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;7": a .) 1 •1 :~' the same inflexible sedateness of expression. - The same floridness. of complexion which continued during his long confinement, and the perturbation of which, whatever may be his disposition, 'he must have suffered, appeared after the -Momen tary agitation we have mentioned. Th&igh heavily laden with iron, he walked firmly, and apparently ‘vpont difficulty, from the Court to his cell. There was little appearance of pity for his unhappy situa tion in the crowd that filled the'Court, but on the c. ntrary, Some persons gave vent to their saiisfaCtion as he retired, in a manner that trespassed upon hu manity as well as decorum. - .He seems to be about five and forty years of age. The Rev. Mr. Mnigw, .chaplain of the County, yesterday morning read Divine Service in the Prison, and afterwards delivered a very affeEting and impres sive discourse, generally stiled the Condemned Ser mon. There was a very large congregation present,, and the melancholy subjeas of this Disemsewere Ir. Patch; and Herring and his wife, who are under sentence of death for coining. Towards the end of tile Discourse, the Preacher particularkr direCted himself to Mr. Patch, observing, that the Public thought he was guilty, and that there was no hope of mercy on this side the grave ; .he therefore so lemnly exhorted him to leave the world in 'a true state of penitence. This solemn appeal to his feel, ingsaffetied the unhappy man, but not in such a manner as very sensibly to lessen that composure which had characterized his whole demeanor. His execution was expeaed to take place this day, bat is' deferred till to-morrow, that he may have the usual allowance of forty-eight hours, for a due pre paration for his awful end. He addressed the Turn- 7 key, on returning to his cell, in the following words: " i am innocent," but said no - more.—He is a na tive of Devonshire, and was born near Exeter, in the Parish.uf St. Mary Ottery. Though the train of circumstances are so strong as to excite a moral persuasion of , his guilt, yet it is to be hoped that he will make an ample confession as an atonement to justice, and for the satisfadion of the' human mind, which must always be in an uneasy state while there is the least chance that innocence may have suffered the punishment due alone to the guilty. Since writing the above, we have been assured, on the best authority, that Mr. Patch has confessed that he was guilty of the murder of which he has been convicted, a circumstance that must , give some satisfaction to the public, zainitlst•the 'commiseration which they must feel for the unhappy_ culprit. FROM THE FRENCH P 4 PERS. PARIS, Mittel! 30.—His Excellency the Minister of Marine has received the following Dispatch from Captain COCAULT, Commandant of His Majesty's Corvette La Diligente, dated Port Louis Road, March 2.6 : ." " Scarcely at anchor in this Road, it is with re - - gret that I seize the occasion to give an account of the misfortunes which the - Vessels under 'Vice-Ad miral LESSEIGUES have sustained, and of which the Corvette I have the honour to command formed a • part. We left Brest on . the t 3th of December, the wind plowing pretty fresh from the N. E. to the -pumber of. fifteen: Shijis of the Line, six Frigates, and lour'Corvettes. " On the 24th, we separated into several 'Squa ( -drums, • and I was ordered to put myself under the command of Vice-Admiral,LEssztouas. . • " On the call, the winds continuing N.N.E. we. i . Made sail to the Westward, when we disco% ered a- Convoy of upwards of thirty Sail to the Windward The Commandant made the signal to haul our wind and give chace; but after a pursuit of .eight hours, despairing of being able to come up with them, in consequence of their position, and the great distance they kept, he colle&ed the Squadron, and continued his voyage. " On the 4th Nivose, latitude 44 degrees, loogi tude 24 from the meridian of Paris, We experienced a dreadful storm, the wind North. All the Vessels LutTered much ; the Jupiter lost her main-top-mast, and the Diomede made a great deal of water. " The Alexandre and Le Brave separated from us i. - 43 the sth, when Vice-Admiral LESSEIGUES' sion was reduced to three Ships of the Line, two „kJ igates, and a Corvette. " We dicovered the Azores oil the 2d of Ja ruary, and ea the 19th we were in sight of St., .Domingo. • " On the 20th, in the morning, I had orders to take the lead of the division, for the purpose of !)t)erit)g, in the Road of St. Domingo, but the calms .1 met with were the cause of all the Vessels lativing and,coming to their moorings at-the same time, viz. a: two in the afternoon. - " The Admiral imme4ately gave orders for the disembarkation of the Troops, to the number of six teftn t. 3 eighteen hundred men, with ammunition and other necessaries for - the Colony. This was com pleted on the 2 1 st, and - on disembarking we were convinced of the satisfaction the Colony would feel .upon receiving this reinforcement ; the Colony, however, was in a very good condition, and enjoyed perfeCt tranquillity. " On the following - day thaVessels were employed taking in water, and repairing the damages occa sioned by, the bad weather. On the 2gth te A let andre joined the Vessels in the Road, and on the same day I was ordered out upon observation to the wind ward ; and, favoured. by the breezes from shore, was upon the point of fixing my cruize off the Isles of Javna.' - -c' Qn the sth of February x conformably to my instruCtions, I took my course to St. Domingo ; and being off the Road at six in the morning, I disco 'mere& several Sail in the.E.N..E. which I imme rdiately knew to bean Enemy's Squadron. I then distinguished in this Squadron nine Ships of War and several Frigates, and immediately made • the - signal of an Enemy .of superior force to our Squa dron*, At half past six the Admiral answered my pignals ; and in nearing his inoOrings, • I porceived on board his Vessel the 'signal for slipping his cal,ilN. At seven o'clock the four Ships of the Line, and, the two. Frigates, were under sail, with a v.ay light wind.; while . the Enemy's nine Ships of Ole Line and Frigate ),vere favoured by the shift- * The Vice-Admiral's motives for rcrriai:;ing sixteen days it seem unaecc.uutabte, paructi,liiriy.as iitstirt;ctions %%cre that ;:e 4K:114 ctr.t;Aut a _---- -~ H _ ;IT of the breeze fr3m the North to tb3 Eht ward: " At a quarter before nine o'clock the Com mandant,made a signal for forming the Line, arid at /ha same time - to ,carry all sail and prepare for ac tion. The Enemy, however, continued to gain upon us considerably. "At ten o'clock the headmost Ship of the Ene my's Line was engaged With; the Alexandre, and in a quarter of an hour afterwards the fight was gene ral. The quickness •of the firing, and the thick smoke which concealed the 'Vessels, prevented us from distinguishing any, objea. Being to the wind- 7 ward of our Squadron, and at no great distance from the shore, I received a part of the Enemy's fire which was direEted against our headni9se Ships ; and at last, to avoid going on shore, I found myself obliged to crowd sail, and go before the4ind ; the Frigates La Coniete and La Felicia' praaised the same manceuvre. " At half past i t o'clock, the smoke having in some measure4lispersed, I discovered. one of our Ships disinasted, and on fire, and surrounded by se. , 'venal of the English:Vessels; the rest, notwithstand ing- their inferiority, maintained the contest with great fiery; but at half-past one, overpowered by the. Enei4's superior numbers, they bad run aground. Our Frigates, which had, previously approached the scene of action, now found it convenient to haul their wind, 'and I-thought it proper to follow their' example ; but fearing that our retreat should be cut off, we stood out to. sea. However, we bad in the mean while approached near enough to observe the state of both squadron : three of our ships seemed .to be grounded near the batteries ; the whole were dismasted, and the fourth was in the enemy's pos session. Two English ships lay near our own that were ashore, as bare as sheer-hulks, all their masts and rigging shot away ; they had fired signals of dis tress, and the Frigates seemed busy in saving the crews: two other English - ships, dismasted at the same time, .were in the offing, and in a distressed situation ; and the rest of the enemy's squadron seemed to have suffered considerably. . . . " The French ships that were aground had their colours flying, and seemed to us to have hoisted out their boats for the purpose of putting their ptiple on shore. Our ships had displayed a singular share of courage and resolution. The behaviour of • the crews left us no doubt that, with an equal force, the' enemy would have beets crushed. If the squad! on had been able to get to windward, and clear the coast, I am persuaded it would have had the advantage of the enemy, and been able to escape. Until this un happy affair our cruize had all the success desired : our misfortunes arose from our remaining too long in the road. .Our Corvette being chased by the Ene my's Frigates was obliged to bear away. After hay , ing passed to the West of the Island of St. Domingo, we entered the English Channel on the 24th of Febru ary. In, the 'night between the 9th and 10th of. March, lat. 38. long. 46. we met with a violent gale from the South‘west, and I lost sight of the Frigates La Collide and La Felicite, with whom I kept com pany after leaving St. Domingo : not being able to hear any thing of them after the late gale, I neg leaed.no means for hastening my return to France. " On the 25th of March, at day-break, I discover ed the Isles de Glenau, and on the 26th I moored in the road of Port Louis, • from whence I have the honour to transmit theso unpleasant details. I have the honour to oiler your Excellency the assurance of my respect." . (Signed) COCAULT." PARIS, MARCH 30. -- 7 -We have received from Cadiz the affliding intelligence of. the death of the brave_Spanish Admiral Gl;AvitcA. _ Some Of our Papers contain the following transla tion of an Order issued on the , Gth of February by the Grand Signior relative to the 'etiquette to be observed in future with reSped to the . Court of France. " The supreme will of his Highness being, that the articles of the Imperial capitulations which unite the Sublime Forte, whose duration is eternal, to the Court of France, shall be constantly put into execu tion, though to this day this Power lias not been de signated, but only under the simple qualification of the Court of France; kis beconie indispensibly ne cessary hereafter to insert in tile .Barats orDiplomas, and in the Imperial Comniandemeas, the titles of Emperor, and Padischah of Fiance. It is there fore expressly enjoined, that the Barats and the - Comroandenien:4,,.expedited iu future; shall bear the said titles ot .. Emperor and Padischah of France." r . Will-S. ARR Iv zo t Gottenburgh, 2 Dublin, r Waterford. Due- I Hanburgh, 1 Li4bun, i Dublin. • T E SU N. SULAM SLUTS DIOERE FALSUM AUDEAT? 0 N D G N, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1806. ANOTHER FLAG OF TRUCE. WE have receied, by Express, aLetter fromDo verr, dated at six .o'clock this morning, which states, that at . five- o'clock this :naming a Flag of Truce from J3ouloo - ne appeared off - the, Port ; a Man of War's 0 l)oat went along-side the French Vessel, took out the Dispatches, and, as it is supposed, carried them to the Downs as befqe. . . \Va received this morning Paris and Datcli Papers, the former to the Ist, and the latter to the sth inst. The goniteur of the 30th contains an account of the t otal,defeat of the French Squadron at St. Domingo, hut it is given with the usual aquracy of French stntemePts - : Admiral DuCKWORTn's Squadion is increased to nine Sail of the Line, and the French Squadron is reduced to four. , L'lmperiate, ;130 guns, is not mentioned in the account but notwithstanding the great disparity of force, rapt. Coc AUfT, 1..00 transmits the dispatches, as that L wa; w:th the Utmost difficulty :he English obtaine tidory, f 1.5.1 he quite sure 'that if the Force ha -,'.~-~--~--t-- ----~ been equal the Euglish would hare been crUslted— ecraso. The Moniteur, in a Note upon this account, throws out a censure upon the ,\ comity& of the French Admiral for remaining so long in St. Do- ' mingo. Ova Readers Will see by the Gazette that we were perfe&ly_ correct in our statement on Saturday re speak% the Embargo laid upon Prussian, Ships, and. t he detention of all Vessels bound to Prussian Ports. Having upon that occasion so fullyexpressedsour sentiments upon Ole subje&, we have little more to add at present. There can now remain no.doubt but that the KING of PiltiSSIA has been forced into an Alliance, offensive and defensive, wi th France ; or, in other words, that the apprehension of im mediate, danger has induced His PRUSS/AN MA JESTY\ to adopt measures as inconsistent with his honour as they are incompatible with his real in terests and permanent security. Prussia, in *mice with Great Britain and Russia, would have been a mostformiclable opponent te BONAPARTE; but Prussia, in alliance with France, and at variance' .or i 4 hosti lity- with Great Britain and Russia, can only be the vassal of France, and must sacrifice . her best inte rests to . gratify the ambition, or to promote the in- - terests, of France. The recent condu& of Prussia affords the strongest proof of the truth of this obser-: vation, for no sooner has His Prussian Majesty, 'fatally for his own interests and for those of Europe, decided upon an alliance with BONAPARTE, than . the latter insisted that he should take possession of Hamburgh, &c. and that British commerce should,be excluded from that, and from all the Pros sian Ports. The obje& df this requisition was to embroil Prussia with the Northern PoWers; particu larly with Russia, and consequently to throw. her more completely into the hands of France,, and to forward the plan which I3ONAPARTE has formed for excluding Great Britain from any commerce with the Continent. Now, it is Obvious that no , thing can be more injurious to the interests of Prussia than shutting her Ports against Great Bri tain : even the acquisition of Hamburgh, an obje& which Prussia has long coveted, is. rendered almost useless by it. But , the great loSs which Prussia will sustain will be the immense advantages which .she has derived from the Trade carried on un der her Neutral Flag. It is perfectly well known that all the remains of the Dutch Trade was carried on under the Prussian Flag. - This must now cease, and we doubt whether Prussia can do us more injury as an Enemy than she has done us as a Friend. The next obje& which BONAPARTE 'will attempt s and which indeed he has avowed, will be,'that of shutting up the Sound against, us ; and he wilt en deavour, either by promises and menaces, or by both, to obtain the acquiescence of Denmark to this measure. But we have no apprehension that he will succeed in this part of his plan : the EMPEROR of RUSSIA we have no doubt, exert his whole force fbr the prote&ion of Denmark ; and, indeed, the shutting up the Sound would be almost as inju, rious to the interests ,of Russia as to those of Great Britain. .Yesterday eight Vessels arrived in' the River from Hamburgh ; they form a part of 24 British Vessels which were in that port. Qn Sunday, the 30th ult. an order was given to the Captains of those Vessels to put to sea without delay. Every possible dispatch was. used by the Captains to get out of the Elbe : some of them sailed with their Ships in bal last, and others with the whole of the cargo they had carried out. Apprehensions are entertained for the safety of the British property in Hamburg!) ; but we have reason to believe that great: art of it has been removed, because tle intentions of Prussia have .been for some time suspeaed, at Hamburgh and Bremen. . , . It is very much feared that the War with the llahratta States is renewed. Intelligence to that effe& is said to have been brought by a passenger arrived from Calcutta in the Harnburgh Ship, John Parish, which sailed from that place 24 December. This Gentleman landed at Kinsale. He states that SCIDIA has rejeeted in lobo all the overtures made to him and his adherents by Sir G. liAar.ol,v, in con sequence of which the whole of the European forces had been marched up the country, on their way to the Upper. Provinces. On Saturday; about twelve o'clock, His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace, in his travelling car-' riage, where he was received by the DUKE of YORK. Soon after two o'clock Sir JOHN LUBBOCK was in troduced to His MAJESTY by the Earl of Mo RA, upon his being created a Baronet; after which His MA JESTY held a Privy Council, which was attended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls MOIRA and CARNAR VON,ViSCCrUItS SIDMOUTII and ilowick (Mr.GR EY), Lords GREY VILLE and H. PETTY, and Messrs. Fox and WINDHAM. The Council sat till near half past three o'clock, when the Embargo to be laid upon Prussian Vessels was sent off to the Gazette Office. Yesterday morning the ROYAL FANIILY,Alccompa- Med by Generals FrrzitOy and MANNERS,' Colonel - TAYLOR, &c. went to St. George's Chapel, and heard an excellent Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. DODS WORTH. . After Divine Service the ROYAL FAMILY took an airing to. Frogmore. Yesterday morning the remains of the Dutchess of DEvoNSuntr: were removed- from town for inter ment, in as private a manner - as possible, in the tamiiyr vault at All Saints, in Derby. Married this day, NICII. CHARLES DANIEL, of Westbrcoke House, Dorset, Esq. to Mrs. J. CPR. RALL, of the Co►lege, 'Maidstone, Kent. a "'": ~~ NAVAL N E IFS. Frain' the LONDON GAZET fE, April s, iL6. . , Admiralty-Office, April 5, 1806. Copy of a Letterfrom the Earl of St. Vincent, K.B. Admiral and Commander in Chief of, His .111cliesty's Fleet employed in the Channel, Soundings, &c. to William Marsden, Esq. , dated on board the Hiber nia, oft* Ushant, the 30th March, 1806. - SIR, I have great pleasure in forwarding to yoti, for the information of the Admiralty, the very modest rela tion of a neat _action performed by Captain Loring, of- the Niolie, who has just joined with the Cor vette his prize; and as the Crescent has many de fe&s which require lookiag into, I -directed Captain Carthew to receive the prisoners on boaid that Ship, and to proceed with_ the prize to Plymouth Sound. I am, &c. ST. VINCENT. ' His Maiesty's Ship Niote," March 1806, at Sea. MY LORD, His Majesty's Frigate ulider my command, on the 28th instant, at ten in the morning, gave cliace - to three French Frigates and a Brig standing out of L'Orient, in hopes of getting an opportunity of at tacking some of them separately, and at ten at night came [up with and took ... possession of the sternmost, the National Corvette Le Nearque, of sixteen guns and ninetyseven,inen ; bad sailed - from L'Orient on the same morning, victualled and stored for five months.- •tO I have the Honour be , &c. J. W. LORING. The Earl of St. Vincent, KB: e_cfc.tec.&c. PLYMOUTH, APRlL4,—Arrived the Pickk Schood er, of 14 guns, from the Channel Fleet. Sailed the Brilli . ant Frigate, of 28 guns, fur Ire- land. DOVER, APRIL 6.—The Collector of the Customs; at this Port, received an order this morning to lay an Embargo on all Prussian Ships, in consequence of which 12 Prussian Galliots have been detained from proceeding on their voyage, and five more have been sent in this afternoon, by the Lively Excise cutter and Fearless Gun-brig ; and also a Danish Ship detained, by one of our .Gun-brigs. Sailed the Polecat Privateer, Capt. Tuomrsoti, and the Harmony, Swedish Ship, foi the Nore. HARWICH, APRIL O.—The Packets that have been detained for'some time by contrary wind sailed this morning for Cuxhaven and Gottenburgh. The Auckland Packet, Capt. BRIDGE, arrived from Gottenburgh, with a Mail. Fifteen Vessels are detained at this Port, sailing under the Prussian Flag. FALMOUTH, APRIL 4.—The Astrea Frigate, Capt. DUNBAR, from Ireland, detained and brought in the llamburgli Brig Packet, Captain PLUME, laden with wine and brandy, from Bourdeaux, bound to Embden. Arrived the Commerce, BURROWS, Ceres, BENt-• LEY, Woodhouse,- -, from Liverpool ; Fa vourite, Lusa, from Jersey; and Betsey, SLAW.) from Swansea. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 6.—Arrived the Sloops of War Pluto, Capt..JANVERIN ; and the Paulina, Capt. LUMLEY ; and Sprig/illy Gun-brig, Lieut. ,Golt- DON, from a Crui2e. The two former sailed again this afternoon, together with the Frigate lan:mica, Capt.. DICK ; Medusa, _ Capt. ; the Quebec, Hon. Capt. DUNDAS ; the Brig L'Espoir, Capt. HOPE ; and the Ant 'Schooner on a Cruize ; sailed, also the Tourterelk Frigate, Capt: WARTU, with a Convoy of Transports with Troops for Guernsey and Jersey. The Speedwell and Liberty Gun-brigs went out Qt Harbour yesterday. Mr. GOBLE, late of the Viciory, is appointed Tursel of L'Espoir. , GRIMSBY, Arm 5.—A Vessel has just arrived in three days from Hamburgh, which brings intelli gence that the King of Prussia has taken possession of Hamburgh, and that the Providence Armed Ship (on shore near the Elbe) is surrounded by the French. The Prince William Armed Ship, with the outward-bound Baltic and Hatuburgh Fleets, are returned to our Roads. HULL, APRIL s.—Arrived the Margaret, Capt. METCALPE,. from }lamina& ; all the Ships from Cuxhaven for this Port and London were with him: the Captain says, that the King of Prursia has de clared War against Englaild. All our outward-hound Baltic-and Hamburgh Ships are yet in the Humber YARMOUTH, APRIL 5.-A Vessel called the Re becca, of Boston, ran upon.the Scroby Sand yester day evening, about eight o'clock, where it is feared she and.the cargo will be lost ; the crew are all saved. Admiral RUSSELL, with his Fleet, is just returned from a cruize off the Texel. DEAL, APRIL 6.—Arri v ed the Isis and Thetis, from the Note; Amaranthe and Juckall, from the back of the Goodwin Sand ; Monkey, from Hastings; Fury, from Portsmouth; Kite, Otter, Kangaroo, and Fearless", from off Boulogne. Sailed the Thetis, for Portsmouth ; Fearless and /*handler, off Boulogne. Detained yesterday by His Majesty's Ship Utrecht, the Galliot Flek Greetzel, Capt. H. ULFERS, from London, bound to St. Michael's, with flax, oil, &c. Remain in the Downs—the Edgar and Utrecht Men of War ; • Isis, Antelope, and Th.arrzs Frigates ; Kangaroo and Aniaranthe Sloops of War; Prospero and Explosion Bombs; EXcrtioh, Monkey, jackal', and Furious Guti-brigs. LONDON : Printed by R. HARRIS (Of Maraca-court, Buw-stre43), and published by W. A, ScßiPi's (cf Sraunt. Moulton-gm:o, at thu Sun.olfice, 132, bt;arvi. ~: I, '." . .