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. , Bier does not surrender .he Jlas tried force.,with • that i.vl,ich attacks him. You are, Sir, 'too .good and brave a soldier to blame me if I dO not accept your polite invitation, I have the honont-to &c, . (Signed) CHEAV Capt. t 0 st Reg.. Island of Capri, May ft, rSc6. Captain I.'Etan'g,, commanding the French Trocps, to,Sir Sidney Smith, ilear . -Admiral of the Englikt!Squadron: Cod fortune having favouted , yon, together with the advantage you had in landing, • oblige me to Make you the following proposals :—To give up to you the Town of Capri and all the Island, 'reserving to myself for my honour, and that of the Troops . I command, the liberty of returning to Naples, with arris and baggage, at the time which it shall please you to grant me. I expect this generoSity from your hands, to avoid bloodshed on both sides ; In de fault of which, I shall be obliged to continue till ex tinetion. I have the honour to be, &c.' L'ETANG. - • CAPITULATION. • ' Capri, at Midnight, July tr-tz, iSc,6. In consequence of the good conduel of the Of& cers and Trobps of, the Garrison of Capri, the Eng llshgommanders have, granted .the' following Arti cles, viz. Art. I.' The Officers Subalterns, and Soldiers shall erri-' bark - as soon as , possible, with the arms and baggage be lonsink to them. They shall be conveyed to Pozzuoli. • 111. The English Officers engage to cause the French Troops to be respeaed as much as possible,during the time they sh4l be in their power. IV. The French Officers -make the same engagement to wards the Troops and Vessels which shall transport them to Oleir destination. ThiS present , Treaty was concluded at midnight of the of May, 1806, between Captain Cha. Rdwley, Captain of the Ship,. and M. L'Etatitg, Captain of the gad Regiment of Light Infantry, commanding in the Island of Capri. To which have signed, (Signed) L' ETA NG, CHARLES ROWLEY'. • , . . . . „ N. B. The Commandant, since wishing to dis embark with Lis Troops at Massa, invites the .zg . - lish Admiral to grant it. him. , . Approyed, (Signed) W. S. SMITH. . . . List of the Killed and Wounded in taking Capri, May sa, 1806. Eagle--; Lieut. [Ames Cpwley, First Lieutenant, slightly wounded ; t Seaman and I Marine killCd; 4 Seamen and 6 Marines wounded. List of the Killed and - Wounded iii the Sortie of Gaeta, May tIo6 . 5, . Divisions 9f the Boats detached from the Juno --4 Se::rnen killed and s Seamen wounded. (Signed) W. SIDNEY SMITH. SIR, His Majesty's Ship Juno, Gaeta, Nl4y 4, .18:;15. The Enemy having ere&ed a battery of four guns Inn the point of La Madona della Catterra, His; Se rene Highness the Piince of Hesse ordered tio men from the Garrison to be embarked in fbur. fishing boats ; and, on the night of. the . 12th, I proceeded with the Juno's boats, armed, accompanied by those of His' Sicilian Majesty's Frigate Minen'a, corn ' iltanded by Capt. Vieugna, and landed the Trobps; • undiscovered, in a small Bay in ,the 'rear of 'the Enemy's works. Lieutenant Parisi°, , who com manded the party, having advanced, the Enemy abandoned the post; after firing to alarm their Camp; but, before they could arrive with a reinforcement, the guns were spiked; the gun carriages destroyed, and the Troops re-embarked without any loss. I have the 'honour to be, &c. (Signed) H. RICHARDSON. • Sir William Sidney Smith, K. S. Rear- Admiral of the Moe, &c. His MajestY's Ship Juno, at Gaeta, SIR, • - • May i 6, iSo6. His Serene Highness the Prince of Hesse Philips- Thal having signified to me, on ,th e 14th instant, his .intention of making a Sortie early on the following day, to,attack the French Lines, anti, direEted me to - baVe the necessary arrangements made, that the boats :might co-operate with, and support the Troops from the Garrison, I caused the Gun-boats to be divided into three Divisions (foureich), and delivered Copies ofthe inclosed Order to Capt. Vieugna, of his Sid-. lian Majesty's Frigate Minerva ) and .Lieutenants Le Chevalier Beliailio and Valguarrier. . • The sortie, took place precisely at half 'past eight o'clock yesterday morning, and was attended with success ; the Neapolitan Troops having driven the enemy out of their, ,trenches, 'and taken the Serapo Battery (th e guns of which they spiked); returned into the garrison with little loss, bringing in with 'them a'Captain of Engineers, and some others, their prisoners, the number - I have not yet learnt. , They were supported. in their, attack - and retreat on their left along the shore of Serapo by the boats,. of this Ship, armed, • under the diretion of Lieut. Wells, of the Navy, and Lieut; Mant, of the Ma rines, and the fi rs t di v i s i on o f Gun-boats, which I took the command of; and on their light by. .the second diVision, under the orders of Lieut..Val guirna :---the third division (having embarked fifty • rnen from the garrison) were ordered, with the Mi ' ner_va Frigate,.to make a diversion-on .the-other side of the bay; but, owing to a calm, the Minerva • could not reach her station, though the boats suc ceeded in landing the Troops, and brought off some cattle; the .fire from this division having kept in check and prevented, from advancing a considerable body of the Enemy's Cavalry which were sent to at tack the party landed. The loss of the Garrison I have not yet under stood ; that of the boats is, first division ; two kill ed; second division, two killed and five wounded. The Enemy must have suffered considerably, as more than 1 00 muskets have been brought in. I Oak it my duty to recommend to your ndtice, on account of their-good conduct l and .Courage, the Lieutenants of His Sicilian Majesty's Navy Le Chevalier Bel.samo, Valguirnira, and'highese; • I have the Honour to be &c • 'H. RICHARDSON. Sir W. S. Smith,;Rear-Admiral • Of the Blue, Sic. Amiralty-Office, - Aly 2g. Copy of a Letter from . Vice-Admiral Lord .Collingwood,, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean, to William Marsden, Esq. dared on toard the Ocean, off Cadiz, the Ist offilly, zBO6. SIR—I inclose ! to be laidbeforethe . LordsCorn,, missioners of the Admiralty; a Copy of a Letter milted to, me by Rear-Admiral Sir William Sidtity Smith, from Capt. Fellowes, of . the Apollo, g the_csptnre of a French Brig, laden with bilks ordnance, intended for the e - n.z..my's , attei . :ee., Which they have raised Oppo'sitt the Pharos otiNitina. - I am,, &c. COLLINCIAVOOI). Apollo, !Line to, Me, ; In I arrived here this 'evening with a French laden with six - twenty-four pounders the shot and carriages, talcen on the night of the ii instant', near the Agie Finucann, ui the.-Gulf Torento, where she had ran a-ground, /her crew having stove her, and landed to &fend her, assisted by the armed force in th 6 neighbourhoOd. The al most 'continued fire, during the night, Of their musketry i aided by a large field-piece, could not. prevent the Officers and Cress of the Boats I dis patched on this service from haVing her off towards the morning. I have the more satisfa6tion in having performed this service, as I conceive, from the course she was. steering when I first saw her, that those guns were intended for, the new batteries oppOsite the Pharos.—Orie Seaman only was wounded on our part. I have the Honour to be, &c. • (Signed) -E. FELLOWFA: Sir W. S. Smith. Copy o( a l Letter from thb Hon. Rear-Admiral 'Sir Alexan der Cochrane, K. B. Commander- in-Chief of His Ma ' jesty's Ships and Vesels,at the Leeward Islands, to Wil liam Maisden, Esq. dated on board the Northumberland, at Sea, the 26th of tune, 1866. • SIR, His Majety's Schooner Morne Fortunile having captured a French SchOoner Privateer, I incl6se, for the infOrma . tiQd Of the Lords Commissioners of the AdMiraltv, a Copy of Lieut. Brown's Letter to me, giving ate account thereof. I have the honour to be, &c. ALEX. CQCHRANE. • SIR, lgorne Fortunee, at Sea, June 19, IS 6.. I have the honour of acquainting you,. on the 18th instant I observed a suspicious Sail to leeward,; I bore up, and made all sail in chace ; at thirty mi nutes after seven A., M. after a chace of two' hours, came up with and captured the French Privateer Schoon4 Hope,-from St. Pierre's, Martinique;, out seven days upon.a cruize (taken nothing), mounting. :four,prriage guns, and manned with 44 men : pre- Vious to our capturing her, she,' in a squall, carried away bermainmast and foretop -mast. . I have no intelligence of any other Privateeer. be ing on the Coast.,---I am, &c. JOHN BROWN. To the Honourable 'Alexander Cochrane, kw cAihnlralorthe WhAe,,&,. &c. &c, WEST INDIES. BARBADOES, JUNE 24.—His Majesty's Ships Cyge net and Lark arrived here this morning from the neighbourhood of Martinique, where Si: ALEXAN DER COCHRANE, with his usual vigilance, has re= ,slimed his station. The injury which the Nartk unzberland (Flag-ship) sustained . on the i (Alt, al though not to the extent we had before heard, be ing confined 'to the loss of her fore-fop -mast, fore-yard, and main-top gallant-bask, has unfortunately favoured the Enemy in skulkjng into Port Royal, where four of hi s Li ne - o f-b att l e Ships and a Fri gate have now taken up their anchorage under . the proteCtion of the batteries. - , The same evening the Nortkiniterland was driven by the squall from off Port Royal, one of the EDO my's Ships of the Line got in, as did another on the following night. On the 20th, the Admiral being • again. ready for sea, in Gros Islet Bay, where he . r could watch the movements of the Entmy towards Port Royal,-was informed by signal from the Lark, of the appearaned of another of the Enemy's Ships .of the Line and a Frigate running down for the land, ,when he immediately Weighed, and, with the El/la-- lion and Galatea, gave Chace, and had not the Ene my been too well to windward inevitably would have cut off this Ship of the Line, while the Frigate could have been attaeked , by the Lark, which was near up to her; but, from their too near approach to the land both of them escaped. It is imagined that this last Ship.of the Line bore VLIAANIEz's flag; but there are two, others still, expected=--and the, E/ephot and Ca na d a h av i ng joined the Nortkanzberland on the morning of the 21st; they were left' worki ng to windward, in the hopes of falling in with them. The Agamemnon had' not joined the Admiral as late as the 21st; as it appears that the Scorpion not having made any . cdmintinication to her on the 17th, while off this Bay with our homeward-bound Ships, she - proceeded With them to St. Vincent' s , where, ..however, orderS have, been since sent for her .1 to join. • • _ Ju' 28 Sail of We India Traders, `which had missed . the Convoy of the Elephant otf Falmouth, and proceeding down Channel ,fell in with Admiral STIRLINq in the Bay:of Biscay, arrived liege on Thursday last, under convoy of the Santa Arar&trita, dispatchedby the Admiral fbr their pro ftia-tion. There were. two other Ships under convoy of this Frigate, which parted, - one for Lisbon and the other fotßerbiee. The above Convoy leffSir Ition.SillAcitAtc, with six Sail of the Line and two i'rigates, off Ma deira:, on `tire 28th of Mays asd on the night of the 24tkinst. they fell in, about 150 miles to wind_ .ward of this Island, with three Endny's Ships,, two supposed of the Line; and although they were so near that the leading Ship (the Drax-Hall) fired upon one 'of them., they made no attempt to cut off any of the Conv o y, b ut ev id ently hauled off to avoid them. , • It is in. Some measure to be feared that the Ene my's Squadron of Frigates, which escaoed from Cadiz ,on the 27th of. Feb_. last, and h a d su b sequently made 'their appearance at Cayenne, from whence they touched at Porto Rico, where the Canada and some Frigates were dispatched, in quest,of them, but had sailed again, and were since heard of, cruizingoff Ber muda, may succeed in doing some injury to our coin.; merce e notwithstandingthe diligence with which they havt been routed from place to place by our Cruizers. This Squadron, it now appears, consists of „the Rhin, Hermipne, Thankise, and Hortense,- of 44 guns each; and on the 20th ult. fell in with-our home ward-bdund trade, which left Tortola on the 12th' .of May but fortunately the dlindia, Priecess Char lotte, .and Unicorn Prigates - remaining with the Pheasant Sloop of War, which was .to convoy ihem .home, the, enemy were not 'only prevented from committing any depredation, but were chased for three 'hours by - our Frigates, which, had they been able to come up with them, would have put a stop 'to their furthei career. Taking advantag e of their superior sailing th e y st ill d ogge d the fleet, and were again in sight of them° on the 3 1 st, but without making. any attempt upon theconypy. War. ". 1 11€ - • r:ll`r,cr'S 's'6;odt - ft earittirtd on the 4 7th of ,:, in 14. 30. lung. 63. the Schooner* Hope, i os- L;;z: vF , Of St. tint's, bound to New York, White they burnt ; taking the Captain and crew on board the : On the Ist instant, in lat. 32. long. t;ley. t;211 itywith the American Brig Three Friends, on board %which, they put. Captain 03BOURNE arrived here in her On Thursday last ; and to the above particulars adds, that when they left 'Porto Rico they took in three months -Water and provi sions, and that one of the Frigates •had'a large quan tity of specie: she was a •very dull sailer, and he think§ that in a long cline thesquadron : might b e brought to aCtion, as they would not-abandon her.' The Squadron had not made any Capture. besides' his Vessel, and were pursuing their voyage to France when be left them, To oar inexpressible diSappointment, the 'Enemy has at length, from the recurrence of bad ‘veathef to our Squadron, . concentrated his force in • Port Royal Bay, and thus 'chided, that vigilance which , sought/to combat him ' with inferior, numbers, even on the coast of his own country; where he now takes refOge- tinder the prote&ion of his batteries. Sir AI.EXANpEtt CoCIIRAI!IE, in the A r ortizuniter- . land, With the Canada, Elephant and Agamemnon of • the line ; and the Ethalion Frigate, -and Dart Sloop of War, arrived this morning in Carlisle Bay, from off Martinique; where, from the recent injury most of the;Squadron has sustained, and the good for tune of the Enemy in having united his force in Port Royal, it has been rendered unadviseable -for . them- to remain. The Enemy's force now at Mar e and-three tiniqu consists of six Sail Ofth e Line Fri gates the laSt two Sail of the Lin© formed a junc tion with the others early on Wednesday morning ; btu from the cireAmstances of the Santa Margarita having seen - three sail, two supposed of the line, on Tuesday night, there is strong conje&ure that the Enemy's force in these seas is greater that was 'at first imagined, as it is -not , probable that these three last Vessels, being seen 150, miles to wind : ward of this Idand on . Tuesday night, could have reached Port Royal on Wednesday morning, at which time there were six Sail lying there ; so that it would seem his force consists of eight - Sail of the Line, besides Frigates. • The aelifity with which our Squadron has corn - menced its repairs ,leaves us little room to sup pose it will long remain in Port. They will cer -tainly take to sea again in two or' three days at fartheSt ; and the Galatea' being left off Marti niqdo to watch the movements of the Enemy, there is still a hope that something may be achieved over-them worthy the Squadron which we have on the Station. A French Cartel arrived here- on Thursday from Guadaloupe; and sailed again yesterday. We nei .ther hear of any -ostensible obieet • of her coming, not having brought a single prisoner, nor. under stand he Judicious motives of bei-being permitted -to return ;unless, indeed, the 'natural confidence which we have in the superior valour of our Navy renders as indi:ferentto any superiority the Enemy may have in force.' Admiral, COCHRANE detained, ten leagues to windward •of Martinique, and sent in here on Thursday, the American Schooner Ilawke; from Boston, bOund there, with four French passen gers on board, as- a necessary preCaution against the - Enemy's knowing his movements. • The trade from hence for England, which lately sailed. ; remain at Grenada. . . i.t:as PLYMOUTH, JULY 29.—Arried the Ragusan Polacre Indiviata,,CASNACHICH, Lden with cotton, wool, mohair,&-c. from Smyrna, bound to Amster dam, detained' by the Betsey Privateer ; the Ameri can Ship Venus, J. BOND, from Saloe, with wine for this Port ; and the Endeavour Armed Brig, with a Convoy, from Wales. Sailed the Excellent, of 74 guns, for Portsmouth ; and the 'Urania Frigate on a Ctuizo. The-Royal George, of 110 guns, on board which Vice-Admiral Sir J. T. DdCKWORTH has his Flag, went out of Harbour yesterday, and anchored in Cawsand Bay. The Theseus and 'Repulse, of 74 guns each, ate arrived here frum Ports Month to join Admiral DUCKWORTH. . Arrived the Betsey Privateer from a Cruize ; and the Danish Brig Leo, H. C. MOLE. Master, laden With wine, &c. from Cette, bound toTormingen, detained' by the Hero Privateer. PonTSMOUTII, JULY 29.—Arrived the Excellent, of 74 guns, Capt. SOTHERON, from the Mediterra nean, last from Plymouth ; also the Regulus, of 44 guns, Capt. W. tOYS, from the Downs. Sailed . the Ant Schooner, Lieut. Convoy for Guernsey, -, with a SHEERNESS, JULY 28.—Arrived the Mary Brig, Capt. IS2MONGER, with. the Marquis of DOUGLAS'S equipage and twelve beautiful horses, .for St..Peters burgh. JULY 2g. -7-Arrived a London Transport this morn ng, And went into the Harbour. The, spy Sloop of 'War' has this morning taken the Convoy signal for. the Bahis of the Winchelsect. Three-quarters past Five o' Clock.--Arrived this day at twelve o'clock, at the Little Nore, His Majesty's Shim B/ancke, Capt. LXvie, with the French Fri gate, her Prize,' from Yarmouth. The Prize is come into the Harbour. The Astrea, Capt. DUNBAR, sailed, but' brought up again, wind being strong at East DE A L, JULY 2g.—Sailed the Explosion Bomb, with a Convoy fOr Portsmouth. Came down from Sheerness the Leverett SloUp of Arrived the Kangaroo Sloop of Was, and ,the Bruizer Gun 7 biig from a Cryize ; also - the Savage Sloop or War from Belfast, with a Convoy, whidh` are sailed 6r. the River. tv.tArbEOß, : JULY Q 9 THE Theatre Royal at this plaCe 'opened yestercT y eVenibg for the'first time this seas6n, With the Hay of the Merchant of Venice, and the Musical Farce of the Poor;..SW:ti;:r. Tbe property has lately ChLoged hands, and as new brooms are said to sweep Clean, expeaation was considerably rai,ed, atid much doubt "enterta-ined, as to what sort of a Company wou]d be 'brought to , us. That doubt bus been dune away, and . that expe.etatiun highly gratified, by seeing Mrs.: POWELL, ofDrury-laneTlieatre, in the part ot, Portid, `which she performed with so much e; , :cellence as to draw torch torrents (it - applause and• Mr. kittowNE; from the Dublili Theatre, playud - Shylock in a stile which no,ACtor we have seen here could ever pre-; , tend to : it was, in fad, a performance which wouid do honour,td the London Theatres, and was uhiver-_' sally receiied as: it' deserved. The other charaeters of the Play were most rdspeaably perfOrmed, and the whole made a deep and most pleasing impres.; sion: The dresseS we re new an d trul y brilliant, as are the decorations of the House; and from the crowded and, elegant audience df that niw . :llt, the new Alma , - ger has every reaff:in to flatter Knselfwith a pienti , fur harVest in the 'theatrical' vineyard. The following Address, written by Mr. CI-:ERR ; for the occasion, was spoken by Mrs.":' , L.:Dr;l:'. Here, early Bards, in sweet melodious strain, POur'd their soft rotes along the verdant plain ; Here, first, Our D*.rta to Pereetlion brought, ,inspird the theme Which Nature's Sn'AxsPF. A R E wrought From Windsk's Courrhe rrac'd its Monarch's lives, While Windsor's Town produc'd his Merry like:; Nor have sUteeeding Bards negleaed yOu, • • For Windsor's 'Fag; are ever in Review. • Where sbOu'd a Temple to the MnSe be fotind, I f not on Royal and en .Classic Ground ? Where better seek Proteelion and Support Than in the Sunshine of a British Court ? Where Virtits Sceptre mildly sways the•Lanrf, And, scatters Blessings % from a Royal Our little ,Bark we launch with rigging new, `A:staunch Commander and an alive Crew : Prepar'd alike the taste of all to hit, Our Deck,-,-the Gall'ry ; and - our Steerage,—Pit And Cabin'd Boxes neatly we prepare, To court the custorit of the British Fair. Give but your smiles; your botinteoUs presence give, For those who:iive io please, —,must please to live," Here, let us }tape to view the Royal G nest, Whose presence warms each honest 131 - Irish breast 'Here let his Consort shine in regal state, And smiling Virtues OR her aaions wait : While in the Progeny that round them clings; ...A .120Yal Race Ave view of futiire Kings. Eaclimoisten'd eye, and each expanding heart, A Nation's' Love and Loyalty impart ; -; Nor can the Sub i jed feel more true delight Than pleasure tasted in his Monarch's sight.;— Then let these walls with cheerful chorus ring, ~Of " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the King." • MIDDLESEX E,LECTION.—A meeting 'took place yesterday at the Crown and - Amchnr, in ,the Strand, and about three hundred friebds. of Mr. BY S G and Sir FRANCIS Bl_ RD.ETT dined together, in order to celebrate their'eleaion for Middlesex. JO 14 NT HA TOWNSIIEND, Esq. was in the Chair. " The KING;" ".The PRINC of WALts," " The Royal Family," and_ many other loyal and constitutional toasts were given. Mr. BYNG thanked the meeting for the sup port which he had dniformly received from them. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT also expressed his gratitude on the same ground, and intimated that he should hope for their future prote6tion. The Chairman, after adverting with concern to the . precarious state of Mr. Fox's health, recommended Sir FRANCIS 'BURDETT as, next to that Gentleman; most compe tent to suppart the rights of the People. Mr. Fox's health. was given awl received with great applause. Dr . meeting was enlivened by patriotic songs from' Mr. ROG'htts, Capt. ASHE, and other Gentlemen, and concluded with harmony about eleven o'clock last night. CORY-EXCHANGE, JULY 30.—The repairs of the old Market not yet being finished, the new one is open to-day much of Monday's supplies of Wheat remain unsold ; Oats are in plenty, with Manx arrivals of Foreign, and this trade is cheaper; there are very , few buyers, 'or purchasers effected, and those on terms nearly at our currency of Mon, day. - Extra& of a Letter from Tullamore, July 23: " A quarrel of, a very :disagreeable nature hap Pen ing in this town yesterday : evening, about eight o'clock, I have thought a detail of it might be , ac ceptable to you, , and being an eye witness of the transaftion, you may rely ori the Staten - lent 'being corre&. A part of. the light brigade i quartered for some time back in Birr, marched in here yesterday on their way to join their respective Repiterits, con • is't ing of the Derry, :Monaghan, I.:itnerick, and'Slig& Light Companies. At the above mentioned hour a difference arose between some of them and the Ger man Infantry . q'eaitered . here, and a'scuilleenSued both parties..hating fired from .50 to Go rounds of ball cartridge, the sword, anti ba - Vtinet were then used.— By the exertion of General LINSINGEN and the Offi cers, the affray, was at length put a stop to ; but not until a great : deal of blood' was spilt —two men only have - been shot dead; but about • tweaty are • wounded, some very badly—two Otfieers Of the Ger mans are among. the latter,. one desperately, the .bail having entered his - side, ancipassed out through ; : i s back : the other received a bail thrtiugh his arm. Every precaution was used to preuent a renewal of ' the business—the Cavalry paraded the streets, and the Infantry rested on their arms all night. lam happy in being able to say, that every thing - baS remained quiet since. General DUNN arrived froM B*rr this morning, at two o'clock, and has prevented the arrival of the rest of the Companies here—he met them on - the road, and sent them by another mute. It is impossible to :describe the terror and confusion here; all the shops and houses are shut ' up. 'I forgot to say that a few of the'l)ors.e.; or the cavalry were also'' wounded. The scene of action' began at the : Square, then the Shambles, the. Btidge, .and down . .to Doherty's Inn. Thus' ended al. e,•y disagreeable affair. This moment care of the•Sligo ,Mititta is going to be interred ; ieveral,'l fear, will shun ,follow hini, who are, desperately wounded.— 15.16 town's person, but. one, is hurt, who is in a dan . wounded.— .15.16 way." 2.-- - V)