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MAILS. 4 a :v z Dublin. D Hamburgh, t Gottenburgh, DUblin, i Waterford. PRICE O'F STOCKS THIS D4Y AT TWELVE 6z Olnnium . CDasols . THE S Jls T 7 30L411.1 2UIS DICERS FALSUM Aproz4T? ,0 O. N, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 18.06. WE received • this morning Amerifal Papers to the Bth ult. The following articles respeaing Ad miral GuiLLEAuutz's Squadron, which Weyhave traded from the New - York Papers, are so don fused, that it is difficult to determine what degree of credit is due to them. It seems, clear, however, that the French Squadron has suffered considerably in the late 'dreadful hurricanes. " NEW YORK, SEPT. 8.--The Patriot, French Man of War, arrived in Annapolis Roads on the 2d September. The Squadron experienced a violent gale, which lasted fiqm the toth to the 13th Au- gust. The Patriot parted on the I Itb, and is very much damaged, having carried away some of 4e.f. Masts. The report of the capture of part of the homeward-hound Jamaica Fleet ii without founda r tion, nor is it known which course the French Fleet - have taken. SP'T. 6.—The Philadelphia Gazette, received this day, states, that the remainder of the French Squa d►on, consisting of the Eole, Foudroyant, Castor, And Impetueux, of 74 guns each, have put IN to Hamp ton Roads.—The Norfolk Paper, of the 28th ult. makes no mention of it. The Valereux French Fri gate is arrived in the Delaware cEsmasted: " The Sybelle French Frigate (consort 'Of the Regulus and President) arrived in Hampshire Roads on the 30th August, in great distress. " The Pomona Spanish Frigate, Qf 40 guns, from Vera Cruz, was captured on the 24th August, off Maio, by the .Arethusa and 4tzson Frigat6, and sent for Jamaica." WE have. received Pai; P e.r to the sth inst. 0 ,4 from iwhich we have made copious extra&s. KNOBELSDORF, the PrUssian Miniter, has quitted Paris, and followed ./3 r ONAPARTE t o Mayence, so that the Negotiations between France and Prussia are not entirely _broken off: The French Papers are quite silent Upon -the 'subje& of the Negotiation a itli this Country. The alrgus; of the 4th, in speaking of the capture of .13u0nos Ayres, adapts a very different style from that which it usually employs.: it compliments' British skill and va lour, but censures very peverely — the condua of the Spaniarclg in - suffering so valuable a possession to be 'taken by so small a force. - We are prevented, by want of room, from :offering any further com ments on this interesting Ross, the . Messenger, left Town last night ~ ith Dispatches for Lord LAUDERDALE at Paris. GEORGE R. AdUitional Instruaions to the Commanders of our Ships of War . and Vessels, which have, or . may :have, Letters of Marque against Pl'ussia, and the Town of Pappenlaurgh ; and also to the •Jildge of Eligk Court of Adniiraity, and th'e'Jticig,es of our Court of Vice-Admiralty. Given at our Court 6t . ,St. James's, the Twenty-fourth Day of Sep ttmber, 1806, in the forty-sixth Year of our Reign. • " Our \vill and pleasure is, and it is hereby ordered and di reacd, that all pru,:aian Vessels and Goods, and all Vessels and Goods belonging to the Town of ,iappenburgh, which shall "be seized cad detained by any of our Ships of War, or Privateers, after the date hereof, shall be brought into Port, and shall be carefully preserved in safe custody, but that rro final udjudicationof such Vessels and Goods shall take place until our further pleasure thereon shall be signified, either for the restitution of tliZ said Vessels and Goods, or for pre ceedir,g to the final adjudication therein, " By klis Majesty's Command. (S . igt;e4) SPENCER." Sr SArsvr.L•Hoon Is in a fair way of recovery; ord HOon returned to town yesterday from visit irig him at the Isle of Wight. Twelve Serjeants in the Guards, in black, are to walk oy the side of the Car that is to convey the Re-liains of Mr. Fox on Friday; Yesterday Lord HOLLAND and Mr. SHERIDAN had an audience of the PRINCE of WALES Ilona five o'clock till near six. Yesterday, there not being a snfficient number of Aldernien present to copstitdte a Court, the Lord isdaym' o'rdered the price of bread to ren)ain„_y ,% a ltd. the gdarterd loaf of wheaten, and'i rad: icous‘e 7 • hold. The first Pi:oclaination3 issued by the Dulse of BEDIOAD are 'dated Thursday last. One Of thein i, for revoking the Order of Council, issued in No-, fdr .VesselS Corning from Spain 'to pert Or..) onarantine, 'which, it appears, is no Ipnger riecessary—the other is for iaking'off , the quarantine . hithertO imposed ,on tb,e irnii6gat4m of rags into Ireland, 'We learn from Palermo, that the Prince of TriagsE PHILIPSTEIAL is so far recovered . froM his wound 4 as to be. able to write. His letters, which come vn to the I Oth or August, give encouragement to .., or Ins speedy recovery. . i " ~:,,,,,. NA PAL N E /VS. Pi-ygoing, .6,-7Arrived the. Elizabeth An dorson Transport, I TOLISSON, from New Providence, : with, 27 soldiers belonging to the 7th Regiment of Voot the Danish Brig Juno, HOTTE\, laden With wine, &c. from Barcelona bound to Tonningen, de tained by the Lion Privateer; the Danish Brig !jar- SWDNSEig, from Alga, laden with hemp, de rained by thej ( i.q4 Privateer; and the Ship Bellona, WGRgoott, from Quebec, with timber for the pool-yard 7 Sailed the iiuticzcious, of 74 guns, with FreP.ch prisoners, for POrtsmouth • Ole Resistance Frigate, with 'Dispatches, forpuengs Ayres and the Pene lope Frigate and Swallow Sloop of War on a crui'4e. Arrived this morning the Atlas, of 74 guns, Capt 7 Pnt, with the loss of her- maintop-mast and her main-mast sprung: she sailed hence some days since with the Fleet of Transports for the Streights, in company with the Royal George, of 100 guns, Vice-Admiral Ducxwoaru,:and on Friday last, in lat.. 48. long. 11. 30. encountered a heavy gale of wind,. in which the Atlas, received her damage, and was in-consequence obliged to bear up to refit. The Transports weathered the gale with little damage; several of the Merchantmen were crippled, but the whole of them proceeded on their voyage. Sailed the Lady Warren Armed .Ship, with ligtt Transports, for Ireland. The Monarch and Mars, of 74 guns each, are come into Harbour to repair the damages received in the late anion. Arrived the Felix Schooner from a cruize off the Coast of Spain, where she captured, and afterwards destroyed, fifteen Sail of Spanish Chasse Mare6s. HARWICH, OCT. 7.—Last flight the Bearifoy, Capt. NORRIS, and the Lark, Capt. HAMILTON, ar rived with Mails from Gottenburgh ; and this morn ing the Earl of Leicester, Capt. THOMPSON, and . Diana, Capt. STEWARD, also arrived from Gotten burgh with Mails. •No arrivals from Husum or Holland. The Viper Excise Cutter arrived last. night from Yarmouth. DAL, OCT. 7.—Sailed this morning the Vesuvius Bomb with the outward-bound Fleet under convoy. ;L. for Portsmouth ; and the Bellette Sloop of War on a cruize. Arriyed the Leveret Sloop of War from a druize, and remains in the Downs with the rest of the Ships •, as per last. PORTSIOUTg., OCT. 7.--AlTiVed His Majesty's Ship Challenger from the Dgvns; and the Steady from a Cruize. THE jAMAICA CO;+IVOY. It is with great concern that we communicate the following further distressing partiCulars relative to the Jamaica ConVoy. The Admiralty, with due at tention to the interests of the Merchants and Under ! writers, transmitted 'yesterday lO,LLOYD's the fol., lowing Extra Is of Letters from Capt. MACKENZIE, of the Magicienne, and a : List of his Convoy : " Atimiralty-Office, Oa. 7, ,iBo6. ‘.C, GENT.LEMEN', ((I am commanded, by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to send you, for the information of the Merchants concerned, the enclosed Ettra&s of Letters from Capt. MACKENZIE, of the Magi cienne, together with Lists of the Convoy under his charge. I am, Gentlemen, " • ' 'f Your humble Servant, 44 WM. MARSDEN." " Messrs. BENNET T and WHITE, Lloyd's." Extiaa of a Letter from 'Capt. ADAM MACKENZIE, of HiS Majesty's Shpiliafficiegne 9 to W LLinzu 4VIARsDEN. Esti. dated at Sea•,-44gust 2806, in lat. 30. N. long. 74. . Bermudas E. by N. 484 inile's': Be 'pleased to inform my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that the homeward Fleet, consist ing in all of one•hundred and nine sail, a liSt of which you will receive herewith, left the West end of Jamaica on .. the 28th of Xuly, under convoy of this Ship, the Franchise,' and 'Penguin Sloop the Veteran to see us through the c; ulph. • On the 12th of August the Minorca, of London,* left the Fleet, from the improper cOnduat Of her Master, GEORGE 011-tile, 14th dSpatiisb Ship of the Line came down before the• Wind on the Fleet, which the Veteran and this Ship chased into the Havannah ,vlien within four miles of the 4 Zatteries; the shot from this Ship alniost reached her. • On the 18tli we got through the Gulph of Florida, all in corp.: , pany,' except the Minorca. On the , 21st a very heavy gale of wind or hurricane came on, which lasted two days. Seven Sail we know have gone down, names as under. Two more were seen to' go down, names unknown, and most likely others: One Ship ran for America. Several others lost masts, and are otherwise considerably darn - aged. Franclsis'e seen to' the SOuthWard the second morning - of the gale, with her foremast gone, and the Signal of distress flying. There are at present in company the Veteran, Penguin ; and sixty-five Sail of Nierchantrrien. This Ship has suffered much ; her rudder is rendered useleSs, and cannot be :repaired at sea ; besides making water, her stern frame is so much shaken as to be con siderable- danger, IncloSed yon will have the opi nions of the carpenters of thiii 514 and • the Ve teran, which obliges me to request Captain EvANs to stay by us, and see us into some Port. I intend going intb•Berthuda, as it is partly in the way of the :Convoy, where every thing 'shall be done for the Ships getting speedily to England, and if possible to come °f '4:11 the , . Ships—lta.silii,eigh, of London, sunk. . ' Achilles, of Gyeenuck, sunk. all Ann of London, sunk.' Cora Forty-Second, of London, sunk, one saved.irna e n si''ellvV.sd. Ilrig• sunk; London, one man saved. , His Nlajesty's,Ship Magicienne, at Sea, Aug. :so, ISO, iz o'clock at Might. f! SIR, - - - Since my letter of the 25th inst. by the Pen guin $9Qp, we have had harcll any wind. The Tranc4iu, With seven of the Merchantmen, have just joined us ; and I au sorry to learn from Captain DAstiWoOD, three more Ships than mentioned in my letter liave ;one down. I hope he will soon join the great body of the . Ponvoy, under Captain Smyht, of the Penguin, which must be many leagues from us at present. Lest this letter should get to the Admiralty before that of the 25th, I send a copy herewith. ' I be(4 to express to their 'l,nrcl- ShipS my sense of the obhptig'ti I am under to Capt. EVANS,' of the Vefrraq; for his` great attention not only to this ship, but to the convoy in general since our sailing. _ f‘ I have the honour to be, 8:c. ApANI MACKENZIE." Ship —Africaine, sunk, crew saved. Erin, reported to have sunk, _ • Third Vessel,sunk, 'name unknown, Extrad of a Letter from Capt. NIACK EN Zig to Sr t /A t 4 NIA it SRps, Esq. dated on board His Majesty's Ship 04- giciemk; . • " "Bermuda, Sept. S, ILO. f , With this you will receive a copy of my letters, by the l'engain Sfoop and Franchise, a List of the Convoy, &d, I iave requested that the Admiral commanding at any port Where the Cater arrives, will open the Letter and send 'out assistance to tho distressed and straggling Ship‘.. While writing this, the Ship Caerinarthen, then repnrted to have sunk in the gale, is arrived hero. But, when I consi der the state of this Ship, having en reporte4' by the Officers of the yard, at Jamaica, as unsa'f9 for a winter's passage, as well as the two surveys latelytaken, that the season for bad" weather apprOdhes fast ; the Caermarthen having been the worst sailing Ship in the fleet, and towed all 'the way, until the gale came on, I am of opinion, it would be im proper to prolong the passage of this'Ship," by talc : - ing her under ConvOy, therefore requested Captain EVANS to order a survey by CapOins ; but he, knowing the state of this Ship, thin 4 it unnecessary, as another Convoy can soon be got ready. I will, therefore, make the best of my way for England. I have the honour to be, &c. ‘• ADAM IVIA'CKtIZIE." The following Vessels sailed with the Jamaica Fleet, and were ttnaccounted for immdiately after .the gale on the 2,2 d August : , FOR LONDON. FOR GRZZNOCK. Tullock Castle, Fisher Union, Bruce '' ' Ann, Ridley FOR GLASGOW . . Pursuit, M'Kinlay Nautilus, Rose " • Concord, Read , Alfred,.Clark Francis, Flail Fortune, Reed Neck well, Doddes Aurora, M'Kinlay Sally, Williams FOR LIVERPOOL. ' Larkins, Foster joit, Woodhouse Herculean, Simmons' James, Bradshaw Barzella, Wilmot ' Emerald, Brownley A axon, Gordon Posthumous, Fiar Pursuit, Montgomery Neptune, Halliday Ann, Atkins Charles, Conley Alfred, Benton Mary, Oswald Exeter, Smaller FOR LEITH. lohn and Thomas, Clark Cumberland, Kent, Penley FOR HALIFAX. Venus, Zager - • Lady Mitchell, - Lime, Young , Chance, - Hercules, CaWray Sally and Eliza, -- Ann, Stewart FOR PHILADELPHIA: Coverdate, Thatcher Salus, Moore. ' FOR WHITLHAVZN. Neptune, Bouch N'.'ll. One Alfred, one Ann, one Neptune, and one Pur. suit, were well on the zsth of August. • . MEMORANDUM MADE AT LLOYMOS. • • • • Total sailed Arrived - - a - 2 In company August 25 - • - 6s With the Franchise Frigate, August 30, names unknown 7 Arrived at Bermuda, ,Carmarthen, for London - a Bore away for America, lane, Cappel, for London - I Parted in the G ul ph through neglect, Minorca, for ditto i separated by , permission, Union, for Virginia - r Foundered - - N :. - 7 Reported to have foundered, Erin Fouotlered unknown I to 3 UnaecOunted for September 7 to 22, It is now generally supposed that the French Squadron, captured by Sir S. Hoon, were bound for Martinique. The peremptory order for them to put to sea from Rochefort made them desperate in their defence ; and our Officers say, that it is the first a&ion, so deserved to be called the. French have fought this war. They were chosen Ships, and manned with picked crews, as was easily to be dis covered by their masterly ki3antruvring. No.doubt their object was. one of emergency, or they would not have sustained such an aelion. The !Messenger which ordered the Squadron to sail from Rochefort, l.yought the account of the departure of BoNArARTE from Paris to-join the Army. ,We trust we may be 'allowed the hope that their fate is ominous of that which awaits their master. THE THEATRE.—The Comedy of The Rivaliwas represented last night at Drury-lane Theatre. The only novelty of the performance was PE;LEY'S Acres, which had the recommendatiOn'of being di vercified as well as new, for he differed troni himself in almost every scene. We do not, however, mean to commend this variety. The truth is, that ►hough he was active and spirited, he did not, appear to have a settled and consistent notion of the charaeler.-",— The audience were more • diverted by a whimsical accident than by any intrinsic stroke of humour in this excellent Comedy. JopNsroNE, as Sir Lucius O'Trigger, in giv i ng Acres 4 slap on the shoulder in order to rouse his courage, produced 'such a c . oncus sim in PENLEY!S whole bddy that his artificial head dress flew off and left his unpowderecr crop for the laughter of the audience, which was considerably increased by the confUsion of the A6tor and his hasty efforts to recover his firgitive tresses. The French excel in ship-building, and it is to the hoilour of Or Naval Commanders; that they always give them the preference, where they meet with them. In taking their vessels off their hands we are certainly'. their best customers, mid never haggle about the price. _ _ _ On Sunday afternoon, about five o'clock i as three Gentleineu' were riding together 'at a full gallop, on the other side of Barnet, oneof them met with a most dreadful accident by the girths, of the saddle break ing. The Genfleman, owing to the speed of the horse, fell with the saddle, with such violence, that one of hiS legs was broken in a dreadful manner : we alSo understand that his sktill was fractured.--- \ e Iraire not yet ascertained his name. Pion the 1 - ItEA - i1 pdPEV. HAMBUROIT, SEPT. 29.—Ativices from Konigs— burgh state, that Russian troops are now embarking in several Ports ; of Russia. _ _ The Swedi'h troops are receiving reinforce ments in the Duchy of Lauenburgh— is.thonglit that. his Swedish. Majesty will not remain lung in Scania and that he will return to Pomerania. The Russian Fleet tiow lying off Copenhagen • is: bound to Corfu ; .it consists of three Sail of theLhw and two Prigates.÷(Journal de l'Empire) HANOVER, SEPT. ?O.—Two Deputies of the.. Regeficy set out from this town yesterday to repair to his Prussian Majesty, in order to make respea fill remonstrances to that Monarch concerning the Order of Cabinet on the egth of August, which 4 requires the introdu6tion of Prussian money into:. Hanover. DUItLDOItF; SEPT. p.—French troops arc -ar riving here froni all parts to form a considerable,. Army or the" frontier* of Holland a great many are•alreily`assernbled; and the Forces which are to, be assembled in a few days are computed at 80,000, French and Dutch. It appears film: his Majesty the. King of Holland is to take the command of this Army in pe'rson, and that the defence of the. King dom • will be particularly entruited to the Dutch troops. The arrival of his Majesty is already officially . announced BAMBERG, SEPT. 29.—Tt is said, since this morn, ing, that the Duke of I.3llussl,c-tcr; has transferred his Headquarters from Gotha to Weimar; and it is remarked, upon this subje&, that all the possas signs of the different Eranches of the House of Saxony are occupied by Prussian .troop 3. FRANKFQRT, SERT. 27.- 7 The last letters which have reached us from Saxony announce, that 25,ct0 Saxon troopS are now concentrated between Dres den and the frontiers of the Kingdom of Bohemia, and cantoned at a certain distance from the placei through which the Prussians pass ; so that there is • , as yet no union between the two Armies. Thei Eleetor, they say, has hitherto refused it. The Prince of HOMENT.OFIE is still at Dresden ; it is that he has confined himself to the de manding a passage 'for the Prussian troops-, tliiougk the EleCtorate of SaxOny, and also for other foreign troops, which, he says, are expeaed. The‘ mo tives which the Prussian- General alledges to ji.ictify his demand relative to the passage is quite exttaor. dinary; for , he *declared that the Prussian troops were ?bite& to evacuate Slies:4l to make rooM"for the Russian troops . which will immediately 'arrive from Poland. BERLIN, SEPT. is cpOdently asserted, •thatiTiaasSage throvgli South Prussia and Silesia . haS Ilken.! granted to a body of Russian troops ; and that General Cnk:Bousm, who is at' Warsaw, has re-. Ceived,ortlers to conduet thesy..troops, The Russian Party here triumph at this news, of it is per-; baps the . inventor ; for it is remarkal4, that there is now a Russian Party at Berlin:" . What a change in our position ! In the last century, on the con trary, there was a Prussian Party in Russia..4(Jozir. nal. de l'Empirc,) SEPT: 2 1 .—The King has entrusted the Govern- Sent ad .interim of this Capital to the General Of cavalry Count.SCHULIINBUR4II, 'The Minister of State, ,Baron UARDENITERG, Caine lately to spend a few days at Berlin ; and, after having frequent conferences with the King, returned. to Tetnpelberg. A anisiderable number of old Officers having re signed, they have been replaced by young Officers taken from the Corps of Cadets : the Officers and Soldiers retired are provided with ranks in the Militia. It is thought, that during the King's abseace the. Queen will reside at Warsaw. SarT, the houses are full of Prussian Soldier,' 'who, are fed by .the citizens, not withstanding the' proclamation issned by their Ge neraistt the-time of their entering this City. The Prussian artillery was in pressing want of horses; all those betonging to the inhabitants of the adjacent villacres were taken from them ; but Prince Louts ordered them be. restored, offering to, pay for them, if the owners were willing to sell. The PrUssians having, howeVer, but little hard money, and many notes, which they call tre.wr scheine; theie_ are few Saxons willing to treat with them. Mince the invasion of the PrusSians, corn, meat, and all kinds of provision, in general, have almost doubled their price. Saxony is the more to. be pitied, as ,asert•of scarcity has prevaileil there for these two years, past. BFESLAW,- SEPT; g.—lt appears that the Russians .de r stined to, repair, to our provinces, are marching in great „haste. Boots and clothes are . making in Si lesia, and in South- Prussia, for thd, iervants and grooms of that' Army. DgcsnEN, SEPT. 23.---,The Fortress of Koenig stein is placed in the best state of defence. The Saxon Troops, under the command of the Duke of Saxe Weitnar, have approached still nearer. the. Prussians. .Besides which the garrison of this city, consisting of four Regiments of Intantry, and 'a Regiment of Cuirassiers, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march. All politic cal affairs continue to be treated with the greatest secrecy. With regard to military measures, they are a little better known. We very . much dread that our Country, hitherto so fortunate, will become the Theatre of a terrible War. Every one here is under the greatest anrehension. Sul' it is , asserted that,theteclor of Saxony-is by no means disposed "to Make common cause with the Prussians.-- Prin 11 Ce OIIENLOHE, on repairing from Berlin to Dresden, demanded of the Elector a free passage over his States for his Army, consisting of about 3600 men ; the EleEtor answered that he could not oppose it, but that neither could he oppose in the sequel, the passage of other Foreign Troops ; that he would unite his army, in order to protect, as much as possible, his neutrality ; but that should War break out, he would not decide in favour of either of the belligerent Powers. The Country of Magdeburgh has offered his Prus sian Dl esty a Regiment of Light Horse. The Stated of Silesia bavc also offered to raise a Regiment at their own expense. • . , n i . VIENNA, WirT. 20.—This day's Court Gazette contains the appointment of Lieutenant-General MAXIMILIAN VON IVIZ.EItrELDT to the post 44 . Atll-.