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~I ito T derto ohace the second Ship, which. bad gained upon us in distance and to windward. . " I hastened with (*the prize to staid upon the Southern tack,' in order to get a distance-from the breakers •of Point de Galles, froni which we were only one, mile; it was -with difficulty that I per 'ceived the Belle Poule, which . was shut in by the land ; she joined me at five'o'cleck, having the signal flying that the Enemy was stranded. Capt. , liautulAc informed MC that the Vessel had run on shore, under all sail, and had gone to pieces ; that,•seeing her in that desperate situation he had abandoned her; being only occupied in disengaging the Frigate from the reefs, which he discovered on the starboard and larboard, and a-head ; he stood to sea and joined me. " The Ship lost is the Country Ship Sarah, of 1900 tons, and carrying 30 guns or carronades,: la &n with cotton, from Bombay,. bound. to China. That captured is the Brunswick, Company's Ship, of 1200 tons burthen, carrying 30 guns, and mounting 64, having 14 ports pierced on,her first deck, and 15 pn her secoild. Her cargo consists of 4762 bales of cotton, Sandal wood, Sze. She came also from Bom bay, was to touch at Pulo Penang to take in Wa= ter and provisions, and to go from : thence , .to China.. I gave the command of her to 14eutenaht • KEDRAIN. Admiral PELLEW had taken the Sailors of the Brunswick, _and the Ship had only a : crew of 30 Whites, 70 China-men, and as many Lascars. The capture.' of the Brunswick, and the ship kvreck of the qaialt,,_ all happened in sight of lort,de Galles, of which we could distinguish not only the colours, but the people on the Coast. " Capt. BRUIL4AC saw a s kind of Cutter leaving Port de Galles, and steering to the Eastward, de stined, without doubt, to give intelligence to the Cruizers off Dondres, or the, Basses, of our presence. I hastened 'to dispatch the-Bruniurick for Reunion, and to change my position. • " I took position at forty to fifty leagues to the Eastward of Ceylon, in the hope of intercepting - two Ships bound to China, which had left Bom bay with theßrunswick, and parted,with her five days ago ; after three days cruizing in that offing, it was no longer doubtful that the - se ships • had passed ; it was also. incontestible that an embargo 'would. be laid in all the Ports of the Gulf on hearing of my arrival in these Seas, since the presence of a single Privateer was sufficient to occasion it. I conse quently left the Enemy at liberty, and made sail to the Southward. " In the latitude of the Line I experienced : stormy weather ; in a kind of a whirlwind the Belle -PoLe_lost her mizen-mast. " • On the 4th of Thermidor, being in 6 degrees of S. lat. I Met a. Vessel under Danish colours ; wishing to ditnihish the number of consumers with which I was loaded, I put 27 China men on board of her from the prize, and.gave her water and provisions for their nourishment. " On the 6th of Thermidor, by a lucky accident, I met the Brunswick-, which had been retarded, having some sails torn; which it was necessary to repair,' having none to exchange. The Captain in formed me that he had not enough of water; I Ordered sortie to be given him from the Ship and the Frigate, I took from him some Chinamen.and Eng lish ; I angmented,. by ten Frenchmen, my Crew, in order to prevent the plots of rising, which had been already contrived and discovered. " On the isth, being iii - . 20 deg. 48 min. South' hat. and 78 deg. 9 min. Eastlong. the wind at South East, we were occupied at a quarter past four o'clock, in taking in a third reefin our courses, and furling the Main sail, when we perceived to leeward, 2,4, and 11 three-masted Ships, a little separate, bearing from the S.W. to the X.W. andsian ding to the iSlorthward. The Belle Pouk and Brunswick were a little to the windward of the Marengo; I made the signal to the Frigate to keep astern, and to the Prize to keep her wind, as her bad sailing, besides being badly armed, must haVe compromised her, and hindered nie. I bore down on the middle of, the Fleet, preparing for glidu : a squall made me lose sight of the strange Sails; but when it dispersed, I found myself very close to them, not : having altered their course.— I then perceived a ihip of - War in stays on the starboard tack; with signalS flying, which 'the other Ships_ joined, and which I knew to be Company's Ships.- I endeavoured to cut off four Of the Oterninost, which crowded sail, in order to come into the wake of the Ship of War; but they sun-' 43eeded iti passing me. I ranged alongside of the strongest Ship, at pistol-shot; and hoisting my colours athalf-past five o'clock, , I gave her my fire of artillery - 'and musketry, which she immediately returned, hoisting ensign andpendant. " I passed, fighting the Vessels a-head of her, to the number .of Sid. I found With regret that' I could not make use of My Idwer battery, and a trial that was made of it admitted much water into the Ship. The Frigate which followed .me was some time alongside of Elie Ship of 74 guns, which had lowered her mizen, and appeared to sail extremely well. " A squall wh icli. suddenly came upon us made it necessary to put up the helm, in Order to save the mizen-nzast. A part of . the Convoy. was to wind ward of those - which I had attacked: 4kt six o'clock the firing ceased. " Tile Enenty stdretedinuch ; atieh we had only eight merr wounded in this adion. But I receiv6d, as did the Belle Poule, some balls. in the masts and rigging.' I was the whole night occupied in re pairing them ; - and although I knew that the_ force of the Enemy 'which I bad fought consisted of a' Ship of 74 guns, six ships with two. tier of ports, and four iSthers winch had but One, ,amid 'that I had but 'a Ship of the 'same. force and a Frigate to oppose to them, I had sufficient dependence on my man - ceuvring to continue to harass these Ships, to im pede --their route, and to endeavour to capture those whiCh might.separate.- I rnancenvred in conJequente, the two following days, but the high sea and other causes always disappointedme eand as-the pursuit of these Ships wonld, have led me much out of my way, and my water w4exhausted by a cruiie of 108' days, to' sucb.a degree, that we were reduced to one bottle of water in the twenty-four hours, and hav ing only water encingli left for 12 days, it was tie- Ccssitry lbr me to discontinue the chase, and to pro ceed to the Cape: " On the 26th Fruftidor I anchored in Simon's Bay, as did the 'Frigate Belle PoUle; We had:. only six days water remaining. My continued 41;1V,ela .tion was only this_ titne.„,i t3t dzys ; it is the sha.:.test :eld the least fortunate which I have yet trade but it .is, that in which • our Ships have. suffered the inost by, stOnns and violent rains ; notwithstandng, I have the honour to. announce: to your Excellency that L. have ,very few sick ; .the smart cold Which we have experienced since- our arrival in the high.latitudes; has almost restored to our' crews the European colour. " The Erunswick arrived at False Bay yeSterday, and is going to be unloaded.-,-I expea in fifteen days to . be able to put to sea, and to be more for tui'ate in the Cruize which I shall undertake. " I have the honour to be, General Minister, with ,respc6t, your mosthumble and obedient Servant, (Signed) " LINOIS." PRICE O 1 STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - ...... 6oi sgi MAILS. ARRIVED -2 Hamburgil. 1)1/E--'-1 Gottenburgh, t Dublin; 3 Wat&ford. THE SUN. SOLHni QUIS DICER& FALSUM — AUDISAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1306. WE yesterday announced the arrival of Dutch Papers to the lath inst. Last night we received fur ther Dutch . .Papers to the 17th, and Paris Papers • to the 12th. We have, according to our promise, extraaed the whole of the Expose delivered by the Minister of the Interior, CHAMPAGNE,. to the Senate. We thought it our duty to lay this docu ment in detail before our Readers, though in many places it descends to most tedious and un interesting detail, because it is an official, though by no means an accurate, description of the state of France. With fespea to England, the lan guage Which it contains, so fit froM indicating any thing like a pacific disposition, is, if possible, more. briensive than ever. If BONAPARTE were sincere in his wish to establish a permanent Peace between the two Countries, he certainly would not accompany, his hints of a disposition to open a Negotiation with the most insulting and degrading language. We are prevented by want of room from commenting . at any length upon this curious document. It is, however, observable, that it distinEtly avows, that One of the principal objeEts which France had in view in acquiring Dalmatia, was, " to prote& an an ' tient Ally, who was constantly oppressed by Russia." This is a Mom clistinEt ConfeSsion than we expe&ed of BONAPA474':3 intentions with respeEt to Turkey. The rest of the intelligencecontained in the French Papers is not of very great importance ; it is stated, however, that the French Troops in Germany, in stead of advancing towards the Austrian frontierS•, are approaching the Rhine. The Legislative Body have presented an Address to BONAPARTE, in answer to his Speech at the open ing 'of the Session. In observing upon that part of it which relates to his desire for Peace with Eng land, upon the basiS' of the Treaty of Amiens, they say,— _ " Your Majesty has expressed your desire of Peace with England, taking for its foundations the stipulatiOnss of the . Treaty. of Amiens—Sire, if the British Government; placed under new circum stances, shall adopt nothing but the real interests of Great Britain for the rule of its condu&, your Ma jesty's wish shall soon be understbod and received with sentiments worthy of it." It is stated in a Paper printed under Prussian au thority, in Franconia, that Swedish Pomerania, Brunswick; Lunenberg, and Hanover, will be ceded to Prussia. This morning tWoliaKtbdrgh arrived. We have given •ithe most interesting articles which they cdritain, 'hut have neither space nor time to Offer any comments upon them. Our Readers, however, will observe,• that, according to private accounts; •Prince ApOtEoN Loots is to be created King of and that a War between Prussia and France is considered as ineVitable: It is also sfild, that the Duke of BM:INS:WICK his negotiated a Treaty of Al liance, ofreniiVe and defensive, bet Ween Russia gad Prussia. • . , . . Yesterday ; ;it two o'clock, a Privy Council was held at the Council Office in the TreaSury, which was at , tended by the LORD CHANCELLOR, Sir WM. SCOTT . (Judge of the Admiralty); Mr. GREY, the MASTER of the Lord ..\ligro, the ATTothcuy-GE - NERAL, and Mr. WICKHAM: . Sir BTEPtIEN COTTERELL . and Mr. FAUKEgER attended as Clerks to the Council. The business for Which the Council was assembled was to ini-eStigate a charge of a most heinous' nature.. against Liebterfant Navy, on suspicion of assisting in the wilful mur der Of Nichols, Smith, and Dante, three Seamen under his commarid, in the East Indies. The Council tat upon this extraordinary business till six o'Clock. These three men are said to have been flogged to death, under circumstances of peculiar horror, and without the previebOetitenee of a Court We do not think it just or prudent on ex pine evidence to enter into the details. On the return of the witnesses to England they gave information of the transaaiOn. The ,Prisoner having since been employed on. board the Fame, a 74 gun-ship, -lying at Chatham, Mr. GREY gave dire6tions fora telel graphiedispatch fo he sent to the Port-AdMiral, on the Jit inst. for the Prisoner to be diScharged, and delivered into the custody of two Me.i.songers.. SECOND EDITION. SUI'V-OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCX, P. M. WE have just received an Express from Dover, whiCh states; that a 11 , Lissenger from the French Government had reached that place early this morn- .ng, with a Flag of Truce but the purport his visit had not transpired. TIM HAMBC.RGII MAIL. I'ANKFORT, MARCH days ago . Marshal AUGEREAV sent a Courier to Paris, who will return to-night or to-morrow, and 'whose dispatches will determine the further operations of the Army in our environs. The return of this Courier- is expe6ted with much impatience, and it is-generally believed that the head-quatters will be removed iMmeciliately after. But it is said, on _theother hand,, that Mar shal LEPEVRE will arrive here soon. The cavalry under the command of this General will to;morrow occupy the environs of Wetzlar. A certain number of French Troops will liiewisn'enterfthe Country of Fulda, .and it is expe6ted'that they will occupy Ha- . nau immediately.' _ _ We are assured that it is now. determined that the Prince Royal of Wirtemburgh shall marry a Princess of the Imperial House of France. It is said that the, King, his father, lias made -the demand, and that the Emperor NAPOLEONIhas given his consent. LEIPSIC, MARCH s.—The surrender of the Pro vinces lately ceded by Prussia will take place in the course of the current month:. Wesel will be given up on the 13th,' as soon as the Prmsians shall have carried'oti ail the provisions and warlike stores; and the French will evacuateHanacla about the end of this month. N;eufchatel and Valengin must be de livered up by this time. We are as yet ignorant of the destination of these two small States. . Some say that*ZoNAPAaTE intends to give them to one of his nephews, the son of Prince Louis and: others assert that he proposes to make a present of them to Prince NIUdAT. • A Russian Army; of 30Q,000 men, is colleEting on the frontiers of Austria and Prussia, end an ex traordinary levy of men iris been besides ordered throughout the Russian Empire.' , NOREIBRRG, MARCH 7.—This morning, betwqen one and two o'clock; between. 2 and 3000 .French entered, this City, without having given 'any previous information to the' Magistracy' : their arrival has strangely surprised us. ALTONA, MARCH 14.—The, Austrian Ambassa dor at St. Peter4burgh.has received orderi, in Corn inuiticatind theeaty of Peace of Preshurgh, to de clare at the same time, that the said Treaty contains no secret articles. . . It has been stipulated in the Convention conclud ed between Prussia and Fr*ance;.relative to the ces sion of different Countries and Territories ; 'that the French Troops shall soon re-pass the Rhine. Extra& of a Private Letter from Elamburgh, dated March 14 : , • \ On the 11th instant an Estafette arrived at the Prussian Minister's, in thiS city; whose dispatches state, that General Count 1 .AI,Ii.REUTII is about to quit Paderborn, hi consequence of .certain cir cumstances that have arisen between the .Prui sian and French Cabinets. Notwithstanding the Cdtiventiod between Prussia and France, the. Armies of both these Powers remain on the war establish ment. A Russian . Courier arrived at Berlin on the Bth inst. with dispatches of such great political inipoildnce. that, from eVery quarter of the Prussian &Minions advice - has been received. that War be tween France and Prussia.is inevitable..,_ . . The last letters froin,Wesiphalia mention; Jiow ever, that the City of Wesel and its envircins will be ceded by Prus'sia to ihe. fiataVian Republic 5 so that the River Lippe will form the frontier between the two Conntriei. Clevei, Embden,, and all the Prussian part of Friesland is included in this cession. The provitices thus ceded are to be governed by Prince N. POLEON who is to receive the title of kin of Holland of Batavia. The French also intend ipeedily to occupy all the German provinces tiet‘ireen the Rhine and the Lippe, and the Weser, as they call it, provisionally. Private advices froth PdriS, ,of the .6th lust, state; that Connt H.egrowrri, the Prussian. Envoy; is on the eve of his departnie. His last' conferences with BONAPARTE were; it is:said, extremely animated and violent-, It is ,certain that the French Troops only remain in the South of Germany for the purpose of dttackitig the . Prnssiatis if all the stipulations and claims made . by BONAPARTE to HAUG:WITi are not agreed to by FREDERICK-WILLIAM. In the mean time, private letters of tespOtable aUthority flare been received in this city frem Saint Petersburgh, which state; that the Duke of Enttqs wicx.his negotiated a Treaty of Allitnce, pffenzive and defensive.; between Russia and Prussia. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF PEERS . • IVESDAY, MARCg . -18. The American Intercourse; WoOl; .Army, and Militia Clothina, and several other Bills, were brought up, and. read a first titre... . On the" third reading of the Declaratory Bill, , Lord ELLENhOROUGH moved, that it should be liostponecl until to-tborrow, . when ;the • Noble and Learned Lord who introduced the' provisoes would be present. It, was, his _intention to subrnit to the .House an entirely neW : ciause, for the purpose of superseding that of his Noble and Learned Friend. - The LORD C H A NCELLOR stated, thNt he had see.'o. the new cl..use, and that it, met'witK his entire can currence.—Adjourned tillto-morroW. HOUSE OF 2COMMONg., TUESDAY, MARCH I Mr. ST . EntitAx, froin the Siam of - c- 'se - t Pre P e . an Account of the Net Balances, I-et - nail - ling in the bands of the bistributorS of - Stamps, en the . loth of 06tober, ,1805; and the sth of January, Ordered to be - printed. ' .• Mr. EROORE gave notice, that on IVIon ay next lie is - ot:ld make a MOtion yetatiVe' to certain Con= tra6ts for British Spirits entered• into by the ViilUal= ling Office. . • • ' Mr. Slimy - LEF•iEvRE presented a Pet 1 from the Governors of St Luke's Hospital for . Lunatics; re presenting that, having been surchzrze.Zl and. the Aa laying a Tax on Menial - Servants; they badiaH pealed aginst this .I.lreharge to the ° Commissioners, who informed them, ‘ that they ,were not empowered to exempt themftoM the operation of the ACt, as they. had not been included arildtig the otler Charit able InStitutions exempted by the mt. Pctitkia therefore prayed, that this Exemption should be ex.- tended to them as well as to the other Charitable In stitutions.—Laid On the Table. Mr. W. I'VyNNE brought up a Bill for ArrienaiDg the Dublin Paving AEt. Some conversation took place on the Bill, in the course of which _ _ -v tord DE BI:AQUIERE inquired; if any money had been raised under the former A& for defraying the expenees that would be incarked . under it? and was answered by WYN-NE, that none had been raised, and that the present Bill introdUced a prevision empowering the Lords of the Treasury to issue 5. 5 ,0,0001. for the putpoies'ef the A. ~ . . Lord bp. Bt.:AcLuiz4 then made some farther obi serv4tions, which were. replied to by Mr. Lotig . and Mr. Wynne, and the Bill was read a first time; and ordered to be rcad a second time on Thnrsday: On the Motion of Mr. NVVIDIIAIvi, the House re- Solved into a COmmittee, to take into. consideration' the At relative to the :Trade and Commerce of thii Country with the Cape of Good HoPe. The Com 7 inittee . came to the resolution, that a Bill be brought in-, authorizing. his Majesty in Council to make RegUlAtions - conterniiag the Conraierce of the Cape. ' • • Mr. WELLEsLnY Pd postpont - i his Motion for' India Papers to Friday. The Xmerican Wool - importation till; and the American Intercourse , Bill,,were.read, a'third time,. and passed. . On tbe MOO.Oft of 7 Mr.W.I)=JsDA,s, the 'House resolved itself into. a Committee on the Scotch CreL ditois - Bill; in which it was agreed that . the Bill should continue in force till 14(A. The HouSe hav-: ing resumed, the Report was received, and the Bili, ordered to be read a third' time to-morrow. On' the Motion - of Mr. VANSITTART, the Bill for continuing the Newfoundland Codrts of Judicature A& was read a firSt time, acid: ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. 1-lAwdn - TH; 'from the Exchequer", presented Aecouhts Of the produce of the Permanent Taxes foc the last two years, an'Account of the' Public Konded Debt, and of theprodnee of the Sinking Fund. • Mr. ALEXANDER brought up a Report. from the Committee of Ways and Means; aneltheßesolution§. for raising the Sum of TWelve Millions, by way.of Exchequer Bills; "were, agreed to; ; and Bills founded on the said . Resolutions. -Were ordered to be brought Mr. VitizsitT:laT brought up the Excise Continui ation, Bill; which NV a s read a iirst time, and ordered to be read a second time to-rnotrow. Mr. VAN . sITTAR.T brought up a Bill for continuing the Laws respecting the Transportation and Confine ment of Felons ; which was read a first time; and Ordered to be read a second time to-morrow. On the - MotiOn of. Mr. VAI44ITT ART, the House resolied itself into a Committee on'the Irish Militia Services Bill ; it was resolved that the Act should re-: main in force till the 24th of March, 00.—Report to be received to -Morrow. Mr. H. AvniNGro.N . gave notice, that he would, fo , morrow, move for certain Papers respc&ing the Rajah ofßhurtpore, which Mr. PAULI: had omitted Ala fotmer Motion.—Adjourned:.: PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 18.—Artived six or seven outward bound West Indiamen; from the gowns. - Sailed' 1' Ainiable Frigate, Hon. Capt. BouNERIE, and the Ai3vitli Gun-brig, Lieut. KENTISH, with Convoy to.the Downs. • The Paulina Sloop of War, Capt. Lumt.Ev.•went out of Haihour this morning, being ready for Sea. AlAitcH 17.-Arrived the Ja louse Sloop of War, of Lis guns, Captain C. STRACHEY, from Gibraltar; last from Admiral Lord CoLLlNG woob's Fleet, with Dispatches ; left the latter, three weeks since, cruizing off 'CLhz, consisting of - L7 Sail of the, Line. She brings no particulu, news. Arrived the iris- Ffigate from a Cruize in the Channel. - • . , MARCH 18:--The . _king George Packet, Capt . . SAUNDERS ; and the Prince of Ora . Its, Capt. A. DEANE, with the iiamburgh, -Bremen, and "Gthteribnigh Mailg of the 14th inst. are yet ch.- . tained here by contrary winds. • Arrived the Aurora, from Amsterdam ; ju,grow Anizc4 from 'London to Yarmouth, in , ballast De *lunge ' . row 011etiner, ftoni Ernbclen to London, ‘Vith . Oats';' Autiiinn, .1; from Dantiic, with timber; Two,Sisters, E. Moitto, Master, from Tenby, With deals 5 . and . the PitGettir, J. BOYER, from firemen, *ith.eott6n, 3,7 c. \"4" 4 • ..