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NAVAL N E.WS. PLYMOUTH, MAY a t. 7 --,Airived the Spanish Lug ger St. Loaning°, laden with hides, 'B:c. froin 3ilboa, bound . to San Antonio, captured near Bilboa .by the Surinam Sldop of War. On the 17 th inst. the Ten der belonging to , the Surinam, under the command of Mr. Ross, the First - Lieutenant, 'mounting for swivel guns, four musquetoons, and manned with ten men, being then cruizing about 'two itiles off the Castle of Bilboa, and it falling calm, the Spaniards dispatched an Armed Boat . with thirty Soldiers to attack the Tender, but which, after a very gallant a&ion, was sunk,. and all the Crew and Soldiers were either killed or drowned. - Another 3oat armed and manned in a similar manner was' sent off to, assist' the latter, which die . Tender also engag ed, and beat off; after having six of her crew killed. Five other Armed Boats were then sent off, but a breeze springing up, the Tender made sail, finding it impossible to encounter the . formidable force pro ceeding to attack her. Lieutenant ROs's is stated to be severely wounded; but the greatest hopes are en tertained of his recovery. Two Seamen are - also badly wounded, one of whom, it is feared, Mortally, Arrived the Tribune . Frigate 'from Portsmontlr,. 'and is since sailed for the Chaff uel Fleet ; also the bldenburgh Galliot L'i-ou, Maria Carolina, Captain litisTEckm, from Nant4 bound to Bremen, laden With boney,..,&c. detained by His ;Majesty's Ship Deance. Two Spanish Luggers:-, laden with flour, from 13ilboa,•captured by the Suriwaii Sloop of War, are rived - here this morning. Arrived the Cailtdrina, Capt. ROIJFF, ironiiioch& fort, laden with Molasses and honey, bound to Lon. Son; `detained by the Sybilk Frigate ; and the Tit, Frewiden, Capt. STEESV ) from Nantes,- bound to Bremen, detained by the hukfaticabk Frigate. ArrivOd the Blitainzia, of Teo gnus, from Ports- math. . . lloaTibtoUrtr, JUNE tairniUg the Azte kpe, of 50 guns, Capt. BASELY, got under way, tvith the outward-bound East Indiamen; Wit there being scarcely any wind , , they were obliged to bring up avih. This morning Sir JOHN WARREN hoisted his flag, and every exertion is making to get his Squadron ready for Sea 'early this week. Airived the Fury Bomb, and a Convoy from - the Towns ; alsb the :Chcelotte Schooner and gdkn Eitn Cutter, with four or five Viktuallers, from Ply .mouth; also ate Aaive i Spanish Sloop, - Captured by the .Suracen Sloop of War, from Barcelona, bound to Vera Ciuz -; the Ann Wilkinson, from the Cape of 'Good Hope ; and Mine6a, MADDER, froni Gibratta . r. Yesterday The Pluto Sloop 'of War sailed on a truize. Passed by the London Packet, from Philadelphia, from which some passengers were landed at this Port. APPOINTitiNTS:—Lieut. I'EN6E, to the rank of Commander ; Lieutenant ROaft, to the Whiting Schooner; and Lord Visdount NEN7LLs, to be a Lieutenant of the . Spenivt. • FALMOUTH) MAY 30.—Aiiivea the fraMlSurgh Dogger Anna Amiria, Capt. SPELMAN, from flaw burgh, bound to St. SebastiAn's, laden with cocoa and bee's-wax, detained by the Atlantic Privateer, .of Liverpool; and the Good Friends, BARRATT, from Exeter. Skiled the Bingham, BnITRAAr, fOr London. Arrived yesterday the Prince Adolphus Packets BOULDERSON, from Tortola, in 37 days.' DEAL, Jutit t.- - -Sailed the Comtatant Praam, Kite and Seagull Sloops of War, on a Cruize. Arrived the Blanche Frigate from a Cruize, and remain in the Downs with the rest of the - Ships as per last. Arrived and sailed for the River the Fortitude, PEMBERTON, from Liverpool. STATEMENT OF THE I)I,3TRIBUTIOM OF THE 1111 M. TISH NAVAL lOBA:I: TO THE IST INST. Line co's I Fri. I Sps. In Port and fitting - 33 S i 3 6 3 2 (.; Illicit-Ships - - 4 3 4 2 I n the V :.glish and Irish 1 2.1 2 27 Channels - , - S • On the 13owns astcl North i - S 4 11 Sea Stations - At :11;;We,,t India I slangs 6 0 21 and on the Passage On the Jamaica Station ' 2. • American & Newfound- i laud Stations - 0 1 East Indies, and on the ? S ' 7 Passage - - Coast of Africa . 0 Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar 10 ltiediterranean and on Passage 5 Hospital and Prison Ships 17 in pursuit of a French ? Squadron and Cruising S 1 1 Cape of Good Hope . - On return from koreign Services. , 4 i ;4, Total irbCommission .342 Receiving Ships - 11, Sericeable and repairing 2e tor Service - - In ordinary - - - 2,2 Building - - - 26 0 11 8 I I 0 9 21 l5l 1 , 182 496 41 4 } 0 1 16 3 39 6 p 8 13 38 91 0 14 22 6z Total mg 38 I 211 I 24$ j 715 STATI OP TJ:i •It.DINARY AT SAC 11 rovr. Line. 1 50's Fri. Sps. Tot. 32 2 17 It 41 1 9 4, 14 6 1 43 7I 3 11 i ;8 $ 31 1 3 4 3 ' S 7 I 1 9 II 1 2 1 2 1 5 Portsmouth - Plymouth - Chatham Sheerness - River Extraneous Total Sz 1 3 7 1 4 6 1 441 /57 The Lively Frigate was paid prize-money on Monday last to the tune of u. 301. a.man. One man received 4.'201. It Was Capt. HEMING (not FLEMING) who was sworn into the command of the East India Com pany's Ship Spencer., on Friday. STATE XAPER. iOPY OP A LETTi g TR ANScirrEp , • TO COUNT HAUGWITZ, VATED 191 1;1 1. 1.1 . 1 . 1. 4 1804; " The Undersigne4 'EnvoY Ex traorYy:ity ,ana • 'Minister Plenipotaii:tiury Of His Brit nmic4.l.6esty has not delayed to . forward to his Co .Art Which had .beert transmitted to him on the ,p? last month, by order of his Prussian likkjesty; which has been also presented by the Eirvo..o): . Prussia at London to the Secretary of State for 'reign AtEtirs. " . This Note announces, on the part of his Prtis - sian Majesty, such measures as are totally incompa tible with those ties of friendship wlaiih have sub sisted for b long a period, and with such mutual advantage betW'eett the two States, and which the King has ardently desired to cultivate and draw . still closer by all The means in his power. It is therefore with the inCtst lively regret that : His Ma jesty finds 'hitnself.,:eornpelled, - by circumstances which no interference of his could prevent, to corn ' mand the Undersigned to remove, without delay, from Berlin. _ " The Undersigned has theltonour to address himself, in consequence) to the t Count:l--Lurii,vlT, Minister of State, and of the Cabinet of his Prus sian Majesty, to request that he will 'Order the ne cessary passports to be expedited for his 'return to England, with the different persods'irttaclied to his mission. " 'He is desirous at the same time to reties k 'to his Excellency the assurance of his Consi deration.. (Sin pea) " JAcrkso." THE GOTTENBURGH 111,11 L. STOCtIIOLM, My 18.-A Fleet has sailed from Carlkrona for the purpose of blockading the Prus sian Ports in the • Baltic. From this circumstance one would conclude something decisive of the_ iate of Pomerania must take_ place. 'GOTTENBURGB, MAY •2 3 Convoy from Leith arrived this morning : several Vessels which Came with it have proceeded to the Sound: 'EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GOITENBURGH, D <vr . t THE 23D OF MAY, 1806. . v , The "Misunderstanding between this " Kings &nil anti . I.siratice causing an impediMent to the Navigation of Swedish Vessels, his Maje Sty the King of 'Sweden, in order to encourage Fo reign Ships '0 trade to his ports, has been pleased to take off the prohibition from foreign bottoms which - confined 'them. to the produce of their re speOive Countries (only an Ordonnance similar to the English Navigation A 61):: By this repeal a British Vessel is in every respect rptlt on the same footing as a Swedish one, ,as well in regard. to the ditty 'on goods imported and exported as in the Port charges, - which are 'eonFiderably diminished; the duty' on won exported by a Br" 'disk, or . ogler filrein ship, is hereby 'lowered ten shillimgs sterling a ton, aid proportipnL: ttbly.otn . other goods. This will greatly tircilitate the freighting 'of British ihipS, several of which have; since this laW 'took effect, got freights -for Ireland and Great Brita'in. But Vessels that may come for freights ought not to proCeed farther up our River than the Castle, and it they do riot succeed pie- Curing them, go to the Baltic Or elsewhere, without being subjea to any other porUcharge the tt pilota&." Tot. 106 tli 30 Is THE biEEA.""Mrs. B'ILtINGTON WZIS able . to slime her professional exertions 'on Saturday last, at the Kin s' Theatre, when 'she f".ppeared in the Opera of a Vemanza cti Tito', and. sung with her usual skill, taste, and &feel'. The Opera altogether WA mdckapplauded. It was folloWed by the new Grand ballet 'brought forward for the Benetirof DESHityks; - on the well-knoWn SU bj (61, of Armidi This Ballet was composed by R.Ossr and does great `credit to his invention and taste-A shaver of, fire was among the Most Milian/ features of this Bal let; And the general grouping of the several Dancers was highly beautiful. A Pas de Decry by DESTIAYES and his Wife, was particularly applauded. The honse had a' nuit'erous and elegant auditory. Recent accounts from Batavia. men Nit, that *a Dutch Frigate had arrived there, much damaged itt a gale, as had a' Frenc s h Privateer, after an unsuc:. cessful cruize. A Dutch Line of Battle Ship then lay in Bantinn Roads, where she had been tbr some tune, in consequence of the crew having mutinied. The Bhurtpoor Rajah lately had numerous French men in his servite, who landed on the Malabar coast, Ind under various characters travelled through the interior. ' The. PEISHWA, with . the cot - rise& a the India Company has resumed the lands in Malwa, for merly in the possession of his family. A vaSt. - quantity of the.finest timber has been col leaUcl by the Company's Agents in Chettagong, and in the Sunderbunds; and . several Vessels, some of which alt of large dimensions, have been laid down in the adjaCent docks. A grand reli g ious ceremony lately took place in the neighbourhooti of Barhampoor. A great many Brahmins assisted in solemn invocation for a fruitful season, and the return of tranquillity and plenty. All the petty Mahratta Chieftains were present on the occasion. - - _ We learn by accounts via Americii, that the late confederacy amongst several of the Native Chiefs of Sumatra, against the India Company's Government, was infinitely more serious than the letters that were suffered to reach this country dire& 'represented it.- In November last the Natives, headed by SOSTAM 'ASSAM; over-run a considerable tra& of coUntry, and Carried into captivity upwards of 300 persons ; they were posted in a small fort, when a detachment of British troops, under the order's of Lieutenant DARE, attacked and routed them, with considerable slaugh ter, including ASSAM'S son. The Sultan fled to Burro, 'with about five hundred men, but Lieutenant DARE followed, attacked, and again defeated him. The other Chiefs, who were advancing in all direc tions, were intimidated 'by these events, and retired. A 'reward of 1000 pagodas has been offered by the Governor of Bencoolen for the beads of any of the Chiefs. Those Gentlemen who mean to dine at WILLIS'S Rooms, on the King's Birth Day, are requested to send their names to the Office of the Thatched H ouse Tavern in the course of this day, or before Two o'Clock on Tuesday.—Dinner at Half-past Six. 'HE 7.121 BUR JA. . . MAY `2o.—Major Ata-dei- Camp of his Majesty the li;pg of 53,%*:cdert, arrived here on the 17th; in the evening, dnd,delivered to the King a letter . .from his Sovereign: ite,Eet out ,yesterday on his return with the iiumer of his Prus t sian Majesty ; nothing bits transpired relative to the contents of this CorreSpondence, but it is tbserved 'that the orders ( - riven to the Garristinii of. Berlin and ;Votsdam, to hold themselves in read i iness to march; not been countermanded. As the health of Gen. , - ALkttEnTit is ,not yet entirely re-established, it is sold that Prince ,Louts I:harms...AND will take the 't=iittArnand of the Corps under the orders of that - YEN ICE,, MAY 5.--\\Te are still blockaded. by the in, the mean while they work night and day j'n.( - ,nr Arsenal at equipping a i:lorijfa',-Wilich well be more than sufficient to drive away the Enemy's ships. As soon as 'the Russians shall have evacuated Cataro - ,,corfu, Zarite; &c. &c. Will be attacked, as these Isles.,formerly belonged to Venice. The pro duEllons„hese Island - ?i will revive our commerce, and we may'expeEt prosl l / 4 ous days afterpeace shall be made. . • - CONSTANTI; f 6PLE, APR I L 20....-SiK dap ago a Courier set out from this City for 6t. Petersburgh . ,. and four days since one arrived from thence, after . which the Russian -Anabassador2 - bld. a conference with the Rms. EFFEiqpi, which ave occasion to many reports. It is said that only a ,Corp 4 of 10,000 Russians will remain in the Seven Wands. A French Agent, who ,formerly served in :the . - tenel - , Army of Egypt in a distinguished capacity, and Who still continued to reside in that Country, ha3,6Cen.poisoned. V'ttViq.A, AILY RASUMO the ItuisiAt 'Ambassador here, haSreceived a ;courier St- rte; ?ram tersburgh with ,adviee . th4t . frsßusa .114gq11 ivi%'lj'esty, in coasequenOe cif the .ipress:ng solic`btionS Of Austria, has consented that Cataro, and the Other plitces occupied by his Troop, shall , . be restored tO the Austrians, to be by them surren dered to the French. A Ti...;sian Courier has been - immediately off to the Cominanaer at Cataro, wh9, as he is prOvP. witha passfrom the French Ambassador, take's:he toad by Zara; through Croatia, and will arria 'at ills tlestination in 14 da?s. HANII3URCH CORR'N'ONDEWfEN. AMBinGH MAY 24.—Acc - 61 - ding to letters from Prussift, received yesterday, Swedish,. Frigates ; have appeared befoie Memel, Dantzick,..na . other Prus sian Ports in the Baltic, in • order to bloCkade them. The Captain who has the command hefore Dant ick has informed the: Pilots that he ‘,7%f,i 'suffer all Danish Ships to enter, and those laden with corn to come out.. , . . • . . ITALY,,MAY 6.--The Commander of the English Troops, in ,Sicily has made an offer to the brave Prince of Hesse Philipso' , al, who defends Gaeta in so distinguished 'a. manner, to stippoz - t him' with 'English Troops; bat this the Prince has declined, de daring, "thtit his Garrison 'is sufficient, and that he can rely, upon it. ZENCtG, APRIL , '27.---Itresterday, the_ March of another Corps of 1 . 1 or 12 French troops v. as ;in :maimed. They are to pass througb this place in three divisions ; circumstance which has .produced sir uncommon rise in the price of provisions. To furnish the French Arthies in Dalmatia with meat, all the neighbouring islands have been ordered to send their spare cattleto Zara. The liiip„Jish have - landed at Cape D'lstria, and detl33lldcd a heavy contribution: STP:AtEktiNo, MAY 26.—This afternoon the peo- Pie drawn !Or Fencibles are to be assembled for the tirSt tithe in order to be enrolled. The fOrtreSS this place is full of Troops, and the number hid - eases every day. COPENHAGEN, MAY (20.-=-Very few Ships now pass the Sound, on which account the town of Hel singor suffers considerably. An English Gun-brig, on its 'return from the Baltic, sailed for the North Sea on .the 13th. A Russian Ship of the Line that lately left this rNid is on shore near haunted,, but it thought. she Will be s ot afloat again. FRONI Tile MAIN, z iMAY 17.—The confiscation of the English therchandize in Switzerland has al ready occasioned a considerable division between the Cantons . 5 those of Basle, Soleure, Argau, Zarich, and Thurgati, whitise trade is considerably injured, wish to unite with Fiance. The rest, however, protest against this union, though most of them suf . - trinch from a scarcity of horned cattle, and accuse the former of exposing the independence of SWitzer land. Both parties have sent Deputies to Paris.-- A vast quantity of goods have been sent from Basle and Zurich to Lueern,. Schweitz, Altorf, and Chur, but the Governments of these. Cantons refusing to admit them, they were sent back again to the places from whence, they came. Private letters from Paris assert, that all negocia tion between England and France was broken off Holland, Naples, and . Malta, were the principal ob stacles in the way of peace. According to the same letters, the Cabinet"of the Thifilleries had dispatched a Cotfrier to Lisbon, to demand the shutting of the ports against the English.' The public Papers contain the following article : A note is expected at Ratisbon, which will ex plain to the Diet the bases of the new Germanie Constitution." DUSSELDORF, MAY 14.—According to the public Papers, part of the Duchy of Westphalia has been. in possession of the French Troops some days past. They.are already at Arensberg, Brilong, Warsteen, Rathen, &c. • HANOVER, MAY 20..—The 'prAice of shooting, at marks in public is *bidden by authority; and all persons who afford Accommodations for these pur poses, have been informed thirt the pra&ice is sus pended for the present year. St. I'ETERSBURGH, MAY 7.--PrinCeDOLGORUCKY is to set out very shortly for the Turkish frontiers. SwErAsu POMERANIA, MAY 17.—A Northern Sovereian exerts himself in order to procure the re moval of the blockade of the rivers that affed tl.e Hans-towns. SWABIA, MAY 15. 7 —The following Order of the Day has been announced to Marshal NEY'S Corps : EXTRACT PROM THE REGISTERS OF THE SECRETARY OF &TATE IN THE PALACE', OF ST. CLOUD. NAPOLEON, Empetor of the French, and King of Italy, bas decreed the following :—I. The Payrnas - - Or of theArrny, MEss EL is ca:ihiered ; by ant naiiiter of the Public Treasury, lie is ordered - co pay into. the ttame the sum of :3010,000 francs, .whit h he has uhiuStly extorted in the euctian Provinces: —H. By the same Decree, all the Ministers of th Statq are idol - wed / that the said iviEstuty is hereby deemed incapable of any - public emnloy.- 7 fll. iLIGNA6, cashiered by our Decree of illay I‘2, is or dred to pay 100;000 francs into - the -Artny chest, which he has unjustly obtained. And if IT and lUEstux fail herein,-,they shall be put under arrest ; and'treated with all the.rikour of the ht.v. IMPERIAL ORDER OF APRIL The following individuals, named as under, shall pay to the Chest of the Italian Army the foihnving sums t Gen. FR ANCSSCHI 30,000 franc ;, the A.:ju taut Qotrimandant CHAVARDES 4E5,000 francs; the Adjutant DELORS 20,000 the Lowtnis:;;lry of War AuotEtt 60 louis d'or; AMBERT 3000 francs ; the Adjutant OULEDO 56090. MUNICH, MAY REINITARD, the French Consul in Moldavia and Wallachia, arrived here on Friday last, on his way to France. ANDREOSSI, with ‘ two Adjutants, arrived here on Sunday, and on the subsequent day continued his journey towards Paris. There is no prospeet of the speedy departure of the French troops from this country They have merely changed - their quarters, for the greater facility of obtaining a. supply of provisions, It is, bowe er, to be hoped, that.the evacuation of the Mouths ol' the Cataro *ill produce their final departure. AUGSBURG, MAY 12.—The number of French troops quartered in the BaVarian Territory,' under SOULT, BERNADOTTE, NEY, &C. al1101113t.:i to 80,n0 men. Several hundreds of newly-raised conscripts have lust arrived here,. In Anspach, where thee are 37,000 French troops, hay has, become so scarce that it sells at five guilders the hundred weight.. A part of the French garrison of Brannan, consistic,; of dismounted dragoons, passed through this - place on the I . sth, and are quartered in the heighh.)uring villages. ULM, MAY 12.—According to theGneralOrders Of the French Army, the dismounted parties be longing 'to the. light cavalry it Bavaria and Swabia will. commence their march for France about the middle of the present month. They will partly pro ceed by way of Strasbourg, allki partly by way f Mentz. FRANKFORT, MAY 1 j.-Our Deputies to the French Government have by this time obtained a:i audience of "his Imperial Majesty. I. is rlunoured in Franconia, that, under certain circumstances, the Principality of Anopach will be assigned to a military Commander. FkSEN, MAY I.—ln Dutchies of Cleves rn.l Berg thrre is a rumour of some new Change in their Government, in cewegoence of the Archduke •..10Abtitit'being to receive another destination. On the ttith two French Prisoners of State were brut El 1: here in a close-carriage, and yesterday they W . re sent under an escort to Wesel.' One of them is s 'id to be a General, and the other a Lieutenant. A French Commissary was lately ciaried through t s place in a similaf manner. The cause of their arrest has not.transpired. A very unfortunate affair happened in Falmouth Harbour yesterday'se'nnight.•' As some men were attempting to escape from the. Hired Ar.kaed SI; Humber, in• Contempt , of the threats of the Lieute nant ot that Ship, who repeatedly declared he would fire upon them.lf they did not return, that Officer dischargeda musket, and shot one of them through the heart, The Coroner's Jury, who investigated the nifair, returned a vt.srdia—.l.4t•cAenlfzi. Cons, MAY' 26.—Ye4erday the, iig,nal s'zis made . for the Amethyst Frigate with the.Trrnisports, hav ing the king's G-erman Legion (in board, to unmoor. In a little time after, the signal was repeated for getting under weigh, which was obeyed by several of the Transports, They had not proceeded more than a few yards, when/an annulling signal brought them to again, and they resumed their mooring:.-- They' had not sailed when our Courier left Cove this morning.. The Troops, are destined for Gi braltar ; they were joined. *by four Transports with Troops of the King's German Legion on the 23d instant. BI HT H.—Yesterday, at hii house in Grosvent square, the Lady of Colonel Gout; LANGTON, M. P. for Somersetshire, of a Daughtei. KING'S Blunt DAY.— Twenty-five Thousand PoUnds will be given to the First-drawn Ticket next Wednesday, June 4, being the sixth day's drawing of the present Lottery. The advantage of purchas ing at this period is obvious, when so great a propor tion of the Tickets are drawn, and the Wheei stilt contains nearly 140,0001. 11 Prizes.—Tickets . and Shares warranted undrawn continue On sale at Swt FT and Co.'s Old Office, in the Poultry. CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 2. Wheat is arrived here to-day in but short supplies, fine , sampres con tinue scarce and in demand, and fetch rather more than is generally quoted, other qualities dull in salt- ; 'Barley in tolerable plenty; at somewhat less pries!, and *lt likewise ; of White Pease hut few, and are dearer ; Oats are.here in considerable quantities, the few samOes of first quality scarcely fetch last price--,other sorts have few buyers ; and Flour at the terms off' last week. . • . I Wheat 64s a 'jcs a Sss al Beans - ; 4os a 465 of Fine ditto - SSs a 92t oe. Tick Beans 28 , a 35,. orl Rye 'a. - 405 a 445 od. Oats 21S a as, a 2 9 .. . d u ar ley - .. - 4 4 a 335 ed Poland ditto acs a3is 6d Malt • • 635 a 69s cd 12apc Seed , - —1 -—I White Pease 44s a cos od Vine Flour 70, d 75s s•i Grey ditto 336 aas ott Seconds - 6s a 7cas od SMITHFIELD MARKET, juNE 2. This day's market had an unusual supply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle ingeneral was plenti ful ; Beef And Lamb sold at last prices ; Mutton and Veal Are something cheaper; Pork is somewhat dearer : and the trade for the most part was pretty good. The sales in the Haymarket were rather con siderable ; Hay, Straw, and Clover obtained higher prices than Friday's mr.rket.—We subjoin a correa statement of the prices and numbers : To sink the Offal per stone of Sib. Beef ss. od. to 6s• od.—Mutton Ss. cd. to ss. tod.—Veal . 6s. ed. to 7s. od.—Lamb 7s. od. to Bs. od.—York ss. od. to 6s. 64. lie,iits; 2750. Sheep and ,Lambs, 15750.—Calves, Pigs 3,9. SMITHFIELD HAYMARKEI. .zl. 45. to 41. Clovei 41. qs to 51, ;s.- Stra" 11. 19 to 2.1. 165., ~~ fi,.„ 7 . -