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"'Veor ;• P c NAVAL;ry NEWS. cz,\..y.• Nou ill; impesiunt pelagi c s f rvumgue Irides:ow, Sed miLi zonte datum. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Feb. 7. Admiralty-Office, Feb. 7, 1801. Extrafl of a Letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. R. Admiral of the White, &c. to Evan Ne.. . • pear, Esq. dated in Torbay, the vi inst. I inclose, for their Lordships' information, a Letter which I have received from Captain Lu. kin, of His Majesty's Ship Thames, informing me of the Capture of L'Aurore French National Corvette, of Sixteen Guns ) charged with Dis patches from the Mauritius, and a Letter from Captain Halliday, of the Doris, giving an ac count of the Capture of the Brig La Favorite. Thamet at Sea, Jan. 19, 18ot. MY LORD, I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that on the 18th instant His Majesty's Ship I command captured the French National Ship Corvette L'Aurore, of Sixteen Guns, commanded by antics Girault, Lieutenant de Vaisseau : She was from the Mauritius, having on board the Aid de Camp to the Governor of that place, charged with Dispatches to the French Govern ment. have the Honour to be, &c. &c. &c. W. LUKIN. Admiral the Earl of St. Vincent, K. $. fie.&c.Vc. Doth, lan. 23, 1801. MY LORD, Since the evening of the loth, when I had the honour of communicating to your Lordship the fortunate Capture we had made of the French Ship Le Huron, I have been cruizing agreeably to my orders, and have this morning captured the French Brig La Favorite, from L'Orient, hound to Bourdeaux, laden with Staves, Copper, and Hides► I have the Honour to be, &c. &c. &c. JOHN HALLIDAY. Tbe Earl of St.Pintent, K. B. &cw &c. &c. Admiralo.osce, Feb. 7, ISO!. Cop of a Letter from the Earl of St► Vincent, K. B. Admiral of the White, &c. to. Evan Nepean, dated forheiy, the 3d instant. SIR ) herewith transmit . a Letter from Captain Kings of His Majesty's Ship Sirius, giving'an account of the Capture of - the Charlotta Spanish ;deter of 'Maryle:. I am, ttCb Si". VINCENT, Cape Bath:, jetn. 280801. 4Y LORD, I beg leave to inform your Lord,shipy His Ma: aesty's Ship Sirius, under my command, in com pany with His Majesty's Ship Amethyst; cap. • tared the Spattisirl.,etter of Marque Charlotta, from Ferrol bound to Curacao, out of Fmoi•only sixteen hours, Cape ,Belem bearing S. by W. six or seven leagues. I gym, &c. RICHARD KING. Bad of Si. Pilstent, K. B. &c.E.fe, Admiralty-o;re, Feb. 7, atn. ,Copy of a Letter from Vire-Admiral Lord Thigh ' Seymour, Commander itt Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at lamaica, to 41.,ass bcast, Ell. dated the 210 Dec. 1800. SIR, _ - I beg you will lay before the Lords Commis_ boners of the. Admiralty the inclosed Copy of a Letter which I yesterday received from Capt a in Halkctt, (Allis Majesty's Ship Apollo. I am, Sir, &c. &c. , . 11. SEYMOUR. . • . His Majesty's Ship Apollo, MY LOAD ) , DOember, tB6O. • At noon, on the loth ult. in the Gulf of Mexi. co, in lat. a r deg. North, we gave chace to' a Xebec to windward of us, but soon after disco. vering a Brig . dire fly in the wind's eye, we chaced her, and at two in the morning, got up and took possession of the Resoltition Spanish Sloop of War of r 8 guns, and 149 men, com manded by Don kranciseo Oarrichena, (formerly the Resoltrtion Cutter in the British Navy), she sailed from Vera Cruz three days before. As soon as her crew were removed to this Ship, we made all sail, and an ho ur after day-break got sight again of the XebeC, and captured her at three o'clock in the afternoon; she is from Vera Cruz, , and was bound to the Havannah. The Resolution was in general tuwed.by us un lit the 27th ult. when her main-mast went by the board; an attempt was made to rent her, but her rigging and sails being perfeftly rotten and every thing belonging .to her in such a miserable con slition, it was necessary to destroy her: On'th'e 7th inst. off Porcine., in the Island of Cuba, we recaptured the Schooner Sr. , Joseph. I am; my Lord, .&c. • _ P. HALKETT. Right Hole Lord Hugh Seymour, &c. &C. A RRIVED _ .opal., icet 'data, laden with a small quantity of iron and canvas, from Corunna bound to the Havannah, a large Ship of about 4.00 tons burthen, captured the 27th ult, by the Sirius and Amethyst Frigates ; also a Danish. Galliot in ballast, from Altona bound toCroisick, detained by the Excellent, of 74. guns. Sailed the Fanny hired Armed Brig, of 14. guns, with Dispatches for the West Indies. Arrived the Chapman Armed Ship, from Fal mouth ; and the Danish Ship Christianshaven, laden with wine, from Barcelona bound to Al tona, detained by the Amethyst Frigate. Arrived the Dedaigneux French litigate, of 40 guns, ,and Soo men, from Cayenne bound to Bourdeaux, having on board a considerable quan tity of spices, and other valuable articles, ..cap tured by I'Oiseau, Amethyst, Sirius, and l' Im mortalite Frigates, after a running Adion of 30 minutes, previous to which tOiscau had chased her upwards of 4o hours. L' Immortalite was af terwards dispatched for the Mediterranean, with the intelligence to Admiral Lord KEITH, of a French Squadron being at sea, consisting of Five Sail of the Line and Two Frigates, the same which the Concorde Frigate fell in with off Cape Finisterre on the 26th ult. A few days since, Le Recnin Sloop of War, cf 12 guns, commanded by Lieutenant S. Fow EL L, struck on a sunken rock in Quiberon Bay, and was totally lost: twenty of her Crew escaped to the shore in the Boat, and were made prisoners by the French ; the Commander, Officers, and remainder of the Crcw arrived here last evening in the Nile Cutter, commanded by Lieutenant G. ARGLES, who picked them up. A Flag of Truce was sent on shore for the purpose of exchanging the twenty men made prisoners, for twenty Frenchmen on board the Nile, but re fused, until the Chief Consul's orders had been received to sanaion'the measure. Sailed the Penguin Sloop of War, of 18 guns, Capt. R. MANSELL, with Dispatches for the East Indies : she is to touch 1t the Cape of Good Hope. Sailed the Glory, of 98 guns, for Torbay ; jurt4, pf 8o guns, to join the Chalinel Fleet ; and Kangaroo Skin!) of War, on a Cruize. Arrived l'Oiseau, of 36 guns, Captain H. S. LINA E E, from Torbay. The Channel Fleet, under the Command of Admiral HAR v EY, are said to have arrived this morning at Torbay. Arrived the Swedish Ship Daphne, Captain Bitqav, laden with salt, from Alicanr, bound to Gottenburgh, detained by the Concorde Frigate ; and the Swedish Ship Hu, nung;of Wolgast, c. D. BRANDT master, from Valenci.t, laden with brandy, bound to Altona, detained by POis,,,u Frigate. .77, ' - • - ' 1 .4 I IT IIIIIIIIIIIII"MIMIMMMIM"IIIII.M.IIIMIMMIMIMIMMI ' - • u r t-',.. :like . * 1 Y'L YMOUTII, FED . : I . 77_ t ~ 4 - #. . A. A RR Itr ED the Spanish Packet Cha ~ N AVAL ',i,;7•' ', NEW S. ...:.t. ......, ......,....:t., ...c :......, ft.„l , TORBAY, FED; 7. ARAIVED last evening, the Channel Fleet, consisting of Sixteen Sail 'of the Line, under the Command of V.ice:Adtniral Sir'FIENR Y I iAR V EY, from off Brest ; and sailed again this morning on a Cruize. • SailuilTyalabar for the East Indies. • Remain th 6 Yale de Paris, of it I guns ; Sall . 7011, .ofl 18 guns ; Glory, of 98 guns, • and :Vaiad, of 36 tuns,--Wind West, PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 8. THIS day arrived at the Motherbank, and put under Quarantine, the following Transports from Gibraltar -and Lisbon : Orion, HiITTON, Zephyr. Coucl!, Hexham, Bear, Telemachus, P., Ann, Swam, Sailed the Prince William Armed Ship, with the Traders for the Downs. Yesterday sailed the Anson Frigate on a Cruize ; and the St,, George, of 98 guns, and Rtsch,ti:;n, of 74 guns; to join the Channel Fleet. FALMOU NI, FEB. 6. ARRIV E D the American Ship R;ho/1, FAW N, from Virginia, in 28 days, and the Arethusa, Capt. BUNKER, from Alexandria, in 29. day's; the Danish Brig, justina, Capt. KNUDSEN, with wine, from Barcelona, captured the 31st ult. by the Fly Sloop of War. Yesterday' arrived the Railer, Capt. WiLsoN, one of the ships which sailed from hence about a fortnight since for Africa, under convoy of the 'Fly Sloop of War. On the Ist inst. off Cape Finisterre, they were chaced by six Ships of the Enemy,. when the Fly made signal for the whole Fleet to disperse. It is much feared that some of them have fallen into the hands of the Enemy.— 'his Convoy sailed from hence in company with the outward bound Lisbon, Oporto, Gibraltar, and Mediterranean Fleets, which they separated from a few days before, and it is much feared thc Enemy may have also fallen in with them. Sailed the Triton Frigate, Capt. GORE, on a Cruize. DEAL, rEn. 8. SA.ItAto yesterday morning, His Majesty's Shit► Hehfin, and Termer Gun brig, having under convoy the' Boddam and Admiral Gardner East Indiamen, and a large Fleet of Merchant Ves sels. Sailed last right, on a Cruize to the West w, rd, His Majesty's Sloop Arrow. 7 . 71 E 1 : 114NIDURCI1 itAILS. FIRST MA IL. PETERSBUIq;I - 1, JAN. 6. or: the 25th of December, according. to the Court Gazette, his IMPERIAL MAJESTY issued the following Orders : " There shall be three Armies formed, the first under the command of the General of Caval ry, Count PAH LEN, at Brest, in Lithuania ; the second, under the command of the General of in fantry, GoI.mtscIITSCIIES Ktnursow, near Fa. dimer, in Volhynia ; And the third under ille command of Field-Marshal COtillt SALTU KO W, near Fitibsk. " The first under Count Petit. EN, shall con. sist of 9 Regiments of Cavalry, 5 of Grenadiers, 14 of Musketeers, and 4. of Chasseursj it shall also contain to Battalions of Grenadiers, 3 Regi ments of A ttillery, 3 Companies of Flying-Ar tillery, 3 Companies of Pioneers, with Miners and Sappers, and 6 Regiments of Cossacks. " The second Army, under General XURU sow, shall consist of i z Regiments of Cavalry, z+ of Infantry, 6 of Chaseurs, t t Battalions of Grenadiers, 3 Regiments of Artillery, 2 Compa nies of Flying-Artillery, 3 Companies of Pio neers, with Miners and Sappers, and 7 Regi ments of Cossacks. gr The third Army; under the command of Field-Marshal Count SALTUKOW is to con sist of 3 Regiments of Cavalry, 7 of Infantry, a Battalion of Grenadiers, and z Regiments of Artillery. " Near Pinsk, the General of Cavalry, OR LOW will be :rationed with 24) Regiments of Cos asks." STOCKHOLM, JAN. t 3. Tut day before yesterday at eleven in the forenoon, we had the pleasure, to see our beloved Monarch return to his capital from Russia ; the sca of Aland being open, notwithstanding the season of ,the year, lies Mn jes t Y cro,sed it from Abo, and being prevented by contrary winds from reaching Grisseiham, landed at. Ca p-Bihar, whence he came to this city in a private coach. The Convention of Neutrality of the Nor them Powers, concluded at St. Petersburgh, way rati fied there by the Emperor .of RUSSIA and our Sovereign. HANIBC/RGli, JAN. 23. IT is said, on, good - authority, that the Envoy of Louis 50/111, Count CAR 10:11N, 'has 14ft St. Fehrsturib. S_ECOND VIENNA, JAN. 17. IT is proposed that Prince FERDINAND of m burl ; sh 11 bt, aiipointed Ambassador-Ex ttaotdinary IQ the . Coen of St. Petersinlrgh, and that the Field-Marbbal.licutenant the Prince of LICHTENSTEIN shall be appointed in his 'place Commandant of the City of Vienna, anti General of the Austrian Troops 'above . and below the Ems. LUNEVILLE, JAN. rs. TH E First Consul has required that Peace shall be concluded within the 3o days of the Armis tice, and ratified within the. 15 days allowed for the recommencement of hostilities. General Mo. R EMT will, on the. 2.5 th inst. the day on which the Armistice expires, immediately give notice of the recommencement of hostilities unless he_ receives from his Government orders to the con.. teary, or advice that Peace is concluded. The Austrian Counellot of . Legation, M. YON HOVE, has Set out with all speed from Luarville for rienna.- COPENHAGEN, JAN. 24.' , THE advice, receive d nere, that M. ,ROSEN CRANTZ, our Minister at the Court of Russia, had received the EMPEROR'S command to quit Peteriburgb, and the intelligence that the Rus. sian Minister M. LISAKEW mot. had, at the same time, received a Courier from his Court with orders to leave Copenhagen within three days, has - caused here a very great sensation. We are assured on our part, the Northern Convention has only been signe d conditionally, and with certain restriftions,,. the purport of which are, - that Denmark will only ad, defensive ly. .-The Convention will only be ratified on the part, of Denmark with a reservation grounded on her, ancient Treaties with other Euro pean Powers, relative to the Navigation of the Sound. The Russian Minister. is making preparations for his departure with his . 494 .retipue, but he has not yet set•put.. The Secretary of Legation, M. JOSUPHOW I.TZ, jeft..thiS City yesterday. M. LISAKEWIIICH, should he not receive counter orders from. his Court, will probably set out without delay for !lambitrgh. He has received, It . is said, from, his Sovereign, a preset); of 6000 rubles. According to other accounts, the Rus sian Legation has left C.vm hagen , and. passed through Rittzstrd on . the .2 Ist.—(Note of the Hamburgh Editor.) The Cabinet Courier, Lieutenant GLASS, who was to have set out .for Petersburgh last Saturday, has : not. yet been ,expedited by the Department for Foreign Affairs. • In the mean time, ,some other steps arc taking: to accommodate, if pos isible, the differences that have arisen ; and wet have the greatest. hopes they will prove success.. ful. The . day after to-morrow Lieutenant. Gene. ral Count Low ENDAHL, accompanied by . a Se 7, cretary of the Foreign Department, will set out as Envoy. Extraordinay to St. fifer:Luigi:. lie ,carries with him, it is said, the Ratitieation of the Northern Convention. , _ _ . We arc now busily employed in ereaing.T• graphs from Colvskagm,, along the Coasts. of. ;hp Island of 4ea/and to IV ladindturge The advices ••• • . , !ramArohee4 'will be conveyed by Telegraphs, over the Isla"!Ids Laalakde and Fatiter. To-day, Cannon is planting in the Citadel here. A' Fleet of i 6 Ships of the Line, arid a proportionate number of Frigates, is immediate!y to be fitted ouL, TII IRD MAIL. COPtNIIAGEN, JAN. /4. ON the evening of the day before yesterday, Major-General , the Count of DoNNi NSCH !OLD LC.)WENDAII t, Commande.c of the Carps of Ma: rifles, and a Rhight of the Order of Maiza, ' bet out for - St. Peteilturgh, as Envoy. Extraordi nary. The ()Nth of, his mission is to carry to the Court of St. Peter burgh the Ratification of the Nohhern Convention on the Fart of ,hark. He was accompanied by the . Secretary of the Foreign Department, M . . Stcm, and the Ca,. billet Courier, Lieutenant GLASS. lie goes by the ‘vav of Lubeck. The Minister from the Court of Russia, LisAkEWITiCH, set cut fiom - this City for. Ham. burgh last WeAineAay. This Minister was ge nerally beloved here, and his unexpeCted parture is much regretted.. JANUARY 27: Baron attached to the Danish Lega. tion at St. Ptiershurgh, yesterday: arrived here as a Courier 'frotri our Aml;assadori Baron RoSEN.- C RANTZ) to bring adViee of iae departuie of. the Danish Legation trom•that City. The Governor of Si. PetersbittP, notified to the Minister the command of the Eati;i /Wit. The advice received here yesterday, °Taft em bargo having been laict.on all the Panish Ships in the English Harbours, has caused a great sensa tion ; and this day Couriers were dis - patched to the Magistracies of Norway, with instrualons how to aft on the occasion. VIENNA, JA N . 21. Coti'NT LEHREACH has resigned his Pnst as Minister for the regulation of the Army, and the business of his department will be committed to the ARettotrita CHARLES. At, this moment there is a talk at rienniz of a very essential change in the. MirOrf. Baron THLICUT, it is said, ha; given in resignation as Minister of-State. Some assert that this change has been adopted by His MkjiS . T . s. in the private Cabinet, and othcr.sthat it has been already noti fied, though it is not publicly known. No thing ofAcial on the subject has however yet appeared. • Naples will enter :Into a Neigotiation for a Peace with France, under the mediation of Ruskia. The Marquis 11?E i GALLO only wits for dis. pitches from St. Peterhurgh and Palermo, w set out for Luveville. There will b( no interven tion, it is said, on o ur part,.in these' Negotiations. A new Conventioo between Austria and . France has been concluded, according to which .the French Troops will evacuate the Austrian tory before the end of the' mom h, and withdraw over the Inn. The first Division will, in conse quence, begin its march this day, r and the other Divisions on the 16th. It is.expceted that the Head Quarters of the Austrian Army will then be removed from schon.brums to St. Polten. CONSTANTINOPLE; DEC. 25. THE English Fleet, destined to aa against •Egypt, has encountered a violent storm in the Mediterranean. Six Turkish Men of War have come into Rhoda djsmasted by the sathe. tempest. .We have asyet received .no accounts of the ar rival of the English Troops. on the Coast of Egypt, but 6000 Men with the. Adjutants of General AB,ERcitomuy, have arrived at Rhodes, whither,LOrd Et.ot., the English Ambassador, here, has sent his Seeretaty Mr. MAURICE. By order of the same Ambassador, goo English horses have been bought here for the English Troops destined for E.g . rpt. The Grand Signior hai'likewise,caused a Body . of C avalry trained after the. European manner, to be formed, which will be employed against the Rebels in European Turkey. DECEMBER 28. This day a Grand Divan, or Council of State was held here, in presence of the Grand Signior, at which attended the Caimacan, the Captain Paella, and the Reis Effendi. It is understuod that the'Russian Ambassador, General TAMAt . A, has made some very thong representations rela tive to the English Expedition against Eg which the Porte must not permit, as the conic quences may be very prejudicial to it. This de claration has occasioned' here a very great sensa-. Lion. The Expedition of the English to Ego/ has occasioned great perplexity, as revresentattons have been snack to the PORTE on the part of RussiaFt!iat it must not be perMitted. It is saict the possession of Egypt has he.m guaranteed to great Power; in order to the French by .a certain obtain Malta . for Russia. SMYRNA, DEC. 16. THE English Fleet, amounting to about . 140 sail 'arrived wi th in these three days in tile Archipelago, with Sir R. ABERCROMBY and 8,000 men on board. It is now taking in fresh provisions and water at Rhodes, ami in the Harbours of the neighbouring Coast's'; its destina. don is for The PRINCASS of WALES has been lately a f;•equent visitor_at Drury-lan:. 'i Imam. This amiable Princess has, however, stA..)tisly avoid ed all ostentatious appeals to popular notice, ;Ina has hardly been visible in one of the private Boxes. PRINC4 AUGYSTUS arrived at Lisbon, on the .16th Royal Highness occupies apart. merits at the Necessidates, a Convent with beau tiful garaens, public only to men. He does not, .as wakoriglrially intended, reside at Mr. BECA. FORD'S. N