITAIN: • Frig 3g In Port and fitting - Guard-ships, Hospital & Prison-ships at the se. veral Porti - In the English and Irish Channels - - In the Downs and North Seas A CriieWest India Islands and on tlle. Pa ssage At lantaica - . In America and at New- Line 24 r .! 17: foundland . - East Indies, -and on the Passage . 7 - - Coast of Africa - Gibraltar and in the Me diterranean - . . Totni in Commission Receiving Ships • Serviceable and repairing . for Service - In virdinary Building so's 6 5 31 Sps. 84 Tot. LIJ A 2.; JO 6 Total 196 l 27 I Ijo i 30 t St 3 r N 01(0114Alitift Line. Fifties.. .Frigates. Ships. Total. Total io 4 33 5 1 13S Four Flags Will to employed in the Baltic, viz. .those-of Sir-HYDE PARKER, LQrd NELSON, Ad miral TOTTY, and Admiral .GAMLI I E 'llw Fleet will Consist of Twenty-one Sail of the. Line, including the of 5o guns of Five large Frigatet, bids Cutters, Gun-boats, and Fire-ship, MI thy. Ships of the'Line to.be employca in' the Baltic, have ,received orders to take on hoard' two long 24.-pounders. • Itorm4s Wict.l.Ams is ilppointed to the Command of the i" emguard ; and Sir H. Btta- Altax Nc.u.j to the Frogrance Man of W.it. THE OPERA. •, :.y,, . i .x ~.. • • - p.King's.Tkrairr. THE iirst representation oithe Opera of Alzira was on Saturday evening. , It does .great credit to. thc. composer, B Apii; H . I. AtPUet QI4ANTi and \ITC ANC) NI, and the Finale,"were particularly and deservedly admired.' 'The Piece is certainly calculated toil:crease the fame both of him who has'donl . posed it, and of those 'ao - cm:cured it": the Public testi.fied their c(uicurrenee in this opi nion . by their plaudits.—The ILillct of Beirbarli and Alien was I:uf lass fo vourabt roc eived. The Pai dal' x between • DIDELO l .and his. Wife ? and still' more, the Pas sr.?! ,of PARtsoT, were highly applauded the Audicri,:e calicd Idudly for the repetition of the latter, and PAR isoT.-grati fied their wishes." While we.. corrgratulafeliet upon receiving 'this - libmage, we'cannot approve the•condud those w l io bestoyed"il ; and if it be flattering, it is on. the other hand, .very ill judged t in • fact, it' is cruel -in the Audience lo think thus exclusively' of ,rh#lr. own pleasure, Without considering what the' physical n strengtif Of the Performer is equal to.; 'and this s'elthh spirit resembles but too much that.:of the itomans ib their Oladiatorial exhibitions, and that of the Spaniards in their bulllghts. A short air, u'r a particular step, may be encored without iliconrel: nience, but the repetition of a whole scene, of singing or dancing, is insufferable,to_ people vi taste. The best testimony the Public can give Of their aN4robation, is their attendance at the Theatres, and their applause while there. The House was remarkably crowded,. and ON. rained much Elegance and neshion. ' THE THEATRE, 4 • Covevi-Ganleff., Ts Comedy' of Eve: 2112,7 in bis'Hi/npnr was represented. on Saturday last at this,lheatfe. --=Cdo t -played Kite/v, - with his usual success; Mil RR . AA' made an apology for the'appearanee:of 111, AR fi in Arditei:Siegel'', in qn ase q tterice of KNIGHT'S 111disrsiticim apolog) -- howl - ever,' was necessark ; _for he -Perforiited the dia• raoer wi4h,more of simple truth, thouglipethaps with less effective foteei than his predecessor; , _ After.this vigorous Comedy,, a naw mical:Drantt was brought forward, under the title of Perouse, or The Desolate, litatid.- it is hardly n4essaty to say',., Clat the hero of this Piece is Pei;:ttle, 'the celebrated-and unfortunate Naviga:. tOr of France. As the fate of PeraNse is unknown, it aftbrded stope for the powers 'of imagination ; And hence the'fertilc Ko - tzr E made it 'the sub: jell of _one of his I)ramas. .I.lpon - I<oizau4'w work the present Piece is founded. The, hero,is supposed to have escaped from .a wreat, and - CA havelanded on a desolate Island. He is obliged to use _various expedients to guard ,against the natives Of a neighbouring 'place. He-builds ii hut, and is in 'faa a Rpb CRUsb‘E,..or, a PHILIP QUARLES : as the former has his Frid a y . , and. the. latter . his . Beau _so . P, ERO E is provided with an ally in the form of a Chdm:pan. ee, an animal said to exist in Africa, and to *4. proach nearer to : the_htitian form, and . to •.hunim qualities, than tile. ainmpOutant.,- There is certainly milling of 'eery stiikink novelty in this Pantoinimical Drama, but it haii the merit of the piclurescitie beauties; and, all the intercuing dangers, that were to be fiAnd in' works,Of the same tendeney— ; siich 144titiori- Vett:Be; Cattaitt cooke, Raymond aka ghi, and :other, tomir s which have long bAri fainlliavto the Public,- but which will 1114ityslutie sifting hold upon- the 'feelings. 'T ,his . Piece is brought forward in, a very .beatr, tiful style • and though, as w . e have said; there is nothing absolutely new iO it, yet it combine's the, most striking inoidelits•iit former 'Balkh, t on the whole,. a splendid, beautiful. and ititcrat ing exhibition. leScents- . that-were chiefly - admired, - "weer., storm— kretto.•:--4. frssze;slake-:—/ ) ,;Pouses bitot en a red—a ,rude draiu,,Aridge, and under - it -a sheet (f ic( 7 --the interior '0 . 1 1. ..the Inland rack, _c. &c. • 1 Per The part of Pens, was 'vet'', well si.ipported by Mr. H..jotiNiToN ; btu • the most` extellent aging Wa s that , ef:4\44ltet M N - Aelt , in the Cham paftzen whir he renderer 4ighly intArekting, diverting an natural. j.`vi,u. played great poyrers-ofgestureit Umba, a female savage ; aild.KlNo., who _unites vocaiN4dsricina skill, was whimsical and entertaining in 'Cange.4, The Music, by MORI kAD 'anti -I);;.v.y, ,is in chara&er with the Piece,' and very good, in The merit of compiling this Piece is attritmed to Fhwc ETr aQd FAIL E r,. who !wt . certaiply displayed ingepoity in combining, if no original powers of invention, The Piece wed off with very great. &uccess, and was received bi.as cvoWdeti an. Audience as the Theatre, could contain, with the liigliest , ap, • plause. ry Homo Morris . , c4rbett, And other State Pd. soners, confined in: Ki near. Dublin, have.effecled their escape. They proposed to li.. berate Na per Tatty, but he declined the . offer. The rope =by which Black u(11 was' &sciiiding broke; when he was seized by the'Sentries, and remanded'to 'the . gaol. On Friday the 13th ult. died, after a few days illness, and after having bgen blessed with 'a sin. gplarly good constitution;, that truly respeaable, and highly reseeded Charatl: r, Mrs. GR AV E NOII who was descended from the ancient family of Sr. ALEYN, and reikt of the late Mr. Cat AV E NOltj of the City 01 Brist6l, whose, union tire.. ther continued upwards of,tifty- two years. 1 - lcr manners were rntle and ei-.;pging, and her dis... •position Walietldvolent and humane. In the last moinen(s of a .well-sfletit and`exemplary life, she rect.' ved, . With 0r111.' , C , 45 anti CfcllptlSUrC; the acv - ful intimation of the probability of her approach. - ing dissolytion, and took an afri..ttionate leave of her children, whom the has left sineerely•and deeply to bewail the lois of her who was a mo. ther,indeed. - • y~~