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• Sce Nitawires 41 Paul Jotics,ecrit par (ui•wkwe, a. Parisi, t; 9si. (Nye Hopkins finding (tasty of his men kilted and tvoundeel, the squadron considerably damaged, and that he was moreover cannonading to very porperse, hauled his wind and made off, just Majesty's; ,:slalps the 1.0-se, the Swan, and the .Nautilits, had worked out of Rkode unfortnnately too late to come op with him. Next day ; however, lie captured the Balton armed brig, commantied by Lieutenant Stteyd. Then revolv ing its his atind the events of the late action, the Commodore held a Commit of War, which visited severely on the Captain of the Providence, his nevlect iu hiving; taken no pact in the battle. He was tithmissed, and the intrepid Patti Jones ap pointed Commander in his room. nos ended the first exploit of the American Navy, which has been carefully and accurately elescrilrett, as well from the original log-hook of the Glasgow. as front the nal of the euetny's brig Andrew Dacia, which happened afterwards Co be taken. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performa Lae Night. THEATRE ROTAS, DILMIT-LAKE.—KROV7 Your Own Mn:id lvfillastiour, Mr-Bar; Lady Bell i Mrs.. Alsop. After witicit, Tke Man in the Mien. THEATRE Ito YAL,Cov,ENT-GanntNi.—Guy Mannerinr: Henry Bertrand, Mr. Brabam ; Lucy Bertram, Miss Stephens. After which, Husbands and Wires. 'to which was added, .Mora's Love,. AMERICAN NAVY. tie beve bear facoure4 with the following ex tract from att unpublished History of the Revolt of the ....katericaa Colonies it 1775, which, as it pr , ftew.s ara amusing stateateut of the firsz ex ploit of Ove Antecicto Nitvy„ we bay before our itegoters irtrit Coe ther Comment tican that we kCEOR AtTearcater Isms access tci the best tateatts of imf9t7z4atiatt 9tt the *object atritattin (of 17753, the Cougtess, ttssivttiracst 51'4 44y Mite foundation of an 4 9.7,,, It *4 074 ,orZers to equi t y a aqn.a4irou s t } l lllloleipititit, ovll-er tile immediate direction of tins ,tkivexttiores 'L 1t; Joves, wtio ofterwanis st asysch r,t(w(tviety, hat who wpis. clotwith vte.w.girg, (oa occasioci, destioed to he ent- tflityvd oil§7 tilt act itiferier cApacity. He had (tote, Ltowver, 16te ctottoktr of first displaying the Agit - ricxll Peg itt the so.rip Alfred, ctiftich was to be ro•rantinded by Qtte aVIIIKIWS, who Was C , lmat extsTe y Jf)2.7,zs 'wily a sort of Lieu ,tettso;. The sqtratiron WAssuScieuily formidable, ictiltitia4zs c(trusidered. It consisted of the follow ships 114 VtvstiS 41.fitti sr*" . r, ans.... 2VO nen •( °°lll/"Rirftt 1/41r eims. Catmea:24t siekv ....... gums. ittO aec..Capt2i4 W u mitt. A a -, 50 1• 1 14 i ttr-{ ;IF ) 1 .30 wen. . Captain z ix. " 4 e kC " ir - •- • f 76. s'cos ).t 40 =en.. Capt. Efalsacyjuit kt gaits.. Elz.nto4 in* { . 10 }SO iblea.. 1 4 ,4ciVetnee siorme If gatts.„... 70 men.. 11"".et Pr f. }feriae 41116100/WIS. it was hoitly proposed. by Pool /ones to put to sc.!, and sot - prise C44e Wand of St. Retests, and 4141.4, ;ercfept the dee( of EmgCbli East iiieliante ti, ,01 cxpecctd auctioc tl,cre. This project, lot- t4lrvateiy lot- England, the Congress had tt...tt (Le to adopt ; foal rather directed an at 4-4ek at)()o L ,, r(Dvinntore's sqoadron iu the (Ales aptA, his L(.4'4 l bit4p7S 111CAsures of . tesistaace having 'grew ly vxasperxted the But Corttono4we ilovicins had strewn so little zeal and ablity it 4 pe , :iing ready tor SCA, that he WAS twer tAcart by the ice in the Delawase, atia detaitied two niootiit frozen Ey. Tile provincial artny be reducer tto the greatest extrenaities, by the WAllt of artillery, And Xitlititillia(lll, it WAS then determined to send ibe stinadrott on an ex vedition in Tarsi <of ordnance stores. The Contowdove, therefore, shipped oot to sex, *AA satddettly appearing off New f'rovideore the _ • _ . flihawsas, ate tfte - 3d <el . lrels, he landed 250 men, stud surprised the eastern fort (which was desert ed by the E,Osalititants) without the loss of a Man, and next fttOriiii4g tie also. took possession of Fort Nassau, without the smallest opposition. The Coveritor (tad coutt ired, however, to send away racist ot the powder doting the night, but he and te:sthicets were made prisoners. A very large ret4mity of Shot .Ifid shells, twenty casks of pow tier, sixteen mortars, fifty-two pieces of heavy eitkiloo (att i;ttnten se prize to the rebels), and much ocher nolimry, stores, were, together with the Governor aull the other prisoners, safety shipped anti Ibronglat off by the cooverors. S t ich was the oso:able sz Ate of defence io which our fortresses ‘,.eve, it those days, suliered to remain, in the vi tini.;y of ass c.itterpr6iitg and viadietive enemy. I'ac Janes claims the whole merit of this exploit, bAvitig planned the landinp, , , and piloted the squa dron into the harbour ; and be very plainly nu,tes great doubts of his worthy Commodore's Ettilitnry talents. Requriiiiig bottle wall the spoil, on the thli of ATM., at 3 in the (limning, the squads on met, at t. great distaS4Ce from Rhode bis Niajes ty*s skip Glasgow, of 20 guns, commanded by Captain Howe, WIZ() 011 die preceding (lay had hi•cti dispatched by General Howe %ski, intelli gence of ttie etobackation of the army from Bos ton, awl rviiti instructions to General Clinton t the operations in the South. Captain Howe at first could not very well•make out what the eighc men of war meant by edging slowly arnutid him. The Cabot approached close veithoot auswerittg any questions, till at last a 14j054-gressalle was thrown front her tops into the Clots te—scud then the case was very plaits ; Capt. li a ssiee retasoed the compliuteut by a sutart tire, which soon in lured 111 i opponteat to sheer off.— Coressoadoce ilopkios next bore down in person, carrying a top light as the emblem of his dignity, aced rauging aloog on the weather beam was re ceived with so warm a cannonade, U n it he also hassled off to s chair damages. Meanwhile the Colonthas, p:pasing• under the Glasgow's stern, halm! tier, and !affect up on the tee beam, follow ed by the A sedrew Dociat, nhich took her station on the larhaard quarter. By this time the Com modore had regained his position on the starboard beartt—atsd the Ca‘pst shot a 7 head and placed her self 044 :it weather-bow; lastly, the Hazard pl4ced herself on the lee•how, the whole being within toost‘et-slost. The Providence, the Hor a-ret , and the Watp, as if they disdained to attack au enemy .it uiifatr advantage, lay by, quiet speetAtors of the contest. His Majesty's ship'Glasgow, seeming now to he on the, eve of havisig sufficient employment, Cainaits Howe, to keep his mind disengaged dor lag the actin's, thought fit to entrust his dis patches to the pradence of his Clerk, with orders tto sit k them whenever he should conceive the ship to be its danger of capture. But the Clerk, deemiog the danger to be already evident enough, immediately sunk them without further ceremony. Its this mattoer the action continued until four it'elock, whets the Commodore, wondering that the Glasgow still held out, &opt a little astet n, and placed the two large ships, the Alfred and Columbus, fairly on each quarter, the two large brigs, the Cabot and Hazard, on each bosv, and the Andrew Doria exactly on the stern of his Alajhsty's ship, which he then expected would im mediately strike. . But nothing was further from Captain Howe's intention, who all the while mak ing the best of his way hack to Rhode -Island, contrived to keep up a tolerably brisk fire at each of his opponents. The battle continued unabated tot two hours and a half longer, when Comrno- HAMBURGH PAPERS. SToctzuoest, Nov. 21.—Yesterday die 20th of November, for which clay his Majesty the King had summoned the States'of the Kingdom, his Majesty was pleased, in the presence of the Crown Prince, the Counsellors of State, and several high Officers, to have tire Herald of the kingdom called to his levee, and to give him the Royal Ordinance for the opening of the Diet, to be publicly pro claimed in the usual places in the capital. His Majesty then appointed Lieut.-General Count Sandels, President oldie War Department, to be Land Marshal of this Diet, and delivered to him the Land Marshal's Staff. The Land Marshal, after taking the oath, was conducted by the two eldest Counts, Brake and Loewenhaupt, to the house of the Knights. His Majesty appointed the Atchbishop Dr. Lindholm to be rite orator of the Clergy, arid Dr. Von Rosensteere, Bishop of Lenkopping, to be Vice Orator of the Clergy, during this Diet, both of whom also took the oaths to his Majesty. To-day the first registry of the heads of noble families who are come to the Diet, was at the house of the Knights ; and the foil powers for the Deputies of the other three States were delivered in the hotel of the Minister of Justice. The celebrated chemist, Professor Berzelius, is raised to the rank of Nobility. HANovEn, Nov. 27.—A Proclamation has been issued in the name of the Prince Regent, calling the States of the Kingdom together for the 18th day of December next. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles has sent to his Royal ;HO - mess Field Marshal the Duke of CaMbridge, Governor-General of Hano ver, his former companion in arms in the first campaign in the Netherlands, the fine edition of his Military Work upon the Campaigns on the Rhine and in Swat 2 1, with 12 maps and plans. It was &livered by Baron Gradenau, brother to one of the Aide-dr-Camps of the Archduke, and was received by his Royal Highness with particu lar pleasure, as a valuable testimony of the friend ,ship of the esteemed Itnneri d Commander. LETTER FROM THE RHINE, Nov. 26.—The no torious Reguattlt de St. Jean d'Augley, who was to have retired to Kamiugsberg, in Pr its sia , and had obtained front the King. of Prusia permission to take the baths at Aix-la-Chapelle as he passed through, has found means, by the help of his wife and son, to escape. The whole family has pro bably gone to some port tif Holland or Lielginut, to embark for Amerir3, where Regnaldt, as is well known, was before, and gave hiniself out for mad. FRANKFORT, Nov. 26 —Among the papers pre sented to the Diet is a petition from several inha bitants of many villages in the kingdom of Ha nover, stating that the sum of 54,948 dollark, paid by France as an indemnity to them, is withheld front them ; and praying that the Diet will he pleased to intervene with the Cabinet Ministry in Hanover, that this affair may be decided by arbi tration, in which Case they chose the Royal Ha-: noverian Supreme Court ofAppeal at Cote. BRUSSELS, DEC. 1.-As soon as M. Las Casas,. with his son, landed at Ostend, he applied to the proper authorities here for permission to remain some days in this city. He immediately came hi ther by the diligence, and pat up at the White Cross. There he was waited for by an Officer of the Police, who brought him into a room that was preivired for him, and which• he did not leave during his .stay here. Several French refugees made endeavours to see him, but in vain.. A re port has been spread as if Las Cases, had men tioned several important particulars respecting the state of the island of St. Helena, and of the no torious prisoner there. We believe, however, we may affirM, that during his stay in these provinces he was extremely reserved upon the subject. Hamburgh Exchange on London, 2Sth No vember, 33..6 —33. 9. HOP-PLANTERS.—in consequence of the me morial to the Lords of the Treasury, and of a subsequent application to the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, fora Deputation to be allowed to wait on him . on the put of the flop-Planters, the following letter has beet) received Treasury Chambers, November, 1 S i 7. s ife ,—[ h ave l a id h e fnre the Lends Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury your memorial appealing against the im portation of Foreign Hops- at the low duties, and I am di rected to acquaint you, that it is not their Lordships' inten tion to take any measure* with regard to the duty on Foreign Hops, not warranted by the existing laws. •` I ant, Sir, your most obedient Servant, " S. It. LUSHINGTON. " To D. J. Parker, Esq. Chairman of the General Meeting of Hop-planters." FRIDAY, DEC. s.—No. 4,349, drawn on Friday Last, a Prize of 20,0001. Class B, being entitled to 15,0001. Consois and 50001. Money, w a s Sold i n Shares by CARaoti.. No. 5,847., a Prize of 500 Guineas ; 2,028, a Prize of 200 Guineas, were also Sold in Shares by CARROLL 5 4,720, another Prize of 200 Guineas, was Sold by CARROLL, in a Whole Ticket—The fortunate Possessors way. re ceive their Money on defraud, at 7, Cornbill, or 26, Oxford-street. The following authentic information shews how little regard has been paid to the late PROCLAMA TION issued by Government, to prevent British Officers troth quitting this country, in order to support the Cause of Rebellion against a King doni with which we are in amity and bound by treaties of alliance :—On Monday lust the Eme rald, Captain WHEATLEY, sailed from the Nore with Colonel licamEs, and a complete Esta blishment of Officers, and Non-commissioned Officers, and men to form a Baud, for a Regiment of Cavalry, destined to join the Insurgents• in South America. The Emerald, among other ar ticles, which probably consisted of Warlike Stores, had on board a considerable number of cases containing RIFLE ARMS and PISTOLS, and TWO HUND'RED BARRELS Of GUN-POWDER !I ! Oui attachment to Governmeot cannot be doubted, and %ve trust that we cannot better sbew that at- tachinent than by calling its earnest attention to what implicates the honour of the Einpire, and may tend to involve us in renewed hostilities.—We repeat our forum question—What will Spain say when it hears that such measures are suffered to be taken as we have above stated ?—lt is of little moment for our Government to issue Proclama- tions if it does not resolutely exert itself to see that those Proclamations ate cat ried into efTecc.— We last week conununicated some striking particu lars respecting the Military Etnigrations from this Connlry to South America, which were copied into most of the Morning Papers, but, however, Oppo sition arid Ministerial both omitted our observa tion as to the ground of discontent, if not of a more emphatic feeling, which those emigrations might excite in the Spanish Cabinet, it not resolutely and effectually prevented by the British Govern ment. The honour, dignity, and interest, there fore, of this Country, require an active and effi cient interposition on the part of Ministers, to con vince the Court of Spain that the British Cabinet not only does not authorize, or sanc tion by connivance, the expedition of our Coun trymen, Military and Naval, and otherwise, for the purpose of supporting the Cause of Rebellion against an Ally. We call upon Ministers to di rect their particular attention tolhe facts which we stated last : week, and to that which we now submit to the Public, as doubtless, urless they are vigorously and rigorously conuteractad, more of our misguided cytintrymen will embark in a. cause, the issue of which is certainly doubtful, atul on which so many misrepresentations have been made, that it is impossible to ascertain the truth, and in which the probability is, that they will expose themselves to disappointment, the most de plorable privations, if not to the loss of their lives, or the most dreadful punishments, if they fall into the hands of those whom they so rashly engage themselves to oppose. It has been said, that there is no law to Prevent these emigrations, but surely that cannot be the fact ; at all events there must certainly he legal means sufficient to prevent the exportation of warlike stores, for the pur pose of abetting hostility against a friendly Power. .We copied yesterday an article from The Times Newspaper, which said, " We are informed by'au thority on which we think we can depend, that the AlliedSovereigus have cometo a resolution to with draw their troops front tharench Territory, before the end of the month of March ensuing. The aug mentation of the French forces, therefore, must not be considered as the means of hastening their removal, but as an expedient for supplying their place." We copied this article without making, any comment on it, and we annexed the name of the Pape - r from which it was taken, hut at the same time we were very distrustful of the authenticity of the statement, conceiving thefact to he in total variance with the true policy of the Allied Powers. Our doubts' we find are fully justified by inrorill. tion Which we have received from a (porte r ' which we confidently rely, and on which vref sume positively to state, that there is on ; 11 ° 6' +ion to withdraw the Allied Troops from PO z . As to the latter part of the paragraph in questObe" its in:probability is so glaring that. it troi r thought to refute itself. Is it to be sill:posed, 65 while France is in .the hands of a MidlErl impregnated with the over-ruling inthle e ' of a Jacobin Ascendancy, the Allied ?O ers would not only see, without alarm. augmentation of a French Army, but O r place to that Army, which, instead of being el ° ployed for the mere protection of the Government, would most probably be diree'd the .ovettbrow of that Government, and to de disturbance of all Europe. No—the Allied roll must remain in France —they have the Snake, not killed it ;" and it wout '2::• (41 $ grossest folly and fatuity to remove them ' 6l such a Government is fully estabLshed in Fran c e as shall secure itself from all internal danger, 414 all danger of involving other countries in coos motion, confusion, and revolutionary horrors. 'We have again to announce the non•arrival d Paris Papers. Two clays' Journals are now due- This morning we received Boston Papers to tb e. 12th November, Chadeston to the Ist, and letter s from the latter place to the 7th. They eontliiii no news. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CITARLESTON, Not. 6. " Arrived the ship Rebecca from New Orleaoli in 24 days. Passed six ships and three brigs 013 her passage; which informed Captain FERNIER that a very heavy gale of wind had been experienced in the Mississippi, about the 27th nit., in wi►icb a great number of vessels had been driveu'on Aare (mostly English), and. it was feared that the best part of the erzwe had perished, and there was 1 411 little doubt that any of them could be got off. Tile fever had in a great measure subided when tbC Rebecca sailed." We received this morning Jamaica Papers to the 19th October. The General Assembly of the Island had been prorogued till tie Nth of Octo ber. The following are Extracts : " KINGSTON, OCT. 18.—By the Dolphin sre learn that the Pat; iota brig and t \vo srlmonesst under the Buenos Ayrean flag, were off St. Jag° de Cuba, and that Commodore TAYLOR had de- claret that port. in a state of blockade. " \Vhile the Tyrion was at "Santa-Martlia, t he schooner Proserpine, of Baltimore, arrived there with the crew all - sick, e`xcepting one man, -wheit the Governor immediately ordered her to quit the port. * She was from Porto-Brno, which place had been very sickly, only one European merchant, a Mr. BEr,L, having survived the fever. • " KINGSTON, OCT. 4. ,. ---The barque Hope, R ow, which sailed from this port on the 13th ult, bound to Santo-Domingo, returned into port on Tues day, in consequence 'of having been struck cif * Cape Tiburon, when fourteen days out, by light ning, which shivered her mainmast, and injured her main-deck Materially : every person on deck at the time was knocked down, but we are happy to state that no one was much hurt. " We regret to state, that information bas been received by the schooner Betsey, of four of the crew of the brigantine Swift, belonging to this port, having been murdered by some Indians, while fishing on the Mosquito-Shore. " The sloop Duckenfield, LEWIS, from Salt- River to this port, unfortunately upset on Thurs day off fleathsbire Point, during a squall.—The crew succeeded in reaching the shore soon after." DEAL, DEC. 9.—Airived the Russian Squadron, consisting of five sail of the line and two frigates, bound to Cadiz, under the command of Itear. Admiral MOLLER. CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 10.-.-Braving no fresh Arrivals since Monday, fine samples, both in IVheat and Oats, were taken off on as good terms as on Monday ; Fine Barley is in demand, and ra ther dearer; Pease and Beans remain at our last quoted prices. We are authorised to state, that the paragraph which has, appeared in several of the Morning Papers, that a prisoner, named Oinar Hall, has been discharged from the Hulks, to give evidence against Thornton is entirely without foundation. The Gazette of last night contains Addresses of Condolence to the PR►NCE REGENT from Liver• pool, Renfrew, Irvine, Nottinghamshire, Ply mouth, Newcastle-under-Lyne, Marlborough, Flintshire, Car(life, Tower Hamlets, Hudders field, Devizes, Nairn, Roman Catholic Clergy of the diocese of Waterford, Dean and Chapter of Rochester, Glasgow, Christ Church, Corporation and Town of Perth, Portsea, Paisley, Clackma nan, Dundee, Dean and Chapter of Exeter, Dunfermline, Beaumaris,, and Monmouth, also to' Prince LEOPOLD from the County of Worces ter, the Corporation and City of Worcester, Kin cardine, Bath, Ir►•ine, and Parma. MAILS. AgsztvEn—i flaraburck, I Jamaica, t llcacits, t Watecford. Due—i France, 1 Liston', t Hamburg li t I Gottenburgh, I Cittcruscyand Jersey. PRICE 0 F STOCKS . wst, v F. o'CLCCg. THIS DAY AT T 13Rnk Stock 2911 :3 per Cent. Red.. 4 p e r CeiltS • 99 iii Bank L. Ann.....' L.-16th /fish 5 per Cent......... !071 India Bonds 975. 98s. pr . Exck. pr . Cons. for Acc0unt........844 HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO •NIORROW. Morning, 36 minutes after 4. I Evening, 6 ininutes after 3, THE SUN. SOLENI QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1817.