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London, England, 1804-07-25 00:00:00

ZASTROURNI, Jutr 13.

Nothing material has oceurred since my last
letter, but we are in the most active state of pre-
paration. The heavy baggage is sent into the inte-
rior, the men being allowed to carry in their packs
only a watch.coat, three shins, brushes; black-
ball, &c. The German Legion. together with
some other regiments, chiefly militia, to the amount
of 16,000 men, are expeaed to be encamped here.
Every thing proves that the attempt and threats of
.Bonaparte are soon espederl to be put into execution.
,Every where all along the coast, the same
•defensive measures are taken, severe discipline.
and the strictest vigilance kept up, and every where
the spirit of the officers and of the men, as great as
the patriotism of the inhabitants. There exists
1 ”nly one wish, that Bony,-.arre may ,aln come,
.rid one opinion, that Britons are destined, by Pros i.
deuce, to deliver the world from a monster, which
has already too long pclutel it with its accualied
presence.

The LORD MAYOR, after haying intPletid the
returns of the mealweighers, ordered the prteelf
Bread to be continued the game as last week;
901. the Quarttnn Loaf, Wheaten, and 714. Howe.
hold.

Some of out contemporaries, with their usual sa-
gacity and judgment, observe, that Bossisentlis
h.as ordered his troops to evacuate Nlepreti, us COu-
sequcnce of having discovered the iot4caey 4 his
present system against British commerce upon the
Continent. We do not give Bo crtdit for
Any such motive, or any such discovery. The truta
is. the occupation of Meppen wss veryinpt, ii a. t.)
the trade of Ernbden. and Box A
the ohstruaion, in compliment to
Of PILIJOIMA.

AP AtTt tuts f'm,-v '
a kis fried the mis‘ .

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

idatir•lo4464 Jr& 24, 1804.

04/ Of 1-2erer from Captain George 'Monis, Commander
.14 Mu libieity's Sloop the Penguin, to William Mandtn,
Zvi dated of Senegal Wit, the 25th of March, 1804.
nu Majesty's Sloop Penguin, off Senegal
3M, Bar, Mareh 23, 1801.
,c)ittam,,,... be pleased to acquaint my Lords
of-the AdruirAlty, that cruising off
Senegal according to their Lordships' orders, on the
17th instant, a French privateer schooner, in en•
clamouring to avoid His 71 ajcsty's brig under my
tommand, ran on shore am the bar, where 1 had
great reason to Inipe, Irons the surl' running high,
sloe would hav, been destroye 3, in which I was dis-
*maimed. The surf coothwing, I ilad OppOrtU-
nity of destroying her till the 4 6th inst.lnt. On the
atigg I oisservedirto armed schools-
. dolts to Ow mouth. of the river;
manfulg of *•44B4llront the one oft
• I'brd reason to
avonfliss to get her off ; I
close
in 'hare as the nature of the
adm4, and commenced an attack on
ordrioing them up the river. and
the duo on shore. We exchang-
and a half. when finding I could
close to &fret my psi pose, I stood

Miami and Bayley, with many of
volunteered their service, and
be got off, and rendered a farther
trade, i was inclined to accept
1, the armed schooners were thou
length of her, and the surf still
ireatcned much opposition to their
ten w. vs. I dispatched Lieutenant
Jolly Boat (conceiving her best
surf), with orders to destroy her if
. 1 had the satisfaftion to me
. tire, and at day light totally de-
service was performed unobserved
and regeds great credit on Lieuten-
!no puts', for the cool and steady
...a they conduded the enterprise, and
greatest acknowledgments and thanks.
called La Renommce, a vessel of
commanded by Citizen Renaud,
sizpolr.ders, two of which were
, destroyed, and two nines, manned
ters men. belonging to Senegal, from
from Gorse.

pleasure in adding, that not a man
occailon.
1 have the honour to be. &c.
G. MORRIS.
Admiralty.

from the Right Winourable Lord Keith,
of the She, 4(e. to William Mandea, Keg
Itateisaft, the Ltd imobot.

few their Lordships' information. a
from Captain Owen, of His Ml-
- to Rear-Admiral
him that the enemy's flotilla,
Boulogne Pier, had been surprised at
by the late gale of wind, and sue-
con.iderable loss in auempting to regain

Lordships will not fail to observe how
Owcn expresses himself to be estisfied
I Captains Jackson and Heywood,
. and Harpy, and Lieutenants
Ri-
Rice, coninaantimg the Bloodhound
gust-brigs.
I have the honour to be, he.

KillTX.
Hi. Mai "Ws Ship ininfortalite, P. 4toogne
Ent, StVIM or Eight Le.ig ttra • July.
yesterday set in strong from the
E. by N. and made sn much sza,
vessels in the Road of Boulogne
uneasy ; and about eight p. m. the
began to get under weigh. and work
whilst some of the loggers ran down
• Staples ; their force was then forty-
forty-three loggers.
to look out on these vessels, which

obeyed by the Harpy, Bloodhound.
_ closed with them, giving their 6re
attempted to stand off from the Land ; the
• this time getting under weigh. and
giving her support to the vessels al.
nice, and continued with them dui..
weather tide. to fire, from time to
the enemy's vessels as gave them
. daylight this morning there were
and eight luggers only remaining
about six o'clock these began to
in to the southward for &spies or
the ..:t:umn and brigs being then
Leeward to give them any inteiruption.
tide permitted this ship and the
we stood in with Boulogne, when
11 ,44 a lugger, end several large
tanded on the bench west of the bar-
my were shipping and endeavouring
them what they could, bat I have nut
rising tide would complete their fact-
- other brigs and a lugger were on
village of Ponce, totally destroy-
luggers remained at ;anchor close
wbefts up, and the people huddled
the brig had Lost her topmast, top-
. yards. and one of the luggers the
=almost ; the sea was making a pet--
7 them, and, if the gale coati:mei,
hopeless.
Captains Jackson and Heywood,
of Lieutenants Richardson and
known to you that I need only
on this occasion with the s .me de-
ns they have always %hewn aud
gin prevented my seeing al: that
:annot be a doubt but that their well.
lased the enemy's tontusion, and
of their lois, which, taking es ery
doubt dot, fir beyond what fell
•vation.

been Ih7e to tolled the reports of
w,3 forward them the moment
1 have the honour to be, &c.

5.).;;;,F4) lg. W. C. R. Ow tn.-

arty of diestroying date
134, is the evemogy
era had dripped dot
and on the months
More having Jilted
believikgbey were
these fosIF stood as al
coast would admgp
them,, in hopes old
eventuagy 'to burn d
'4l ~,not for an hour a
gut sufficiently cl
off.
l.:cutetsants Willi;
thr crew, haying
fearing she might bi
annoyance to our t
their offers, though
within two cables'
running high, three
exertions. At ten
Williams in the it
adapted to the surf
possible ; one 4.
her compleiely on t
strnye.l. The scry
by the enemy, and
ants Widianas and i
manner an which th
merits my greatest
I learn she was ca
Urge dimensions, ei
aleanting twelve a
es board when des
with eighty-seven n
Cayenne, l t from
I have great plea
was hurt oa this oct
1
W Standee,
Oar, of a Letter tiny
EL. B. Admiral of tis 4
dated at Italabssaa,
I transmit. for
copy of a letter tr
leity's ship the
Louis, acquainting
outside of Bouloe
their' moorings by
mined very eonside
their ports.
Their Lordships
much Captain Owt
with the merits of
of the Minium a
itherdson and Pries
amid Archer gout-br
I h
Stlt.
The wind yesti
IL N. E. and N. E
that the enemy': VI
imam wry unea
Est brigs bega
to wladward, whit
'apparently for Eta
gee brigs aad forty
made a signal a
4 ems intioadistaly ci
and Archer, who
So such as attempts
.Aotanto was at th
last no time in sit
aottly WI this sewn
jog the whole wet
ehoas at ma of t
opportunity. At <
nineteen brigs anc
the bay t and al
plip single, and run
the river Some, t
too far to Leeward
As soon as the t
leader to weigh, v
I reresived that a 1
boats. were strande
hour, the enemy a
to save from them
a doubt the Thin;
strutii,.n ; three oil
the rocks near the i
cJ, a brig and two
to the rocks with w
together abaft ; the
sail. and lower yat
head of kicr simian
fealt breach over chi
their *ration is hcq
The merits of C
as well as those o
Prim, brit so well I
my, they aged on
alive promptness
though 'the night
passed. there canna
tinted 2ttatek cause
tweasi -eed. tn ch of
eirevsnstance. is,
within our OtlfetVat
• I have nat yet be
these Officers, but
that they jot* me.
ff.);
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