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with uncommon travery. The one which bleW•up was opposed to t 4 , e Ant,phion half an hour ; and the Pena engaged the Medusa some time before the live& sn roughly treated her. The Spanish Ad miral had time to prepare his Ships for battle, as it Was an hour before he attempted to run. Lieut. Pim, of the Livtly, is arrived in charge of the Ptize. In the engagement with the Spanish Frigates no British Officer fell, but we are sorry to learn, that we lost eleven of our brave Tars. In one of the Frigates were fourteen thousand seal skins ; in an. other nine thou.and dollars ; the third entirely load. ed with bullion. Dispatches have been sent off from the Admiralty • to-the Commanders of our Squadrons, with fresh orders in respect to any Spanish Ships they may fall in.with. The Spanish Brig St. jorefh, laden . with linen and wheat, and the Spanish Snip Esperanza, in haL. lasi, Were taken possession of at Cowes, yesterday, by order of Admiral Most.rmsu a. , .. the Hibernia, izo guns, the Pollor, 38, and the Circe, 38, now building in Plymouth Dock yatd, are reported ready for launching ; and it is supposed they will he off the it Sto 'cs on the 17th of November next, being full moon, and the highs est spring tide for that month. This will be a phenomenon in the arra of Plymouth aick.yard, or indeed any other Dock-yard in the Kingdom, of lattnehing a Ship of such an immense fabric as vile iii6errria and two F r i gates , o f t h e l arger Claim, at th e! same Ololnent 101 time, from different Slips. On Tuesday evening the Trompeure, 18 guns, lying in the Sound, and fitted with six months • Stores and provisions for Foreign Service, received her final dispatches, and she gut under weigh, and loon cleared Poulet Point. She is to touch at Cork tUr one day, to take in certain stores, and then pro: teed without delay to Madras. She takes out with 'her dispatches, which are supposed to be of great LllPn!tance It is c,Jtjedured, she will return from Madras to Ceylon, after the delivery of her Dis. Itatehes i , L, 6'.;:• 46 ttr4ft' Of a Letter f r o m C apt .-L EAVY , t' f. t hO onto",Britantrin, dated Jamaica, Sept. 1, 1804, to Ilia Owners at Liverpool : " On the 3d of July we fell in with a French Corvette of az guns, in lat.. 4t• long. , :3. who run frt.m us ; 4,n the sth, fell in with the wise Corvette, who at first seemed de. termined to attack us, but desisted on ourehecing, end again run away ; after this, nothing particular occurred until the sth of August, at eight A. Af. . in lat. 17. Antigua, W. 200 miles, saw a strange 8 161, which we soon perceived to-be a Cruizer, by Making all sail after us, which we took no notice tif, not wishing to loose a' good breeze, which we had been favoured with fur several days. This encou. .raged the rnbber to make boldly for us ; our guns being then in, and our ports down, he thought we • sho u ld h e a good prize for him--at half past three .'. .P. M. found him coming up fast, took in our steering twits, prepared for adion, and hauled our wind to. ayards him. At four he hoisted the tri.coloured flag, and gave us a Salute with a 2 4.1b..5h0t ; in ten mi. bilteS he grappled our quarter, when a brisk and well. direded fire commenced on both sides, with great Mint Ind small artnt . .-Ate continued fast to the Bri_ ire:n*4a forty minutes, during which time he twice attempted to board, and was heat back with great Slaughter. All this time We could only get our stern and.quiliter guns to bear,, which cleared his rigging, and shot. away his hoarding booms and grappling.. After he Found he could not succeed in boarding, he • "e ' a . ,tte.Mpted to haul o ff, and got on board his tacks, which enabled the Briton/tic to get her side to be at,, and in ten minutes the Enemy was a complete Wreck, hit main-mast shot away close to the cap, his tore-top i,. 11 21i1 sheets and lore.top.gallant ditto all cut, his sails j in tat .1 i t ett, his side drove i n , a nd hi s fi re completely li Silt on hi s to p s and dtcks,that were before full of 1: men, svocely one could be seen ; wi t h t h e rema i ns of a h i' shill feted fore. sail, maio.sail, and mizen, he kept t he Windt petceivieg oight coming on, and the Bri. iannia's fore, and fore.top.sail braces, trizen boom, rnizen stay, a w l mizen top sail shot 'away, it Was Some time before the Ship could be brought upon a, Wind. Immediately after getting braces reeved, 'we gave chase, and passed 111111 to leeward ; having to m•ite a tack for 'want of atter-sail, the Ship was long in staytoard before we could come up with him, •!4 it tieing dark and squally, we lost sight of him. W e then hove to, ez;ettiog to falf in with him at daylight, expeding, from his crippled state, he must tun before the w iod, but were much disappointed in not seeing him. My ecople were in high spirits, and fought like English Seamen. I met with a great loss from the Enemy's first fire, having my Buaiswain, Carpenter, and two of my best met!, stationed with t ne to Work the Ship, wounded,: four of my people tyn•fr,, -in me at Madeira, and two sick,whieit.r9a4C "lOU Of ' I 1 . ' i the guns to be weakly manned : roy s'assen. Ora a e to I tirtteered their services, and am truly sorry i a Yt one of them lost his life ; but on the wllole our 1 01 _ . • The ,; was not so great ,as 'night be exoeft . l4:— , , it0;,,,, a ha s soared much in her rigging and . sails well ' most of our lower rigging dreadfully cut, as .4 a s almost every running rope in t h e Ship ; , 111,1 8 • • • • f u ll of Small shot ;we were obliged to be the 13 are nd an enti re t • kresh set of sails, but am happy w "Y t he tti ntit is not much hurt in the hull. The day.after our ' . 011igetnent we Were Spoke by Commodore Hoop in hi " Majesty% Ship Centaur, who very politely sent est.burgeon on board to examine the wounded, end ..!II SUpplied us, with medicines we un th , e 9th.we fell in with a Schooner under Danish were in wool o . ce rou „ t who informed us, that the Privateer we had en • Lg a ged wait the General Ernruf,carrying four long i•nass 2 a 4 - Pounders , an d twelve i 8 pound carrona d es , o on boa r d w h en s h e sa i le d f rom B asse terre 1 17° tei 1 90 men 1 f rom t h e description giveos. She • 1114 4 be r must have lie s arne vesse l, b ut , to a ll appear a nce, 'h um lead mote men on board, they beiog, as : ged as they could well stand. List of the i k 'iled and w oun d e d 0 re P assenger , 0i,,, ,_ 'l.--A. —tsIITON, , e ! . 1 v p' j c :r . a L, shot in the side. Captain LeAvy, D. AU ; , r '' J. NEWMAN, JOHN Gscsv, a , , ‘LED'ilts, Ys wuundeci, ) but fast recoveting. • CHARLES BANNISTER. at Yesterday Bag of Ship Letters v.fu trOe tht G4fief4l Po_ L.,Q11% - for noilstiri. A Letter from the Hague, dated the ath Instant; I co- tains the following prrienlers:—" Although TA LLE YR AND, by the , Contributions he has ex. toiled from most of the Continental Statee, has become one of the richest individuals of Europe, his avarice and cupidity are as unbounded as his immo. rality and duplicity. At every change of our Go vernment, since he became a Revolutionary Mi. nister, lie has required some stuns of money from those persons wh o a his intrigues and influence have given us as Chiefs ; and, afterwards forced them, once in the year, regularly, to make him patriotic donations for leeve to continue in place. Our Rulers, as well as those of Italy and Switzerland, and the Ministers of Spain, Portugal, Austria, Prussia, and Bavaria, who all owe to him, more or less, their appointments, are, therefore, not only his twit), but his tributities. ' This organised plunder, one should think, would be sufficient for a man of de cayed constitution, witlamt a family, and with wealth, the amount of which he dares not avow ; he takes, however, care. to let no opportuo; ty escape of accumulating new treasures, even though the consequence is the total ruin of those people and States already beggared' by him. This has lately been the ease of our unfortur6te Country, where a most shameful attempt has been discovered to plun der u of.six millions of florins, and to augment a burden, we already are tillable to bear, with this great sum, for a wretched' nation of hardly two millions of people, exposed for near ten years to the, all.devouring Prench voracity, and to the all. deetroying Gallic fraternity. As the miscarriage of title Financial Plot is the principal reason Why TALLIVRAND has persuaded BONAPAa'rE to •Ordefanoitter* 'Political 'Revolution in our Go vetnment and Constitution, I shall relate to you all the circumstances which have come to my know. • ledge. "By the Peace of Amiens, it was agreed between Prance and Holland, that the Prince of ORANGE should receive no indemnity for his losses from the ' Batavien Republic, and England has since, by a sum of ready money, and by au anpuiry Of 16,0001. re. warded this Prince for his adhiteece to the British causes so nearly conneaed with his own rank and in. 1 terest. In the Treaty of Cession and Inderrinity be.. tweet France and Prussia, concluded on the 23d of May, I Boa, it was mentioned, that, at a future period, the demands of the Prince of ORANGE in Holland should be liquidated. No sooner had England acted in the above mentioned liberal manner, , and, of THE THEATRE.--The extravagant but divert. course, nothing more could he expeCted front that ing Comedy of Wild Oats, had a numerous audience last night at Covent Garden Theatre. Lewis was ' c l all lif e an d sp i r i ts i n t h e p ar t of Rover. Mrs. . uar ; er o tha n -TeetaltYßAND, who, by another rreaty of 'Ratiabon, had indemnified the House of Orange for all its claims with Felda, &c. hinted GLOVER, who is an excellent actress, had not full to some person about him, that by some arrange. scone for her talents in the charader of Lad) Ansa. • ranth, but she rend er ed it promipent-in the Piece. meat with prim, the Prince of ORANGE may still —ln consequenc e o f the indisposition of Mrs, obtain another pecuniary indemnity' from :his EmilßY, the p art o f A me li a was taken by Mrs. Country, Holland, as well as France,. has its un. Sr' "ca g who rformed it vet well ; but the principled intriguers. . Tat. lEY RA ND's proposal pre'mbility y of the Play was lessen ed, pe as it was im. was therefore listened to, and every thing settled between the marauding Pal tie 9, almost without the Possible to consider her as t h e Mother of Lewis. consent. of the Prince, at least without his privacy. Wauoy a nt i E MERY gave a s t r ong support to the. Piece in Sir George Thunder and 7olan Dory.— as to the distribution of the speils, because he and —The After.piece was II Bandocani, in which a hi s agents ailed kola Pe ; whilst those who sup- Miss DAV iS acquitted herself very successfully in ported his demands, meditated, and had already an air that required a dancing accompany:neut. The agreed on the manner in which they intended to divide and pocket the money allowed him by the Batavian Audience was notch disturbed during the Comedy by two drunken blockheads who iolested the boxes, Republic, fiat' which TALLEY I( AND was in return to secularize some German Abbeys in favour of the and patticularly distinguished .themselves by their riotous excesses in the upper tier.. Peace-Officers _Howie of . Orange. a.The French Ambessador, Dc t-• should always be at hand to remove such an offensive Semormoev, at his place, was, therefore, let nuisance, and we trust that whenever any thing of into the •secrer r tend aupported t in the name of his the same outrageous' kind happens again, such Bar. Emperor, the payment of the Sums required for the Noce at ORANG it I and several conferences were chat:alias: orates will be brought to reflection in the round. house. . held On the part 'of our Government, between our . . Secretary of State, flutormeta, and our General The success of the infant Rosciut has been so Treasurer, De VAS VAN STE ENWYK, ton one part ; great at the Liverpool Theatre, that the Managers and Messrs. R. Vox °ODIN, J. P. Fr RRAND, and offered hinea thousand pounds to extend his engage. 1 n re P. a.,AMSN, on the part of the Prince of ORANGE. mint for a , dozen nights, His engagements else. Between these respettive Commissaries, the Treaty where, however, would not permit him to stay. ,was' Soon agreed to ; and, after being approved by It is computed that he will have acquired near ottuaredury, the mere firmality of the ratification twelve thousand pounds in the course of the proem ' 4 th e . Legislative Body W.t4 wanting to carry it year I Then 0 ' how are we ruin'd ?" a into execution. We have not heard whether the daughter which it. Frnm former~ transaClions between him and Mrs. BETTY, the mother of the infant Rsscius, has - a a e o t assaet.e ENNI NCK, TALL r YRANO ORS acquaint. recently given to the world, discovers already any with theatrical propensitice, but weapresume. that in aed the alisintroastrderer of this' Revolutionary year or two She will be announced as the modern . knight, and, t h erefore, desired to carry this point Melp without his interference. By some manner or other Miss GRIMANI is going to the Hymeneal Altar omene ' .be obtained, however, informstion of' all the parti. in a few cl .colors of this Finaereiol ;Affair ; and by' his info.ay s with Mr. Yours. , the Chief Attor elite, and by that Of his frieeds, 'all equAly disap. of the Liverpool Theatre. m i nte d in nut being of the pillaging Party, the I.e. Dr. Dtcasoer's long.promised System of PraElia I . gislattve•Body Sof - toted its ratification, not withstand. 'cat Agriculture will make its appearance early next ing the threats of Adrniral Veal.; en e, who arrived week. Such a Work, incladieg the Various ' -en purpose from P rance to back , TALLxYRAND, provements which have been made in the Art of must be . b . earoxv 'Lee, and Co. fir which he was to have Husbandry during the last twenty years, . . h is due. When the determination of the Batavian worthy of its weight in 'gold to every PraCtical Farmet in the kingdom. . Legeeletors•was known to TALLRYRANO, SEMoN. ,vtioa received instruaion in the name (Allis So. The Opposition Writers are quite vehement . erngn, to del. r 'e ver to the pt ' . vire,flory a severe Phi. alpolsi Ministers on, =taunt of our .recent attack /woo announcing pacified' if th ey both their own and the Legisla- On ike DOns were allowed to touch the Spanish. but these Writers would' easily be torsi destratiott ; BoNAPARTE having determined ,I uP9P, ii Gov crornent .toorc firm and convivial to the In addition to the wonderful occurrences et ,a , - e a ta .m alt a ace , a the tames. Ile areati ,, who house at Saayston, -in Cambridgeshire, which have otseal theirdisgrace to the 1 i 4it.;01', : i.11 of SC iiii , ANl F t... already been noticed in the Public - PaPers, we are 'retreat Noe., chargedoheietore, him to wait on 80. Meowed with the following, the truth of 'which is NAPAETE 41( AlX•itt.Chal:Cik, where he was graci beyond every doubt: 'A Gentleman, his aunt, and otetly received; whilst,, an the other hand, Tee. LEyAANn and Sereataytees mote than ever con. a ,young Lady, called yesterday sa'nnighta to.eee the enchanted house, and before they had been in it vinced the . Revolutionary EMS EROR of the neces. a quarter of an hour, theyoung Lady's gown had a iry of another Revolution in Holland. It is now received three great rents, while sitting in a said that TALLEYRAND's Agents .have informed chair. detached from any one, though the. pre. , a id , ambi t ions amateurs, or political Pretenders, that caution was taken to see that the ,Igown was petfcdl he has to dispose Of, and will dispose of, the Sove. upon entering the house. Most ,of the University reigns) , of the Batavian Republic to the highest have visited the house, in order to ascertain the bidder. A number of Candidates have, therefore, source ()idlest mysterious circumstances; anti Mr. already presented themselves; but hitherto no one ADAMS, the master, applied to the most expet . ienced is chosen, tit the , priie it too high. In the mean Collegian to know his sentiments upon them, who time, it is said, that a Subscription has been opened very readily went and examined the premises ; but among our Leading Men, to buy oif", if possible, no person as yet has been able to ascertain the cau , e• 'ALL ill eAm o's anger. On Thursday morning, as Josiah Kirby, a lad of "It is reported here, that of the Six Millions about sixteen years of age, was 1 idiog along the demanded for the late STADTII .LDER, TALLEY road with another boy, in the parish of Hioxton, RAND was to have four, and the other two were to Cambridgeshire, the horse turned .shott Off the road, be divided between SEMONVILLB, VE all Bit 1., at the corner of some paless andsone of the wheels I:IALITERI YR, two other Frenchmen, and two Bata. went ag a in s t the pales, The other boy jumped vian Public luetlianaries. This infamous business out and was not hurt. Kirby, in reaching over the 'is now the common topic of convereatien, nor oily f'tont of the cart, CO catch at a short rein to pull the heir, but emery wher e else upon the Cominent." horse to the other side, fell over, and the horse and Tins veteran of the Stage yesterday tnlr.ti'it'g took his farewell of .this transitory scene.--lit 1 . .. as once an admirable vocal Performer, chiefly - ft - oin the bounty of Nature, for he was very little indebted to Art. He' was a singular instance of timidity in public life, though a conspicuous ornament of all convivial circles, and he possessed such good sense and knowledge of the world, that he might have become a good comic actor if his powers had not been restrained by this invincible timidity: Though so long engaged in theatrical life, whenever he per, formed he used to walk behind the scenes during the intervals in great agitation. He was an admirable mimic of public performers, and expressed their peculiar manner without giving them a caricature excess.— His imitations of Foote were very exact, particularly in Major Sturgeon, whiCh he used to exhibit with great spirit in the manner of the original.--But notwithstanding all his efforts he was unable. to overcome his diffidence on the Stage, and therefore seldom appeared, even in his best days, but in singing•chara&ers. Hardly any man was more ready at a repartee, and his 647 mats were never marked with acrimony, but always with good humour in every sense of the wotd. This readinesi in colloquial pleasantry rendered his. company very agreeable in.social society, and he was tempted by such society so much during life, that he forgot the warnings of Prudence, otherwise he might have secured ail ample provision far' the vale of years," into which he descended through many embarrassments ; but, upon the wholchis.daYs were passed in such a manner as might have been envied by ANACItION. To the honour (Allis son it should be 'mentioned, that in all his embarrassments he found a sure re source in filial affection, and he always spoke of the assistance which he derived from that affection with the utmost warmth of gratitude. Whatever errors he might have been led into by his convivial hu mour, , his intentions were always just ; his heart was 'good, and whenever he had the power, he had always the will, to discharge his obligations. They who really knew him, held him in eiteem, and he had few enemies but among the coldhearted and churlish, whom Nature exempted from the seincements to which he was betrayed by the• at. traction of his talents and his convivial disposition. cart fell upon him. Assistance was at hand ; ‘ but his skull was ftatluted s and he died the next day. The Duk,'e of MI DrtMD ;1 now on a visit to the En' DA it NL. &X ) at Coblyn: I CT. I Otit of the most superb Fetes ever witnessed in Esst Kent tvas given here last night by G erwri a Sir SAmuai. ActIMIITY. A remootary room it'lll fits rd up for supper, and at one o'clock a brilliant assemblage of ftshionahle elegance entered this room, calculated (by the judicious dkoby of lights, and the richness of Ott I;,;.ft custynac) to dazzle the i(ogination with the Most lively and mo,t agree. able astonishment. The Suoser consisted of an ahrintlant variety of ever thing this Couorl . . ;,,fr,irds, and the fanciful oina . nsents of the tubleswcre so beautifully displayed as to attract universal admiration, and the I - masher. whiCh sat down to supper was ISO, af ll,, fig whoTA were Lords KeITH and Roils ty, Viscount CAui,t. •iotkr ; Countess of CoNVNGHAM; SUSANLadies, SAN DREW, VIRGINIA MURRAY, CtiaTl , , HALES; General CARLETON and - kit accomplished Daugh. tears ; the Hon. Miss BLYicroN, anti the 11,t),MItiCS ELPHINSTONE. The dancing'ended at six o'clock, A. M . . .aftei which about jwenty young persons sat down to a drjeani :tipper ; several "songi _ were song by Miss MONTREuUIt and Col. GONVII,I.B ; and the patty dispersed, in high good humour and iatisfaaion, at seven o'clock in the morning. WEYMOUTH, Oc T. Y B. YESTERD A Y THEIR MAJUNTIits and the .PRINCESSES were accompanied in their aquatic ex.. coition by Ladies GEORG:ANA VY, Wyri. YARD, E. THY tiny, Lord PAULET, Generals MAH. Naas, MANNINCHAM, GARTH, aad COlOttel DEO tr: The weather was extremely stormy during thelC voyage. Last night Tun itt MAJrsTIE9, the Pa 1110ESSES • and the Duxa of Gt.ouc ESTER, honrured Mr. and Mrs. NAYLER'a Benefit with their presenv. The Play. was MoaTuN's excellent Comedy of Ihe Way to get Married . . In the Farce of The Agreeable ,Yurprise, Mr. NEYCER played Lingo in a capital style, and kept the home in a roar. He introduced a.+.ew Comic Song, written by;. ASHLEY, Valle./ The Wonder I HI: MAI asTY laughed very heartily at it, and desired a repetition of it. The house was completely filled by seven o'clock with beauty and fashion. Among the company we observed,Lords PAULET, BEIBOR.oUGH, and Mr. PITT; CountesscslLCllEsTEß, I'ALTLET,BELNIORE,Ize. and THEIR MA J E;at Eb departed at eleven, c o uch pleased with the entertainments of the night. His MAJESTY rode out early this motning, and returned about nine o'clock. Soon after breakfast, fits MAJESTY and PR IBC ESS'ANIEL LA, Ana Lady ELIZABETH TH yr4t4r., took an airing on the Dorset shireroaci, and inspected the artillery, and a carriage on a new Conbtru4ion, with whirr His, was much pleased. It carries the Men, and all the app trams, and is considered a Moat excel lent plan for the field. Lord PAULET gave a grand ball this eve dog at the Royal Hotel, to the ROYAL FAMILY and Friends. _ Arrivals at the Kink's Head : Mr. Dawes, Mr. C3kat, Rev. Mr. Tilotr!limn artii And ' l ' . Salisbury. Lhq. On Wednesday the wind blew a violent hurricane off Weymouth; a frigate had her mizen..top-mase C:lffiCti away, hut, by the activity of - it, number of the men, another was soon gat up'. Must of the Vessels at sea were obliged to strike their topmast's, to,avoid having them blown away. The weather was SO extremely squally from the westward, thata Brig was drove on shore into the West B.iy, but, we are happy to say, no lives were lost. The accident is said to have happened by the Captain refusing. to rake on hoard the Vessel one of the Portland who, perceiving the danger the Brig was in, went and offered his assistance ; hut. the Capt:On, strange to tell, refused to let him on board,. and said, lie did not want him. She came to an anchor dut. ing the storm, but the gale increasing, she part ed her cable and .went on shore, and she is now high and drys - A Craven Meeting is to be instituted at 11 1 1 4 a1tnn. *. in support of which several Gentlemen have already subscribed their names to the Sweepstakes and Matches.. An imusual,number.of Welch runta were exposed to tale, at Steyning Fair, on Thursday, as :well4sal great shoW of ot t oc.hogi ; and much linsioe s s wow done, though the weather was exctedinglY I..torropi tiaus, the spin falling in torrents nearly the whine day. . At gait Bourne Fair, on Wednesday, there was .. a large show Of sheep and lambs, which sold at high prices., ..Ewes were in great request.. A beggar of filename of Jame's Olos.for many years has implored charity in the public streets, and who was known to time public by the long lioarl beard thst hung below his breast, died on Tutsday, night last,. at a wretched , apartment in an. onseort, 6ourt on Saffron _ Being aware of his diaoalu. tion,.he seat for his only issue,. a Chimuey.sweeper, residing at Pentonville who, on.. his arrival, re. moved a brick in the fireplace; by the dumb mo. flans of the father, where fie found gold and silver specie to the amount of 104. i. This penurious old maw was born in Devonshire, and was, in his lounger dam : a tradesman in Exeter, which pLICC he left in an insolvent state, in 1776, and has.lived, in London since that time by begging. So perm. yiotts was he; that on no acemint would he part witli• his day's produce, like others of his profession, but would make soap of the i bones which he pick. •ed up, When he could not obtain his usual supply in his rounds. Yesterday afternoon a journeyman painter felt from *lwo ;:story window of a house in Leather. lane, Holborn, by which accident his head was ,•fractured, and otherwise much bruised. He was' taken to the Hospital with little hopes of recovery. On Wednesday se'nnight aslritjcbt Youtlostus. 'BAND was hunting in the neighbourhood of S.rabane, with some Officers of the Light Battalion stationed there,* he Wa - s severely bit in the thigh by a Irits, belonging to Major MirAor, whith, having got .loose,.he attempted to stop, when the Animal rushed opon him, and sri2:l hill by the thigh, but .it is thought the wound wi;i nut prove dangctous.