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NA FAL N Elk S. From the LGNDON GAZETTE, Der., 20, XBO6. Admiralty Office, Dec. 20. Copy of a Letter from Rear-Admiral the H 6111: Sir Alexander Cochrane, K.B. Commander in Chief c.f . His Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the Leeward IslaiA, to- Williar,n Marsden, Egg. dated on 'board His Majesty's. Ship the Northumberland, at Barbadoes, the 4th November, iSob. • SIR, I have the honour to inclose, for the infcrtnation of the Lords Commissioners, of the Admiralty, co pies of Letters from Captains Sayer and Briggs, of the Galatea and Orpheus ; also froth Lieutenant Dean, tonimanding HiS AilajeSty's Armed Brig Do minic° ; giving ,an account of the capture and de stru&ion of the Vessels therein mentioned. ALEX . . COCHR4NE. His Majesty's Ship Galatei, at Sea, SIR, zoth Sept;,lsp6. On the 18th ult. Lieutenant M:Culloch, in this Ship's . Barge, pursded a Schooner soine - Thiles up a river on the Spanish Maid, near Porto - . CaVallp, when, after an able resistance (her Commaniler, and one man falling), she struck, and proved to be a very fine Spanish Privateer, of three long gun (six and four-pobnders),• swivels, and musketoons on stocks, small arms, &c. He brought away the Pri soners, and blew her up, as it was impossible to get her out of the river withotit danger of his retreat be ing cut off. One Seaman (Cdrnelius O'Gullivan) . in our Boat was slightly wounded. And, .on the 21St, , Lieutenant the Barge, drove on shore, and completely destroyed, after a slight opposition, a fine Schooner, armed with swivels, small arms, &c.—The crew made their escape. I have the Hunour to he, &c. (Signed) GEORGE SAYER. Rear- Admiral the Hen. Sir A. Cochrane, K.B. &c. I am, 8:c. His Majesty's Ship Galatea, off • 4 ' SIR, 1 , " Martinique, Ott. z4,*04;6r On the night of the oth inst. three Boats from this 1 Ship,.under the direaion of Mr. :Aichy Gittins. (First Lieutenant), rowed up in the face o the bat teries of Barcelona-,. on the Spanish, Main; fat adrift and cut out four Spanish-Schooners in spits of-twory obitacie. • The enemy opened their fire of round and grape ' shot from three Batteries nearly at the same time, accompanied with musketry from them; and the beach, the Schooners being moored . head and stern _ close to it. It was calm, and, 'frOrn trie i 'natnre of the Bay, our Boats were exposed an hour and a half to this fire, providentially without the loss bf.a man, although they bore, as well as the prizes, abundant proof of its 'being weft, direEted. They are large . excellent Vessels, tw of them coppered, and well calculated for His Milj sty's ser vice. Lieutenant Gittin's comb& spealtS for •i self~ ' , He mentions that of Mr. J. Green, Master's ~and. Mr. Scanlon, 'Boatswain, in terms which recommend them both. It is superfluous to say our brave fellows behaved . in a way that manifests how much they glory in perilous enterprizes against their Enemies. I am, &c. GEORGE SAYER, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir A. Cochrane, it.l3, &c. His Majesty's Ship Orpheus, at Sea, SIR, " 26th September, 18c6. • I have the pleasure to inform you that ou the 25th inst. I fell in with, and after a short chace, captured the Guadaloupe, a French Schooner Privateer, mounting three 6-pounders (two of which 'were thrown overboard in the chace), and 54 men. She had been four days from Guadaloupe, and made 'no capture. I have the Honour to be, &c. (Signed) THOMAS BRIGGS. To the Hon. Sir A!ex. Cochrane, K. B. Rear-Admiral of the White, &c. His Majesty's Arme&Brig,,.Dominica, SIR, • Roseau, Aug. 23; I have the honour to inform you that orilthel.Bth• inst. I captured, 'between Dominica and INlar)ga lante, the French Row-boat ,Privateer La Bateuse, armed with musketry, with a complement of nine teen men, ten of which had been sent to Martinico in a small Schooner captured off St. Lucia... I have the Honour to be, &c. • a• : . . (Signed) .. . W. DEAN, Lieutenant and COmmander. To the Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane,K. B. Rear-Admiral of the White, &c. • His Majesty's Armed Brig Dorriiniba,-4t SIR, Sea, Oaoher le, t . 800 ,0 5 ,11 I have the honour to' inform you, that, on tie night of the .9d inst. Mr.. King, aaing MasttiVitiAhe _ Cutter of His Majesty's Brig under' rily:Cgairtod,... brought out two Sloops, Manette - and Dolphig t Aleo_, with sugar and, rum, from under the Batteries trear . St. Pierre's, Martinic6 - . . , • i I have also the,lionour to inform- you, that I tap-, tuted on the 4tkinSt• the. Ffench - National Schooner La Chiffone, armed with rnusqiietry., erniCloyeil as a Dispatch Vessel between ., Guadaloupd 'and 'tic°. I have the Honour to. be, &c. (Signed) • . W. - DEAN, - , Lieutenant and .Conunaiidei. Hon. Sir A: Cochrane, K. B 1 Hear- . Admiral of fild white,col - natuntier. in Chief, &c. &c. &c. • • • PLYMOUTH, DEC.2o.—Yesterday, during a heavy gale of wind, the Sloop John and Williarn, of this Fort, laden with groceries, bound to Dartmouth, in turning out of the ,Harbour of Cutwater, missed stays, 'and was driven on the rocks of Mount 13 atten, • where, in a few hours, Rile. beat to pieces.; t.h" greater part of the cargo was saved, ~but mush 9a ., ',aged ; the crew all escaped: Arrived the Hazard Sloop of War from Torbay. The Aca§ta Frigate .'cut olt, of Harbour yester day, and anchored in the Sound-;..as did also the 'Moselle and Gannet Sloops of War. PORTSMOUTH, Dr.c. 21.- Arrived the Frigate, Capt. BkRRIE, from a Cruize. Sailed the Centaur, of 74 guns, SitSA:4u Hocin . with the Coin . Us and L'Uranie Frigat es, to tq'We's4- ward ; and the Defender Gun-vessel on a reni:ze. The. Betsey,. SHAPLEr Alater,which itiled froth Cardiff for Lbndon, was captured on the foth - in's by a French Lugger Privateer, near Portlanct'but was re-captured three hours after by the Locfist GLI -vessel, and is arrived at this , Port. i _Olt The ,of Sunderland, from PlymOuth to this Port, with pitch and varnish, missed stags yesfer• day morning, and went on shore near Sonth-sea Castle, and , after beating some time she filled with water. The cargo is getting put, and the Vessel it is hoped Will be saved. The report of the lass of the Ann, iloiLow AY, from the Isle of. Wight to Poole, • is a mere fabrica , -tion. The Ann, for ten days past, has been safe. iii , this Harbour. FALMOUTH, DEc. lg. = The Rolla, Americiin Ship, Grkli EY, from Norfolk, in 30 days; with to bacco, arrived off the Harbour this morning for or ders, and proceeded on for her destination. Arrived also the Dart, Letter of Marque, of Jer sey, Capt . . GABART, with a Mail and, Di3patches from Lisbon, seven days passage.—A Gentle Man; who was the bearer of the bispatcheA, went off post for London this afternoon:—Pr6vious to the Dart's sailing. from Lisbon, .the WaisinBhant and Auckland Packets were arrived out.—The Dart sailed.lor Jer sey "as soon as she had landed her Mail. Sailed the illotristqwn Armed Brig, Capt. gmi- KER, with Convoy for Wales ; and His •Maje Sty's Ships Plantagenet; of 74 guns, Capt. BRADLEY;aIId• Lavinia, of 40 guns, Capt. Lord WM. STUART, for their station off Brest. • . . Reniain in Carrick Roads His Majesty's Ships Blonde, Abundance, and Savage, with the outward;- bound West India Convoy, and His Majesty's Ship FortUne, 36 guns, refitting Saracen and- Swallow Brigs. HARWICH, DEC. Q 1 .—The Denmark and Gotten- burgh Mails of yesterday were forwarded by two extra VeSsels hired for that purpose by the Agett for Packets ; these Vessels sailed as soon as pOssible after the arrival of the Mail from London. , —No ar= rival from the Continent. - , The Argus Revenue ,Cutter sailed on :tt Cruize., and the Acute, Aggressor, and Escort Gun-brigs re- main. The wind having changed to the Northward, we may soon expeel the arrival of some of the Packets that have been long expe6ted. SHEERNESS, DEC. 20.—Arrive), the Fanny Gun brig, Lieut. SINCLAIR, from tie Downs, with loss of foretop 7 mast and bowsprit ; also the fearless .Gun-brig, Lieut. Wti.t.t Adis. Sailed the Seagull Sloop of War, Capt. CATII eArr, and the Earnest Gun-brig, Lieut. TEMPLAR. The Falcon Sloop of War, Capt. SAUNDERS, has the signal flying for Convoy to the Baltic. DEAL, DEC. 21..- , LArrilled the his Frigate from Portsmouth, and remains in the Downs with the Ships as per last. Arrived and sailed for the River the Dispatch, PIKE, from Lisbon, and the Corn Planter, GILLES, from Philadelphia. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Gun-brig Fer. reter, who were present at the Capture or the Vlugge, on the 16th April, 18)6, to be paid on board the said Gun brig, at Yarmouth ; and the shares to be re-called every Tuesday and Thursday, at No. so,' Essex-street, Strand, for thr,:e months. To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Thun derer, who 'were on board at the Capture of the Spanish Line-of-battle Ships San Rafael and El Firme, con the 22d uly, 1595, to be paid on board the Thunderer, en the 31st inst. if szie shall have arrived in Port; and the shares to be re-balled at N0.'70, Great Russell -street, Bloomsbury, for .three Months. • • _ _ - To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Armed Ship !Sally, who were on board at the detention of the Freeden, on the asst OCt. tBm.4, to be paid on hoard on Monday the "'aid iilst, and the shares to be re-called for three years, at •10 2.3.. Norfolk-street, Strand. * To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Eolus, fr,r the Capture of the Spanish Brig Nostra Signora de la Con..;ep tion, alias La Europa, on the ist April; tBos, robe paid on board the saids hip at Plymouth,- on the 3 tst inst. and to be re-called at No. It, Cecil-street, agreeably to Aa of rarlia , Illeilt. ' • . • To . the Officers and Crew of, His Majesty's Ship Thalia, for the Capture of the,Swedish Brig Fredevicus Adolphus,on . the 23d July, 'Soo, at No. 2, Francis-street, Bedford-square; and the shareS to be re-called every Wednesday and Thursday for three years. 'To the Officers and Crew of His Majesty's hired Armes.' Lug Ker the Nile, for the Capture of the Spanish Brig Santa Ahxha, on the ad May, to be paid at No. 30, George,streer,. Plvrnouth; •aticl the shares re-called tbr three months. i ro the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Ship Me gmia, for the Capture of the Spanish. Brig Nostra Signora del Carmen, on the ztst Sept. 1804, to be paid on the 3 rst inst.- at No. 9, New Broad-street ; 'tind•the shares to be re-called at the same place every Wednesday and Thursday for three years. • To:the Officers and Company of His Majesty's Gun-brig. Attack, who were on board at the Capture or the Sophie and • 7 41d - rie; oh the 26 of June, 18a5, and of the orciere and Vol. tigeur French Privateers, on the 28th January, 0;06, to he paid on board the Gun-brig on her arrival in fort; and the shares. to be re-called every day for three months, at No. re, Upper Thames-street. I{RO4II TILE DUTCH PAPERS. THIRTY-SIXTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND AR Y., PeSEN, DEC: 1-Thp head-yiarteri of the grand Dukeof BERG were, on the. 27 th (.4 November, at - Lowicz. Gen. BENNINGS.EN, Who commanded the Russian , Army, had, in the hOpe of antic:rating the French, entered Warsaw, and pushed . forward an advanced .guard to take positi6as'along the river Drizura.. 011 tho 26th the out-posts of the resPedive Ar mies fell in with each other, andthe Russians -Were thrown into confusion. General WAUMONT passed the Drizura to Lowicz, killed and wounded several Russian hussars, and made a regiment of CoSsaeks prisoners, and piirsued the Ehemy ,t 9 Blouie. On the 27th some skirmishing took place between the 'advanced postS of the caNlilry of both Armies,, When the Russians were pursued, and some taken . prisoners: On the. 28th, towarth evening, the Archdoke'of BERG entered Warsaw with his cavalry, and on the_ 29th the Corps.of Marshal DAVOVST advanced to the capital. • The RusSiins had retreated over the Vistula, and had burnt the bridge after they had pasS ed.. It would be diVult to describe the enthusiasm Of the P4les. - Our entrance into the capital was tfuite a triumph, and it is impOsSible. to form an idea of the zeal which the Poles of every rank display'. Patriotisth and national spirit have hot dirhinished iit the hearts of this people, but have acquired new force amidst misfortune.. The most fervent desire, the . rinlY wish of the • Poles, is to become again a ,Nation. The powerful abandon their castles, and come to irriplore with earnestness the restoration of their Nation; 'and offer their children, their for tunes, and all their influence towards accomplishing that end. ThiS spectacle is indeed interesting.— They hale already every where resumed their an, cient dress, and their former customs. • Shall the Polish Throne be re-established, and shall the Great Nation secure for it respect and in dependence ? Shall she recall it to life. from the graVe ? God only, who direds all human affairs, can resolve this, great political question. But cer tainly il'ever did More memorable, more important events, arise. From a • congehiality of sentiment, which does honour to the French,the few stragglers, who were guilty of e•cesses in other countries, have experienced' io goell a reception from the people here, that no severe regulatidlis have been necessary -to make them condud themselves with propriety. Our soldiers often, observe, that the solitary wil dernesses of Poland itre very diOrent, from the ing fields of their owri country—but they Mime diately add, the - . the Poles ate good. ' Jacked, the peOple of this country exhibit themselves in such a light, that it is impossible not, take an interest in their destiny. The day after this Bulletin ,was published, =Me . - ly e the memorable 2d of December, there was ad dressed; in the name of the Emperor, t() the Grand Army., the follw.vidg Proclamation : • Imperial Ilead-Quarters at Pvsen, Dec. 2, tBO6. SOLDIERS A yearamgo, at this same hour, you were on the memorablield of Austerlitz. The scared cohorts of Russia fled defeated before you, or, surrounded, laid down their.arms at the feet of their conquerors. To the moderation, and the (perhaps) blameable generosity, which overlooked the criminality of the third Coalition, is the formation Of a fourth to be ascribed. But the Ally on whose military skill their principal hope rested, is already no more. His principal towns, his fortresses, 'his forage and am, munition magazines, 28.0 standards, 100 pieces of cannon, arc in our power. Neither the Oder nor the Warta, the Desarts of Poland, nor the rude sea son of Winter, have been capable of arresting for a moment our. progress. You have braved all dan gers, have surmounted them all; and every Enemy has fled on your approach. •In vain did the Rus sians wish to defend the Capital' of ancient anti illus 'trions Poland. The French Eagles hover over the Vistula. The unfortunate, but brave Poles, on cott-;, templating you, fancy they behold= the celebrated Legions of the Great SouttsKt returning from a mi litary expedition. Soldiers ! We shall not'lay down our arms until a General Peace has confirmed and secured, the power of our Allies—until it has restored to our commerce its freedom, and given be& to us our Colonies. On the Elbe and on the Oder we have reconqueeed Pondicherry,---all our Possessions in India,. the Cape of Good Hope, and the Spanish Colonies. What right has Russia to hope that she shall hold the ba lance of destiny in her hand ? What right has she to expeel she should be placed in so favourable a situa tion ? Shall there be a comparison made' between the Russians -and us' ? Are we not then the Soldiers of Austerlitz ? (Signed) NAPOLEON. The Gulden Grove, Capt. PEACE, a Transport from, Malta, arrived at Portsmouth, was on. Thurs 7 day, when off the. Needles, 'fired into by a French Privateer. Capt. PEACE itnniediately bore up, and succeeded in' running the Privateer down. Forty seven of the Frenchmen were drowned ; the residue arc Prisoners on board the Transport. The Providence, Captain Pune4m., from Cork to Portsinouth, with 120 soldiers, was taken off: the Wight, a few days ago . , by a French Privateer, .which, on boarding .the Providence, cat off the Mate's arm, and actually threw -overboard eleven soldiers, every one of whom perished. They then Wok out the Master, the wounded Mate,.and about .tio soldiers. While they were conveying them on board the, Privateer, a heavy squall coming on, the people who were .on board the Providence tilled her sails and got off. The kfaster, Mate, and Soldiers, are carried. to France. e ` , • ••• 7' "1- other, but was at tasf killed himself:hlselt. In the .even. iog General IWILBAILn arrived wkth...one:thousand a:vfa-Ity, which put an end to tike affliir,an t d on he :HID wing day the ErenCh: adv . nced heyond Lo« iczi _ . •CtifENHAGEN, Nov. 2 . 9.,,--Qn the 24th, Lord dowli, who had arrived from London, at Elsineur . ; embarked there on - board .an English; Vessel of War, and sailed-up the Baltic, ,It is supposed that he is chargCd with an important mission from his Government to the King of Prt . k.sia. .-Within these few cliys also, several Couriers have passed 'for Sweden.—According to accounts received by Sh; arrived here, there are about 12,900 Prussian tro 1 s in Dantzic, which town the French have already closely approached. _lt is also said, that a very con, siderable corps of Russians have lately marched through NOVE.MhER .5.— . 1.Ve have now mote that '-fourteen thousand Prussian troo).: here:. 'There are neither French nor Russi :ns as yet iti opi neighbourhood. Thorn has' been born bardai by the French from the opposite side of the Vistula, as the bridge at that place was de,troved :bYour troops. The passage- up and down the Vis tula is now completely interrupted, and the trade here languishes greatly. The King is stid at C terode, in East Prussia, whither General •Dutou went on the 21st, by the way of Graudefitz.-- , Warsakis strongly garrisoned 'and fortified by t. e. Russians: fro- UTRECHT, DF.c.l. 11.—A large .park of Artiller:„ consisting of twelve and six pounder howitzer , caissons, - Bcc. arrived yesterday from Amerstbrt. was under a strong escort. To-day is t of the Royal Dutch Hussars •arri% ed from Zutphen, on their way for the Hague, where they are to be incorporated with the HusSarS of the Royal Lite Guards. . PARIS, DEc. learn from Naples that the' fate of the ' celebrated PRA , thAvoLo has made a great impression on the insurgents' of that kingdom. A great number have since submitted. Among others eleven persons belonging to the Troop- of Itri, with the Sub-Intendant of that town, came and laid down their arms, soliciting the King's pardon; which, having obtained, they swore fidelity to his. Majesty, and promised that they would henceforth preserve an inoffensive con-. dad. - Our 'Government has now received information respe6.ling the terrible hurricane which raged with. so much fury in the West Indies, on' the 9th and 'lath of September. These advices, hOwever, af ford thisicousolation, that we are certain our Island of Martinique, which was supposed by the English - to have suffered'far more than the British Colony of DoMinica, has, infaet, been much less injured than the Lifter. .The Moniteur of this day contains the fullckchig artiae on this subjea _ _ _ Extra: ; gan i ctlicial Letter, dated St. Pierre, Mar -1806.—" Duritig the night be lween4.lx4th i nd tOth, Martinique experienced most seversttorm. Four Ships which were iu St. Pierre itoads were driven on shore,. This storm, however, is not *to be Compared with the hurriCa*-, which at-the same time devastated Dominica. ",.In consequence of the 'unexampled deluge of rein which had fallen, the river of Ito;eau was 30 feet'abo , ,:e - its usual height. i'dore than 200 houses of the lower Gown are swept away, and, according to the.lowest calculation, about 300 persons have been drowned. "- A great quantity of merchandize and produc tions of the pol9ny have been destroyed. Ail corn with the interior is cut off, in conse quence of the water having pverflown the roads ; and all the Ships which were in the harbour have been wrecked. . • The situation of this English . Colony is so dis tressing, that the Administratioh of Martinique have permitted the exportation of a certain quantity of flour, in order to afford to the inhabitants that first aid which humanity requires." The rumour of the arrival of Sir SIDNEY SMITH, in the Termagavt,. is untrue. A private Letter from Memel, of the 18th ult. contains the following'intelligence ; " MEMEL, Nov. 18.—Since the 15th of Oaober we have been without any New:papers; our army and King are at Osterode, in Ermelande. Our good King has been most scandalously misled, and treacheryusly dealt with by his Ministers; for sane years.bacic. One of these cabinet villains has de tained.die dispatches to the Emperor ALEXANDER, which. is the reason the Russian troops have not reached our Frontiers before. BQNAPARTE has form ed eleven complete. Regiments, commanded by "French Officers, out of the Prussian Prisoners ; these are td stand the first fire of the Russians, and-should they refuse to Atilt he . has part of his artillery, charged with arape, placed in their rear, with thu intention, in that case, to fire on them." SMITHFIELD MARKET, Dic. ta.. This day's market was amply ,supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle in ,general wp§ rather plentiful ; Beef, Mutton, and Veal are something cheaper tan Friday's market Pork sold at last price, and 'the trade foi the most part was tolerably brisk.—The sales in the Haymarket were somewhat lively,;,.•Hay has dropped in price since our last. re 'port rib4raw and plover obtained better.prices.— Thefollowing prices. and numbers is a correct state- Men t • • .BERLIN, DEC, I.—The Emperor of the French has left this capital, as we have for some time ex.- peßed he would do. His Majesty has at last pro ceeded to the head-quarters of the army which is : , destined to drive back the Russians and re=establish R . Poland. We therefore.sbon.expea .to hear of very inipertant events. to judge from the passage of the troops, And the .known bravery of the French, it is not likely that the Russians will be able to contend with them. In fiia, ,the; troops of the Emperor . .NAPOLEON seem capable of standing every climate,' gad saitairiing all the possible hardships of war, and d this the Russians' are _about to be convinced, by . the reception_ they . will a second time experience in cold and bleak regions,. for' Which they suppose the 'French troops altogether Unfit: - Let them, however, look back to the campaign of . 17g5, and they may discover that the French know liow •to encamp . . . upon 'the ice, and then ,they Will recognize the military chara6ter of those troops. 6E C. 2.- 7 -It:is bCIi4VCCI here that a general battle supplies of Wheat ariived for to-day's Market, and, will be thii day fought' with the Russians in Poland., excepting fine'saloples; sales in this trade are made The' Freneli advrincing in great :fosrce against havily at the further reduaion in price of about 2s. Fit4in Posen we 'have recr;ived accounts per . qurtrter ; 'Barley - in short supplies, and ii dearer; of the first (lion b , 2t..i..een the French and the Rus-' Malt : a:trine bleier Pease and Beans of each 'kind On the f.:2d'of Niwotber about . 100 French at srrisli Vativ ion ; of Oats scarce any fresh supplies, C:ivalrY, in "I.owicz, were attacked by between fi‘.e . and j and this arrigle, wiitinues full as dear ; Flour is doll six thoustnd Cossaes. The 'contest lastNlthe whcile l 'in sale.7al its present prices. day. The French preScnted . a brave resistance,. and I wheat 5 7, A. 7oi a 4:; 0.1 Bears -44 s a 5 t S oil a number of Polish" 'Nobles:took a part the ac- 'Pick: itean .2 s is 2 3 2 7 8 : a l 4 3 4 2 5 . c o , a t 'emulation, One, of these Poles, animated by zeal and , Barley Oct Poland ditto 4 3SS cd rushed' 'vAith such fury against the Cris-' MA t . 63s a 7ss ad Rape Seed asi. 281. of - sac3, that he tilt down five u f them, one after-the White !eve li? . s a 86s Fine Flour 7.s a 75 5 ca Ciev ditto 40, a 5 scQ Seconds 6ss a ~c: • .1 0.1 . , • '! , ! 4 To sink the. Oat per stone of glb. Beef*: 6d. to ss. .—Mutton 4s. 4d. to 4s. lod.--Yea.l. 6s. mi. to 7s. od.—Lawb os. c.d. to cs. od.—York ss. oti. to Beasts, 2200. —Sheep and Lambs, 11670. —Calves, 170. — rigs , 4Z o • % SMITHFIELD HAY MARKET. Hay 31. c 4. to 41. 10$.—CluNer sl. Os. to 51. tos.—Strat7 11. los. to zl. to, I •